Hello and thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane. We given with breaking news from georgetown university. The f. B. I. Is now involved with a white powder scare that started in the campus building this morning. Police say field tests on the substance found at Mccarthy Hall dorm came back negative. However, investigators then found another suspicious sus assistance that they are testing to make sure it is substance that they are testing to make sure it is not ricin. Students have been told they can remain on campus. Police also say a suspect has been identified and that interviews are being conducted in this case. Some neighbors on k street northwest woke to a barrage of gunfire this morning. A man wanted for a recent murder is now dead after he opened fire on officers. Delia goncalves has the latest on the shootout from the scene. Reporter witnesses tell us they heard as many as 10, even 15 shots and then this massive scene here on 1st and k with several members of the s. W. A. T. Team heavily armed here on the scene. It was just after 6 00 a. M. When Lorenzo Davis pulled into his construction site and noticed two Unmarked Police cars. They sped off and minutes later the sound of gunshots. Kind of calm before the activity. When its undercover, we just figure its a Little Something bigger than normal. A lot of gunfire. It was absolutely unbelievable the gunfire. This is a zaneuous job. Reporter police chief cathy lanier says members were staking out the man wanted for this february 27 shooting of 19 yearold tykea dickerson on j street northwest. Seven agencies including the f. B. I. And pd and u. S. Marshal make up the task force. When the officers surrounded 77k street today, a man ran out the back door and started shooting. Theyd been working this case for about a week and a half for homicide suspect. We had multiple locations. This was a known location. They werent sure he was there at the time. They went there to do an interview. Reporter with the suspect down, police had to search the home unsure if the residents inside were armed as well. They called in backup. The area was later cleared of any danger. Police were not hurt. Their suspect died at the hospital. In northwest, delia goncalves, wusa9. Its the Largest OnlineChild Exploitation bust in history. The department of Homeland Security announced the results of their Operation Round table investigation this morning. Prosecutors say there were 250 victims, almost all young teenage boys scattered across 39 states and in five countries. An equally disturbing owe and equally disturbing, 27,000 people subscribe to this killed pornography site. After to this child important knoll geography site. After a snow day, the trial of an Academy Football player gets under way today. Joshua tate attacked a class might during an off campus party in 2012. Hes charged with aggravated assault and lying to investigators. In the last hour defense secretary chuck hagel has held a News Conference about the navy yard shooting. The shoot be happened six months ago on september 16. After contractor and veteran aaron alexis shot and killed 12 people, serious questions were raised about his mental status and whether he should have had his clearances revoked. Secretary hagel says the d. O. D. Will now implement continuation evaluation of personnel including contractors and that the pentagon is seriously looking at reducing the number of personnel with secret security clearances by 10 . Early voting is already under way in the Democratic Party in the d. C. Mayors race which is two weeks from today. But could incumbent mayor vincent gray be under indictment by then . Sources tell our Bruce Johnson its not a matter of if but when mayor gray will be formally charged in the corruption probe. Last week businessman Jeffrey Thompson not only admitted funding a Shadow Campaign for gray in 2010 but claimed gray knew about it. Grays attorney noted washington lawyer Robert Bennett says if his client is charged, hell push for an immediate trial. In the event and i hope it doesnt come to this that hes charged, im going to ask the judge for an immediate trial so we can clear his name before the november election. Bennett added that thompson also gave Illegal Campaign donations to then incumbent adrienne fenty. U. S. Attorney ron machin is urging others who took illegal money from compson to come forward. Thompson to come forward. Our postsnow yellow alert has been dropped. However, howard is here to tell us more precipitation looming for tomorrow. Hopefully not snow. No, this looks like its going to be mainly wet. Could be a little frozen precip early. We had moisture this morning. Had a trace of freezing drizzle down across areas in the Northern Neck and Southern Maryland. Lots of rain off shore but look back here. See how the stuff is working its way back to the north and west . Thats what well have to watch for the afternoon down