closer to washington, near 50, right at reagan national. and in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties, generally in the low to mid 50s. farther south, in the mid to upper 50s. southern maryland, near fredericksburg, from charles county to prince william county, as well. sunrise at 6:51. here's the day planner. we'll be blustery, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour by mid morning as temperatures will still be hovering in the low to mid 50s. then by noontime, should be climbing to the upper 50s, near 60. winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. that will continue into the afternoon. by 5:00, we'll be dropping out of the 60s to the upper 50s. the winds will begin to diminish. sun sets at 7:33. a look at your monday evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. good morning, traveling along i-66, i'm checking things out on that road. not seeing any issues for you. westbound, travel lanes on open. heading eastbound, no issues there. your travel speed eastbound not bad at all. 61 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. an 11-minute trip. traveling inside the beltway on 66, again, no accidents to report as you make your way eastbound. travel speed in this area, as well. really good at this time. 62 miles per hour. not bad at all. 11 minutes to get from the beltway to gw parkway. and marc is opening with at least a 15 to 20-minute delay. right now, 18 minutes delay on the penn south, train number 505. it's experiencing mechanical problems. going keep you posted on that train. metro, vre, running with no delays. over to you. >> thank you very much. 5:02. to a developing story in the district. police are on the lookout for a man who stabbed a woman. it happened just before 1:00 this morning in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue in northwest washington. police released few details about the stabbing. the woman was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. police have made no arrests in the case. this morning, d.c. police warning taxicab passengers, especially women, after a string of attacks. seven taxi drivers are facing charges for allegedly attacking passengers in recent weeks. six of the seven victims are women. one was allegedly dragged out of the cab by her ankles. another was allegedly punched. legislation being impose today to install panic buttons in all d.c. cabs to alert police when there's a problem. >> drivers have been robbed. drivers have been assaulted. also for passengers because this is wholly unacceptable, obviously. but on action, we have drivers who actually assault passengers. and the primary victim is a woman. >> those panic buttons are expected to be installed in d.c. cabs by december. in little more than a week, a grand jury will begin hearing evidence in the trayvon martin case. the 17-year-old was shot to death by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in sanford, florida. zimmerman claims he shot mart anyone self-defense. police say they have not filed charges in the case because of florida's stands your ground law. alexandria, virginia, is one of several cities across the country that held rallies for justice this weekend. protesters say zimmerman should be arrested, and the florida law should be repealed. alexandria city leaders are among those who want to see this case go through the justice system. >> we should always be about the business of -- if a crime takes place and the police have apprehended the accused, that, you know, that the normal process is followed in terms of be only arresting but -- not only arresting but a trial and a decision rendered. >> several people wore hoodies in support of the cause. the event also included a moment of silence for trayvon martin. >> no justice -- >> no peace! >> martin's parents attended a rally in his hometown of miami. his family disputes zimmerman's self-defense claim. they believe race played a role in the shooting. the crowd included miami -- the crowd in miami included a number of political leaders, sports stars, and civil rights leaders. al sharpton and jesse jackson vowed to keep holding peaceful demonstrations until an arrest is made. and now decision 2012. 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 on top. the former governor told a crowd in madison, wisconsin, last night that he will probably win the nomination. in the state-by-state battle to accumulate more than 1,100 delegates needed to win the presidential nomination, romney has an estimated 565 delegates. that is according to real clear politics. wisconsin's senator ron johnson 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. presidential hopeful rick santorum says he will not drop out of the race for president if he loses tomorrow's primaries. 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. rick santorum has won 27% of the delegates at stake. that means he would need to win 74% of the remaining delegates in order to clinch the nomination. a major donor to suspected gunman accused of fraud and impersonating a bank official. the man 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 phase a court order to pay more than $10,000 in back rented for her former new york apartment. supporters of bringing a casino to prince george's county are trying to win over state delegates. according to the "washington post," advocates are considering several amendments to support pending legislation. one would set a higher investment from developers and already required. another amendment could include road improvements. prince george's county is pushing for a casino at the national harbor. the