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A new rim. Its a couple hundred dollars to get one from mazda. I feel sorry for those folks there. Coming up at 6 00 Bruce Johnson shows us some nasty potholes in the district. So if you want a pothole for our Pothole Patrol Team to get fixed, go to www. Wusa9. Com and give us the location. Please include a cross street or block number. Sky9 flew over this sinkhole on garden city drive in New Carrollton a short time ago. The state Highway Administration closes the ramp from garden city drive to u. S. 50. Traffic detours will be in place until repairs can be made. These detours will impact metro riders using the New Carrollton metro station. Breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson resigned in the wake of a report by the Justice Department that concluded fergusons police force exhibited racial bias. That review was conducted after the controversial shooting of Michael Brown by former Police Officer darren wilson. Fergusons city manager stepped down just yesterday. Last week two Police Officers resigned and the citys top court clerk was fired in connection with racist emails from. Seven marines and four soldiers are missing and presumed dead after their helicopter crashed during a Training Exercise off the florida pan handle near eklund air force base. Debris has been found in the water. A search continues for remains. That blackhawk helicopter went down last night while a dense fog advisory was in effect. There were two helicopters that were on the mission. One of them started to take off and then realized i guess that the weather was a condition and turned around and came back. Marines were stationed at camp lejeune in north carolina. The air crew was from an Army National guard unit in hammond, louisiana. The pentagon is withholding the victims names in order to notify relatives. A Prince Georges County Police Officer is remembered today. Officer Brennan Rabain died in a car accident over the weekend. Reporter its all hands on deck here at officer rabains viewing. It was put to me, anyone that can be here will be here, obviously family, friends, hundreds of Prince Georges County Police Officers and Police Officers from other districts current and retired. Weve seen Prince Georges County firefighters, state and county representatives. Prince georges county police tell me during todays four hour viewing they expect more than 1,000 people to come by and pay respects. Certainly a difficult time for them all. Seriously theres no words to describe. This officer rabain is my classmate, my squad mate. Hes my brother. I actually had a brother and losing brennan was like losing my brother. And i really cant describe it. Reporter of course, officer rabains death was a shock to everyone. The 26yearold was killed in a weekend car while he was off duty. According to his girl friend who was a passenger in the car, he was pursuing an out of control vehicle that he said was going to kill someone. Ultimately the 26yearold crashed his car into a fence and was killed. That investigation is still ongoing as driver in that vehicle has yet to be found. Live in Prince Georges County im mola lenghi for wusa9. Despite the tragedy Prince Georges County police and Council Members had to tackle a tough subject related to officer rabains death. The young officer was well within policy when he had his girl friend in the car and decided to conduct that traffic stop, but now the county is wondering if thats the right policy. Few sue was there when the surae chinn was there when the county council took up this issue today. Reporter this is where officer rabain lost his life and people have left flowers, teddy bears and notes on the wooden fence. The Prince Georges County Public Safety committee brought up the policy thats been in place for 40 years. Officers are expected to take action on or off duty, but the question becomes should civilians and citizens be allowed inside takehome vehicles . I understand this is a really difficult time for the department. Reporter it is with heavy hearts Prince Georges County Council Member bring up the policy of takehome car and allowing civilians to ride in them in light of the death of officer Brennan Rabain. I was not even aware Police Officers could have civilians in patrol cars. I was surprised by that. That is a policy on the police department. I made it clear to the chief and i said this to the fop i have a concern about that policy. Reporter the officer was taking his girl friend home when he was about to take action. His last words that we know of now was that he thought this person was going to kill somebody. Reporter in the same moment officer rabain lost control, drove through a fence and died when part of the fence pierced his cars windshield. I would look at it as this being a heroic action. He died giving his life trying to save citizens of the community. Reporter the Public Safety director says hes worried