across Southern Maryland, Northern Neck some spotty showers there. Tonight some spotty freezing drizzle mainly west of us. Here we are by tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. The pink, yes, this would be real isolated. By midday we have rain approaching for the middle of the day and the afternoon in the form of numerous showers. Temps in the 40s. Im not concerned about that. If you have outdoor plans or travel plans the middle of the day or afternoon, youre going to need extra time. Ill be back in a few minutes and look ahead toward the weekend. Andrea, spring officially begins thursday. It looks pretty nice for that. See you in a few. We have breaking news now from the pacific northwest. Fire Department Officials in seattle, washington, confirm two people are dead in a Helicopter Crash near that citys famous space needle. Komotv says their news helicopter was lifting off from its rooftop pad when it possibly hit the side of the building and fell into the street. Several vehicles were hit and caught fire along with the komo chopper. A man inside one of the cars freed himself but is in critical condition. This morning president obama invited the leaders of the g7 countries to join him next week to discuss ukraine, crimea and russia. The meeting will take place in netherlands where a Nuclear Summit was already scheduled. The president s proposal comes hours after russian president putin signed a treaty to annex crimea. Voters in the region of crimea overwhelmingly approved a referendum to break away and align with russia. The United States and europe have declared that referendum illegitimate and today in poland, Vice President joe biden promised the u. S. Will support its allies. Its more important today than ever that friends stand with one another. Members of the g7 include the United States, canada, france, germany, italy, japan and britain. The Group Already has suspended preparations for junes g8 summit hosted by russia. Today president obama is awarding the nations highest military honor to a group of veterans who served decades ago. That story is coming up. Plus, even though you can still go see it in theaters, a disney megahit goes on sale in stores today. Now to our pothole alert of the day. Kyle vincent has nominated van buren street in northwest washington, more specifically the 6600 block of van buren near georgia avenue. Our Pothole Patrol Team had no problem finding two carve news carve news pits and more. We reported this location to ddot so these potholes should be filled within three business days. If you have a pothole thats driving you crazy, send us an e mail at tellwusa9. Com. And please include a cross street and a picture today president obama will award the medal of honor to two dozen veterans decades of serving our country. Only three of the recipients are still alive. All of them served in vietnam. Congress orders a review to determine if prejudice wrongly denied members of jewish or hispanic heritage from receiving the medal of honor. Some family members say they wish their loved ones were alive to accept the honor. He was born in mexico. Came here and we had to deal we all had to deal with discrimination. The one thing i do wish, i wish jesus was still alive to be receiving it himself. All of those being honored had previously been awarded the distinguished service cross, the nations second highest military award. The medal of honor is the nations highest. Tourists at d. C. s madam tusseaus are getting exposed to more brainpower. Theyre unveiling a new figure of scientist albert einstein. His general theory of relativity is consider one of the [indiscernible] he published more than 300 scientific papers. Well, its already made more than a billion dollars and won two Academy Awards just a couple of weeks ago. If youre one of the few who hasnt seen frozen im in that number in theaters and its still playing there, itself record setting disney animated feature comes out on dvd today. The film which hit u. S. Theaters in november won the oscars for best animated feature and best original song. Now well see if frozen is as successful in dvd listen blu ray sales as its been on the big screen. Forget the frozen weather weve been having. Were going to think spring with Cherry Blossom cooking coming up as well as a preview of the circus coming to town. Just a few rays of sunshine coming through the clouds. Temps mid to upper 30s. Were headed toward 40, maybe the low 40s. But weve got spring. But first a couple of hiccups till we get there. Well be back at this hour the American University eagles are taking off. The Mens Basketball Team is leaving campus for their flight to milwaukee where they face wisconsin thursday in the ncaa tournament. And tonight mount st. Marys takes the court in one of the playin games. The mountaineers face the great danes of albany, howards alma mater. You still have time to enter wusa9s bracket challenge. Put