>> now at 11:00, con serves in one northern virginia community after the murder of a high profile transportation official. police say there was no threat to the public. so why hasn't there been an arrest? >> the i-team goes undercover to show how people are riding the rails for free. and we'll see what happens once the police find out. >> a my jor economic boost for prince george's county as bargain hunters countdown for the opening of new outlet stores. >> first tonight, the moon hunt for two men wanted for murder. >> the victim was shot and killed in gaitersberg, prompting nearby schools to go on lockdown. >> reporter: right now, there are a lot of unanswered questions. police have no motive, no suspects under arrest and few leads. tonight, the crime scene tape is down, but seven hours after police found the body of a man on the sidewalk they're still here. >> a lit the worried because, you know, it's right here. >> reporter: police drove to the 400 block of north summit avenue after a report of shots fire 2:30 this evening. they found the victim's body outside building 438. witnesses say two men took off running. the man got shot in the head. >> edwauardo shot drecell phoneo of the s.w.a.t. team moving in. police searched everying in -- building in this area. they say the two men got away. >> it's a worry. a worry, you know, because you hear so many stories. >> patients waited 2 1/2 hours for their children at a nearby elementary school. dismissal was delayed because the school was on lockdown. tonight, many of those parents and people in the neighborhood are on i letter. alert. >> we have to keep a lookout because it happened here. >> that's exactly what folks out here are doing. now police are continuing to investigate. they have not released the name of the man who was killed. they must first notify his relatives. live in gaithersburg, i'm shamari stone, news 4. >> alexandria neighbors questioned the chief of police there tonight, worried that there's a killer on the loose. ron kirby was shot to death in his home on elm street more an a week ago. immediately after that crime, police said there was no danger to poerps but with no arrest yet and police asking for leads, neighbors have concerns. >> that's what scares everybody. we're just wondering, i mean, people, they're thinking it's maybe not a random burglary. but i don't know. maybe it was. >> chief earl cook says it's still early in the investigation and leads are very important to the case right now. >> still no answers tonight about what led to a double murder-suicide frederick county. his wife was a former researcher at the university of m.d. m baltimore. the couple and their 3-month-old child, their son, were found shot and killed last night inside their home in new market, maryland. no word on who killed them. the couple's 5-year-old daughter ran next door for help. she is now with child protective services. >> police are hoping this surveillance video will help them catch the men behind a brutal beating in northwest d.c. you can see two guys kicking and hitting a person on the sidewalk. it happened along lamont street northwest last saturday. that's a few blocks from med star hospital center. there's a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. >> a show of support tonight for state senator creigh deeds who was shot. medics air lifted deeds to the hospital on tuesday. police believe deeds' 24-year-old son austin stabbed him at their home in bath county and then killed himself. the senator is now sid said to be in good condition. >> a florida congressman has checked himself into rehab one week after pleading guilty to drug charges. trey reidel pled guilty to buying cocaine from an undercover agent. he's been sentenced to one-year probation. he's also taken a leave of absence from congress while he undergoes treatment. >> a winter storm is dumping several inches of snow. temperatures are going all the way down into the teens. and that, folks, is the weather that's coming our way. doug, when do we expect it? >> it's coming this way quick. you've got one more day of mild temperatures. then this weekend. it all goes downhill. take a look at the numbers. you just mentioned, look at the current temperature, 13. just like us, they were near 60 during the day yesterday. they are now at 13 degrees. still seeing some snow there. all of that cold air back to the west will continue to make its way our way over the next couple of days. we are going to see some fridge ji frigid, frigid air, as cold as it gets here in december and january. something else we're watching, though, the all-important thanksgiving week next week. and of course, there could be a storm that could hamper your travel plans. if you've got plans from saturday all the way through next week, i've got your details. >> thank you, doug. people have complained about a lack of shopping options for decades in prince george's county but that's about to change. the tanger outlets open aboten hours from now. 20,000 people are expected to check it out right away. here's a sneak peek. >> at every turn there was this. employees celebrating and so were the shoppers. at the preopening of the tanger outlets. >> great place to shop>> it's 340,000 square feet of shopping, and it's opening at 99% capacity. it's expected to generate $6.3 million in tax revenue for the county>> it doesn't disappoint. it really doesn't. very nice. >> the design is inviting with an indoor and outdoor feel throughout the plaza. >> these are the brands we've been waiting for. it's what people have been asking for, and here we are delivering to them amazing products. >> yes, they are bringing the brands, with more than 80 stores, including coach, h&m, michael kors. >> i like banana republic, calvin klein? >> what about coach? >> yes. >> when we told shoppers about what tanger was offering, they could not wait for the grand opening. >> clotit's close it's vent and need it in p.g. county. >> are you going to go or are you going to wait? >> we're going to tomorrow. >> this is just the soft opening. they're expecting 20,000 cars a day to come into tanger. this is the road they're going to be using. oxen hill road. two lanes in each direction. narrowing down to one lane in each direction as you go a little further down that road. they're expecting some serious traffic tomorrow. in oxen hill, i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >> a rough start for the streetcar project in northeast. today, during the test run along h street, it took the car nearly an hour to get five blocks because of pedestrians that wouldn't move and cars that were blocking the tracks. d.c. officials plan to crack down on that problem beginning on december 1. that's when they'll start ticketing and toeing drivers who block the tracks. the streetcars are expected to be up and running on h street next year. controversy over a new draft of maryland's student discipline policy. some parents say it is not strict enough in light of shootings such as the one in sandy hook elementary in connecticut. in one case, first-time offenders who make a bomb threat or threaten a school shooting will face only peer mediation. the new policy is reportedly aimed at reducing the number of suspensions. school officials say the number of minority students who are suspended is disdisproportion e disdisproportionately high. the maryland board of education says the draft is not a mandate and it has not yet been approved. >> tonight, an order from the white house marking the 50th anniversary of john f. kennedy's assassination. flags will fly at half staff tomorrow. and thousands attending a ceremony will have a moment of silence at 1:30 our time. that's the moment the shots rang out. wendy regehr is in dallas as people remember the event that changed the course of our history. >> the grassy knoll is full of a mob scene a bit, but awful a lot of colorful characters including a buy who came in from long beach, california, covered in beautiful tattoos of president kennedy. and the first lady jackie kennedy. something he was quite proud of. he said that it was important to him to carry them on his arms. because he also had them on his front. >> i went from oswald kennedy to i'm afraid oswald didn't kill kennedy. to please god don't let it be the cia killed kennedy. to the cia did kill kennedy to oswald killed kennedy . >> so you've come full circumstance snl. >> the place will become very quiet and a solemn ceremony will begin to unfold as they remember the 50th anniversary of the killing of president kennedy here in dallas. back to you. >> wendy will anchor our coverage from dallas tomorrow beginning at 6:00 in the morning here on news 4. >> coming up, the i-team going undercover to tell show you how people are getting a free ride on metro. and why breaking the rules could come with a criminal record. >> stealing metal and getting a profit. before anyone noticed. >> inside the dark world of heroin additio a metro contractor has been arrested accused of stealing copper wire. police say he stole the many et al. from several location ins colluding the green belt rail yard beginning back in june. he allegedly sold the copper to a company down in charles county for cash. police say he made more than $10,000 from his theft. he worked for a company that provided electric service to metro. >> records obtained from scott mcfarlane reveal a 20% spike in tickets issued for fair evasion. 3,200 people busted system wide already in 2013. news 4 went undercover. we taught dozens of people slipping in in and out of the emergency exits. metro police have b cracking down and the punishments can be stiff. >> the fine could be $10 up to $300. i think a lot of customers fail to realize that gives you a criminal record. >> pentagon city, 236 citations so far in 2013. new carlleton, not far behind. >> mobt gomry county is seeing a recent spike in overdose deaths. tonight, darcy spencer with a closer look at the problem and why so many young people are losing their lives. >> in montgomery county, more than five dozen people have died on overdose heroin. >> how many times have you hit that vain? >> 30 or 40 times. >> his vein still bleeds sometimes but he's beat his injection. >> i was injecting myself seven times a day. >> speaks show there's been 13 overdose deaths from heroin in the county just since june. >> we are seeing heroin pop-up throughout the county. >> one of those areas is damascus known for rural property, landscaped properties and expensive homes. there have been several heroin busts along route 27 and damascus. it's a two-lane road. dealers use this instead of the interstates. >> some call it a virtual heroin highway. >> the heroin problem in montgomery county in my experience damascus is at epidemic levels. >> she said the drug emerged quickly as prescription painkillers got harder to buy. >> really penetrated every click from the cheerleaders to the football players and the goth kids. >> she's spoken out publicly about the problem after her boyfriend took his own life. other friends have died from accidental heroin overdoses. >> it's really sad to see the kids i know now who are addicted and to think, like, they're just going to end up dead. >> a montgomery county school spokesman told me there is education in schools and offer counseling. but he also said this is taking place for the most part outside of school. we have students for one quarter of the day half the year. this must be a collaborative aroach that involves the entire community, and that starts with parents. but evans said drug use is taking place on school grounds, even in the classroom. >> for the short time i was there, it was acceptable to bring drug fos school. >> she's been told the problem starts and ends with parents. >> it's a community problem. and to suggest at any point that it is not their problem is disturbing. >> darcy spencer, news 4. >> there are programs aimed at fighting the heroin problem and getting help for addicts. but some say there aren't enough of those programs. darcy will have more on her second report that's tomorrow night on news 4 at 6:00. >> doug is here with the school on our weather. not bad tonight, but that's about to change. >> in a big way. temperatures get up to 60 degrees. and then it all comes crashing down. and boy it's going to come trashing down hard, too. >> we are looking at a pairly calm night. tomorrow will get up to 60 degrees. 47, the current number. winds are calm, temperatures tonight are going to be much, much warmer than the last couple of nights. 45 over gaithersburg. the radar is all clear, but look out to the west, notice a couple of showers out towards petepet s petersburg, west virginia. we're going to see more of a warm front. we're going to continue to see the cloud cover. answer a chance for shower activity, too. cool, but not cold. and definitely not crazy like we're going to see. but by tomorrow afternoon, notice washington still on the dry side. kbu the showers start to move in. we're going to be on the mild side. it's trying to make its way in here. near 60, but a chance for sot some showers. take the umbrella with you just in case. by rush hour, we'll start to see showers. most most of us should remain on the dry side. when the cold air begins on saturday amp, you will need the coats. most of saturday may not be all that bad, but by 2:00, 3:00 in the amp, you're going to notice a big, big difference. temperatures tonight, 44 in d.c. 38 in manassas. so not nearly as bad. ander really, not nearly as cool as what we're going to be for overnight lows and high temperatures. 