A driver of a van collided into the toddler and her grandmother as they walked across route 197 at old chapel road. Surae chinn was there today as the family returned to the site of this tragic accident. Reporter mom, dad, family and friends of 2yearold dynasty have left balloons, flowers and teddy bears near where the little girl was crossing the street and was struck and killed. The family cries out for answers as they huddle near the crosswalk. The parents of 2yearold dynasty are overcome with grief. This was their life. Its their only child. God got him a good one. Reporter tears fall like raindrops for a toddler looking forward to her 3rd birthday. I love you, dynasty. I love you, dad. Reporter dad takes a symbolic walk stopping at the point where a van struck and killed his little girl. Dynasty and her grandmother had gone to cvs to kill time waiting for an oil time. Dad was at the Mechanic Shop and saw his world shattered in that moment as the two were crossing route 197. He picked his young daughter off the ground and ran after the driver where he says the van stopped a block away. We just lost a precious 2 yearold, my niece, my great niece. Theres no word that can explain her. Shes brilliant. I cant believe shes gone. I cant believe it. She was really precious and we will miss her. Reporter the family says more needs to be done to alert drivers of people crossing busy route 197. A yield to pedestrian sign should be here, something. Just slow down and be careful. Just slow down and watch out for pedestrians. Reporter dynastys grandmother is recovering from her injuries in the hospital. The driver has not been charged at this point. The investigation continues. Surae chinn, wusa9. A friend set up a gofundme account to help the family pay for funeral costs. You can go to our wusa9 app where there is a link. A metro station manager stabbed on the job, tonight Police Search for the suspect. That stabbing happened before noon today at the stadium armory metro station in southeast d. C. Metro says a woman entered the station and approached the information kiosk. She approaches the station manager and asked if she can ride the system for free. When the manager declined her request, she first spits on him and then a physical altercation ensues with her stabbing the station manager in the left side using what was a kitchen steak knife. Tonight that victim is hospitalized in stable condition, but were told hes going to be okay. Police were able to recover the knife handle from the scene. Now they want to hear from anyone who may know this woman you see right there in this picture. If you know who she is, contact metro transit police. It was a bit warmer today and tomorrow will be even better. Here is first alert meteorologist erica grow. Good news. Yeah. We have improving weather in the forecast, so the 60s last week, well get a taste of them again as we start the new workweek. Today we didnt quite get there. We got up to 58 degrees, above our average high of 56 and much better than the chilly temperatures yesterday when you factor in the rain. It felt rough out there. I did the rock and roll Half Marathon yesterday. It was tough in that rain and definitely bone chilling. Today the thing that was cooling us down were these winds. Did you realize how strong these winds got today . Our peak gust at Reagan National was 45 miles an hour, almost 50 Miles Per Hour in hagerstown, 47 Miles Per Hour in dulles and 41 Miles Per Hour at bwi. We had some really strong winds, not quite to the extent we had widespread damage. Isolated places tree branches came down. Its good this happens now before the trees have all their leaves on them because they act as sails catching that breeze and helping pull down tree limbs. Entering spring well watch reaches bloom and well have nice temperatures heading through monday. Well wake up to temperatures in the upper 30s in the outlying suburbs, around 40 degrees downtown under mostly clear skies quickly rising through the 40s as we go through the rest of the morning and a really pleasant afternoon on tap. Well talk about that and another cooldown ahead in the first alert sevenday forecast. You know what time it is, bracket time. Some surprises for the local teams. Talk to us, frank. What do we know . I think people were a little miffed about what went down today. The fact maryland and georgetown are both in the dance is good enough for me in my opinion. The real surprise is maryland 267, second in the big 10 gets a four seed in the loaded midwest region. So the terps will face valparaiso this friday, 4 40 in columbus, ohio. Our Kristen Berset took in the selection show with maryland. Reporter the maryland terrapins gathered here at coach Mark Turgeons house for selection sunday anxious to season their name called for the first time in five years, but the reaction that we got isnt what we expected. While we were excited it wasnt the biggest surprise. Were really happy to be in. I dont know if that came off with our facial expression. Weve had a heck of a year. The number doesnt matter in front of your name. Its really who youre playing about. Its totally different than any tournament youll play in. Yeah, were excited to hear what they have to say and its fun to have of a new tournament to play in. Reporter only two guys have played