about the safety of family members and other civilians in the car. That lady that was in that car could also be dead and thats what im concerned about. Theres so much discretion and gray in what we do. Reporter its a lifestyle officers say family and friends come to understand whether inside or outside of a police car. Major sammy patel says he was with his children at the store when a fight broke out. That day i said im going to be the best witness i can be because i have my two little kid with me, but at the same time if kids with me, but at the same time if something were to be life threatening, i have to do something. I know that. Reporter the policy will be under review the next two months including an executive review panel. Well keep you posted. A sad ending to a heroic effort, firefighters in Montgomery County jumped into icy waters to try and rescue a dog and sadly were not able to pull him out. Stephanie ramirez joins us live from gaithersburg. Reporter even though the sun is out were starting to see more what winter left behind. Its still something we all need to be concerned about. Thankfully it wasnt a person or child here, but neighbors spotted those dogs, tried to help, were forced to wait and watch. It was very sad. You felt so helpless. You wanted to go out there on the ice, but you just couldnt. Reporter hoping emergency crews would be able to find the animal, these two watched patiently after a dog fell through the thin ice covering this pond behind meadow green way in gaithersburg a little before 11 00 this morning. The man was snapping photo over the fog from the pond when from their back window the couple saw two dogs ran onto the ice. He ran to call them off. We have seen the owners walking them and stuff. We went over to the house and checked to see if the owners were home and they werent, but you could see where the gate was open. Reporter Susan Hoffman says the smaller white dog eventually got off of the ice, but the bigger dark colored one fell through at least twice before making it to this island. On its last try to get back he was just exhausted. It was only two minutes tops, tried to get out and then laid his head on the ice and went under. Reporter the water here is anywhere from 6 to 8 feet deep according to a firefighter on scene, a sad reminder how dangerous these waterways still are even as we start to see warmer temperatures. Absolutely. We dont want any people, any kids anywhere theyre on the water now. This ice is not Strong Enough to hold you and it should not be considered Strong Enough to hold any of your pets or animals. Very sad. I know people say its just a dog, but its still someones pet. Reporter the animal control officer out here told us there very well may be charge against the owners. Police are encouraging everyone to still be cautious. Pond and waterways in the area cautious of poppeds and waterways in ponds and waterways in the area. Tonight the Virginia Tech Community Mourns the loss of a 21yearold student, Cameron Smook of glen allen, virginia. He fell overboard last week during a caribbean cruise. The coastguard searched for three days but found no sign of him. Smook was scheduled to graduate this spring with a degree in mining engineering. His family thanked the community for all the prayers and support. A laurel man is facing several charges connected to yesterdays big tanker truck accident on i95. 23yearold 23yearold Christopher Rhodes is charged with reckless driving and unsafe lane change. The driver of the tanker lost control while trying to avoid the accident and about 400 gallons of biodiesel fuel fell onto the ground. Traffic in laurel was blocked up to five hours. Were just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Parking ticket confusion, wusa9 gets results for drivers who thought they were legally parked but ended up with pricey tickets. Debra alfarone has their story at 5 30. Well clear out tonight, temperatures in the 60s, later tonight 9 00 walking the dog still mild, 57 downtown, 50 in gaithersburg and leesburg. If you go to the caps game tonight, by the time you leave, well still be in the 50s. Well come back and talk about our next yellow alert. Plus what some parents are saying about a plan to start school after labor day. Reporter a School Bus Driver on the Baltimore Beltway caught headed to Montgomery County allegedly drunk behind the wheel with open containers of alcohol. Im scott broom. Coming up what School Districts may or may not know about we thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. When i post my slow jams, im a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v scary moments tonight as a driver of a pickup attempted to drive the wrong way on route 50 in Prince Georges County. Our photojournalist kurt brooks caught the driver of a ford ranger with d. C. Registration driving the wrong way down a ramp from Columbia Park road to eastbound route 50 on his dashboard camera around 7 