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you can make an appointment through her. >> jennifer callaway is the stress secretary. the teachers union says reed could face criminal penalties for not going to the police for the allegations. >> it's federal and state laws that requires her to report. >> she should have contacted child protective services immediately. >> reporter: and what about the abusive teachers? >> they should be dealt with legally. they should not be left in the school system where they could have caused additional harm. >> reporter: teachers union president says reed has done reckless damage to the union of teachers. the union is looking at legal options. e-mails we sent to the mayor's office and d.c. general, weren't answered. the u.s. attorney's office says the matter was never referred to them for prosecution. a spokesperson for d.c. police says they're looking into it. tonight a u.s. marine killed at a party in baltimore. baltimore police were called to a house for a report of a fight. and they found darrius ray. he had been stabbed several times. medics rushed the man to the hospital where he died. police expect to make an arrest. georgia county police are on thehunt for two men who robbed a restaurant that happened this morning. the men showed up at the back door wearing chipolte uniforms and took money. they took off after that. hundreds of people came to a church to remember the people of haiti. they held a memorial mass this afternoon for victims of the earthquake. they are in contact with relief workers in haiti. he's hearing a lot about the pain and suffering there. >> first there is the obvious loss of loved ones and people having to deal with those who died or are still missing. then there's the certain level of despair that sets in when they see the devastation around them and they begin to try and anticipate what would happen next. >> archbishop whirl has asked all in the area to take up special collections for the quake victims. he says he is overwhelmed by the help they received so far. a short time ago, a miracle is just what may have happened. rescuers pulled a 23-year-old man from the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop. he is alive and doing fine. we look at the loss in haiti and small victories. >> reporter: many of haiti's dead are bury without ceremony. a day of mourning for the archbishop and a vicker. archbishop dolan are paying respects. the 21-year-old man defies the odds. a rescue team finds him alive after ten days. hope floats in the form of the u.s. naval ship comfort. three football fields long with 12 operating rooms and much- needed medication. even rooms for mothers to give birth. >> we were glad to be able to assist her. >> reporter: cruise ships brings tourists to the beaches causing controversy. officials defending the move. >> if we stopped the ships here, we would have abandoned people in their time of need. >> reporter: people say the ships are crucial to survival. another critical part of helping haiti, helping the children get through the option process that was on before the quake. the paperwork is in order for more than 75 haitian babies and toddlers coming to america tonight. more could be processed soon. fox news. >> martin o'malley sent a letter to the press secretary robert gates for help in transporting supplies. the equipment would be used to establish and run two operating rooms. it has been a year since president obama took the oath of office so where does the state of the union stand? >> and republicans prepare their response. plus vice president joe biden in iraq to help the country gear up for elections. but he comes with a special message for iraq. and an ambulance finds itself in its own emergency. patients on board, no less. back after this.  it has been a year since president obama took the oath of office. so wednesday the president gives his state of the union address which he'll lay out his plans for economy and health care. republicans will be watching and preparing to respond. >> the president is now moving from a tight focus on health care to one on the economy. that change of emphasis is what we expect to see in his first official state of the union address next week. but republicans are on the attack on both fronts. here's president obama in ohio followed by john boehner today. >> so long as i have your backing as president, i won't stop fighting to bring back jobs here. >> my home state of ohio has endured nine straight months of double digit enemployment. democrats in washington have been focused on this government- takeover of health care that working families can't afford and don't want. >> started localing like a monstrosity to some voters. boehner was saying if there's a deal to be cut, democrats will cut it. while he was touring a sporting goods factory yesterday, some of the workers addressed him. >> i'll use this during the state of the union. absolutely. that's a serious looking helmet. i could knock heads with this. >> we'll get more of a preview of the state of the union address morrow when white house press secretary robert gibbs is a guest. fox news. after nearly seven years of service, the u.s. marine corps is officially leaving iraq. they handed over the province to the army. as many as 20,000 marines were in iraq at the peak of the war. president obama has ordered all but 50,000 to leave the country by august 31 of this year. vice president joe biden will -- in 2007 contractors opened fire on a group of iraqi civilians. the shooting followed an ambush on a convoy. vice