>> we think the folks are going to represent the values. >> we are going to get a lot of delegates in miss list and alabama. >> mitt romney won the wyoming caucuses saturday. rick santorum took a win in kansas. right now romney with 454. twice as many as santorum, gingrich and ron paul combined. a university of maryland college park student is in custody after allegedly posting threatening comments on the internet. 19-year-old alexander song reportedly posted he will quote be on a shooting rampage on campus. police arrested him yesterday and charged him. he was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. gunfire at an i hop in northwest dc ends with pun man shot in the cholesterol. now police are looking for whoever pulled the trigger. a fight between two groups of customers led to this shooting. the victim is expected to survive. now police are looking for two people who were at the store on 14th and irving. the first one is a man, african-american with dread locks, wearing green pants. police say he was seen leaving the restaurant with a light-skinned african-american woman of heavy build. if you have any information, call police. yesterday marked the one year anniversary of jana murray. >> reporter: hew murray -- hue murray made a bittersweet appearance where his sister was stabbed to death and murdered by a coworker one year ago. >> my wife and i decided to come to dc and we ran the race she has run in the past. >> reporter: her parents were too upset to come. but they sent this arrangement. >> my parents and my brother and his family stayed in the houston area and went to the gravesite, had a service this morning there. >> reporter: some of her friends brought flowers, too. >> i want them to see people loved who she was. loved who she was. >> reporter: the small gathering was meant to remember and honor the young woman. >> it was very lively. everybody in there was full of life. >> reporter: coworker britney norwood was convicted of murdering jane na and trying to cover-up the fact by claiming the pair had been sexually assaulted by two masked men who broke into the store. >> all of the events of that night are so etched in our minds you start to re-live all of those moments. yet that is important. with pain comes release. >> reporter: even though today marks the one year anniversary of the murder, the folks who placed the flowers and balloons hearsay they did it to celebrate her life. they are inviting anyone who wants to do the same to join the celebration. britney norwood is now serving a life sentence for the murder. he denied communion to a woman at her mother's funeral because she is a lesbian. now a local priest is on administrative leave. in a statement sunday the washington archdiocese says father marquel gorm has been relieved of his duties until an investigation in this case. she was denied communion at the funeral of her mom. johnson's family issued a statement saying they hope the church's actions will ensure that others will not suffer the same treatment. japan marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami. cbs's monica aczar has more. >> reporter: in somber ceremonies people remembered the devastation they witnessed one year ago. this country survived a disaster that killed nearly 20,000 people. he says it is a symbolic place. mourners nationwide observed a moment of silence at the exact moment the earthquake hit the country. and when the tsunami hit it unleashed a wall of water that washed away whole neighborhoods. some victims are reliving the pain a year later. the tsunami was so big it dragged this massive ship into the middle of the city. it has been a year and people here haven't decided if they want the ship turned into a memorial or they want it to be hauled away survivors near the nuclear plant wore protective suits. the tsunami caused the reactors to meltdown and scattered radiation across the area. two of her family members have not been found. >> i juan even able to search. i'm so sad. >> reporter: loved ones resting places may be cleansed but the hurt won't easily wash away. only two of japan's 54 nuclear reactors are running. they are expected to close at the end of the month. that means japan could be without nuclear power during the peak summer season. cross border fighting between forces in the gaza strip and israel is in its fourth day, with no signs of letting up. militants have fired dozens of rockets at israeli towns. all but two, a boy and a farmer, are believed to be militants. egypt has failed to end the worst violence in more than a year. the israeli defense minister says the rocket attacks were from two small groups. even though three out of four teams lost their conference tournaments. they'll be in the ncaa tournaments. loyola's first trip since 1994. coming up at 4:41. gas prices continue to go higher and higher. at 4:51 the greatest threat to your child's health may be the stairs inside your home. >> reporter: it is 4:40. daylight savings time. i know it feels like 3:40, but get up and get moving. we have sunshine this morning. clouds roll in this afternoon. cool for the start, temperatures by 1:00 in the low 60s. toward 70 if not the upper 60s, south southwest winds at 10, showers tonight full forecast in just a few minute. now monika with a look at timesaver traffic. >> reporter: i-95 all lanes are open. southern maryland wood yard road an accident east of branch avenue. coming up in my next report we will take a look at 66. thank you monika. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. jessica doyle? >> a beautiful look on wall street. let's hope the markets come along. the federal reserve has a monthly meeting tomorrow. it is expected to keep short-term interest rates unchanged. we have retail sales, jobless claims and the consumer price index. positive news about the greek debt crisis. the u.s. economy added 227,000 jobs in february. the unemployment rate remained at 8.3%. the dow stands this morning at 12922, out of 14 points in trade go on friday. the nasdaq was up 18 points and the s and p-5 hundred was better by about 5. the national average has jumped 12 cents in just the past two weeks. according to the lindburgh survey, the average for a gallon of regular is $3.81 a gallon nationwide. denver had the lowest average at $3.36. los angeles the highest at $4.35. here $3.71 in virginia, $3.81 in maryland and 4-dz in the district. apple's new ipad is expected to give a bigger boost to verizon wireless. analysts predict between 3 and 4 million units will be sold. that is because the ipad is designed to work on lte. verizon wireless is an lt enetwork covers more than 200 million potential customers, more than double at&t. americans are buying viewer video games. retail sales of gaming systems and software tumbled to $1.06 billion. gamers are getting their content online instead of at traditional stores. >> online is really changing the world. it is. you can watch your tv shows, get your mail. >> even if you think at the price point, an app will cost you a buck, maybe five bucks, as opposed to $24 for a video game. thanks jess. we all know one of the most effective ways to fight cancer is chemotherapy. but it can have pretty painful side effects. researchers say they may be close to making the treatment less harmful. back with more and your weather first in two minutes. good morning, welcome back to 9news now. what a great sunday it was. oh, spectacular. we are going to have a flies warm up this week. yeah, average highs were like in the low to mid-50s. 54 today. we'll be running most of the week 15, 20, maybe 25 degrees above average. >> wow. i saw some pictures on facebook. cherry blossoms, even down by the tide al -- tidal basin, starting to come out. quite a lot of things are in bloom now, i guess the lawnmower is going to need to work soon. i bet we are mowing by the end of the month, mike. i know that look, i get it from my wife. weatherwise the bus stop forecast. >> this morning, you know, you are going to need a jacket in spots. we have some temperatures which are down, even into the 30s. so upper 30s. but the warm spots, with just a little more of a breeze in the low 50s over the next few hours. high clouds out there. thicker clouds moving in during the afternoon hours. 44 at 8:00. by noon 60, south winds at 9. upper 60s to near 70 and after the 4:00 hour we have cloudy skies here, we might even see a few showers by 8:00 p.m. if you are going to be out later tonight, you are going to run into rain. milder temperatures today had barely 50 saturday, low 60s yesterday. near 70 this afternoon. showers tonight, could even be around until early tomorrow. as we said the average high is now 54 with 70s. the rest of the week after today. i mean, even into the weekend looks like lower 70s for saturday and sunday. here's a look at the radar, going back, this classic storm here, iowa showers extending down to indiana, ohio and kentucky. all this moisture is moving east. we have showers expected later tonight. temperatures have dropped into the 30s in places like baltimore. notice the little pockets of the lighter blues. the winds went calm, that is where temperatures dipped into the 30s. we are at 48 degrees. good visibility this morning under partly cloudy skies. 48 with a slight breeze. feels like 45 and those dew points in the low 30s, so the air is relatively dry. look how mild it is in chicago at 54. nashville at 60. we have a lot of warm air just off to our south and west. this week looks very spring like around here. there was that storm we were just looking at. classic comma shape going all the way down to louisiana and mississippi and louisiana. and this will be pushing toward us as we get into the night time hours. we might see a few showers linger into tomorrow morning. today though, some of the high clouds this morning with the thicker clouds moving in as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. here's our futurecast. you know as we get toward 5:00 p.m., here come the thicker clouds. pittsburgh west toward youngstown and wheeling, we have showers there. thenton here come the showers. by midnight, some of those showers could be around tomorrow morning, especially south and east of town. then in the afternoon a chance for a few showers to pop, as well. we'll watch for the stray afternoon shower on tuesday today temperatures upper 60s, plus an increase in clouds in showers tonight. tomorrow a warm day, 77, chance of a stray shower in the afternoon. really nice wednesday and thursday. some of the rain unfortunately might be around for the big sun trust usa rock n roll marathon saturday mourn. temperatures in the low 70s. let's go to monika samtani. a couple of notes, that is because we had a couple of early morning accidents. the triangles behind me an accident in southern maryland near wood yard road. that is good news for you folks inside the beltway. 