A man accused of killing a university of Mary Washington student from falls church appeared in court and tops our news. Steve vander briel is charged with murder and the abduction of 20yearold grace rebecca mann. The two shared a house in fredricksburg. He appeared via monitor and asked the judge for a public defend are. Hes being held without bond and due back in court may recalling a young woman who embraced life and fought for equality and civil rights, mourners paid tribute to grace mann during her Funeral Service this morning at temple rodef shalom in falls church. She was remembered as an active leader on the Mary Washington campus. The history and american studies junior was hoping to become a lawyer. There will be an extradition hearing for the woman accused of dumping her severely disabled son in the woods near their philadelphia home. After abandoning her son, nyia parler came here to visit her boyfriend in smp. Her silver spring. Her son is a quadriplegic with seer balance palsy. He ha cerebral palsy. He has no communication skills and is confined to a wheelchair. He was left for four days in the rain and cold before he was discovered. When she is returned, she will face attempted murder charges among other things. Three people are dead following an accident on marylands Eastern Shore this morning. Authorities say it happened when two tractortrailers collided head yo. The accident scene headon. The accident scene is on route 404 in calvert county. Police say a total of three tractortrailers were actually involved in the accident. Motorists are being advised to avoid the area. D. C. Police are trying to determine whether three armed robberies in northeast are connected. The first robbery hatched last night at 1409 8th street. Then at a 7eleven on manny helen borrows avenue was hit. The third Armed Robbery happened at another 7eleven nearby on benning road. The suspects got away in a blue honda civic. Boston is a city divided as the penalty phase of convicted marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets under way. Jurors are being asked to decide whether he should be put to death for the attack that killed three people and severely injured more than 260. Kris van cleave has the latest from boston. Reporter Death Penalty opponents gathered outside bostons federal courthouse. Inside jurors returned to decide if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be put to death or spend his life in prison. He was convicted two weeks ago on all 30 counts for the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three and injured more than 260. When the guilty verdict came down, 30 different guilty verdicts, what was your reaction . It was just kind of a sense of relief for me. Reporter survive Heather Abbott lost her leg after the second bomb went off outside the forum restaurant. There were so many counts and they were so complicated. There were certain points i wonder fundamental they would find him guilty on all 30. Reporter the jurors deliberated for more than 11 hours before reaching their verdict. The same jury will now hear fresh testimony from those affected by the bombing. The defense is expected to argue that tsarnaev fell under the influence of his radicalized older brother. What do you want to see come out of sentencing . I want to see the families of the people who lost their children and brothers and sisters have what they need to move on with their lives. Reporter on friday, the family of martin richard, the 8 yearold killed by the bomb Dzhokhar Tsarnaev planted asked their sons killer be given a life sentence, a sentiment echoed by survivors jessica and husband patrick downs who both lost limbs in the attack. Kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. The sentencing phase of the trial is expected to last about a month. An arlington man blames a Lightning Strike for the demise of his car. It apparently knocked down some power lines last night that fell on his car and set it ablaze. Through it all, he appears to be taking it in stride. This is my baby. Ive had it since 2002. It was low mileage. I was going to keep it until literally the wheels fell off. Well, the wheels fell off. And burned off, yeah. Its just gone. Its a wreck. I dont know if ill ever be able to replace it. Sadly the wheels burned off but fortunately no injuries were connected to the fire. Two Texas Police Officers are being praised for their work in rescuing a man from a fiery suv. After a bystander told them the driver was still inside the wrecked vehicle, the mesquite texas officer shattered a window and pulled the driver to safety. Youre there rooting for them. Youre there working for them. You need them to make it. Just another day at work us for. It was 4 00 in the morning. We were getting ready to go to lunch. You know, its just another day. Thanks to the her row ec actions of those heroic actions of those officers, the man is living to see another day. Hes currently being treated in a dallas hospital. The drummer for the classic rock band ac dc is looking at significant jail time. 60yearold phil rudd pleaded guilty to charges of making a death threat. He avoided the need for a trial that was scheduled to begin today but he still faces the possibility of seven years in prison. Its unclear whether he even has a future now with the australian rock band that hes been a part of for almost four decades. A baseball fan in pittsburgh is being treated for injuries from a foul ball. Warning, this may be hard to watch for some of you. Take a look. A woman was walking in the stands behind home plate when the ball struck her on her head. There is protective netting separating fans from the field but the woman was apparently too close to the action. When the foul ball hit the net, it just went right into her head and she dropped immediately. The great thing here is the medics were there almost right away. The game was delayed for 23 minutes while medics attended to the woman. She gave the crowd the thumbs up as she was taken from pnc park. 23 states are pulling Blue Bell Ice Cream products from their store shelves. The move comes after the Texas Based Company says some of its products tested positive for the deadly bacteria listeria. Don champion has more. Reporter the blue bell recall is rare and sweeping. The texasbased Company Voluntarily Recalled all of its products late monday after two samples of its Chocolate Chip Cookie dough ice cream tested positive for the bacteria listeria. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, nausea, and diarrhea and it can be deadly. The move followed weeks of gradual recalls over the same concern. Were heart broken over this situation. Reporter the ceo of the Company Issued an apology in a video monday night while admitting the company did not know how the bacteria got into its facilities. He said its determined to fix the problem. Ice cream is a joy and a pleasure to eat and it should never be a cause for concern. Reporter some Blue Bell Ice Cream products were pulled from major retailers weeks ago after the centers for Disease Control linked the products to three deadly cases of listeria infection in kansas. The illness was tracked to a production line in texas and latetory a second line in oklahoma. That facility is still closed while officials investigate the source of the bacteria. The 108yearold company says its now expanding its cleaning and sanitizing system and will increase employee training. Don champion, cbs news. Consumers who bought blue bell items are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Heres the question. Do you have a nagging back pain or are your knees or other joints aching, too . We have experts from inova here during our newscast taking your phone calls. Theyll give you advice about how to deal with back and joint pain. The number to call is 202895 5560. We want to hear from you. And coming up on wusa9 news, the United States takes steps to block iran from supplying rebels fighting the american backed government of yemen. Plus, Police Make Arrests in connection to the worst migrant sea disaster in european history. Those stories and is this the beginning of a naval showdown. The u. S. S. Aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt will join ships heading to yemen. Deployment is in response to reports that eight iranian ships are already heading toward yemen. The concern is those ships could be carrying arms to the rebels. Two human smugglers accused in europes use migrant sea disaster are under arrest in italy. The United Nations says it believes 800 people drowned when a boat packed with people sank this weekend. Only 28 people survived. Most of them are desperate people from africa. They boarded a boat in hopes of reaching european shores and a better life. The u. N. Believes more than 1500 my grants have died so far this year. In egypt, ousted president morrissey has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Morrissey was backed by the powerful but now banned muslim brotherhood, was found guilty in the killing of protesters in 2012. His hard line islamic supporters attack opposition protesters and sparked clashes that killed at least ten people. The verdict is the first against the countrys first elected leader. Coming up on wusa9 news, were still taking your questions on joint and back pain. The phone number is 202895 5560. Your questions and some answers for you just ahead. Howard . Pretty nice afternoon if you dont mind the gusty winds and if you can stand the allergens, they came in. Ahe got to tell you, the tree pollen and mold spores the culprits. Tree pollen very high. Mold spores high. Grass and weeds low. Ill be talking about a cold front coming tomorrow and why were today in Family Health we have a team of experts from inova who are here to answer your questions dealing with joint and back pain. Theyll be answering phones until 12 30. Joins us now to talk more about the aches and pains that come as we embrace spring is dr. Cory wallock. Hes medical director of the inova spine program. We thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. Four out of five americans at some point in their life will experience some sort of back pain. What happens to us when spring arrives . What do we feel . Its true, we do see an increase in aches and pains as we get active. Well see it in the spring and with new years resolutions. Shoulder pains, knee pains, back pains. The key is how you get back into your activity. Can you do it slow and gradual, can you do home exercises . Can you do a warmup . Dont start running a marathon but run a couple of miles and build up your activity. Is that part of the problem, we jump back out there as soon as weve as we see 70 degrees. The weekend warrior. Thats what we want to educate people on is how to get back to their activities but do it in a gradual, healthy manner. We want people to be active. We know its good for their heart, their lungs, their mind. How do we know its more serious than just warming up and putting on one of those heating b. A. Pads to the heating pads to the back. If youre limited in your quality of life and dot doing the activities you want to do, its reasonable to seek medical care. My mother had a lumbar laminectomy. A lot of people think surgery is the only way to get the ultimate relief. Is that true . For the majority of concerns, were able to treat them conservatively with physical therapy, time, appropriate medications, occasionally a steroid incheck. The good news is if you injection. The good news is if you need surgery, we have techniques that can be done minimally invasive where people are going home the next day with much less pain and Getting Better as quickly as possible. Are we seeing it at all ages. Kids are out there active as well and the girls and the boys are really tough in sports. Orthopedics encompasses everybody. Well take care of the young apt lead all the way up to the 80yearold that wants to play tennis and golf. We see it in all age groups. I cant say thats the reason my golf game isnt any good but i will give it my best shot and warm up all the time. I know i do feel it in the back when i dont warm up. Thank you for being with us. The number to call to talk to our inova experts is 202895 5566. Now talking to us about weather our