president biden says the u.s. is determined to hold account anyone who commits crimes against the iraqi people. >> a dismissal i want to make clear is not an acquittal. i'm announcing the united states government will appeal this decision. our justice department will file that appeal from the judge's decision next week. >> vice president biden made the announcement in baghdad. he is in iraq to help the nation prepare for upcoming elections. the veterans administration medical center brought together dozens of city agencies to help homeless veterans. it was called the veteran stand down. to receive assistance at the event. most of them got basic medical screening. did your utility bill give you a shock this month? it has been skyrocketing. against the utily industry. >> absolutely. you won't have to worry about the heating bill this weekend. temperatures are on the rise but something else is headed our way and i'll have the details after the break.  stand by for captions ] in guess of this year i received a bill for the amount of $7400. >> reporter: had you been paying monthly bills? >> yes, estimated bills as well for a 33-month-old. >> reporter: the other demonstrators want pepco to stop trying to collect on huge amounts. at a public oversight round table before muriel bowser, many residents lambasted utility companies for high prices. >> sometimes the choice becomes do i pay the rent or do i pay the electricity. >> reporter: utility companies say cutting off customers is their last alternative but it's one they must have. >> it is a business. we do have a responsibility to other customers. the impact of that is increase in -- potential increase in bad debt which is then shared with all customers. it raises the price of energy. >> we talk to our customers. we counsel our customers. we have different billing programs that they can certainly contact us about. so there's no way that we would just cut off a customer arbitrarily. >> reporter: some at the forum called for a 50% cutback in utility prices. pepco's regional president had a quick and blunt answer. >> that would bankrupt pepco. >> reporter: d.c.'s public service commission will soon decide whether the electric company can raise rates. john henrehan, fox 5 news. none of us miss that extreme cold we have. >> no, we do not. we're glad the temperatures went up just a little bit. >> we've been getting a little bit after break which is kind of nice. the good news is it's going to stick around just a little while longer. >> then what cos? >> take a look is is a shot of monument. today hopefully people got out and ran their errands and did what they needed to do outside because tomorrow you are not going to want to be outside in the weather at all because we're getting some major changes coming our way. it was mild today. take a look at the temperatures. above seasonal. 47 degrees officially at national airport. the same at dulles. 42 degrees at baltimore. and that trend is going to stick around as i mentioned for at least a little while. right now temperatures across the area, we're at 40 degrees at d.c. 36 at baltimore. 35 in annapolis. we've got 39 degrees at frederick. as we take a look at the mid- atlantic, take a look at boston at 31 degrees. 38 degrees for new york city. so we're seeing pretty much the same trend as far as the mid- atlantic is concerned. as i said we do have some changes that are headed our way. for tonight increasing cloud coverage just about everywhere. we're not going to see very much in terms of clear skies. temperatures will be into the low to mid-30s overall across the area. so let's take a look now at national temperatures because that's going to be an influence on our weather. we already checked out the mid- atlantic. look at the cold pool of area overthe northern plains. that's quad gradually going to move our way. before it does, we get the benefit of what's to the south with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. this warmer air is going to continue to move in and we're going to at least get to enjoy some of that. in the meantime increasing clouds across our area. let's take a look at radar. we're going to show you what is heading our way. we've got this frontal system with a low pressure system associated with it over the northern plains. ahead of it a line of heavy rainfall. and that front is going to move its way towards the east as we head into tomorrow into monday. and with it we're going to see a leading line of precipitation but as it crosses, a heavy amount of rainfall as well. let's look at trueview. we'll show you the rain associated with it right now. in this we could see a storm or two popping up south and east of the i-95 corridor. it's going to produce a fair amount of heavy rainfall. we've talking about an inch of rainfall per hour across our area. average anywhere from 2 inches to locally 3 inches of rainfall before it's all said and done. let's go back to our weather maps then. that is going to move its way through as i said into sunday and monday. we do have a flash flood watch in effect from sunday afternoon to monday morning. some of our models are showing it will be out of the way by the time we hit monday morning before sunrise and other models are showing things just a little bit differently. here's futurecast. here's one of the models. it starts to move in in the early hours of sunday. by the time we get into the middle part of the afternoon, heaviest rainfall will start to head in into tomorrow afternoon. this model has it out of here as we move into the early part of