>> every american feels the need to step up and be heard when something unjust and unfair has occurred. when we see the kind of situation that occurred in sanford it terrys at everybody's -- tears at everybody's soul. we do not want to see a child gunned down and nothing essentially been about it. >> alexandria's mayor spoke at the rally. it included a moment of silence for trayvon martin. >> no just -- >> no peace! >> trayvon martin's parents attended a rally in his hometown of miami. the family disputes zimmerman's self-defense claim and believe race played a role in the shooting. a crowd in miami included political leaders, sports stars, and civil rights leaders. al sharpton and jesse jackson vowed to keep holding peaceful demonstrations until an arrest is made. . 4:31. tyke for a first look at the forecast. tom, hello. can we say welcome to aaron gilchrist, your first official day on "news4 today". >> thank you. i'm excited about it. make sure you hold on to your horses. >> warning us already. 4:31. goodness, gracious. >> good morning, aaron. great to have you with us. permanent member of our "news4 today" staff. looking forward to working with you. we are starting off with a clearing sky. we had overnight rain. you might have heard the pitter patter of raindrops on your rooftop. now the clouds are clearing over washington. right now, around our region, we have temperatures hovering in the low 50s around washington. but the camera is jumping around. a blustery wind gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. radar now showing the last of the rain is way south. light rain fredericksburg to near charlottesville. the temperatures there are in the upper 50s. farther west and north, fourth much of montgomery county, frederick, howard, near the pennsylvania border, western maryland. farther west, near 50 from loudoun county, shenandoah valley, around the blue ridge. right now prince william county from near manassas, toward charles county, la plata, mid 50s there. it's in the mid 50s southern maryland, northern neck, lower eastern shore, as well. for the rest of the day, sunrise getting earlier and earlier. that will be at 6:51. sunny and breezy morning. winds will gust to around 30 miles per hour by mid morning. mid 50s by then. by noontime, sunny, blustery, temperatures near 60. we'll peak maybe in the low to mid 60s. by 5:00 dropping out of the low 60s to upper 50s. still sunshine and still a bit of a blustery wind. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella? good morning, happy monday. heading out, we have construction blocking some of the ramps in the area. it should be around 5:00 a.m. first let's start with eastbound leesburg pike. the ramp to eastbound on the dulles toll road, that's shut down now due to construction. again, it's going to open at 5:00 a.m. this time on the beltway, you cannot access northbound 395 from the inner loop or outer loop. go 395 southbound, make a uturn and continue north. taking the beltway in montgomery county, no issues in this area. here's a live look at connecticut avenue, inner loop, outer loop, you're clear. outer loop speeds, good at 56 miles per hour. over to you. >> thank you. decision 2012 coverage now. it is do or die for the gop candidates. today is the last day of campaigning before tomorrow's primaries in maryland, d.c., and wisconsin. mitt romney is predicting he'll come out in top. he told a crowd in wisconsin he will probably win the nomination. in the state-by-state battle to accumulate the more than 1,100 delegates needed to win the presidential nomination, romney has an estimated 565 delegates. that's according to real clear politics. wisconsin senator ron johnson is endorsing mitt romney. he made the announcement on "meet the press." johnson pointed to romney's experience in the private sector as a major reason for backing the candidate. in a statement, romney said he looked forward to working with the senator on the campaign trail. and presidential hopeful rick santorum says he will not drop out of the race for president if he loses tomorrow's primaries. the former pennsylvania senator vowed to stay in until it is clear that romney secured the delegates required for the nomination. santorum faces an uphill battle. so far romney has won 54% of the delegates at stake, putting him on track to reach the 1,144 delegates needed by the end of june. santorum has won 27% of the delegates at stake. that means he would need to win 74% of the remaining delegates to cinch the nomination. 