Recommendation recommends that the military reduce the number of people carrying security clearance, and recommends ongoing and continue can yal background checks for the men and women who hold the clearances to better catch the red flags like those shown by aaron alexis. We called, but we did not receive a call back from the firm that employed him, but they said that fire and Emergency Rescue teams responded quote swift swiftly and heroically once the shooting began on december 16th. Scott macfarlane, news desk. And now two people dead after a helicopter crashed near the space needle in downtown seatt seattle. The chopper had taken off from affiliate komo when something went wrong. Cameraman bill strothman and reporter Gary Pfitzner were kill kill killed. And flames from the crash engulfed a car where the man was taken to the hospital with 20 burns to his body. And the helicopter dove over the trees and crashed on the other side of the street there. We have also learned that the helicopter that crashed was actually a loaner vehicle. Kom os regular chopper is in st. Louis getting the technology upgrate grades, and coming up wshw e will have more details as they sift through the wreckage to try to to find out what happened. It has been ten days since that malaysian airliner vanis d vanished. But one nation is offering up information that it has known from day one. Well, vance, thailands military saying that it may have picked up flight 370 on the day it disappeared. The thai Officials Say they have picked up radar blips of unidentified plane going to the strait of malacca not long after the planes signal was lost. They said they did not pay much attention to the plane, because it was not a threat to thailand, but it has investigators wondering how open they are to information they know from the military the. And now more scrutiny of the pilots, and they say that a on Board Program would have been changed to change course, and that is something that experts say had to be done by someone who knew the plane well. And coming up tonight, kooer simmons talking to relatives of the pie lots who are coming to their defense. From the live desk, im jim h d handly of news4. And new tonight, we are learning that a suspect that was killed at a Union Station wrote a chilling note saying he planned to take out officers. The 19yearold was wanted for the recent murder off a teenaged girl. Mark segraves is going to join us now with the new information. Mark . Well, doreen, police sourcs s tell us that the note they found here at the site of the shootout from this suspect who they killed expressed his angst towards society and Police Officers, specifically, and also in the note, he admitted to the murder that police had charged him with, and he said, he wanted to take out as many police as he could. He opened fire on the officers with multiple shots, and they returned shots. Reporter he had been in an apa apartment when police came. We had officers around front and back and perimeter in place, and he came out with a weapon and exchanged fire with our task force members, and was shot. Reporter the suspect was wanted for the murder of this 19yearold woman who was shot and killed on february 27th in northeast d. C. The police have been look g finr the suspect for nearly two weeks, and they believed he was staying with a relative who lives nearby. And the police say that as soon as they knocked on the front door, he ran out the back door, and where two officers were waiting. A lot of gunfire and unbelievable the gunfire. It had to be at least 15 to 20 to 25 shots. Reporter and now police have identified that suspect as 19yearold dequan hendricks from maryland, and he had a note that said he would not be taken alive, and another note, the Capitol Heights task force that is made up of the fbi and other federal agents engaged in the shootout, one of the members, it was his first day on that task forc force. Reporting live in northwest, mark segraves, news4. Thank you, mark. Tonight, a mother who lives in Prince Georges County county is in a hospital after she jumped out of the window of a Burning House with her baby. The First Responders went to the fire and pulled up to the home on 63rd street and saw the flames coming out of the window. The five people inside got out safe safely, and the mother is in a hospital now with second e degree burns to the face. They are investigating what started that fire. And turning to the weather now, and spring is only a few days away, but right now, a Winter Weather advisory is in effect, again. Doug is in storm scenter 4 to lt us know what to expect and when. Doug . Well, you guys, i will tell you, you, it is not a big issue, really over the night tonight, and into the morning, for some of us, but for some of us the weather advisory could pose a problem in the roadways. This is what we are talking about. They are picking up like it showers and making their way to the north but they have had a hard time doing that. They have had shower activity in stafford and quantico and woodbridge, and the advise i have not for the i95 corridor, but for the west, winchester and leesburg, and northern fauquier county, and rappahannock county, and this is for freezing drizzle and rain tomorrow morning. So