49 on saturday. 36 on sunday. that's another high temperature, but that's nothing compared to what we'll see for the wind chill. slowly getting a little better then we get out towards thanksgiving. how about that sunday temperature? we mentioned the temperatures near 36 degrees. so 33 and 37. but the wind chills between 15 and 25. that's all day long. that's normally what we see in month of january. we're seeing it very, very early. winds gusting 25 to 30 miles an hour. and then watch the potential storm that could move up the kwoes on wednesday. if it does, this is one of the biggest travel days of the season. it could post problems for the i-95 corridor from raleigh to richmond, d.c. all the way up towards boston. the backside would be cold enough for some snow. mostly back towards the mountains. not worried about that here. worried about the rain and the colder weather, six out of the next seven days, well below average. he's full of good news. >> problems in paradise for two >> problems in paradise for two local teens. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo: opportunity. that's the real walmart. >> this is going to be the week that changes the redskins season or this will be the week they look back on like that is when it all fell apart. all the drama. hopefully today was the last day of it. offensive coordinator kyle shanahan, he heard rg3 say that the eagles knew what was coming before it was coming which at the time seemed to be a shot at the man calling all the plays, but today we were told rg3 walked into his coordinator's office to talk face to face, man-to-man to clarify his statements that move that his coach had, his trusting in his leadership that he's trusting him. >> i've got no problem withr roberts. it tests everybody in the locker room. it's a challenge and you get something better at. i think robert is going through that right now. i think it's part of the process of making him great. >> vcu women's basketball team is number ten in the country right now nap's the best rank they've had in school history, that's about to change, though. tonight in puerto rico, unranked florida state stunned the rams. known for their havoc defensing but they're the ones getting worked tonight. first half, the pass is stolen by white. throws that one right down. then two seconds before the half, fsu's pass to brandon and again slam. up by 12 at the break. second half, florida state runs away with this one, up 12, up 18. ian miller, alley-oop. seminoles upset the rams in a big way, 85-67, the final this. also in puerto rico, josh smith and georgetown facing northeastern. and the hoyas they came out strong. smith, 350 pounds, all of him. waiting for that hoop and he jumps out to an 8-0 lead. >> turn up the d. comes up with this steal. finishes with the jam here to georgetown, up 11 at the break. things were hopping. not for long. late second half, down two. uh-oh, here we go. another turnover. 16 in the game, northeastern wins it 63-56. georgetown will play kansas state in a consolation game tomorrow. elsewhere, hey, it's c-lo making an appearance. b bison making their voice heard. houston goes on a 13-2 run. icaprun trops to 2-4 this season. finally in oklahoma city, a thunder fan hits a half court shot. $20,000. forget the money,s in the best part. that's jay-z right there with his wife beyonce congratulating. two guys in a row hitting that half court shot. it. >>'s a lucky >> i looked at this last night and died laughing. a woman started to take sons of her 2-year-old son and their new puppy and put it up on a book. this thing is going viral. they kochg oconk out every day t 11:00 in the morning. but they're never far apart. the family got him from the animal shelter after his older siblings asked for a dog. but now guess whose dog that is. >> and forever will be. >> forever and a day. that is so cute. that look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? 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unharmed and several schools and two churches were placed on a lockdown briefly while the police searched for the sus is pekt. he is described at this point as a white man with gray hair and a short beard who was seen walking in the area by neighbors immediately after this shooting. now, coming up, we expect to hear from alexandria's police chief, and he is expected to answer the questions about why the lockdown was lifted and what level of concern that residents in this neighborhood should be having right now about this search for the suspect. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. and the end of the school day is being interrupted by the search for a murder suspect. and scott macfarlane has more. >> and right to the chopper over manassas near prince williams parkway, and they are looking for earl patrick mitchell who is wanted for a homicide, and he is believed to be in our area. this is chopper 4 look foing fo the area, and the police believe he is on foot in the area, and considered arm and dangerous. buses going to bennett elementary have been suspended and redirected and moved arn during this search, and the schools in the area have been notified. we will keep tracking the s search, and bring you details as we get them. scott macfarlane in the live desk. and also, news on the missing reservist says that a police source confirms that a body found near richmond is believed to be kevin quick who is the police reserve captain from nelson county whose vehicle was spotted in manassas, and three siblings were arrested in alexandria in connection with the disappearance and all three were held in court without bond, and more on the story as a it develop develops. >> a major stretch of i-95 north after a deadly wreck this mor g morning. two people were killed when the car they were in collided with the tractor-trailer. the crash happened just before 10:00 this morning, and caused traffic problems throughout the day. the police have not identified the victims. a call for action now are the the family of the man who collapsed and died last week. just steps from a d.c. firehouse. medric mills' family says that the fire deparent employee who would not help should be fired, and ask d.c. leaders to change the law that protects the government from being sued in situations like this. a press conference was held in tront of the firehouse where the incident happened, and we have heard from mills' son and widow. they are planning a candlelight vigil tonight. mark see graves will have a full report at 5:00. and a deputy will spend six years in jail after he wasnught. patterson was a 17-year veteran on the force when he shot 22-year-old julian dawkins in a dispute last may. the northern virginia reporter david culver was in the courtroom for sentencing, and he will join us on "news4 at 5:00." and police in hyattsville are looking for two men who broke into a house on adelphi road and one stayed upstairs and another stayed downstairs ransacking the house taking cell phone and laptops and other electron electronics, but nobody was injured. we could see some snow this weekend, but the question is will it be fit for the snow lovers or spectators? >> storm team 4 veronica johnson has the answer. >> well, nice to look at it, but not enough to look at and do anything with. and we are looking at storm s center 4 with the guidance and the information coming in, and it is consistent with what we have been saying over the last couple of days, and this is not a big event over the weekend. watch this snow, and this is saturday. you can see it is pretty much going to cover a large portion of our viewing area, and so i do think that everybody will have some type of snow, and light, and maybe more than that, and little bit later, we will have a snowfall forecast for the aerre. the temperatures right now are in the 30s, and to gaithersburg in d.c. and still with a little bit of wind, and windchill temperatures brought down from 5 to 8 degrees so it feels like it is in the upper 20s and lower 30s and with we lose the wind tonight, and the worry for tomorrow morning that of black ice. and the temperatures are starting out in the 20s throughout the area, and a partly cloudy sky with more clouds expected late in the day, and with the weather headlines, black ice to worry about, and more on the weekend snow chances with that snowfall forecast map coming up. >> all right. thank you, veronica. the recent snow this the area and the freezing and the thawing is taking a toll on the roads. you don't have to drive far to encounter a nuisance potholes. we found this one at 16th and taylor streets in northwest d.c., and some drivers with were able to swerve to avoid it, but others took their chances and hoped for the best for their cars. >> i come from silver spring everyday, and you have to zigzag and make sure that you don't blow out a tire or something. >> reporter: and ddot says they can get a pothole fixed within 7 72 hours of being notified, but you have to get in touch with them, and you can do so on the twitter account or call the city's 311 system. >> and the city is expanding. d.c. planners are looking for the 65,000 square foot expansion. and the plan is for adding education and rehearsal space, and the most notable difference is three new pavilions and two of them alongside the existing building and the third on the potomac river. the center's chairman david rubenstein is donating $50 million as the project's lead gift. a traffic mess for some driver drivers today after a car skidded off of a maryland road into the creek. what we are learning about that vehicle tonight. and a maryland mother whose son died of an overdose shares her story with us. this is chris gordon in annapolis, and why she came here today hoping to save lives. >> and meet virginia's newest million nashgs 4." knew at 4:00, powder mill road and belchfield is open after an accident that ended with a car in the creek. police tell us that the wrecked vehicle was stolen and the driver is not in police custody at the time. the police were called to the scene of the accident at 10:00 this morning, and they told us that the driver lost control of the vehicle and skidded off of the road, and there are no reports of any injuries. >> take a look at a this just released police surveillance video of a bank robber who rode a bike to the bank. they say that loudoun county sheriff's office say that he robbed a bank in sterling plaza at 12:45 tuesday afternoon, and the man walked into the bank with a cell phone to his ear and implied that he had a weapon and then demanded cash. he left the bank and got back on the bike and rode off. you should call the sheriff's office or crime stoppers if you recognize this guy. >> and meet virginia's newest powerball winner. she is megan mccormack from alexandria, and she won $1 million after matching the first five numbers in the drawing saturday. today, she was presented with the winnings, and she says that reality has not set in yet. >> i'm still in belief that this is my story, and that i'm the main character here in this. this is happening to me. >> mccormack bought the ticket onup market in arlington, and she always plays the same numbers that she plays herself, and she starts with the number numbers of her son's birthday. and now, folks, the ice storm could be days before everybody has the lights back on. and important guidelines just released for women in an there is steady progress in the works to restore power to tens of thousands of homes that lost power in the ice storm this week, but the utility companies say some folks could be without power until saturday. the heavy coating of trees and ice, and most of the outages are in maryland. frederick county has 16,000 outages and montgomery county, 1,500, and baltimore more than 17,000 customers who still don't have power. and the majority of the outages are north of us, and the utility crews are from across the nation are scrambling to places like southeast pennsylvania to help people left without heat in the freezing temperatures. nbc's chris paloan is in berwin, pennsylvania, and a struggle there. a lot of folks without heat? >> absolutely, barbara. the local power company says that this winter storm knocked out more of the customers than any other winter event than super storm sandy to put it in perspective for you. and the crews are racing around the the clock to restore the power, but they are saying that for some, it could be the weekend before they see electricity again. >> reporter: 5,000 power men going street by street in pennsylvania in the delaware valley to bring the power back on to nearly 4,000 customers. they are working 16-hour shifts and some have come from as far away as can d and chicago. and the mayor says that they are risking their lives to be there. >> and i have heard that they are called widowmakers when they are up there trying to take off the ice and the snow, because they could make one small mistake and be make a widow. >> reporter: the red cross has opened up several shelters to help people without heat. >> and we have three children and it is stuff tough on them, and you have to be concerned about the pikes being cold, and home yo homeowners insurance and stuff like that. >> reporter: and the scope of this tree and power damage caught some people in pennsylvania by surprise as the second storm in three days blew threw. >> i have