Campaign. When i nationally asked him because hes known to be a prolific fundraiser and initially asked him because hes known to be a prolific fundraiser and supporter, he said he couldnt support my campaign was the initial response. At a later stage he said he would and let me just say Jeff Thompson has never asked me for one thing. Reporter the u. S. Attorney has never accused the mayor of wrongdoing. Hes never named Jeffrey Thompson as a major target of the 2010 probe. Our sources say in several meetings with thompsons defense Team Prosecutors made clear their intent to file felony charges against the multiany millionaire and political fundraiser. Multimillionaire and political fundraiser including conspiracy and fraud. Brendan sullivan had been arguing for misdemeanor pleas for his client that. Move could keep thompson from a prison sentence. A spokesman from the u. S. Attorneys office would only say the probe into the 2010 campaign continues. What is not clear is whether u. S. Attorney ron meacham has concluded that part of his probe many feel is centered on mayor gray. A former prosecutor now defense Attorney Says that carries no weight with prosecutors. In a case like this would the prosecutor be concerned with the fact theres an election going on . Absolutely not. The prosecutor has no regard for the election, the timing of any election, when an election is going to occur, who is running. Attorney brendan sullivan, we called his office and he has not returned our calls for commenting on the story. He is a big figure. There are attorneys and superattorneys. Hes a superattorney, had some of the biggest cases in the countrys history and has a reputation of not entering into deals, bargains. He would prefer to go to trial and let it all play out. Well have to see whether that indeed happens. Looks like were headed for a trial, yeah. In another political scandal an effort to remove a Loudoun County supervisor from Public Office is headed off to court. A judge ordered sterling supervisor eugene delgattio to appear in court after a group of residents filed a petition alleging he is unfit for office. Heres peggy fox. Oh, is peggy fox here . Reporter Eugene Delgadio is one of the most polarizing politicians in northern virginia. The four term supervisor won his last election with over 60 of the vote he said by working lard for his constituents. The secret hard for his constituents. The secret is knowing you have to work hard every day and you have to know the names of the potholes on sterling boulevard. Reporter but now 700 residents signed a petition to remove him from office. There was no basis for any of this. Reporter attorney John Flannery is representing the citizens against delgadio. He has misused his office and neglected his office and been incompetent and has done it in such a way it has compromised the function of government. Reporter last summer the board of supervisors censured delgadio after donna ma tear, a former matier, a former employee in his office said she was instructed to do fundraising for his campaign and when she was interviewed said he asked her about her views on marriage, homosexuality and politics. He has been affiliated as an advocate for a hate group by the southern poverty law center. I think most people know that its a political game. Reporter delgadios Court Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday Morning at 9 a. M. Hes basketball ordered to show of cause for why he should not be been ordered to show pause for yes should not be removed from office. Dell cause for why he should not be removed from office. They tell me i cant talk like this. Talk like what . And what a shock his whole family said were going to stick with him, too and oh, additional shock, the entire country said yeah. One of the people who spearheaded that effort to remove delgadio from office is the democrat who lost to him in the last election. Weve got new information tonight on the Columbia Mall shooter. Later this afternoon Howard County police said in his writings over a one year period Darion Aguilar apologized to his family for what he was planning to do. He mentioned killing people but did not say who or how. He expressed a general hatred for others and said that he thinks he Needs Mental Health help. He also said he was ready to and wanted to die. Reporter im scott broom at Columbia Mall where today Howard County investigators said they believe the shooter in saturdays attack, Darion Aguilar, used the dressing room of the zumies skateboard shop to assemble his shotgun. Meanwhile recordings of communications and First Responders documented the aftermath. We have an active short at the columbia maam, last heard 10 shots coming from mall, last heard 10 shots fromming from the childrens store. I coming from the childrens store. Between 18 and 25, white t shirt, khaki pants, last seen with a shotgun, possible suspenders on his khaki pants. 1042, im in the Security Office looking at video. Ive got another one down, looks like two victims both 10 7, shooter 107. Reporter victims Briana Benlolo and Tyler Johnson are dead inside the zumies skateboard shop. The shooter is lying nearby and the focus shifts to handling hundreds of panicked people. Right now we have people holed up starting to go store to store. Reporter scott broom, wusa9. Tonight the deal south is still reeling from that winter storm that would barely be noticed in some parts of the country. But thats the south. That tops our look at the most important moments from your worltoday in 90 seconds. 