senate gave preliminary approval to the gaming expansion bill. it would allow for a sixth casino in maryland and legalized table games. supporters of wind energy in maryland will rally around their cause tonight in annapolis. backers of offshore wind development will hold a demonstration at the maryland state house. supporters plan to gather in a circle around that building. they will hold glow in the dark miniature wind turbines and wear electric blue t-shirts. a wind energy bill is in the finance committee after the house approved its version last week. to you towson university will remember two students who died within 12 hours of each other this weekend. a vigil will be held for 20-year-old ryan bailey and 27-year-old timothy o'hare. bailey of hit by a cash early saturday morning. coyer, who is an iraq war veteran, was found dead in his apartment yesterday by his roommates. police say his death does not appear 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. russian emergency ministry -- russia's emergencies ministry says 32 people were killed. 11 have been taken to the hospital. at least five of the survivors are in critical continue. the atr-72 turbo-prop aircraft had just left when it left and burst into flames in a snowy field. it's not clear what caused the crash. 5:08. 51 degrees. which airlines deliver first class service to all the customers? the carriers that are most likely to get you to your destination on time. and least likely to lose your bags. and forget facing the nfl's commissioner. why saints players may have to deal with police for their roles in an on-field bounty program. and you may want to bring your jacket when you head out this morning. mm, these artisan bagels are so tasty. what do you think "artisan" means? i believe art is latin for "well-crafted" and isan is greek for "one who cares." so, well-crafted by one who cares, huh? either that, or it just means "really, really, really good bagels." i think you left out a "really." dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today. discover the authentic taste of dunkin's new artisan bagels. america runs on dunkin'. weather & traffic on the 1s. good morning. early on this monday morning, we've had some overnight rain that has begun to now definitely break up and pass south of fredericksburg and continuing to head toward the south and behind that. still quite a bit of cloudiness, but the cloud cover breaking up. temperatures around the region near 50 degrees from washington's shaw neighborhood to suitland, forest falls, laytonsvil laytonsville. farther west, 40s. sunrise 6:51. sunny and breezy. winds gusting to around 25 miles per hour. they may get to around it 0 or so -- 30 or so midday. a cool day, highs reaching the low to briefly mid 60s. the higher temperatures in north central virginia. here's the evening planner. sunset, 7:33. clear and chilly. 40s by midnight. we'll have more coming up in ten minutes. danella? good news earlier. taking the beltway, you cannot get to 395 northbound. the ramps are closed because of construction but that's now gone. your travel lanes are open. taking a live look at 395, not seeing problems for you. looks good. in fact, here's a live look at edsall making your way northbound. are you in the clear. same thing with southbound. no problems at all. crossing over the 14th street bridge, very light volume as you head into the city. your travel speed, northbound on 395, 60 miles per hour. only taking 12 minutes to make the trip from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. aaron and eun? >> thank you. 5:12. now 51 degrees. a popular car and suv are the focus of a federal investigation. the safety condition that sparked the probe. ahead, ready to launch? why these satellite images of north korea are scaring diplomats. [ yelling ] and the wife of the jetblue fight whose meltdown made international news speaks out. what this morning we're getting a look at new satellite images of a north korean rocket site. north korea says it is preparing for a long-range missile test. some in washington are calling it a cover for nuclear weapons test. images show a mobile radar trailer and empty fuel and oxidizer tanks. north korean leaders say the launch will put a functional satellite into orbit between april 12 and 16. part of the celebration of the 100th birthday of the late leader kim i'll-sung. former president clinton prisoner aung san suu kyi is a member of the parliament. she won in a landslide as part of the national league for democracy party. the nobel prize winner was interhouse arrest for close to two decades before being released in 2010. she's been one of the loudest supporters for democracy in myanmar and says she hopes to work with lawmakers to help bringally change to her country -- bring real change to her country. as bashar al assad refuses to step down, secretary of state hillary clinton delivered an ultimate mate i'm -- step down or else. she joined 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 rebels and president al assad. clinton urged him to accept a peace plan or step down. >> we called for an immediate end to the killing in syria and 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. >> the conference also agreed on additional sanctions against syria. in addition, secretary clinton announced the u.s. government plans to help the rebel forces by supplying them with communications equipment. members of the new orleans saints could face criminal charges for their bounty program. the players association told the players involved that they should look into hiring legal help. 