30 last night. That driver pulled into traffic and slowly turned his truck around before finally returning up the ramp. No accidents or injuries were reported and the driver left the area before police arrived. We were asking questions tonight in the wake of the disturbing arrest of a School Bus Driver who was allegedly drunk behind the wheel headed to pick up kids at a private Montgomery County school. Scott broom joins us now. Police have released new 911 tapes of the incident. Reporter yeah. Those tapes are brand new and on them youll hear if it hadnt of been for motorists on the Baltimore Beltway spotting this allegedly drunk School Bus Driver headed to Montgomery County weaving and swerving, police might not have caught up to her. Behind the wheel of a school bus a convicted felon named pamela willy allegedly drunk who police said had open bottles of alcohol on board and was on her way to pick up kids for a field trip from an unnamed private school in Montgomery County just after noon on february 27th when she was pulled over. Motorists on baltimores beltway helped state police catch up. I have a caller on the line that says theres a bus driving erratic. Going across the road in and out of lanes, looks like its going to cause an accident. Are you guys escorting a school bus . Theyre pulling it over. Reporter willy has been hit with 22 charges. Her background includes assault and drug convictions, but what about the private bus contractor who hired her . The company is called mr. Tims bus rides, a Charter Service School Groups according to its website. Wusa9 learned today Maryland State Department of education does not maintain statewide oversight of School Transportation contractors like mr. Tims. Instead its up to each individual School District or private school to do background checks when it hires a private contractor for events like field trips and the information appears limited. For instance, u. S. Department of transportation records do not alert schools to the alleged february drunk driving incident. Federal records indicate mr. Tims bus rides is d. O. T. Registered current on its insurance and therefore ready to carry kids. So you got to ask yourself how might a School System or private school get to the bottom of issues like this and know ahead of time . A couple important notes, School Officials in Prince Georges County and Montgomery County Public Schools say they have not done business with this contractor. The owner of tims bus rides, tim foster, says he is or was aware of his drivers criminal background, but he believes in second chances. He says hiring pamela willy was a huge mistake and she has been fired. Reporting live outside baltimore, scott broom, wusa9. The bus Company Operator is refusing to name the Montgomery County private school the allegedly drunk bus driver was headed to. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. With temps like this in the 60s and then you go to the 40s and all these changes you can see why the roads are just a mess everywhere. I think i said not that im a genius a month ago were going to have a great pothole season oh, no, youre a genius topper. Were going to see dips in temperatures the next couple days. Right now lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, temperatures despite the cloud hung in longer than we thought, still clouds hung in longer than we thought, still 66 degrees. Check out current temperatures, 66 in d. C. , still 65 in hagerstown and martinsburg and 64 in cumberland. Thats pretty nice, even 60 in baltimore and annapolis just went from about 55 to 60. Think its warmer today than this time yesterday . You are correct. 22 degrees warmer in cumberland, 18 degrees warmer in d. C. Just a little cooler tonight, nothing crazy. Bus stop temperatures 34 to 46, still need a light jacket. Grab your shades for tomorrow and then grab your umbrella friday. You will not need it friday morning. Youll more than likely need it on your way home friday evening and certainly friday night on the town. 10 00 tonight on the futurecast clearing skies, clouds lingering a little into Southern Maryland. Youll clear out before midnight, 54 downtown, upper 40s in the suburbs. By morning we get down into the 30s, but notice everybody still above freezing, only 36 in martinsburg and hagerstown, 40 downtown, so a chilly start no doubt and by midmorning were still around 40, 39 in manassas and also la plata, 42, though, in d. C. Then by 1 00 were right in the 50s which is about where we should be. You walk to lunch tomorrow, probably a light jacket, 53 downtown, 51 in leesburg and gaithersburg and by tomorrow evening mid50s now which is where we should be climatologically, 56 d. C. , manassas, 55 in culpeper, 53 in hagerstown and 54 in tread rick. Tomorrow night at 10 00 temps frederick. Tomorrow night at 10 00 temps fall a bit. Low 40s downtown but 39 in gaithersburg, 34 in frederick and 36 in leesburg by continue continue by 10 