richard is live with new information on the investigation. what can you tell us? >> police tell us the shooting happened here on this sidewalk. we're told the victim fell into this area between 2:00 cars in this parking lot. now, authorities are trying to get more information out of the victim. he is undergoing surgery right now, and residents here extra cautious in the wake of this rare shooting in arlington. >> other than a piece of crime scene tape -- >> it is a little scary that that would happen. >> there are no signs of the gunfire that left a man critically wounded here on second road north. >> our friends heard gunshots and they said the man said a few words and then just shot the person. >> police say around 7:50 friday evening, a latino man was sitting in his car when he was approached by a ski masked gunman. >> apparently they said three shots but we didn't hear three shots. >> there are gangs that hang out around here. >> detectives say the shooter ran off in the direction of arlington boulevard. police used tracking doors and uniformed officers to comb the neighborhood and they will maintain a visible presence tonight. >> that requires beefing up a little bit of presence until we can track this individual down. >> it's been nearly two years since arlington has seen this kind of violence. 20-year-old kane estrada was fatally stabbed on pershing drive in march 2010 about a mile from here, and residents say they will be cautious. >> i will never go out without my husband at night at dark. that's definitely something i will do and just watch out. >> now, police have only a vague description of the shooter. we're told he was wearing a black ski mask and black clothing about 5' 8" tall. so far, no word on a motive why this happened. witnesses have told thaws the two men were talking briefly before the gunfire rang out. if you have any information, you're asked to call arlington county police. abc 7 news. >> richard, thanks for the late nest arlington. turning to the district now, police there are investigating the stabbing of a man inside a club at adams morgan at club camalie and police say it occurred after a fight over one person stepping on another's foot inside the club. the victim suffered non- life-threatening injuries and police say they very identified the suspects >> let's get to the race for the white house. several presidential caucuses and primaries were held today. >> one of the big ones is kansas, which has already been called. late today, rick santorum was declared the winner with 30 points separating himself from mitt romney, but this victory is not a huge surprise since romney chose not to campaign in this state. david reports from the campaign trail. >> thank you. >> rick santorum was campaigning in missouri today, but his eyes were on kansas. republicans voted in state caucuses with 40 delegates at stake. santorum took the lion's share. >> we've had a very good day in our neighboring state of kansas. we are going to win kansas and the advanced majority of delegates from kansas! >> mitt romney took a breather from the campaign trail saturday after picking up 18 delegates overnight in guam, adding to his wide lead. romney, not expected to do well in the south, has been encouraged by the latest polling in alabama and mississippi, which hold important primaries tuesday. >> morning, y'all, i got started right this morning with a biscuit and cheesy grits, i will tell you, delicious. >> if rom can win a southern state from his more conservative rivals, that would burnish electability factors. for newt gingrich who says the native south is his path to victory, a poor showing could make tuesday his last stand. he's short on money and resisting calls to drop oust race. >> if we can win alabama and mississippi tuesday night, we will reset the campaign for the ninth or tenth time. >> but romney is the one who might actually reset the race if he's able to win in the south. david curly, abc news, washington. >> and we should also point out that mitt romney is ahead in the wyoming caucuses. the final results have not been announced yet. >> all right. turning now to the weight, much cooler today and temperatures are dropping but we are in for another warmup. we turn to steve. does the trend continue? >> a big warmup on the way. we are watching temperatures here at the weather center and for a change, below average. reagan national, 46 degrees after a high of 5o our weather headlines look like this. daylight saving time begins tonight, 2:00, and we're going to spring ahead by one hour. after that, look for a sunny and warm sunday, and a major warming trend on the way. i'm taking the potential for record breaking heat with highs around 80 degrees. i'll tell you when in just a few minutes. >> all right, steve. thank you. we should say major developments with the redskins broke late last night. the team is giving up several early draft picks with their eye on one particular player. >> that's right, r.g. and bret mchenry are here to talk about that understand a this is all the buzz among redskins' fans. >> you would think it is training camp time. at least this player has a good work ethic. some look at this as another high risk personnel move by the redskins while others are free verrishly hitting ebay for merchandise but whether people support washington's move, everyone agrees the sins need a quarterback. so is robert griffin, ii worth the price? only time will tell. he was not only chosen by the skins but becomes the elite franchise quarterback. he is young. keep in mind, he is still out of college here. the skins traded three first round picks to the rams and a second round pick out of baylor and he has a huge arm throwing for almost 4,000 yards and this year shocked everyone by running a 4:41:40 at the jets combine last month. >> they had to do it. we need a franchise quarterback. everything they have is awful. they're