expert howard bernstein. Thanks, andrea. Weve got a nice day aft big storms we had after the big storms we had yesterday afternoon and evening. Had a bunch of hail in the area and a little bit of damage here and there but thankfully that is all over. Quite a water sprout at plum point. Winds are still gusty near 30 miles an hour right now. That will be the case for the afternoon. You have evening plans like going out to nationals park, if the cardinals are in town. You definitely need a jacket or sweat shirt at the ballpark but its going to be dry and clear. Winds will calm down southwest 5 to 10 miles an hour. So weather headlines, breezy, windy conditions. Today, wednesday, probably thursday also look kind of breezy. A cold front is coming tomorrow afternoon. It will bring us a threat for some showers in the afternoon. Nothing like yesterday but behind the front, some much colder air is going to be moving in. That will be with us for thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Im thinking maybe even sweater weather here for some of the time, especially if youll be out early or late. Right now 65 in town but only 59 in gaithersburg. Hagerstown still in the 50s with mid60s in fredricksburg. In the mountains, 30s and 40s. So this is some real chilly air for this time of year. And in town, nice and sunny on the michael son weather camera. We have the winds west, northwest gusting to 22. They had been gusting to 30. The air is quite dry now. Humidity only 33 . Midday temperatures in the upper 20s in northern minute minute. Only in the 30s in minneapolis. 45 in chicago. And i point that out because thats part of that air mass coming toward us after the front tomorrow. You can see all the snow, yes, snow that is falling in partle of ontario and parts of ontario and minnesota and even parts of michigan. We wont get down to the 20s and 30s for daytime highs but well struggle to get to the low 60s. Some of us staying in the 50s for the second half of the week. Theres the storminess from yesterday afternoon and evening. Way off shore now. Weve been left with plenty of sunshine and a fairly nice day. Well continue with the breeze out of the west and southwest. Slim chance well see a passing shower in the mountains. Might just come across the region tonight into tomorrow morning. But heres the cold front. By 7 00 approaching pittsburgh and columbus, ohio. This will be marching off to the southeast. We should be okay in the metro here 12 30 1 00. But if youre going to be out hagerstown west, west of 81 approaching the Shenandoah Valley early afternoon and then by mid afternoon, 2 00, 3 00, 4 00 looks like the band of showers is going to come through. Then some cooler air will follow starting tomorrow night into thursday. And thats when things will take a turn for the qlil stuff. This is our chilly stuff. This is our wind gust tracker. Winds only 20, 25, gusty. 30s in the mountains. Then as the front comes, should be winds with that. Could gust close to 40 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon with that line of showers. That pushes east of us by later on in the afternoon and the cooler air starts to filter back toward us. We dont have any alert days up. Today, breezy, mild. Near 70 but may not feel that warm with the wind. 50 tonight. Thats in washington. 40s in the suburbs. Tomorrow again near 70. Winds tomorrow could once again gust toward the 30 mile an hour range for the afternoon shower threat. Colder tomorrow night, 44, but we could see a few upper 30s in the suburbs. Only 62 on thursday. On friday 61. Saturday 60 with a slight chance of an afternoon shower. Still cool sunday and a tad milder come monday. Stick around. Vicky lawrence on wusa 89 news when we return winning. Vicky lawrence is best known for making people laugh but shes on a new mission to raise awareness about a very serious disease and she joins us now. Vicky lawrence, a pleasure to meet you. Hi, andrea. Nice to see you. You have such a smooth, calming voice. Thank you very much. Youre well. Tell me about ciu. Chronic aid crow path idiopathic [indiscernible] its hives. Chronic means it lasts six weeks or more. Theres no known cause. My doctor says think of idiot as the root word. And then the fancy doctor word for hives. I was diagnosed a little over four years ago. What was the first outbreak like . Did you know it was other than routine hives . I woke up with my hands itching. I said to my husband go buy a Lottery Ticket because were coming into a lot of money. I dumped them in ice water and the next day i woke up with my hands itching like groundhog day. It went all over my body. I knew to get to an allergist and we spent six weeks not getting rid of the hives, trying everything that you can think of. Red and itching . Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. It starts out as a rash and then they grow and then they migrate together and they turn into continents and islands. After six weeks of this, he finally said to me, i think youve got chronic idiopathic what did you do . When i was asked to join his website by the asthma and Allergy Foundation of america, i said yes, i will gladly put my face up there and throw my hives in the ring and let people know theyre not alone, that its a real thing. There are ways to manage it and this website will help you get there. There are downloadable materials. The whole thing is made possible by genentech, good people that know what theyre talking about. Theres great materials on there. You can see my whole story. And hopefully get to the right allergist or right dermatologist that knows about ciu. My mission is to get that term out there. Ciu. Thank you, vicky lawrence. Glad youre feeling well. Get there and laugh. The next news is at 5 00. Until then, have a kelly youve been a bad, bad boy. Phyllis mm, do i have a handsome husband mysterious and handsome. Why wont you tell me whats going on . Jack going on . Phyllis why did you hack in to newman . What do you have on victor . I mean, why arent you discussing any of this with the family . Jack let me ask you a question. Why are you asking so many questions when we could be doing this