in the tournament before, dez wells and evan s shutridge. So those guys will get together with the team so they know what to expect. Reporter welcome to georgetown, everybody. Were at the dining hall where it was the scene of a Raucous Party on the hill. The hoyas were rewarded for a 21win season. Now theyve got a four seed. Off to portland we go and the south regionals. Quite honestly i was surprised that were four. As i started to think about it, maybe i shouldnt have been. I think it speaks to the strength of our schedule. Is that this time around we get another chance at it and this time around we get another chance at it and i dont plan to go home any time soon. Reporter if theres any team that plans not to overlook anybody, its the georgetown hoyas. On the campus in northwest, dave owen for wusa9 sports owens for wusa9 sports. Mark it down, georgetown, Eastern Washington 10 00 on thursday. Stay up late. Maryland valparaiso is friday at 4 40 in the afternoon and a very special game on overtime tonight on wusa9 at 11 00 as we get our bracket fix on. Thank you so much. Today marks four years of war in syria. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry spoke of possible negotiations with syrias president drawing strong reactions from protesters outside the white house. Stephanie ramirez takes us inside that protest. Reporter outside the white house dozens of protesters called for the u. S. And International Community to end the civil war in syria that has ill canned more than 2 that has killed more than 200,000 people and forced millions more to flee according to the United Nations and other groups. Stop the killing stop the hate reporter these protesters want syrias president out saying hes the reason for isis growth in what many call mass genocide. To sit and watch and precontinued theres nothing happening is beyond me. Reporter basil asad came from virginia to protest. He and many openers have family in syria. When others have family in syria. When we call, we hear the shootings and bombardments. Reporter on face the nation today secretary of state john kerry talked of possible negotiations with assad. Why . Because everybody agrees there is no military solution. There is only a political solution. Reporter a move some protesters called a slap in the face. When the people in syria decide to go out and ask for their freedom, we expected the United States and the free world to back us up. This is what we get in return after 300,000 people have died there, were going to negotiate with assad . Theyve been promising us for the past four years and we had all hope that the world is going to help us, but no one has been helping us. What do you want . Freedom when do you want it . Now reporter outside the white house stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. Secretary kerry said hes convinced efforts of allies and others will lead to increased pressure on assad. An arrest is made in the shootings of two ferguson, Missouri Police officers. Police arrested 20yearold Jeffrey Williams late saturday night in connection with that shooting of those two Police Officers during last weeks protest. Williams is on probation for possession of stolen property. Prosecutors say information provided by the public led to his arrest. Essentially what weve charged him with is firing shots. Its possible at this point he was firing at someone other than the police, but struck the Police Officers. So the charge is still assault in the first degree, class a felonies for striking those two officers. There was a weapon recovered which has been tied to the shell casings that were there, the weapon recovered from him and he has acknowledged his participation in firing the shots. Police want to hear from anyone who may have witnessed or recorded the shootings on their phones. Williams is in custody with bond set at 300,000. A wealthy real estate heir is in federal custody for allegedly murdering his friend. Robert dirsch was arrested just hours before an hbo series about him was set to air. He is wanted in connection with the murder of his friend susan berman 15 years ago in l. A. Authorities say he may also be involved in the 1982 1982 disappearance of his first wife. He was acquitted of murdering and dismembers a neighbor in 2001 after claiming he killed the man in selfdefense. A woman in norfolk is lucky to be alive tonight. Shameka jenkins was driving home from work when two people driving next to her started frantically waving her down. She stopped and got out of her toyota just seconds before that hood as you see it there went up in flames. Im just thankful im alive today. Thank you so much. Thank you so, so much. We just happened to see the car was burning and oh, my god, jehovah, its a blessing that shes even here today. I was just going to town, thank you. He really was my hero. I wish they were here. Id like to hug them. Amazing. Tonight shes still not sure what exactly caused the fire but says that car was practically new. Coming up while cyclone pam has moved on, the full amount of misery left behind is just becoming clear. And why wait for st. Patricks day to have a parade . Well head downtown for the d. C. Celebration today. The Volkswagen Jetta is really funtodrive. Go for it. Okay. Wow. Woohoo im dreaming. Pinch me. No, not while youre