manager conceded metro has a way to go. >> there's need for a significant improvement in communications. >> reporter: richard sarls says he has added money for safety ex pen di expenditures. they must put in service cuts or hikes in the fares on bus and rail. john henrehan, fox5 news. at a series of six public hearings most riders said they'd rather pay higher fares than lose train or bus service. new details in the murder of a d.c. middle principal. montgomery county police have developed new leads in the case. police say they know betts was gay. they want to know if his sexual orientation had anything to do with his murder. he was found shot to death last week. his suv was found abandoned in a driveway in southeast. a witness say two people get out of the suv but police don't know if they're connected to betts' murder. bets family is holding a viewing in manassas, we'll have more on that on the news at six. . a barricade situation in buoy is finally over tonight after a suspect held officers at bay for most of the day. it started when u.s. marshals tried to serve a warrant for an assault and attempted murder on 26-year-old brian barnes. they say he took off in a car, rammed a cruiser, then crashed. then they say he broke into a home on 9th street sending the neighbor scrambling. after hours of trying to establish contact, officers went into the house. >> the k-9 dog indicated somebody was in the basement. the team went down to the basement where they found the suspect hiding in the basement. >> a crew on the scene said the suspect had minor injuries but it's not clear whether they came from crashing the car or breaking into the house. new video and developments surrounding the controversy at the university of maryland. the police beating caught on march 3rd made international headlines. now there's debate about how the university has handled that video. beth parker joins us with more details. >> reporter: maryland state police confirm they are investigating but not the accusations that prince george's county police beat up a student. they are looking at how the university has handled a subpoena related to the case. take a look. the university released new video today. you can see students pouring out into the street after that big basketball win. now, this is surveillance video from one of 350 cameras on a near campus. lawyers representing students subpoenaed this video. the university handed over some but not all of it and even know two minutes of the university's surveillance video is still missing. but a university of maryland spokesman says it is not the portion of the tape from the time when student jack mckenna was allegedly beaten by prince george's county police. >> as we have learned about what we have and don't have, it's clear that, you know, there are some things that, you know, you sort of wonder how this could have happened but this is one of the reasons we've asked the maryland state police to come in and help us work through it. >> reporter: now all of this controversy was triggered by another video. here it is. it shows that student, jack mckenna on the ground being pit by police. this was shot by a fellow student. the university says the surveillance video did not capture this incident because they were pointed toward a different area of knox road at the time the incident happened. four officers have been suspended. the department and a grand jury are investigating. a teenager drowned after trying to swim across the patuxent river in anne arundle county. the police have identified the boy as edward newtson. he jumped into the water in the afternoon. he made it half way across according to witnesses but the current pulled him under. two people jumped in attempting to rescue him. the dive team found his body an hour and a half later. we have a warning from police of armed robbers posing as workers. both times the gunman knocked on the door of a home claiming to be from a utility company, pulled out weapons and robbed the resident. a student's family says a teacher's aide beat up a mentally handicapped teenager. it happened earlier this month. we have the details. >> reporter: the family speaking through a spokesperson today said they want the teacher's aide arrested, that what he did to the mentally handicapped child was a crime the student was playing in the gym at oxen hill middle school when his family says he was beaten by an out of control teacher's aide. >> for whatever reason, this teacher's aide, picked this ball, slammed it into the face of the student, proceeded to throw him into the bleachers not ones, but twice. >> reporter: natalie williams says fellow teachers and students screamed for him to stop. the boy has a mental capacity of a 6-year-old. williams says the aide identified as mr. davis struck the boy again, even after the boy was restrained by another teacher. >> he comes around and then proceeds to hit the student once again in the back of his head. in the front of his head first and then to the back of his head. >> reporter: the police confirm an assault took place at the school but no charges have been filed yet. the family says the principal failed to report the assault. at the school, some parents seemed concerned that two weeks later, they are only now learning about it. >> you can't imagine something like this happens at a school, but just surprised that nothing has come home from the school. >> reporter: the school system did send a letter home saying the principal is on personnel leave for an indefinite period of time. >> is that as a result of this incident? >> the information went out to parents saying there is a change in leadership. >> reporter: the school system says it did report the incident to child and family welfare which is now investigating. after the boy got home from school, the family took