been living here 12 or 13 year, and i have never seen this many trees fall in this one block. >> reporter: and not just the for the east, because snow is falling in alexandria, and people are suffering from bone-chilling temperatures, and the snow is making a hess in dallas with spinouts and crashes, and all as winter keeps millions of americans in its kr cross heirairs. this is a scene that is playing out all over the area with the tree near the home. and forecasters are saying that there is probably not a major snowstorm, but it is going to be a few more inches of snow to add to the misery of the people in this area. i send it back to you. >> thank you, chris. they don't need anymore, major or minor. >> and exactly. more coming that way, and wind, too. >> so are we lucky? >> we have been on the southern fringes of the storms throughout the midwinter going that way, and once again, we will see another little bit of snow out of the two systems that come through this weekend. and looking ottside, we have wind again, and we are talking about the windchill temperatures, and taking a little bit off of the air temperature where it is at 37 degrees and the weather headlines right now, and because, again, temperatures are dropped overnight, and there is the potential for the black ice and again, it is light snow for the weekend, and in terms of the conditions overnight, we have had the clouds around today, and we will see a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy night, and that one a area there from fredericksburg to come right back into the area. the potential for black ice, and any wet spots along the side of the road, watch out, folks, and be cautious, because 9:00 or 10:00 this evening, the temperature will be dropping at 31 degrees. we are at 37 now, and 9:00 or 10:00, and that is the situation throughout the area, and now, let me take you into the future now with the forecast here by friday, and let me see if i can get the map to move a little bit back to the north. by saturday, the clouds are going to be on the increase, and we are talking about the snow moving into the area saturday. and around d.c. and annapolis and waldorf at 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., it is a chance for light snow throughout the area. and then you will see another system that is going to be on the move quickly that will deliver the snow as with well. and this is, folks, under an inch, and most of the areas from the border of pennsylvania down through the areas of leonardtown, and southern maryland and fredericksburg, and coating near charlottesville, and the northern neck and salisbury and ocean city. that is all we will get out of the system, areas no the north, more, and having to do some light cleanup, and the temperature tomorrow, we are dry with the 60% chance of snow for mainly, i think, midday on through the afternoon, and even a chance on late sunday, and we will get into the early part of next week, and the temperatures will be be staying below average, and as far as the weekend goes, again, not a big deal at all. and there is another chance of snow late sunday after a temperature tops out sunday at 42 degrees, and a little system coming through this weekend, and when i return a couple of minutes, i will look at the trend this week, and another chance for snow. >> thank you, veronica. some big changes coming on the rails, and what amtrak unveiled today to improve train travel. and a farewell to jay leno. we will go live to los angeles to see wha you are watching "news4 at 4." >> amtrak riders are about to get an upgrade with a new fleet of trains going into service tomorrow. the locomotives will run from boston the d.c. the new trains won't be faster, but amtrak says they will be more efficient and reliable, and news4 transportation reporter adam tuss was at union station to see what the d.c. riders think. he will have that report at 5:00. and tonight marks a milestone in late night television. tonight, jay leno will turn over the lanes to jimmy fallon. he will premier after the olympics. we have stephanie in downtown burbank. >> well, after a brief departure in 2009, jay leno is stepping down from the "tonight show" for good. while jay has said publicly, it is not his deis igs to leave, he is doing it with dignity and grace and a few laughs. >> reporter: tonight not only marks leno's final show, but also the last one in the city that the show has called home since 1972 when johnny carson moved it here from new york. >> it was part of the, sort of the burbank landscape. >> reporter: and leno's first guest from the show in 1992 -- billy crystal. and returning for tonight's finale. >> i did it for 22 years, and it was great and a lot of fun, but you get older. >> reporter: what are you doing? >> bringing it back to new york, man. >> reporter: and jimmy fallon will take it back to the big apple beginnings later this month. and while the 63-year-old leno returns to the standup roots. >> i liked to be a standup comedian and it is going to be fun to do that more. >> reporter: be but he is leaving on top. >> and the whole thing happened on the drive when he refused to stay in his child safety seat. and now in addition to billy crystal, garth brooks is going to perform tonight, and we understand some big celebrity surprises and big names stopping by here tonight to bid jay leno a final farewell, and pat? >> all right. stephanie stanton, thank you, stephanie, and don't forget that you can watch jay's final show here tonight at news4 at 11:00. it is a banner breakout teen for lorde, and she won a grammy for her hit "royals." and the maryland jockey club says that she will perform an extended set at pimlico in the preakness, and she now joins the ranges of maroon 5, and bruno mars and mclemore who have performed at the big race. you can watch that race right here on nbc4. just into the newsroom, a first of the kind guidelines to prevent strokes in women. doreen gentzler is here with what women need to know. >> and here on the first day of olympic competition, team usa good afternoon, i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. i'm pat lawson muse. right now, police are looking for a man in brad doc height heights. one woman was critically injured and one was shot in the arm. two schools and churches were locked down, but that has been lifted. we are expecting to hear from the police shortly. the man who died near a firehouse, medric mills, and his family wants the workers fired. they are holding a candlelight vigilt the station tonight. we will have more on this at 5:00. and the kennedy yard is getting ready for a expansion. reh rehearsal space will be added underground and up top, you will see two new pavilions added. two on the side and one on the potomac river. and the new lottery winner is a mom who knows what to do with her winnings. she picks up her $1 hill sglsh $1 million check, and pay off her house and pay for college for her 14-year-old son. and now there are new factors that could help reduce a woman's chance of stroke. we have doreen gentzler here with more on this story. >> pat and barbara, stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer each year. did you though that? the doctors say it could be because wepaying attention to the risk factors. today, doctors released the first ever guidelines to prevent stroke specifically in women. while men and women share the same risk factors for stroke including high blood pressure, women are uniquely impacted by a set of factors like hormones, and reproductive health, and pregnancy and childbirth and now in a new set of guidelines the medical experts are asking the women and doctors the take extra precautions, and those with high pressure before and during pr pregnancy with preeclampsia should be clescreened because t are at higher risk. and women who are having headaches with visual change should stop smoking to reduce their risks. and they say that certain people with different heart beets -- heart beats and diabetes and depression and that is some of the symptoms. and next, doctors want to identify a score to identify how high your risk is. and we have done so many stories with women and heart disease, and so many years, it was studies done on the men, and believing it applied to everybody, but this is a study that applies to women and identifying markers for a risk of stroke. and now let's go to veronica johnson with the weather. >> well, we have a few icy patches tonight and tomorrow is a dry day and then back to a little bit of the active weather for the weekend. and let's start with the evening here, and temperature is 31 at 9:00, and 29 by 11:00, and not expecting any widespread black ice in the area, and a few spots to slow down and be mindful of that. the high temperature with the chilly conditions are 38 to 41 degree, and we are going to see more clouds moving into the area late after a partly sunny day. and the average temperature is 35 to 46 degrees and the next seven days the temperatures are running below average. in just a couple of minutes, i will be back to tell you with temperatures this low, what are the chances of seeing snow in the next seven days and beyond. >> a special ceremony today to well come team usa to sochi, and the olympic anthem was played as the olympic flag was hoisted by the honor guard. and then the american flag went up with the "star spang ld bled banner" sounding throughout the olympic village. they have 230 athletes, but only a handful showed up for the event. and the torch made its way through sew chishochsochi, and crowds trying to catch a glimpse. it has made the longest journey the history of the games. it took it to the north pole and europe's highest mountain and even out into space. >> and the athlete chosen to carry the flag and lead team usa into the stadium tomorrow says he is humbled by the honor. todd lodwick is the first american to conduct that feet -- feat, and he says that tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest moments of his life. >> i want to perform my best, but to be honored by the 230 athletes that are going to be walking behind me in the opening s ceremonies and me carrying the flag is something very humbling. >> lodwick competes in the nordic combined and he won a medal last time in vancouver with to a team competition, and he is hoping to earn the his first gold in sochi. and tonight, the olympians will be getting a send off, and secretary of state john kerry will drop the ceremonial puck, and he is expected to talk to the cap's team before the game. john carlson is playing for team usa, and alex ovechkin is doing the be playing for rush sharks and nick backstrom is on sweden's team, and martin e rat will be playing for the czech republic. our special olympic zone report kicks off live at 7:30, and an all-access look at the sochi games. you can join doug kammerer and dianna russini with a sneak peek of the opening ceremony, and we will go with two athletes on the way to the olympics, and that is coming up tonight at 7:30 on the "olympic zone." and you can keep up with my partner jim handly as he blogs about the experiences behind the scenes in the winter games. you can follow jim on facebook or twitter or go the nbcwashington.com and search handly in sochi. it is an ongoing struggle. the daughter of martin luther king, and why she is dissociating herself from her an ongoing dispute between dr. martin luther king's children played out again today. bernice king was at ebenezer baptist church, where her father was a minister, and she criticized her brothers for filing a lawsuit against her. and the courts want to force bernice to turn over the traveling bible and the nobel peace prize, and she says that she wants to sell them. >> with this historic plea, i believe negligent action of my brothers to usher in what is perceived to be the latest round of a family conflict, but my reality is that if i willingly sold my father's bible and nobel prize, my conscience would haunt me for the rest of my life. >> bernice king said that her father would not want those items sold, and the king children have been in and out of court for a number of years over a variety of disputes involving their father's estate. 