driving. And, right now, you can get a onethousanddollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. Seriously, pinch me. Its not a dream. Ow its the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. Stop dreaming, and testdrive one today. Hurry in and you can get 0 apr plus a 1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 jetta and passat models. Its the biggest trade violation in history. Today middle east governments are shredding open skies agreements they signed pumping over 40 billion in prohibited subsidies into their stateowned airlines. Protectionism at its worst. And their actions threaten thousands of u. S. Aviation jobs. Its time for middle east countries to play by the rules. Restore competition. Restore open skies. Fight for american jobs. Residents of Louisa County, virginia, were literally shaken awake this morning. A 2. 8 earthquake rattled the county just after 3 00. Scientists put the epicenter 6 mile south but say it could be felt almost 500 miles away in ohio. No one was hurt, but you might recall Louisa County was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5. 8 in 2011. That quake caused some damage to the Washington Monument and the national cathedral. At least eight people are confirmed dead tonight after a cyclone tore through a group of islands in the south pacific. Tonight the president of vanuatu says his country must start over and 90 of the buildings on the main island of port villa have been destroyed. There may be dozens more fatalities. The death toll in vanuatu is expected to rise once communications are restored to those outlying islands. The wind came in and the glass windows smashed in the boat and we moved to my room which was safer, still was leaking because the rain was strong and the wind was so strong. My dad had to move us. We went to the house because the house was high but the wind was too strong. We had the baby at home. The wind was too strong, so we moved to the kitchen, the only place that was safe. Cyclone pam caused winds of 168 Miles Per Hour saturday and there are reports of whole villages being destroyed. The only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. We had a much nicer day today and i have here brighter skies. Well enjoy this warming trend. Today it was a little cooler for your afternoon high than yesterday, but yesterday we had all that rain. It was a slow struggle to get up to the 60s. Tomorrow well return to the 60s. It willing an easy climb and ill tell you why. Well start with a look at the michael and son weather cam, the Jefferson Memorial and now its starting to dip into the 40s throughout the area. Its 47 at Reagan National. The wind is a little strong out of the north, northwest at 12 Miles Per Hour. We are still dealing with breezy conditions but nowhere near the incredibly gusting winds we had today gusting nearly 40 Miles Per Hour. Overnight tonight winds continue to diminish. We are relaxing those winds and thats going to allow temperatures to dip overnight. So well get into the 30s in pay lot of our outlying a lot of our outlying suburbs, but we will not dip below freezing. Monday a fair amount of sunshine mixing with the cloud cover. Tuesday a weak frontal boundary moves through bringing a quick spotty shower. On satellite and radar its nice and clear. We had clouds early in the day. Because of that gusty wind pulling down moisture from the north. 9 futurecast nice weather returns on monday, high temperatures back into the 60s. Here comes that very weak disturbance. It will bring a few sprinkles and showers primarily north of the masondixon line. They get close to maryland and there is the potential for a couple showers sneaking in tuesday during the day. The main issue with this frontal boundary is a gust of wind and temperatures cooling down again. Wednesday well be back below average. Overnight pleasant, 34 to 40, chilly stepping out the door monday morning. During the day on monday 40s, rising to the 50s and all the way up to 66 in the suburbs south of town and 60 degrees in the outlying suburb north and west. Partly cloudy skies, really pleasant afternoon, winds west, northwest 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Well keep the green weather alerts, no weather issues, breezy as that front moves through tuesday, maybe a quick stray shower, high 65 degrees, cooler wednesday, breezy in the morning, but overall looking like a pretty pleasant first alert sevenday forecast. The only day that really looks nasty is friday. Just like we had rain most of the day saturday, it looks like well have a repeat performance this upcoming friday with a chilly rain, high of only 48 degrees. Thats really the only nasty day in our entire forecast. That march weather starting to feel more like spring than winter. 