him to the hospital and then went to police. >> he had swollen ribs, he had bruises on his face, and he had lumps in his hair and along his hairline. >> reporter: police say it is still early in the investigation. the family claims the teacher's aide is a relative of the principal, but school officials would not confirm that, calling it a personnel issue. neither would the school system say whether any disciplinary action has been taken against the aide accused in the attack: >> frustrating for that family. thank you. the boy's twin brother who is also mentally disabled claims he witnessed the attack. neither boy has returned to the school since the alleged incident. wet wednesday bringing relief to allergy sufferers washing away some of the pollen. how long will it stick around? we have our first look at the weather. gary, been a rough season for allergy sufferers. >> it's lack of pollen dance? is that how i understand that to be? >> yes. >> okay, okay. we do still have rain out there but it will be coming to an end. hopefully it was enough to temper the pollen just a little bit which thank goodness, the pollen has been coming down on its own by help from the rain is a good thing. here is what it looks like out there on the max hd radar. you can see the activity down south of d.c.. none of this has been all that heavy today, but we have had at least a little bit of moderate rainfall. so i don't think anybody has gotten more than a quarter of inch of rain. but as we zoom in a little bit tighter. this is a little bit of an enhancement we've seen in the last few minutes or so. this has shifted off to the east of i-95 but it's still touching 495 around alexandria. it's a wet commute tonight and it's going to be slower. true view will show you, we're seeing a bag -- back end of the cloudiness. maryland has temperatures up in the low 70s. we are still in the clouds here so, so much for temperatures getting up into the 60s. we're stuck in the 50s right now. you can see all up and down the east coast there is a chance for rain for the next two hours, and then it will switch to drizzle and will dry out overnight tonight. a first look at your forecast, what we can expect coming up this evening, in just a few minutes. >> maybe we'll show you the no pollen dance. >> i would like to see it. do you agree with that? dwr yes, gary, yes. could one of the nfl's biggest stars be side lined for the start of the season? the ben roethlisberger, the pittsburgh steelers quarterback, finds out his story today. >> remember the balloon boy? the cost to his parents. >> why doctors say that growing number of peopl to tanning. keep it right here, fox5 news at 5:00 is just getting started. 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>> yes, it's my son, he suffers. >> i got them, too, and i know a lot of you folks are suffering from allergies worse this year and the rain washes that pollen away. we have been talking about it. dance from shawn or? >> my son has horrible allergies and i was glad it was gone. >> this will help. i went ahead and put the pollen count in real quick. let's show t it's on true view so you can see it's still high for the pollen but let me tell you it's not very high. last week we were very high. so we want to see this tree number come down and it's down to 191.6 which is again, high, but it's not up into the thousand range. i think tomorrow we'll see this tree number don't lower since we've had the rain today. here's what it looks like out there, speaking of the rain, we saw a fairly good shower now down around oxon hill and going up into alexandria. this is moving to the east and northeast. there's a lot of rain to the south but we're seeing the back edge of this so i think over the next couple of hours, anyway, the showers will begin to come to answered. we may have drizzle lasting until about 9:00 or so, but it looks like after nine some dry air starts coming across for everybody. so that's going to help things out greatly. temperatures are in the middle 50s now, they won't fall much over the next couple of hours but we will remain in the 50s all evening long. keep the umbrella for the next couple of hours and you will be in good shape. it will take your loved ones longer to get home in this commute with the drizzle and the rain. >> habitat for humanity is getting ready to build 12 new homes for families in arlington. the perry hall building is being changed over into condos. the families are required to invest 300 to 500 sweat equity hours. a famous actor was robbed and why the white house has a cause for concern. more and more people are becoming physically addicted to tanning. the warning signs and the dangerous consequences, coming up next. . we've been talking about it. this allergy season is worst than most and you may be adding to your misery without knowing it. a new study shows drinking alcohol could make symptoms worse, especially for woman. the reason? researchers say beer, wine, and liquor contain histamine. doctors say hormones may make women more vulnerable than men. we know people can get addicted to alcohol but what about a tanning addiction? >> whether it's from a tanning bed or the sun, more and more people are becoming physically addicted and it could have deadly results, say doctors. we have the report. >> reporter: they want to be brown to perfection, tanned and tempting. >> i like that my face didn't look so pale. >> reporter: but what they are doing under the sun or in a tanning salon turns out to be more about how they feel than how they look. >> there's no doubt that it has to do with the way it makes them feel. >> reporter: dr. shatner says it makes people feel like cocaine or marijuana or stimulants. researchers found that exposure to u.v. rays stimulates the same pleasure centers in the brain as a drug dependency. >>. >> are