police looking into the possibility he was killed by someone that he knew. there was no school in the district today. but these students showed up anyway. they wanted to be there for each other during this time of mourning. they wanted to be there to remember their principal. >> he is a good principal. i don't know why nub would want to kill him or harm him in any way. he is a good person. a good man. >> reporter: 42 years old brian betts, the principal of shaw middle school at garnett patterson, found dead thursday at his home in silver spring. police say that it is a case of murder. principal betts recruited from montgomery county a couple of years ago by chancellor michelle rhee to turn around the troubled shaw middle school. was he one of your superstar principals? >> absolutely, one of my superstars. one of the things that differentiated him and you will hear it in the voices of the kids is the relationship that he had with kids. >> reporter: for him to die this way -- >> is a senseless tragedy that is -- tremendous loss. >> reporter: every morning, every school day morning they say mr. betts would stand on this corner and outside of the school, and meet and greet the students and encourage them on to have a successful day. they say that principal betts would give students his cell phone number and tell them to call him if they nedded any help. he was so well liked, ninth graders at shaw asked chancellor rhee asked them to do their tenth grade studies there as well. teachers say he was almost the perfect principal. >> one thing i think you need to remember about brian was the expectations he had of all of us and belief he had in all of us. that's why so many of our kids are so distraught now because he believed in him them when others didn't. >> reporter: his body found in his home yesterday after he didn't show up for school. any sign of forced entry into the house? >> no sign of forced entry into the house. >> reporter: where was his body found? >> he was found deceased upstairs in his bedroom. >> reporter: any idea what the motive may be? >> no. we don't believe it is random. unable to rule that out at this time. >> reporter: find the car. find the killer. missing, principal betts' midnight blue nissan. they say that other items of value are also missing from his home. they could be key clues in this case of murder. pat, back to you. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. last summer, as part of his traveling route 50 series, nbc's tom brokaw interviewed brian betts for "nightly news." he visited shaw middle school to discuss the capital gains program there. under this program students concern money for good grades, good behavior, and attendance. betts told brokaw it has been a learning experience for rn in the d.c. school system. >> students who are good, help them to be great. students who are great, rewarded them. we are still struggling, our students, that have been the most disenfranchised with school. it is almost too hard for them to reach up to the money right now. >> again, that was an interview with brian betts by tom brokaw. shaw middle is school is one of the schools to adopt this program. the students can earn up to $is 00 every two weeks. a year before betts purchased that home in silver spring, it was the scene of off murder. in 2002 greg russel and his 9-year-old daughter erica smith were murdered inside that home. the convicted killer, anthony kelly is serving three life sentences. betts was unaware that a murder had happened in that home before he moved in. neighbors tell news4 he actually had a priest bless the house after he found out. authorities say those two cases are not related. we are going to have continuing coverage of the murder of brian betts. we will bring you the latest on "news4 at 6:00." a second maryland student talked exclusively to news4 about a beating he suffered at the hands of prince george's county county police. david markman is one of three students who say they were injured in celebrations that followed a maryland/duke basketball game last month. four prince george's county officers have now been suspended. news4's derrick ward joins us from police head quarters in palmer park. >> reporter: 28 arrests, four police officers suspended. one, possibly two lawsuits in the wake of the incident in college park in march. authorities say that sergeant sean mcilevy, first officer to be suspended, processed the paperwork in the arrest of mckenna after the march 3 maryland victory over duke. when boisterous fans took to the street and riot police met them. at least one more student leveled charges of brutality against officers and student david markman is seen here in handcuffs after what he says was a vialent and unprovoked attack. >> i got hit with the riot shield once. and didn't fall the first time. then hit a second time. and tackled to the ground. it was that officer, i believe, who was laying on top of me, pinning me down with his baton on the back of my neck. another officer then jumped on top of me also. and i was -- hit with the baton multiple times. >> reporter: another lawsuit could be pending. markman says he was taking pictures for the school paper. wound up with more than photographs. >> i had -- bruises the next morning. all over my side. the back of my neck and wrist. >> reporter: strong accusations are coming from markman's attorney. >> my client, criminal defendant, is a victim. and the criminal in this case or i should say criminals are the police. >> reporter: authorities are urging that the public not rush to judgment ahead of the