give yourself a lot of extra time as you are stepping out of the door early. If you are back to the west, d. C. Will be okay, and that is for this area of Winter Weather, and another one in the sevenday forecast and wouldnt you know that . We will have the forecast coming up in minutes. Joy. Thank you, mark. And today, marks the death of a ukrainian soldier after armed troops stormed the base. This comes hours after Vladimir Putin siped is an agreement to annex crimea. The white house condemned russias actions, and eight industrialized nations suspended russias membership in what is called the g8. And president obama called for the emergency meeting of the remaining seven nations at next Years Nuclear summit in the netherlands. And now Virginia Governor mcdonnell and his wife went to the trial of a central figure in the states case against the mcdonnells. Williams is being sued by the Star Scientific stockholders for falsely promoting the companys products. And the mcdonnells are accuse of trying to help him in exchange for gifts and loans, but they deny the allegations. And tonight, early voting continues in the race for mayor, but allegations continue to help vincent gray in the 2010 campaign, and now tom sherwood with more on the turnout and the endorsement of the mayor. Reporter yes, there is a big shad show over the politics, but the voters cast iing the votes r the april 1st primary, say they are not discouraged by the scandal. People say that they want to convict people before they are. Reporter this morning, some were guiding their children through the process. Pushing the ballot lever herself. I wanted her to know that there is a process to follow, and she should vote in every election. Reporter some say it is too wet or too cold or too snowy. No, like the post mags tmast will get out the to vote. It is never too rainy or snowy or cold. Reporter and campaigns are known to flood the area with signs, and bus in supporters. And today, there was a decline from the mayors lawyers that they are out the get gray, and gray would go to trial if necessary to prove his innocence. Grays campaign also said today that gray would be endorsed wednesday by former mayor marian berry at 78 and being ill is out supporting gray. In the district, tom sherwood, news4. Next emotional testimony in the high profile sex assault case, and a victim takes the stand to tell what she recalls about a naval Football Party off campus. And how a child was now, to the latest in the missing malaysian airliner, thailand says that the military picked up an unidentified plane on the radar near the strait of malacca minutes after the jets transponder signal was lost. And today, china says that the background checks of the chinese citizens on the plane have not turned up any links to terrorism, and as the investigation turns to the pilots of flight 370, the friends and family of the two men are speak out on their behalf. Keir simmons has the report. Hi there. And yes, the mystery deepens everyday here, and the investigators must be asking themselves a series of questions, because the Flight Simulator of what was taken from the pilot oes house, and what does it show that he was doing with the Flight Simulator, and what was the psychological state of mind of the pilot and the copilot of the days to the runups and the disappearance of flight 370, and any motivation in the lives to explain them being involved in any way, because the authorities today revealed that there is nobody else on the plane who would have been able to the switch off the communication systems, and fly this 777 in the way that it was flown, and yet, friends that we have been speak iing to and famy are defending both the pilot and the copilot. With his character, a nd wha we knew of him, it just it would not make any sense. Reporter the pilot lives in an upscale residential area and has military guards, and he is a welloff guy, and people are asking why he would be involved in Something Like this, and the same for the copilot who is believed to have a girlfriend and possibly a fiancee, and he had much in his life, his friends, again, saying that it does not make any sense. So, after all of this time, and these days, and the debate over what may have happened to the flight 370, we still dont know where the plane is, and who was flying it, or why they may have flown it in the way they did. Back to you. It could be weeks before a man driving an Arlington County snowplow might be disciplined for driving the wrong way down the street. And that is because the county o Officials Say they will not take action until an investigation is completed. The driver was caught on the video driving the wrong dr direction on the mility road yesterday. Officials say that any disciplinary action that is taken will not be made public, because they say it is a personnel matter. And even when the schools close, children need to eat. One d. C. Council h member wants to make sure that happens on the school snow days. Ward 3 mary shay wants the parks and recreation to come up with a plan to provide meal s for the students on reduced or free lunch programs. D. C. Has been reluctant to the c Cancel School because so many people are dependent on the meals, but it will be in place for next