your bracket up against some of your faifertle wusa9 favorite wusa9 team members like me, howard, mike and monika. You can wine a 60inch television. Log on to wusa9. Com to learn more. Children of all ages will be packing into Verizon Center this thursday evening. Thats when the ringling brothers Barnum Bailey circus opens its new show built to amaze. We have gigi the clown here with us. Guess what . She has a certified degree, a bark lore of fun arts. Yes, i do. What can i say. Built to amaze, a brand new experience. What does that mean, brand new experience . Everyone will see brand new acts from the greatest show on earth. One of my favorites, a great way to celebrate march madness none other than the king charms troupe charles troupe. Its been part of the family since 1969. We are now seeing second and Third Generation performers. They ride on unicycles and play basketball. Wow. Perfect for march madness. It is. You have a comedy troupe as well. Its alex and irene that. Theyre fabulous. Theres one act that they do, they bring back old time vaudeville. They do a ski act. It includes acrobatics and tap dancing on skis. They have this one magic act acrobats on skis. Its fabulous. They also do a magic act that i have friends and family, theyve come back to see the show just to watch the blowoff of their magic act. Thats the magic act. But youre here to tell us about something even more special. Your ticket for the only gets you into the circus but for young people, an amazing behind thescenes access built to amaze. Tell us about that. Yes. We have an all access preshow. If you have a ticket purchased, youre welcome to come on to the arena floor one hour before the show, and you can interact with our twolegged and four legged friends. Learn some acrobatics, some circuit tricks, clowning. You have something to teach us . I do. We need a child to do this. We even have an elephant who does a painting. Catch that scarf and when you catch it, go in a downward motion. You use your right hand and im use hi left hand. Our elephant paints. Throw back to me. You know what . People can enter a drawing and theyll have a chance to win a painting. Throw that to me. Annual dray ya, up. Andrea, up. Throw it to me. Here we go. You ready for three . I think youre ready. Ill start with two. Hold on to that. Now throw. Throw. Okay, lets stop. Ticks start at what price level . 15. Go to ticketmaster. Com. Well be at the Verizon Center this week and the baltimore arena march 6 through april 6 and close up at the Patriot Center april 9 through easter student. Plenty of time to see the greats epps show on earth. I love it. Youll have a great time. What an interesting thing to do. Howard, almost as fun as doing weather. Almost. Ive had the pleasure of being an honorary ring lead near the past. Thats a lot of fun. Youre doing great, great, clowning around there. Hey, weather wise, lots of clouds out there with a few thin spots. Weve seen a little sun here and there. Were on our way to 40 if not the low 40s in a few areas. A pretty brisk northeast wind will keep it on the chilly side for sure. Even south and east of town, we have a shower possible. Im talking into Southern Maryland, the Northern Neck. Might sneak up in toward anne arundel, perhaps southern prince georges county. This moisture, storms actually pulling away but with the east, southeast wind, look how the moips tur is starting to moisture is starting to back to the north and west. Looks like it will be riding in our direction. About a tenth of an inch of rain but soggy in the Northern Neck. Freezing rain down here this morning. All of this is will be tracking off to the north and then maybe making a little bit of a turn toward Southern Maryland to charles, calvert, st. Marys. You have to watch out for spotty showers this afternoon. Where its 5 at its 35 at pax river. The key is everybody is above freezing. Wind chills, theyre down in the 20s to about 30. A little bit brisk there. 38 cambridge with lighter winds. 29 in easton on the windchill. Outside again on the michael son weather camera, weve got mostly an overcast sky. 38. Feeling like 30 with an east wind at 14. That easterly wind as opposed to northeasterly wind, its cool but not as cold as the northeasterly wind. Speaking of cold, they have a snowstorm. See this little spin here in western nebraska . Thats moving in this direction. Could be a foot of snow just north and west of minneapolis by tomorrow morning. Watching this other system which is coming off shore. But this is still going to be close enough to the coast. Thats going to throw moisture our way when the midwest system approaches. Kind of have the two working together that will be bringing us the spotty shower from the first stuff here later today, tonight. With the easterly winds hitting the blue ridge, now you have a chance especially overnight to tomorrow morning, a little pink shows up. Could be spotty freezing