motorcycle, 19,000 for air travel and luxury vacations, $7,000 for personal clothes, $5,000 for restaurants. >> almost immediately upon taking office he made a decision that he was going to systematically steal funds. reporter: d.c. at large councilman vincent orange had represented the same area as thomas. he was in the courtroom today. >> when harry said guilty as charged, i mean just, you know, the pain inside. reporter: romaine thomas a long time political activist and mother to harry thomas, jr. was also in the courtroom today. >> there were children of the lord right now, so i'm just blessed. reporter: harry thomas, jr. is facing 37 to 36 months in prison free on his own recognizance. there are limited travel restrictions. he's due back in court may 3rd for sentencing. now the judge made clear in talking about other investigations, although not being specific, that not only did this investigation continue on the fast track, but the other investigations, you got to figure he's talking about the campaigns of mayor vincent gray and council chairman kwame brown. he says those are also on a fast track or traction because of the public concern. back to you. >> so much unfolding. thank you for bringing it to us first, bruce johnson. our team coverage of the harry thomas guilty plea continues with our ken molestina live at the wilson building with reaction from the current d.c. council chairman. kenny of. reporter: you know he called that meeting to discuss what he believes are the two most important parts moving forward after all of this today, no. 1, the special election and the future of that trust and harry that harry thomas has now admitted to stealing from. chairman brown says he's going to try to work to get the date pushed up so it's included in the april primaries in efforts to minimize the cost to d.c. residents. here's the big shocker that will more than likely be debated. chairman brown wants to do away with the youth investment trust citing in a nutshell that it is just too tainted with problems. he was, however, met with opposition by other district leaders who believe the trust should remain as many of d.c.'s youth are still served by its programs. now brown addressed the probe that is still ongoing into that trust. >> at the end of the day clearly there's an ongoing investigation and when they have more findings, they'll let us know, but the council and the district of columbia will continue to work hard and make sure that we continue school reform, making sure we can redevelop our neighborhoods and get our residents back to work. reporter: now we understand 40 members of harry thomas, jr.'s staff are also without a job tonight. we're being told that harry thomas, jr.'s resignation in effect immediately leaves these people without jobs and in effect also forces them to resign. >> tough time to be without a job. ken molestina live at the wilson building. thank you. there is another big story we are following. we have new information on a northern virginia grandmother convicted of murdering her 2- year-old grand daughter. carmela dela rosa was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for tossing the toddler from an elevated walkway at tysons corner center. peggy fox has the reaction from the sentencing. reporter: carmela dela rosa had about 20 family and friends in the courtroom including her 94-year-old mother. they hoped the judge would give her a lighter sentence than the jury recommended, but judge white said the horror, brutality and planning of a crime inflicted on the most vulnerable person, a toddler, had to be considered. he called the crime unconscionable. >> what do you guys think about the sentencing? is it fair? >> a little harsh. reporter: that's the only comment any family member of carmela dela rosa would utter after she was sentenced to 35 years in prison today. before receiving the sentence the 51-year-old grandmother stood before the court and cried as she said, "i'm very sorry for what i've done." and she apologized to her daughter cat and james whose daughter she killed. >> her motive was jealousy, anger and revenge. reporter: on november 29th as the family walked out of the tysons corner food court, she picked up and threw her 2 1/2- year-old granddaughter angelyn off a 52 footbridge to her death. della rows asd she hated the baby's father james for -- dela rosa said she hated the baby's father james for getting her daughter pregnant out of wedlock. >> they've suffered greatly, but i hope that the fact that at least some justice was done in this case will be some consolation however cold it may be. reporter: but dela rosa's attorney argued her mental illness had deteriorated to the point of insanity that caused her to kill the child. >> they loved her granddaughter and would never do anything purposely to hurt her and as such her mental illness is the only reason, the only explanation for what happened and therefore, she did not know what she was doing. she