Will be reduced to one. A New Washington post poll is showing just how close the april 1 primary election will be. The survey says it is a two person race now. Incumbent vincent gray against muriel browser and theyre in a dead heat. Reporter one week out, two front runners closing in despite a cloud of ruption hanging over mayor vincent grays campaign, hes held steady in polls in recent weeks. Council member muir july bowser is surging. Reporter how much has to do with your message and how much with corruption charges, that cloud thats also hanging over this . People have been concerned about that for the entire last year that weve been running. And thats why were convinced that theyre going they want a fresh set of eyes on their issues. Reporter before the candidates get to the issues, theyre trying to get to the voters. Bowsers climbing steps, knocking on doors, introducing herself. Tommy wells staff is working bones and laptops and gray is busy being mayor. While they campaign each has in mind which voters they think will decide next weeks primary election. People who are undecided are starting to decide. We talk to them a lot. People even who may have been with other campaigns are looking at our Campaign Long and hard. Its come down to a get out the vote effort. I think when you look at it, we have the most money left in our campaign. Weve goover 700 volunteers that were going to use the next week in order to be able to make sure the people get out and vote. Reporter theyre calling this a twoperson race. What do you think . We see a lot more donations, a lot more energy from volunteers, and frankly the fact that the others have really fallen behind and now its top im the top three, im feeling very good that hopefully weve got enough time to pull this out. Reporter theyre short on time but hoping theyre long on votes. I think its a tough race. I feel like there are a lot of candidates in the field and i feel thats making it it a little bit of a tougher race. If the race continues on its current track, it looks like voter turnout will make the difference. Our Bruce Johnson has been studying the numbers and says if voters turn out in strong numbers, it looks like the election could break bowsers way. If voters stay home, that will likely work out in grays favor. Theyll have one more chance to separate themselves and that is tonight. Wusa9 is hosting the last televised debate before the april 1 primary. The top four Democratic Candidates for d. C. Mayor were all invited. Bruce johnson is going to moderate tonight. It starts at 7 00 p. M. On wusa. Well also be streaming is live on the web at wusa9. Com. We are looking for your questions so tweet them with the hash tag dcdebate. We have new Surveillance Video of missing 8yearold relisha rudd and her alleged abductor on the day rudd disappeared. Heres the 8yearold and the man police are looking for kahlil tatum. It was taken february 26 at the Holiday Inn Express in northeast. Tatum is the janitor at the homeless shelter where rudd lived with her family. Hes also wanted for murdering his wife. Her body was found at a Maryland Hotel last week. Theres now a 50,000 reward in relishas disappearance. Ten more bodies have been recovered from the huge mud slide in washington state. The death toll is now up to 24. More than 50 members of the Washington National guard joined the search and were told teams are still trying to ping cell phone signals in hopes of finding anyone alive under all of that debris. Danielle nottingham reports. Reporter search teams moved in heavy equipment but they also had to resort to using their hands in some places to dig through the thick mud. Cameras are being inserted into air pockets in the hope of finding survivors but the only thing search dogs seem to find are bodies. No signs of life have been detected in three days. Emergency management director john hennington. I believe in miracles and i believe people can survive these events. Theyve done it before. They can do it again. Reporter this view of the mud slide was recorded shortly after it buried the village. Its at the base of a 600 foothill. Seismic monitors indicated the landslide lasted more than two minutes and covered a square mile. Whats your emergency . The houses are gone. Reporter its been hard to pin down the number of missing. The current list includes names and descriptions of people spotted in the area just before the landslide so officials expect theres mistakes and duplications among the 176 on the list. Ray smiths daughter summer was last seen driving through the village. Reporter do you think theres hope in finding people alive . No. The rescue efforts were too little and too late. There are not going to be any more survivors. Reporter the threat of another mud slide and more rain has prolonged the search and the agony. My son and his two young sons, my 16yearold daughter went in saturday and they dug until dark until they were threatened to be arheed. They dug with their bare hands. Seismologists detected a small earthquake back on march 10 close to the site of the landslide. Theyre still trying to determine whether or for if that played a role or not. Students arent just graduating with a degree deas days. These days. Theyre leaving school