2013 was a record year for the hotel estate. it totaled over $6 billion in the year, and the city took in over $232,000 in room sales tax, and last year's presidential inaugural helped with that number, but it still achieved despite the government shutdown. today would have been ronald reagan's 103rd birthday. today, a group in his home state of illinois placed a wreath outside of his statue at the airport which was named in his honor in 1988. the i-team is investigating a theft. >> have you done anything crazy that you don't know what to do anymore? well, that is what i am doing right now. >> and what facebook agreed to do after a grieving dad's appeal went viral. and we will look for icy spots and a little bit of snow coming into the area, and the snow is expected saturday and even a little bit sunday. and i will show you the timing of the snow, and moving in, and we will take a look at beyond to help stop the -- sorry, the hunt is on for the person behind an unusual theft. elephant tusks were stolen are the the d.c.'s wilson building, the news4 reporter warns us how it could be the beginning of an international crime wave on the way. >> reporter: he is the most popular pachyderm in the nation's capital and seen by millions at the museum of natural history, but we have discovered that a growing number of es perts are worrying that henry's gleaming white tusks could draw the wrong attention. >> anything that a museum or collector has that involves a rye noe horn or elephant ivory, you need to be aware. >> reporter: and dozens of museums have been hit by organized gangs stealing rhino horns. and a display case shattered in south africa, and in ireland, they tried to hide theirs by putting them in storage, but the thieves got them anyway. >> and what we are seeing now is large sophisticated and syndicated criminal networks. >> reporter: this is the director of the national fish and wildlife service. he says that in d.c., expert perts are warning that the city could be next. the two animal tusks were given to the museum from ethiopia, and he says that the one tusk could go for as much as $500 an ounce on the black market. and having a rhino on the premise. >> reporter: and having a large rhino like this one is worth as much as half a million. >> and if you think about it f a rhino horn is worth more than the weight in gold, it is like stealing a gold bar. and people have been marketing this as a cure-all and wonder drug, and you can go to a party, and have a rhino cocktail. >> reporter: they say that more than 31,000 elephants and rhinos died for the ivory. it is illegal to transfer them overseas, so they disguise them in the hall. this is what is pulled out of people's luggage. in the last decade, the federal government seized more than six tons of confiscated ivory, and then in november, they crushed it all into pebbles. >> we did it to send a message to the world. we need to reduce the demand in the products. and ash now wants the museums and the private collectors in the u.s. to treat animal displays the same way they would rare jewe or precious art. >> and we have very good security on all of the time, 24/7 watching all of the rare and irreplaceable objects. >> reporter: but what about henry whose tusks are so easy to access. >> and he says, don't bother, because they are made of fiberglass. if we mounted the real thing, it would be so heavy, it would topple over, and our real tusks are locked up, and no chance to be stolen. and to stop this trade, the u.s. fish and wildlife department wants the justice department to prosecute this type of crime. if you have a tip for us, call the number on the screen. and police in wisconsin say they have recovered a very rare vi violin. it is 300 years old, and stolen from the concert master of the wisconsinmaster. he was assaulted with a stun gun and robbed. only one person is facing charges, but police say they found the violin in good condition. and facebook said yes after a grieving dad's appeal to mark zuckerberg was seen by thousands of people. and the social giant gave him the answer and the video he wanted. >> my son passed away january 28th. 2012. and we can't access his facebook account. all we want to do is to see his movi movie, and that is it. >> john berlin said he had been trying for months to see the lookback video of his 21-year-old son who died of natural causes. the videos are created by facebook users to show their top moments, and berlin said he is looking into other families who have lost lovedones. it is not only wrong, but a week too late. giant message boards around highways around atlanta are warning the motorists that a winter storm watch was in effect today and tomorrow burk the w-- national weather service had not issued the warning, and it was take then down by dawn. and city officials with were heavily criticized for the snowstorm that crippled the atlanta area for days, but it is not clear what happened here. >> i think it is a combination of the communication, and te technical issues here, and so that the message from the old storm was not dumped, and the communication, and you know, someone was probably needed to be told, hey, make sure it is clear so that we don't have anymore issues around here. i'm pretty clear, too, on what we will get this weekend and i don't believe it is a big deal at all, folks. and looking for the snow to step into the area around 10:00 a.m. saturday. we have a long time here before we start to see the flakes around this area, but when it does, i am going to put it in the category of being conversational to sweepable, okay. does that make you feel better, pat? >> yes, it does. thank you. >> and all right. let e let's talk about the temperatures here for the early morning period. and 27 degrees and some of the outlying areas are going to be lower, and there is going to be some ice around the area during the day, but late morning and into the 30s, the temperature at 36 degrees at 11:00 a.m. will start to push into the 40s, and chilly at 2:00 p.m. for your friday, and again down the line, the active pattern for february has not changed. and after this weekend's snow chance, we have another one coming into the area wednesday. right now, your countdown is 41 days until spring. all right. let me show you the storm team foreca forecast, and again, the high is 41, and then saturday, a 60% chance of snow right now, and the snow begins around 10:00 a.m., and ending around 5:00 p.m., and throughout the aer re with we are looking for the coating to about an inch. there is a slight chance for sunday, but i think that most of the flakes that we will get will occur saturday with the system moving up the coast and off of the coast and the high is 36. we push it to 42 on sunday, and notice the late and the lower chances that anything happen in will be another system zipping through from west to east, and moving through us, and again, slight chance that we can pick up more snow, and then by the wednesday time period, look at the temperatures, and we will stay below average, and in the 30s and mostly for the high in the next temperature, and into the area right now, folk, in terms off that snow chance, it is not looking like a big storm right now, but the possibility as we hit 40 degrees of not only a few flakes of snow, but a few drops of rain as the temperature pushes to 40 next week this time. barbara and pat. >> thank you. up next, an emotional mother whose son died of a heroin overdose 1350eks out, and what she is asking for that could save other lives. it is a sport that is sweeping the winter games. i'm dianna russini, and i want to explain to you the simple rules of curling in the news recently have been in the news because of allegedly beating inmates, but last week, a show of unity between the inmates and guards. a inmate was found lifeless in the bunk, and they sprang into action, and did chest compression compressions and mouth to mouth, and when the man started to breathe again, the crowded cell block started to erupt and they shed tears. >> it is a moment when you have an inmate and a deputy sheriff to accomplish a life-saving goal at that. >> that inmate, a man in the 40s is expected to be just fine. >> and heroin deaths in our area are rising at an alarming rate. we have had 30 people die just since september. >> and some families are prompt ed to act, because of this. chris gordon spoke to one young mother. >> i did jake's eulogy, and i said that our son died of a heroin overdose, and i wanted the people there to hoe the truth. >> reporter: jacob patty died last july and i spoke to his mother and grandmother who came to annapolis from calvert county, and they said that he lit up a room when he walked in, but he was addicted to pills when he crash on a four-wheeler. his heroin was laced with cocaine. he didn't do cocaine, because jake's drug of choice is pills. >> reporter: and every mother watching right now heartbroken and wondering how you got the strength and wondering why you decided to come on tv to tell your story? >> well, if i can save another family from the hell we are living, i will do what i have to do. >> reporter: this is the first christmas that the family has spent without him, and his birth a day coming up soon. his mother and grandmother visited their government offices for support of a immunity bill that will not harm someone if they help someone who is in their midst overdosing. >> i believe it will save lives if people are not afraid to act. news 5:00 begins with breaking news. first at 5:00, two women shot when they answer a knock at the door. >> in the last 30 minutes, we have learned that that woman has died. that shooting has led to schools being shutdown in alexandria, and hunt for the gunman is under way. the police just wrapped up the conference of a shooting that happened at noon. >> and jackie bensen joining us live from the scene. >> wendy, moments ago the alexandria police chief confirmed grim news, one of the two victims, ruth adado who is a well respected music teacher died of her injuries. the scene was intense, and within minutes of the 911 call of the shooting on this drive here in alexandria, police were searching for the gunman. the schools and the buildings nearby were on lockdown. the man knocked on the door, and two women were shot. one woman was shot in the arm, and managed to get to the neighbor's, but a second woman was shot, and she died, and then a third victim, who was described as the elderly mother was in the home, but she was not harmed. and the police chief had this update. >> officers located two female victims suffering from gunshot wounds. the victims were transported to a local hospital where one victim succumbed to the injuries and died. she has been identified as ruth ann adado, 59 years of age and city resident and the second victim is still at the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> reporter: chief earl cook described the suspect. he is a white male with balding hair and some facial hair and possibly a small white beard. this area has an extremely low crime rate, and yet, the residents are concerned about this, because two of the most high-profile unsolved murders in alexandria history have occurred he here. the murder of nancy dunning who was the alexandria sheriff at the time, and the 2013 murder of the council of governance pl planner ron curry, and both of them happened in ajoining neighborhoods, and this has neighbors concerned about what is going on here, and we will have more on that at "news4 at 6:00." >> and we have more breaking news. a manhunt is ununder way in manassas. a murder suspect armed and dangerous. he has gotten away from the li
macfarlane with the latest. >> yes, that is happening in manassas around tattersol drive. school activities were d disrupted. police are looking for earl patrick mitchell wanted for a homicide that happened last month in pennsylvania. johnstown, pennsylvania. mitchell ran away after he allegedly shot and killed a man the there. police believe he is in manassas and on foot. you can see the chopper 4 in the area, and we are told that mitchell is considered armed an dangerous. and again, the search for homicide suspect earl patrick mitchell is still under way. thank you, and here in d.c., outrage of the family of the man who collapsed an died steps from a d.c. fire house. they say that the fire department employees who refused to help should be fired. mark segraves has been following the story from the start, and he is outside of engine 26 on rhode island avenue in northeast where the family held the news conference today. martin? >> yis, the family today spoke for the first time, and we heard from the widow and the son of medric mills. many people expected them to announce that they were going to sue the district government, and instead, the family made a different announcement. >> we demand answers are the the d.c. fire and ems departments. and we want someone to take the blame for this tragedy and for those responsible to be held accountable. >> reporter: standing in front of n gin 26 on rhode island avenue where cecil mills died, his family and lawyers call forred for change. >> we are calling on the mayor and the council to change the laws that do not allow the district to be held accountable in situations like this. >> and the doctrine that mills is referring to is the county doctrine that means that the fire and police cannot be held accountable. and this is the mother of andray rudder who died four years ago after his family says he was turned away. they sued the district, and told that they cannot win because of the public duty doctrine. >> and the public duty doctrine, and i don't know what kind of doctrine that is, but it is kind of inhumane. >> and rudder's stepfather was at the family press conference today. >> and it brings it back, and i go right back through the h horror. i go back through the horror of my wife that day, and how she was just devastated. >> reporter: both families are calling on the district leaders to abolish the public duty doctrine and they say it is the only way to hold the government accountable for their losses. meanwhile, medric mills' wife is still very much grieving. >> i want to know who is responsible. and as part of the call of action, they are having a candlelight vigil in the parking lot where mr. mills died. coming up at 6:00, we will hear the widow's response that the chief says that the two men were friends. mark segraves, news4. and we are going back to the live desk, because we have breaking news about the search for the missing police reservist in virginia. kristin wright about kevin quick. >> well, it has come to an end, because according to the law enforcement officials, they say that the searchers have found