winter. Surely no more snow days this spring and winter, doug . Are you putting me on the spot . Do you have a guarantee . No, i dont. There is a chance for another possible snow next week. There you go. Do you want to the hear that . Well, we have to run a disclaimer before the forecast. Yes sh, watch it at your own risk or mute it now if you dont want to hear about more snow. Well, there is good news of the 66 saturday, and that is the only good part of it. But i will take a 66 on a saturday any time. Out there right now, it is not as cold as it did a couple of days ago, and the temperatures in the upper 30s, and most of the snow is gone along the mall, but there is still a lot of snow out there, and it will continue to melt especially tomorrow. And Storm Team Radar is picking up a few light rain showers down around quantico to route 50 as you go from washington to bowie, and looking at a few light showers there. But we are not talking about anything big here, and we are going to see it overnight tonight, the chilly conditions persist, and then we will see the showers making their way up to the north and more moisture moving in with the colder air, and so we could see areas of freezing rain back to the west for the most part, and d. C. Is above the freezing mark, and anything that falls tomorrow morning is going to be rain and by 1 00, 1 30 in the afternoon, everybody seeing rain out there, and it could be falling at a moderate clip. We are not expecting the heavy rain, but we will see it throughout the afternoon, off and on and you want to make sure you have thehandy, and this is going to be a chilly rain into the low 40s with the rain. And the weather winter advisory does not include d. C. Or southern md d, but to the west of winchester, and hagerstown and leesburg and warrenton, ab why . Because this is how the moisture is going to be moving in first, and on the cold side. Temperatures below the freezing mark around 30 or 31 degrees, and use the caution on the roads early tomorrow morning, and there is a few slick spots, and most of it is freezing rain or drizzle. It does not take a whole lot the produce the slick spots, and that is why we are watching the advisory, and this not a big event at all, but because the temperature temperatures are below freezing, and that is why it is going to be be around 40. And winds at 8 miles per hour, and the average temperature is 56 degrees, so we are still sitting at 14 degrees below average today. 37 into winchester, and 44 in manassas, andga gaithersburg in 43, and so what are we going to be seeing as we move through the rest of the night tonight . Well, it is going to be cold, but not as cold as it has been. And 30 in leesburg, and 29 in winchester, and you can see the area s areas in the west that are freezing so heads up there tomorrow morning. The next couple of days, good news, the next four days, 3 of 4 are good, and that is 75 of the good weather here. And im trying to do the best here. And 43 on the wednesday, and 55 on thursday the first day of spring, and 56 on friday and 66 saturday, and chances of showers late, and that brings through the frontal boundary saturday and here comes the day sunday with a high of 50. And just like the other weekends we have seen, a nice warm saturday and followed by a cool sunday. And then the term temperature of 40 as the arc moves in, it could be another rain or snow event right now, but it is looking like a snow event for most of us, and the High Temperatures in the 30s, but we are going to watch that closely. It is because of the snow at the end of the month of march, and we will be watching it for you, and you know we will on storm team 4. A truck veers off of the highway barely missing a Police Office officer. The stunning tale caught on tape. And president obama gives the medal of honor to 24 veterans. Chopper 4 is over the scene of a twoalarm fire in Fairfax County at almond drive and annadale, and firefighters are look g f looking for anybody who was hurt or trapped inside and no word at this early stage of what may have sparked the fire in annadale. The Sexual Assault charge of a former Navy Football player began today. But the focus was not on him, but the allegeded victim, and how much she had to drink that night, and how much it affected the thinking. It was not long before the emotions in the courtroom ran hi high. Chris gordon has the report. Reporter the victim whose identity we will not reveal was in tears as she testified that at first she did not want to the refort the incident, but when she ran into a woman at a seminar for Sexual Assault victims they cried together and that is when she decided to tell her story. It happened in 2012 at a house off campus at a party hosted by members of the naval football team. Jonathan taylor is being charged with Sexual Assault, and the defense is that it was consensual, but prosecutors argue that the victim was too drunk to consent, and saying that before and during the party, she was drinking heavily from the rum bottles, and falling down, and intoxicated she blacked out and she does not remember the accused having sex with her tonight, and tate told the military judge that the victim told the girlfriend that the last night was crazy, and what i did last night