not going to sign peyton manning. if i was peyton manning, i would not come here. >> i think they gave up too much. you never know what you get with an individual player. in a year or two, injuries happen. >> this town is hoping egg will be the savior. >> probably not it is not like we had plan b. we had to do what we had to do. it is great to do armchair quarterbacking and figure out what we should have done but i think a move is a good thing and i'm excited for them. >> there are some wounded and jaded fans. we will talk to the general manager bruce allen tonight at 10:00. >> i will be curious to see what they have to say. thanks. still to come on abc 7 news -- >> i didn't want them to shoot my grandson. >> home invasion. police are searching for the two men who broke into a home in a quiet northeast d.c. neighborhood. >> and more pain at the pump. gas prices rise overnight. we'll tell you how much. >> and an unusual virginia senate candidate makes his first public appearance. 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[ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >> a family in northeast washington is still in shock after an early morning home invasion. this happened just after 6:00 this morning on the 1800 block of upshirr street. two suspects held the elderly homeowner and his grandson at gunpoint before taking off in his car. mike. >> the homeowner had just returned home from dropping his wife off at a dialysis center as he has done every weekend for the past few years. as he arrived home, he could have never imagined what would happen next. >> i pulled my car into the driveway, and as i was getting out, two young men came with guns and told me to drop to my knees. >> russell sim summons says it was around 6:15 a.m., and the sun was shining on this quiet residential neighborhood when two suspects wearing dark clothes and ski masks took his car keys and ordered him to open his house. his 14-year-old grandson was inside but simmons decided not to fight back. >> they had two big guns and they were young, and mostly for my grandson. i could not take a chance. >> the suspects forced him and his grandson into this bathroom and systematically moved through the house stealing hundreds of dollars in cash, sentimental items like his wife's jewelery and electronics. >> t.v., cell phones, computers, everything there. >> after about 30 minutes, the house was quiet. simmons and his grandson cautiously ventured out. >> he took it surprisingly well for a guy his age, but you know, i'm sure it will scar him for life. >> the suspects had taken off in sim 0 mons mer says and simmons call -- off in sim mon mercedes and then simmons called police. >> they could have put a gun to people anything could have happened. >> after 25 years in this house they feel violated but are also counting their blessings tonight. >> i just thank god nobody got hurt. >> sim mops says he doesn't know if he was targeted or if this was a crime of opportunity but given the early time of day, they think that the suspects were watching and waiting to strike. police are looking for the mercedes, d.c. plates with with a rose and number 94. if you see it, don't approach it. call 911. abc 7 news. >> mike, thank you for the latest on that. >> still to come here on abc 7 news, he is a u.s. senate candidate in virginia who has sparked national headlines. his first public appearance, next. >> and we will have your complete forecast. >> get out of my way! >> new video from aboard the american airlines jet yesterday when a flight attendant had to be restrained shortly after the plane left the gate at the dallas-fort worth airport. other flight attendant as well as passengers helped restrain the woman. she was arrested and taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. >> well, next month will mark the 100 the anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, and for the first time, we are getting a detailed look at the ship's remains on the ocean floor. a new digital map shows the debris field which stretches over two miles. underwater robots were used to take sonar pictures of the titanic when it sank and 1,500 people died in that disaster. >> drivers will shell out more money for gas this weekend. a.a.a. reports the price for regular unleaded jumped two cents today. the average is now $3.78 a gallon across the country but many places are seeing $4 a gallon. in the district, gas averages $3.92 a gallon and in maryland, $3.74 and in virginia, $3.66. >> the con row verse ial movie game change will debut on hbo based off the book which chronicles the 2008 presidential campaign. the movie focuses on the for-month period in the race since sarah palin became john mccain's running mate until they lose the election. mccain and pail vice president criticized the movie saying it is not accurate and neither plans to watch the film. >> in virginia politics, hank is running for the u.s. senate and today was his first public appearance and greeted his supporters in springfield and is all dressed up. his campaign manager says hank is so popular because he is not your typical politician. he doesn't claw at his opponents the way other candidates do these days. >> hank has a positive message. he doesn't attack other candidates. and, you know, he is also looking to help the spay and neuter groups and the rescue groups. that's really what he is looking to do. >> apparently he shook a few paws there. hank is anxious to meet his opponent and has extended invitations to george allen and tim kaine but only allen has agreed to meet with hank if he can travel to richmond. >> it looks like he is gaining steam. >> and there was an attack ad on youtube. >> that's right, for not releasing his birth certificate. >> we can probably attack the weather today but probably not later this week. >> today is the coldest of the next seven to ten days it looks like, but more importantly, daylight savings time begins tonight. you will spring ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. if you are taking metro rail tonight, it closes at 3:00 in the morning eastern daylight time, so it's going to end at 2:00, so an hour earlier. if you're at that wild party at 1:45 in the morning, you better zip over to metro. looking at our brand new h.d. camera, and we hope it sees delaware. a absolutely beautiful. not so great beach conditions to head into the water but before you know it we will be looking at the summertime beach season. 