did not understand what she was doing that day and unfortunately the jury didn't believe that. reporter: neither dela rosa's husband nor the parents of angelyn has spoken publicly about the incident and, in fact, the commonwealth's attorney said it took everything they had just to testify at the trial and they were unable to complete victim impact statements. now dela rosa's attorney said she will appeal, although she's not hopeful anything will change. peggy fox reporting live. back to you. mean time we are learning that metro has ordered the immediate inspection of more than 450 of its train cars. the transit agency announced the news late this afternoon after a brake disc fell off a train today near the stadium armory station. this happened around noon and caused delays for hundreds of riders on the blue and orange lines. metro spokesman dan thessel tells us the inspection will extend through the weekend probably into next week. today's problems come just a couple weeks after a similar episode when riders were struck in the dark when a friction ring fell off the train and hit the electric third line. the latest snapshot of the labor market shows a prettier picture. the december unemployment numbers dropped more than expected. we now have the details live from the new york stock exchange. nice to hear some positive news. reporter: absolutely. we'll take it. the labor market is showing signs of strength, but that didn't bring out the buyers on wall street today. europe's debt troubles are still overshadowing any improvement in the u.s. economy. the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in nearly three years dropping to 8.5% in december. employers added 200,000 new jobs. the news was a boost for president obama who said the economy is continuing to heal. >> we have made real progress. now is not the time to stop. reporter: chris boris hopes the hiring trend will help him find a job. >> you just got to get out there and put the word out there and just let nature take its course. reporter: boris worked at a financial services company for 10 years before his position was cut in december. while jobs remain tight in that industry, most other major sectors were hiring last month and for the year the economy gained 1.6 million jobs. economists say the unemployment report shows real meaningful improvement, but it different make much of a mark here on wall street. the stock market reaction was lukewarm as investors worried that europe's financial troubles could overshadow the progress here at home. >> europe is going through a deep recession that's going to affect our exports here, affect our corporations. reporter: for now companies are showing the best hiring trend in over five years. >> people tell me when one door closes, another one opens along the way and you have to trust that. reporter: even with december's gains there are 6 million fewer jobs than there were before the recession and economists say it could take years to catch up. and if you break down the numbers in today's report, you'll find about 60,000 of those jobs we added last month were so-called seasonal, mostly couriers and salespeople who were brought on to handle the holiday rush and those unfortunately were most likely temporary positions. >> too bad. thank you very much, alexis. well, after a very cold week -- rather, i'm sorry, andrea. >> despite the encouraging unemployment numbers stocks closed lower on wall street. the dow finished down 55 points to end the week at 12,359. the nasdaq closed up four points and the s&p 500 fell three points. the freeze could soon be over. the white house is proposing a .5 percent pay raise for federal workers, the cost of living increase being the first pay raise for civilian federal workers since late 2010. that's when president obama ordered a two-year freeze. congress has to approve the plan and some republican lawmakers have pushed to freeze filler pay for at least one more year -- federal pay for at least one more year. >> after a very cold week mother nature delivered a gorgeous friday. the question is does the mild weather stick around for the weekend? topper is on the terrace. i know you're a winter lover, but today was really nice. >> today was spectacular. my grass is as green today as it should be in april, quite frankly, and these temperatures are more like late march. let's look at the temps, 60 downtown, almost 60 in gaithersburg, 59 gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas, 63 in fredericksburg, 60 in martinsburg and 50 in oakland. we have clear skies, a few clouds rolled in earlier today. they are now gone. we are looking at essentially a clear night. if you're going out, a light jacket will do it. we'll say clear skies and just chilly tonight with low temperatures generally in the 30s and winds light out of the southwest at 10. we'll call it a one blanket night. as warm as it is, i mean some of the ski resorts are still open. for example, liberty