2 inches of snow, numerous traffic accidents stopped traffic more than 24 hours on the interstates around atlanta. The National Guard was called in is to court hundreds of kids back home who spent the night in their schools or school buses. This storm left new orleans ice coated and dumped nearly 1 2 foot of snow in the carolinas. We live in america. This shouldnt be going on. Theyre part of a growing number of home owners in the midwest feeling the effects of a propane shortage. Im able to get a little bit to them, prices outrageous. Wine Grape Growers in napa valley, california, are taking steps to deal with the severe drought, too early to know if the drought will affect wine prices just yet. The voyage is over for passengers aboard the explorer of the sea. Nearly 700 passengers and crew became sick. It was violent for about 24 hours. The ships doctors say symptoms were consistent with norovirus. They knew there was a virus aboard the ship and let us all come on. New york reporter tried to ask grimm about a fundraising scandal when grimm turned to front him. After initially refusing to apologize. He was very gracious and accepted my apology. Just a few streets from where pope francis greets the faithful at the vatican he is likened to superman in flight with his cape fluttering and his rosary swinging around his neck. Coming your way next president obama taking his state of the union give america a raise message out to Prince Georges County and costco. Some kind of cold tonight, a perfect recipe for a bitterly cold night, High Temperature 26, low 13 at national, low this morning at dulles was 7. Averages are going up now. Well come back, talk about how cold tonight will be the pain started up the back of my head and wrapped around to the front. I couldnt play my bassoon because of the pressure that i felt throughout my whole head. The blistering and the rash was moving down towards my eye. The doctors at the emergency room recommended that i have it checked out by an eye doctor. There was concern about my eyesight. When i had shingles the music stopped. The president s first stop after last nights state of the union . A costco in lanham in Prince Georges County and the commander in chief not looking for any big tv either. It seems costco pays its workers well north of the minimum wage and the president is pushing a boost for the minimum wage for everyone. If workers have a little more money in their pocket, theyll spend more at costco. If costco is seeing more customers, theyll hire some more folks. Everybody does better. Republicans say the president s playing what they call small ball and they say increases in the minimum wage in the past have cost jobs, not created them. The house passed a 100 billion a year farm bill. That measure would cut the Food Stamp Program by about one percentage point and keeps in place most crop subsidies for farmers. The five year bill is off to the senate which is expected to pass and send to the president. National intelligence director James Clapper is calling on Edward Snowden to return the rest of the secret documents he took about the nsas surveillance program. Snowden claims hes won and his mission is accomplished. If that is so, i call on him and his accomplices to facilitate the return of the remaining stolen documents that have not yet been exposed to prevent even more damage to u. S. Security. Clapper today the Senate Intelligence committee today that snowdens leaks have caused profound damage and that terrorists are now changing how they communicate to avoid detection. Coming up atlantas mayor now admits it was a mistake for businesses and schools to let folks off just as the snow was coming down. 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Reporter more than a day after snowflakes started falling Metro Atlanta is still at a standstill. The area only received a few inches of snow, but that was enough to cripple the city and leave thousands stuck on the highways for hours. First how bad did it get . This is chopper footage from before 8 a. M. , roughly 20 hours after the snow started coming down. Traffic stopped on atlantas interstates. Some drivers needed a dozen hours to get home. Others abandoned their cars on the highway. Some spent the night at Grocery Stores and home depots and thousands of children remained on buses deep into the night. Many slept in their schools. This was poor planning on the mayors part and the governors part, pure and simple. Reporter how did it get this bad . Snow hit the metro around noon tuesday. At that point roughly 1 million atlantans tried to leave town at the same time. The snow iced up. Hundreds of accidents turned highways into parking lots. Surreal sights abound from the State Capitol capped with snow to customers helping serve food at a waffle house. Meanwhile atlantas mayor and georgias governor maintain they were prepared. We kept our hospitals open. We had no fatalities. We got 1 Million People out of the city of atlanta in about 12 hours. We can never promise that we will always be correct when it comes to deciding what Mother Nature is going to do because she truly does have a mind of her own. Reporter no matter what folks are saying, this is a region notorious for its rough traffic and everyone ive talked to who has lived here a long time says tuesday was the worst theyve ever seen. Usually when you see pictures like that, you see big drifts of snow