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With Police Officers right here. He has not yet been charged with the murder of that Security Guard in maryland, but here in d. C. He has already been charged with armed kidnapping and armed assault on a Police Officer. At the southeast d. C. Home that Ronald Anderson used as a mill drop and to meet his pro mail drop and to meet his probation officer, marcus barr said he was shocked to hear he was the man who allegedly kidnapped his girl friend, shot and killed a Security Guard, Lawrence Buckner in suitland, and then led scores of police on a chase that ended on h street. He never displayed any of that. He was always nice and kind to us. Reporter but Court Records show anderson was convicted of manslaughter in 1991 and that when he allegedly kidnapped his 20yearold girl friend outside a battered womens shelter, he was already facing an assault charge that had left the woman shaking, crying and visibly afraid. Now move, move, move reporter s. W. A. T. Teams locked down the Census Bureau and used explosives to breach the doors after the shooting. I can see where the cops are coming in and someone on the ground in a black uniform trying to get resuscitated. Reporter but anderson had already raced off in his honda allegedly shooting repeatedly at officers before they finally rammed his car outside an h street restaurant. We heard people in the restaurant saying get down. Everybody get on the floor. There was definitely gunfire happening back and forth and so i crawled. We were kind of hiding behind the bar and i crawled to the door, the glass door on the side, and locked it. Reporter those were a couple of teachers from colorado, could not believe what they saw here on h street. Police had h street shut down as late as this morning to continue to collect ed, but it is back open now. Evidence, but it is back open now. Theres every sign people will return to the usual friday night festivities here on thriving t street. Bruce leshan, wusa9. Anderson was due in court in Upper Marlboro this morning on that earlier assault charge. His lawyer turned up. Anderson is still in the hospital with gunshot wounds. A day after chaos and gunfire broke out in suitland at the Census Bureau, people who work at the Government Agency are just trying to get back to normal. Debra alfarone is live on silver hill road with the latest there outside the bureau. Reporter now its quiet at the Census Bureau. They oped two hours later today, this a day after just a crazy scene played outer here that the Census Bureau director called both tragic and scary. Thursday nights chaos gave way to fridays calm at the Census Bureau. I usually see him when the s. W. A. T. Team came in getting dressed. They had their whole full outfits. Reporter the Census Bureau worker saw 59yearold Security Guard Lawrence Buckner moments after alleged gunman and kidnapper 48yearold Ronald Anderson drove into the complex and shot him thursday night. Never had any issues with him, funny guy. He was really cool, close down to earth. Reporter were learning more about buckner. He lived in virginia, married to his wife 36 years, has one son, four grandkids, a large family and worked at the bureau four years. Many of the hundreds of employees locked down in the building or in their cars thursday night didnt have to come to work today. I didnt want to catch nothing flying nowhere. I got too much to live for, just got married a couple years ago, just bought a house. Reporter the fbi says the bureau wasnt targeted, though its not clear why anderson came here. Today crime tape and Police Lights the only reminder of the danger that came to visit and the coworker and constant reassuring presence that will no longer be felt. Im just going about my day, going about his day, clock in, clock out, but you ever know, could be somebodys last day. Reporter if youre wondering about that girl friend, also d. C. Police chief cathy lanier said she was let go. Shes in good condition, but what an experience that must have been. Live in suitland tonight debra alfarone, wusa9. Tragic all the way around. The fbi is deciding whether to pursue federal charges against anderson. Anne Arundel County Police are busy searching for a man they say tried to kill one of their officers this morning. Ellison barber is live in anne arundel with the latest for us. Good evening, ellison. Reporter good evening. That officer was in surgery earlier today, but one source said hes out of surgery now. The only thing we know officially now is the officer remains in Critical Condition. Police say they are looking for a black male between the ages of 20 and 30, about 5 4 or up to 5 8 wearing dark pants, not jeans and a dark hoodie, but beyond that they arent saying very much. Were kind of waiting around to hear some more. This 7eleven is carrying on as usual. Its a dramatically different scene from what we saw a few hours ago when police swarmed the area after one of their officers