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. legal experts say it will be a very difficult case as players would have to prove that a specific tackle caused an injury. a technical problem is to blame for keeping some visa customers from using their credit and debit cards. a visa spokesperson says 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 mastercard say they've notified their cardholders about the breach. coming up on 20 minutes after the hour. the wife of the jetblue pilot whose outburst forced an emergency landing says he wasn't being intentionally violent toward anyone. connie osmon says she's simply focused on her husband's recovery and won't be giving any more interviews. last week, clayton osmon became belligerent during a flight from new york to las vegas. he eventually 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 this incident. a new report set to be released today says airline performance is better now than last year. the report is based on 2011 data submitted to the department of transportation by the nation's 15 largest airlines. and here are some of the highlights -- hawaii airlines took the top performance with 92% of their flights on time or early. jetblue airways had the worst on-time performance. airtran had the best baggage handling rate. american eagle airlines had the worst handling rate for baggage. southwest airlines had the lowest consumer complaint rate, and united airlines had the most consumer complaints. this morning we're learning virginia schools really hit the jackpot in that historic mega millions drawing. 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. and for those of us who didn't win the mega millions, we can still get a deal on lunch if that's any consolation. if you bring your losing ticket from friday to z-burger today, you can get a dollar off your burger were and a free soda. that offer is only available at the tinleytown and southwest locations. there you go. >> free burger -- >> consolation prize for that. >> sure. that will do. kind of. not really. >> gosh. 5:21. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. >> the weather's going to be a consolation, too. we are drying out after overnight showers that did produce a quarter inch of rain. many region, we have wet pavement. let's go forward. hometown forecast, annandale, fairfax county, near 50 as well as much of the region. by noontime, into the mid 50s. we'll have a wind gusting to around 30 miles per hour. it's doing that now. we'll have the wind with us throughout the day. by mid-afternoon, should be around 60 or so. and maybe briefly low 60s. lots of sunshine. then a clear evening by late evening, down to near 50 degrees. by this time tomorrow morning, we may be talking about some frost. yeah, may be down into the mid 30s. maybe in a few scattered areas and rural areas starting off tomorrow morning. we may be down to near the freezing mark. ought to recover nicely with lots of sun tomorrow, into the upper 60s to near 70. and then on wednesday, it's going to be a chilly morning. 40s to near 50. and a lot of clouds around on wednesday. a warm front coming through. then a cool front later in the day. that might trigger a shower during the afternoon on wednesday. and highs mild, though, into the 70s after that cool front goes by. cooler. tuesday morning, near 40. and partly cloudy thursday, highs only near 60. a bit milder, though, with sunshine back. looking great for friday, saturday, and sunday. high 60s and sunshine. now, danella, how's traffic? >> really good if you're taking eastbound leesburg pike. earlier, we had construction that pretty much stopped you from getting on to the dulles toll road. but now that is long gone. and you're in the clear. traveling on the dulles toll road, seeing nothing but green as you make your commute this morning in both directions. travel speed not bad at fairfax county parkway. 65 miles per hour. the wolf trap area passing sunset hills, you have no problems as you continue to the beltway. look at this -- 58 miles per hour, only six minutes to get from wolftrap to the 2000. back to you. >> thank you. 5:23. two of the top teams in college basketball play for the title tonight in new orleans. >> look at you! >> go! >> the kentucky wildcats and kansas jayhawks square off tonight for the men's college basketball championship. kentucky aiming for its eighth national title. kansas is playing for its fourth championship. it is a rematch between the teams who played back in november. kentucky won that game by 10. police in kentucky are hoping that no matter the outcome, it is a quiet night at the university. several hundred officers were r on and near campus hoping to prevent the 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 to twitter and telling supporters to behave tonight. meanwhile, two of the top women's programs will play for the title tomorrow night in denver. notre dame moving on to its second straight national title after edging university of connecticut in overtime. they'll face the juggernaut baylor bears who defeated stanford to advance to the finals. led pie superstar brittany greiner. baylor looking to cap the perfect 40-0 season. the first ever in women's or men's college basketball. >> congrats. the wizards were hoping a new month meant new results. so far that is not the case. the washington wizards fell to the toronto raptors last night in canada. john wall led the team with 11 assists and chipped in 11 of 13 points. it wasn't enough against toronto as the wizards fall 99-92. they've lost eight of their last ten. they're back on the court tonight at home against the milwaukee