is open still up in pennsylvania in carroll valley and our own scott broom is up there live. we're going to try to combine skiing and golfing. i know which one i'd pick. reporter: well, i know which one i pick. i picked both today. it got to 56 degrees up here. a lot of folks think it's a miracle they're open, but snow making works. look on the ground, just those few cold nights we had they were able to make lots of snow. plots of people skiing tonight at liberty -- lots of people skiing tonight at liberty mountain resort, but that's not all. call it the liberty mountain resort biathalon. that would be skiing over here and golf over there, not an olympic sport yet, but it could be if the weather was like this all the time. >> i have the greatest job in the world. reporter: steve martin is manager of mountain and golf operations. >> it's almost perfect. i can make money on both of sides of the street today. >> i'm skiing in the morning and i have a 1:00 tee time this afternoon. january 6, 2012. reporter: just 36 hours ago it was in the teens and 20s here and liberty was wildly pumping water to make manmade snow. finally getting the mountain open from top to bottom this season. are you relieved? eric flynn is the general manager. >> it was a little plate start, but we're open now. people -- a late start, but we're open now. people are coming out of. reporter: now the challenge for yours truly, ski the mountain and play a hole of golf in a half hour or less. and away we go. that's a five minute ride to the top on the chairlift. it looks like winter up here. about three minutes to get down, 11 minutes to change out of the ski equipment in time to tee off on the first hole. play the hole and sink that putt just 10 minutes later. 29 minutes in all and a heck of a whacky way to spend a january day. all right. so it's getting a little dark for golf. we're coming off the course now. i've got my skis here. night skiing till 10:00 tonight at liberty. you know what? they really did make a lot of snow. despite these temperatures it looks like it's going to be a really great ski weekend. let's hope it doesn't stay too long for them and i'll see you on the slopes. >> just another day at the office. >> nice assignment. way to go, scott. have a great weekend out there as well. meantime a close call for the driver of an 18 wheeler in minnesota. his semi skidded off the road into a pond during the town of monticello. it broke through the ice on top and of sunk into the windshield. you can see it there. it's a target truck. the driver called out of the cab and made his way across the ice to safety. he's out of the hospital after being treated for minor injuries. well, it's supposed to be an easy way to pay for parking, but some are hitting a roadblock when it comes to this popular pay by phone method. i'm surae chinn with a live report straight ahead. sky 9 flew over a hurl, maryland neighborhood where a man -- a laurel, maryland neighborhood where a man was gunned down. 36-year-old gregory sears was shot to death on lang alley overnight. two men wearing masks confronted sears in his driveway. so far police have no suspects and no motive. well, you could end up with a parking ticket if you pay it by phone even in the district. >> that's right. a new report finds every day about 25 drivers who pay the meters with their cell phones still end up with a parking ticket. this does not sound right. surae chinn in northwest d.c. to explain what's going on. reporter: well, it's frustrating nonetheless because you've done everything right. think about this. you've registered with the company, park mobile. you've given their credit card information but yes, you're still getting tickets by mistake and for one woman it's not just happened once, but three times. >> irritating to say the least. reporter: elizabeth stone has grown accustomed to the pay by phone method when parking, but after getting slapped with multiple tickets by mistake she's rethinking it. >> i have paid at least $150 in overdraft fees to my bank account from mischarges, from parking tickets, from attempting to pay parking tickets. reporter: after three tickets she's fed up. >> i can't afford it. reporter: still vdot says the system is a success with only a fraction of the 10,000 daily users encountering problems. >> it's either a software issue or human error, more than likely a software issue, a delay in getting the information. 