was shot. Police say that shortly after 2 a. M. The officer stopped by this 7 eleven for no particular reason and then someone told him there was a suspicious man outside of the store. The officer went to speak with that guy and some kind of struggle began. They both ran on foot away from the 7eleven. At that time witnesses describe hearing a gunshot. Reporter when other officers got here, they found the officer on the side of the road way gunshot wound in with a gunshot wound in his chest. The officer is in Critical Condition at shock trauma. The suspect is still on the run. We dont have a suspect in custody and dont know where that suspect is. Reporter its a scary thought for some residents. He could be wandering around somewhere and we dont even know. So yeah, thats very conditioning. Reporter they say its normally quiet here. I had to go to baltimore this morning and when i left, i got stopped by the police and i had to ask them to let me go because they had everything roped off and blocked off. Reporter when we got here, it was filled with police activity, but we havent seen any police in the past few hours. About three hours ago we did see one detective right in this area behind me. He was with one other Anne Arundel Police officer. They were looking around in that area near the yellow triangle sign. That is where the officer was reportedly found wounded this morning. Police say they have cleared this area, but they dont have details where the suspect may be now. They say this investigation is very much still ongoing. Reporting live from annapolis im ellison barber, wusa9. Thanks. The last time a Police Officer in anne arundel was shot in the line of duty was 2008. Police say this is a very fluid and active investigation as ellison just mentioned. They have not released the name of the injured officer but do say he is a veteran of the force. A Fairfax County Police Officer is under investigation for child pornography. Our Virginia Bureau chief peggy fox broke this story today on twitter and joins us now live from Fairfax Police headquarters with the latest. Peg, this started with one investigation and sort of pivoted in a totally different way. Reporter this officer is a well known and long time member of the force and at 1 time during his career time told that he served as a Student Resource officer stationed at a school. Yesterday he was escorted out of this building and relieved of his duties while the investigation into alleged child pornography continues. Sources tell me that this officer was not a target of the investigation but that the Fairfax Police departments child crimes unit which searches for sex offenders online stumbled upon their own officer. We are not naming him because no charges have been filed against him. However, sources close to the investigation tell me charges are forthcoming. The news that a fellow officer is under investigation for child pornography comes as a shock to this Police Department. This is not the only Fairfax County Police Officer under investigation for a major crime right now. Commonwealth attorney ray murrow is determining whether to file charges against adam torres. Hes the Police Officer who shot and killed unarmed john geer at his home as he took in his doorway with his arms up. In that case the Police Department and the county was strongly criticized for not releasing information. In this child Pornography Case were told if there are charges, the officers name and information will be released. Reporting live in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. D. C. Police arrested a secret service officer. Officer Arthur Baldwin was arrested early today in northeast on a felony charge of first degree attempted burglary and destruction of property. He was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. Baldwin was assigned to the Foreign Missions branch. He has been placed on administrative leave. A baltimore man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that kill an alexandria man. That accident happened last year along lee highway in rosslyn. Prosecutors say ahman leo crashed his car into a jeep. He pled guilty to aggravated dui and manslaughter and after sentencing the victims family announced they were filing a 20 million lawsuit. The family will also seek legislation to make bars and restaurants liable for overserving customers. Were calling on senator barbara frivola and our delegates to pass liquor liability laws in the commonwealth of virginia to make our streets safer and to prevent another family from enduring this type of tragedy. The familys attorney said during the trial a bartender testified leo was served at least five vodka drinks and two tequila drinks the night of the crash. A wake will be held tonight and a funeral tomorrow for walter scott, the north charleston, South Carolina man shot and killed by Police Officer michael slager, following a traffic stop. Slager remains behind bars charged with murder tonight. Community leaders say its time for a change. They want the city to form a citizens review board to examine policies of police and investigate misconduct complaints. It would be a gunning. I think at beginning. I think at this point talking about healing and first is so raw right now. Federal agencies as well as the South Carolina Law Enforcement division are investigating the shooting that led to Walter Scotts death. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Mystery illness identified. We now know what killed a Loudoun County High School Student. Surae chinn brings us that update at 5 30. Plus cleaning up and mourning after deadly tornadoes tore through parts of the nations midsection. Right after the break topper is tracking the possibility of Severe Weather here in our area. Youre watching wusa9 news at 5 00. Were tracking some showers and storms. The good news, not that widespread just yet and i think we may have escaped Severe Weather in the immediate metro area. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, its up to 63. Ill show you temperatures in a minute. Winds still south, southeast at 3 until they turn southerly and southwesterly staying chilly at national. Heres the radar over the past hour. You can see storms beginning to develop around Loudoun County back toward warrenton essentially right along i66. Nothing crazy heavy. We dont see hail or strong wind. We do see heavy downpours, warrenton, manassas and just to the west of fairfax. Well zoom in more. Again the yellow and orange and occasionally red indicates how much rain is falling, the intensity. We see moderate rain around 15th back toward haymarket out 66 before you get to marshall and a little area of orange over warrenton, thats pretty heavy rain about 3 4inch per hour. Thats the good news. Thats all the big stuff we can find now. Look at these temperatures. 70 in culpeper. They were 82 last hour. 70 in front royal. East cooler, 53 in d. C. , 56 in baltimore, 59 in frederick. Temperature change the past 24 hours look how much warmer it is across the east. Richmond is 28 degrees warmer than this time yesterday, norfolk 36 degrees warmer than yesterday this time. So well keep the yellow alert for this evening for strong storms, still a possibility. The highest risk, though, once again east of i95 and south into Southern Maryland especially south of route 50. Time frame now till about 8 00. After that pretty much sound the all clear. The threat, still strong winds, thunderstorms and heavy downpours. Heres futurecast. This model really pushes it out very quickly, maybe too quickly, but temperatures in the 60s. Were looking at mostly showers by 7 00 east of i95 into Southern Maryland. By 8 00 were pretty much done, maybe a light shower into Southern Maryland, Northern Neck and thats it, 60s. Still pretty mild, 67 at 8 00 downtown and up into frederick 62 and also in leesburg. Nothing crazy cool behind this front. Even by 10 00 if youre going out, it is friday night, after all, temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. By morning temperatures chilly, upper 40s north and west, 53 downtown, clear as a bell, lots of sunshine tomorrow. It will be a little breezy. 57 at 9 00 will feel a little cool. Hope to see you at the Cherry Blossom festival parade tomorrow morning. Light jacket is a good idea and dont forget sunscreen this weekend. April sun is pretty strong stuff. Showers and thunderstorms ending early and then clearing, breezy and cool, 44 to 54, winds west, northwest at 10 to 15. So day planner, clear across the board, low 50s to start, 57 at 9 00, almost 60 by 11 00, low 60s by 1 00 tomorrow with pure sun. Were in great shape sunday, theyre 70, wind and a little bit warmer and monday highs theyre 75 and remember, peak bloom near 75 and remember peak bloom saturday and sunday and last into next week. Tuesday might not want to go to the tidal basin, showers and storms. Nats back in town friday, not bad. Cleanup is just beginning in Northern Illinois where powerful tornadoes obliterated entire communities. Two people were killed, nearly a dozen injured. Anna warner is in fairdale, illinois, with the latest. Reporter every home in fairdale, illinois, is either damaged or destroyed. Because i just remember stuff hitting, falling. I didnt know what to think. Finally when it was over, the house was gone. Reporter two people died including a 67yearold woman who was preparing to leave for her daughters birthday party. My motherinlaw, she didnt make it downstairs. Reporter fairdale doesnt have a siren system. But warning alarms sound the in the nearby town of rochelle. 