county's fraternal order of police, he has faith in the investigation that's now under way. >> public, their concerns, will be, you know, put to rest with whether or not we are able to basically investigate the police ourselves. >> reporter: at this point no lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the stun markman. >> that was news4's derrick ward. that volcano eruption in iceland continues to cripple travel around the world. the eruption pushed a plume of ash now 30,000 feet into the atmosphere. that ash contains rock, sand and glass. it can be very damaging to planes and their engines. nearly two-thirds of europe's commercial flights grounded. the cost to airlines is about $200 million a day. and the u.s. military has had to close down its operations at four air bases in europe. rerouting its medevac flights for the wounded from iraq and afghanistan. coming up in ten minutes, news4's john schriffen will have more on travel impact from dulles airport. more turmoil today over d.c.'s schools. it is still not clear where the city will get the money to fund pay raises in the new union contracts. the teachers union was back in court trying to get hundreds of fired teachers rehired. news4's tom sherwood is in our newsroom with this story. >> reporter: washington teachers union was back in court friday. saying the sudden surplus in the school budget with 266 teachers fired last fall should be immediately rehired. there is not clear if there was ever a surplus or if the city has enough money to fund a contract that was recently you a nounsed. >> troubling about the confusion that exists. >> what money exists, where does it exist, and will it be used for the benefit of kids in the district of columbia? >> reporter: michelle rhee touched off the week of confusion by saying $34 million surplus discovered in february could help fund a new contracted salary. in an exchange of letters, rhee seemed to acknowledge the cfo's words there is no surplus. it is unclear where money will come from to fund the contract raises. >> where do you find it? >> i'm going to discuss that first and make sure that that it can be certified. we are confident we are going to be able to move past that. adjust the numbers. different than the ones he previously provided us. >> reporter: the chief financial officer must certify that there is money in the budget for the new teacher contract that has been praised by both sides. then the union will vote on it and then the counsel will vote on it. as of friday, the sides were very far from clear. it could force a renegotiation of the contract and cause more confusion. >> i don't look forward to going back into the bargaining table again. almost three years to get to this point. >> reporter: so the key thing to watch for next is whether the city certifies it and has the money for the teacher contract. that may take a couple of weeks. back to you in the studio. >> all right, tom sherwood. thanks, tom. president obama is now in support of giving d.c. full voting rights. the president issued this statement today while commemorating emancipation day and said although d.c. residents pay federal taxes and serve honorably in our armed services, they do not have a vote in congress or full autonomy over local issues. i urge congress to finally pass legislation that provides d.c. residents with voting representation. a bill in d.c. voting rights will go before the house for a rote next week. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," a violent attack in a busy d.c. hotspot. we will tell you about a story of survival of the deadly earthquake in china. child porn sex sting bust continues to rock a local middle school. important reminder for parents on warm day it can be dangerous to your children. a growing number of flights around the world are being grounded because of the cloud of ash from the eruption in iceland. volcano there. impact spread all the way to our area. john schriffen has the latest from dulles airport. >> reporter: here at dulles international airport every day nearly two dozen flights to various destinations throughout europe. today the majority of those flights have been canceled. and stranded passengers are waiting for answers. it is the gift of life that brings kevin smith here to work every day at howard university hospital. it is his skill as an obstetrician and will donate to be a part of 30 physicians who will offer free medical services to people in nigeria. due to the volcanic eruption wednesday, their connecting flight in frankfurt is canceled and delaying their would-week trip. >> i defense don't want to fly when it is dangerous to do so but i'm very anxious to get this mission going. >> time is very, very precious. every day counts. the waiting -- not sure when we will be able to make it there. you know, i know it will be disappointing for them. >> reporter: these doctors are part of thousands of passengers worldwide stranded due to the thick cloud of ash hovering over parts of europe. experts say the particles in the air clog plane's engines to the point they shut down. safety in mind, two-thirds of europe's planes are grounded and at dulles, canceled signs fill the departure board. >> unpacked four times. that's the least of it. there's nothing -- we want to stay close to the airport. we don't want to go too far. it is stressful. i have work. lot of things i have to get back to. >> reporter: passengers are frustrated with the lack of information and forcing changes to their travel plans. >> we were scheduled to fly yesterday. sit it out and contact us. we have