50 degrees was it for a daytime high at reagan national. 4 degrees below average for this date. 78 the record day in 2006. the windchill nonexistent because the winds have really settled down. 45 degrees currently in alexandria, and next stop, upper northwest d.c. at 43 and 45 at rockville. earlier in the afternoon, they had wind gusts around 18 to 20 miles per hour. temperatures cooling down slightly this evening. 43 martinsburg. the same for winchester. culpeper at 48. fredericksburg now 49 degrees. the milder temperatures just off to the south and west. st. louis, 63. nashville at 62 and the big 24-hour temperature change, really significant off to the north and west, chicago, detroit, sault ste. marie, a great indication of the milder air that is on the way tomorrow. high pressure overhead. that showly moved just off the coast for the overnight hours. winds return more out of the south tomorrow afternoon that. will allow temperatures to warm well into the lower to middle 60's. futurecast, it will be quiet tomorrow, lots of sunshine, but a disturbance across the mid part of the country. this skirts our area late monday, bringing us a good chance for showers, about 30 to 40% chance, and then all this moves on out of here, followed by a stream of very mild, if not warm days. even a touch of humidity. highs or nighttime lows, i should say, 25 to 36 degrees. daytime highs tomorrow 60 to 65. here is the extended outlook, something we have not seen in quite some time. 80 degrees on thursday. the record for that day, 81 at reagan national, set back in 1990. at this point, if we keep the clouds away, i think we have a good chance of tying, if not break the record. >> all right. sounds good to me. looks like we're almost there. >> almost. >> almost out of the woods, steve. >> well, time is winding down for the washington capitals to make something of the season. >> it's so unusual. we're used to them winning and being at the touch of the conference but they're doing that a now. they're getting back to old form. whatever they did a few days ago worked and is still working. wait until you see the recap in boston and all this town is doing is anxiously waiting for the second round >> leave it to the redskins to maybe a move on what would have been a slow weekend and steal the spotlight away from peyton manning. the skin went all in giving up valuable picks for a very valuable potential quarterback. don't know robert griffin, iii's name yet? start getting used to it. >> i want a team that is going to fall in love with me and be supportive of me. i hope they don't have to give up a ton to get me because i would love the pieces in place. >> that was robert griffin, iii speaking at the nfl combine two weeks ago. and it looks like they have fallen in love with r.g.-3 and have agreed in principal to give up three first round picks in 2012 in exchange for the rams number one pick in this year draft, number two overall. in dire need of a franchise quarterback, the redskins will resumebly take griffin at number two, ushering in another era. >> robert griffin, ii! >> griffin's credentials are off the charts. he ron the heisman trophy this year, and a victory in the alamo bowl. he has a cannon of an arm throwing for almost 4,000 yards an 36 touchdowns. he sure is fast. he ran a 4:41:40, the fastest time for anyone this year, now all they can do is sit and wait for his name to be called at the nfl draft on april 26. >> all i can say is they're going to get best out of me and i'm going to give them all of my attention, hard work and effort, so it doesn't matter where i'm going, i'm just excited to be in the nfl. >> well, less than 24 hours after learning defenseman mike green would be out three games with a suspension, the caps responded in a big way. on the road, and still clawing to maintain the eighth and final conference slot of the postseason, they went into the reigning stanley cup champ's home and did some work. cat caps up by a goal. dennis passing in front to brooks who would do the rest. it is a power play goal. got to love that. caps take a 4-2 lead. late in the third, johnny is there cleaning it out and gets the rebound and puts it in, so cutting it close here, but the caps, give them credit, over a minute to go, bruins with the extra attack, and brian gets in on the action and tomas becomes the man of the hour. caps win 4-3. closing final seconds, and up in the lane and it's no good. a heartbreaker. scramble. everyone is trying to do something, but nope, no dice. howard loses in the finals, a 4-53. and a huge upset in college basketball, florida state-east duke, 62-59, and they will face north carolina tomorrow in the finals. the nats nats had a split quad and tied at five with the feigers that. game was too close for comfort. >> a win is a >> it is one of the biggest festivals of the year now underway in austin, texas. the annual south by southwest festival showcases music, film and technology and attracts hundreds of thousands of people a year. industry leaders an innovators participate in films and perform concerts, and it is a lot more fun than you see there. trust me! >> it is a fun festival. all right. next weather on the way, tomorrow 63 degrees. look at that, near 80 by thursday and the upcoming week, daylight saving time begins tonight, or early in the morning. 2 a.m. >> thanks for watching,