12 people rode out the storm in the basement of this restaurant. We pulled in here and ran inside, got a couple pictures of the tornado right across the street from us here and the owner said in the basement. We wont down in the basement. Reporter it took rescue crews 90 minutes to dig them out. The tornadoes cut swirling lines into farm fields and pulled homes from their foundations. Some of the rescuers were also victims. We went to work and helped the other people that needed the help. I got there this morning at 5 00 to see that my house was gone. Reporter some are now salvaging what they can from the massive piles of rubble hoping to rebuild their lives. Anna warner, cbs news, fairdale, illinois. A kansas man has been arrested for planning an isis terror plot against fort riley. U. S. Attorney Barry Grisham says booker was arrested earlier near manhattan, kansas. There was no breach at the base. Hillary clinton plans to kick off her long expected 2016 president ial campaign sunday. People familiar with her plan say the First Official word will come on an online video on social media. She appears unlikely to face a stiff primary opponent so far. Capitol hill police chief submitting his letter of resignation today. According to role call, there are reports that his is up order natures arent so happy with subordinates arent so happy with his leadership style, plus that car chase on the state of the Union Address night also made relationships more difficult. Role call does not know if the resignation will be accepted by the threemember board. Still ahead we talk to retiring face the nation host Bob Schieffer about his plans for the next chapter. Right after the break this isnt your grandpas timepiece, an up close look which car company is the first and only to offer builtin 4g lte wifi in cars, trucks and crossovers . Ranking from top to bottom. Im gonna say mercedes is the innovator. Bmw just because theyre pricey. The final answer. Wow. cheers chevy. This model has the wifi in it . Yep thats the dream to have wifi in the car. Get cash back for 15 of the msrp on select 2015 models. Thats almost thirtyseven hundred dollars on this chevy malibu. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. In tonights consumer alert the markets end the week of trading on a positive note on wall street. The dow edged up 99 points by the closing bell. The nasdaq gained 21. After a whole lot of buildup here pale finally made its smart watch available today. People flocked to stores around the country to try and preorder this highly anticipated wearable device. Paul robinson and his family landed in new york from brussels yesterday. The apple store was their first stop for a look at its new smart watch. What does it do that the ipad doesnt do . The iphone has some nice features. Its quite intuitive as well. Other smart watches are on the market already, but apples version is called the most ambitious. It sennings with newer iphone it syncs with newer iphones and is getting good reviews for its ease of use. Gerald smith has ordered his, but it wont ship until the end of april. He couldnt wait to try one on. I want to look down on my wrist and season whats going on without even looking at my smartphone. Reporter from london to beijing gadget geeks flooded stores to look there, too. Aside from the hefty price, tech experts say there are a few other drawbacks to the first generation product. One of them is battery life. It doesnt last a full day. Reporter even with a few kinks apple expects its newest product to be a runaway hit. Shipping dates have already been pushed back due to high demand. Apple smart watch may be a pricey accessory for many people. The least expensive watch starts at 350 goes as high as 17,000 for the gold version. Thats 17,000. Thats some kind of watch. Dont get close to me if i have a watch on like that. Pick up those books, d. C. minneapolis has taken over the no. 1 spot on the list of most literate citiethe u. S. After spending four straight years at no. 1 the district has to settle for a respectable no. 2 spot followed up by seattle, st. Paul, minnesota, and atlanta at no. 5. Here is your Cherry Blossom update, the peak blossom a day away. The flowers look fantastic. The national Cherry Blossom parade is tomorrow from 10 a. M. Until noon. Weve got you covered. Www. Wusa9. Com will stream the parade from noon until 2 00. Andrea roane and mike hydek there. Some good news for those Loudoun County Robotic Team Members after somebody stole their creation last week, well share it coming up. Plus the deadly bacteria behind some big recalls, what you need to know about listeria coming up. Topper is back right after the break with the latest on todays big storms. This is a yellow alert day. Now heres wusa9 first alert weather. Its d. C. s most accurate. We are keeping a very close eye on doppler radar. Over the last hour we had some storms heavier west of warrenton. Now theyve witnessed a little around leesburg and see these storm southwest of culpeper . Culpeper was 83 today. Theyve really destablized. Thats the best chance for Severe Weather in the next couple hours. In the meantime this does have heavy rain toward aldie past chantilly out 50 and on the east side of route 15, nothing crazy in terms of hail, dont see any strong winds yet. Its moving east, so it will head along the dulles toll