come here today and have been told -- we wasted 24 hours we could have been on an earlier flight. >> reporter: have you ever seen anything like this? >> absolutely not. never in my life. never. what can you do? that's the thing. like i said, mother nature. there is nothing to do about it. >> reporter: what do you do to kind of make the best of this situation? >> smile. smile and try to get back to the hotel. we left two hours ago. >> reporter: today the british aviation administration said that thick cloud of ash is beginning to break over parts of could land and ireland. however, the major airports in europe, like london heetds row, paris' charles de gaulle, will not reopen until early tomorrow morning. reporting from dulles international airport, john schriffen, news4. storms coming through our area, they don't sound so bad. >> not at all. i tell you what, these are some fast-moving storms that are ahead of the main line. main weather front that will be come through the area later tonight. these things are flying off to the east and southeast, folks, about 40 to about 45 miles per hour. show thank you sky. rain shot there in the distance. clouds have been lowering and thickening off to our west. again, the line coming through mainly north of d.c. it has been affecting areas of montgomery county and mainly northern montgomery county and now over into anne arundel county. let me talk about what has been going on throughout the day. quite a bit of warming. temperatures got into the mid 80s. now we are at 83 degrees. reagan national airport, winds out of the west-southwest at 14. we had gusts around the area already up to 30 miles per hour. gusts right now up to 21 miles per hour. we have had a handful of warnings because the cells have potential embedded cells in the fast-moving line of producing some high winds. and up to 50 and perhaps even as high as 60 miles per hour. along with that, we are seeing some lightning within them, too. here's the warning area. it does include areas of, again, howard county right now and the rest of carroll county. and southern baltimore county. this is really what's left on the southern edge of it, it is really starting to break up. it is not quite as intense as it was earlier. here you go. not developing much on the south side of the line. this fast-moving line. howard county over to northern anne arundel county now. i will zoom in and show you where the lightning is, too. there's -- there has been quite a bit of lightning heading towards areas like ellicott city, woodlawn. fast there. let's take off the radar and we can see where the lightning has been. just north up around eldersburg, woodstock area. lightning for areas of northern and eastern howard county. temperatures in the 80. 83 from d.c. to camp springs. fairfax, mclean, 82. quantico. 81 in culpeper. so -- the clouds, the showers, and the storms are all moving east. it is going to be a bit of a wet evening for us. not going to get a lot of rain out of this. most of the sites i have seen up north like around pittsburgh and cincinnati today haven't produced anywhere from a 10th to quarter of an inch of rain. we have a handful of warnings here. up to the north, severe thunderstorm watch that continues up until 8:00 p.m. we are not under the widespread watch but they are further north. again for us, not quite as intense of a storm. thin line of showers and storms. this up front, that's the weather front, back behind and extends all the way to the nation's midsection. once these showers move through, we are going to see cool conditions start to move in. not all at once. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, we are going to be down into the 50s but, you know what, that really is for an overnight temperature this time of year pretty mild. ten-degree rise in temperatures compared to yesterday at the same time. look at the drop in the blue from ohio, covington, chicago, st. louis and wichita. big drop of anywhere from about 2025 degrees. 80s today. we will have anywhere from mostly sun dwroy partly sunny-type skies. about a tenth of april inch. best chance of rain for us any time between 8:00, 9:00 p.m. when the weather front comes in. up until 2:00, 3:00 a.m. in the morning. lingering clouds on and off for the weekend. highs tomorrow in the 60s. but a few thunderstorms we will have to watch out for until midnight that could produce gusty winds and as temperatures drop out of the 70s and 50s by morning. again, rain over by sunrise. mostly sunny to partly sunny type of day coming up. here is a look at the 4-day forecast. after this rain moves out, we go into a bit of a dry pattern. cool pattern, too. going to be a while before we see the return of that 80-degree warmth we had across the area today. back to you guys. >> all right. thanks, veronica. preservationists worked for decades to save the national park cemetery. especially a group of unique homes built back into the 1800s. the homes are located inside the beltway off of lyndon lane if silver spring. the one way to save them is to put them on the mark pent -- market. a japanese pagoda, dutch windmill suisse chalet. pieces of history once meant to teach young women about the world of the turn of the century, it is now up for sale. >> notified by the national trust preservation the property would be available. when we came out here, it was something like -- i had never seen before. >> reporter: the hems sit behind a wooden glen in silver spring. part of the national parks seminary and were once sorority meeting houses for an all girls finishing school. >> very