p. M. Tomorrow night. For tonight breezy, chilly, 34 to 44, winds northwesterly 10 to 15. By morning mostly sunny, chilly to start, 34 to 52 and by afternoon a pretty nice day, mostly sunny, cooler, but seasonable. Thats right on the money, high temperatures around 55, winds northeast at 10. Oakland will be 50 tomorrow, 54 in cumberland, 53 in winchester, 57 in culpeper, mid 50s in warrenton and manassas and leesburg, mclean about 55, 54, 55 downtown, 50 for annapolis. The day planner, 40 to start, clear, 42 at 9 00, 48 at 11 00 and 53 with sunshine at 1 p. M. Next three days were okay tomorrow, seasonable, had to issue another yellow alert for friday, afternoon rain, 51, may have to do the same on saturday, but good news, 63 with light rain and showers on saturday. You want to plan your outdoor activities, bike rides on the canal perhaps on sunday, 56 with sunshine, then upper 50s monday, midtuesday and wednesday also with sunshine. Today in annapolis, maryland, controller Peter Franchot is making his case to start school after labor day. Franchot claims the later start will help the economy and will not affect student performance. Some state educators claim thats exactly what will happen. The possibility of starting school after labor day in maryland got a lot of parents sounding off on social media today. Heres more on what some moms and dads are saying. Lots of comments on this one today. The majority of parents are all for a little more time at the end of the summer. Latonya said start after labor day, shorten spring breaks and focus more on academics and not state testing and scores. Linda is a School Bus Driver who said i want to start after labor day, take away spring break, give them off good friday and Easter Monday like it used to be, but phillip said school should start two weeks before labor day, otherwise our kids are behind when it comes time to take national tests. Then theres another, id love to see school be nine weeks on and three weeks off yearround. Kids would retain more information instead of losing it over the summer and it would get rid of the what do i do with these kids for three months . Obviously we want to know what you think. Join the conversation on our wusa9 facebook page. Lesli and jan, what do you think about this one . I love it. I think thats why parents are concerned because theyre thinking now ive got to fill yet another week or two. I grew someplace where you could not go to school before labor day. So that is unusual for me. I was just the opposite. I went to school where you go to school several weeks before labor day, but this is good because we got out in may, so our summer was ready. These poor kids will be in school till just about time to go back to school. Directv advertises discount deals, but the ftc wants you to know why those savings dont really add up. Reporter im Kristen Berset outside Madison Square garden, home of the big east in tonights consumer alert stocks continued to slide another day. The dow lost 28 points. The nasdaq fell nearly 10. The federal trade Commission Says directv used deceptive advertising about a discounted satellite service. The company misled customers about the cost of satellite tv services and cancellation fees as high as 480. The agency is seeking a court order that permanently bars directv from engaging in what it calls an illegal practice. New developments on that fraternity caught on camera singing a racist song. Plus more fallout in the Hillary Clinton email scandal. Reporter we found one northwest d. C. Street where the parking signs are so confusing that people are more than a dozen people who thought they parked legally along the 1200 block of kenyon avenue in northwest d. C. Monday found an expensive surprise waiting for them, 100 tickets and it may have something to do with d. C. Street sweeping being pushed forward. Debra alfarone is not only getting answers for our viewers, shes getting action. 100, thats a lot reporter edward l. Cunningham of Columbia Heights parked his car right here on the north side of kenyon street in northwest d. C. Monday. 4 15 i got a 100 ticket for rush hour, must have been about 15, 20 cars parked here thinking they were doing the right thing. Everybody got a ticket. Reporter if you look at the signs, the green one below seems to suggest monday is fine to park. We asked amc commissioner Patrick Flynn who runs the block to meet us and explain. Street sweeping was delayed, but not everyone got the message that they started enforcing the tickets because it was delayed. Reporter seems this year street sweeping was pushed forward two weeks to march 16th. Because of that flynn is helping parkers get mondays ticket thrown out and because of wusa9, that now includes cunninghams ticket. A commissioner that cares means the world living in the neighborhood. It needs to be studied and clarified because its ridiculous. They make the sign so complicated. It says no parking monday except