conference, the secretary of defense leon pinetta and hillary clinton condemned the photos and promised a full investigation. >> there will be casualties and incidents of the kind that we have seen the last few days. >> as difficult a week this has been in kabul and other parts of afghanistan, the big picture is clear: the transition is on track. >> reporter: the l.a. times said it decided to publish two of the 18 photos it obtained after saying the pentagon asked them not to publish any of them. >> and each of the events is heartwrenching. >> reporter: this is just the latest of several embarrassing and potentially explosive scandals involving the u.s. forces. in march, the u.s. army sergeant robert bails was arrested after the killings of 16 afghan civilians n. february, u.s. forces admitted burning the copies of the curan n. january, a video showed u.s. marines urinating on dead taliban fighters. >> there is no excuse for behavior like this. >> reporter: where's a retired u.s. army colonel. and in afghanistan, while most u.s. forces perform honorably, is any any lax in judgement can cause big problems. >> and in my entire career, at the end, there is a breakdown in the china of command and leadership and discipline. >> reporter: one thing is clear: the latest controversy puts more pressure on u.s. forces. as an expected handover to the afghan military is expected and in a little over a year. for his part, the white house pyrotechnic said today that the president believes the situation needs to be investigated and those responsible should be held accountable. he said that he did not know if president obama himself received the -- has seen the photos. to another canneddal -- scandal now. mitt romney is speaking out about the secret service scandal involving colombian profit touts. romney told radio host laura ingram today that he would clean house to remove any agents. and romney said those who put their personal playtime before the nation's interests should be fired. and the director of the system said the agents under investigation are telling different stories. an independent government investigator is looking into the matter. and the primary season continues, the general election is underway. if you have any doubt, listen to mitt romney today, taking on president obama in the same stage, democrats will hold the convention. for his part, the president is going to on the offensive. craig bosswell reports. >> reporter: the first state on president obama's agenda today, ohio. >> great to be back at the community college. >> reporter: the president focused on job training and manufacturing and warned against proposed republican budget cuts. >> if the cuts are spread out evenly, then 10 million college students, including some of you, would see your financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each. >> reporter: mr. obama participated in a round-table discussion with unemployed workers and students and while it's about jobs can and the economy, it's about geography. the road to a second term goes through ohio and the president's visit is the fourth in four months and the 20th of his presidency. mitt romney is in the tar heel state, taking a shot of the president's policies, overlooking the same stadium where mr. obama will accept the nomination in september. >> we can't afford barack obama. it's time to get someone to get the economy going and put the american people back to work. >> reporter: the likely gop nominee continues to pick up endorsements, including the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner who both launched scathing attacks on the president. >> they will attack him and try to unite. >> reporter: there are 201 days until the income next elect. the primary is in three weeks. one of president obama's stops in michigan this evening takes him to the place where mitt romney launched his bid. >> and back home now. the georgetown waterfront, a popular destination. karen gray houston is live with an update. karen? >> reporter: on a warm, sunny day, you would so a big crowd out here at a few places. the crowds are staying away on a cloudy day, the rains are keeping them away on and that is a far cry from about a year ago when someone forgot to raise the floodgates. the tables and chairs were bobbing around and with that river water. over the summer, the restaurants drew back outdoor business and still, they have a long way to go and i have here with me ward 2 d.c. councilman jack evans and that is his dog kelly. you hear him barking there. i guess you were walking the dog in. >> and we were out running. >> and let's talk about the businesses. >> and that is tag longer than expected. i talked to the owner and they tacking midmay to late may and when they reopen on the inside, they will be packed again and, frankly, the new owners of the entire complex will redo the whole complex with an ice skating rink and that restaurant on the corner and that is going to attract a lot of people. >> and that section? >> yeah. >> and makes it seem like there is activity. >> and there will be. the outdoors, they have had it open since the flood. if you come down here, this place is packed, anyway w people on the board walk. >> and there was a $5 million lawsuit, a lawyer prepresent -- representing 50 to 100 of the hourly wage workers. >> right. >> will they get their wages back, and we're talking bartenders? >> sure. people who got hurt by this, more than anyone else. i don't know the outcome of the lawsuit and i hope it's settled. everyone returns here and rejuvenates the waterfront like before. >> and we'll have to see how that is panning out. back to you, brian. >> all right. still ahead, america mourns the link end air entrainer. dick clark dies at age 82. we'll show you his career highlights, including one that embarrassed him. and that is sad news today. we finally got badly needed rain in d.c. the temperatures are more like the middle of march. are you freezing out there? i'll let you know if a warm-up is on the way. another chance for rain, too and that is coming up in just minutes on the news edge at 6. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. . >> dick clark. >> thank you, charlie, very much. >> dick clark died at the age of 82 after a heart attack. he brought rock'n'roll to our living rooms. and fans say new year's eve will never be the same. laura? >> reporter: we're in the web center and following the tweets coming in realtime on our home page here. you can see the tweets are coming in 18 secs ago and sad to say goodbye. people knew him from radio and from television, from time square. he introduced the country to some of rock'n'roll's brightest stars. >> and that is called the twist. this is chubby checker. >> and they made their debuts. anita vogel looks back at the greatest accomplishments. >> and this is that number one song. >> reporter: clark hosted american bandstand for 33 years until 1989. and made clark a rich man and he invested in music publishing, a record label and dick clark productions and that is through which he hosted and produces radio, gameshows, movies, the american music awards and dick clark's new year's rocking eve which began in 1972. >> and this is the coldest new year's we have had. >> reporter: he was the only personality to rate top-hosted series on all three networks and syndication at the same time. he had the tv ballooners franchise on nbc, bandstand on abc, and $25,000 pyramid on cbs. >> it was a long, hard fight. >> reporter: a debilitating stroke in 2004 brought him up short. when he returned to the new year's eve show to ring in 2006, it was only in a limited capacity, with ryan seacrest signing on to co-host and produce the show. >> it would not be new year's eve without dick clark. >> there is nothing like being in times square on new year's eve. believe me, this is one night i will never ever forget. >> and he is survived by two sons and a daughter from previous marriages and his third wife what he married in 1977. inducted into the rock'n'roll hall of fame, the radio hall of fame, the academy of television, arts, and sciences hall of fame and honored with a star on hollywood's walk of fame, his legacy goes deeper. >> the music is the soundtrack of our lives. >> reporter: the man once known as america's oldest teenager will forever be remembered as an icon of american entertainment n. los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. >> clark used to say being on all three the networks would be embarrassing. people would say i love your show. he would say i'm not sure which she you're talking about. back up to you. and clark had a heart attack this morning at a santa monica, california, hospital, where he went yesterday for an outpatient procedure. ryan seacrest issued a stage saying that he was deeply saddened by the news. been two years almost since the oil spill in the gulf. there is strange creatures found in the water. we'll explain still ahead. . friday marks two years since the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico producing sick fish. the fish were found with lesions and evidence of contamination. fox 5s beth tire marker tells us why it's hard to blame it on the oil spill. >> reporter: in the waters of the gulf of mexico, something is making prized catches like red snapper and grouper sick. some have sores, strange black streaks, parasites never seen before. why? >> this is with the prevalence of the diseases and they're the animals that live close or on the bottom. >> reporter: it's possible that the 2010 oil spill from the deepwater horizon might be a factor and the work from the university of south florida is being funded by a $500 million grant set up by bp, part of the what the oil giant has to pay in competition -- competition. no one knows why they're getting sick. research seems to show an unusually sick looking fish live in the areas hardest hit by the spill. >> it occurs more bleakly -- locally up there than the florida coast, probably a good indication of it and there are some other factors and there is that large developed oil industry with pipelines and even if it's oil related, it may not be deepwater horizons. >> reporter: the fish don't appear to be a danger for human consumption. what is complicating the diagnosis or a link to the spill, not much is known about the normal rate of disease among fish. no one cataloged the rate of fish illness in the gulf. beth parker, fox 5 news. and you got your ring. are you happy? >> and i will quit whining now and there is another chance. >> and i will talk about the weekend in a moment and that can track more off of the coast. >> got it. >> and league the you -- let you know about that and show you the latest. it's soggy, gray, and chilly and this is going to persist through the overnight hours and that is going to be a brighter day and drier day. and starring out with radar and this is d.c. the areas to the east are getting a life and -- lights out and another .1 of an inch of rain to the west and here between front royal and winchester, perhaps you have gotten more and to the charlottesville area, you got closer to a half an inch and everyone is rung the deficit and in d.c., it's close to five inches when you consider from january 1st and that is dry since