unusual property inside the beltway. i don't think that you will find anything like this. >> reporter: after a decades of decay -- preservationists like bonnie rosenthal had to fight to keep the homes in existence p. >> there were days i felt this was hopeless and other days i said it has to be -- there's no other choice. >> reporter: school faced a major setback during the great depression and turned the property over to the military. many of the lavish furnishings and orr nature details were torn down or auctioned off. the homes eventually abandoned. butrosenthal is working to bring them back to life. >> pagoda with a widespread eaves that overhang it, natural umbrella. the suisse russia lay has wonderful cross-pane windows. porches that overlook the glen. the american bungalow is a good standard kind of early american style, very charming, warm. >> reporter: her breakthrough came when she made a call to the development company. they agreed to take on the project of selling the home to preserve their hiv. >> for an individual that -- equity into renovating a home. know what they are doing or have a team with professionals. >> combination of architectural style and -- to find that anyplace else as a place to live is impossible probably in this country. >> wonderful. >> amazing. fabulous. pagoda looks really cool. >> i would love to move into that bungalow. >> we need some -- some people who know what they are doing in terms of renovations. >> i'm sure they will show up. we are going to tell you about major delays on metro that could impact thousands of people expected to pack the rail this weekend. >> and find out about a local high school that was with the columbine-style take. expected to keep the roads and metro rail packed this weekend. >> nats are playing the milwaukee brewers at hope. caps have the playoff game at the verizon center against the canadiens. d.c. united playing the chicago fire at rfk. on top of that, metro will be doing some track work which could cause major delays. here's elaine reyes. >> reporter: pretty big delays. you will need to build in additional 45 minutes of travel time. it does not matter where you are going because several lines will be moving on to one track. repairs and maintenance work will be done system wide and it all starts late night. they are doing switch repairs and track upgrades. red, green, orange and blue lines will all be affected. and here is a closer look. customers riding between the courthouse and foggy bottom stations on the orange line and the arlington foggy bottom stop on the blue line should expect long delays. 40 minutes at least. if you are on the red line add 30 extra minutes between medical center and friendship heights. and finally, customers moving between the college park and greenbell stations on the green line should expect 20-minute delays. >> i experienced in before. it is inconvenient. there are no other options. >> build extra time in? >> we have to. the point is we don't know how much time we have to put in. >> you know, we will make it. we will do the best we can. >> reporter: all the work is supposed to wrap up sunday night just in time for the morning rush. in the newsroom, elaine reyes, news4. coming up, we will tell you about a violent attack in one of the most popular neighborhoods in washington. we have a middle school sex sting scandal. our top story this half hour, violent sexual assault in georgetown. this is the second attack in less than a week. welcome back. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm wendy rieger. the latest assault in georgetown happened around 2:00 in the morning. a woman was attacked bay man at gunpoint in the 3300 block of prospect street. darcy spencer joins us live from georgetown. tell us about this, darcy. >> reporter: there have been a number of attacks on georgetown university students on and around campus in recent weeks and recent months. students are particularly alarmed about the situation because the attacker in this case was, as you said, wielding a gun. latest incident happened about 2:00 this morning here in the 3300 block of prospect street, blocks away from campus. the student was walking when she was grabbed from behind and the gunman put his hand up her dress, ripped her clothing, and stole her cell phone. she was able to struggle and get away from the attacker and went back to her form on campus and contacted police. last friday, about 6:00 in the evening, a female student was groped inside copley hall on campus. she also was able to escape. this latest assault happening here in a wealthy neighborhood, occupied by students as well as residents in the area. this latest incident has women once again on alert. stories about this happening before but nothing with a gun. that's the scary part. it involved a gun this time. i don't know. you just kind of -- we get so used to living on the street i don't think of it i'm safe. >> it is scary that, you know, people walk back from bars alone at night. you never think something would happen like this in your neighborhood. it makes me want to be more aware of walking home alone late at night. >> reporter: the victims in both of these cases told police that they did not recognize their attacker. we asked for an interview from georgetown officials and declined to go on camera but did say they are advising students not to walk home alone late at night. >> thank you, darcy. montgomery county police are investigating cases of sex sting at would bethesda schools. they involve students at pyle middle school and whitman high. boys are accused