And stood for. You didnt have to know former first Lady Nancy Reagan personally to know how great of a woman she was. People today across the area are reflecting back on her life and the legacy she leaves behind. When news spread that former first Lady Nancy Reagan died of congestive Heart Failure sunday it was a shock to many and for some a loss that still cuts deep. I was quite surprised. It is a terrible shock. A terrible loss to the country. She was a great inspiration. A great woman. With her husband, did a lot to serve our country. Stylish, influential and firm, many remember and admire mrs. Reagan for the love and loyalty she had for her husband, the late former president Ronald Reagan. Others took notice of her devotion and genuine interest in people. She was for the people. Definitely. Ivy works at a printing shop off pennsylvania avenue, and she has done work for the white house and the reagans when she lived there. And she distinctly remembers mrs. Reagan and her admiral character. She was de who would touch peoples hearts by writing back to the people, whoever wrote to her. I was one of them. Beyond her character, many say they will remember the 94 yearold icon for her voice. One that represented millions of families dealing with alzheimers disease. A disorder that took her husband in 2004. And dan sharons father died of the same disease and grateful for mrs. Reagans advocacy. It is a very difficult disease. I think if anything, people who contribute to try to make progress against that terrible disease, it is wonderful. Reporting from the district, mikea turner, wusa 9. Mrs. Reagan will be buried next to her husband at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in simi valley california later this week. In lieu of flowers, the first lady had requested donations be made to the reagan library. Sky 9 is over i95 north in fredericksburg where the road is shut down and has been for several hours. That is because crews are working on emergency road signs. All northbound traffic is being detoured off the at exit 130. That is route 3 at fredericksburg. Slain Prince William county Police Officer ashley gwindon is put to rest in springfield, massachusetts, shot and killed on her first day on the job, while responding to a Domestic Violence call, in woodbridge virginia. Two fellow officers were also shot. They are expected to recover. Enough is enough. Today, neighbors living in dcs ward eight and fed up with the violence will have their chance to voice their frustrations with city leaders. The meeting today comes as Police Investigate a deadly shooting on alabama avenue near nailer road. A woman was killed and one man was shot in the leg. Many in the Community Say police need to do more. It seems that they cannot move people to just stand and hang around, in the neighborhoods, where they know historicfully, crime and robbery takes place. In this latest shooting, police are hyundai odyssey. Investigators say two men and a women were inside of the van when the shooting happened. A family is getting terrible news this monday that their loved one was stabbed to death inside their home early this morning. It happened just before 3 00 a. M. On 75th avenue, and thats less than a mile from the Landover Metro station. Delia goncalves is in the neighborhood to tell us exactly what happened. Reporter detectives spent much of the morning looking for evidence inside that second floor apartment. And while police do not believe this is a random attack, neighbors are still worried. I just got up in the morning, and jumping over my kids and opened the door, and i saw this. Reporter police tape wrapped around the apartment parking lot and investigators in a second floor unit. Investigators were called before 3 00 this morning for a double stabbing. One woman pronounced dead inside the apartment. The other survived the attack. And Property Managers who visited the site today say w installed at all buildings. So police will not say if there were any signs of forced entry. So scary. Because this is right in my neighborhood. And i dont know how safe we are. But i know everywhere you go, we have to look around. We can only be saved by the grace of god. Reporter in landover, delia goncalves, wusa 9. Police say this is an active investigation and urge anyone with information to call police. One randolph of southeast dc will go before a Prince Georges County judge for a competency hearing today. He admits to sexually assaulting a nun inside her home in chillum last april. They say randolph broke into the house, raped the nun and then took off. Investigators say he is the 27 yearold man and the same person arrested for video taping a woman in the bathroom of a Public Library last fall. Jury selection begins for the defendants of th a local hotel. Tim free williams and reynoldo washington are charged in the october 2013 killing at the Clarion Hotel in chillum maryland. Both prosecutors say the two were taking part in a robbery at the hotel when deandre ween shot and killed Hotel Employee jessy chavez. He was convicted in october and sentenced to life in prison for the murder. Also in Prince Georges County, police need your help finding an 18yearold mother and her 1monthold baby daughter 11monthold baby daughter. They were last seen saturday afternoon in landover hills. They disappeared after going to the store with the womans mother. Police say the grandmother has full custody of the 11month old girl. And investigators do not suspect foul play. In campaign 2016, voters on both sides will go to the polls in michigan and mississippi tomorrow. While republicans will also vote in hawaii and idaho. There are still four candidates left in the g. O. P. Race. But if the two frontrunners have it soon be the only ones left. Mark albert is at the white house with more details. Reporter donald trump and ted cruz are hoping tuesdays election helps squeeze out marco rubio. I need your help. It is crunch time now. Rubio says he is not going anywhere, especially after a big win in fort rico sunday. It proves what i have been saying. We dont have to be more moderate to win these elections. We have to be authentically conservative. But cruz won the most delegates this weekend. With big victories in kansas and maine. And now trails trump. By just 81. If we get headtohead, head tohead i beat donald trump. I would love to take on ted oneonone. That would be so much fun. On the democratic side, the focus is on michigan. Where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders held a heated debate in flint. I voted to save the auto industry. He voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. If you are talking about the of your friends destroyed this economy you know did excuse me, im talking. Both candidates agreed on one thing. We are if elected president going to invest a lot of money into Mental Health and when you watch the republican debates, you know why. Clinton has an 11 point lead in michigan. In the latest cbs news Battle Ground tracker poll. Mark albert, for cbs news, the white house. That same cbs news Battle Ground tracker poll also shows donald trump with a big lead in michigan. 