tuesday. Reporter this sign says no parking 9 30 a. M. And 11 30 a. M. Between march 1st and march 31st except holidays but this added on is except monday. So let me get this straight, no parking tuesday except monday. What do you think . Judy cutler says on facebook why bother . Who could figure that out . Diana lynn on twitter says park somewhere else. Social intensity says it means take metro and markey mark says thats d. C. For you. Its confusing honestly. Ive lived in this city many years and i still get confused by the signs. Reporter we spoke to ddot because we wanted to find out. After looking at a picture of the sign i snapped and sent to them they say the green sign has to be replaced. Theyre sending a technician out to evaluate it and we will keep you posted. Love when we get results. Glenn ivey is throwing his hat in the political ring running for Donna Edwards soon to be vacant seat. She will run for the senate hoping to replace barbara mikulski. Ivey may be running for National Office but tells wusa9 that he wants this campaign to focus on local issues. Part of what a member of congress does is in congress. The other part is in the home district. One of the things id like to try and do and we did this when i was states attorney was to pull together programs with stakeholders sort of beyond the traditional role of at that point as a prosecutor. This is iveys second attempt to represent marylands 4th district. In 2012 he dropped out of the race because he lacked necessary funding. Ivey said he doesnt think that will be a problem this time around. Andre brown is accused of sexually abusing a 17yearold girl on the grounds of High Point High School in beltsville. Cops arrested brown last year. Brave neighbors came to her aid, but a woman rescued from a fire in Southern Maryland yesterday has died. Dressed only in his gym clothes, tommy broken braved the flames in owings, maryland breen braved the flames in owings, maryland, to pull the woman from the house. She did not survive. She died this morning at medstar Washington Hospital center. Victory today for opponents of a costco gas station at Westfield Wheaton mall. They argued the high volume gas pumps would be too close to their homes, Community Swimming pool and a school for children with special needs. In a unanimous decision the Montgomery County board of appeals agreed and the Board Members pointed out there are 25 other places within a very close radius of the mall. Theres more fallout tonight in the Hillary Clinton email scandal. Today the Associated Press announced it filed a lawsuit against the state department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from clintons tenure as secretary of state. Republicans are concerned that she deleted 30,000 emails from that private account. The state department is reviewing another 30,000 e mails as well. She was the sole arbiter of whats a Public Record and private record and you dont get to grade your own papers in our society, which is why i think we need a neutral detached arbiter. Yesterday clinton did acknowledge that she should have used two different emails while in that position. New information about the latest isis execution video. A french official claims the isis militants shown here are french citizens. One of the terrorists appears to be a young teenager who then shoots the palestinian lostage in the head. Isis claims the victim was an israeli spy, a claim israeli officials deny. A former university of Oklahoma Fraternity member apologized for his role in a racist song captured on video, as have the parents of a second student. One student said the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity taught him the lyrics. Jericka duncan reports from normand, oklahoma, where the sae frat house is now empty. Reporter these students at the university of oklahoma used harmony to fight the hate. Their rallying cry, not on our campus. Not on our campus not on our campus [ singing ] reporter their mission . To counter a song whose lyrics included racial slurs boasting that there would never be an African American member. As i was walking on campus yesterday, all i could look at were all these trees on campus and how someone wants to hang me from them. Reporter one of the students seen in the video, 19 yearold parker rice, apologized in a statement and said his actions were likely fueled by alcohol and that the song was taught to us. The parents of student levi petit spoke out for their son and said he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever. Do i accept the apology . No. Reporter will james, ii joined sae in 2001. He said he was the second black member and believed progress was being made. Now what do you think . I dont know that weve made too many strides against rayism. I think its just covert. Reporter sae headquarters says it is now investigating racist incidents at other campuses. University officials here conducting their own investigation say as of