4:35. a major donor to suspected gunman accused of fraud and impersonating a bank official. he contributed more than $50,000 to obama's re-election effort this year. according to the "washington post," the new yorker is accused of defrauding a florida businessman out of $657,000. he also faces a court order to pay more than $10,000 in back rent for her former new york apartment. supporters of bringing a casino to prince george's county trying to win over state delegates now. according to the "washington post," advocates are considering several amendments to support pending legislation. one would set a higher investment from developers than already required. another amendment could include road improvements. prince george's county is pushing for a casino at the national harbor. the maryland senate gave preliminary approval to a gaming expansion bill. that bill would allow for a sixth casino in maryland and would legalize table games. wind energy in maryland will get a circle of support in annapolis tonight. backers of offshore wind development will hold a rally at the maryland state house. supporters plan to gather in a circle around the building, and they'll hold a glow in the dark miniature wind turbine and wear electric blue t-shirts. a wind energy sibilia in the senate finance committee after the house approved its version last week. today, towson university will remember two students who died within 12 hours of each other over the weekend. a vigil will be held for 20-year-old ryan bailey and 27-year-old timothy coyer. bailey was hit by a car near washington avenue and york road early saturday in towson. coyer, a an iraq war veteran, was found dead in his apartment by roommate. his death does not appear to be suspicious. an autopsy is underway to determine how he died. breaking news now, a plane carrying 43 people crashed shortly after takeoff in siberia overnight. russia's emergencies ministry says 32 people were killed. 11 people have been taken to the hospital. at least five of the survivors are in critical condition. the atr-72 turbo crop aircraft just wlft it crashed and burst into flames. it's not sure what caused the crash. ahead students head back to class for the first time since a deadly tornado in henryville, indiana. last month's twister damaged henryville's junior and senior high schools. students will finish the school year in scottburg. administrators are trying to decide what these to be demolished and what needs to be rebuild. 4:38. 52 degrees. which airlines deliver first-class service to all of their customers? the carriers most likely to get you to your destination on time and least likely to lose your luggage. forget facing the nfl's commissioner. why some saints players may have to deal with police for their roles in an on-field bounty program. you may be pleased with the forecast for the week. good morning. 4:41 early on this monday morning. tom kierein snowstorm center 4. we've had shower activity overnight along a front that's now passing to our south. a lot of that rain is tapering off. still, sprinkles west of fredericksburg to near stanton, virginia. all these areas in blue are in the 40s. that includes most of pennsylvania, northern maryland, into western maryland, northern west virginia. closer to washington, though, in the low and mid 50s. the area in green generally in the 50s. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, northern virginia in the low to mid 50s now. here's the day plannerment sunrise at 6:51. a sunny, breezy morning. temperatures will climb to the low to mid 50s mid morning, near 0 by noontime. then low to mid 60s middle of the afternoon. the winds will be blustery and gusting to around 30 miles per hour midday. winds will diminish under a clear sky. sunset at 7:33. down to the 40s by midnight. and then this time tomorrow, may have scattered frost around. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? good morning. checking overnight roadwork, traveling eastbound, leesburg pike, the ramp to the dulles toll road heading eastbound on that ramp, that's shut down. going to be shut down until 5:00 a.m. taking the beltway, you cannot get on 395 northbound. from the inner loop or outer loop. that's going on until 5:00 a.m. you'll have to go south. then you can make a u-turn and go north again. traveling i-270, a live look at montrose road. checking things out. north and south, travel lane are open. no problems as you make your way from frederick and head to the beltway. and if you're taking the beltway, travel speeds on the inner loop of the beltway making your way to i-95, not bad. you're at 59 miles per hour. only taking ten minutes to get from i-270 to i-95. over to you. >> danella, thank you. it is 4:42 now. still to come this morning, ready to launch -- why these satellite images from north korea are scaring diplomats around the world. and you might not have won friday's mega millions drawing, but don't throw out the welcome back. 15 before the hour. this morning we're getting a look at new satellite image of a north korean rocket site. north korea says it's preparing for a space launch. some in washington are calling it a cover for a long-range missile test. the images show a mobile radar trailer and rows of what appear to be empty fuel and oxidizer tanks. north korean leaders say the launch will put a functional satellite into orbit sometime between april 12 and april 16. this is part of the celebration of the 100th birthday of the late leader, kim il-sung. the u.s., russia, south korea, and china have condemned the planned launch. an historic day in myanmar as former political prisoner is now part of the country's parliament. aung san suu kyi won her election yesterday as parts of the national league