with a massive amount of debt. Just how much people are borrowing and rehash on the debate over the growing burden. Its a good idea to add extra time for your commute. There are definitely slick spots combined with strong winds that are expected in a little while. It will make for a challenging commute. The first alert forecast coming up next. We want you to be our next wusa9 facebook fan of the day. Head to our Facebook Page. Click on the fan of the day button and you can win a papa johns dinner. Make sure you link your favorite facebook picture of your face so we can put you on tv. Well facebook. Yellow alert on this wednesday morning. We could have gusts to 42 and slick spots. Get ready for the sun and get ready for a windy and cold day. 36 to 41 for those highs. But the gusts this morning could get toward 40 miles an hour. Sustained winds northwest 15 to 25. We start with wind chills in the teens and 20s. Back in a few minutes. Go have 60s on the sevenday forecast but weve got showers returning as well. Well let you know when that is going to happen. Right now Jessica Doyle with timesaver traffic. Thanks so much. The sun is coming but it couldnt get here fast enough. We have plenty of black ice on the roadways and thats making for some treacherous conditions. Theres an accident. 95 north of the Prince William parkway. This is in woodbridge. At this point one lane is getting by to the right. That is it and probably because the slick conditions are potentially contributing to this so be very careful on your drive in this morning. Over to you. Benji vasquez is nominated wilson boulevard in falls church as our pothole alert of the day. He writes there are about 10 to 20 potholes loaded on wilson boulevard between arlington boulevard and north livingston street. He says he drives this route every day and every day he has to swerve to avoid hitting them. Please help us get this fixed, he says. Thank you for helping your fellow drivers to avoid these pits. If you have a pothole thats driving you crazy and youd like us to help, just email us at tellwusa9. Com. Please include a cross street and a picture if its safe. 4 41. Time for the first your money segment this morning. Stocks rebounded sharply on tuesday. Positive earnings news coupled with a jump in Consumer Confidence allowed investors to shake off a twoday slump. The dow is up by 91 points. The s p gained 8 and the nasdaq jumped about 8 oifntle 8 points. Facebook announced plans to buy oculus. The sorry networking giant is forking over 2 billion this time around in its latest acquisition. Oculus makes Virtual Reality gaming headsets. Mark zuckerberg says the acquisition gets them ready for the platforms of tomorrow. Oculus is facebooks second multimillion dollar purchase this year. More and more students, undergrads and graduate students are leaving school with a mountain of debt. On average 57,000 of Student Loan Debt and that number continues to climb, up 43 in the last ten years. There are few factors that play into this surge. Schools have raised their prices partly because theyre getting less aid from the federal government. Some people lost their savings in the recession and now have to borrow more these days. Also many undergrads are having a hard time finding work so theyre going back to school for higher degree. Bitcoin may operate like currency but the federal government says it is far from it. The i. R. S. Ruled tuesday that it will treat it, this virtual money, like property, not like currency. The agency says bitcoin payments worth at least 600 will be taxed the same way that the agency treats property trks. Transactions. Some say the i. R. S. s notice is a positive development because it legitimatizes bitcoin as an investment. We take a look at hot button issues on the campaign trail and one that affects every community in the region. Coming up in the 5 00 hour, Delia Goncalves joins us with the emotional and financial price of homelessness. What it is costing hello and welcome back to wusa9. 4 45. Just in with the breaking news. Right off the printer. Here is howard on this yellow alert day. You were saying yellow alert a lot for cold but the winds up to 42 mile an hour gusts . We will have gusts in the 30 to 40 mile an hour range the next few hours. They had 3. 7 inches of snow at dulles yesterday. We had 1. 7 at national. So this is becoming one of the snowiest winters. Dulles, the records go back to 61, 62. It was also the anniversary of the snowfall last year. It is the third snowiest winter at dulles at 52. 