and people covered. People Walking Around in t shirts. Theres almost no snow. 2 1 2 inches. Thats it. We just passed our third anniversary of our own version of carmageddon the 26th of january. We had 8 inches. Not crazy much. A little more than 2 1 2. There were folks stranded for six to eight hours on the roads. They shut down the gw park aand wouldnt let people off the road. We had colleagues who were stuck in that cars for 12 hours. Thats ugly. Good news is it wasnt super cold. The trees now, it was a wet snow and a mess. I got to take issue with the folks in the south east. We showed you monday evening a map of winter storm warnings. They dont get channel 9 in atlanta. Im saying the officials are saying the Weather Service didnt issue these warnings. I showed you the Weather Service watches and warnings. They were out 24 to 36 hours before snow fell. So i dont know who was surprised. Maybe you could go talk to them about preparedness. I got to go. Hes taking it personal, isnt he . Its just like the insurance commercials say the hurricane snuck up on the coast. Weve been tracking it for 10 days. They move 6 miles an hour. Nothing sneaks up on you. Go to the weather. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, high 26, down to 25, winds west at 7 and dew points below 0 which means temps will tank big time tonight. 21 college park, 19 reston, 20 in fairfax, 22 in arlington. So bitterly cold tonight, more single digits, bus stop temperatures 2 to 18. Some will make it above freezing tomorrow and a milder finish to the week. Most folks will make it to the 40s by friday. Heres the jet stream now south of us. So were cold. High temperatures tomorrow only in the low to mid30s, 19 in minneapolis, 5 in bismarck, but as we go through the rest of the week and also into the beginning of the weekend, well see the cold air retreat and the jet stream retreat. That makes us end up about 51 to 55 saturday, so warmer r and a pattern change coming our way. 22 by 9 00, 27 by 11 00, 31 with sunshine by 1 00. Look at this. Friday were in good shape, a slight chance of a sprinkle, 44, slight chance of a sprinkle saturday, well take it, 54. Next seven days, even sunday doesnt look so bad, maybe a sprinkle or shower, but still in the low 50s. Monday tough call. Its monday or tuesday when the next storm approaches, a brief period of mix going to rain, temperatures in the 40s. No arctic air in place for a while. Thank you for eating up half the show. Youve yielded your time back for the rest of the show. Jan jeffcoat is in the newsroom looking at whats ahead on wusa9 at 7 00. Well hear more from topper at 7 00 about this, im sure, and salt seems to be everywhere after these snowstorms. How cold is too ld coto wash it off your car . Plus saving the family was just the beginning for some local firefighters. Metro may have seen some delays this morning, but where does our area rank when it comes to Public Transit . Well have that answer tonight in your only local news at 7 00. I blame topper, by the way. 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He wasnt interested in talking to anybody, so his teammates pulled back Michael Robinson his teammate fullback Michael Robinson decided to jump in and fill in. Reporter michael, now is marshawn feeling about this . He just wants to play ball. Reporter michael, how would you define it . Its a lifestyle. Reporter michael, how does marshawn feel about skittles . He loves his power pellets before the game, boss. Good to see theyre all in a good mood. Former redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan was passed over for two jobs with other teams, but it appears theres another suiter in the works. Shanahan will interview with the browns wednesday for the same job. The Washington Wizards are a curious case this season. Theyve struggled against d teams, beaten some of the best and basically seem cursed. The wizards win over golden state last night got them back to. 500 for the sixth time this season. Tonight they try for their first winning record since october, 2009. The wiz continue their west coast trip at Staples Center looking to slow down the clippers. On the College Level terrapins look to get back on track tonight hosting the miami hurricanes. The terps have dropped their last two. High schoolers and parents, heres a chance to earn a College Scholarship with a campus correspondence program. You get a free sports camera to cover video in your school. All the good stuff will be published on our High School Sports website. Apply today online. Get that free money for college. I want to talk about the most overlooked super bowl matchup and that is the running backs, marshawn versus knowshon. Which shawn will win that matchup . None of us know, boss. Thats it for us. The cbs evening news is coming up next. Ill be back with jan jeffcoat for your only local pelley tonight, weather emergency. Rescue operations still under way in the souths icy gridlock. You couldnt go anywhere. You couldnt stop. You couldnt get out. I traveled approximately four miles in nine and a half hours. Reporter for others, waiting was not an option. I asked the driver are you okay . He said no, were having a baby. Pelley Mark Strassmann is on the breaking story. Well look at what the weather is doing next. A new study links testosterone supplements to heart attacks. Dr. Jon lapook has the details. And securing the super bowl. Bob orr asks the men in charge how theyll protect americas biggest