for democracy party. the nobel peace prize winner was under house arrest for close to 20 years before being released in 2010. she has pushed for democracy in myanmar. she hopes to work with the government to help bring real change to her country. secretary of state hillary clinton has a stern warning for syria's president -- put together a peace proposal or else. secretary clinton joined other world officials from the arab league and european union in turkey as part of the friends of syria conference. they discussed how best to defend rebel forces while brokering a peace deal between the president and president bashir assad. clinton urged assad to either accept a peace plan or step down. >> we called for an immediate end to the killing in syria, and we urged the joint special envoy, kofi annan, to set a timetable for next steps. the world will not waiver. assad must go. and the syrian people must be free to choose their own path forward. >> clinton added that syria fasds additional sanctions and that the u.s. government plans to help the rebel forces by supplying them with communications equipment. more problems for the new orleans saints as players involved in that bounty scandal could face krj charges. the players association told the players involved that they should hire legal help if criminal charges do come. legal experts say it would be a difficult case as players would have to prove that a specific tackle caused an injury. the nfl says more than 20 defensive players were part of the saints' bounty program which gave out cash rewards to players who injured certain opponents. a technical problem being blamed for keep something visa customers from using their credit and debit cards. a spokesperson for visa said customers were not able to use their cards for about 45 minutes yesterday because of an update to the system. the problem has since been fixed. the incident is not related to friday's security breach. someone hacked global payments, a company that processes credit transactions for stores. visa and machtercard say they've notified their cardholders about the breach. the wife of the jetblue pilot whose outburst forced an emergency landing says he was not being intentionally violent toward anyone. connie osmon said she's focused on her husband's recovery and will not be giving any more yufrs. last week clayton osbon became belligerent during a flight and had to be restrained by passengers as the flight made an emergency landing in texas. jetblue officials say the crew will not speak publicly about the incident. a new report set to be released today says airline performance is better now than last year. the report based on 2011 data submitted to the department of transportation by the nation's 15 largest airlines. here are some of the highlights -- hawaii airlines took the top award with 92% of their flights on time or early. jetblue had the worst on-time performance. airtran had the best baggage handling rate. american eagle airlines had the worst baggage handling rate. southwest had the lowest customer complaint rate. and united airlines had the most consumer complaints. tonight in new orleans, it's for all the marbles between kentucky and kansas. >> look at you! >> hey! >> the wildcats and jayhawks square off tonight for the men's college basketball championship. kentucky is aiming for its eighth national title. kansas is playing for its fourth championship. it is a rematch between the teams that played in november. kentucky won that game by ten. several hundred police will be at the university of kentucky during the big game, hoping to prevent riots and destruction that happened saturday after the wildcats won over rival louisville. students and kentucky fans took to the streets overturning cars and setting more than 50 fires before riot police came in. kentucky players are trying to help keep fans calm, going on twitter and telling support force behave tonight. meanwhile, the women's national championship game is set. notre dame forced overtime late against the university of connecticut and pulled away in ot to advance to their second straight national title game. they'll face the juggernaut baylor bears who dated stanford to advance to the finals. led by superstar brittany greiner, they looking to cap a perfect season, the first ever in men's or women's college basketball. >> impressive. while we wait to learn the winners of the historic mega millions jackpot, we have learned that recent drawings have generated millions for virginia schools. the virginia lottery says tickets bought between late january and last friday raised more than $21 million for education. virginia retailers that sold tickets earned more than $2.4 million in profits. mega millions hopefuls bought more than 14 million lottery tickets on friday in virginia alone. three tickets hit the $640 million jackpot. they were sold in illinois, kansas, and baltimore county, maryland. >> for the rest of us who didn't win the jackpot, z burger giving you a dollar off your burger and free sewed a. that will make up for $640 million. >> better than nothing. >> in exchange, bring in a losing ticket from friday's drawing. it's only available at the tinleytown and southwest locations. >> i have a couple of those tickets. i haven't thrown them out yet. >> all right. 