bucks. let's go, wizards. sarah palin has had a lot of titles -- mayor, governor, v.p. candidate. tomorrow she will add a new one to her resume. "today" show co-host. the former alaska governor will spend the 7:00 a.m. hour discussing the political primaries in designees, maryland, and wisconsin -- in d.c., maryland, and wisconsin. during the 8:00 hour she will move to the co-host position and help with segments. she's currently a paid contributor to fox news. >> i'm tuning in. >> interesting to see. there's something going on. the "today" show's been tweeting all weekend about some special surprise guest something today. nobody can figure out who it is or what this is all about. but i'll be tuning in at 7:00 a.m. >> that's the point. get people to tune in. 5:26. no april fool's joke here. how close an asteroid came to slamming into earth this weekend. also ahead, five people shot. three people killed in a violent weekend on prince george's county. what police there plan on doing to stem the violence. and new video taken from inside a cruise ship stranded at sea with no power. 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throughout the morning. first, good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" on this monday, april 2. >> we're taking a live look outside at 5:29, 50 degrees. a chilly start after overnight rain. our meteorologist, tom kierein's here to tell us can we put away the umbrellas, or should we take them with us? >> if you want to keep the pollen off of you, you might have an umbrella. but not for rain. >> okay. >> the rain did help the pollen count. it did help wash pollen out of the air overnight. but boy, the pollen count has been high. the tree pollen is likely going to build again by later today. and into tomorrow. dry weather returning. but as we look at what's been happening over the last 12 hours, all that moving color, that was rain. it did wash the pollen out and also give us wet pavement this morning. it's beginning to get blow dried. the winds are gusting to around 30 to 35 miles per hour. and temperatures are in the 40s. all this area in blue, much of west virginia, western maryland, and much of maryland, north of washington, up into pennsylvania, it's in the 40s. areas in green, though, in the 50s. that includes southern maryland, lower eastern shore, most of virginia. and it's near 60 in richmond. closer to washington, fairfax county in the low 50s as is arlington county. near 50 in washington and prince george's county. it is in the 40s montgomery county, points north and west. here's the day planner. we'll have our temperatures climbing into the mid 60s by mid-afternoon with a blustery wind that will still be a bit gusty through the afternoon. but settling tonight. we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? still seeing mechanical problems slowing you on the marc train. if you're taking penn south train 505, you're looking at a 45-minute delay. the train may be stopped. if you're taking metro and vre, they're not reporting delays at this time. to the roadway. traveling this time outer loop of the beltway, taking the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue, have a crash there. it's blocking the right lane. now, traveling along route 50, a live look now, no issues as far as accidents, major delays at all making your way from annapolis to the beltway. a live look at 301. travel lanes are open. you're at 68 miles per hour heading westbound. eight minutes from 301 to the beltway. over to you. >> thank you. we want to get to a developing story in the district. police on the lookout for a man who stabbed a woman. this happened just before 1:00 a.m. in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue. that's in northwest washington. police released very few details about that stabbing. we know the woman was taken to the hospital, and she is expected to be okay. police have made no arrests in this case, but they're going to continue the investigation into the night. later this morning, we're going to hear directly from prince george's county police about a spike in violence over the weekend. >> that's right. officers responded to four separate shootings within a 48-hour period. eight people were hurt and three people killed. derek ward is live at police headquarters with more. derek, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. indeed, a busy weekend for prince george's county police. they remain busy. later today they will update us on the investigations into the shootings. three people were shot and wounded friday night. that's where it started. in an apartment complex in adelphi. this happened in the 6700 block of northwest drive. injuries are described as non-life-threatening. police believe this -- that shooting may stem from a domestic incident. later, half past midnight, another shooting. this one in the lewis dale section of prince george's county. police found a 19-year-old man dead in the street in the 2 h02 block of woodbury drive. two women were shot in suitland. one died, another suffered a leg wound. sunday morning, another double shooting. this time two men shot. it happened in the 2700 block of judith avenue in district heights. one of the victims has died in that shooting, as well. we hope that police will announce that there's been at least an arrest in one of these cases. we don't know for sure. that's supposed to happen at about 10:30. we expect to be briefed directly by chief mcgraw on a violent weekend in prince george's county. one of the most violent that anyone can remember in recent history. live in palmer park, back to you. >> derek ward, thank