15 points ahead of cruz and 23 points over rubio. To keep up with the race for the white house, and the latest on local elections, go to our wusa 9 app and check out our voter guide. In one local election, former dc mayor vincent gray is running for the City Council Seat from ward seven. Gray is challenging current ward Search Council woman yvette alexander. She was once seen as a protege. If she win, gray wo second vp mayor elected to a leadership role following a federal probe. Citywide elections are scheduled for november 8. Sources tell wusa 9 that the Washington Redskins have told quarterback Robert Griffin iii he is out of here. He is being released. It is something many fans were expecting. Griffin did not play this past season, after coach jay grudden named kirk cousins as the starting quarterback. A short while ago, rg3 sent out a tweet saying it was quote a blessing guys, i just wao nt t say thank you. Well, perhaps rg3 could go west, young man. Later today, there may be an opening in the mile high city. Denver broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is expected to announce he is hanging up his helmet after 18 years in the nfl. But first, find out why thousands of syrian migrants are i do everything on the internet, but its kinda slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest, but i thought it would be too expensive. Whos that, jenny . No kate. Turns out they have a deal that cost me even less than my slow service. And its 100 megs. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. 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The decision was expected after macedonia backed by four other countries decided to limit border crossings. More saber rattling from north korea. The communist nation is threatening nuclear strikes as south korea and the u. S. Started the annual military exercises this morning. The u. S. south korean spring war games is expected to be the largest ever. Some 300,000 south korean and 17,000 u. S. Troops are involved. North korea has threatened to turn washington and seoul into planes and ashes. These types of threats have been a tapele of north Korean Leader kim jung un. An unresolved business dispute may have been the catalyst for a deadly hostage standoff in australia today. The gunman and one other pe are zed. Dead. Two others injured. It happened outside sidney. Three hostages inside the building managed to escape safely. Police believe the gunman shot himself after the sixhour standoff. Relatives of the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are remembering their loved ones two years after the plane disappeared at a Shopping Mall in kuala lumpur yesterday. The ceremony involved singing and dancing and the release of 239 balloons one for each passenger and one for the plane. It is starting to feel more like spring. Howard is up next with the forecast. Exactly, andrea. And in need of the heavy coats this morning but you will be able to put them away for a while. The warm sevenday forecast on the other side of the break. Its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. Theysh craed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challengures oil famies face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. With toothpaste or plain water. An their dentures and even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. In about 45 minutes, a football great is expected to announce his retirement. Denver broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will hold a press conference later today to announce he is leaving the nfl. As don champion reports, the news comes a month after he led his team to a super bowl victory. Peyton manning is leaving the game he loves as a champion. After winning super bowl50 last month, he is prepared to enter the next phase of his life. A day after his big win. He admitted to cbs this morning, retirement was on his mind. I will certainly talk about it with ashley and i will pray about it. Mannings announcement comes after 18 seasons with the nfl. He is League Leader in passing yards and touchdown passes. With two super bowl wins, as often said, manning changed the role of quarterback. Something even one of his gg acknowledged in a Facebook Post sunday, saying you changed the game forever. And made everyone around you better. Fans agree. It is sad to see one of the sports great quarterbacks, to see him go, because who knows when someone will achieve what he did. Amid the triumph, there are allegations. An aljazeera documentary under review by the nfl, alleged that a clinic in indiana sent manning an illegal performance enhancing drugs something he denies. I know that the nfl has to investigate. That i get. That but they will find a big fat nothing. It is unclear what his plans are after retirement. Manning is tied with brett favre for the most regular season wins and his super bowl 50 win was his 14th in the post season. Efforts to combat some customs on the football field are having a surprising result. Doctors in florida are reportg extremity injuries. A new report finds thats because College Football players are aiming lower. And that is causing a spike in knee and ankle and thigh injuries. The centers for Disease Control is joining forces with fredrico Health Officials to vite the vehicle port rio Health Officials to fight the zika