people getting a high from getting tanned? >> that's very much the way it looks. >> reporter: a new study of more than 200 young people who go often to tanning facilities shows 1/3 meet the clinical definition for an addict. they think about tanning first thing in the morning. they've tried to cut back, and failed. and they feel guilty about it. >> i usually come in the winter about ones -- once or twice a week. so i don't consider that i'm addicted. >> reporter: mark winner runs the solei tanning salon in the west loop and he knows some of his clients are overdoing it. >> how do you know they're over the line? >> they're here every day and they're very dark. >> reporter: very dark and at an elevated risk for skin cancers and sun damage and the biggest supreme, people who tan frequently tend to know the most about the dangers of exposure but still can't stop doing it. >> what about warnings about skin cancers and wrinkles? >> i'm probably the worst person. i always say worry about it later. >> the study also suggests a strong link between excessive tanning and substance abuse. the study is changing the way people screen for mental health. cash for appliances is final hi hereful how to get brand new products inside your home and put something extra in the bank. that's coming up at 5:45. plus, armed and ready with brand new technology. from body scanners to guns, who is using these tools? e angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third pound... of 100% angus beef, they had the audacity to use a bakery-style bun... and crinkle cut the pickles. there's no denying it, that's a third strip of bacon. have they no shame! angus axiom #39: it's an embarrassment of riches. the astonishing angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba da ba ba ba . a proposal to allow schools to teach gun safety to elementary school students is drying fire in virginia following a vote in the general assembly the state board of education is developing a class using the national rifle association's only safety guide lines. here's the debate. >> reporter: this was introduced by lindwood lewis. he is a delegate who represents parts of norfolk and rural areas. he says he wanted to allow elementary schools where gun owning is common place to teach gun safety. the nra has a gun safety program in use which it use as cartoon character called eddie the eagle. this bill tells virginia's department of education to incorporate the nra's program into any school plans it will develop and then go ahead and offer to these schools. >> let me ask you. shawn mentioned there are critics who don't think the nra should be there. >> some say the nra should not be the standard on this. students should be more concerned about reading and writing than learning about reloading. democrats amended this bill making sure anticrime groups are included, however bob mcdonald citing a typographical error in the listing of the name is asking to have this removed. here's what one man had to say. >> if a parent wants their child to learn about guns, the parent can talk to them. the parent can sign up for these programs on the weekend or some other time but the idea of trying to get eddie eagle coming into the school is like joe camel coming in to talk about cigarettes. >> reporter: now we should tell you, we did reach out to the sponsor of the bill, delegate lynnwood to comment on this. we've not been able to speak with him so far but we're hoping to be in touch with him soon. >> there are so many issues. i can hear this debate going back and forth. are there any school districts that considering a gun safety program like this? >> reporter: big question. we contacted every school district in northern virginia. we went from arlington to alexandria down over to loudoun, each and every one tells us at this point they have no plans on the books to offer any class like this, even if the state department of education offers the curriculum. they don't see this winding up in elementary classrooms soon. >> i'm sure the debate is not over. >> tom fitzgerald with the story, thank you. let's talk about money in maryland. homeowners won't be paying higher property taxes next year. property owners will pay 11.2 cents per $100 of the full assessed property value, that's for the state. individual counties set their own separate property tax rates. a new effort to help metro close the nearly $190 million budget shortfall, councilman jim gram is saying an increase in the gas tax to help metro. general motors is making good. it's paid back the government billions of dollars from the auto bailout. the auto maker is revealing plans for major investments in two american factories. we have more on gm's fast road to recovery. >> reporter: coming in way ahead of schedule, general motors ceo whitaker says the company has repaid the $4.7 billion owed to the u.s. and $1.1 billion owed to the canadian government. >> we were able to repay the taxpayers ahead of schedule because we are designing, building, and selling the best cars and truck gm has produced ever. >> reporter: they got a total of $52 billion from washington last year to keep it a float. gm clearing the debt five years ahead of ever. its cash flow is better than expected because of the sale of new cars. they have plans to pump $250 million into auto plants in kansas city, kansas, and detroit. >> this investment represents a further commitment to gm's future, to communities that support us like here, and to the united states, canada, and ontario governments that stepped up last year. >> reporter: gm still has 43 billion of taxpayer money which is a 61% stake in the company. the payoff is coming from those funds, while others view the early check writing as a sign of strength. the early loan payment could help sales and move gm closer to becoming