66 no problems leaving manassas. inside the beltway in falls church on 66, all the way to the roosevelt bridge i think right now you should be fine as you can see. we'll go back over to the maps. this time coming out of frederick on i-70 and down toward clarksburg, and you are going to be fine. all lanes are open and traffic is still moving well at or above the speed limit. south in rockville here at montrose road just a bit of volume, but no big deals heading down to the point where the lanes divide. in my next report i 95 at springfield. andrea and mike? scientists may be close to discovering a way to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. researchers at duke university have an understanding of a key molecule that transports the drugs into cells. it could allow doctors to use lower doses of the medicines that trigger side effects. circumcision may help men's health later in life. men who are circumcised before their first sexual encounter are 15% less likely to contract disease. a study in the journal of pediatrics found a child treated in an emergency room -- every six minutes with a stair- related injury. the best ways to avoid accidents are to keep stair ways clear of debris and to install gates at the top and bottom of stairs. some dc high school students got to explore their future this weekend. the smart college expo took place on the grounds of trinity college in northeast washington. dozens of colleges were there to meet prospective students. >> some of the issues they are facing are, they select the school based on where their friends go or something they look in a magazine and read online. they don't do real research to find out what is really happening a school. the students that are there got an opportunity to tour trinity college and complete financial aid applications right on site. one study found young people chose the school because of the cafeteria and the grounds. the question of the morning. what is the number one thing most adults still have from their childhood? a teddy bear, baseball cards, or a story book? >> we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. log on to our facebook page and leave your response. welcome back. 4:55. your weather first. you'll need a jacket this morning, especially in some areas where we are down to the upper 30s. nice mild day today. noon 60, still a decent amount of sunshine. 68 by 3:00. enough sun we can make a run toward 70, showers are moving in tonight. we'll have more on that coming up at the top of the hour. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> a close-up look at the american legion bridge. no problems between bethesda the bridge span and tyson's corner. back to you guys. thousands are on hand to celebrate washington's 41st annual st. patrick's day parade yesterday afternoon. >> the marching bands and musicians made their way down constitution avenue. organizers say the purpose of the parade is to celebrate irish culture in america. and there is a brand new mrs. dc. crowned over the weekend. kyra burton was crowned mrs. dc america in 2012 during the pageant on saturday. she has a bachelor's degree from the university of maryland in both finance and international business. her platform, promoting financial literacy. the pageant recognizes married women who have obtained personal and professional and community achievements. she goes on to compete in the national mrs. america contest. will ferrell sets out to prove he can be funny in any language. a movie many people are hung agree for premiere dollars tonight. -- premiers tonight. >> reporter: "the hunger games" will premiere tonight. the stars will be on the red carpet, including 24-year-old jennifer lawrence. the film is set in a future resistic america. where each year 24 teenagers from around the nation are forced to fight to the death on television. >> reporter: fans who missed "the hunger games" premiere will have a chance to catch a sneak peak before the movie's march 23rd premiere elion's gate films is holding 24 advance screenings across the u.s. the battles take place south of the border in another film opening this weekend. will ferrell stars in the spanish language comedy, in which he and his younger brother brawl over a woman and battle mexico's most feared drug lord. >> between the fact that i'm having to memorize in spanish, yeah, it was an arduous process. >> reporter: it opens nationwide friday and out on dvd tomorrow, my week with marilyn, the desent dance -- descend dance -- descend ants. good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. are you awake? >> no. we will be eventually. we hope you will be, too. i'm mike haiduk, here's monika samtani. mr. bernstein, what a spectacular sunday we had. >> reporter: even better the rest of the week into next weekend. unusual early warmth, normally when we get a day or two in the 70s, we go back down. but looks like the whole week, basically today, will be in the 70s. so break out the shorts and get ready for spring fever. here we go with a look at your day planner. temperatures in the mid-40s now at reagan national. by 9:48. noon 60 still a decent amount of sunshine clouds thicken up mid to late afterno