99.57% of the time the transactions work as designed. reporter: elizabeth even talked her mother into using park mobile during a trip to arena stage last week. >> we paid twice for a parking session and came after the show and had a parking ticket on the windshield. reporter: which caused an overdraw on her bank account. >> it's a broken system. >> what we're trying to do and we want people to know is we're working to try and eliminate the problem so that never happens of. reporter: elizabeth hasn't lost complete faith in the system she says. >> the cycle has been going on and on trying to talk to someone, anyone who will listen to, try to fix the damage both emotionally and fiscally. low pressure. reporter: and this might help. park mobile says they are helping elizabeth stone's family rectify the problem and to dismiss some of those tickets. also vdot and department of public works who enforce the parking are helping some families to dismiss some of those tickets and by the way, they're helping with training some of these enforcement officers and also looking into the software delays. there, 200,000 registered users in d.c. souray chin, back to you. >> glad they're -- souray chin, back to you. >> glad -- surae chinn, back to you. >> glad they're taking a look at that problem. >> i think i'll take the lights down tonight. it's sort of sad, but it's time. let's start with something anew. we have the michael and son weather cam at the white house tonight. is that some kind of suite or what? temperatures today were in the 60s and i just got e-mailed this picture of a tulip coming up in urbana, maryland, believe it or not. if you look carefully -- i kind of highlighted it -- but there it is. they should be okay. this is courtesy of don bowie in urbana, maryland. there it is, one little tulip coming up. the crocuses have come up as well. don't worry if snow comes. the biggest threat right now to these things would be a cold snap. temperatures, 61 college park, 59 arlington and bethesda. these temperatures are almost 20 degrees above average. we didn't city a record today, but 55 in reston -- set a record today, but 55 in reston, 56 towards andrews. mild and then cooler, a light jacket for tonight, breezy and mild again saturday, a little cooler sunday, nothing crazy. we do have a storm passing south of us monday. we've been kind of tracking this all week. i think all the precip will stay out of the immediate metro area, could see light rain or a sprinkle down towards southern maryland. clear, chilly tonight, a one blanket night, that, low temps in the 30s, winds out of the southwest at 10. you know it's mild if even our northern and western suburbs are above freezing tonight. 35 in gaithersburg for the low, 38 downtown, 37 college park and bowie, even out to the west still above freezing, 36 reston, 35 sterling, 34 leesburg, middleburg and also manassas. so for tomorrow morning mostly sunny, breezy and chilly. grab your sunglasses, 30s and 40s, winds southwest 10 to 15 and by afternoon a cold front will go throw. it will throw a few clouds our way, but still mild ahead of the front, breezy, highs 54 to 59, winds becoming northwesterly at 10 to 15. the zone forecast, even in the mountains we're talking 49, almost 50 in oakland, 54 cumberland. clouds come in in the midafternoon. mid-50s hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester. culpeper will be knocking on 60 degrees again, mid-50s in warrenton, leesburg, 56 manassas and fairfax. downtown 57, upper 50s into southern maryland. you go by the bay. we do have a small craft advisory for the bay and potomac for most of the saturday. we'll break it down. 30s to start, 50s by noon, looking at sunshine and then 55 to 59 by evening. now the next three days just gets a little bit cooler sunday, nothing crazy, still near 50, but sunshine and again maybe a sprinkle south of town, temperatures around 50 monday. next season days, another gorgeous day tuesday, another golfable day, temperatures in the mid-50s. then that soaking rain still on track for wednesday, 55. give you an idea how warm it is across the country, it's going to rain in chicago, detroit, burlington, vermont and boston as well as the metro area, a little bit cold air behind it. >> that really is unusual. >> we'll take it. coming up breaking through steel doors, bypassing sophisticated alarms and making off with millions, sounds like a hollywood movie, but it actually happened at a virginia jewelry store. up next why a gift from a stranger could land a grandmother behind bars. we'll be right back. in pennsylvania a great grandmother is breathing easier after being acquitted of growing marijuana. 67-year-old alberta kelly didn't actually dispute the fact that she raised the pot plants, but she didn't know what they were she says. she says a stranger gave her what he claimed were flower seeds last year. so she threw them into the ground and they sprouted up right next to her tomato plants. the grandmother of seven and great grandmother of three went to court this week and the jury believed her story. >> i never saw marijuana plants grow in my entire life and i never been around marijuana. so i didn't know the difference. to me weeds are weeds. >> they had been very, very well cultivated. they weren't small. they weren't huge like corn stalks, but they were fairly nice marijuana plants. >> weeds are weeds. kelly was charged with possession and manufacture of a controlled substance. police busted her after an anonymous