road into Tysons Corner it looks like in the next half hour or so. Theyre moving east at 27 miles per hour. We dont see anything severe with these particular storms, but well watch this because by 8 00 tonight were in pretty good shape. We can probably sound the all clear. By 7 00 some showers and storms still across Southern Maryland, 68 in d. C. And 61 in gaithersburg, 67 in manassas. Well come back, talk about the threat of strong winds this weekend and what that might mean for the Cherry Blossoms. We now know the Loudoun County High School Student who died this week died from a type of bacterial meningitis. The Virginia Medical Examiners Office ruled Madison Smalls death was from natural causes. Surae chinn is live in ashburn to show us how fellow students remembered her today. Reporter it was very touching, jan. Meanwhile Loudoun County health says there is no over case of meningitis in the county. They say there is a low risk of it spreading. Theyve identified the people who came in close contact with madison small, mainly her family and some friends. Meanwhile here at her School Students are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy. In a big show of support broad run High School Students and faculty wore pink today to remember High School Senior madison small who died tuesday from neisseria sepsis that can cause a type of bacterial meningitis. Her softball teammates held up a banner we play for no. 24, the same hashtag and phrase used on social media. A teacher tweets showing our support for madison. Neighboring Loudoun County schoolin pink. Bacterial meningitis is a very serious infection as opposed to viruses, its much harder for the body to fight it off. Reporter the Loudoun County Health Director dr. David goodfried said bacterial meningitis is not easily spread and the school is at low risk because students were off on spring break when madison suddenly became ill monday and died the next day. She was one of the sweetest people ive ever met and she was in my spanish last year. Shell always be remembered and missed. Reporter bacterial meningitis is spread through close contact in the home or room, sharing drinks or any bodily discretion. It is unlikely well every know who got madison sick. The bacteria itself exists in our community. The large majority of people who have that bacteria will never get sick, but it may be in the back of their throats. So we likely will never find out who that person was who spread it because that person probably is not having any problems at all. Just one case is horrific for the family. Reporter antibiotics have been made viable for her family and some of her friends. Available for some of her family and some of her friends. Bacterial meningitis is becoming more rare because vaccines are available and Health Officials recommend you get vaccinated at age 11 and a booster at 16. The last case of bacterial meningitis was two years ago in the county and Madison Smalls funeral is monday. Back to you. Symptoms of bacterial meningitis include stiff neck, fever, sensitivity to light and headache. Health officials encourage anyone with those symptoms to call their doctor. She is the inspiring young basketball player who touched the nation. Today 19yearold lauren hill lost her battle with cancer. You might remember hills courageous performance in november. She scored the first and last baskets for her mount st. Josephs Basketball Team in front of a soldout crowd. 40,000 was raised that day to help cure pediatric cancer. Both teams came together to make that happen. What an inspiration shes been. A vigil for the maryland family that died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Rodney todd and his seven children died inside their Princess Anne home where the power was cut off and a general rarity was in use. Friends and family generator was in use. Friends and family will gather tonight at 7 00. Fairfax county police are on the lookout for a hit and run driver. This happened on ox road and zion drive last night south of braddock road. Investigators say the driver hit a woman who was jogging and then kept going. The woman was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The vehicle is described as a small gray sedan. If you know anything about this incidents, call fairfax incident, call Fairfax County police. Weve been telling you about those sabra and blue bell recalls over listeria concerns. Danielle nottingham explains why Health Officials are now taking action. Reporter Blue Bell Creameries has recalled more than 25 products in the last month over listeria concerns and now sabra is recallingist classic hummus because of possible listeria contamination. Eating foods contaminated with listeria can cause an infection which includes fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea and it can be deadly. It can get out of the intestine into the bloodstream, can cause encephalitis and if a woman is pregnant, it can unfortunately precipitate a miscarriage. Reporter