a publicly traded company again. that will allow the treasury to get back the rest of the taxpayer money. . united and continental airlines are deeper into talks to create the world's largest airline. they are in the early stages ever exchanging financial information. they're discussing how to value the companies if they wanted to do a stock swap, stock swap change there. previous merger talks fell through. >> stock swap, say that twice, right? hard. special tribute for the late senator ted kennedy. they marked a milestone for a service act in his name. it's been a year since he signed the serve america act. his widow spoke today. >> as teddy said on that beautiful april day a year ago, this bill was forged in advanced by all who serve. all the americans who give something back for day, a week, or a year, or a lifetime. >> the event is aimed at discussing the progress that's been made through kennedy serve america act. say it isn't so. first college campuses, now an entire country. who is pulling the plug on apple's ipad and what will this mean for the future of the tech toy? coming up next. also, tiger woods is back in the spotlight. don't miss the scoop behind his return to night life. we'll be right back. s >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer it . china wants its criminals could come that suting edge law enforcement will catch you more quickly. take a look at the equipment they laid out at a police convention in beijing. they have scanners that can tell if a person is armed or if they're carrying counterfeit. speaking of technology, not everyone is a fan of apple's any ipad. ice reel banned the new device saying it doesn't meet its wi-fi standards. customs agents have confiscated the ipad from travelers. remember these amazing pictures, the night sky lit up by a meteor in the midwest last week. you can get an upclose look at pieces left behind. they're on display at university of wisconsin, madison. each piece is the size of a peanut. >> that's kind of cool. >> yeah. and, you know what we learned last week when the story came out is the immediatiors falling to earth, common, but usually -- meteors falling to either, common, but usually it's during the day, not at night. >> so will the rest of the week be a washout? gary is here with your full forecast. new details in the case of cal penn robbed at gunpoint. we have the details, next. . still ahead on fox5 news at 5:00, kris allen in town tonight and giving a little back. don't miss how he's taking an important message off the stage. we're going to be talking to him later tonight. stick around for that. we'll have kris allen coming up in about 15 minutes. the race is on for homeowners wanting stimulus money. the cash for appliances program kicks off next week but some might be missing out if they're not prepared. here's the dates you need to circle on your calendar. >> reporter: in maryland it kicks off april 22nd, virginia april 28th. 300 million is being divvied out to states to give out on a first come, first serve basis. stocking, tagging, studying up, staff at sear's story in maryland are getting ready for a long weekend. >> trying not to be overwhelming. >> reporter: it's cold hard cash is the draw. rebates for buying energy efficient appliances. the department of energy is distributing a total of $300 million to fund state programs. >> all about really making sure that we're helping marylanders make smart energy decisions. >> reporter: in maryland you can get 5 to $100 for a refrigerator, 100 for a washing machine. and 300 for this water heater. >> with the rebate, $1139, that's a good deal. >> reporter: you have to do your homework ahead of time. the rebates aren't for any energy star appliance. they're for the ones that are designated super energy efficient. there are other rules. >> you have to be a maryland resiance in maryland or buy it on line from a retailer. have you to put the appliance in your maryland home. >> reporter: if past history is any indication the rebates will go fast, that's why the coonies are here shopping early. >> once the news got out for the cash for clunkers there was no money left for people, i thought we don't want to mess around and miss this opportunity. >> reporter: they'll buy as soon as the program starts and enjoy the cool savings on a new refrigerator for years to come. now, maryland also wants to you sign a waiver saying you're putting your old appliance out of service, not just moving it to the basement or garage. >> awesome program. anything we can do to help. i don't want to use the word awesome about today. although it was good to get that pollen out of here. >> i think for that reason alone it's awesome, not to mention for the plants and the trees, you know. >> i should mention, too, yeah, a little rain is good. i should mention we always have the pollen report up on myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and it's right there. so we don't always show it on the air, but we put it up, it's refreshed every single day. that is kind of a cool shot if you look at that, isn't it? i think we're starting to see sunshine back out to the west of us. but we do still have rain and drizzle in places. i think eventually during the evening hours and overnight tonight drier air comes in and get all this rain out of here. here's the radar to give you an idea of where the rain is now. it's not much. this is moving off to the east and northeast. it was a pretty good shower a while ago at oxon hill, but now most of this, if not clearing i-95, has cleared i-95 south of the city, back out to the west, it's primarily dry. some drizzle holding on in spots and sunshine reports back out to the west. hopefully this was enough to clear out some of the tree pollen. dulles and boig marshall not even 2/10 of an inch. clouds at 11:00 will be