the body of kevin quick in guchland in a remote area. this search has expanded over 400 miles here. he left his mother's home in charlottesville, and then his suv was spotted on surveillance video in manassas saturday. and then tuesday, three siblings here were arrested at a hotel in alexandria for theft of quick's suv, and today, the suspects were ordered to be held without bond. and now his body is reportedly found this afternoon. chris and wendy, back to you. and more than 50,000 customers are facing another cold and dark night without power there in western maryland. the utility crews are working to fix the lines that were damaged in the ice storm tuesday night. in a lot of the spots the trees fell, and pulling the lines with them. and frederick county has some of the worst of the damage. >> and caught on camera, the dang ers of driving in winter weather. keep an eye on the right of the scre screen. a red truck coming down the ramp losing control and spins out into traffic, and the semi truck swerves out of the way at the last minute to avoid the crash, and the driver was able to right the truck to go down road, and this happened in oklahoma city where a couple of inches of snow fell this morning. and looking at the scene from dallas, a speeding car almost hits a woman who was kneeling on the highway after an accident, and another driver narrowly missed the door of the crashed vehicle. and today a photographer got too close to the story in denton, west of dallas. and watch the red car coming odown the snowy ramp. >> the driver nearly runs right there and -- i was looking at the video, but both the driver and the photographer are fine. the photographer set up that camera to catch the wipeouts, and i ges he was not expecting it to be this good. storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer is here to find out what we can expect for the closings of roads this week. >> well, it is going to be imis lar types of snow this weekend, and the difference is that we have the ability to treat it. we get it a lot, and we are going to be treating the roads. they are going to be okay, but the secondary roads could be on the slick part. and 36 in manassas, and 32 ingain gaithersburg, and 31 in hagerstown, and this is area hit hard by the ice storm, and the snowstorm before that. they need to see warmer temperature temperatures, but untoch naly the warmer temperatures are not in the forecast. and the storm four radar are e showing that it is all clear, but over the next 24 to 36 hours, look at what happens, clear to clouds tomorrow, and then we have a chance for snow. i will update you on the chance of snow and tell you who has the better chance for the accumulated snow in the forecast. >> and changes for the kennedy center. the $100 million plan would expand the underground space and add pa vvilions above ground. tom sherwood is live there with the details. >> well, wendy, this is washington, and you know, it has to be approved and approved again, but this is going to be one of the biggest exterior changes ever to the famous kennedy center. >> reporter: the performing arts kennedy center opened up 1971, a living memorial to president kennedy. it draws more than 2 million people a year to the wide array of entertainment offerings inside, making it the busiest such center in the nation. but now the kennedy center is seeking permission to build a 65,000 square foot expansion on the south side with three outdoor pavilions and gathering spaces, and opening up an area that is isolated from the city. >> that is one of the goals the make the kennedy center much more acceptable. >> reporter: and the four-acre expansion area is a hodgepodge of roadways and bus parkings. the new plan if it approved by capitol agencies will make use of the potomac river. >> and one of the great things about washington is that we have a tremendous amount of river front property, but not necessarily great access. >> reporter: now coming up at 6:00, we will talk to one of the architects who is helping to design the new kennedy center. look n the district, i'm tom sherwood, news4. thank you, tom. tonight, the police in prince george's county say that the vehicle that was in the creek was stolen. at the time the police said that the driver lost control of the car and skid canned off of the road into the creek, and he was not injured and now the police say that driver is not in the custody. po powder mill road has reopened following the accident investigation. and everybody is biking these days and even the crooks. that is a bank robber getting away on the bicycle, there is surveillance released from loudoun county sheriff's department. they say he robbed the washington first bank in the cedar lake plaza tuesday afternoon. he walked in -- there he is -- with a cell phone to the ear, and implied he wanted cash, and then left and hopped on his buy sick toll leave. the council agreed tuesday to limit the penalty of possession of pot for a parking ticket. anyone caught with small amounts of marijuana would get a fine n instead of jail time, but on the news4 viewpoint, phil mendelsohn told pat lawson muse that smoking pot in public still goes too far. >> and people don't want public smoking of marijuana, they just don't. i think that there are some who are behind this bill who just want the open use without any restriction whatsoever, but most of the citizens of the district do not want the open use of mj smoking on the street corner. and so that is what the debate was over to treat it essentially like another quality of life crime. >> and you can watch the full interview with the d.c. council chairman phil mendelsohn this sunday morning on "viewpoint." he was supposed to uphold the law, but now a arti iarling county police officer is going to jail. we will hear from the mother wo of the victim. and we will hear more from sochi of competition that is already under way. and beatle mania coming to america 50 years ago. and fans are reuniting to celebrate the invasion that changed the world. all that when oh, it is the eve of the opening ceremonie the 2014 winter olympic games. this is a lye look ive look at d medals plaza. >> and believe it or not 12 new game games this year. >> and where do they come up with these? >> yes, some of them are under way. >> which is cool. dia dianna russini is going to join was the action that took place today and it has started. >> yes, chris and wendy, let the games begin. let the athletes hit the ice and the slopes as the athletic competition got under way. we saw action in downhill skiing and mogulles and figure skating and one of the new events the slopestyle. and the skiers off to a big start, and hannah kearney off to a bid by cruising to a first-place finish, and also russia grabbing the spotlight in team's figure skating, and coming in pairs, jeremy abbott finished a disappointing seventh, and the u.s. is seventh also in the pairs come e petiti. and in the slopestyle, canada's max parrot leads the group of eight into the finals. so three americans will compete for one of the four remaining spots on saturday, and finally, downhill ski iing where america turned in some of the better results on the day on the training runs. ski star bode miller had the fast e fastest time for the men, and julia mancuso finished third. one of the most popular sport ing events at the winter games is curling. if you don't know how it works, well, it is basically chess on ice. i will teach you what i learned about this coming up in ten minutes. and i'm not very good at it. >> i can't wait to see it. >> and you said it is great exercise. >> it is fantastic exercise, and forget the pilates and weight training, because curling is where it is at. >> all right. a huge well come for team usa in sochi. >> official ceremony held in the coastal cluster, and jack doles joining us live from sochi. jack? >> it is one of those things that happens at every olympic games, and it happens in athlete's village and it did for team usa today. every national organization committee has a one-hour well coming ceremony, and they walk in, in a procession, and the song is played and the iconic to the host city, and so they were greeted by a drum corps here, and a russian choir sang here, and the national anthem was raised and then the flag is raised, and once that happens, then you are officially welcomed and they had a tv star greet them. then the athletes were out in competition, and training, so there was not that many athletes there, but it is one of the things that happens, and the team is welcomed, and then here we go, the competition has begun here in sochi, and the opening ceremonies on friday night, and we are ready to be roll iing he live at sochi. i'm jack doles, nbc news. thank you, jack. to keep up with the games, download lao the nbc washington news app and turn on the breaking news alerts, and we will send you the latest from the games, and that is the nbc washington news app. well, we no it is cold there. and the question is, day-to-day, is it cold here? >> well, the answer to that is yes, yes, yes and then yes. we will not get out of the freezer. and we have been in the ice box for the whole month of january and february an over the next couple of days, i expect us to stay there, and the temperature s are staying below arng for this time of the year. looking outside, not a bad shot, and as a matter of fact, this is a beautiful shot out there towards the monument with the sun going down after 5:30 now, and we continue to pick up minutes every single day as far as the adaylight is concerned. another great shot at the national harbor and look at that at the potomac with the temperature at 36, and the wind is out of the north at 9 miles per hour, and that is the temperatures in the 30s. hagerstown is 31, and gaithers burlg is 34, and the warmest spot is charlottesville, and we continue to be on the cold spell which is going to be lasting through the next few days and probably seven to ten days. the storm team 4 radar is going to be clear. i told you that yesterday, and calm day tomorrow and today, and only factor is that we have cloud cover coming through and most of the clouds are south and east of d.c., and near fredericksburg, and culpepper and the clouds up to the north to hagerstown, and martinsburg, and you are under clear skies which means that you will cool quickener the areas, and that is the area that we want to see the numbers higher to melt the snow and ice that you have seen. the temperatures are colder again in martinsburg, and fredrick and 25 i fredericksburg, so it is another cold night tonight. and over the next couple of days, what will we be seeing? well, everybody has been talk about the snow coming up this weekend. let's break it down. chilly conditions tonight, and cool tomorrow, and not cold. but the temperatures will be five degrees below the average, and partly to mostly cloudy skies, and then saturday, starts out with the cloud cover and then look at what happens, here comes the chance for snow. it is all across the area here, and we could see some accumulation, but it is not a big storm, and do not worry about saturday and sunday planning, because you should not have any problems out there on the roadways. you should be a-okay. and 36 on saturday, and 42 on sunday. and let's talk about the snow that we could see here, and this is really both days, saturday and sunday, and a coating to an inch of snow, and that it is. it is not going to be a big snow event, but if you want the snow, it at least could make for pretty snow coming out in the day saturday. sunday a chance for snow late in the day, and 42 for the high, and 44 monday, and we will get back into the cold stuff monday and tuesday and then watching for another storm has a potential for more, but we will watch that one as we stay below the 40 degree mark with a high of 37 next wednesday. >> thank you, doug. and a castaway who was lost at sea for a year, and where he is now. >> and things did not go as planned for an police in manchester, england, are looking for a guy who tryied to damage a van and accidentally set himself on fire. watch him pour some liquid on to the hood of the van parked on the street, and a ball of flame erupt erupts and the camera changes and you can see the guy running away with the left arm on fire. it looks like he still has liquid this the hand, and the small flames are dripping to the sidewalk. the man ran down the street and hopped into the waiting car, but he has yet to show up to the hospital. and delayed on i-95 north in virginia and continue at this hour after a crash killed two people. both people who die d were in a car that was heading north. it lost control and collided with a tractor-trailer. and tonight, atga gaithersbg man is in jail charged with a near fatal shooting in northwest washington. his name is jonathan blake. >> and prince george's bureau chief said that blades shot and killed a man in our area two years ago. >> reporter: d.c. police say they have their man in custody for a shooting and a hit-and-run that happened in the northwest. turns out that the suspect also has a suspect here in prince george's county, and he was once charged with murder here. this is going back to 2012. jonathan blades was charged with shooting and killing a 19-year-old in suitland, but he was let go. coming up on "news4 at 6:00," we will explain exactly how that happened and how blades got back out on the to the streets to shoot somebody up. in