firefighters are battling the blaze on the scene new and there is no reports of injuries here and we'll bring more as it's available. this is a developing story out of burtonsville, maryland. and another big story we're following tonight, students on two local college campuses are on high alert following separate attacks over the weekend. a georgetown university student was beaten and sexually assaulted near campus, and a university of maryland student said she woke up in the dorm room to find a man touching her leg. maureen umeh is live in georgetown with the latest. this is disturbing, maureen. >> reporter: it is indeed, shawn. as you know, crime on college campuses is not that usual. given the attacks this week, they taking precautions to keep it safe and so are school officials. increased patrols on and around the georgetown university campus. students on alert after two separate incidents on sunday. >> obviously, what happen side incredibly unfortunate and should be a wake-up call to awful us. >> reporter: the campus police issued a public safety alert about an attack that happened around 2 in the morning on 36th and n street northwest. they say a female student reported being beaten and sexually assaulted in the well- travelled area about a block from the university campus. >> and that is kind of scary. i won't have thought twice about being super careful there. >> reporter: the victim is recovering and they have been reaching out to her to offer assistance. >> increasing our patrols of the area. and strengthening our partnership with mpd. they're paying additional mpd officers to be on patrol in the neighborhood. >> reporter: later, school officials issued another alert and this time, about a robbero 33rd and n street northwest. according to the reports, two suspects held up two men after asking for a cigarette and pulled out a gun. the robbery and sexual assault shook many students. the school officials are reminding them to follow safety precaution. >> and walking in groups and using the services that the university provides the shuttle services and we can't remind them of that enough. >> reporter: despite that, some say they can't believe the school and the immediate surroundings are unsafe. being aware of the surroundings no matter where it is is one of the keys to deterring crime. >> the other day we were in the city, you know, and there are bad people out there and it's not hard for them to come up on campus. >> reporter: police are telling us the suspect description is vague and they don't believe any of the cases here on the georgetown campus and the surrounding area are connected and that is the latest from georgetown. back to you. >> and thank you. more on the break-in at the university of maryland. early sunday morning, a female student in cumberland hall woke up to find a strange man standing over her bed and touching her leg. the roommate confronted the man saying he entered the room and said he was thereby mise take. the police believe he was trying to steal the laptop. another student reported someone was trying to open their doors. police believe there were two men working together. and a prayer service at dam -- the catholic high school to remember a senior who died sunday morning. the football player was planning to continue his athletic career in year wisdom martin has more. >> reporter: at 6'7", 365 pounds, he had a bright future in football and this month, he got a scholarship to a university. >> we called him a gentle giant, he was extremely aggressive and his future was extremely bright as he was going to go to alabama state. a very intelligent and physical player. >> a great guy, nice, would do anything for you and always helped me out and gave me advice. >> reporter: over the weekend, the future ended. a short time after being taken to howard general hospital by the family, he was pronounced dead. >> it was tough for me and everyone, the teammates and the whole school. and that is the first time i lost a friend, a close friend of mine. it was tough for me. i was shocked because he was so young. >> reporter: the classmates and teammates would say he was a dominant football player larger than life on the football field and they say there was much more to the football giant than what took place in athleteus. >> reporter: the teachers held a service for him. >> and -- i am going to mess you, my brother. i'll be praying for your family. >> he's the kind of person that nobody could hate. everyone was his friend. >> reporter: find him rise of the gentle giant gone from their lives and lying on in their hearts. >> there -- living in their hearts. >> there is no protocol to help you handle a situation like this. you have a kid that you see every day, and for them to lose their life at such an early sage a tremendous blow to the damatha community and family. >> reporter: in hyattsville, wisdom martin, fox 5 news. >> no official word on exactly how rico webb died. how did former d.c. council member manage to steal thousands from a non-profit agency that was under the control of d.c.'s government. thomas plead guilty to taking $350,000 meant for his new sports organization. well, today, the organization that some believe should have stopped that scam was on the hot seat at wilson building. matt ackland is there live. what happened, matt? >> reporter: over the last couple of months, several people have said that the scam pulled off by harry thomas was a simple one and could have been caught by some basic oversight. that never happened and harry thomas ended up taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the district. today, a hearing to look into why that was not caught. >> this hearing won't just focus on 2008. >> reporter: how can that happen. the chairman of the human services committee wanted that question answered since harry thomas jr. was first accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for d.c.'s youth. >> i was left wondering how could this have happened? who is reviewing and approving those invoices and reports? was anyone at the trust questioning the expenditures and lack of documentation? >> reporter: graham talked about check after check that was issued from the children and trust corporation to langston 21 without proper documentation. you will remember langston 