tip. she is relieved to have been acquitted. police say they had no choice but to file the charges. a $2 million theft, it could be the final straw for one virginia jewelry store. burglars broke into the beverly hills jewelry store in henrico county over the holidays. the burglars managed to disable the security system and literally cut through the doors of the safes. the bad news is his inventory wasn't insured. the owner says that's because he dropped coverage after spending years fighting to collect on a policy. a family's dog in albuquerque didn't eat the homework. she take the a diamond wedding ring. the $4,500 ring disappeared from rachelle atkinson's night stand a few weeks ago. the 10-month-old bassett hound named coraline was the on one in the room and looked guilty. a vet managed to remove the ring and both dog and ring are in good condition. >> i thought bassett hounds always looked guilty. a new study challenges the current research on alcohol and breast cancer. running a distant second in the polls, ron paul plays catchup in new hampshire. the republican presidential hopefuls are heading into their final weekend of campaigning before the nation's first primary and even with all eyes on new hampshire danielle nottingham reports not all the candidates are there. reporter: while mitt romney sits comfortably at the top of the polls the rest of the gop field is trying to chip away at his lead in new hampshire. with a commanding lead in new hampshire polls mitt romney started his day in south carolina focusing his attacks on president obama. >> what would happen if we elect someone without experience to the white house? now we know. reporter: and his campaign strategy appears to be paying off. a new poll of south carolina voters shows romney gaining 17 points since last month knocking a stumbling newt gingrich to third place. rick santorum jumped from 4% to a second place 19%. and after a strong finish in iowa santorum's drawing large crowds in new hampshire, but voters here are also asking pointed questions. >> i was wondering how you say that you want less government control except you say gay and lesbian people shouldn't be married or be able to adopt kids or serve in the military. >> but it's not a right. it's bay. same thing with marriage. reporter: ron paul is rallying supporters in nashua hoping to put a dent in mitt romney's big lead and the state whose motto is live free or die should be friendly territory for the lib an inch leaning candidate. >> the message is still -- libertarian leading candidate. >> the message is still developing and trying to get out there. reporter: paul hasn't been in new hampshire since december. jon huntsman is hoping voters notice. >> i'm betting that politics is still done the old-fashioned way in this state and that is you have to be seen, heard and felt. reporter: huntsman picked up a critical endorsement from the boston globe which chose him over romney, the former massachusetts governor. the candidates will come face to face this weekend in back to back debates in new hampshire. in nashua, danielle nottingham. back to you. >> so much to watch. santorum is looking to continue his surge in south carolina. his campaign says he'll go back there on sunday. the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway has won a delay in a different case. joran van der sloot had been expected to plead guilty to a case where the victim was killed five years to the day after the disappearance of nattily holloway in aruba. van der sloot was arrested in the holloway case twice but never charged. pope benedict xvi made an announcement regarding archbishop edwin o'brien becoming cardinal. he'll be an advisor to the pope and able to vote in a papal election until his 80th birthday. virginia senator mark warner will soon be off on a mission to end ya leading a five-member congressional -- india leading a five-member congressional delegation january 14th. the plan is to meet with government and business leaders and discuss expanding trade. warner says india and the u.s. are long time friends. i says now it's time for both countries to become full partners. a young life filled with tragedy and a sudden end and tonight no money to bury nick clayton. this really is sad. nick's family and friends have been trying to raise money for a funeral and our bruce leshan has been talking to them. it started with this car accident and now this. >> you know, he was just 20 years old, nick clayton, when he was killed in a car filled with young people in bethesda on new year's day. his friends want to bury him next those mother and his brother, but they have no idea how to pay for that. >> god, there's probably about a million stories that i'll cherish forever about nick. reporter: julia watts is just one of the dozens of young people wondering how nick clayton's short life could be so filled with tragedy. >> he didn't have any money. he never had any money. i always paid for the