drizzle with the showers that are going to expand and move toward us. Mostly after the morning roush. Morning rush. By the afternoon, showers, some of them could be on the moderate side. Theyll start to pull away toward the east late in the afternoon, evening, pulling away tomorrow night so that by thursday, the first day of spring, its going to turn nice around here. Spring begins at 12 57. We should be well up in the 50s by thursday. Today, though, 40 ish. 35 tonight with a stray shower south and east and the potential for a little bit of drizzle overnight. Might be frozen in one or two spots. Mid40s yell loy letter day yellow alert day wednesday with numerous showers. Thursday warmer, well up in the 50s. Friday were pushing 60. Going to be pleasant. A warm but potentially wet saturday with showers moving in. Turning sharply colder again by early next week. Thats your weather. Were going into the kitchen. We my dad has aor afib. Brillation, he has the most common kind. Its not caused by a heart valve problem. Dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. Thats why i take my warfarin every day. But it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. In a clinical trial, pradaxa® Dabigatran Etexilate mesylate . Was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. And unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. Hey thanks for calling my doctor. Sure. Pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. Dont stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. Stopping increases your risk of stroke. Ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before surgery or a medical or dental procedure. Pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. Dont take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding or have had a heart valve replaced. Seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if youre 75 or older, have a bleeding condition or stomach ulcer, take aspirin, nsaids, or blood thinners. Or if you have kidney problems, especially if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctors about all medicines you take. Pradaxa side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. If you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem. Ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. Forget about the snow. Were kicking off Cherry Blossom season with executive chef eddie and the restaurant, you were asked to prepare a dish to celebrate the Cherry Blossom festival. This is a cherry inspired dish. You chose the sauce. Why did you do that . Every plate without a sauce is nothing. Its in the sauce. You have onions and garlic. Onions and garlic sauteeing to give it flavor. Im going to add a little could iian cayenne pepper, chilly powder. All dry ingredients. Dry ingredients. Dried cloves. Were going to put this recipe on our website at wusa9. Com. Give that a little smell. You smell all those spices. Beautiful. The tear gone tear gone tarragon, the sweetness. The ingredients are cooked. Im going to add some molasses. Maybe a tablespoon. Some dijon mustard. That looks great. Then the main ingredient. These are dark ccounty cherrie straight from wisconsin. Is that a pint . Two cups. Let this go. Let it reduce for a little bit. Turn it up a little bit. So that will saute down, reduced down to the cherries where theyre bursting a little bit . Like a glaze. The magic of tv, were speeding up everything. It would take just a little bit longer. Is that ketchup . Yes. Most barbecue sauces, their base is ketchup. Then some brown sugar to give it a little sweetness. Its a barbecue cherry sauce. Exactly. Barbecue cherry sauce. Then we at the restaurant we top it on bone and pork chop bone in pork chop and corn pudding. A beautiful combination. Have you ever made the sauce before or is this something you came up with . Its something we just came up with for Cherry Blossoms. Same thing with our cherry pie as well. Some of the other specialities . Because eddie has been on before so you know chair chopped salad, their regular salad but the their chopped salad, their regular salad but their cherry pie. Cherry pie and also the key lime pie which is one of our popular desserts. It looks good and smells g. Again, the recipe is on our website wusa9. Com. Im happy to say that mike hydeck and i will be your cohost again for the live Cherry Blossom parade. That will be april 12, saturday april 12. The live show. Enjoy. Spring is just around the corner. The next news is at 5 00. Were always on at wusa9. Com. Howard and i will see you again starting right here early tomorrow at 4 25. Have a paul hey, dylan. Dylan hey, chief. Paul you got a minute . Dylan am i gonna regret saying yes . Paul well, as long as i dont start with you have a right to remain silent, you should be fine. Um, listen, i wanted to talk to you about your father. Dylan dont tell me leslie got the charges against him dropped. Paul oh, no. Hes still