4:51 now. tom's here with sprinkles early this morning. >> yeah. the pavement is wet. so watch out for that. we had great weather for the cherry blossom marathon in washington. yesterday i was taking pictures around the memorial bridge. a lot of runners were out. a cloudy, cool morning. perfect morning for a marathon. overnight, we do have showers. now we're drying out. there's the jefferson wrem where the marathon ran right near there. and now it's at 54 with a clearing sky. the pavement is still wet. it's still slick. watch out, keep your speeds down. here's what's been happening over the last four hours as we go back in time. we had a few sprinkles coming in overnight. not a lot of rain but enough to make everything wet. the cloud cover beginning to break up. the big moon in the western sky peeking through the clouds. mid 50s in washington and in prince george's county, fairfax, arlington counties, it's dipped to the 40s in montgomery county. howard, frederick, into washington and allegheny countys, points west. panhandle, near 50 degrees as well as the blue ridge and loudoun county and farther south. fredericksburg, spotsylvania county toward charles county, low 50s. going forward, here's the hometown forecast for waldorf in charles county. by 10:00, it will be in the low to mid 50s, and chillier air beginning to move in during the day. a blustery wind. by mid-afternoon, making it to around the low 60s. a lot of sunshine, though. this will be the story throughout the region overnight. down to near 50 degrees by midnight. by this time tomorrow morning, the low 40s. maybe scattered frost west and north tomorrow. near 70 tomorrow, lighter winds, might get a shower on wednesday afternoon. partly sunny and mild, in the 70s. turning chillier on thursday. sun back, but back to the 60s. a great weekend, saturday and sunday looking delightful. danella? good morning. as you mentioned, definitely seeing wet pavement. give yourself extra time. slow down. checking travel speeds along bw parkway, though, some of you aren't listening, but these guys are. 58 miles per hour southbound at 175. as you make your way to the beltway, you're at 56 miles per hour. traveling along i-95, much faster. 65 miles per hour as you pass 32. i'll give you a live look at 216. volume light. no issues as you are traveling north and southbound on i-95. southbound, though, making your way from 216 to the beltway, 66 miles per hour. only taking about nine minutes to make that trip. i'm back in ten with a look at your rails. now it back to you both. >> see you in a bit. 4:54. 51 degrees. comedy on the campaign trail. the april fools' day prank mitt romney's aides managed to pull on the gop candidate. and facial hair with a cause. why these dapper demonstrators wa welcome back. now here's a record adam sandler may not be proud of. "jack and jill" made a clean sweep at the razzies for the year's worst movies. for the first time in the 32 dwro -year history, "jack and jill" won all categories including worst picture. adam sandler won for worst actor and actress for his dual roles. he plays a family man and his pesky sister. i still like adam sandler, though. >> some other movie, though. on april fools' day, hundreds march nfd support of the mustache act. the american mustache institute organized the so-called million mustache march on capitol hill. not quite that many people showed up for the march and rally. they urged congress to pass the act, providing a $250 annual tax deduction for people who have mustaches. supporters say there are extra expenses that go into keeping mustaches clean and trimmed. this morning, keith olbermann is looking for a new job. the network current tv fired him. apparently the move comes after several meetings between olberman and former vice president al gore who founded the network. olberman had his own show on msnbc. "the daily beast" reports that olberman complained that current tv did not live up to its promise to supporting a professional cable news show. also reports he missed several shows. this morning, mitt romney is learning to trust his campaign staff all over again after aides pulled off an april fool's joke on their gop candidate. >> yeah. take a look at what happened when romney thought he was about to give a speech in a room packed with supporters in milwaukee. >> the next president of the united states! [ applause ] >> he's a good sport. laughed it off. that's wisconsin's -- wisconsin congressman paul ryan who gave the fake introduction at the pancake brunch. turns out romney walked into an empty room. eventually he found the real crowd here. he told them he forgave his staff for the joke but is not going to forget it. >> my kids tried to get me all day. mom, look, there's a bug, a bee -- >> those are the easy ones. when you do it to a presidential candidate, i'm going to bet that he'll get them back. >> there you go. all right. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m.