Christopher dorner. He is the exl. A. Cop wanted for murder. On tuesday dorner tied up a couple and stole their car. They were able to call police 25 minutes later and dorner was spotted. After a chase he barricaded himself inside that cabin. A gunfight started. One officer was killed in that. Four hours later the cabin went up in flames. Next week we could finally learn whats going on behind closed doors in the chandra levy case. A judge has agreed to release part of the hearings. There is a witness from 2010 that helped convict Ingmar Guandique of the murder. Massive budget cuts will take place in the federal government on march 1. If it happens, thousands of federal workers will either go on furlough or lose their jobs and the Washington Area economy will be devastated. There are plans to avoid it. The democrats on the hill presented theirs yesterday. Gary nurenberg has more. Reporter we keep hearing how bad it will. One day a week furloughs for up to 800,000 civilian pentagon employees. Friday the navy is expected to announce it will postpone the repair of almost 20 dozen ships threatening tens of thousands of jobs in virginia alone and those repairs . If we dont do that, we are sending a ship out in harms way that is may not be as fit to fight as it should be. Heres how we avoid it. Reporter virginia tim kaine is among Senate Democrats proposing an all terptive. Alternative plan. Spending cuts coming from the elimination of some farm subsidies and half in new taxes. As you know the speaker has said president obama has received his revenue and is not going to get any more. The democrats could say we cut spending and were not going to cut anymore. If republicans say there will never be another dollar of revenue and democrats say there will never be another dollar of cuts then were not going to solve the problem. Another way for washington to kick the can down the road. You know, its funny that every time washington is just about to actually cut spending, somebody wants to postpone it and to raise taxes. Reporter the conservative Group Freedom works says the harm of sequestration cults has been over cuts has been overstated. In fact it will be less than the Amount Congress just spent on one bill, the sandy hurricane bill. So the odds are very good that nobody is even going to notice these changes. Reporter local Business Leaders disagree saying sequester would have a devastating impact on the Washington Area economy. If they get a deal, they can stop it. If not, it happens in two weeks. Gary nurenberg, wusa9. Republicans have blocked chuck hagels nomination to become the next defense secretary, at least for now. The senate came up two votes short for the 60 needed to move the nomination forward. Republicans argued they needed more time. They say hes too controversial to be confirmed only days after getting through a committee on a party line vote. Democrats say the republicans are just dragging their feet so they can look for more information to bring him down. He made headlines as the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. Later today Oscar Pistorius goes before a judge to formally be charged with murder. Hes charged with killing his super model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. She was shot four times in his house. Police dismissed earlier reports that steenkamp surprised pistorius and he thought she was an intruder. There had previously been incidents at the home of Oscar Pistorius. He made olympic history last summer when he became the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. Astronomers will be glued to their telescopes as a large asteroid flies past the earth. Theyll probably do a little ducking, too. These are illustrations of the asteroid called da14. The 150 meter diameter rock is going to pass so close to earth later this afternoon, it will be even closer than some satellites. Nasa says it will be the best opportunity ever to monitor a near miss by an object so large and learn more about asteroid path prediction. But again, no need to worry. Nasa Scientists Say it will definitely not hit us. That is a good thing. Astronomers say an as stroid this size would cause an explosion equivalent to a two and a half megaton bomb. Wow. 4 35. Coming up at 4 53, meet the fredricksburg couple that won 217 million in power ball. Speaking of money, if you notice the nice bump in your 401 k , youre not alone. Jessica is watching your money. Shell explain coming up at 4 40. The weekend is just about here. Its going to be colder. Howard has your forecast right after the welcome back. 4 38 on this friday morning. Mild day but get ready for a cold weekend. A cold front will arrive late this afternoon. Well get up to the mid50s first but showers ahead of the cold front. Snow showers flying starting tonight. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. Monika, over you to. On the northbound side of 395 things look good here at duke street. Its nice and quiet. You can see all lanes are open. Its friday morning light. Right up to the line ever the 14th street bridge. Metro should open on time as well this morning. But expect slow going if you plan to use it this president s day weekend. Track work will take place on the orange, blue, red and green line. Passengers can expect up to 50 minute delays on the orange line trains will not run between stadium armory and cheverly and on the blue line between stadiumarmory and largo town center. On saturday no service it greenbelt and college park on the green line. On the red line trains will single track between rhode island avenue and tacoma and metro will operate on a friday schedule this president s day monday. 4 39. Time for the first your money segment of the morning. Jessica is here with the headlines. Were talking one of the food groups that lands in every dish in our house. Were talking about mergers and acquisitions. Thats mate major theme on wall street. Were shaping up to have the biggest activity since 2007. On thursday we had American Airlines and u. S. Airways announcing an 11 billion, an Investment Group buying heinz but the flurry of deals did not impress wall street. Stocks barely budged. The dow fell nine and a half points to close just under 14,000 at 13,973. Nasdaq inched up nearly 2 points and the s p 500 gained a little more than a point. Back to the heinz deal. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has teamed up with 3g capital to buy h. J. Heinz. Theyre working with a Brazilian Group of investors on the deal but the takeover has to be approved by heinz shareholders. Investors continue to have faith in their 401 k retirement funds. Balances reached record highs last year with an average balance of just over 77,000. Stock market gains accounted for about twothirds of this increase while onethird came from workers increasing their 401 k contributions. Toyota will pay millions as part of its settlement for its safety recalls. The japanese automaker will pay 29 million to 29 states and american sow samoa. American samoa. Toyota promised to deal more quickly with customer complaints. We still have been seeing recalls from toyota even in the wake of the big problems that theyve been having. There still seems to be some legacy issue there is. Theyre trying to sell cars because they have new lease deals they never had before and there are commercials every four seconds for toyota. Theyre back to being the worlds biggest automaker. They topped g. M. Again. We had that back and forth going on for a while but theyre on top now. It is 4 41. Imagine waking up this morning and funding your own 401 k completely. 136 million check in your account. Its a dream for most of us but coming up next, youll meet the virginia couple whose most extraffic gant dream extravagant dreams are now coming true. Well e bity well be good morning. Welcome back to wusa9. 4 44. Its friday. Thats got news. Here he is, a little tease, howard bernstein. Were going to get a little mild weather today but back in the deep freeze over the weekend. The caps won, two on the road. They figured it out. Maybe theyre turning the corner after a rough start. Were excited about that. Its friday. We have a decent start to the day. Maybe not the most decent weekend. Lets get you going with a look at the day plan other this friday morning. We dont have the ice like we had yesterday morning. Thats not growing to be a problem. Temperatures will be climbing into the low 50s by noon. I think we could get 55, 56 this afternoon before some showers late this afternoon moving from west to east. Maybe 3 00 or 10 toward the shenandoah valley, 5 00, 6 00 here in d. C. Is bah im thinking right what im thinking right now. Showers around tonight, potentially changing to snow showers. We could get a dusting to an inch north of town. Notice the clouds north and west of us this morning. We had rain and snow showers north of us and moved toward new england. Theres no precip around. Dont worry about that. Looks like a lot of frost on the car windshield for you folks that park outside. 28 in cumberland. Look where the clouds are. Low to mid30s now. Thats a lot warmer than weve seen it. Thats not much different than what we have down south in roanoke and richmond where theyre 30. 26 in nokesville as we look around to 28 in germantown. College park is 30. 