Know about it . Today our Kristin Fisher spoke with the stepfather of the surviving roommate. About 1 00 in the morning he called to say that he had been shot. Reporter minutes after making that phone call from a neighbors house 22yearold neal oa was wheeled into an ambulance. Hed been shot in the back of the leg while running away from his roommate dayvon green. I guess hed always been a little bit different. He would have kind of highs and lows, ups and downs. Reporter but he never thought dayvon was capable of killing a roommate and shooting another before turning the gun on himself and he and his stepson have no idea why he did it. Stunned to say the least, shocked, didnt really believe it. Reporter neal is recovering at his familys home in frederick. He still has a bullet in his leg but physically is expected to make a full recovery. Its his emotional state his family is so worried about. Hes still pretty upset about it, you know, got a lot of things to work through, a lot of emotions to work through. I think hes mostly thankful that obviously he survived. Reporter police say he likely survived because he ran away. He just told him to keep an eye, just to look back. He saw the gun come out of his pocket and he knew for whatever reason he had to run. Reporter neal ran and lived, but his other roommate stephen rane stayed and died. As bad astable, we cant imagine how the other as we feel, we cant imagine how bad the other families are feeling. Just makes us sick to our stomachs. We get cheeked up with what ifs. Neal choked up with what ifs. Neal was pretty close to putting us in that exact same spot. Its a miracle he survived it. Neals family says hell go back to college park when hes fully recovered. They say they have no hard feels toward the university and dont think theres any way this tragedy could have been avoided. Prince georges county police now say an offduty sheriffs deputy shot and killed a burglary suspect at his home last night at the deputys home in ft. Washington on rose marie drive. The deputy came home to find his front door damaged, went inside and found a burglar. The deputy told police he feared for his life, so etch shot the intruder. The man so he shot the intruder. The man ran outside, collapsed and died. Homicide investigators are investigating this incident. Preliminary investigations suggest the homeowner returns home and interrupts a burglary in progress. That deputy is with the alexandria sheriffs office. Hes been placed on leave pending the outcome of this investigation. Republicans say the proposals president obama laid out in his state of the Union Address would mean bigger government and higher taxes. To get anything done the president will need lawmakers to act and he hit the road today to get the public behind him. Tara merger with more from capitol hill. Reporter the president is on the road following last nights state of Union Address to generate public support and enthusiasm for his second term agenda. President obama visited a company that makes engine blocks and wheel axles on the outskirts of asheville, north carolina, to promote his plan to revitalize american manufacturing. I believe in manufacturing. I think it makes our country stronger. Reporter volvo used to own this factory but shut its doors during the recession. A canadian manufacturer took over the plant to produce parts like caterpillar but had a hard time finding qualified workers. No job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesnt have the right skills to get that nobody, nobody. Reporter the president is asking congress to fund the training for 2 million workers so they can get the advanced skills to land new manufacturing jobs. Army veteran kurt fulmer is getting the kind of training the president is talking about. Hoping to get my Associates Degree in computer integrated machining and get a job here in asheville. Reporter fulmer is involved in a local Community College course to help the business expand, but congress is not warming up to another government program. Higher taxes and more stimulus spending. Reporter the gop says the best way to create more manufacturing jobs is with fewer regulations and lower taxes. There is also a big social media push. Tomorrow the president will hold a google hangout where he is expected to take questions from an online audience. Also during last nights state of the Union President obama promised to bring home half of the american troops in afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid karzai says its time his Country Security forces take over, but some analysts say when the u. S. Pulls out the war torn country will once again be overrun with violence. The burned remains found in a cabin where Police Believe they cornered christopher dorner, the exl. A. Cop wanted for a killing spree earlier in the month. Police believe they tracked him down yesterday to the cabin near californias big bear ski area and during a furious shootout one law officer was killed and another wounded. The cabin caught fire, burned down. In the basement officers found a charred body and reportedly found id belonging to dorner. The Virginia StateSenate Passed its version of a plan to raise money for roads, bridges and mass transit and it tiffs a lot from the plan passed differs a lot from the plan passed by the house of delegates and the governor. The plan raises the tax on gasoline rather than eliminates it. The bill heads to the house, then likely a Conference Committee and both chambers will try to hammer out a deal and the governor has to sign on as well. No answers on drones, no confirmation, the threat from congressman rand paul to cia director nominee john brennan. Pauls concern . Drone strikes against