best news on the jobs front in years. >> today is an encouraging day. we learned the economy actually produced a substantial mum of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. we are beginning to turn the corner. >> reporter: 162 thousand how new u.s. jobs in march, highest jobs creation rate in three years. after the loss of more than 8 million jobs since '07. >> i think that this will mark the end of the job losses. >> reporter: the president took credit visiting a high-tech battery parks plan that hired more workers using funds from the stimulus plan. >> tough measures we took, measures that were necessary even though sometimes they were unpopular, have broken the slide. >> reporter: more americans went out looking for jobs so that the rate of unemployment remains 9. 7%. this was a jobs fair in savannah. millions of americans are still looking and republicans charge democrats set back the recovery with their win on health care. and pushed for financial reform. >> first administration comes out with proposals and another proposal. so much uncertainty that businesses are not going to do what you and i and everyone wants them, not create jobs. >> businesses are hiring more. the president says it is because of what he is doing. at the preview of the political fight over the economy that is sure to may a big role of the november campaign. jim, back to you. >> thank you, steve. a bare kay situation in alexandria has had a serious impact on travel in the area tonight. it all started at an apartment complex on eisenhower avenue. police say they heard shots fired inside an apartment this morning while serving an eviction notice. so far, there have been no reports of anybody injured. but the april building is near train tracks. all the trains going down those tracks were stopped for about three hours this afternoon. that included four vre trains. alexandria amtrak station was given the all-clear about an hour ago. the trains are moving again. that barricade situation is still going on. >> a woman was killed this morning when she was hit by a runaway car while walking through a dunkin' donuts parking lot in montgomery county. it happened 6:00 this morning on veirs mill road in wheaton. police are still trying to identify the victim and figure out what caused the driver of the car to lose control. aaron gilchrist has more on the story from wheaton. >> reporter: this intersection has been busy all day long. that seems normal. but we can tell you this morning it was a very different scene and there's still evidence of what police and commuters in this area say was a very wild ride. the view from above shows just how much ground this tragic accident covered. montgomery county police say that the 79-year-old man driving that black nissan jumped a curb here on veirs mill road, took out two newspaper stands and kept going into the dunkin' donuts' parking lot. >> he went flying through here, hit a lady in this spot here. went across the strip. >> reporter: mark was catching the bus this morning and saw the aftermat the police say before the car went any farther, it hit and killed a woman walking in the parking lot. >> she was innocently walking through a public parking lot when she was struck by surprise. >> reporter: at 6:00 in the morning she believes the woman was walking to the bus stop. >> all people around this aisle feel bad because we think the lady was on her way to work, probably in the morning. >> reporter: the car kept going, through the parking lot and out on to randolph road. >> the car continued back out on to randolph road, striking another vehicle. this time a ford fusion. >> reporter: nissan finally stopped after running into someone's front yard and clear across the street. none of the drivers was hurt. now police have a dead pedestrian and a mystery. >> she's an adult asian female. she did not have identification on her. so we are in the process of trying to make that identification. >> the intersection stays busy with cars, busses and pedestrians. mark riley says what happened this morning doesn't surprise him. >> there's always speaking going on around here with accidents, cars. buses. people getting hit, crossing the walk. >> reporter: montgomery county police investigate a crash scene investigation team and still looking into the crash. they will try to determine if speed, alcohol or medical conditions may have played a role in the accident that happened. police department would like to hear from any witnesses who may be able to help identify the victim. 301-840-2435. >> aaron gilchrist reporting. d.c. police are looking for a fourth suspect in the mass shooting in southeast d.c. on tuesday. nine people in all were shot. four teenagers were killed. the police have charged three people in the shootings, including a youngster named orlando carter. he was a suspect in the murder of jordan howe. earlier killing that police think was linked to the violence on tuesday night. however, carter was still on the streets. because prosecutors said that they didn't have enough evidence to issue a warrant for his arrest. virginia's bob mcdon sell now among the governors across the country that have gotten threatening letters from an anti-government group. mcdonnell's office received a letter wednesday and turned it over to the fbi and state police. the governor and his family are safe. the letters prompted an increase in security for governors across the country. the fbi says the letters demand the governors leave office within three days or risk being removed. the group guardians of free republic is believed to have sent the letters. >> shift gears to something way more pleasant. that's the weather. oh, my goodness. what else do you say? >> our weather, jim and doreen, omrealg at the end of a long week. little exhausting week here. get your brightest of the bright easter colors out. they will shine this upcoming weekend. temperatures today in the 70s. low 70s. few locations that hit 80. raleigh, north carolina. close to 90 degrees. if have you travel plans, terrific weather for hitting the roads. no problems weatherwise. once you get there. oh, my goodness. i made a few weeks to the forecast which i will tell you about in just a few