dry, temperatures in the low 50s, which is not much cooler than what we are now. 52 degrees tomorrow. mostly sunny tomorrow at lunchtime, temperatures of 66 degrees. we're going to be warmer tomorrow things to the sunshine. right now it's 55. dulles 58. out to the west, ahong i-81 they have a lot of -- little bit of late afternoon sunshine so that's got temperatures up a little bit. and cumberland out there in western maryland sitting at 70 degrees now. nice temperatures back to the northwest as well. pittsburgh 67, detroit 69, columbus 66, and you can see cooler air if you can see it there, chicago is 48 degrees, influenced by the lake there. their temperatures were cooler this afternoon. here has been the rain. area of low pressure now in north carolina. a little bit of thunderstorm activity closer to the center of the low in north carolina. none of that for us because we've been in the 50s today so that's kept our atmosphere a little bit more stable so no concern from showers becoming thunderstorm activity. little heavier up to the north of us and you can see back to the west now, even object the satellite picture -- on the satellite picture, back out farther to the west we're getting into sunshine. futurecast keeps at least a chance of a shower in here at 8:00 tonight. but watch how quickly this gets out of here by tomorrow morning. we'll have mostly sunny skies. you can see the cold front to the north. this isn't very much of a cold front, but one thing is will do tomorrow afternoon, it will hang up to the north of us and there may be some cloudiness and a couple of showers gathering along the front. so we talked about this yesterday. we wait and see what happened and indeed we're still showing that today here on the future cast. so by tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, there could be a spotty shower or two around. it doesn't look like everybody is going to get wet but we may have sun. but friday morning it's all out of here and by friday afternoon an increase in the clouds and then the weekend looks unsettled for saturday and sunday. tomorrow a little bit of a breeze mild temperatures up into the 70s. don't think everybody will get wet but we have a few rain showers tomorrow afternoon. friday, temperature around 70 degrees. the weekend no doubt is unsettled. sunday is the day we think we're going to get most of the rain but there could be a shower or two on saturday as well. >> keep the umbrellas handy. >> yes. to the talk of the town on tmz, the secret service is helping investigate the armed robber of cal penn. harvey levin is live in l.a. we reported the secret service because his white house security pass was stolen and what's new today and why is the secret service involved now. >> reporter: it turns out that the cell phone is government issue and as a result, the government is on the case, and that would mean the secret service since cal penn works for the president. so there are no official numbers compromised in the cell phone. nonetheless, it is a government issue cell phone that is now taken the result of robbery, and this guy who took it obviously didn't know what he was bargaining for. >> let's talk about tiger wood spotted backstage at the nickelback concert in orlando. who was he hanging out with? >> reporter: he was hanging out with some of the band members there. i got to tell you, what's really interesting to me about this, shawn, you know, elan is gone, she's gone away, it looks like she's in sweden. and so tiger had some time on his hands. he was not partying with any women as far as we can see so progress on that front, clearly. but the people in my mynewsroom is not dealing with with the fact that it's nickelback. >> are they not fans? >> reporter: you're warm. >> thanks for joining us. tmz coming up at 6:30. let's head over to brian for a look at what's coming your way up next on the news edge at six. >> reporter: we're following family and friends after murdered d.c. school principal. they're gathering to say their goodbyes. more on that and the latest on the investigation. plus it is one of the most influential and controversial decisions the president can make. president obama is taking steps to pick the next supreme court justice. . >> reporter: the stimulus money has dried up. what does that mean for area road projects? it could affect your commute. and that birthday celebration leads to a big blunder. we're learning more about the new iphone. . the reigning american idol is visiting d.c. >> ♪ let it be. >> he sang the beatles classic today. he shared photos of his recent trip to haiti. allen traveled to the earthquake ravaged country in february as part of a united nations delegation to show humanitarian work. some of that will be on american gives back tonight. their special episode. he's so excited about being part of this effort. >> when you see the people that are, you know, lined up to be a part of idol gives back, that, that person alone would be enough, but there's so many more people that are going to be involved in it and i think when people like that get involved, other people kind of latch on to that. >> kris will be watching the idol event tonight at a free party at hardrock cave in d.c.. we're going to be there, too, and have more one on one with the idol winner. you can catch the two-hour special starting tonight at 8:00. it will feature performances by karrie underwood, the black eyed peas, elton john will be in the house, too. it starts tonight at 8:00. >> i'm looking forward to seeing alicia keys. >> and i'm going to talk to kris and i'll ask him from what it's like to go from total anonymity to being a star. >> all right. the news tonight is far from over. >> the news edge at six starts right now. . a behofd d.c. principal murdered in his own home. tonight his family and friends