u. S. Citizens within the united states. The kentucky congressman says he will do whatever it takes to delay brennans confirmation until he addresses the legality of the issue of drones. At 7 00 its happening at offices, in the bedroom, even on some news sets were told. Well introduce you to the harlem shake. Its a little scary at 7 00. Must not be a dance. Maybe it is. Maybe its not. Still ahead this half hour we learned more about the design for somebody who can get you up and make you dance. This is the chuck brown memorial atlantic tonight at 8 00 its the 90 minute premier of the 26th season. Survivor hits fans versus favorites. D. C. Contestants john cochran and Laura Alexander will be part of it all. Today is ash wednesday. With that Pope Benedict the 16th delivered his final public mass. Catholics packed st. Peters pa silica to get one last look at the basilica to get one last look at the retiring pontiff. Thousands gave him a standing ovation at the end of todays services. Right now the st. Georges Episcopal Church is offering ashes at the virginia Square Metro Plaza in arlington as part of the churchs ashes to go program. Church officials were out there this morning as well offering ashes to anyone who wanted them. He is the young boy whose story has gripped the country. For six long days Ethan Kirkland was held hostage in an underground bunker. A short time ago right here on wusa9 ethan and his mom spoke with dr. Phil. Heard that he had been rescued, how did they tell you . What did they say . I was outside the church and they kept telling me to come on in, that they had something to tell us and they showed everybody else out. Thats when they said that ethan had been recovered. I didnt know how to act. I mean it was the happiest moment of my entire life. Ethan was talking about his bus driver shot and killed by jimmy lee dykes before he kidnapped ethan. After six days in the bunker agents gained entry and were able to shoot and kill dykes. Reporter this is Bruce Johnson and this is the d. C. Family homeless shelter. Nearly 600 children live inside this building. Coming u there are nearly 600 children living in the districts homeless shelter. Bruce johnson reports theres no single reason for this, but the shortage of supply of Affordable Housing seems to be the biggest reason. Reporter ramika minimum Minnick Minnick and her 7 yearold son live in the shelter. Hes been on the honor role every year. Reporter proud of her son, no way proud where they live, the father incarcerated. Before they found room at the shelter, they remember on the streets. I was living at train stations sitting outside. Reporter its located on the grounds of what was d. C. General hospital. The men and women didnt want their faces and names used. Would you . Your family got put out where you were staying or renting i guess. Yes. Reporter how long have you been here . Almost a year. Ive been working since ive been here. Reporter there are 287 families inside the city shelter, only one vacancy. 596 of the residents inside here are children. You have how many children . Four. Reporter and a husband . Yes. Reporter who has a job . Yes. Reporter you all live in the shelter. So were spending more money this year than we did last year. The issue ultimately is how do you create a permanent situation . Reporter mayor gray said today the goal is three months stay here, another 59 families now housed in local hotels awaiting space at the family shelter. We are moving families out. The issue, of course, is Affordable Housing. Reporter most, if not all of these families, with children have government subsidies to help pay rent. A lot dont have job skills or the education. Thats right. So even if we had a lot more low cost apartments, wed still have to be either subsidizing rent or being able to help those families to get jobs. Reporter they know what its like to hit bottom. Where do you think youll be a week from now, a month from now . I really dont know. I really dont know. Im trying to move out, get a job. Im trying to better myself. Reporter you wouldnt wish their circumstances on anyone or anyone elses children. Bruce johnson, wusa9. The d. C. Housing Department Tells wusa9 there are nearly 70,000 families on the list for public and privately subsidized housing. Mayor gray says the homeless will be included in the 100 million hes adding to funding for Affordable Housing. Advocates say the city needs to do even more. Were learning more tonight about what the memorial to chuck brown will look like at langdon park. Michael marshall and his firm designed the space to celebrate and show case local talent. The chuck brown memorial is an intimate music pavilion that would fit inside the park in northeast. Its really about d. C. Its really about how we can help to contribute to their growth and to their innovation and music and its the type of thing that chuck brown lived for. Thats what he did. Some neighbors sounded off about loud music coming from the area, but marshalls firm plans to build a manmade hill to help keep the noise inside the pavilion. It wouldnt be a memorial to chuck brown if there wasnt some music involved. Yes. Good music. Even if you have a venue like that, they usually shut it down at 11 00, so its like theyre going to 4 00. It will work. 48 the high today, temperatures falling and the rain turning to snow north and west of town but primarily a wet commute home. Lets start with a love look outside, our michael and son weather cam. A live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. Temperatures are down to 40 at national, winds north, northeast 13. The area of low pressure is getting offshore giving us those north, northeast winds and thats what nor easters do, brings us a little colder air, but temperaturewise its still above freezing. 