fires. They are traveling to the island to see how the government is responding to the situation. There are many cases in porto rico and evidence of birth defects continue to grow. Nikki burdine has the latest in what everybody is talking about notice trending report. We are enjoying a nice warmup here but the cold weather fun continues around the world with a bikini contest in the snow and a celebrity polar bear plunge. But leave it to frank underwood, to heat things up on the political talk sh discussing the 2016 president ial race and the most recent season of house of cards. We are an Entertainment Program weesm are a fictional show. Although there are times, when we will sheet some sequence and i will say gosh, did we push it too far . And then i turn on the news and i go no. Actually, we probably havent gone far enough. And take a look at this. It is called the ghost octopus. Scientists discovered it near hawaiis necker island. And it lacks pigment cells and it gives it the ghostlike appearance. In romania, these ladies skied down the slopes wearing nothing but bikinis all for a beauty contest in the snow. And they showed off their skills on skis and snowboards through an Obstacle Course and in 12degree weather. Lady gaga raised the stakes and took the plunge this weekend, into frigid Lake Michigan waters, at a fundraiser for the special olympics. Her fiance, chicago fire actor Taylor Kinney also tagged along for the chicago polar plunge. And here is your day. This is jackson. He is a huge hockey fan. And loves skating on the rink in his backyard. And when it needs to be cleaned up. He just hops on his homemade zam zamboni and makes it smooth again. He made the zamboni oust his tricycle. Jackson is using the new found fame and awareness to type one disiebts diabetes. Back to you. You can see more what is trending on our mobile app. The key ingredient of iditarod, almost went missing this year. Snow had to be delivered by railroad to anchorage, alaska, for saturdays ceremony. The start of the iditarod. The length of the start was dramatically shortened because of the lack of snow. But the real race started yesterday, in the town of willow, which unlike last year, it does have enough snow for the racers. 85 teams of mushers an dogs took off on the 1,000mile journey. As far as the dogs are concerned, it is just another pretty big deal. All of the people, you know, it is a big show. Handlers say temperatures are a little warmer than they would like for the dogs but they say that will be only an issue for another day or, two when the teens will be further north, with cooler weather. We are going in the opposite direction. We are warming up. You say the morning chill is leaving. It is out of here. Out of here. It is gone. And we are going to have a very nice springlike week. We have a lot of temperatures in the 70s. Almost like april. As opposed to to the beginning of march, early march. We always end up rushing spring here. Do you think that will affect the cherry blossoms. I would not be surprised that it is the end of march, and it may get revised earlier. This will speed things up for sure the next few days. A lot of folks are out. Still lacking the leaves now. But they are coming in the next few weeks. Trust me on that. Feeling a little bit of that in the form of tree pollen. We have had some cypress, cedar and juniper and maple already. In the moderate category and the mold spores are in category. A fairly dry start to the week. And the weekend may not be so dry. But enjoy it while weve got it. We will be in the low if not mid60s this afternoon. And 50s this evening, and a slow dropoff, with a few clouds here and there. And south westerly winds. And it wont be nearly as cold as we were this morning. And our weather headlines, spring has sprung, and we can start thinking about the garden, with the forsythias starting to bloom. If you have put down crab grass preemergent, that is about the same time to do that. Highs in the 60s and 70s. And flirting with 80 in a couple of spots. Shower chances increasing friday through sunday and sunday is the highest chance for showers around. This weekend, speaking of spring, we spring forward, with the time change, and daylight savings time begins. A big warmup already over yesterday. 24 hours ago, the temperatures were 8 degrees cooler in dc. We are almost 20 warmer in martinsburg. Look at that. Almost 23, actually 23 degrees warmer in western maryland and oakland up to 64 right now. We are along with orange 61 and a pleasant afternoon. Lots of folks are out enjoying washington, and the beauty of the city. 53. And sunny sky, the humidity is 61 . And it is a bit breezy. South winds at 14. And staying up for the afternoon. So high pressure, it is off to the south. And this high is going to kind of anchor itself, off the southeast coast. Almost like a bermuda high in a sense. It will not move much. Staying in the south and southwesterly flow and the rain in indiana, and illinois, actually is going to be quite a bit of rain, across areas of the mississippi river, east texas, and it doesnt have any place to go. It is coming off the gulf. But this high, yes, it doesnt move much. And we get some clouds from time to time. And mainly high clouds. But a mild night. Partly to mostly sunny on tuesday and low 70s tomorrow. And as we head toward wednesday, we will be in the mid70s and even thursday, upper 70s, and looking at the rain, the mississippi valley, yes, showers start to approach a little bit so threeday forecast, 64 today, and it is going to be a nice afternoon. And a Late Afternoon high. 49 tonight. With low to mid40s in the cool spots, which again is a lot warmer than this morning, with some 20s. And 73 tomorrow am and it is going to be a gorgeous tuesday. And even better wednesday. With highs in the mid70s. And thursday, the warmest day is 78. And again, could flirt with 80 in a few spots. Isolated shower friday afternoon. 73. And 60s this weekend. With a few showers saturday. And better chance sunday. And clocks forward one Hour Saturday night. 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Steal this company right out from under me, right . Get out of the chair. I have work to do. Phyllis i want you to convince victor to trust you