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the board would not offer him a renewal for another four years. the reason reported was that dr. starr failed to close the achievement gap between white and minority students. i asked him if he thought that was the real reason. >> the board and i have been in conversation over the last couple weeks about this. i wish them the best. >> reporter: all new at 5:00 parents of students in the montgomery county public schools react ooh the resignation. >> i think surprise would probably sum it up pretty well. >> chris gordon, news4. now to a raid with an exclusive neighborhood that has million-dollar mansions. >> for the second time in six months police are cracking down on squatters. a convoy of police cars tore into the community in prince george's county this morning. tracee wilkins found out who police were after in a story you'll see first on 4. >> reporter: this is truly an unbelievable case. we were here just a few months ago as u.s. marshals raided this same mansion to get squatters out. prince george's county police were back today to do it all again. this security video shows dozens of prince george's county police agents closing in on this mansion. the home was occupied by squatters, and according to sources close to this investigation, at least one of them was wanted for burglary. this is the second time this has happened in a home that has not been legally occupied for more than four years. >> i think that we're well organized. but apparently the squatters are even better organized. >> reporter: you could hear loud bangs shortly after police entered the house. six adults and four children were taken out. no word on what if any criminal charges the other five adults may be facing. >> this is my alligator, and we've got a swamp of vacant houses in prince george's county where the next set of squatters can be and we can't keep having 21 cars come to every house twice a year to get -- to solve this this problem. >> reporter: this house is getting quite an impressive history when it comes to squatters and criminal activity. this is an exclusive neighborhood again, and neighbors are not happy about this. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 more on the history of this home. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. we now know the name of a woman found dead in a stream near national airport. 61-year-old maria cruz of superstorm sandy alex was pulled from the four mile run stream. a medical examiner will determine how cruz died. trains are slowing down along parts of metro because of concerns about outdoor rails. our transportation reporter adam tuss broke the story on twitter this afternoon after learning metro recently identified a number of rail sections that need closer inspection. some top speeds have been knocked down from 60 to 50 miles per hour to 40 and 35 miles per hour and those restrictions are expected to remain in place through the winter. adam tweeteded that the slowdowns are across metro's systems impacting nearly all lines. he'll have much more on what this means for riders ahead on news 4 at 5:00. an arlington teenager was sexually assaulted on the way home from school and this afternoon police are looking for a suspect. the 17-year-old girl was walking along south four mile run drive about this time yesterday. someone came up behind her and grabbed her, then took off running. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is working the story and will join us live from arlington on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. the man accused of killing felicia barnes will go on trial a third time. michael maurice johnson has been indicted bay grand jury on a new second-degree murder charge. he's accused of killing 16-year-old barnes while she vied baltimore in 2010. he was convicted in 2013 but give an new trial. the second trial ended in a mistrial last month. baltimore city's top prosecutor explains why this is not a case of double jeopardy. >> as i indicated before this is not double jeopardy. what we're doing is essentially placing this case in the posture it was at the moment that the judge declared the mistrial. so we would be entitled to prosecute this case and that's se enchly what we're doing now. >> johnson is the ex-boyfriend of felicia barnes' sister. he was released from jail two weeks ago. a court date has not been set. late developments in the grisly murder of another isis hostage. a jordanian pilot was killed tonight. jordan is vowing revenge and that may include the execution of the prisoner jordan was willing to trade for. this afternoon, isis released a 22-minute video that is far too graphic for us to show. it appears to show that pilot in a cage being burned alive. president obama commented on the horrific development right after this video was released. >> just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> it's not clear when this murder took place. jordanian authorities say they have information that the pilot was killed january 3rd well before isis demanded jordan release a failed suicide bomber in exchange for the pilot's life. nbc news has learned that three prisoners were due to be swapped for the pilot and the jordanian authorities have asked king abdullah to allow their execution to take place tonight. the vaccination debate spreads to the capital today a day after measles became a political football in the 2016 presidential debate. today lawmakers from both sides of the aisle weighed in along with medical expefrtrts. for once, just about everyone is on the same page. bryan morris has the latest. >> reporter: not often democrats and republicans, and the witnesses are