you. today pakistan expected to charge osama bin laden's three widows for living in the country illegally. the three women have been in pakistani custody since the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. raided bin laden's kpand last year. he was killed in the raid. if convicted, the women face prison time. four british sailors are recovering this morning after a monster wave crashed into their yacht. it happened in the pacific ocean about 200 miles off the west coast. the u.s. coast guard had to rescue two of the sailors who had suffered serious injuries. the sailors were taking part in an around the world race when a 30-foot wave crashed into their boat. the rescue effort took longer than expected because of bad weather. the sailors are happy to be back on dry land. >> sleep deprived, looking forward to beds and showers and hopefully to cold beers. >> two of the injured sailors only have minor injuries and are heading back to the coast on their own. passengers on a cruise ship in the philippines are breathing a sigh of relief as they docked yesterday after being stranded at sea. a fire broke out on the ship destroying an engine and leaving the ship drifting for more than 24 hours. more than 1,000 people were on board. luckily, they had air conditioning, running water, and plumbing. the ship was traveling from the philippines to malaysia when the fire broke out. five crew members suffered smoke inhalation. no one else was hurt. 5:35. this morning a family is mourning the loss of five relatives killed on their way from spring break. officials say 18 people were packed inside an r.v. when it crashed on interstate 35 south of topeka, kansas. the family was on its way from texas to minnesota when the r.v. veered into a ravine 30-feet deep. the survivors were taken to the hospital. federal investigators are looking into reports of engine fires in the cheverolet cruise and jeep wrangler suv. the national highway traffic safety administration got two reports of fires in the 2011 cruise model. in both cases the fires began while the cars were moving. the agency received eight reports of fires in the 2010 wrangler. most fires began while the suv was in motion. general motors and the chrysler group say they are cooperating with the investigation. they also say there have been no accidents or injuries related to the engine fires. former president bill clinton is helping transform a d.c. community. he brought his global initiative to the district. the goal is to turn good intentions into action. that's exactly what a teen did kelly middle school northeast. the former president and his daughter chelsea joined college students and spruced up the neighborhood. the group did yardwork, house maintenance, and sent care packages for overseas troops. the global initiative challenges college students to find new approaches to improving their community. >> since we're here in washington, d.c., we think it's really important for them to manifest that core value here in d.c. and to understand that d.c. is a lot more than just the white house or the capitol building. >> chelsea clinton is an nbc news special correspondent. over the years, clinton global initiative has brought in millions of dollars from various projects around the world. fairfax county students may be able to sleep in more. the "washington post" reports the school board has officially reopened the issue of what parents feel are early start times for students. right now school buses pick up kids before 6:00 a.m. so they can start classes at 7:20. the board is looking at a proposed start time of 8:00 a.m. parents feel students are not getting adequate sleep, citing health issues that come from lack of sleep. the board will vote on the measure on april 12. earth had a close encounter with a huge asteroid. a space rock the size of a passenger jet zoomed past the planet at exactly 5:32 yesterday morning. nasa scientists say the asteroid came within 143,000 miles of earth. the rook passed about half -- rock passed about halfway between the earth and moon's orbit. despite the close distance, nasa says the rock was not a threat of hitting us. could you imagine, though -- >> being hit by an asteroid? >> the size of a jet. that would leave a big hole. >> maybe, you're right. glad it didn't happen. >> i am, too. >> glad you're here and survived the crazy not. all right. 5:38. new health concerns for young adults. the cancer that's increased eightfold in young women and what doctors say is to blame. and o.j. simpson was acquitted more than a decade ago of killing her ex-wife and her friend. a private investigator says he knows who's really guilty. and will you need the umbrella this morning? consider this -- a mouthwash with maximum fluoride, strong enough to rebuild tooth enamel, yet gentle enough for sore mouths. new act sensitive. strong teeth, fresh breath. in a sensitive formula. welcome back. it's official, we set the record for the warmest march ever. the warm temperatures caused the chom cherry blossoms to reach peak bloom earlier than forecasted. at least 41 cities across the country also set the warmest march ever. i enjoyed it. >> as did i. and i think tom kierein's in storm center 4, tom, you agree it was not a bad thing at least to our senses to have the weather be warmer this march. >> yeah, but for allergy sufferers it came early. everything bloomed two to three weeks earlier than average. the pollen counts jumped. it's going to be high again today. much better this morning after overnight rain did come through. right now, from cleveland park to hillcrest heights, largo, huntington, leak, aspen