of passing around sexually ex-place it images of girls through cell phones and e-mails. most of the girls in the pictures were in eighth grade. some students are accused of selling glimpses of the images to classmates during school hours. school officials notified all the parents of the students involved. four students at t.c. williams high in alexandria have been suspended after talking about waging a columbine-style take at the school. rumors about the attack started last week causing fear among the students there. school administrators and alexandria police department began the investigation. the school's principal released a statement saying that they have identified the power students involved, no charges have been filed. observances held to mark the third anniversary of the massacre at virginia tech. it was april 16th, 200732 people were killed by a stun gunman, seung-hui cho. it was a rampage at norris hall. cho took his own life afterwands. on campus today students reflected on the day at two con sea benches dedicated to the survivors. in richmond, governor mcdonnell declared it virginia tech remembrance day and a bell to tolled for each of the students. banking giant goldman sachs is facing a serious civil fraud charge from the government. the securities and exchange commission says that goldman sachs defrauded investors out of nearly $1 billion by selling securities that were backed by failing subprime mortgages. goldman failed to disclose information about those securities which were sold just it is a housing market collapsed. goldman says the charges are unfounded. today marks another important deadline for the 2010 census. the grace period is now over. if you don't return your questionnaire today, you can expect the census taker to come knocking on your door starting in may. bottom line, don't want that visit, mail back the form. form should be post marked with today's date. so far about 68% of households nationwide mailed back their census form. to the latest on the economy and the tea party movement. >> david gregory of "meet the press" joins us once again. happy friday. >> hey. i sent in my census form. >> takes three minutes. >> i did. i thought it would be a longer process. >> it is really easy. >> i have a lot of kids. that did take a while. >> you have -- treasury secretary tim geithner on the economy. we have good indicators coming back. things are optimistic. yet, we are not terribly optimistic. >> well, there is a lot of reason to be optimistic. things turning around. big question is the idea are we going to a jobless recovery. "wall street journal" today, hiring going on in companies like google and others. there's still a lot of caution out there. there's more than 8 million jobs lost in the course of this in march, 44% of those who were unemployed had been unemployed longer than six months. there is a real drain and question about whether the jobs are coming back. i will ask secretary geithner about the basis for the optimism but what the fear factor. >> yesterday, of course, there were tea party rallies across the country. tens of thousands of people showed up for these. are government leaders -- politicians taking these people seriously? >> they certainly are. i mean, i think the question of how well organized the tea party movement is and the impact on the 2010 race is something that's being watched closely. but i think the issues about taxes and who pays, taxes to go up, spending, size of the deficit in the national debt, these are all issues that are in some ways going through an end of the culture wars and beginning of the government wars. i think that's really what is at work here and what's -- a key figure for politicians going to the fall race. >> rocking the red. >> rocking the red every day. the jersey is on. we have to ghete get ovechkin o mat. we are going to be just fine. >> yes. >> everybody has their fingers crossed. >> right. exactly. he will do it. caps are tough. >> "meet the press," sunday morning, 10:30 right here. david gregory's guests include an exclusive interview with tim geithner. coming up, emerging from the rubble. a child is found buried alive days after a deadly earthquake. severe weather is moving into our area. veronica returns to tell us where it is going to be going. so, this is the new car? yeah, here she is. it's, uh...great. thanks! yeah. doors would have been nice. eh... they weren't in my budget. no biggie. hey, you wanna hop in, go for a ride? oh! that'd be easy, right? yeah! narrator: settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting 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in the military at that point. he had to go overseas. they finally -- finally tied the knot and are off to el paso to start a life together. >> cool. wow. through the internet. small world. 20 years later. okay. now, our date lab segment. tell bus that this week's couple. who did "the post" set up. first off, the guy. >> this is michael. he is 24. he is a phd student studying naur owe science. an athlete. all-american swimmer in college. he's looking for somebody that's fit and somebody that's fashionable and most importantly, this guy wants somebody that can make him laugh. somebody close to his family, somebody with a great sense of humor. so we set him up with terry. 