33 up in columbia. Waldorf is 36 with Upper Marlboro and alexandria 34. Outside a nice looking morning. Good visibility out there. Weve got temps running the upper 30s, but it feels like low 30s with a south wind at 7 miles an hour. Out ahead of the front, winds south and southwesterly. Once that front pushes through, the winds go west to authority west and will turn a lot colder. Were watching the Northern Branch of the jet stream continuing to bring these little disturbances our way and keep us a little bit on the cold side. Southern branch, look at all the moisture coming across florida right out of the gulf of mexico. Meantime weve got to watch this next system which is coming here. Notice the showers starting to build, southern illinois. Snow showers up in michigan. That system is what were going to be watching for later on today and tonight. By lunch time, well see snow showers breaking out of the mountains of west virginia. Might be just getting in toward Garrett County then. Be cold enough for snow showers there but by 5 00, notice d. C. West, especially west as you get toward areas in the blue ridge, we could be talking about some heavier showers with that front at 5 00. That will be with us tonight. By 8 00, notice the pink. Thats maix of rain and snow. Mix of rain and snow, maybe going to snow in a few areas. But like the other night, it will be too warm at the surface to have anything sticking but near the maryland border, you have a chance to pick up that inch or so of snow. By midnight things pulling away. Tomorrow we start dry but look whats going to happen. Well see an area of precip redevelop out to the southwest and southeast. Coastal areas, as we get into saturday night and sunday, the models are hinting there can be a decent storm just develop willing here developing here. If youre going to ocean city, dont be surprised if theyre snowing and were clear to partly cloudy. In new england if this cranks, snowy could be a very snowy day across new england. What well get out of that, quite a bit of winds and colder air coming behind it. Today 56 with the late showers. 34 tonight. There will be snow showers around, dusting to perhaps an inch. Better chance of that north of d. C. A blustery day with snow showers, 38 tomorrow. Another day with snow showers around at times on sunday. Only 32. Even windier. I think we could have gusts 25 to 30 miles an hour on sunday. Monday gets milder for president s day, 45. Rain on tuesday, 48. Hopefully no ice tuesday morning. And then back in sunshine and 45 by wednesday. It is friday. Were all smiling about that, monika samtani. My goodness, yes. What a week its been. On the westbound side of the dulles toll road between hunter mill road and Fairfax County parkway, there was overniewx construction and overnight construction and periodically they were closing the lanes. They should be clearing that up. No problems from the northbound side of i95. Lets go live now as you travel in virginia on the northbound side of 95. This is what it looks like early on a friday morning. Pretty much every friday morning so thats nice. Lets go back over to the maps. If youre planning to head southbound on 270, the beltway north of town, no problems insides the beltway at all the bridges across the potomac and even the an anacostia river. Well go to a live picture on our traffic camera. Here route 50 to annapolis on the beltway volumes are still light. Thank you, monika. It is 4 48. Heres a story that may really touch a nerve, especially if youre annoyed by people who text and drive. A Fairfax County teenager was killed in 2011. A man texting behind the wheel was the reason and received no punishment. But as Andrea Mccarren reports, the tragedy has led to a virginia law that is now pending. Ill never be as happy as i was ever again. Reporter in a matter of seconds, kyle rowley went from being a 19yearold College Student with so much to live for. Its really tough. Reporter to an abrupt and violent death. You dont come back from Something Like this. Reporter driving home from his summer job in 2011, kyles car ran out of gas. He turned on his hazards and tried to push it off the road. Losing a son is the worst thing. Reporter cell phone records revealed that a driver right behind him sent and received multiple Text Messages right up until the crash. He plowed into kyle killing him instantly. He wasnt drinking anything, but he did not apply the brakes or swerve. He just plowed straight into him without any defensive actions. Reporter the rowleys nightmare was about to get worse. Its unbelievable to learn that it was a secondary offense and it was a 25 fine. It was just a pathetic miscarriage of justice. Reporter as a secondary offense in virginia, police can only charge drivers who are texting if they pulled them over for something else. Texting while driving is already a primary offense in maryland and d. C. One study found that drivers would text are 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash. I was floored. I couldnt believe it. We talked to so many people who said if you lived in new york, this would have been murder. You hit somebody, you kill somebody, end of story. Reporter the driver was injured in the crash and said he didnt remember anything. Now the virginia General Assembly has a law thats now pending which makes texting and driving a primary offense with a mandatory fine of 250. But it wont bring back kyle whose little sister is left without a sibling. Thats hard. When people ask if you have siblings, because i never really know what to say. Reporter so next time you reach for your phone