gentzler. jim vance is off tonight. the murder has stunned montgomery county and the district where brian bett poured his energy. he attracted the attention of former nightly news anchor tom brokaw. the search is on for his killer. jackie benson is in rockville with the latest on this. reporter: it is rare to find someone who was loved by so many people. that s what makes this murder all the more shocking. doesn t matter what anyone else sees in you, he always saw the good. reporter: in germantown where brian betts once taught, devastated former students and colleagues gathered to remember him. he spent nearly two decades with the montgomery county public school system. students penned these remembrances of him. he believed in every kid that walked through the door. he really treated each one like they were the most important kid in the world, and they felt it for him. reporter: two years ago betts took on the greatest challenge of his professional life, answering
one, two, three. we are family i ve got all my sisters with me we are family get up, everybody, sing we are family i ve got all my sisters with me we are family hello and good evening. it s a beautiful night tonight. so thanks for joining us for geico sports xtra. i m excited for this one. on taptonight, the madness continues in the ncaa tournament in a big bracket busting way. plus, the nationals decide the road aad for their star pitcher but first we are skating with the capitals who finished up their eight-game road trip. alex ovechkin is back on the ice for the first time in six days. first period, tied at one. this is unfair. alex ovechkin all alone. it s unfair for any goaltender. his 45th of the year. second period, scott walker mixes it up. watch out for that right upper cut. that s tough to recover from. walker, he did not return after taking that shot. but the capitals pick it up in his absence. alexander semin on the rebound, his 33rd goal of th
message on the mall. hundreds rally. two different groups and a double dose of demands. good evening. thanks for joining us. i m maureen umeh. we re following to big stories this evening. thousands on the national mall bringing their voices to the antiwar movement. and on capitol hill t is down to the wire to pass health care. president brack brack is making a final push to get his signature legislation through. he went into a meeting with all the democrats in the house a couple of hours ago saying we are going to get this done. but democratic leaders are still trying to line up the votes they need. fox s kelly wright has the latest. reporter: on the eve of the health care vote in the house, president obama cancels a trip to asia to rally members of his party. we re 24 hours away. reporter: house democratic leaders seeming more confident they ll have the votes to pass legislation saying the bill will provide health insurance to 30 million currently uninsured americans.
we begipp tonight with breaking news. police in laurel, maryland, are on the scene open what may be a hostage standoff inside a grocery store this. it happening right now at the laurel shopping center off route 1. police say around 8:45 this evening, a man walked into the giant with a gun and demanded money from the manager. the manager ran to a cooler and locked the door. the suspect got ahold of another employee and an alert worker was able to get a number of customers out of the store but the gunman is still thought to be inside. we re gathering more information and as soon as we learn more we ll pass it along. good evening. i m craig melvin. first, the rain has tapered off but the rivers are still rising. rising waters have filled parks, shut down streets. as news4 darcy spencer reports, the worst is yet to come. reporter: the potomac river is raging. it s several feet past flood straj and for joe, this violent current indiana for great kayak. trying to catch as
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