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robberies. news4s tracee wilkins joins us live from the wilson building in northwest washington with more on the initiative. tracee, i think a lot of folks will be happy to hear if this goes through. >> reporter: absolutely. especially the chief of police, as you know, barbara, shes been working on this for some time, trying to make it a law not only here in the district, but across the country, helping to protect folks who have their smartphones stolen. it appears that her efforts are...

thank you, scott thuman. abc 7 news is your political station and we will have much more at 6:00 including a look at what this means for the other candidates. will anyone else drop out? plus what mitt romney is now selling about santorum dock all of that at 6:00. >> war breaking news about the trayvon martin shooting case. the members of george zimmermans legal team just announced they are dropping his case. >> there describing their client as having gone rogue. he stopped responding t...

school bus after the driver suffers an apparent heart attack. were going to hear from that young hero "today," tuesday, were going to hear from that young hero "today," tuesday, april 10th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> and im david gregory. matt is off again this morning. we dont often think about this tinder box conditions here in the west. but emergency crews dealing with fast-moving wild fires ...

you see why essentially the republican race for the white house ended today. >> steve, what happens to delegates committed to santorum now? >> thats a good question. i dont know what the actual delegate rules are. but we know that he never would have made it. the way it works at the convention, they cast their votes, then theyre free. i dont think it has a whole lot of bearing on exactly what they do in their first ballot. jim, it looks like mitt romney, it will be a lot easier for him...

from fire officials. >> reporter: the largest fire in harford county is contained but its still burning. fire officials said people should still refrain from burning. they are returning daily to put out hot spots. they liken the red flag warning to tornado or hurricane warnings and encouraging people to hold off on their backyard barbecues at least for now. >> the biggest thing that will help us is rainfall. even if we get a little bit of rain, thats not going to curtail the conditions...

across iowa out of a truck. all but ignored in debates. teased about his sweater vests. but rick santorum won iowa. and ten more states. most in the south. emerging as the conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president. i want to thank god for that. >> reporter: but romney beat santorum in must-win midwest battlegrounds. michigan, ohio, illinois, wisconsin. he had many more delegates and mo...

tonight. dry, windy conditions are ideal for fires to start. jeff hager spoke with forest rangers today who are still monitoring one such fire in joplin. >> reporter: rangers and firefighters stopped the fire which scorched 18-acres in joppa but their work is far from over. >> youll see smoke, things like that. right now its all interior. our rangers will be back daily checking to make sure theres nothing on the fire line that could stoke up and start the fire again oar are within the ...

farther west in the highlands of west virginia we have had a few showers coming through there this morning. and right now around the region temperatures are actually a bit cooler. yes, indeed. feeling much better. refreshingly cooler and a little bit dryer. not quite as humid. mid-70s in washington. yesterday this time we were in the 80s. and as we look at whats been happening the last 12 hours the storms that weve had have settled down. theres the washington monument under a mostly cl...

around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, weather watchers happily report. closer to washington near 70 in prince georges county. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, low 70s. near 70 in parts of southern maryland, lower eastern shore. a refreshing change occurred overnight in the wake of the storms that kept half of us awake overnight. storms dissipated thankfully. just past 6:00, the sun is up in a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. and the humidity has dropped a bit. by 9:00, back to ne...

and stonewall school has no class today. dominion power, 4200 without power, mostly in prince william and loudon counties. the storm that moved through our area tkpaeufs a little bit of "late show" this morning. this is time lapsed video from around 2:00 this morning. take a look at this. pretty dramatic as the capitol dome is bathed in the glow of spotlights with the rain and the lightning, pretty dramatic. very nice. is that going to bring us much cooler today, tom? >> it has coole...