now it does not appear that song originated here. Parker rice said in a statement that he withdrew from the university following the incident. The parents of levi petitt did not address his status with the university. Theyre trying to protect an abused child, so why is someone asking this group of bikers to leave the community . That story coming up at 6 00. Trending now a crime on camera shows how dangerous live tv can be. Plus is this golf course gator for real . Thats big. We have some sunshine now poking through the clouds. We also had a pollen reading today, getting a lot of reports on facebook and twitter. Youre sneezing. Its in the moderate range for trees and mold spores. Its going to get worse for trees and remember, trees affect more people than grasses and weeds. Well come back, talk about our yellow alert progressive insurance here and im a box who thrives on the unexpected. Haha shall we dine . [ chuckle ] you wouldnt expect an Insurance Company to show you their rates and their competitors rates but thats precisely what we do. Going up nope, coming down. And if you switch to progressive today you could save an average of over 500 bucks. Stop it. So at the number below. Or is it above . Dismount oh, and he sticks the landing taking a look at some trending stories right now, caught on camera, bandits rob a reporter getting ready for a live shot in johannesburg, south africa. Oh, my gosh. Hes trying to do a story about a president ial visit. The reporter first doesnt pay any attention to them, but then the daily mail reports those muggers claimed to have a gun and the bad guys got away with phones and a laptop. It was all caught on camera. Ive been in some crazy situations in live shots but nothing close to that. Typically people are running away from the camera. Or theyre trying to get on or Say Something crazy, but that is different. A picture of a giant gator on a golf course is getting a lot of clicks on facebook. The folks spotted the alligators on golf courses and thought it would be in florida, but look at this monster approaching the green in inglewood. Some say it seems too big to be real, but managers at the club insist the big guy is the real deal. I have seen them that big before. Theyre huge. They will eat your dog. You have to be careful, especially if you have a little one like mine, little scrappy. Will pharrell has a treat planned for baseball fans in arizona tomorrow. The comedian plans to play all nine positions in the Cactus League spring training game. This is video from pharrells 2010 Minor League Baseball stunt. The comic started a beer spraying brawl on the diamond. Tomorrow he plans to take a helicopter from game to game to pull off the stunt. Whatever it is, it will be hilarious because he is crazy funny. Does your boss really care if youre happy at work or not . After the break a new trend in Companies Across the country. Reporter im Kristen Berset in new york city. The big east tournament begins tonight and the george we thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. When i post my slow jams, im a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v okay, i need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. And dough that rises naturally. With no chemical leaveners. A pizza my family will love. announcer freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. No other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. And try great tasting gluten free freschetta. Ask for it at your local store. Most of us would rather not read our bills, but one local woman would welcome the opportunity. Marie smith is blind and after two months of getting a tone deaf response from verizon she reached out to our wusa9 call for action for help. Each month marie smiths friend charles stops by to read and organize her mail. Your january bill says you owe them 192. 46. When he read that thing to me, i almost had a heart attack. Verizon apparently tried for some time to notify marie about the changes coming to her account and even sent a suspension notice, but they sent those notices on paper. I always said are you aware youre sending a paper bill to a blind customer . Well, they are now. Youll find out how verizon responds when our wusa9 call for action team gets involved. If well have the full story coming up on involved. Well have the full story coming up on your show. Weve been talking about. Now shes getting some results. Youll see at 11 00. Look at these massive flames after a tanker exploded on an interstate near dearborn, michigan. The driver is recovering from only minor injuries. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the tanker to explode. Police responded to lil waynes miami beach home today after a report of four people shot. The report was made on a nonemergency line. So far theres no evidence anyone was shot or if the rapper was even inside the home at the time. A Georgia Police chief who accidentally shot his wife while she slept is stepping down. He said he was careless when he went to bed with a load gun two months ago after taking sleeping pills. His wife is now paralyzed from the waist down. Are you happy at work . Does your boss listen to you . Shes are some of the questions asked these are some of the questions asked in these pulse surveys popping up across the country in companies. What are they . Brian webb explains. Reporter quirky is a new York Business that turns inventors ideas into products. To find it out whats working and whats not, the Company Gives employees a weekly survey. At first employer anna buckbower was skeptical. Just seems like its going to be an extra task, but i think as we continue to do it, it proves to be a good exercise. Reporter typical questions range from what challenges are you facing to who deserves recognition this week and more companies are talking to their workers this way. The society of Human Resource management says some 80 of firms have used a survey to gauge how employees feel. Most organizations recognize that to retain employees that have high skills that they need to create a Work Environment that those employees will want to stay. Reporter leaders at quirky say the pulse survey helped clear up confusion during a recent corporate reconstructing. We want to know whats on peoples minds so we can address them, get in front of issues before they become a crisis. Reporter the survey can also find future leaders. Some employees recognized by their fellow coworkers were promoted. The only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. A little slow to clear today, but still very nice in term. Temperatures. Everyone made it terms of temperatures. Everyone made it back into the 60s. Dew points in the low 40s, relative humidity 42 . Well stay in the 40s downtown, a little coolin the burbs, 30s. Temperatures now still 62 in chevy chase and arlington, 63 in fairfax, 62 in dumfries. Over by the water its 60 in annapolis and 59 for our friend in north beach. Just a little cooler tonight, still above freezing. Bus stop temperatures 34 to 46, not bad, but the kids still need a light jacket. Grab your shade thursday and grab your umbrella friday. You wont need it in the morning, but youll want it in the afternoon. Futurecast 10 00 tonight 54 downtown. That may be a tad high, but its still mild, upper 40s in the suburbs. You leave the Verizon Center tonight from the caps game, sure to be in the 50s. By 6 a. M. Back in the 30s in the suburbs but above freezing, 36 leesburg, 38 manassas, 37 in la plata, still 40 downtown. By midmorning, 9 00 generally low 40s, clear skies, pretty much pure sun tomorrow. By 1 00 you could walk to lunch. A light jacket not a bad idea, 51 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 52 manassas, 53 downtown. This time tomorrow evening mid 50s, still clear skies. Thats average for this time of year. Average high is 55. For tonight clear to partly cloudy, a little breezy, lows 34 to 44, just chilly, low temperatures about average, winds northwest 10 to 15. By morning sunshine, chilly start, 34 to 52. By afternoon plenty of sunshine, cooler yes, but seasonable, highs around 55. The day planner, 40 at 7 00, 42 at 9 00, upper 40s by 11 00 and low 50s with sunshine by 1 p. M. Friday yellow alert again, a little sun in the morning, rain and showers develop late day, probably in time for the evening commute and certainly if youre on the town friday night, 51, cooler. Back in the low 60s with light rain and showers saturday, may have a yellow alert saturday as well. Next season days, sunday, upper 50s monday, mid50s tuesday and wednesday with sunshine holding. Now wusa9 game on sports with Kristen Berset brought to you by xfinity. Reporter hey, were live in new york city on top of the cbs broadcast house, what a view behind me. The big east has come to the big apple. This year in the ncaa tournament a handful of teams are expected to play in the big dance from the big east and georgetown is one of them. I caught up with the team during their last minute preparations. Among the hustle and bustle of new york city terminal 23 sits tucked away in the shadows of Madison Square garden. Its a former 60s nightclub turned into a basketball facility. Today its the home of the georgetown hoyas. John thompson, ii, and his team get in one iii, and his team get in one final practice. I think we have the proper mindset. We had a very, very good hard intense practice. I think our guys are ready. We have a lot of confidence with each other. We want to come in and play georgetown basketball and play hard whoever we play against. Reporter the hoyas rebounded this season to get invited back to the ncaa tournament after sitting out last year, but before they could think about their opponent, the hoyas have a more pressing task. Do well in the big east tournament and that will help them on collection sunday. We want to try to continue to win and build our resume. This