minutes. not too many. still going to be the warmest easter weekend, easter break that we have had around here in probably more than ten years. jim, doreen. thousands of peopvisiting of d.c.'s most famous attractions to take advantage of the wonderful weather. the cherry blossoms. john schriffen is at the tidal basin with more on this. seems like we always send the new guy down to cover the cherry blossoms. you hit the jackpot on this one. >> reporter: this is my first cherry blossom festival. after experiencing thing event, i realized what it is all about. for families, it is more than just a cherry blossom tree. which in itself are beautiful. it is a chance to get outside, enjoy nature and be together. just relax. this once a year event is now in full bloom. organizers for this year's cherry blossom festival expect over a million people to crowd the tidal basin during the 16-day festival. >> lot of people, lot of people aching photos, lot of people having good picnic. pam lease are out. >> reporter: having fun? >> yes. >> reporter: what's the best part so far? >> cherry blossoms, rye? >> yeah. >> pink or white ones? >> pink ones. >> definitely -- get the family out. perfect day. can't go wrong with that for sure. good family outing. getting out and enjoying the day. terrific. >> warm weather predicted for the rest of the weekend, crowds are expected to grow. driving probably isn't your best option. take public transportation. >> we spread out into the suburbs. fair packs. garden tours and doing a big block party. >> cherry blossom festival has a huge economic impact on d.c. greg o'dell with the washington convention and sports authority estimates nearly $100 million will be generated. >> we own the spring and people like to see particularly after the snow we had that they see the cherry blossoms here and everybody getting outside. a great time of year to rebirth every year for us. >> reporter: for people planning coming out here, park police urging everyone to stay off the trees and don't pick them. not only does it hurt the trees but it is illegal. john schriffen. back to you. >> thanks, john. coming up tonight, more controversy this evening regarding the pope's handling of sex abuse cases involving priests. >> another clash today between the u.n. navy and pirates. >> authorities believe that one of the people responsible for the subway bombings in moscow this week was 17 years old. >> we will tell you about security changes coming t airports across the country. >> what havyou got? >> final four time, guys. west virginia not letting the pressure get to them in indy. capitals finally book track. the redskins add another high-profile running back. yes. they have three of them 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benedict xvi continues to mark holy week without making any direct comment abouthe scandal. but today one vatican official lashed out in the pope's defense. comparing the accusations against him to anti-seem t advertise ann thompson reports from rome. >> reporter: tonight the pope's personal preacher is comparing the attacks on pope benedict to the persecution of the jews. those remarks came during the good friday service at st. pete areas basilica in vatican city. the remarks were from the father that said he started thinking about the comparison between the jews and benedict when he realized the passover and easter fall on the same week. yet, he said he got a letter from a jewish friend that read, and i quote, the use of stereotypes, shifting of person am responsibility, and guilt to a collective guilt remind me of the most shameful act of anti-semitism. >> interesting comparison but i'm mott sure whether the jews will like that. because he is attacking -- resisted attempts to compare their suffering to someone else's suffering. >> reporter: tonight we will see pope benedict again. he will lead the procession of the wayf the cross in the coliseum and scheduled to deliver a homily and we will see if he addresses the scandal or these remarks. ann thompson in rome. now back to you. >> the vatican is distancing itself from the preacher's remarks saying the comments do not reflect the official position of the church. the obama administration is changing the way some airline passengers are screened when you fly into the u.s. currently travelers from 14 countries are screened automatically. and policy was put into place after the attempted bombing of the plane head prosecuting the netherlands to detroit back on christmas day. the white house says that passengers now will be selected for screening based on intelligence information. the police released pictures of the 17-year-old suspected of carrying out one of the suicide bombing attacks on moscow's subway this week. a russian newspaper published two photographs of the teenager. police say the woman was the widow of an islamic rebel killed last december. they say they are still trying to identify the second bomber. 40 people were killed in those attacks on monday. a u.s. navy ship helped rescue a vessel being attacked of pirates held off the east coast of africa. the navy says the pirates were armed with grenades and rifles and attack ad ship. the ship sent out a call for help. the navy secured the suspected pirates' boat and released them after ensuring they could not attack another vessel. the navy was involved in another confrontation just yesterday in that same area. five suspects were detained in that incident. four people were killed. three others were critically injured. explosion at an oil refinery in washington state. it happened just after mid might, this morning a refinery north of seattle. took nearly two hours to get that fire under control. practical authorities are looking into it. explosion today is the deadliest accident at a u.s. refinery since back in 2005. 15 people we killed at a plant in texas. coming up on "news4 at 6:00," we will hear why metro officials did not release information about a woman that s attacked in a metro parking lot after it happened. >> tell you about a big cat missing in loudoun county. >> that's a big cat. another check on the weather forecast. stay with us. trachling around the area, a big problem 95 headed southbound. tractor trailer in the center of the roadway. just moved over to the shoulder not too long ago but look what's left in its wake. big delays. only getting worse. 