dates. reporter: she remembers their first valentine's day. >> he got a couple dollars and bought me a rose and said we're going to dinner. he was so happy. he was so happy. reporter: clayton was killed along with 18-year-old kaitlin gallagher when a friend drove his car into a tree early on new year's day, but clayton's family has struggled for years ever since his brother died of a heroin overdose. >> brother died on christmas day. reporter: 10 years ago. >> 10 years ago. reporter: and he found him. >> nick found him, yeah. nick opened the door. reporter: six months ago his mom died. his dad moved to florida and authorities condemned the apartment where he was living. at the time of the accident clayton was homeless. >> i never left him homeless and anything like that, abandoned him. reporter: even in death nick's troubles continue. after word spread of his passing someone broke into his apartment, stole his clothes, his redskin jersey, his meager remaining world limo sessions. do you have any money? -- worldly possessions. do you have any money? does very any money? >> no, no. reporter: friends are hoping to bury him next to his mother and his brother at the gates of heaven cemetery. >> he's going to go to rest with his mom and his brother. >> everybody deserves a proper burial. reporter: the snow den funeral home is accepting donations to help cover the costs of clayton's funeral and burial. you can call and donate by credit card at 301-762-2500 or you can send a donation to the snowden funeral home 246 north washington street, rockville, maryland 20850. it really is a sadder to and we're just trying to make out to help sure at least in death he has a place to rest. >> hopefully some good samaritans, family, friends and others in the community will just come forward. thank you. coming up got skeletons in your closet? not this washington man. his are in the driver's seat. we'll explain. but up next police search for two men who savagely beat a clerk, what authorities want to tell the good samaritan that came to his aid. don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. caught on tape the savage beating of a clerk and a good samaritan. police are looking for the two men behind the attack in a california convenience store. the beating broke out when the clerk refused to sell beer to the customers who appeared to be underage. police say the good samaritan exchanged punches with one of the attackers and went above and beyond what would be expected from a normal customer. garden grove police are looking for him to say thank you. now look at this dashboard camera in oklahoma city. a bus captured the dramatic end of a police chase. officers say four robbery suspects were in a car, ran a red light and it was hit by a truck. two more cars collided before it was over. no one was seriously hurt. the suspects tried to run, but police caught up with them. a bare bones attempt to join drivers in the h.o.v. lanes is costing a washington man dearly. >> brian stein drives 45 miles one way every day. while stuck in traffic he could only admire the vehicles zipping by him in the might occupancy lanes. -- in the high occupancy lanes. so he dressed up a skeleton and plopped it next to him in the passenger seat. the plan worked until cops busted stein and his skinny friend last month. about. >> are you kidding me? and i saidy, temperature. no, officer, i'm not kidding -- yes, officer, no, officer, i'm not kidding now. he pretty much told meconins coverage you're going to get your picture -- told me you're going downtown to get your picture taken. >> he said i've learned my lesson and his skeleton friend will remain in the closet. >> i said it. i'm going to do it. i'm taking the lights down. temperatures are still in the upper 50s. so we're going to unplug them. i know it's unfestive, but this is the time to do it. it's still almost 60 everywhere, 60 downtown, 59 manassas, 57 gaithersburg. we'll come back, talk about a cold front coming through tomorrow and show you some cool video. where were you this day in 1996. new findings from a report on alcohol and breast cancer and which kind of wine women may want to choose. we'll be right back. deal chicken is working hard find only the best deals in town. here's today's deal for you. take a squeaky clean 60% off dry cleaning and more at village square cleaners. >> 9 traffic now is brought to you by geico. tonight in our health alert more advice for women on breath cancer. we've been talking a lot about the danger of too much alcohol when it comes to risk factors for this disease, but there may be one type of drink with a different effect. >> i enjoy a glass of red wine. reporter: for years now women have been told to limit our alcohol intake to lower the risk of breast cancer. now a new study suggests drinking red wine in moderation may actually have a protective effect. researchers at cedar sinai looked at 36 younger women. they drank 8 ounces of cabernet or