listeria infect usually affects older adult infection usually affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns and adults with weakened immune systems. Three people who ate tainted ice cream have died. Experts say listeria can grow even in cold temperatures. That means a capped product could get a contaminated product could get even more dangerous in the refrigerator. Bacteria can multiply so, it becomes more likely to make you sick. So its very important that you check your refrigerator that you dont have any of these products and discard them. Unlike other foodborne illnesses it can be days or months before symptoms from listeria infection begin. Danielle nottingham cbs news, los angeles. Listeriosis is usually treated with antibiotics and fluids. A Loudoun County High School Robotics team whose Award Winning robot was stolen last weekend steveed a big check this morning. Robo loco was presented with a 15,000 check this morning at the Technology Firm kelos in ashburn. A campaign to raise money for the team started a few days ago after word got out their robot had been stolen along with the chevy tahoe it was in. They just placed second in the regional robotics competition in tennessee and got that coveted invitation to the World Championship in st. Louis april 22nd, but without a robot ready, they had to build a new one and they got the help to do it. That was all the nights sleep we lost, all the time we spent getting money from sponsors and finding materials, fixing things. Adversity like this kind of has its way of making you rise to the top. And they are. The team strike ball a new robot from a practice one is building a new robot from a practice one. They will ship it next week to st. Louis. We wish them well. Tonight at 6 00 a virginia Sheriffs Department responds to our investigation into their deputy who threw a man on the highway. Trending now how you could soon watch youtube commercial free. Plus some hometown love for nbc anchor brian william. Looking at some stories trending tonight, youtube is getting ready to do battle with netflix and some other streaming services. Google plans to offer a Subscription Service to allow users to watch without commercials. So far these plans are not public. The information is coming with some inside intel on the matter, somebody inside leaking a little bit. Bloomberg reports the new service will likely include offline access. He has taken a bit of a beating in the media, but nbc news anchor Brian Williams is still welcome in elmira, new york. Evidently the mayor says despite more than a dozen calls from respects she is not residents she is not interested in taking williams off the sign. She said everyone makes mistakes. People are people, so no one really wants to be referred to as an it. Thats right. Thats why university of new mexicos student paper has started referring to people who dont identify as a he or a she with the pronoun ze and zer. Ze replaces he and she. Zer replaces them and their. The only nongender pronoun option we have is it and that has a lot of really negative connotations. We needed to make that an option as gender and sexuality changes, we needed to have that available to people. The newspaper came to this decision after hours of discussion with the Lgbtq Community there. Its kind of confusing because zer can sound like sir almost. It can. I suppose as we hear more about this, well learn more. Coming up we have the story of two lifelong friends and teammates who have chosen to go their separate ways to follow the sport they love. Plus he announced his retirement earlier this week. We talk to face the nation host Bob Schieffer in a few minutes. After the break topper has the latest on the heavy storms moving through our area. Weve got some exciting news for you. Starting tomorrow youll be able to enjoy more of us, all the news, weather and sports you need on wusa9. Were starting a new weekend morning show. So join anchor mike hydek and meteorologist erica grow on saturday from 7 to 8 a. M. And sundays from 7 to 8 30 a. M. We are followed by capital download and cbs sunday morning. This is a yellow alert day. Now heres wusa9 first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. Look at the Cherry Blossoms just bursting. Peak is this weekend. If you cant get out, dont worry. Theyll still be there monday and tuesday and probably into wednesday and thursday next week. Its 63 now, winds south, southeast at 3 off to the west. Temperatures are in the 70s. Heres the radar, one area of showers and storms weve tracked thats weakening as it moves east. Still some pretty good rains as these move out of Loudoun County into western Montgomery County and fairfax. These are the storms i mentioned earlier. Its much more unstable south of town. As those move into Southern Maryland later tonight, i think that could be the best chance for Severe Weather. Culpeper to orange you see the different colors there, red, orange, pretty heavy rainfall, reports