i did it, and i wanted to do it. And the prosecution witnesses included her friends. And midshipman Candace Tisdale testifying that she didnt know what happened to her that night, and shock and was in disbelief when she learned the details. And another midshipman testified that the victim was drunk, and saw her fall while dancing, and asked her if she needed anything, and the victim replied that she was fine. If convicted midshipman Jonathan Tate could be dishonorably discharge and face a sentence of of more than 30 years in prison. Reporting live at the navy yard, chris gordon, news4. The largest medal of honor ceremony since world war ii just wrapped up at the white house. President obama gave medals to the 24 members after the congressional review said they were overlooked because of prejudice. Only three of the soldiers are still alive. Melvin morris, and santiago rivera and rodella. Most say that he is a quiet man who mows his neighbors lawns. Jose is such a humble guy who did not mention this to his neighbors who are going to be shocked to turn on the news tonight to see that the guy that cuts their lawns is getting the medal of honor. President obama noted that all of the resip yents faithfully served a country what did not see them as equals, and reminded us that sometimes the here e rows are those who are right in front of us. And a report of why a little girl was taken out of foster care and put back into the home weeks before she was murdered. Narrow road and lots of car. Isnarrow road big enough for a bike lane . Adam tuss with that story coming up. And the jackpot now, at 6 30, outrage over to the death of a toddler in maryland, and some say that the Justice System failed her by putting her back in harms way. And new details on a story we broke first on news4. The controversiatakedown on dash cam video, and why the charges gaiagainst the driver w dismissed. And the battle over bike lanes in alexandria rages on, and we will report how that move could have an impact of safety in old town. First at 6 30, aed to the ler killed. Tonight, the mother and the father have been locked up accused of child abuse. It comes weeks a after they have won back custody of their daughter, and now many want to know how that happened. Kristin wright has that story from fredrick. Reporter in many questions tonight about how stephanie and frankie regained custody of their 21monthold daughter anaia, and the baby three weeks later ends up death. Both of the parents are charged with child abuse. I dont know what was going through his mind, it was not in his right mind wen he was doing these things. Reporter and the investigators raised concern that they were harming their daughter in 2012 and they lost custody after she was born, but then pros ecutor Charlie Smith says that there was reasonable doubt, but they could not charge th them. Reporter for two years the williams petitioned the court, and after a series of hearings, an investigation of the state and the home visits, a judge recently awarded full custody to the williams. Child protective services takes a look at this very hard and they did remove the child from the home, and it is up to the courts to determine if that child is placed back into the custody of the birth parents. Reporter and Court Documents say that stephanie told her husband that he needed to call the doctor, and he said no, because Child Protective Services would get involved and the suspect edadmitted to assaulting the victim in 2012 when she had a fractured skull and ribs accord ting to the new court papers. Hindsight is 20 20, and it should not have happened because both are charged with serious felony child abuse cases, and proof to prove both of the case s. Reporter Stephanie Williams defended her husband shortly before her own arrest. My husband loved his daughter very much. Reporter and investigators say that Freddy Williams admits to repeatedly punching anaia while his wife was at work, but she says she did not get help for their daughter for six hours. Kristin wright in fredericksburg, news4. And he also admit s s to beating the couples other daughter who is only five months old, and tonight that infant is in temporary foster care. Maryland Child Protective Services will not comment on the story, and frankie and Stephanie Williams are in jail, each one on 1 million bond. And federal agents are analyzing the piles of data following more than a dozenb arrests in a Child Exploitation ring. 14 men are charged with the ring that was run through highly secret members only child porn website. Many of the victims were teen e teenagers p in 39 u. S. States and five other countries from europe to the new zealand, and the investigators are analyzing more than 40 terabytes of information that was seized. To put it in process, one terabyte is over 40 hours of broadcast hours. And kevin quick was found dead in gouchland county, virginia, days after he went missing and nobody has been charged with the murder, but four suspects are facing gang charges in connection with the case. And everything is back to normal at Georgetown University after a ricin square at mccarthy hall. Initial tests say it was not ricin or any other hazardous substance. More tests are needed to find out what it s. And