monday as well. we'll have to watch that closely in terms of the timing. it will be heavy rainfall. winds will be picking up as well. we're talking gusty winds but it will at least be a mild day. for tonight mainly increasing clouds. for tomorrow keep the umbrella handy. you'll need it. heavy rainfall. flash flood watchness effect. if you have any gutters that need to be cleaned with leaves in them, make sure you clean them out before tomorrow or you could have some major problems. we'll cool down as well as we move into the rest of the week with a ridge of high pressure. tomorrow is a total washout. >> i made the mistake of not cleaning a drain once. it turned into a flood. caught on camera. an ambulance in the middle of its own emergency. it crashed through the front of a store. heavy steel beams fell and the front ever the building crumbled. the fire chief says the ambulance wasn't speeding but nonetheless the driver was given a ticket. the store owner says it's not the first time there's been an accident at this busy intersection. president barack obama is out for a little weekend of basketball as a spectator. the president and first lady spent saturday morning watching their youngest shoot some hoops. sasha played a game in chevy chase. she seems to be a -- seems to be growing into a basketball enthusiast just like her dad. president obama asyou've probably seen right here on fox 5 occasionally shooting hoops on the weekend. from basketball to baseball. today baltimore orioles fans, they pitched in to help the haiti relief effort. the orioles held its annual fan fest. they asked fans to donate money during the event. no word on how much was raised. the orioles are just one team of athletes playing a part in the relief effort. the players have committed over a million dollars. >> that is going to go a long way. someone who was on the ground there told me a dollar will get you a loaf of bread, probably a gallon of water and maybe some fruits and vegetables. >> we take it for granted one dollar. but all over the world for people that means so much more. you mentioned alonzo morning. he's one of basketball's great who played at georgetown. >> no doubt some future pro bowlers were on the hardwood. up next in sports, college hoops and the hoyas big dog has another big day. good evening. i'm lindsay murphy. the schedule hasn't been easy for the hoyas. they're fresh off games against villanova and pittsburgh. they sent her big man early on. he bats it in. scored ten of the team's first 15 points. monroe on a steal passes ahead for the lay-in. the hoyas are cruising. they had a 15-point lead. we'll stay in the first half. off the rutgers miss, monroe is going to rebound the ball and then save it inbounds. it never touches the floor. chris wright to austin freeman for the dunk. he had 14 points. georgetown pounds rutgers 88- 63. the coach praised the way his teamworked with the big man. >> everyone else did a good job of executing and making sure he got the ball, you know, deep. i thought they did a very good job as a team, not just him fighting for position but a delivery of a lot of the passes. his numbers, you know, double double for him, that's not something we should get excited about. we've got to expect it. >> george washington, losers of three in a row hosting richmond. a nice son and daddy bonding moment there. tony taylor drives baseline for the reverse lay-in. he had a team high 16 points. gw led by 4. richmond would rally. gw falls at home to richmond 62- 57. george mason on the road against towson. the patriots led 35-29 at the half. second half action, george mason, they would fall behind but they go on a 15-5 run. mason over towson 80-71. they are 8-1 in leaguplay. elsewhere america's mascot and eagles playing host to holy cross this afternoon. second half, au goes inside. a nice move there. pretty tough lay-in there. au had a five-point lead. later, inside for another easy 2. american e-- american defeats holy cross. we are not done. navy in white hosting rival army. chris harris drive, banks it in. he had a game high 30 points. navy defeat army 62-56. the mid lead the all-time series on the hardwood 69-42. elsewhere tony bennett and his cavaliers on the road at wake forest. thes 3-0 in acc play. final seconds, cj harris the three. that just beats the buzzer. wake led at the half. only 15 points for virginia. second half ismael smith lobs to tony woods for the alley- oop. virginia unable to fight all the way back. they suffer their first acc loss to wake forest 59-57. shot of the day in blacksburg, a fan grant houston let it is fly from half court. it's ugly but he make it is. that shot worth $10,000. final seconds of the game, virginia tech trails boston college by 1. the hoak quist with a -- hokies with a 663-62 lead -- 63-62 lead. they edge boston college 63-62 to even their acc record at 2- 2. maryland's game is just underway. they are hosting nc state. it is gary williams coaching his 1,000th game. we'll have the highlights tonight. back you to at the desk good thank you. 10,000 bucks for that basket. >> i think i can do that. now you're caught up. thank now spending part of your weekend with us. we're back tonight at 10:00 and 11:00.  it's monday, some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try total raisin bran. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals and the luscious taste of plump, juicy raisins and crunchy whole grain flakes. ... ... guess it's all about what kind of crunch you like. how are you getting 100%? visit totalcereal.com and get a coupon.