of heavy downpours with these systems and also a report of about 40 mileperhour winds between culpeper and orange, not quite severe but worth taking note of as they move east. Theyll head toward gold vein by 6 08 and hartwood at 6 14. It is possible they get more intense between route 17 and where they are now. Well zoom into these, just heavy rain up around potomac out river road. Its scandaling the river between straddling the river between Montgomery County and Loudoun County and Fairfax County northeast of reston moving east as well, heavy downpours. Look at these temperatures, 63 in d. C. , 72 in manassas, 75 in culpeper, 78 in fredericksburg, been as warm as 83 in culpeper earlier today. Well keep the yellow alert through this evening for the possibility of strong storms. The highest risk will be east of i95 and south into Southern Maryland. Time frame now till about 8 00. The threat is still strong winds and heavy downpours. On futurecast by 7 00 most of the showers and storms down to Southern Maryland. If youre into say gaithersburg or leesburg, manassas by 7 00, storms are gone. By 8 00 storms are pretty much gone everywhere. We could have a straggler shower in mayr with temps in the 60s. By 10 00 in Southern Maryland with temps in the 60s. By 10 00 still upper 50s north and west of town. By morning cool, clear, upper 40s in gaithersburg, manassas, low 50s downtown, a very nice day tomorrow, just breezy, a little cool. Day planner low 50s to start, 57 by 9 00, 59 by 11 00. 50s at parade time and low 60s with sunshine at 1 00. Once were through today were in great shape, shine tomorrow, gorgeous sunday near 70. Sunday probably the better of the two days, a tiny bit warmer and less wind. Nice monday, near 75 with partly cloudy skies. Next seven days some showers tuesday, 70, nice wednesday. Nats back in town thursday and friday, a few shower and thunderstorms possible, pretty mild, highs either side of 70. By now you probably heard the news. Face the nation host Bob Schieffer is retiring this summer. Bob joins us tonight. Thanks so much for being here. Were awfully sad that youre leaving us, but what do you plan on doing now . Well, im speaking to you tonight from the assisted living home. No, im not. I tell you something. I dont know what im going to do. Im going to take the summer off and give that a lot of thought. My old friend sam nunn, the senator, used to be chairman of the Armed Services committee, said to me last week, he said dont commit to anything now because he said everybody will call you and all your friends and he said before you know it, youll have a worse schedule than youve got right now. Im going to put off all that kind of stuff. I tell you people say why did you leave . Why did you decide to retire now . It just seemed like the right time. I wanted to leaf the job while i felt like leave the job while i felt like i could still do it. Ive seen too many people in this town that had to be led around by their staff. They didnt know they were on the senate floor or in the senate elevator. I kind of set up what i called a drool rule. I wanted to quit before i started drooling and i think im okay. I feel really good about it. Also in all seriousness i thought this was a good time because weve got a Campaign Year coming up and i wanted my successor to have plenty of time to kind of get comfortable in in seat before we get into a kin in this seat before we get into a Campaign Year. Cbs is doing real well right now. Face the nation is doing well. So this just kind of seemed like the right time to do it. The last time we saw you i challenged you to that ice bucket challenge and you were such a good sport. You came and let us ice you on a sunny day in the summer. We got to see your latter. We know a lot about your heart. We know a lot about your experience and your expertise, but you showed a lot of heart. I always learn from my mistakes and if i had to do it over, i wouldnt do it again. No. Im just kidding. It was really a lot of fun. My heavens, the money that was raised by that challenge for those with lou gehrigs disease. Its an amazing thing. But i want to tell you Something Else as you guysen. Those ice buckets full of water were really, really cold. Yes, they were. We all know. Absolutely. Thank you so much for talking with us. Well miss talking with you, but youre not gone yet. So well still continue our friday chats until its time. We sure hope. So i always have fun doing this. Bob, great to see you. Great to see both of you, lesli and jan. Thank you very much. They were once the most popular tech item in the home and office. Im talking about the personal computer. While computer sales jumped the end of last Year Research firms gartner and idc say pc shipments fell about 6 during the First Quarter of 2015. This really reflects the industrys continued struggle with the shift to smartphones and tablets. The results are in. An a. P. Investigation finds most tires on big rig trucks are not