marlborough, i'm tracee wilkins for news4. and it is sentencing day. >> yes, that is right, the police officer who shot and killed a man has his fate set behind bars. >> reporter: the family of the young man killed by a sheriff's deputy are ready to talk about whether justice was really served. >> the next time you catch a ride on amtrak here at union station, there could be something different about the ride. i'm adam tuss, and i will explain coming up. and it is a musical reunion for the ages. >> they came in and we went crazy. >> not just the beatles, but the fans. stay with us for a special tribute to the british band half a century after they stormed the u.s. shores. now the breaking news, a firefighter is badly nurt a fire in d.c. scott macfarlane with the details just in to the live desk. >> this is a fire that is still burning in d.c. it is at a trash disposal road on s-street, and back of the building has collapsed and one firefighter has suffered minor injuries, and other than that, nobody else has been hurt, we are told, but again, this fire is still burning on lincoln road east, and no word on what may have sparked it. chris and wendy. >> all right. >> i absolutely think that he was deeply sorry for getting convicted in court. that is what he was sorry for. >> and now at 5:30, a mother reacts to the courtroom apology for the man who killed her son. k corey patterson spent his law enforcement career putting felons behind bars, and now he is going to join them for the next six years. >> the former arlington county sheriff's deputy shot and kiledd corey patterson. >> reporter: gwen pratt says that her heal iing begins today >> i have a lot of things to heal from, and not only did i lose my son, i lost both parents, a husband and in less than two years. >> reporter: 8 1/2 months since her son julian dawkins was shot and killed. >> i'm still outraged with the verdict, and the sentence, but i thank god for something happening today in a positive manner. >> reporter: craig patterson pulled the trigger while off duty last may and he says that he did it in self-defense that dawkins went after him, but in debem se decemb december, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. the judge upheld the sentence of six years in prison. >> we have to expect more from law enforcement awe sers who carry firearms. >> and in court, they say that the intention was not to go back to kill a man, but then patterson stood up and pulled a paper from his green jumpsuit, and he said, i am truly sorry for taking his life, but never mentioned his name. it is a sad day for all connected by this event. >> i don't think that anything is going to bring me any closure, because i don't have a sop anymore. >> reporter: outside of court, joseph king told me a that he thought it was a fair hearing and that he and patterson are still deciding whether to appeal. they have 30 days to make that decision. in alexandria, i'm david culver for news4. and remember the castaway who claims he is lost at sea for a year? his health is now deteriorating. he said he felt fine in a news conference, and that was in the marshall islands, but doctor say that his health has gone downhill. he says that he left mexico on a fishing trip 13 months ago and became lost at sea when the boat's engine died. >> today, the first ever guidelines to prevent stroke specifically in women. those guidelines are release ed be i the american heart association in conjunction with the american stroke association. here they are. doctors say there are many stroke factors that are unique to women. and that is hormones and reproductive health and childbirth. they are recommending that women be tested for high blood pressure before and during pregnancy, because untreated, it can double the woman's risk for stroke. other recommendations, screening for the high blood pressure before you start birth control pills. quit smoking if you have migraine migraines with visual disturbances. maybe you have noticed something very different on the next train ride out of d.c., amtrak is rolling out new locomotives that promise the make the trip much smoother. transportation reporter adam tuss at union station with what to expect. how are they? is. >> well, wendy, everyone would like a smoother ride, and imagine that you were driving a car that is 25 to 35 years ole, and you wow wauld probably wantt g get rid of the car at some point, but that is the situation here by amtrak. new locomotives and the promise of a better ride. have you been on an amtrak ride where something went wrong with the locomotive? sonya rides quite a bit, and she says it happens to her. >> sometimes it has to be changed out, and we have to sit there for 30 minutes to an hour. >> reporter: and you have had to do that? >> yes, over in philadelphia. >> reporter: and it is those stories that amtrak wants to eliminate altogether, and all loaded up and ready to go. the new amtrak city sprinters are expected to be the new workhorses of the northeast corridor. >> it is a good thing as long as the ride is smooth. as long as, as long as it is on time. >> reporter: and what makes the locomotives different? well, first and foremost, they are new, and amtrak says they are more reliable, and easy to maintain, meaning that they can be turned around faster, and put back into service, and all of this is a way to improve the customer experience. >> much like the updating which is a good thing. >> reporter: and the first of 70 new locomotives make the maiden voyage tomorrow starting in boston and ending in union station. they say that the new locomotives should gradually come on line, and then a few more coming on, and then monthly deliveries, and the trains don't go faster, but they will match the top speed of 125 miles an hour. back now live outside of union station, and why else should you care about the locomotives? because amtrak says they are energy efficient and they can save hundreds of millions of dollars over the years, and that could of course keep the ticket prices down. reporting live at union station, adam tuss, news4. and back to the breaking news out of alexandria, and this is a picture of ruth ann ladoto, the woman shot and killed after answering the door in her braddock heights neighborhood. the man who is accused of shooting her is described as older with a white beard and white hair. they have no motive. >> a military working dog is in the hands of the taliban and new details on what really happened. and our boy, jim handly is taking a trip to the mountains in sochi, and more on the challenge for olympians that has nothing to do with the competition. >> and a such a pretty picture out there, and here, however, it is a little bit on the cool s e side. in the next seven days temperatures are average at 46 degree, and we will be below that each of the next seven trying to describe the winter olympic games in one word and adrenaline might come to mind. >> yes, many of the sports have amazing speed and jumps and fearless athletes. >> and then you have curling. this is dianna russini on the ice. >> as an outsider, it seems horseshoes and housekeeping altogether. >> well, that is a good comparison. >> reporter: the object of curling is to move this 40-pound rock as close to the target called the house. >> you curl in your bocce game, and other games. >> and this is the house but it feels like an orange peel. at the curling club my new teammates showed me how to play, diana and jeff and beck kichlt first the teammate throws the rock, and then the other teammates have to sweep. oh, come on, come on, come on. and all that work, and that is it. it is rigorous, and mentally draining, but this sport is addictive. >> yeah, there you go. >> yes! >> you can pick u on the strategy, and it can be, i mean, we can watch the games here, and everybody is going to be talking, and figuring out the strategy and oohing and ahhing and the the shots. >> reporter: it is curling that is simple to understand, but not simple to perfect. can i join your team? is. >> well -- yeah, sure. >> you were hesitant there. i will practice more. >> well, i have a full team. >> okay that is a good excuse to get out of it. >> i thought you had a failure to launch there. >> yes, i need to practice more. and it is one of the sports that people joke and laugh about it, because they say, how hard could it be. >> and i have done it. >> and we all do it, but it is a difficult sport, and the game is simple to understand, but to sweep as fast as you can to basically melt the ice so that the rock that is 35 pounds to 40 pounds can move across the ice. it is like bocce. >> you said it is one of the most intense workouts. >> i played soccer, and i was exhausted out there, and it is something that if you have not tried it, check it out. the potomac curling club are always open to people coming by. >> but nobody wants you on their team? >> nobody did. >> well, you can be on our team. >> thank you, wendy. >> and you know, it is hard to for get thi wild scene and chase from the white house all of the way to capitol hill, and now the news4 i-team is learning why the woman behind the wheel are suing the capitol police. i'm liz crenshaw, and new developments in the target data breach, and thou we know the vendor who hackers used to steal . >> a british working dog is apparently this the hands of the taliban. that is in the news this hour, and they say that the dog was taken from the american forces in a firefight, but a military official confirms to the nbc that it is attached to a british unit, and a subdued dog was posted to a militant site yesterday. they say that the dog's name is k colonel and that the harness had a gps device and flashlight and camera. >> and next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beatles' first trip to the u.s., and while most people remember the appearance on the ed sullivan show, the first concert in d.c. and a few blocks from union station from something called the washington coliseum. mark see greys spoke to two women who were there that night when rock 'n' roll h history was made in our town. ♪ how could i dance with another ♪ ♪ whoo >> judy and sue had never met until this interview, but 50 years ago, they were at the beatles' first concert in the united states. >> they came in and we were all screami screaming. >> and everybody was screaming, all of the young girls. >> reporter: and after the appearance on the "ed sullivan" show, they chose washington for the first concert, because carol james had been the first to play their song on the radio. >> i was listening on the car radio when carol james first introduced us to the beatles. >> at that time, the coliseum was one of the biggest venues in the area. >> it was not exactly madison square garden. >> reporter: and still, you can get a feel of what the coliseum must have been like in the heyday, because up here in the cheap seats the bleachers are still in place. and she was seen in the video of the concert that night who is a music teacher at a local school. >> i remember looking at the stage with the wooden railings and i thought, this is not good enough f enough for the beatles. >> reporter: and the stage was set up in the center of the arena like a boxing ring. >> they had the backs to us at first, but when they turned around, ringo moved his own drum equipment, and it was hard to see him sometimesb bau they got in there was a lot of security, and they were protecting them from all of the girls. >> reporter: it is now a parking garage, but parts of the orn original arena are still intact. this is the lobby of the old washington coliseum, and you can make out the box offices where people would line up to get tickets to boxing matches and political speeches and yes, the beatles. both women are big beatles' fan s, and they both count that night 50 years ago adds one of the favorite memories. >> it was fun, and the most exciting thing that i have ever done. it was really a lot of fun. >> it is a good memory. >> reporter: at the washington coliseum, mark segraves, news4. >> that is amazing. >> oh, wow. oh, my gosh. our coverage can of the beatle mania 50th anniversary continues on nbcwashington.com, and we have posted video and photos from that d.c. concert that haven't been seen in years. and you will find them right here on our home page, because nbc was covering that back in the day, and you know -- >> it is amaze ing ing to see ny the beatles, but that building. >> and it is still there. >> yes. >> and wonderful. all right. doug, how can you top that? >> well, there is no way i can top that. you might as well go back to you. i will try anyway. 