hill, around 50 degrees. later today, climbing into the low 60s. and we'll have a wind gusting to around 30 miles per hour. that will diminish tonight. here's the planner -- sunset at 7:33. a chilly evening coming up under a clear sky. down to the 40s by midnight. and this time tomorrow morning, we may be talking about frost. we'll talk about that and look at the rest of the week and next weekend in ten minutes. danella? still seeing a crash from the outer loop of the beltway. taking the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue. that crash is still blocking the right lane. also seeing big delays on i-270. traveling southbound, very slow out of frederick. and in fact, travel speed for you southbound, 22 miles per hour after you pass 80. you're jammed making your way to old 100. very slow making the commute. once you past old 100, the lanes open up. not seeing problems on i-270 from there. here's a live look at democracy. travel lanes open southbound as you connect to the beltway. no incidents to report traveling northbound i-270 at this time. back to you both. >> danella, thank you. 5:43 now. comedy on the campaign trail. the april fool's prank mitt romney's aides pulled off on the gop candidate. and facial hair with a cause. why these dapper demonstrators want tax breaks for thei 14 before the hour. decision 2012 coverage. 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 predicting he will come out on top. the former governor told a crowd in madison, wisconsin, last night he will probably win the nomination. in the state-by-state battle to accumulate the more than 1,100 delegates needed to win the 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." he 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 heoses the primaries. the former pennsylvania senator vowed to stay in until it's clear that romney secured the delegates required for the noimz. santorum does face 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. that means he would need to win 74% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. a major donor to president obama is accused of fraud and impersonating a bank official. the man 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 apartments. this morning, d.c. police warning taxicab passengers, especially women, to be safe after a string of attacks. seven taxi drivers are facing charges for allegedly attacking passager in recent weeks. six of the seven victims have been women. one was allegedly dragged out of the cab by her ankles. another was allegedly punched. there is legislation being proposed to install panic buttons in all d.c. cabs to alert police when there's a problem. >> drivers have been robbed, drivers have been assaulted. and also for passengers because this is wholly unacceptable, obviously. on occasion we do have drivers who actually assault passengers. and the primary victim is a woman. >> the panic buttons are expected to be installed in d.c. cabs by december. d.c. police say a man involved in a robbery now faces charges in a shooting near an early voting site in the district. the shooting happened outside the takoma community center in northwest washington saturday afternoon. police say a man shot in the shoulder was actually involved in a robbery. investigators say he was one of three masked men who tried to rob a group near the rec center. rescuers took the man to the hospital. police arrested him a short time after. election officials stopped voting for about 20 minutes. saturday was the last day for early voting in the district before tomorrow's primary. next week a grand jury will begin hearing evidence in the controversial shooting death of tray von martin. the 17-year-old was shot to death by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, in sanford, florida. zimmerman claims he shot mart anyone self-defense. police say they have not filed charges in this case because of florida's stand your ground law. alexandria, virginia, one of several cities across the country that held rallies for justice. protesters say zimmerman should be arrested and the florida law should be repealed. >> you know, every american feels the need to step up and be heard when something unjust and unfair has occurred. and when we see the kind of situation that occurred in sanford, it really tears at everybody's soul. we do not want to see a child gunned down and then nothing essentially being done about it. >> alexandria mayor bill uall spoke at the rally. that event included a moment of silence for martin. a new book about the 1994 deaths of nicole brown and ron goldman claims that o.j. simpson's son committed the murders. private investigator william deer's book, "o.j. is innocent, and i can prove it" hits shelves today after a 17-year investigation. deer says he has found circumstantial evidence that leads jason simpson, who is now 41 years old, to those murders. deer says he found a hunting knife that forensic investigators say is the weaponid? jason simpson's storage unit. he claims he found photographs of jason simpson wearing a knit cap similar to one discovered at the crime scene. o.j. simpson was the prime suspect for the 1994 murders. he was acquitted in 1995. doctors say they're seeing a dramatic rise in the number of young adults with skin cancer. researchers at the mayo clinic say between 1970 and 2009, melanoma increased eightfold in women under the age of 40. it quadrupled in men under 40. experts suggest tanning beds are to blame. death rates from melanoma fell during the same period, suggesting early interventions may be helping to save some lives. if you're getting an early