while youre driving, think of kyle and the text message that can wait. Right after kyle died, i was so angry. If you look to your left, lieu to your right, youre going you look to your right, youre going to see somebody texting. I seen saw somebody with their whole ipad on their lap. He was a good brother, really funny and nice to me and stuff and i miss that. As time goes on i feel more sad for him not being able to live his full life. Reporter in Fairfax County, Andrea Mccarren, wusa9. If virginias texting and driving bill does become law as is expected, it would go into effect july 1. The rowleys see it as a step in the right direction but hope for even tougher penalties including jail time. Only four states in the country including virginia consider texting while driving a secondary offense. For a breakdown of the laws by state, you can check out a chart we posted on our website wusa9. Com. Moms from across the country delivered a message to congress on valentines day. Have a heart. The group called moms rising delivered a petition about gun violence. They are demanding that congress act quickly to pass new gun control laws. Yesterdays event was held at Lutheran Church on capitol hill. Several Congress Women attended along with survivors of gun violence. Lawmakers banned together to hold a concert to bring attention to a horrific statistic. One in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during their lifetime. The National Organization for women and other womens groups took part in an event called the one bill rising event. The event was held on the ath anniversary of b day, a Global Movement to end violence against women and girls. Well, if youre looking for a used car, you can get one dirt cheap from nancy and david honeywell. Theirs is 13 years old with 170 miles and theyre ready to unload it for something new. They came into some money. A power ball jackpot worth 217 million. They collected their big check in richmond yesterday. The honeywells live in fredricksburg and both work for the department of defense. They used to commute to fort meade in maryland. Nearly 30 years with the federal government long enough they say. Able to retire. I cant tell you the feeling of that. Not to have to do that commute. The biggest thing is to be able to enjoy our family. They opted for the lump sum, hefty 136 million after taxes. Earlier this week Pope Benedict xvi announced hes leaving the papacy because of his health. Coming up in the 5 00 hour, find out what the pontiff plans to do once he leaves at the end of this month. It is 4 54. Time for the question of the morning. Theres a new survey out that says this is the most romantic movie of all time. What is it . A, pretty woman, b, casablanca, or c, titanic . Give us some thoughts. Post your answers on our facebook fan page. Well share some of your responses in about 30 minutes. Welcome back. 4 56. No icy problems except maybe on your windshield a. Mild day. Well make it up into the mid 50s but late this afternoon, we have rain showers moving in. Its going to change to a little bit of snow shower activity overnight as much colder air moves in for the weekend. So get ready for that. Get ready for that commute also. Heres monika with more. Looks like there maybe an accident on the northbound side of 395 north of glebe road beyond this camera shot. Watch out for two lanes blocked on the northbound side. Ill keep you posted. Back to you. Thanks, monika. It was a busy week here at wusa9 but we sure had a lot of fun too. We know its hard to see every minute of our newscast so heres some of the weeks best moments. Enjoy. Fantastic. Anything goes. We are jamming here. I love icing more than anything. Tlc for the flowers and tlc for our valentine. Awkward. There he is. Oh, my favorite . Your favorite. Can you woo woo woo oh, my this is the greatest thing in the world right here. We hope you enjoyed that little taste of what you missed last week. Dont miss any more. Stick with us right now. We thank you for watching wusa9 at 5 00 a. M. Im andrea roane. Im mike hydeck. We asked Jeffrey Osborne to come back every monday but he said hes a little busy. Monika, good morning. Happy friday. Mr. Bernstein, what are we looking at this weekend . I need so much help dancing. He was wooing off the side. Much colder air moving in. We have a cold front come. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny, 50 degrees. Were going to be well into the 50s, mid50s today. Then over the weekend, you know, it is the middle of february. I dont want you to forget that. If you put kind of that heavy coat away, get it out. Youre going to need it, especially on sunday. Some of us are going to see a little bit of snow as well. Heres a look at that day planner. We start in the 30s. A few upper 20s but were going to make a run toward 50 by even late this morning. Winds will be west and southwest ahead of the front turning more northwesterly behind the front late this afternoon. Headed to the