chardonnay every day for a month and then switched to the other type of wine. they saw a difference in the women drinking red. >> the estrogen levels decreased and the testosterone levels increased. reporter: it's encouraging news because the change in hormone pattern sucks red wine may prevent growth -- suggests red wine may prevent growth of cancer cells. this challenges much of the current findings on alcohol and breast cancer. one study last year found women had a 15% increase of the disease if they drank three to six drinks per week. they didn't see the same protective effect with white wine, but that doesn't mean it ups the cancer risk. >> red wine has red grapes, the red seed that goes into the process of make nag and that's been found to have -- making that and that's been found to have chemicals that would shift the estrogen levels to be lower. >> those chemicals have been touted as having a protective effect on the heart, but there's no question heavy drinking of any type of alcohol cancels out any health benefits and can contribute to cancer. a historic movie theater in alexandria is shutting down. the old town theater has been around almost 100 years and it has offered much more than just movies. there's been vaudeville, community theater and puppet shows, but the alexandria times reports the theater will close down for good this weekend because of declining revenue. more shops are expected to be built in its space. there's a new push to build a bridge across the potomac. virginia delegate randy minchew wants to connect i-66 with i- 270 in maryland. minchu says the only plan that makes sense is route 28 north into maryland. the bridge would look up to the intercounty connector and i- 270. ocean city inlet has a new jetty. a coastguard helicopter was used to pick up a tower to the jetty. the original tower was destroyed during hurricane irene last august. the new tower will be used for marine navigational purposes. >> it was almost a beach day today, topper. >> it was until the next storm comes and takes the tower down. it will be there a little while. temperatures 20 degrees above average, not a record, but we'll take 60 in january. my only question is it going to be like january of 2000 when we played golf in early january and tended up very cold and snowy. we shall see. where were you in 1996 speaking of snow? what a great storm. flakes first began to fall at 10 p.m. on this date. the main part of the storm was on the 7th, ended up being no. 4 at the time, 17.1 inches of snow at national and 24 inches plus at dulles, their biggest snow ever and that got eclipsed. now it's no. 5 and dulles eclipsed it with their february 6 storm in 2010. they had 32.4 inches, but still that was a fantastic storm and, of course, shut down the city for quite some time. if i remember that following commuter day, that monday, what a mess that was. all right, this our weather cam shot of the capitol, clear skies, a great night, temperature 60, dew point 29, dry air mass, winds out of the south, southwest at 10, pressure 29.85 inches. temperatures across the area upper 50s, laytonsville 57, 57 gaithersburg, 55 leesburg. we'd be happy with these temperatures in mid- to late march. 56 in beltsville, 51 college park. mild, then cooler. a light jacket for tonight. breezy and mild tomorrow even though a cold front is approaching. we'll get one more mild day. cooler sunday and then a storm should stay south of us monday, maybe light rain or showers into southern maryland, maybe up to the northern neck. tonight clear skies, chilly, one blanket night, lows in the 30s, winds out of the southwest at 10. by morning we're looking at temperatures to start chilly but it will warm up rapidly. everybody starts above freezing. 35 in gaithersburg tonight, 36 in reston and fairfax. by morning temperatures starting in the 30s and 40s, but mostly sunny, a gorgeous morning, temperatures well above average. winds kicking up southwest 10 to 15, of. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy -- 15. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, some clouds coming in late. winds will turn northwesterly at 10 to 15 behind the cold front. we'll break it down. 30s to start at 6 a.m., sunshine noon, 50s and by evening 55 to 59, so just another fantastic day. the next seven days, a little cooler behind the front sunday, but i think we can handle 49 or 50, got a drop in there south of town monday, back in the mid- 50s tuesday, soaking rain wednesday with temperatures into the mid-50s. it's not even a question whether or not it will be rain. it will be rain and maybe some arctic air behind that thursday and friday. >> but still really mild, very nice. in this week's high school profile we are thinking out of the box. two local athletes play a unique sport you almost never see. dave on i owens is here with their story and how they're -- dave owens is here with their story and how they're making more ground. >> we told you