36 degrees and the current number out there right now is on the chilly side, and that is really pretty cool. and now 37 by 9:00, and dropping to 29 by 11:00 tonight, and nothing on the radar, but as we look to the next couple of days we will see the changes moving in, and talk about it, 41 tomorrow, around tomorrow is the best day of the next seven. this snow is going to be on the lighter side, and mostly later in the afternoon, and even during the day, a high of 34 on monday, and 35 op tuesday, and then another chance for snow on wednesday and thursday, and a little bit of a mix, and this is something to watch out for, and saturday and sunday, and this is the time period we are looking at, and snow saturday afternoon, and come in midday and last throughout the afternoon and no big deal, but a light accumulation, with the inch and two inches in the area, and late snow sunday, but all in all, not bad, and if you want to stay ahead of the weather, you can do that with the storm team 4 weather app, and you can find the great beatles' stuff there, too. well, maybe not. >> nice try, doug. >> and new developments in target breach. a heat iing an air conditioning group is involved. and plus a crackdown on the scam saying that you have won a prize. and liz crenshaw will be with us for all of that. >> we begin with the new details of the breach. to a hackers broke into the site using a heat iing and air conditioning unit called faz owe's group, and they have worked at targets in the past, and they did confirm visiting the office of fazio group, and it is not clear why target would have given them access to the internal base, but security blogs says that i have a theory, because they try to monitor the store's energy consumption and any outside vendor involved in this monitoring needs remote access to check data and update the monitoring software and maybe that how it happened. ever get a text message claiming that you won a prize? well, the federal trade commission has shut hdown a text scamm scammer sending millions of free ipads. this was sent to consumers nationwide when they were taken to a website requesting personal information. and the sites requested folks to sign up for trial offers for product products and many of them came with the recurring monthly charges, and the fcc recommends deleting any unwanted text messages saying that you won a prize. forget about it. valentine's day is a week from tomorrow, and if you want the best-tasting chocolate, consumer reports did the hard work for you, ranking the chocolate on the deliciousness. a lesser known brand called woodhouse, and then christopher elbow and godiva came in middle of the road at $350 an ounce whereas the tops are $500 an ounce, and the others that were 75 cents an ounce was hershey's, and i got you the expensive stuff, because it is the great stuff, and this is christopher elbow, and you get it? >> well, i don't believe the study and i need to conduct my own just to be sure. >> and if somebody else is buying, you don't care if it is twice as much per ounce. >> thank you, liz. >> hey, the opening ceremony for the 2014 winter olympics is tomorrow, and over the next few weeks, you are going to be hearing us talk about two different areas where the events are taking place. they are known as the clusters. and each has its own olympic village for the athletes. the coastal cluster, and then the mountain cluster, and the snow and the slopes for it are obvious obviously taking place in the mountains, but tonight, we want to look at the coastal cluster. it has five ice sport venues, and the olympic stadium, and the medals plaza at olympics park. how do olympians get around from the coastal cluster to the mountain cluster? it is not an easy task and not cheap. the transportation costs have surpassed more than the vancouver olympics and our hardworking jim handly shows the challenges of getting from the coast to the mountains in sochi. >> reporter: the palm trees in south beach pastels make it tough to leave the coastal cluster, but the russians have made it easy, hop on a bus, and a whole other world awaits. we are making good time here in the olympic lane, but on the rails we would be traveling three times as fast, and together to build both, the government spent almost $8 billion. welcome to the alpine wonderland where the mode of transportation of 17 gond la lifts built in the last year, and above them held kopt ers scanning the landscape round the clock, and this is ski, skeleton, and snowboard and bobsled country. this is the start of the luge. the slide is ready, but the only team ready to try it and train on it are the russians. everything here is brand new. some construction is still down to the wire. the mountains are ready, and this is where the snow is. >> this is known for the quality of snow, and you have beautiful mountain, and great vertical difference for skiing and more than 1,500 meters which is extremely significant even compared to other european place s. >> and it is a 30 degrees cooler, and the air is thin e and a peacefulness here that you don't find at olympic park. for the ride down, we took the brand new rails and heavily protected and every hundred yards cameras on the track, and we can't show you, but up in the woods, there is soldiers every quarter of a mile looking down. the train open to the general public, and you don't need a credential, but everybody is screened before they get on. >> it is very easy process, and even the representatives por the security that handle the customers going through to the trains have been absolutely fabulous. >> reporter: the ride was smoother and cleaner and more modern than anything back home, and the mountains to our home away from home at the international broadcast center, it took less than 30 minutes, our sochi commute. jim handly, news4. >> jim does not sleep, and he is going to be updating us about the behind the scenes experience and you can follow him on facebook or twitter and read his blog. just go the nbcwhington.com. and we hope he comes back with the cool accept. and now the man who inspired "cool runnings" and now he is the mayor of a n, d.c., for having all of my memorials, the washington memorial, and the lincoln memorial, and the john mccain memorial. and the police involved in that deadly shooting outside of the capitol last october remain off of the job. >> four months after of the wild and chaotic scene, those officers are on administrative leave as the federal investigation is ongoing. news4's scott macfarlane joins us with the latest as the department faces a potential $75 million lawsuit from that woman's family. >> and we are told that their criminal investigation into the shooting continues. the agency would not say why the probe is taking so long, but saying that criminal and civil rights investigations are typical after police-involved shootings. you will recall these images, a connecticut mother leading a high speed chase from the capital in october, and she tried to break through to the white house by hitting a barrier and closer to the capitol, she was shot by police and then died. an attorney is now preparing a come plapt gai-- complaint seek $75 million saying that the officers violated the police policies and opened up fire unnecessarily. and the news4 i-team revealed the family's 43-page complaint saying that she was not a safety threat, and mistakingly drove past the guard post, and negligently maintain and covered and super vise ed d by the poli officers, and she was frightened near the white house, because the officers intentionally and negligently and recklessly threw a bicycle rack at the vehicle, and not one in the federal government has contacted the claimants for condolence s s toe loss. and nobody would comment on the loss, but staffers said that the u.s. edadministration committee which oversees the capitol police will not be conducting its own probe. the justice department investigation is ongoing and no date is specified, and the police involved are off of the job indefinitely. news4 i-team. >> and one woman kill and another wounded when a guy knocked on the doort a their house in alexandria and shot them. e demanding answers, the f m family of a man who died while firefighters ignored his pleas for help. >> and sad development in the case of the missing police reservist from richmond, virginia. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler and now to the developing story where we have just learned that one of the two women who was shot has died and the shooter still out there. police say that a man walked up to their home on ridge road drive and walked up to door and shot the two women who answered. jackie bensen is live on the scene with more on the victims and more about who the police are seeking. jack jackie? >> doreen, the woman who died of her injuries is a well known music teacher and he late father with was a oprominent judge, and this community is in shock. >> reporter: police officers with search dogs fanned out in the neighborhoods within minutes of the 911 call of a shooting inle a lin le alexandria. and that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. the man walked up to the door,
a court appearance. he was arrested yesterday on a warrant out of loudoun county yesterday on a weapons charge. he asked an attorney, and he said he did not want to be extradited back to virginia. he is being held on a $100,000 bo bond. >> authorities will ask him about the murders of nancy dunning and ron kirby and ruthanne lodato. all three were active in the community and all three killed in their homes. last week, police said that the strong evidence of the deaths l linked and a possible serial kille killer. >> and we looked at the mug shot that was taken and the drawing of a witness, and it is an appearance. >> in is a look at the e hotel that he was staying at before p he with was arrested at a public library. we learned that the house that he was staying in ashburn, virginia, was raided by the fbi and the state police. we will hear from some of the neighbors there in a moment. >> our team of reporters and producers are working all of the sources and the angles of the investigation. with we will begin with the northern bureau chief, julie carey who is the first person to show alexandria's mayor the picture of the man arrested. julie? >> well, more on charles severance in a moment, but moments ago, alexandria police brought out the news release and the first we have heard from the police department about the investigation and the arrest of ining me is crystal who is the spokesman for the sheriff's department. is he a suspect or person of interest or what is he being called? >> he is not a suspect at this point, and he is not charged with any charges relating to the homicide case, but right now, we are looking into the possibility of everything including any connection that he could have, but also, continuing the investigation on the rest of the tips. >> reporter: he is being looked at as a possible person connected with the case? >> we are looking at all of the possibilities, and we have to. >> reporter: and tell me about the alexandria police presence in alexandria at this point, and have they talked to mr. severance and his ties to alexandria? >> well, i cannot comment on the detective work at this time. >> reporter: and how were the detectives and the police led to mr. severance? >> h this came out of the normal crime tip method, and part of the investigation. >> reporter: and do you know whether -- i don't know whether you can answer this or not, but has he been seen in the alexandria area prior to the last two murderers? >> i can't comment on that, because i don't have any information. >> reporter: thank you, crystal. little bit more about charles severance and i knew him as a mayoral candidate, and he once challenged congressman jim moreant, and the congressman was so concerned about the threat that he posed that she assigned an undercover police officer to keep an eye on him at political events, and this is an idea of what he looked like back in the '90s and this is a picture on the website called mental disorder.com registered to a charles severance of oakton, virginia. in it, it discusses his candidacy and the legal problems with with the alexandria juvenile court over the custody of his young son is and possession of the gun. he ran against former alexandria mayor kerry donnelly in 20006 and 2007 and i spoke to donnelly today about his memories of severance. >> reporter: we both remember this guy, and you more than i do. what image sticks if your mind? >> well, i mean, he with was a strange fellow, and odd guy. he would come totally dressed in black. and he had a black cloak and a black hat and sunglasses and black gloves and come to the campaign events. you know, you asked about the local community question or the local neighborhood question, and he would launch into the diatribe about the mental health services to juveniles, and the prescription of psychetrophic drugs which was again a little bizarre. what i did not realize at the time is that the city manager and the police chief had assigned an undercover cop to shadow me in the campaign, because they were concerned about this fellow. >> and now, kerry donnelly says he sees the yeeerily similariti of the photo and his mug shot. and we will also tell you about bill euille's reak shction when saw the first look of the pictures today. and now we go out to pat collins. >> julie, odd and eccentric are the words to describe charles severance, and look behind me. this is the townhouse that he has lived in here about six year yea years, and people here thought that he was retired. they said that he never really went anywhere, and he had a bicycle, and he would ride it around the neighborhood. he had a car, but it stayed parked all of the time. until sunday. until sunday when he strapped that bicycle to the car, and put some things in it, and drove away. people in the neighborhood took kn notice off that, and then came wednesday night, a big raid at this house. the fbi and police, guns drawn, and they were inside here for seven hours searching the place, and taking things out. and that got people here in the neighborhood talking. >> we were just never would suspe suspect, and it is so unnerving and upsetting to know that this could happen here in