27ier old nursing student. super outgoing, bubbly. she wants somebody that's ambitious and driven. isn't only into their career. wants somebody who has a little bit more balance in their life. we september them out to dupont circle. they were immediately attracted to each other. they bonded on so many levels. not just the science health care thing. tv shows, childhood memories. the waiter had to remind them to order. >> that's a good sign. that's a great sign. >> talked for so long had to run to catch the last metro train. >> sounds like there may be a connection. cool. ellen, thanks so much and look forward to reading it on sunday morning. >> where to take your idea on our website. that's com/aroundtown. washingtonpost.com/gog. sounds like they may have something promising going on. >> they may. never know. >> still to come on "news4 at 5:00," find out where vandals left signs of hate in a local community. >> we will tell you about a hidden danger to children during this warm weather. >> coming up in sports, caps try to move past their disappointment from that overtime game last night. somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. two days after biddings collapsed from an earthquake that hit western china, a lifesaving story. rescuers pulled a 13-year-old tibet an girl from the rubble of a toppled hotel today. she was located by search and rescue dog that sniffed her out. about a thousand people were killed when the quake hit the remote mountainous town wednesday morning. 400 people are still missing. hundreds of bodies are being prepared for a mass cremation tomorrow morning. we have some storms moving through. lot of the areas that will dodge it. >> that's right. first line that moves through, already east of us, around northeastern maryland. that skirted just to the north of us. you can see it here. this produced lightning up around montgomery county. howard county. just a few cells left around northern areas of prince george's county and coming east into anne arundel county south of annapolis. it has been fast moving. all this started west around washington county bp 4:00. it took two hours to make its way off to the east and -- what i'm concerned with, there is a line moving in, already around winchester. up around cumberland, maryland. that should be back over our area, perhaps northern d.c. and in the next two hours. then the main line of showers and storms is hanging back to the west coming into west virginia. that's what's going to come our way during the overnight period. and a big cooldown not so much for the morning but tomorrow. mid signatures saturday and sunday. back to you. >> warm days like today make us want to top win doesz. something so simple comes with a warning. within the last would weeks, two toddlers have tumbled out of windows if fairfax county. latest accident was on tuesday in falls church. a 2-year-old girl suffered serious injuries. saturday, a 2-year-old boy died after he fell from a third-floor window in reston. the tragic accidents have parents on alert. >> it made me think i would be more careful for my own son. and daughter, that wouldn't happen to them. >> reporter: bethany who lives in the same falls church apartment complex, as the 2-year-old girl who fell from the third-floor window on tuesday night. she's mother after 3-year-old, and a 1-year-old. >> i was shocked. i 00 heard that ever happening before. >> reporter: it happens all too often. about 4,000 kids fall out of windows every year. >> the screen here can be pushed out with a child's weight very easily. >> reporter: christie showed us how a window guard works. that's way to prevent such a serious accident from happening. >> they are very easy to install. and they basically fit into the window krill area. they can be screwed into the frame. >> reporter: the guard is adjustable and it will expand to fit the width of your windowsill. the window guard also has an emergency release. she reminds parents, kids are curious. >> they are playing, they have access to the windows, furniture under the windows. we want parents to remove all furniture from windows. >> reporter: there's also something called window stop that restrict just how high a window can open. many new windows already have them. but if not, you can buy them. >> it scares me because it is something i vice president thought about. when you hear something like that, think it can happen to me, i think that's an eye opener. >> reporter: window guards, they cost about $15 to $25. you can pick one up at the hardware store. once put your air conditioning on, make sure you lock your windows while the kids are in the room. fingers are crossed and caps are back on ice today. >> yeah. they had an optional skate down there. ovechkin, other guys did not make it out on the ice but certainly are watching video, finding out what they can do to bounce back tomorrow night. capitals last night were so frustrated because they outchanced montreal 10-1 in the first period. no question, canadiens outstanding goaltending but so did the caps. montreal found a way to shut down the capitals' most dangerous weapon. held ovechkin shotless for the second time this year at the capitals dropped game one, 3-2 in overtime. here fwheer overtime. canadiens the opportunity to end it. fired on theodore who had a remarkable 35 saves on the ice. with that goal, though, montreal takes game one, 3-2. players today said there's no need to panic yet, guys. don't worry. >> you are going to win a series in one hockey game. things will play out. we is on keep shooting pucks. we scored the most goals in the league. and just because we scored two, i don't think it is reason to panic and try to change our game. >> for us our top need to play well. and -- you know, when we are not creating offense and p we are not moving our legs, we are not efficient. we have make sure