all on the same side but that's what happened right here today. in washington a rare moment of bipartisan agreement about measles vaccinations. >> that is for too serious an issue to be treated as a political football. people still die from measles. >> vaccinate your children against measles. >> reporter: the resurgence of measles inspired 2016 presidential race. chris christie says he supports vaccination and a parent's right to choose. senator rand paul said the same thing but added -- >> i've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. >> there is no credible evidence to support that claim. >> do you swear testimony -- >> reporter: lawmakers used the hearing with top medical experts as a soapbox to set the record straight. >> vaccines save lives and are the best way for parents to protect their children from preventable diseases. >> doctor, yes or no. >> yes. i have three children and they were all vaccinated on time with all the recommended vaccines. >> dr. robinson? >> absolutely. >> dr. fauci? >> definitely. >> reporter: hillary clinton, the speaker of the house and the white house were on the same page. >> the president believes it shouldn't require a law for people to exercise common sense. >> i don't know that we need another law, but i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> reporter: agreement on measles vaccinations that cuts across party lines. and if there is a debate here it's about what action the federal government should take if the states don't. live on capitol hill brian mooar, news4. an expected end to a getaway at sea. what forced this cruise ship to turn around and head back to our region and what people on board had to say when they came back on dry land. one for the record books. logistical nightmare resulting from a huge snowfall. much less wind today, but still cold. our current windchill readings 33 degrees. coming up this week, a little more winter. we have ap update on the annapolis mansion fire that killed a couple and their four grandchildren. the medical examiner's report says the six died from smoke inhalation and burdens of proof. the blaze back on january 20th was sparked by an electrical failure and fueled by a dry christmas tree. but investigators still don't know how that blaze began and how it traveled so fast blocking escape routes. all four children were between the ages of 6 and 8. a judge has postponed the trial for the ohio man accused of plotting to attack the capitol and kill government workers. christopher cornell was scheduled to stand trial march 2nd but today a judge agreed to give attorneys more time to deal with classified information that may be part of the evidence in the case. no word yet on a new trial date. he was arrested outside an ohio gun shop. he's pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges and is being held in a kentucky jail without bond. it looks like the next state to allow same-sex couples to tie the knot is in the deep south. a court says alabama can no longer uphold its ban on same-sex marriage. a judge declared that ban unconstitutional last month, but legal action has kept couples from saying "i do." now couples can marry as early as next week. think you know how much sleep you should be getting? why you may want to rethink it when you hit the hay and who should actually stand to get a little less sleep. social media buzzing this afternoon all because of a book. the announcement more than a half century in the making. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't 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 wi-fi 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 two-year agreement. technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. medics were wait ong the tarmac for a plane that got turned around this morning. passengers reported feeling sick on board a flight heading into denver. an hour into the flight, the plane returned to hair airport in chicago. a spokesperson for the department of aviation says the plane experienced a pressurization issue that caused people to experience discomfort. they're all fine. inspections of the plane continue. they were supposed to be returning to baltimore today after a relaxing cruise vacation. >> anything but relaxing. the ship came back early after hundreds of people got sick with a nasty stomach bug. news4's barbara harrison is here with more on the cruise. >> it's happened again, guys. the ship is called "the grandeur of the seas." about 200 people became sick while it was at sail the past few days. it was expected to be norovirus again, but health officials have not confirmed yet. most people were able to be treated with medication on board the ship but one person was so sick they needed to be in a hospital so that's why the ship returned to baltimore early. here's what some passengers had to say. >> it was the hundredoneymoon from hell. it was bad. lost a lot of money, time sick i was happy to leave baltimore to go to islands and now i'm just happy to be home. >> it kind of seemed like they weren't being very honest with us about the whole situation. we heard there were three people sick then another person said it was over a hundred. so i mean we never got a clear answer from any of the crew members. >> and "the grandeur of the seas" is already back out to sea. royal caribbean says the ship was thoroughly sanitized when it came back to port in baltimore. anyone uncomfortable boarding after the sickness was able to reschedule their trip if they could. jim? >> thank you, barbara. this should give you a better idea of just how much snow fell on cities to our north. boston has set a new record for the snowiest seven-day period in city