Officials Say that a person of interest has been identified. We have learned that all of the roads around the Israeli Embassy in northwest d. C. Have been reopened. Van ness, and green noe and International Drive had been closed because of a suspicious packaget the embassy. And the secret service says that investigation has ended and there was no threat, and the scene is said to be all clear. A bike lane battle in Northern Virginia and a new lane for cyclists will be added to king street in alexandria while those who are riding in the area are looking forward to the new lane, others say it is a big problem. Adam tuss is in alexandria with both sides of the debate. It is controversial, isnt it, adam . Yes, it is. There are more bike lanes in the busy section of the road, and you know a few roads like that, and more bike lanes are coming like this to alexandria and they say they cant believe that we are not sharing the road more. And i remember seeing a news story in the newspaper about it, and what is tragically happening, and i can attest that somebody is going to be hurt, because cyclists are not going to be stopping using that. Reporter cyclist bob ohara says there is friction on the road, but there is a need to keep the cyclists safe, and a new bike lane along king street are a great way to do it. Well, this is kipgs street in alexandria and looking at the road, you can see lots of cars on the road and not necessarily a lot of bikes, and that is where this whole debate comes into play. Should we take this road right here and put in bike lanes . Narrowing the the space for the cars . Well, the City Planners say that it is going to be making the roads safer and slow the cars down. Just up the hill, Frank Buckley keeps an eye on the road that is about to change, and he says that he is not against the bikes, but he does not like what is coming here, and he does not like what the city council voted, these lanes coming in. What they did is saying that it is a mat over putting the paint down on the street. Paint is easy to put on, ab eaye enough to take off. It will be taken off when we change the city council or see the blood on the paint. Reporter and in a booming region that sees all types of travel, sharing the road is taking on new importance. You can certainly see that some are very heated for this issue, and some residents here in alexandria say that the lanes are not wide enough on that road on kings street and they believe it is going to be gone in a matter of weeks. Adam tuss, news4. Thank you, adam. Okay. Here we go, you have been dreaming about it, and you have plans all set, and why not . It could be you. We are talking about a 400 million meg millions jackpot. Mega millions is reaching these new highs more often now, and this one is the sixth largest in u. S. History. And the reach of new highs is because the games are expanded into 43 states, and you in fact can buy the tickets in the district and maryland and virginia for tonights drawing, and lot of people are aware of the astronomical odds against winning, but they dont care. Astronomical amounts and when it gets up there, i am here. And it is like getting hit by lightning. And it is the same as the sa same. And tonight, we will have the winning numbers for you at news4 at 11 00. That could provide some relief from the weather, right . Well, that would help out about now except for some sunshine. My goodness. And it is video that is going to make your jaw drop, and the close call captured on the tape, a nd why this could have been deadly if it happened seconds earlier. And controversy after the arrest of a man from maryland, and we showed you the video yesterday and tonight, we have new details of the investigation. And doug, what is ahead . Well a chance of freezing rain later tonight to the west, and we are not talk about d. C. And even out to lees burg and winchester, and to luray and we may see the slick spots p be thu is not going to be a major event, and watch out early tomorrow morning, and i will have much more on this, and this is doug gansler. Im running for governor but this campaign is about you more than me. Its about brianna, who will breathe cleaner air because as attorney general i forced polluters to put in place 4. 6 billion dollars in pollution controls. For caren, i fought big banks, winning 1. 6 billion in mortgage relief for her and thousands of marylanders. For myra and her kids, theyre safer because i brought the beltway snipers to justice, and fought child pornography and internet predators. For eric and mickey, i went to court to fight for marriage equality. For hundreds of baltimore kids, i started an inner city lacrosse league. And when a judge blamed an 11 Year Old Girl for being sexually abused by saying it takes two to tango, i took that judge on. I dont put up with things like that, its not who i am. I take on tough fights and get things done for the people of maryland. announcer the subaru forester. Motor trends two thousand fourteen Sport Utility of the year. When you get some recognition, you cant help feeling a little humbled, and a little proud. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. This is incredible and two officers working a scene, and look at that, a truck flew between the two patrol cars. One of the officers was standing in the trucks path a few seconds earlier before that the truck hurdled over there, an turns out a tractortrailer rearended the truck to send it airborne, and the truck clipped the tail end of the cruiser, and apparently injured one of the officers, and he is expected to be okay, but that could have been much, much worse than it was. Indeed. New details about the gas explosion in new york that leveled two apartment buildings. Jim handly has more on that. The ntsb just released a report saying that there was a gas leak in east harlem, and they say that an eightinch pipe made of part cast iron and part another material leaked. They are going to be looking for more leaks and cut out pieces of pipe for more testing in the lab. Eight people were killed in that blast and collapse earlier in the month. From the live desk, jim handly. Thank you, jim. A live report from a scene after a news helicopter crashed near the Seattle Space needle and what we are learning in the moments before impact. And new reaction from the story that we brought to you, a violent arrest, and the many people are mourning the loss of a couple of helicopter reporters tonight. A tv chopper pilot and the cameraman were killed when their helicopter plunged on to a busy street in seattle this morning. An investigation is under way to find out why that happened. Janet kim is with us in seattle with the latest on the investigation. Janet . Well, jim, to give you perspective, we are standing a block from the space needle, but here behind me right now, you can see that the crews are working to remove the wreckage. And this is the tail of that chopper that we are talking about. The authorities have cordoned off the scene as the investigators continue to piece together what happened. A horrific scene as a news helicopter fell from the sky on to the downtown seattle street slamming into two vehicles. It hit the ground, and it burst into flamesb and like landed between the red car and the gray tacoma truck. Reporter abc affiliate komo helicopter news crew crashed after taking off of the stations fifth helipad next to the space needle. It hit the trees and crashed on the ho ther side there. Reporter and standby people said that it sounded different. We heard the noise and a problem, and then an explosion as the chopper hit the ground. Reporter huge flames and plumes of black smoke poured from the wreckage as fuel from the crash burned down the street. Komo a has identified those killed as longtime photographer bill strothman, and reporter Gary Pfitzner. At times like this we are reminded that we are public servants. Reporter and the man in the red car was taken to the hospital in critical condition. We are looking at everything, the helicopter, the pilot, and everything. Reporter an investigation into what caused this deadly crash is under way. Ntsb says that the preliminary report could take five days, and the entire report, possibly a year. We are live in seattle, janet kim, news4. New information now on the story we brought you first on news4, a controversial traffic stop the led to accusations of Police Brutality in maryland, and the Charles County sheriff was seen grabbing the driver out of the vehicle, and now all of the charges are dropped against him for what he did. Tracee wilkins went to find out why. Reporter this dash cam showing the Police Department pulling a man from his vehicle, and then after that, there is a lot of confusion. Including a car saying that the car needed to be towed. This is not my car. Whose car is it . It is the sheriffs car. Did anybody say that . I am trying to the eallude t the it. I will look at the record. Reporter and now according to his interview with me, he is the first there. He stops and i pulled him to the ground and he is stopped and detained. Reporter soon after, he is handcuffed and then an officer yells out to watch out for the camera, and then the officer went over to block the dash cam, and that is when miles says he was beaten. All of the charges were dropped by the States Attorney Office against this man. So did he make a wrong decision . Yes. The first i heard of the sheriffs events are on your broadcast and he has not talked to me personally about what he observed. Reporter states attorney Anthony Covington says the evidence did not support dui causing the rest of the case to fall apart. I did not believe that a jury or a judge would find mr. Miles guilty. Reporter i asked the states attorney if he felt that this case put a wedge between his office and the Sheriffs Department in order that they both have to Work Together to prosecute cases, and he said that because it is an election year, he did not feel comfortable commenting. Tracee wilkins, news4. And doug is back with more details of the weather, the good and the bad and the ugly. And 66 on saturday. That is the good. And just keep repeating that. That is what we will repeat. Spring officially begin idets f now. And the temperatures will continue to climb. Today, high of 44, and tomorrow, we can expect more cloud cover. In reston, more snow on the ground, but we saw some melting to i da, a today, and even though we did see the clouds, we are seeing the temperatures into the 30s and back to the