start, want to get a check on that forecast for you. some of us dealt with rain overnight. >> yeah. pavement is wet around the region. and this morning, we are beginning to dry out. that pollen, though, got washed out by some of those showers that came through. here's what it looked like a couple of hours ago. areas in green with showers that passed from north to south. and then completely exited the area. now pretty much gone. and the cloud cover is breaking up a little bit. we will have some sunshine, increasing sunshine as the day progresses. but it's chilly west and north. loudoun county to montgomery county, howard county, points west and north just in the 40s. around washington near 50, including arlington, fairfax, southern montgomery county, much of prince george's county, and southern maryland. right near the bay waters, in the low 50s, as well as the northern neck. highs later this afternoon with lots of sunshine. might make it up into the low 60s around the metro area. only near 60 west and north. may hit mid 60s farther south from culpeper, warrenton, fredericksburg, and around manassas. leesburg and loudoun county, here's the hometown forecast. by mid morning, it will still just be in the 40s to around 50 degrees. pie noontime, should be into the mid 50s. might get up to around 60 or so by mid-afternoon. late afternoon, back to the 50s. lots of sun throughout the day. winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. then overnight tonight, by midnight, down to the mid 40s. and by this time tomorrow morning, the mid 30s in loudoun county and around leesburg. in fact, many of the rural areas in maryland and virginia, we may have scattered frost starting off early tomorrow morning. then sunshine back tomorrow afternoon, and upper 60s with lighter winds. clouds wednesday. we'll have a warm front come through bringing us into the 70s. then a cool front late afternoon may trigger showers. that will bring down the temperatures to near 40 by dawn on thursday. thursday afternoon, partly cloudy, high just near 60. a bit milder with sunshine back, high 60s friday, saturday, and sunday. danella? well, starting with the rails, metro was experiencing track problems on the red line. that has been resolved. but you're still seeing delays in both directions if you're taking the red line this morning. and back over to the marc train, big delays on the penn south. train number 505. right now you're over an hour late right now. and i think that train is stopped. it's experiencing problems, as well. but we've been watching all morning long. it's just getting slower and slower. to the roadways, outer loop of the beltway, still as you're taking the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue, have a crash there blocking the right lane. chopper 4 is over the scene now. and looks like possibly it should be in the process of clearing. looks like there's a tractor-trailer that's actually facing the opposite side of the roadway. this is blocking your right lane. and we are seeing just a little volume as you're taking the ramp. again, this is the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue. please use caution. going to give you an update on the accident in ten minutes. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. this morning, a lot of washingtonians hoping for a callback from central casting. netflix held a casting call in the district for its new tv series. it's called "house of cards." a lot of people waited in line inest sw for a chance to be on the original series starring kevin spacey. producers looking for extras to play lobbyists, politicians, hill staffers, and other washington jobs. >> it's fun. you goat meet interesting people. you get to see yourself in the movies sometimes. sometimes not. >> all right. there you go. sometimes, sometimes not. "house of cards" is the first originally produced series by netflix. it explores the british political scene toward the end of the margaret thatcher era. filming expected to begin this month in washington and baltimore. ♪ the boss rocked verizon center. bruce springsteen and the e street band jammed out in front of a soldout audience. his 6th stop on his wrecking ball tours. hundreds marched in support of the mustache act. the organization organized the million mustache march on capitol hill. far fewer people actually marched and rallied. they urged congress to pass the act providing a $250 annual tax deduction for people who have mustaches. supporters say these are extra expenses that go into keeping mustaches clean and trimmed. there you go. >> it was nice to watch. give them that. >> concept, all right. this morning, mitt romney says he will not forget the april fool's stunt his campaign staff pulled on him. >> watch what happened when the gop candidate thought he was walking into a room packed with supporters in milwaukee. >> governor mitt romney, the next president of the united states. [ cheers ] >> that's wisconsin congressman paul ryan giving the fake introduction at the pancake brunch toward romney. he walked in to an empty room. romney eventually found the real crowd. he says he forgave his campaign staffers for the practical joke. but paybacks coming, you think? >> i think so for sure. he's going to need to do it around video cameras so they all can feel what he felt. >> there you go. another headache for credit card holders. the number that had people declined at the cash register. after a frightening incident at 30,000 feet, what the wife of a jetblue pilot is saying. ♪ ♪ you're ththank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ [ siren ] calling for calm in a