95 headed southbound. jammed off of the beltway and had an accident leaving the inner loop of the beltway 95 south and out of camera range. causing delays on the beltway to take back towards the robinson terminal. 95 headed southbound. this is the case through newington and disabled tractor trailer and continuing down towards quantico. good news, though. let's give you that. capital beltway looking better. still very slow. past river road. coming back up to speed, hopefully sooner rather than later but very close. 66 to 95 in college park on the inner loop. stay tuned. "news4 at 6:00" continues af veronica, most popular person in the newsroom. and with good reason. >> thank you very much. that means you really like the weather. yeah. well, it -- you mo, all you have to do is walk outside and take a deep breath. if you had any trouble at all this week, relaxing, just do that this weekend. find a nice lawn chair and someone to talk to and relax this weekend. outside. 53 was the low this morning. we saw a high today of 77 degrees. that i'm came at around 3:00. low at 6:00 a.m. this morning. last year, on good friday, the high was 75 degrees. it is not too bad. close to it. but then saturday we had a i'm of only 60 and sunday only 56. yeah. this weekend we are not quite going to get to 80 degrees. that's my week in the forecast. the fact is if we stay between a pocket of 75 and about 79 degrees, still warmest in ten years at least. 72 right now at reagan national airport with the wind out of the south to southeast at 7 miles per hour. still pretty dry air across the area. alexandria, virginia, your wind light out of the east and southeast and pretty much calm right now. 75 degrees is the rain. dew point temperature at 48. your high today was 84 degrees. so yeah, we were talking about getting up to 80. there have been some neighborhoods across the area that have done just that today. 78 was the high in springfield, virginia. now it is 75 degrees with the wind out of the south. and from 79, still holding at 79. you folks in leesburg, virgia, win out of the southeast. there have been cooler readings today, too. right along the bay and mid and upper 60s. 72 right now in d.c. but look at raleigh, north carolina. close to 90 degrees in fact, through the clirn as, one of the warmest spots across the northeast corridor of the country. 80 in covington now. 76 in detroit. and even chicago has been plenty -- on really for this time of year. so while we are running about 15 degrees above average, these locations north still, which i economy, detroit, buffalo, running as much as 30 degrees above their average. and you can see the clear skies from new york and most of new york, down to the south. and thanks to high pressure over us. high clouds already running east and michigan, ohio, and western tennessee and those clouds are associated with a weather front that's fast approaching. hi pressure moves out during the overnight period, the clockwise flow, wind out of the south and that will keep the temperatures up again tonight. like last night, we only dropped to the upper pourts and low 50s. it was during the overnight, the warmest start of the year. there is that lying cedar rapids. just east of kansas city, missouri. this is the location that during the overnight period a early this morning had quite a bit of wind damage. at least 30 reports from iowa, down towards oklahoma city. and even some hail reports back to the west. so a few mountn showers. i think that's about the only thing we are going to see saturday evening. few mountain showers and high clouds that will begin moving in. there is that warmth all the way down from ohio and to florida and temperatures, jackson, florida, 78. miami is currently at 78 degrees. pretty mild down there. there may be showers and storms down to the south and what we will see here. the next 48 hours, high pressure will be moving out. here saturday evening you can see those clouds and and the showers in the mountains. front comes through. during the dame sunday we may have a few clouds around, too. overall dry, dry conditions for us. this evening we drop to basketball 60 degrees by midnight. delightful. great patio dining weather. 49 to 53 is how we will start the day tomorrow. touch of summer, toasty warm. but again, like summer, without the humidity. comfortable weekend. great for blossoms and egg hunts, grass just getting tall enough. then on monday, perfect weather for baseball and stay dry with a high of 70 degrees. 80 for tuesday. next chance of rain, we will go more than a week here without seeing showers across the area since our last thursday is the next opportunity. jim, doreen. >> thanks, veronica. sounds really good. coming up, teenage girl in virginia is accused of trying to poison her father's fruit punch with chemicals. >> metro is explaining why the agency did not make information immediately available to a woman who was raped in a parking lot last month. >> d.c. council chairman vincent gray says unlike mayor fenty he has the maturity to be mayor. apple's ipad is coming out tomorrow. the redskins add another older running back to the mix. college dunk contest, perhaps a dunk you have never seen before. plus, the capitals rally on home ice. back with the top story. a woman attack order metro property and the agency did not immediately make that information available to the public. >> attack happened in a parking xwarage at the largo town center station in february. mao metro officials are being asked why they waited to release information about the crime. pat collins reports. >> reporter: if you knew that a rape happened at a metro station that you used, would it change the way you travel back and forth? >> definitely more cautious in my surroundings while using the metro station. >> maybe not come at night. not come by myself. not park in the garage. >> reporter: consider this. february 5th, the largo town center metro station. a woman is walking to her gold honda car. she is robbed. she's carjacked. she is raped. but metro doesn't tell the public