48 degrees, there was a time i would have paid someone for 48 degrees. Things are looking up for sure. Tuesday is st. Patricks day, of course, but Downtown Washington started celebrating just a bit early. [ bagpipes ] hundreds of people took advantage of todays milder weather to watch the 44th annual st. Patricks day parade along constitution avenue. The parade featured a number of high school and military marching bands, irish dance troupes, local police and firefighters and class cars. The Washington Regional Alcohol Program is offering its st. Patricks day free ride home up to 30 by calling 1800 200 taxi offered from 4 p. M. St. Patricks day until 4 a. M. Wednesday. And the Washington Nationals mascot Teddy Roosevelt caught up in the st. Pattys day fever. Here he is showing off his dance moves at the early school of irish dance. Coming up tonight an early arrival. As a mom, thats not your scenario for your baby like all this wind and cold. A family road trip takes an unexpected turn, wont forget the stage doesnt matter how tall i do it all for the love of the game. Geico, proud partner of the nhl. Authorities say 36yearold jason parish died after a large tree fell on him in appalachia, maryland. An officer nearby performed cpr on that man, but he couldnt be saved. Parrish was hiking with two other people. In massachusetts a woman tries to save a stranded dog and also becomes stranded on a frozen lake. Emergency crew theres to rescue her and the dog. They say the dog wasnt hers, but she was trying to help the dogs owner and found herself in need of assistance herself. It looked like one of the dog went onto an ice floe and wouldnt come off because it fell in the water and was a little scared. So the woman went out after it and fell in. The hardest thing was actually getting the dog. The dog was pretty afraid. They tried putting it on a leash and coaxing it across and wouldnt work, so they had to carry it up. Fire Officials Say the rescue should serve as a reminder to pet owners to keep their dogs on a leash when walking near frozen lakes and ponds. A California Family driving on a highway to visit relatives, the pregnant mom said im going into labor. There was no time to get to the hospital. You hear about it. You never think its going to happen to you. Reporter but it happened to carmen uriah. She gave birth on the side of a freeway. As a mom thats not your scenario for your baby like all this wind and cold. Reporter it all happened late friday night while she and her husband and their 3year old driver were on the i15 freeway theyre the cajon pass theyre the cajon pass to visit near the cajon pass to visit family for the weekend. She had some contractions but knew she had several weeks before her due date, but the baby didnt want to wait. In that moment i started freaking out. Were not ready for that. Reporter her husband said he was freaking out even more. He pulled over onto the side of the freeway and called 911. So nervous. I didnt know what to do. Reporter about 15 minutes later firefighters arrived. The baby was born in this back seat of the familys suv at 6 pounds 14 ounces. Dustin kergeskse who delivered the baby met the family in the hospital after the ordeal. The family will forever be grateful for his help. Tonight mom and new baby girl as well assed it and big sister are all fine as well as dad and big sister are is sponsored in part by Colonial Williamsburg spring getaways. Now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. Brackets are out, but lets not forget about our Washington Capitals sunday night tilt against boston at Verizon Center, superstar Alex Ovechkin trying to reenergize the caps, 1st period caps on the power play. John carlson will get the blastoff, his 11th goal of the year, caps up 10. Fast forward to 2nd period. First goal of the year for nate schmitz off the assist of Nikki Backstrom who is now the all time assist leader for backstrom. Caps win 20. Coming up in mere minutes weve got a special game on overtime. Ill be joined by hoops junky Holden Kushner as we break down brackets straight ahead in about a minute or so. So stay tuned for that. We have to, of course. You got to get these babies filled out if you still do it this way. I need a little help. Lets briefly talk about the weather. We have a Beautiful Day ahead tomorrow, high temperatures returning to the 60s. Well see a good amount of sunshine mixing with the cloud cover and very little wind. That was the fly in the ointment today, not an issue monday, tuesday maybe a sprinkle but mostly dry. Thats the thing. We can sit outside as we fill out our brackets. Thanks for watching. Well see you back here tomorrow. Dont forget you can al thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability 8 years running. Plus, fios has the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. See the difference for yourself. Get a fios triple play online at an amazing price, guaranteed for two full years plus, get a 300 bonus with a twoyear agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v the Volkswagen Jetta is really funtodrive. Go for it. Okay. Wow. Woohoo im dreaming. Pinch me. No, not while youre driving. And, right now, you can get a onethousanddollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. Seriously, pinch me. Its not a dream. Ow its the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. Stop dreaming, and testdrive one today. Hurry in and you can get 0 apr plus a 1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 jetta and passat models. Nailed it. Went to the big 10 tournament, too. Welcome to game on overtime, holen kushner alongside frank Holden Kushner alongside frank hanrahan. A lot of surprises when the brackets came out earlier today, so lets get cracking. Well start in the west region. Vcu is a seventh seed, will face ohio state out of the big 10, that 10