that, you know, we don't have gomez with the puck -- any time because they are -- they are dangerous players. >> that's mike green there. defenseman, hope his team can improve tomorrow night. capitals did not get the production they are used to out of their most dangerous player. alex ovechkin placed the blame on himself. coach boudreau says ove is good at taking criticism. he has been that way since day one. first practice the two shared together, boudreau was giving ovechkin grief and he said if you need to get on somebody, get me. i'm the leader. ove knows the pressure is on him to play better tomorrow night. ovechkin is 100% healthy. uncharacteristic he did not rise to the occasion as he normally does. montreal shut him down. alex was not playing like alex. he was flat. not only did he not score, he didn't get a shot off. bruce boudreau says nobody should make excuses for number you eight. listen to boudreau's answer today when the head coach was asked what could be done for alex to help him get his groove back. >> a massage, i don't know. i don't know. tell to him relax and play the game. >> the deal is that when he is on top of his game, it does not matter how they are playing against him. and -- that's -- that's the way, you know, we looked at it to the 2 1/2 years i have been here. that's why -- we don't tray to get him away from matchups because if he is on top of his game, it does not matter who he is playing against. >> in playoffs, everybody -- it is not -- i didn't play my game. >> alex ovechkin wants to improve. he will improve and is the team captain and always puts it on his shoulders. you know, he will be out there ready for revenge. >> he will show up game two. >> they definitely sent a wakeup call. >> coming up, fairfax county budget is out. find out if some schools' sports programs will be cut. the hunt is on for vandals who are spreading words of hate. vandals spray painted hate related extra feety in sill sprer spring. number 666 and swastikas. the first one was spotted last sunday. montgomery county police say one resident cleaned off the graffiti from his fence only to have it reappear a few days later. the authorities are asking for your help because they want to find whoever is doing this and are offering a $1,000 reward for a tip that leads to an arrest. for the first time in five years, tuition is going up at maryland state colleges. the state's university system board of regions approved a 3% tuition increase for in-state students. out-of-state students will see that rate go up 5%. schools include university of maryland, out of state tuition, college park will go up 3%. teachers, students and parents out in fairfax county are breathing a sigh of relief because the county's final budget appears to preserve a lot of academic and athletic programs that were on the chopping block. the budget changes are going to mean reduced services and new fees for all residents. news4's julie carey takes a look. ♪ >> reporter: when the fairfax county budget process began months ago, positive posed school cuts were deep. it ened some athletic programs like indoor track and all ninth grade sports. the classroom elementary foreign language and band and strings programs were on the chopping block. the nearly finalized budget put before the county board of supervisors side step it is early doomsday scenario. added $60 million in state funding for schools is a big reason why. >> i think the danger of a -- mitigate ad great deal. >> reporter: fairfax county students and parents will take a hit. pay-to-play athletic field will take effect next year, $100 per athlete per sport. >> that will be a big, big problem for may family. you know, i mean, there will be other things that we cut out as a family in order to save that money to put it towards the sports and kids will make choices. >> we are going to gripe but it but will do it. >> reporter: the fee may drive some kids out of athletics. >> i have to search for the children whose families cannot afford to pay, you know, the big fee and if they are trying to play three sports, that's going to be a hard hardship. >> reporter: even though most of the school funding has been restored other county agencies like human services will feel the pain of the budget. the supervisors are adding a fee of their own. reinstating an annual $33 vehicle registration charge. something the board republican members oppose. >> clearly can you make an argument that raising revenue to pay for transportation improvements from motor vehicle users is appropriate. this isn't. this is going to the general fund. that's my biggest objection. >> reporter: the board votes on the plan next tuesday. julie carey, news4, fairfax county. >> fairfax county's board of supervisors plans to raise property tax rate slightly, 5%. or five cents, i should say. don't panic. but because of the declining home values, the average homeowner will still pay about $40 less next year. still ahead, coming up, severe weather is creeping in on your weekend. jim hand sly joining doreoreen gentzler next on "news4 at 6:00." day two of the eruption disruption. volcano in iceland making life miserable for travelers around the world. president makes his push to give d.c. a vote in congress. >> bad business. government accusing goldman sachs of defrauding investors. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. in tonight for jim vance. there are strong fast-moving storms in our area. north of d.c. right now. but not everybody is escaping it. let's get right to veronica johnson in our weather center with the latest.