21 was funneling the money to thomas. the ceo of the children's trist, ellen lunden, was first to testify. because of a pending law enforcement investigation, she would not comment on the harry thomas fraud, which took place when she was vice president for the trust. and london did admit the standing policy to advance mean for grant. even without the paperwork. >> and the trust policy has been to start with an advance and make quarterly payments, depending on the length of the grant. >> uh-huh. >> and does that continue on today? >> yes, we do. >> before anything is done? >> correct. >> reporter: some came to defend and hopefully save the children's trust. lei have thompson and christopher jolly say as toonagers, they have mentoring and other benefits. >> it helped me with my life and i feel like i can help others with theirs. >> reporter: council member tommy wells said that his former colleague's abuse of power should not destroy a trust that helped so many. >> we can not let that kill off the program that serves the youth in the district of columbia that is pretty much irreplaceable. >> reporter: council member graham said after reviewing some of the documents from this case, he saw evident that lower staff members with the children's trust were basically saying why are we doing this, why are we issuing the checks? but the administrators, they were not stopping the checks from going out and this may not be the end of it, graham could call another special hearing to look into this harry thomas fraud and he could issue subpoenas forcing people to testify. >> we know you're going to stay on top of it. thank you. >> uh-huh. the virginia senate delayed a beat -- vote on the controversial house bill for another day. it would require women to have an external ultrasound before an abortion. the bill is a new version of the previous one requiring an invasive ultrasound. the senate killed its version of the bill last week. president obama hosted the nation's governors at the white house. he asked them to reconsider the funding when faced with the tight budgets. >> and we faced tough choices over the last few years. that is no excuse to lose sight of what matters most. the fact is that too many states are makes cuts to education that i believe are too big. >> and the president also pointed out the unemployment rate for college-educated americans is half the national average. coming up, the race for the white house heats up on the eve of two critical primaries for the gop candidates. the latest from the campaign trail. plus, the qu'ran controversy, the violence intensifies in afghanistan as questions are raised about the role of u.s. troops in the country. and wikileaks strikes again. this time a thinktank is in the cross harris of the whistle- blowing west side. and nice today. the question is are we going to have more of this for the rest of your workweek? a first look at the forecast is coming up. short answer is we'll have some of it but some rain is on the way, sue, we'll look at all of that while coming up. stay with us, the news will continue. >> republican presidential hopefuls aren't wasting a second on this primary eve. voters in arizona and michigan the cast their ballots tomorrow as we have seen in past contents, it's anybody's game. craig bosswell is watching the action and has the latest. >> reporter: the pressure is on in michigan as mitt romney and rick santorum traverse the case before the vote. for romney, it's a battle for his birth state. >> i'm running as a couple of guys in my primary are good guys, but spent their career in washington. washington has a culture of its own. >> reporter: recent polls show the former massachusetts governor has taken a slight lead in the state where his father was once a three-term governor but many polls are within the margin of error. he trailed rick santorum in recent weeks. for the former pennsylvania senator, it's a battle to maintain momentum after a trio of wince earlier this month. >> i need your help -- wins earlier this month. >> i need your help. tomorrow is a big day and could be a game-changing day. >> reporter: ron paul is campaigning in detroit and east lansing. >> people are sick and tired of the wars and they sick and tired of this weak economy right now. >> reporter: it's primary eve in arizona, too, where polls indicate romney holds a solid lead over santorum. arizona is key in the delegate count. it's a winner-take-all contest. meanwhile, newt gingrich continues his strategy of trying to win delegates by focusing on southern states voting in next week's super tuesday contest. today, he's in tennessee so. >> i think you can easily end up in a race that will go to the convention. >> reporter: a total of 59 delegates are up for grabs. the stakes are higher next week when voters in 10 states will cast ballots. in washington, craig bosswell, fox news. >> and. a fresh round of violence in afghanistan. the nato base was attacked with a suicide car bomb. the taliban claims it's revenge for u.s. troops burning copies of the qu'ran. in washington, there are big questions about what this means for the u.s. future and the future there. >> reporter: this happened in the city of jalalabad and comes on the heels of six days of deadly protest throughout afghanistan. by now, u.s. and afghan officialing hoped the intensities were beginning to die down. as evidented in this attack this morning, that is not happening. this was the scene on monday after bombers ran a car into the base in afghanistan killing nine against. this fter unrest in northern afghanistan. the seven u.s. troops were wounded after protestors started throwing grenades. the protest of the attacks are being fueled by anger over the disclosure and u.s. troops disposed of copies of the qurelationship-- qu'ran. >> the president expressed his condolences to the general for the loss of -- and to roars. >> reporter: president karzai continues to call for calm while the violence continues. >> it's time new to return to calm and keep, not to allow the enemies of the people of afghanistan. the enemies of peace and stability of the people of afghanistan to use this from this time and to bring danger, the properties of our people and our country. no audio]] no audio ] no audio ] no audio ] >> meantime, a national guard