designed to travel more than 75 miles an hour, but 14 states have truck speeds as high as 85. Now the nations Highway Safety chief wants to slow those 18 wheelers down. Federal safety regulators say they will weigh their options to address the problem. Now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. Youre about to meet two lacrosse teammates who have a bond that cannot be broken, the bond of family. As Diane Roberts reports, parting ways on the field is actually in their future. Reporter centrevilles Caroline Wakefield and regan newell are star lacrosse players, but their long union on the field is ending. I was more of a power player. She was more of a finesse player. People call us power and finesse. Reporter the cousins have been playing together since 2nd grade when regan convinced caroline to pick up a lacrosse stick. For me obviously basketball was not going to work out. Im only 5 3. Lacrosse was my passion from the start. Reporter while power pursued her love for hoops she also caught the lacrosse bug. The fact i got to share it with her made me more passionate about it. Reporter with the support of their families the two became a force on the field and didnt lose a game together until 7th grade. Theyve had the same coach for six years. They have a sixth sense for each other. They know each others strengths and weaknesses. I trust her enough that ill throw the ball before she even gets there knowing shell go to that spot. Once i get that cut i know im going to get the ball. Reporter their sophomore year of high school both girl were heavily recruited and jmu offered them both scholarships. Regan accepted hers right away. Caroline ultimately picked unc. Even though their journey as teammates will end this season, regan no. 2 and caroline 22 left a legacy. Every single time we score it will be 222. Reporter their numbers another symbol of the bond thats lasted a lifetime. This season jamies first game was against north carolina. So if out of conference starts the line next year, the girls could be on opposing teams for the first time. At 6 00 a virginia Sheriffs Department responds to our investigation into the deputy who threw a man on the highway. Before. Reporter thats president obama and cuban president raul castro trying to restore diplomatic ties, the expectations are growing for a historic meeting between president obama and cuban leader raul castro. The two are among the leaders attending the summit of the americas in panama city. President obama laid the groundwork for the meeting before leaving washington. Craig boswell is at the white house with more. Reporter president obamas meetings with leaders at the summit of the americas in panama are a warmup for a highly anticipated and historic face to face with cuban president raul castro. We dont have a formal meeting scheduled at a certain time, but we certainly anticipate they will have a discussion tomorrow. Reporter the two leaders spoke by phone for only the second time earlier this week as the u. S. And cuba work to normalize relations. Thursday president obama was asked about changes expected in havana as the two nations begin to reestablish ties. We will continue to have differences with the cuba government, but we dont want to be imprisoned by the past. Reporter its possible president obama will also use the summit to announce the u. S. Will remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. He initiated that process last december when he announced the thaw in relations between washington and havana. The president will make a decision when all of the various elements of our review are completed. Reporter long simmering tensions over human rights in cuba wer evident as castro supporters and dissidents clashed outside in cuban city. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. If the president does remove cuba from the state sponsors of terror list, the move will not be official until congress has had 45 days to review it but is unlikely to block it. Thanks for watching wusa9 news at 5 00. Wusa9 news at 6 00 starts right now. We could be in for some severe storms tonight packing high winds and lots of rain. Thank you for joining us. Im lesli foster. Im derek mcginty. Where and when are those storms going to hit us tonight and are they still coming . I think south and east is key tonight, south of route 50 and east of i95. We have a couple areas of showers. We have one little batch of showers fairfax, mont and into the district and montgomery and into the district and down toward culpeper im more concerned because its been warm there and the atmosphere is a little unstable. Still heavy rain past the spur on the east side of i270. Rain toward olney and 97, Georgia Avenue and laytonsville, heavier rain north of silver spring. Well zoom in more. You see the yellow by far the heaviest rain on the east side of rockville heading out 28 eastbound toward 97. Well zoom down to this pretty good area of showers and thunderstorms, no hail yet,