35 in germantown snowing, 37 ashburn, a mix, 37 dulles with a mix, 37 fairfax, 40 in arlington, 40 downtown, 39 college park and 307 at andrews. Not compact 37 at andrews, not exactly arctic air pouring in. Heres radar, gradually less green, more magenta and white, the snow moving in. Well zoom in a bit. Were still looking at a little mixture. As you go up 270 essentially past rockville getting closer moving down 270 and out toward fairfax and Loudoun County, a little sleet mixing in as well, but with temperatures above freezing its going to be hard to accumulate. Got a report out in round hill in western Loudoun County, a little bit on the grass. Its about all we can celebrate this winter. Wet drive home, no accumulations in the immediate metro area, some snow well north and west, temperatures still above freezing and north and west a trace to maybe an inch mainly on the grasses out toward round hill and maybe leesburg and gaithersburg and frederick, but thats about it, not looking for a big system. Heres a look at futurecast. 6 00 tonight mixture, gaithersburg north pretty good. Well advance it 8 30. Now were to i95 north and west with snow, heaviest precipitation moving off because the storm is pushing out to sea. By 10 00 maybe still leftover snow, essentially north and west of i95. You folks in southern maryland, looks like all rain la plata south and a little mixture into 11 30 maybe for annapolis briefly and boom, its gone. We see clearing skies as we get into the Early Morning hours. So 28 to 36 tonight, rain and or snow ending before midnight, no accumulate in the metro, wind northwest 10 to 15. Morning pretty nice, partly cloudy, cold. I could see a couple slick spots way out toward Frederick County and Loudoun County early, otherwise temps in the 30s and 40s and high temps around 50, partly cloudy, pleasant, light jacket a good idea, dont need a heavy coat. Next three days 9 weather alert green, terrific thursday, afternoon showers possible friday but a small price to pay, if 54 for the high. Snow showers are possible saturday, temperatures essentially steady, highs near 40. Next seven days even colder sunday, temperatures in the low 30s, snow showers still possible and it still appears a storm will develop out to sea. Then were 50 again on monday, rain, 50 tuesday, a little colder wednesday and a slight chance rain could end in snow tuesday night. Lets send things down to florida and dave owens live at nationals Training Camp where its got to be really warm. Reporter ladies and gentlemen, welcome to nats spring training. Welcome to viera, florida, where the temperature is by the way, wait for it, 84 degrees. This is tough duty, isnt it . Were talking nats. Were talking new guys and some of now heres dave owens at the wusa9 cadillac sports desk. Well, if you ask mike rizzo what this team needed in the offseason, it wouldnt take him long to get to the words leadoff man no. Disrespect to bernadina and werth and even bryce harper. Theyre not prototypical leadoff gain. Denard span is. Hes got some good quicks, too 38 doubles a year ago. This is video of him in minnesota because thats all hes ever known, a decade there, but now its a new home and a new team. I feel like the new kid on the first day of School Meeting everybody for the first time and trying to put faces with names and i met Stephen Strasburg for the first time today, tried to play it low key, big fan of his. Tried to play smooth and cool. Reporter hes a big fan of his. Arent we all . In a couple days well see the rest of the full squad as they get in here on friday. Prognosticators feel this could be a World Championship team. We shall see. Meanwhile, the workout today was pretty much light by the time our cameras got here. Not a lot of activity but much more in the coming days. A few guys that we caught up with say they hear all the world series talk and hey, they like it. Theres a different perception of us outside the clubhouse, but i think one thing thats been amazing is weve been consistent inside. We know what we can do and what we need to do to be successful. To be able to be part of it from the start this year is something im really looking forward to. Were creating something special. Reporter a reminder weve partnered up, wusa9, with the midatlantic Sport Network and the nats. Youll be able to see 20 games here on 9 including the home opener and Season Opener april 1st against the marlins. The nats not the only d. C. Team making noise. Break up the caps. They pulled off a twogoal comeback and got themselves a win streak, first time this season theyve won two in a row. The hero last night troy brouwer, sixth goal of the season. Caps go for three straight at tampa thursday. Time for our high school poll, a lot of good games to choose from, Catholic High School powerhouse dematha hosting mcnamara. Go to usatodayhighschoolsports. Com to vote. That is day one for us at nats spring training and as you know, ladies, when it get hot, it rains. I think its about to storm right now. Back to you in the studio. You just sit there and dont you complain about your 84 degrees down in florida. Thats it for us. The cbs evening news is next. Derek is back at 7 00. Good night, everybody. Look, you he copd likme, you kn it cabe hard to eathe,n. Copdspirivhelps ntrol onchi copd mptomsa. Likme, open f 24 hos. Ys ira handihal tiotriummenthat do. Omide inhation pder llooue urinatin orve dnan enlargeprosta. ,ms these y wors with spira. Stop ting spiva and se immediate dical lp. Yr breathin suddenly wsens, visionhangesr eye pain or problempassinurine. 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