history. a total of 34 inches just the last week. these aerials were shot this morning. today the mayor of boston said the city has moved 6,000 truckloads of snow from the last two snowstorms. even though they're still digging out he said the super bowl victory parade for the new england patriots will go on tomorrow morning as planned. >> why not have the parade on saturday? the simple answer is we won't have a team here on saturday to have a parade pap lot of the players go on vacation after today, and they won't be around on saturday. >> you have to have the team there, right? the mayor asking spectators proto dress appropriately since temperatures are expected to be below freezing. you might want to wear pads and helmets and everything. >> for sure. >> still dealing with freezing temperatures ourselves. for how much longer? it's cold out there. far while honger. we'll start warming up a pit tomorrow. it won't feel as bad pap lot less wind around the area. a little breezy during the afternoon. let's head outside and walk over to the weather wall and check on conditions right now. there's a look at your feels-like temperatures. this is around noon tomorrow. what you can expect here or in fact tomorrow you can see the temperatures across the area right now. we put everything into motion for you. the temperature around 39 degrees out there right now. our windchill values at 33 degrees currently. 26 in gaithersburg. going out this evening, we trop to 30 degrees. 11:00 p.m. in the eastern sky you'll be able to see jupiter rising with the full snow moon. that's in the eastern sky. that's pretty cool because they both rise at the same time but jupiter looks pretty small compared to the moon but it's 40 times larger in diameter. by tomorrow morning your wake-up forecast 22 to 29 degrees, another cold start for us but with a light wind around it's not until tomorrow afternoon again those winds start picking up again. look at the feels-like temperatures from the teens around gaithersburg leesburg arias like frederick, mt. airy 18 and martinsburg starting out, then you have temperature, what it feels like around 20 degrees, slightly higher by lunchtime tomorrow around 39 40 degrees. then as we get into the latter part of the day, it will again be a little breezy. but that feels-like factor 40 to 42 degrees, not too bad tomorrow afternoon. the actual air temperature gets up to around 48 degrees. 46 gaithersburg closer to 50 fredericksburg. so pat, yes, it will feel better tomorrow, again a little breezy many the afternoon. on future weather we'll see a few clouds pass through the area early part of the day tomorrow especially the counties up through northern maryland same thing during the afternoon. then it's on thursday when we draw our attention to this little chance of snow showers that will start coming through. there's 8:00 a.m. on thursday areas of howard county right on down to areas like stafford and by the time we get to 11:00 a.m., that system is out of here but could lay down a little snow. later in newscast i'll talk more about where i think some of the higher snowfall amounts will be, again, anywhere from flurries to a light covering. your storm team 4-day forecast. tomorrow dry, quiet, one of the warmest days we've seen in a while without the wind. 50% chance of snow right there with that temperature, high of 35 degrees, 35 also on friday with sunshine. then as we get into the weekend, our weekend, 50/50. it's split. saturday dry but a little chance of some snow/rain mix, which we'll also talk more about later in the newscast. guys? >> veronica thank you. rap mogul suge knight was transferred to the hospital after pleading not guilty to murder charges today. he complained of chest pains after his arraignment. knight's akutzed of running over and killing two men in compton last week. he could face life in prison if convicted pap spokesman for the l.a. sheriff's department says he was take on the hospital but no word yet on his status. crisis at the pump. you may have noticed a change. we'll tell you whether a slight jump in prices is just a phase or if we'll see the last of those low gas prices. drama in the courtroom. why a judge had to remove someone today just as the trial for a former football player had started. and we told you at the top of the show about the debate over childhood vaccinations. tell us, what do you think? happen right now, the house is vote ong a full repeal of the affordable care act. >> today's vote marks the 67th time the house has tried to repeal fund or change all or part of the law called obamacare. >> if it passes this will be the fourth time the house has voted for a full stand-alone repeal of the act. it was nice while it lasted but the gas price drop has appeared to have stalled now. prices have climbed over the week according to aaa due in part to refineries cutting production. the good news, the average gallon is still less than $2 in virginia. it's $1.96 in maryland. average is $2.10 and in the district it's $2.40. but despite the rise prices are expected to stay a dollar less than this time last year. it's a landmark settlement tied to the 2008 recession and housing collapse. standard & poor's will pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle a collection of lawsuits over its inflated mortgage ratings that helped trigger to financial crisis. the money will be divided between the federal government the district of columbia, and 19 states that filed lauths. in announcing the settlement today, attorney general eric holder said s&p contributed to the worst financial crisis since the great depression. trout season begins on valentine's day at lake fairfax. right now the lake is being stocked with safe-to-eat rainbow trout. you'll need a pass to sink a line. they're available for purchase at the lake. before you hang up the gone fishing sign remember to get a state fishing license. it was a blast so loud it set off car alarms nearby. crews used 70 pounds of dynamite to bring down part of this bridge near st. louis. the other part was demolished last year and is already well on its way toing with being replaced. the structure is more than 50 years old. you may take them to stay healthy but they could be doing more harm than good. which supplements aren't quite what they seem. and a tragedy that could have been avoided. why this photo is the focus after a disaster in the sky. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't 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 wi-fi 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 two-year agreement. we're following all the day's stories here first at 4. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. at 4:30 this is what's happening now. the head of the montgomery county schools is stepping aside. superintendent joshua starr will leave his post february 16th. that's before his four-year term is up. it's a story you'll see first on news4. more squatters removed from a prince george's county mansion. police raided the home in which four kids and six adults were living one of whom was a burglary suspect. and a shocking revelation today. the terror group isis makes a startling announcement. >> isis released a new propaganda video today that takes the terror group's bar barbarity to a whole new level. this extremely graphic video shows the captured jordanian pilot being burned alive. the white house and the pentagon are condemning the act tonight, and jordan is vowing revenge. >> reporter: isis militants today released a video purporting to show a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive. this comes just days after the group claimed to have beheaded a japanese journalist. president obama says this is an indication of what kind of organization isis is. >> should in fact this video be authentic, it's just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> the pilot was taken captive after he was forced to eject from his plane december 24th on a bombing run over syria. jordanian officials had been working frantically to negotiate a prisoner swap in exchange for the pilot. isis had demanded $200 million for the release of the pilot and japanese journalist kenji goto after the murder of another japanese citizen. isis later demanded the release of an al qaeda female prisoner in jordan who faces the death penalty for her role in a group of hotel bombings in 2005. last week an audio message believed to be from isis said the pilot would be killed if the female bomber were not released thursday. the jordanians said they were open to the prisoner exchange but asked for proof the pilot was still alive. laura aguirre, nbc news. classes resume tomorrow at the marshall elementary school in alexandria. a water main break sent kids home today. it was on school property and no other customers were affected. rosa parks was known as a mild-mannered seamstress who helped spark the montgomery, alabama, bus boycott in 1955 but a different image emerges. it comes from a library of congress collection of private papers letters and photographs being made public for the very first time. they show a much more determined civil rights worker than her popular image. the papers will be available to researchers beginning tomorrow, but a public exhibit will be held in march. news4 news4's tom sherwood has a full report coming up on news 4 at 6:00. selfies may have played a role in a small plane crash last year that killed two people in colorado. the ntsb today says recordings from a goprocamera recovered at the scene showed that the 29-year-old pilot and the passenger were taking selfies during the flight. the pilot took one selfie when the plane was at a very low altitude. investigators believe the flash likely disoreiented the pilot, causing him to lose control of the cessna. you know the roads are slick even when salt trucks can't handle it. take a look at this. a public works driver in pittsburgh had to be rescued this morning after his salt and plow truck overturned. we're told the truck skidded on the ice, slid into this hillside and flipped over. crews had to literally cut the driver out of the cab. he was treated at the hospital and is expected to be okay. another day of watching and waiting at a hospital where the daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown is said to be fighting for her life. she was found face down and not breathing in a bathtub at her home in georgia on saturday. she is in an induced coma. a relative said her eyes did move bit overnight and they're hoping for the best. the murder trial of aaron hernandez resumes this afternoon without one of its jurors. a female juror was dismissed by the jungdge after evidence showed she talked about the case. she also may have lied on her jury questionnaire. there are 18 jurors. six will be randomly chosen at alternates immediately before deliberations. hernandez is charged with killing odin lloyd, who was dating his fiancee's sister sxwroop news4 your health now, are you getting enough sleep? the national sleep foundation just issued new recommendations for all age groups based on two years of research by a panel of 18 scientists. the biggest change here is that most chirp and teens actually need slightly less sleep than previously thought. the only exception, newborns who still need more. it's still recommended that everyone over 18 get 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night. we're posting the new recommendations for all nine age groups on our nbc washington app. thousands of jeep cherokees being recalled because their side air bags may inflate at the wrong time. the recall affects cherokees in the 2014 and 2015 model years. the parent company, fiat chrysler reports a few situation where is the air bags deployed during extreme driving maneuvers such as those encountered in off-road terrain. dealers will recalibrate the air's soft bags to make the bags less likely to inflate in those sorts of situations. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk where lance armstrong has been caught cheating again. but this time to avoid a traffic citation. this was aspen, colorado during the holiday. police say the disgraced cyclist hit two parked cars and then drove off after leaving a party. but his girlfriend anna hanson took the blame saying she was driving so it wouldn't get into the media. police got suspicious. valet parking attendants at the party were spoken to and they say armstrong was driving that night. under questioning, hanson admitted she lied to protect her boyfriend. back to you. so how far would you go far good job? a man in michigan walks 21 miles a day every day, folks. james robertson's car broke down ten years ago. he hasn't had the money to fix it. and the bus only goes part of the way to his job at a factory. his trip takes him 2 1/2 hours each way. his shift is from 2:00 in the afternoon to 10:00 at night so, part of his commute is in the dark. he even makes the commute in bad weather there, you see. james explains why it's all worth it. >> i can't imagine not working, you know. i don't want to end up, you know doing nothing. you know did you know how long it took me to find this job? >> now, james won't have to walk much longer. folks who heard about his trek set up a go fund me page. more than $200,000 has been raised so far. he could get about 10 or 15 rides with that kind of money. >> good for those folks and good for him. >> he's fit. you can tell. >> he's determined too. he was the voice on the other end of the phone that made all the difference. >> what's wrong, man? >> he's not breathing. oh my god! >> the terrifying moments after a young boy stopped breathing. why the only person who could help technically wasn't supposed to. from bad to worse, the dispute getting started after the death of robin williams. storm team 4 keeping a close eye on the skies. v.j.? that's right. it might be quiet tonight but storm team 4 looking at the latest data and a chance for some snow showers day after tomorrow. we'll look at that system and yet another system. technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. the battle over robin williams' estate is turning ugly now. before his death, the late actor set up a trust for his three children laying out the items he wanted them to have. now his widow has gone to court to ask that the contents of her home be excluded from the trust. she says the children took some of the late actor's personal item without her permission. the children's lawyer says his klines are heart broken that their stepmother is challenging their late father's wishes. major retailers are pulling herbal supplements from their shelves after revelations the products may not contain the active ingredients listed on the labels. erica edwards reports on the fallout from a new york state investigation. >> is there really ginseng or st. john's wort in those pills? an investigation by the new york attorney general's office suggests some store brands sold at walgreens, walmart, target and gn droshgs not contain the active ingredients listed on the nable. new york's attorney general is demanding those retailers pull certain products off store shelves. >> mislabeled supplements that are taken by the public to preserve or maintain their health pose a significant danger to those who have food allergies or who take medication. >> reporter: the study used a type of dna bar code testing to show 79% of products tested showed no evidence they contained active ingredients. about a third of the products had fillers and plants not listed on the label, like rice and wheat, even house plants. the council for responsible nutrition calls the investigation reckless taking issue with that dna test. >> the dna might not necessarily show up in a finished product, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still have all those phytochemicals which is what the consumer really wants from their product. >> reporter: walgreens will pull it will products nationwide while it conductings its own review. walmart released a statement saying it will follow up with its herbal supplement supplier. and gnc said it will pull the products in question from its new york stores. the food and drug administration requires supplement manufacturers who verify their products are safe and labeled correctly, but supplements are not subjected to the same rigorous approval process as prescription drugs. erica edwards, nbc news. she wrote one of the most celebrated books of our generations, then never published another word but that's about to change folks. the big announcement that has a lot of people saying they already know what they'll be reading this summer. traffic grinds to a halt. what was in the road that had police improvising? welcome back to news4 at 4. we're covering the stories people are talking about this afternoon. >> our reporters and meteorologists are standing by first at 4. if you're excited, you're not alone. the news got nearly 500 likes on our nbc washington facebook page today. >> one of the most beloved novel miss american literature "to kill a mockingbird," is getting a sequel. the author harper lee, never published another novel. we have new details about a novel 50 years in the making. >> reporter: in the world of boox today's news qualifies as a bombshell. >> no one saw it coming. >> reporter: word that the author of "to kill a mockingbird" would finally publish a second book that ripples through the industry. >> if you said to every new york publisher what is the one book you would like to have i'm guessing that a sequel to "to kill a mockingbird" would be pretty high on the list. >> reporter: 88-year-old harper lee earned the presidential medal of freedom and a pulitzer prize for that book about racial tensions in her native alabama during her childhood in the 1930s. >> this country, our courts our great love. >> reporter: a film based on the book became an oscar-winning classic. many of the characters including scout and atticus finch will be revisited 20 years later in the new book entitled "go set a watchman." it's a work harper wrote before mockingbird but had put aside. >> her long time lawyer discovered the manuscript and brought it to her attention, and she says she's delighted that she had no idea that it still existed. >> reporter: entertainment week li senior entertainment editor tina jordan says the flup will have a huge audience. >> harpercollins has said they have a girs print of 2 million and i would be shocked if that number did not go out. >> reporter: certainly a possibility. worldwide sales for "to kill a mockingbird" have topped 40 million copies. mark barger nbc news. >> we'll have to wrap it up again tonight, veronica. >> wrap it up another blanket on the bed, another cold one for us as it's been every night for the last week or so. we are talking about a chance for snow showers coming up in the next couple of days right now p temperature where we started cooling down northern montgomery county northern prince george's county howard county too, elsewhere above 35 degrees, rockville right on into d.c. 35 to 38 degrees. elsewhere cooling there to about 32 33. around gaithersburg and over toward baltimore and by tomorrow morning we fall to the upper 20s to 30 degrees right in alexandria canton springs at 28 starting out tomorrow morning, and for northern virginia leesburg hshgs areas like warrenton, 27 degrees tomorrow morning, 28 in fredericksburg quantity quo starting out at 28 degrees as well with just a few clouds out there. and some very light winds too for tomorrow morning. that's part of your drive time forecast. sun glare tomorrow so you'll need the sunglasses by afternoon, upper 40s but dry roads. tomorrow will be i think one of the best days out of this workweek and a great day to get outside. see the kids take them to the playground as we hit the mid-30s by 9:00 a.m. so even during the late morning hours it will be i think okay for getting outside and exercising. upper 40s, 47 degrees by 1:00. it will be chilly but a low-impact day weather-wise for us looking good throughout the day for anything again, lots of sunshine early, best day out of the workweek coming our way tomorrow. that's probably one of the most important things to remember about the forecast along with this -- sunday -- or tomorrow rather thursday just talking about conversation snow across the area a weak fast-moving system comes through. flurries in the light blue. the best chance of seeing anything come down at a pretty good clip for a brief period of time way up to the north around areas of frederick county along northern areas of baltimore county as well. flurries from 7:00 a.m. to noon on thursday. better chance of snow meteorologist doug kammerer looking at for the second half of the weekend. >> amazing how many questions we get about the next storm and the next storm, people asking about the sunday/monday possibility. we have this area of low pressure that will be making its way down from the upper midwest in through the great lakes for this sunday event. we'll have cold air in place for the storm, but just like most of these systems the area of low pressure tries to bring up a little bit of warm air so once again on that rain/snow line in our region. too early to call. no idea where it will be going. looks like rain and snow mix for our area and another big storm for northeast. for us just another cold storm afterwards on monday into tuesday. v.j.? temperature-wise for the weekend not too bad on saturday mid-40s for high call it chilly again dry, then sunday 42 where we start falling off and get a little bit of snow mixing in with that rain. extended forecast after that past the weekend, early part of next week chance could continue into monday right now, the high of 35. we have a lot more coming up on the cold night ahead and your thursday snow showers on news 4 at 5:00. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk following a story that has a neighborhood on edge this afternoon. someone grabbed a teenage girl as she walked home from school. this happened around south four mile run drive in arlington near community park where a lot of families take their children. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is working the story and will bring you an update on this investigation in just a few minutes when i see you at 5:00. pat, jim? a tragedy unfolding in a home or so they thought. >> my only son, i can't lose him. >> i'm not going to let you lose him. put him on your kitchen table, okay? >> more of the dramatic 911 call and why the man at the other end of the phone wasn't supposed to help. you may not believe how one inmate got out of jail. he didn't plot anything tricky. he simply walked out of the front door of this north carolina jail through the metal detectors then sprinted for the woods once he got outside. he's since been caught and is back in custody. officials from the sheriff's department say staff failed to do a bunch of things right and that disciplinary action is expected. look closely at this traffic backup on a utah highway. cars were stopped for miles and it was all caused by a small dog. the black pomeranian mix had run away from its owner while on a walk. look at her go. well he led three troopers and four animal control officers on a chase for 40 minutes yesterday. he ran back and forth across north and southbound lanes. finally his owner drives up and the dog jumps right into the car. the owner is facing a $110 fine. >> wow. moments after a virginia grandmother put her grandson down to take a nap, he suddenly stopped breathing. she called 911 but the nearest ambulance was 20 minutes away. as bethany teague reports, the baby is okay today thanks to the dispatcher who put his job on the line. [ sirens ] >> 911, where is your emergency? >> oh my god, my baby my baby! >> what's wrong with your baby ma'am? >> he's not breathing. he's turning purple. oh my god, oh my god! >> reporter: it was the frantic call that sharply plunged a routine day at the police department into a race against the clock. a race for this little boy's life. >> he's dying! he can't breathe! >> reporter: 17-month-old aiden walker had been feeling a little under the weather and was taking a nap with his grandmother sherry grable while mom, he me lis is a grable went to get more medicine when suddenly -- >> i scooped him up in my arms at that point. he was lifeless. and i yelled out to her, dial 911, dial 911, dial it now. >> reporter: aiden had a seizure and stopped breathing so, this pair picked up the phone, placing all hope in the hands of the man on the other end of the line. >> anybody there knows cpr? >> no. no. what do we do? >> reporter: it was at this crucial moment when dispatcher ken webb had a monumental decision to make. webb knows cpr but the police department does not have emergency medical dispatch certification. that means dispatchers are not allowed to give out cpr instructions over the phone. but his chief said go ahead. and he took a leap of faith. >> some sort of measures the child would expire i wasn't going to let that happen even if it meant being reprimand. >> he's my only son. i can't lose him. >> i'm not going to let you lose him. put him on your kitchen table, okay? >> okay. >> all right. barely pinch his nose off and put your mouth over top of his mouth and i need you to blow in it for just a second and see, okay. >> reporter: grandma sherry sprang into action and with no knowledge of cpr began breathing life into her grandson. the nearest ambulance was nearly 20 minutes from the grable home 20 minutes that seemed like an eternity. >> it was the scariest day of my life. all i could do was say a prayer over and over and over please god, don't take my son from me. >> reporter: for this family that prayer was answered in the form of this man, who put their little boy above himself. that's why a couple weeks later they made the trip to the police department to say thank you by showing him this smiling face. >> it makes you realize why you get up why you come to work and why you do what you do. >> reporter: these days things are starting to get back to normal in the grable home as they watch aiden explore blocks and pick out his favorite stuffed animals. >> goofy, huh? >> reporter: but thanks to that fateful december day, there's a new bond in their hearts that will last for a lifetime. >> if you could say one thing to him, what would you want to say? >> you're my hero. i really do think that tim deserves to be part of our lives. he is going to grow up and we're going to bring him back to you meet you. >> absolutely. >> you're a lifelong friend. yep. huh, buddy. doping right now, isis burns a hostage alive. new at 5:00 reaction from the white house and who is promising revenge. million-dollar mansion raid. groups accused of lying in the lap of luxury. the story is next at 5:00 and you'll see it only here on news4. first at 5:00, a teenager is sexually assaulted on her way home from school. >> and this unfolded in a public and busy place. >> the 17-year-old was grabbed along south four mile run drive and the man who assaulted her still on the run. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is there live now. julie, you just spoke to police. >> reporter: the high school back that way, the rec center down the street an area with a lot of pedestrians, both adults and kids. once they hear of this attack they may want to be paying attention to not just what's in front of them but behind them a well. walking along this stretch of sidewalk at 4:15 p.m. a wakefield high school student was sexually assaulted monday in sight of these apartments, a gas station, and a bike path. >> this 17-year-old high school senior is walking home. she was approached from behind and had her butt grabbed. scared and frightened she ran to her residence and called her mother who called police to inform us of the situation. >> reporter: the suspect also fled running away toward the gas station. no witnesses have come forward yet, but police are hoping in this busy area someone might remember seeing the man. this woman who lives in the apartments here tells us she hadn't heard of the attack but it won't keep her from walking her dogs. she'll just be more careful. >> i always feel safe. i've gone out in the dark. i have to walk them so i need to go but definitely i will be careful. >> r
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