about michael and rachel parkins a year ago. kristen berset caught up with them and explains just when we thought they had accomplished it all, they amazed us once again. reporter: rachel and michael parsons are the best novice ice dancers in the country. this brother/sister tandem skated to a national championship title in their first year together, but now they're prepping for their biggest competition yet, the inaugural youth olympics. this pair from montgomery county is the only team in the country selected to represent team usa. >> we're just really amazed because we've been working so hard for so long and it pays off. like it's always been our dream to go international. >> well, they work so hard. they are here training six days a week. these two have worked really hard to get where they are. reporter: but with the honor comes the pressure. >> we want to do well because we're representing our country and there definitely is more pressure that we're the only dance team going because we've got to pull our weight. >> they're really good friends off the ice and you see how they really connect when they're skating. they are a really good team. >> we don't hold back when we need to tell each other something like if you're doing something wrong, i'll tell you and we can kind of -- sometimes we disagree, but we can always work it out. reporter: rachel and michael are proud to sport the letters of team usa and to show off their swag whenever they get a chance. >> i walked into starbucks this morning and everyone is like wow, you're team usa. reporter: kristen berset, 9 sports now. >> their father tells us they leave for the youth olympics on january 13th. we'll be keeping an eye on them. next friday they leave and we wish them the best of luck. between sports leagues, bike shares and our recent mild weather lots of local residents are getting out and on the move. still ahead find out what other criteria is making washington a healthy place to live. one senator's call to restore a tax benefit for symptom local commuters. from high compares to flashlights, a roundup of recalls. stay with us here on 9 news now. a couple recalls lead off tonight's consumer alert. 160,000 of these, antelope high chairs, are being recalled by ikea. the restraint buckle can open unexpectedly and that means a little one could fall out. the chairs come in red, white and blue sold nationwide from august, 2006 through january, 2010 as ikea. target is recalling 55,000 l.e.d. flashlight sets. the six-piece flashlights can pose dangerous fire and burn hazard apparently to people's hands. the $10 sets were sold nationwide between october, 2010 and december, 2011. the consumer product safety commission says stop using them immediately and contact the company that makes them. no surprise smart phones, tablets and e readers were unwrapped this holiday. google's tech guru reports 3.7 million android devices were connected to wireless networks in just two days of christmas week. now that you got your new device up and running lesli foster helps you start the new year off with some tech say. reporter: how about a new year's resolution that doesn't require breaking a sweat? >> digital health can be something you do just sitting on the couch. you don't even have to get up. reporter: we're doing more things than ever with mobile devices, online and internet security experts recommend taking a few moments at the start of this year to focus on tech safety by starting with your passwords. you have different keys for your car, home and real life valuables. so use the same caution online. >> use a different password for everything that matters just like we use a different key for everything that matters. reporter: and before sharing information in a status update or tweet, think about whether you'd share it with a stranger on the street. also keep up with privacy policies on the websites you use, especially social media and change the settings when you need to. >> do i want to share the waits set to or do i want to limit it or expand it to certain people and limit it to others? take those five minutes, rye set your privacy to the way you want it to and customize. reporter: another good measure? review all of these things with your kid to make sure they're staying safe online, too. you can find more resources to help you pump up your tech savvy safety at the internet crime complaint center and the identity theft resources center. lesli foster, 9 news now. there is also word a computer worm is wriggling its way around facebook and it's apparently made off with usernames and passwords of more than 45,000 clients. the worm is called ranim and mostly hit facebook users in the united kingdom. facebook is hoping to ramp up its virus services. this is 9 news now. after starting what looked like a promising career tonight former d.c. councilman harry thomas, jr. is looking at almost four years in prison. today he pled guilty tomorrow bifflement charges in