soldier from maryland is killed in afghanistan. the defense department said major robert mashanti of baltimore died saturday from wounds he received during an attack on the afghan entireior ministry in kabul. the 48-year-old enlisted in the army in 1984 and joined the maryland national guard two years later. he leaves behind a wife and four children. the "associated press" is reporting that millions of dollars from the white house is helping to pay for the surveillance of entire american muslim neighborhoods in new york. the ap said it got the information through secret police documents and interviews from the officials. the money is a part of the grant to cite drug crimes. the white house said it has no control over how the new york police department spends the grant mean. the whistle-blower website wikileaks is in the process of publishing millions of e-mails from stratfer. the founder announced the dump today at a news conference in london accusing the company of running a network of paid informants and making investments based on secret intelligence. appears the e-mail were stolen by the activist group anonymous in december when they hacked into the company's system. another gorgeous, winter day here. >> beautiful outside and i love the sunshine. that is chilly on you there the. what was the high? >> 63. >> that must have been in the shade. >> 63. >> oh, man. >> it's great. >> and cooler tomorrow. we're talking lower 50s for highs tomorrow. >> okay. >> and a little bit breezy and some rain coming up. might be warm or thursday. i'm getting ahead of myself and check out what is going. you saw the tower camera there and all of the sunshine. isn't it nice the sun is staying up higher in the sky and the days are getting longer and longer and won't be long before we're able to change the clocks and we get more sunshine. this is what it looks like with satellite and radar. we had a patch of cloud comes through today and that is about it. i'm going to fly all the way to florida. if you have been keeping up with this and you a nascar fan, you know the daytona 500 didn't run yesterday. the first time ever this thing has been postponed and there is --y that supposed to run it at 7:00 tonight and you look back to the showers and to the west of daytona beach, and there is a chance that this is not going to go off at 7:00 as scheduled with those showers and thunderstorms just to the west of daytona. and that is kind of drifting in that direction. again, if you're a nascar fan, the weather could be playing another important role in the race for later on this evening. they may have to postpone it again. 63 and holding here in town. gaithersburg is 63 as well. quantico, 67. leonardtown cooler there and temperatures in the upper 50s. nice at 7:00, 56 degrees fair skies at 9, fair skies at 11. temperatures will be getting into the 30s tonight and we could have a couple of upper 20s in the suburbs and most of us should stay in the mid-on to lower 30s overnight tonight and rain is in the picture this week and we'll talk about that and cooler into tomorrow. laura, what car are you routeing for? in daytona -- are you roots for in daytona? >> i don't know. i don't know anything about nascar. >> nor do i. [ laughter ] >> i'm rooting for it to happen. >> i think a lot of people are rooting for it to happen. there are a lot of nascar fans out there. >> i know there are and they rabid fans, too. >> yeah. >> i'm embarrassed to say i know nothing about nascar and i need tutors. all right, gary, thanks. we'll see you son. check the weather any time with the fox five weather app. go to the app store and download it on your smart phone. it's getting more and more expensive to fill your tank. coming up, why aaa believes our area could be hit hard by the rising gas prices. and find out why the mild winter could mean far less damage to your vehicle this spring. and if you have a story idea, we want to invite to you call the fox 5 tipline, 202895- 3,000 or send us an e-mail to [email protected]. g.com. ? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. way to go, neil. . >> well, when it comes to gas prices, aaa mid-atlantic believes our area will be the hotspot in the coming months. we could have the highest prices in the entire country, as much as $4.25 a gallon by the spring. aaa blames the conflict with iran, speculation and the closure of two philadelphia refineries for the rising prices. right now, the national average is $3.70. in the district, the drivers are paying $3.84; $3.68 in maryland and $3.62 in virginia. there is good news for drivers. fewer potholes are jolting your cars, thanks to a mild winter. d-dot is reporting a 22% drop. the district usually steps up the work to fix the roads, well, they may not be as busy this year. aaa warns they should still watch out for road crews at work. coming up, stem cells are providing new hope for women struggling to get pregnant. dr. oz joining us live at the bottom of the hour with all of the details. and why one group is recommending the hpv vaccine for young boys. and we're following a tragic story out of california. new details about the school fight that left a young girl dead. we'll be right back. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tuches look big? what's in your wallet? are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. . >> some important health news to share this evening. it could be a major breakthrough for women who struggle to get pregnant. new research shows stem cells could help produce new eggs. dr. oz joins us live from new york with the details. dr. oz, a few topics to talk about tonight. thanks for being with us. we want to start with the stem cell news. we're talking about stem cells and ovaries which may grow new eggs. what is the finding here and what does this mean for women facing infertility issues? >> it's a big breakthrough. we went through most of the century believing the ovaries of the women once they born will only lose eggs and not make eggs. this is what women believes, and old doctors believe it tooing dobma as well. when we look carefully enough to every other organ in the body, there are the stem cells that can give rise to new tissue and that is how we recover from the new jersey. the ovaries have the ability to make periodically new