8 back in 0910 they had 72, 73. Bob up in damascus had almost 40. His third snowiest in 54 years of Record Keeping for the Montgomery County station. Were having quite a winter. Hopefully its done because weve had enough of this winter. Lets see whats happening because we have a yellow alert out for the wind and slick spots. Jessica has been talking about it. Im going to remind you we have temperatures this morning in the 20s to about 30. Anything that was untreated overnight has frozen. If it looks wet, treat it as if it is icy. Could be wet. Could have been treated but better safe than sorry. Well have temps in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. Its not going to feel that warm. The storm that got us blowing up in the atlantic. It will produce gusts near 75 miles an hour across areas in cape cod, marthas vineyard, nantucket with 6 to 10 inches of snow. Behind it were getting some of the gusts in the 30 to 40 range. See it back here . A up scoff flurries and snow showers couple of flurries and snow showers. Well watch out for a few snow showers there. We have a couple right on top of us and then this line from winchester south. Let me just zoom in here toward bethesda, northwest d. C. , coming toward alexandria right now. This stuff very light, drifting off to the southeast. Theres another area of snow showers that were watching from around Cross Junction coming right down 522 into winchester. Try to go out route 7 almost toward berryville. Well watch that as it heads to northern fauquier county, southwest loudoun. The winds are picking up. Weve got in gusts close to 30 right now. Manassas at 28. Were gusting 26 at andrews and here in washington, martinsburg gusting to 28. It will be the next few hours between now and about 8 00, 9 00 that i think well have our strongest winds. Temperatures have dropped into the 20s in most spots. In fact, 25 in baltimore. 28 manassas to about 30 in culpeper. Freezing for fredricksburg and easton this morning. Yes, those wind chills, some of them are down in the teens. Michael son weather camera, visibility is fine at least here in d. C. Right now. The flurries not showing up here at the capitol. 33. Reagan National Pretty clear skies but windy conditions gusting to 26. The current windchill 22. Satellite and radar, this thing is cranking. The center is here. The radar can only shoot so far out into the ocean. You see the heavy bands of snow over southeast mass and the snow showers coming in. But the cold air, unseasonably cold air. Average high is 59. We have a 36 we had a 36 yesterday. This will probably be one of our top ten cold marches the way were going. Windy conditions will give way some this afternoon. So were talking gusts 25 to 30 this afternoon versus 30 to 40 this morning. Lighter winds tonight. Another very cold night. 20s if not a few isolated upper teens. Tomorrow looks milder. Well see showers here by friday afternoon. Right now today is the only yellow alert day but well see if the commute is going to be impacted friday. We may go with a yellow alert then as well. 40z today. It will feel like the 20s and 30s with the winds. Tonight 27 in washington. Low 20s in the outer suburbs. 54 tomorrow. Becoming a little breezy in the afternoon but much more tolerable temperatures. Afternoon showers on friday, 62. Showers likely saturday but sunday is looking better. Sunday should be nice, not showers. That should be a sunny icon on sunday and chance of showers on tuesday. Lets bring Jessica Doyle in, timesaver traffic on this slick wednesday morning. Howard, the 60s cant get here fast enough. I know a lot of folks feel the same way that i do. What were looking at here is i 270. This is maryland 109 south. You can see the Road Conditions here look pretty good. Dont let this fool you. It is very icy out there. We have two accidents that are this morning. Lets take a look at trafficland camera. Well talk about the first one. Weve been talking about this already today. You can see the backup on the roadways. Whats going on here is theres an accident at i95. This is north of the Prince William parkway. At this point only the right lane is getting by. So you can see that stretch already building up here. The other accident we want to tell you about, we do not have a camera for this. This is an accident southbound of the bw parkway. This is between route 100 and anne arundel mills. Only one lane is getting by at the right shoulder. Theres a lot of stuff youll have to think about as you head out the door this morning but be safe on the roadways. Im send it back to you guys. Thanks a lot, jess. In this mornings health alert, a new study that suggests the white coat effect. Both real and all too common when it comes to testing a patients Blood Pressure. British researchers found that doctors routinely recorded significantly higher Blood Pressure levels than nurses who are taking Blood Pressure for the same patient. Scientists call it ite coat effect. They believe a patients physical response to the doctor doing the test, meaning it seems a little more serious when a doctor is there. Researchers warn that doctors need to be aware of this because the higher reading could lead them to describe unnecessary medication. Treasury secretary jack lews surgery on monday to deal with a denined enlarged prostrate went as planned. He will be released from a New York Hospital today. Health experts say more than half of men in their 60s and 50s and 60s have an enlarged prostrate. Theres a new Clinical Trial changing the way the condition it treated and this new approach may help lots of men with a very common problem. Not being able to go to the bathroom, its a big part of life. You dont realize it until you cant do it. Reporter 68yearold ron simmons of woodstock, virginia first started having urinary problems ten years ago. As he grew older, trips to the bathroom both night and day became more frequent and more painful. What was happening to ron is a problem