tournament is special. Theres nothing like the big east tournament other than the final four and so i think this group understands weve done a pretty good job in year not looking too far in advance. Reporter the hoyas did so well this year the two seed in the big east. They have a bye today. They play tomorrow night at 7 00 and take to the winner of creighton and depaul, both teams the hoyas have swept this season. Coming up later in sports more from the hoyas preparations in the big apple, plus a look at the other local teams. American eagles are in the final tonight with a shot at an automatic bid. Looking good, love the big dance there. They are a sign of season that many of us could do without, coming up how we could help you get that pothole youve been swerving to avoid fixed. Also ahead. Reporter the folkest of the Boston Marathon bombing trial focus of the Boston Marathon bombing trial returns. We want to know whats on your mind. Tweet us prosecutors showed a boston jury evidence that they say the defendant left at the scene of 2013 marathon bombings. We have more on the testimony of the officer killed during that speech. Reporter with the family of slain Police Officer sean collier looking on, the chief of mit police told jurors about the last time he saw 27year old officer alive. I told him to be safe, the chief said. Hours later collier was gunned down. Prosecutors argue tsarnaev murdered the officer in an attempt to get a 2nd gun after they were publicly identified as the prime suspects in the marathon bombing. The morning session was dominated by technical testimony about cell phone usage on the part of the defendant and his brother on the day of the bombing up through his arrest. Jurors did get a look at some of the evidence left on the street. Prosecutors say the defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother set off bombs near the finish line. The evidence included a shredded backpack and remnants from a Pressure Cooker that contained one of the bombs, bbs, nails and shards of metal from the scene. Video of the moments before the explosion show the brother arriving with backpacks. After the explosion theyre seen running away without them. Kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. This accused Child Predator was using an app that teenagers love but makes it difficult for Law Enforcement to track. Im peggy fox. Coming up ill tell parents what they need to know to keep their children safe. Reporter this is Bruce Johnson in the U Street Corridor in northwest. Everyone has a pothole story today. The city got nearly 1,000 complaints. Coming up ill introduce you to a guy making a lot of money off your pothole misery. More than 1,000 people are paying respects to a failen Police Officer killed while doing his job off duty. But first the state Department Official recently charged with soliciting sex from a minor was using an app this makes it difficult for Law Enforcement to catch criminals, but its an app thats extremely popular with children and Child Predators. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im lesli foster. Im derek mcginty. Peggy fox has been looking into this and joins us live from the newsroom with what shes found out. The app is called kik, hugely popular with teenagers and preteens, but there are things about the kik app and others like it that are also attractive to Child Predators. One is that they allow users to take and use pictures that are not stored on the phones camera roll. If images are not stored, that makes it tough for Law Enforcement to document. Police say 44yearold daniel rosen was making arrangements to meet and have sexual intercourse with a 14yearold girl. They said as he chatted on a popular app after receiving what he thought was proof she was, in fact, 14 he said good. Lets get naked and he made more offers, very explicit that we cant report. Its almost like running radar. We just put ourselves somewhere where the kids and predators are and make ourselves available. Lieutenant james bacon runs the Child Predator unit at Fairfax County police where detectives pose as Children Online mostly on apps. Its frightening to hear the way the conversations go. Its frightening to hear the other end of phone and whats being said to who they think is a 12 or 14yearold little girl or boy. The most popular app for Child Predators bacon says is kik. It allows users to sign up without having to give proof of your identity and even lets you make up a phone number. Thats part of the allure of some of these websites to the predator because they can make up the persona of a little kid or anybody that they want to been and the companies in certain want to be and the companies in certain cases dont verify anything. Bacon says parents need to know what is on their childrens phones and have a password. The parents need to have it. Otherwise that app needs to go away. Look at the history of your childs computer and iphones. If you see