march 1st and descent rain coming on by and this is going to move through the area and i want to you see while we look at an estimate of what might have fame, we're thinking it's light and does this end our drought condition? absolutely not. maybe a 10th of an inch of rain and a few spots, closer to a half an inch. .3 to frederick county and to interstate 81, about .2 of an inch of rain. we need more, no doubt about it and that is good for everything. today's weather pattern, though, you can see, is skewed to the west and to the south. and this is going to continue in the same pattern, but we're going to see the entire impulse off of the east coast and seeing the drying now and through ohio, western kentucky and to tennessee. a few more rounds of showers to the south and some temperatures are chilly, 54 degrees and typical in the middle of the march and with that 50 at gaithersburg, 52, frederick and dulles. we'll keep the showers, light showers through the overnight hours and the temperature of 50 and some upper 40s in the suburbs, not cold and feeling damp and rather raw. the early shower possible, and to the south of d.c., the sunshine is back and that is up to 71 degrees and for allergy sufferers, hopefully this is enough to get the pollen knocked out of the area. a spotty shower possible and by 5:00, calling it nice and with that temperature of 70 degrees. temperaturewise around the region tomorrow, and looks like we're headed to 70 degrees in many areas. 72 for gaithersburg; dills, 73; fredericksburg and culpeper, coming in with a high temperature of 74 degrees and i want to show you the future cast and that is on the pattern of the rain to the west. there is another impulse to come later tonight and i want to do that to 4 in the morning and some moderate downpours through tide water, virginia and to ocean ponds. the rain clipped southern maryland and we're back to the mild stuff tomorrow and on friday, looking dry. we get rid of the sunshine on friday and cloud up on saturday. there might be showers and rumbles of thunder saturday with the heavier potential on sunday, unless the storm coming goes off of the coast and that is a beach thing with the heavier rain. this is your five-day forecast. we're back to that 70 degrees tomorrow and 72 on friday. warm again for saturday. the rain potential could knock us down to 62 on sunday and we'll see how that shapes up for the weekend. >> all right. and 81 red skin not welcome at voluntary workouts. ry worko . first, a face not even a mother could love. nelson, the bird from germany, was called the ugliest in the world. when he grows up, it will turn into a swan. guys. come here, come here. 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[ male announcer ] visit your local chevy dealer today. right now, very well qualified lessees can get a 2012 equinox ls for around $229 a month. . good afternoon, the catch his to apply without nick back strom for 40 games this year after suffering a concussion on january 3rd and tell night, the team will have to make due again and late last night, they upheld it and ovechkin exchanged trips and nick back strom skates over for ovechkin and he raises the stick near back strom's face and backstrom reacts and cross checks him to the face. backstrom, given a match penalty carrying a one-game suspension, the nhl reviewed the play and ruled despite no injury and the one-game suspension will stand. >> and that is -- on doing my part and i have to deal with and i mean one game. whatever i don't like it, i have to deal with it, show. >> and that is to the side of it. and we don't think he should be suspended and that said he gets suspended. >> i don't think that he's that type of player, they happen. >> and they're trying to -- no way to condone that and someone, you know, and if he is doing that, he knows that himself and i think that is -- continuing to get cross checked and punked -- punched in the head and you will protect yourself. >> and more contact last night. the blackhawks and coyotes, getting leveled byer toez and in some bad shape. he left his case skate, a penalty was not called and was released from the hospital and is being monitored at home. torrez was suspended and could get more. and a hearing has been scheduled for may 10th in the redskins and cowboys challenge to salary cap restrictions. the nfl cut $36 million from the redskins salary cap over two seasons and the way the team structured player contracts in 2010 and when pro football had no salary cap. and a twitter account and what appears to be bad judgement. jabar gaffney is told to not show up for the voluntary workouts and he thinks he knows why. he was involved in a twitter controversy including several expletives and said his account was hacked. the sources say the organization was not pleased with the tweets; however, it's unclear that that played any role in the situation. he's finished with a career of 68 catches, 947 yards and is in his first season with the twins. tennessee announced the woman's basketball coach will step down after 38 years. she won eight times and 840 winning percentage. and she revealed last august she was suffering from early on set dementia and jordan zimmerman will get the start. that is your sports. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >> thank you. and one last look at the forecast, sue. >> reporter: and we're continuing with light showers overnight and south of town, you might get something more moderate, say between three and four in the morning. the next chance of rain the weekend. >> thank you, tonight at 10. 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