common to most men over age 50. He had an enlarged prostrate. The Prescription Drug helped relax the muscle behind the prostrate alonging ron to empty his bladder. But his prostrate gland continued to grow. I was at a point when i came here, i was on the absolute maximum dosage. I couldnt take anymore. Reporter Invasive Surgery could correct the problem but the side effects to that made it an unattractive option. Then ron learned Medstar Georgetown University hospital was enrolling men in a Clinical Study of a new nonsurgical minimally invasive procedure called pae. I didnt think there would be that much interest in alternatives to be honest. Reporter dr. James spees is an intervention radiologist and investigator. He says the best candidates for pae are between 50 and 90 years old with no prior surgical or laser therapy to treat the prostrate and no prostrate cancer. The prostrate gland sos to be moderately enlarged but it cannot be too large. When we talk about glands, its 50 to a hundred grams. I was at 97 so i was almost at a point of no return. Reporter using xray guidance, dr. Spies inserted an artery and tiny beads were injected into the artery surrounding the prostrate blocking its blood supply. That results in a shrinkage of the gland and in most cases patients symptoms will be relieved. Reporter the entire procedure took 90 minutes. Recovery is fast and less painful. Ron was home the next day. Any man that could have the pae over any other procedure is absolutely a no brainer. You just have to go for it. While it could be an alternative effective treatment for most men with an enlarged prostrate, dr. Spies says for the moment its not a replacement for the current therapies. Medstar georgetown is still enrolling participants for the pae study. We have more on our wusa9. Com page under health. Time to look at the question of the morning on our Facebook Page now. The average person will receive 965 of these in their lifetime. Is it a, paychecks, b, oil changes, or c, bruises . Post your guess and comments on our facebook fan page. Well share those throughout the morning and [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, weve always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. 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Well still be gusting near 30 miles an hour. So wind chills in the teens and 20s. Then this afternoon sunshine, highs only struggling to get toward 40 degrees. Lets check in with jessica and get another update with timesaver traffic. Were going to start with an accident on i95 north of the Prince William parkway. You can see the volume already building up there. Only the right lane is getting by at this point. We received a request from police. Theyre asking for a bridge in landover to get treated. This is the 214 and route 202. Very, very icy conditions being reported there so be careful this morning. Back to you guys. Officials in oklahoma think they found a new sustainable solution for fixing potholes. Recycled tires. Its it kind of makes sense when you think about testimony the product has been tested for a year on busy roads and highways. Its tougher, more resilient and its said in the stod to actually stop said in the study to actually stop potholes from even happening. Reporter its spring but were still seeing this sign of winter weather. Youre going to start to see a lot more potholes around the tulsa area. Reporter now theres a possible solution for potholes. Using recycled tires. Tulsa county is using nearly 4,000 old tires mixed with asphalt to chip seal more than 25 miles of county roads. Its a process that seals the water out of the roadway base which is where your failures come from. Reporter Asphalt Products turn tires into powder and blend it is with asphalt at this mill. We ship the product out of there to tulsa county. Reporter county workers pour the emulsion on to roads sealing the mixture with gravel and more tires. But it isnt a cure all. Its more preventive, strengthening roads to make them pothole proof. We do this on roads that havent deteriorated to the point where they have big potholes or need to be rebuilt. Reporter its been a year since this emudges was emudges was laid. So far so smooth. Were happy with the product. Reporter that begs the question if it works on county roads, could it [indiscernible] and state highway . If it performs like we think it l well continue using it. We see enough broken rubber out there on the roadways. Lets make good use of it. That sounds really good. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for watching wusa9 at 5 00 a. M. Its a yellow alert day. Windy and cold outside. Im andrea roane. Im mike hydeck. Monika is off this week so Jessica Doyle is stepping in for traffic. We want to leyou know a school delay with all to let you know a school delay with all this. Culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. Probably icy spots the issue. We want to get to howard bernstein. Whats the latest we snowed here. April. I forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. The way our winter is going, who knows. Weather wise, its a very cold morning out there. Winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. Theyll gust to 30 this afternoon. Lookat