west, and 39 in gaithersburg, and most everybody else is around the 40 degree mark. And dulles at 40. And down the chantilly and centerville, and southern portions of Fairfax County, and that is 39 at 7 00, and 36 by 11 00, and 33 by 7 00 a. M. , and you stay just above freeze, and you could see some shower activity, and so there might be something frozen on the car, or scrape the car u ofkacar off, a going to be just showers and maybe heavy showers as well. And this is going to go down the waldorf where it is one drop here or there, and that is it this evening, but tomorrow, a little bit of a different story. Slick conditions back to the s west, and winchester, and shenandoah and watch out around the areas, because we expect to see some minor accumulation of the freezing rain and not a lot, and then everybody changes over to the plain rain and take the umbrella, because you will need it thursday and friday and 56 on friday and 66 on saturday, and we are going in the right direction and see temperatures dropping on sunday and 40 degrees on monday and on tuesday, a High Temperature of 36 degrees, and yes, that means a chance for rain and maybe some snow, and this is something that we are watching, and yes, the accumulation is possible, and we will kocontinue to watch that right here. Goodbye. Goodbye. And now a chance to share Career Strategies with celebration of women es histor month, and partnering with the professional and Womens Foundation for this reception, and the nbc4 president and general manager Jackie Bradley we welcomed the guests, and a panel monitored by news4s Erika Gonzalez gave women a chance to ask questions. It won a 21st century grant a few months ago for the work in the community. We got all kinds of sports activity out ithe world today. Dianna, what is up . Well, i am doing it, and everybody is filling out the brackets right now, and so we reached out to some of the best d. C. Athletes to see who they have winning the ncaa. I wonder if any of them have americans . The eagles on the road and ready to dance . They are headed to milwaukee to face wisconsin. Face wisconsin. Did the firstyear coach even the allnew Chevy Silverado from the family of the most dependable, longestlasting fullsize pickups on the road. The truck that beats any ford f150 in fuel economy. 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I like our bracket and the chances, but you have to the put it on the court. And, you know, words dont matter anymore, and we have to play, and win. And which have been a good team, and nobody can go out there to carry us, and we are best when we have 20 assists and five double doublescorers, and so when people are caught up in the hype, we have to play as a team and all about we and not me. Lets go eagles and another underdog got a send off today. First year coach mike brennan was an assistant at georgetown, and so he has been to the big dance be before, but he is not sure that the experience is going to help or hurt this team. You know, i dont know how much it helps to be honest with you. We are successful because of what we have done all year long. And they have worked hard all year long, and competitors and ready to compete. At the beginning of the year, he told us that this season was not about wins or losses, but about getting better, and with we all pretty much know that it. We know that he wanted to come in and win right away. And they fooled him. Right now, the tournament is under way and mount saint marys is taking on albany to help start everybodys brackets, and i filled one out, and vance and doreen is ready to go including the d. C. Sports star and who they have and think that they will win it all. And some of the local stars are making the picks. John wall is picking number one seed Florida Gators and also is Ryan Kerrigan of the redskins, and confident that the gators can get it done. On the ice, the capitals captain is staying local and ovie is picking another number one seed, the virginia cavaliers. Also, we have martin gortat, and he said he did not have a answer, but he is going with ggo gor gonzaga. But i got the text back, make shure that it is florida. I will. I will not lie. And every time, they wont go for it. And we know that the about george mason. That was really low. And now, the only way to move forward is putting the past behind you and the only way to change is the things behind you and the hoyas have let go of the disappointment to not go to the tournament, but if you lose out, at least a shot at the n. I. T. And you know what, right now sh, we have no sound on that right now, but they are going to be facing West Virginia at mcdonough arena tonight. I was trying to figure out why they are not at the Verizon Center tonight, but the circus is in town. Oh. And they are taking a priority over the hoyas in the n. I. T. , but they are going to be play playing tonight. And you have michigan on our broadcast tonight, turning point. New information about the moment that missing airliner went offcourse, raising new questions about the pilots intent and whether this disappearance was planned. Out of the sky. An awful tragedy in the heart of seattle. A local news helicopter comes crashing down, exploding in flames on the streets below. Our nbc news