ashburn is just shocking. >> reporter: what do you make of this? >> bizarre. interesting. you never know who your reporter: charles severance and they say that he built bonfires on his patio, and his patio right below the deck. they say that he'd go out in the front yard and rearrange the rocks in his front yard. more about the eccentric life of charles severance coming up at 5:00. i'm pat collins, live in virginia. >> and we are going to go to the live desk now with news4's scott macfarlane with more of the investigation. >> yes, news4 i-team just got a copy of the police report showing that charles severance at 6:00 in the afternoon went to russian embassy to ask for asylum after chief earl cook announced the con fek shupbes between the kill ings. he went to the russian embassy to seek asylum, and the d.c. report says that he was turned away and an unwanted desk there. and we called the russian embassy and got an english-speaking representative, and he said to e-mail him the questions, and we have not heard back. scott macfarlane. and more details are emerging as we look into the life of charles zseverance as ae the police and the fbi. and you can also look into the similarities of the three murders. and also, a 9-year-old girl was robbed in northeast washington as she walked her dog. we are talking to the little girl's mother. looking at the blue skies, folks, hold op, because we could see more snow headed our way as early as sunday. veronica. >> fine. but we have some snow chances to talk about. i will show you when that snow is doing to move in, and what our monday morning commute looks like following thi and today, the investigation began in the court-martial of a navy football player, but at the end, they decided to go with a nonjury trial. joshua tate is charged with sexually assaulting a classmate in a car in an off-cap pus party in annapolis, and the woman says she was too drunk to know what happened, but heard later that e had had sex with multiple partners and three former navy football players are charged in the case, and tate is the only one still facing charges. and d.c. believe they have the man who robbed a 9-year-old girl who was attacked while walking her dog yesterday afternoon on corcoran street in mount olivet, and the man asked her for money, and kept bothering her, and she said to the leave her alone, because she didn't know him, and the girl's mother describes what happened next. >> he came and grabbed her from the arm, and he pushed her down, and took her shoes off, and started to shake them to see if there was money inside. then he saw that there was no money in the boots to grab her and then started to go through her pants to see if she had money in the pants. >> she says that the girl hit the man on the back several times, but the girl is not injured. coming up, find out what big step the girl's family is making because of the crime. >> and there is evidence today that princess diana leaked documents for revenge on prince charles. >> and the breaking news today in charles severances' extensive ties to alexandria. >> we are just learning details about a airplane that had to return to dulles. >> yes, it happened when smoke began to fill the cabin. the united flight 250-12 from charleston west virginia had just taken off, and there were were reports of smoke on the plane, and they headed back to dulles, and the passengers and the crew got out as soon as possible. and the initial reports say that the smoke came from the bathroom on the plane, and the latest report is that nobody was injured. at the live desk, scott macfarlane. and a new twist in london's ongoing phone hacking scandal. >> a former tabloid journalist is saying that princess diana gave him information to get back at charles. >> and we have more outside of buckingham palace. >> it is a bombshell with a former editor testifying that princess princess diana was a mole inside of the buckingham palace. she leaked greenbooks in a secret bid to get revenge on prince charles. mr. gooden says that he sent information to the office and then followed up with a personal phone call to make sure that he had gotten it, and she was looking for an ally and befriended several journalists to get back at charles. >> if they are true, they are stunning, because they reveal a very manipulative side of princess diana's nature. >> and mr. gooden who was jailed in 1997 for hacking prince charles, william and harry, and now this offers a rare glimpse into the royal family. >> she was also chased by the media, but lee yasased with the pedia as well. >> and they never mixed up with the upstairs and the downstairs staff, and they were very "downton abbey." shels, because we will need them again. >> yes, and we talked about this yesterday, but now the threat is higher e for some snow on monday, and of course, it means that on st. patrick's day, a little bit of snow for the shamrocks, and yes, indeed, some of us will be doing the shoveling by monday afternoon, and we will talk about the day, because it is quiet and a good part of the weekend and of course, it is sunshine across the area, and a nice blue sky, and heading over to the weather map, and temperatures way up, and by 25 degrees, and most of the neighborhoods, the temperature has gone up from 36 to 60 degrees, and that is the temperature change and 56 or 58 and we went up two degrees. reagan national, and there is a lot of sunshine, but by the time we get to 9:00, it is going to be 46 and nice and quiet and even by 11:00 as we go down to 45. so from the storm team 4 radar, you can see it is quiet and no drops and a lot of sunshine, and plenty warm, and gaithersburg, and germantown, and sandy springs, and 62 in manassas and 63 in la plata, and waldorf, so a lot of sunshine across the area with a nice westerly wind co i
into eight students in the side parking lot. everyone is shaken up. >> tonight, police charged the 19-year-old driver with negligent driving and failure to control his honda civic. he lost control, slammed into the students while they were standing in forlags, practicing drills. tonight, they have bumps, bruises and possible broken bones. after the crash, the 19-year-old stayed on the scene. >> the operator of the vehicle is currently being interviewed by members of our police department. >> police charged him with negligent driving, driving without required supervision. he only has a learner's permit. parents drove to the school after they found out what happened. >> it's a terrible thing. no person should be at work and heard on the news that something is going on at their school. >> school school officials tell us they will be sending home a letter tomorrow. everyone is relieved that no one was killed. >> we're following a developing story. frederick community college is closed and building evacuated as police investigate a suspicious package there. they tell us there's no reason to think this package is dangerous, but they're being cautious and taking their time. >> tonight, a maryland mother wants answers after she said her son got lost for an hour after school. his mother told erica gonzalez that he ended up on is the wrong bus and dropped off in the wrong neighborhood. >> and just to get a call, you know, that it's an emergency, they can't found a my 5-year-old son. >> shannon muller cannot stop thinking about what happened to her 5-year-old son is marcus in maryland. >> do you remember what happened when you were going home from school the other day? >> yes. >> reporter: marcus' mom tells me tuesday afternoon, his substitute teacher put him on a school bus going home instead of his day caravan. >> what happened to you? >> i went on wrong bus. >> reporter: within minutes, word spread that marcus was missing and his parents panicked. it's at this very intersection, 34th and rhode island avenue that marcus gets dropped off in a neighborhood that he knows nothing about. he begins to wander aimlessly, knocks on a door, finds a good samaritan and says help, i need you to tell my dad. >> 202-297 -- >> we reached out to the school and hasn't got an response. now he's been sent home with withdrawal papers for he and his siblings. she always knew he wasn't in the right school for their zone, but only now has it become a problem. >> if you're not scared, what's the opposite of scared. >> being brave? >> being brave. >> in mount rainier, maryland. >> in uh tonight, police say ft. worth, texas, avoided a massacre when a gunman's weapon malfunctioned. security camera video shows the 24-year-old trying to fire the gun inside a mcdonald's. police say he wanted to shoot as many customers and employees as possible. he allegedly pulled the trigger at least five times. didn't fire, but once outside he did get a coup of shots off. but when he went back inside, the weapon failed again. he's being held tonight on $3,500 $3,5 $3,500 -- $500,000 bond. >> a driver is accused of fleeing a dui stop just seconds before this crash. the driver, his passenger and two people in the other car were hurt. police say the driver is a convicted sex offender who also led them on a high speed chase last year. >> tonight, d.c. police are looking for three men armed with guns and a taser who went on a robbery spree down near the convention center. police tell us tonight it's happening along m street northwest, between 9th and 13th. monday afternoon, three men armed with guns and a taser attacked two cuzness is. they stole $300 and a cell phone. two guys pulled a man in an alley, attacked him and stole his wallet. tuesday morning, another man was tazed and robbed in the same area. people who live in the neighborhood say they're surprise pd . >> if you're willing to do this in this neighborhood, you're probably either pretty desperate or kind of unhinged or you just have no fear of consequences. >> d.c. police have increased patrols and undercover operations in the neighborhood to catch robbers. >> questions after a final report cleared seven alexandria plefrs in a deadly shooting. police say they have video that shows the death of a 30-year-old back in february. chief earl cook says it shows sellers pointing the gun on officers. seller's sister says she's seen the video and didn't see a gun. his family says he was a former marine who struggled with mental illness. the department will review the report. >> tonight, arson. a vacant factory late in the ground this afternoon. no one was hurt, but the smoke could be seen for miles. it forced people nearby to close their windows and doors to avoid the fumes. >> the likelihood of a shutdown is increasing as the battle in congress continues. a bill is sent back to the house that leaves the president's healthcare fund intact. there's also friction among republicans in the senate, and that drama played out in a back and forth exchange about senator ted cruz's 21-hour marathon speech earlier this week. >> after a 21-hour filibuster yesterday, you voted in favor of the thing you're filibustering and harry reid joined you in that, too. >> i don't think the american people are confused. >> the senate vote op the bill is expected around 12:30 tomorrow afternoon. hundreds of thousands of federal workers could be taken off the job if lawmakers fail to reach a deal by monday night. >> more disturbing reports tonight about nsa surveillance. a new letter from the agency's inspector general says employees eavesdropped on phone calls of girlfriends and spouses. this report claims those abuses and similar incidences happened at least a dozen times in the past decade. the investigation happened after former contractor edward snowden revealed details op a secret nsa surveillance program. >> we're tracking two big developing stories from the united nations, including a break through on a diplomatic solution to the rice sis in syria. the u.s., russia and other security council nations have agreed on how to enforce a resolution that would strip syria of its chemical weapons. the enforcement language does not explicitly ban military action. a full security council vote is expected tomorrow. >> there's also praise tonight from secretary of state john kerry over an agreement to fast track negotiations over an ir iranian -- over iranees nuclear program. he also indicated that he'll work to improve relations with other countries. booker is the mayor of newark, new jersey. he has a special election in just a few weeks. the woman, lindsay lee sent a screen shot of their direct messages to the website buzz feed. booker is single, lee says they never met offline, and it was, quote, g-rated flirting. booker says he doesn't care what someone does for a living. he's known for communicating with thousands of people via twitter. >> journalist josh rogan li twe. according to police departments roe gan tweeted that he was punch pd nainian said he was just standing up for the amateur performers. if you pick on me, that's one thing. but why are you picking on these poor people? >> d.c. police officers gave nainain a citation, roe gan declined to comment today. >> catching a cab in d.c. is getting easier. a lot more high tech, too. but experts say some taxi smart phone apps are not road ready. liz kren chau is here to tell us which ones are meeting new d.c. regulations. >> and michael j. fox returns to prime time. inside a special viewing party. >> what's coming up? >> a few clouds to our cool morning. those clouds could deliver a sprinkle or two. i'll tell you how long those sprinkles could last and if we could see any sprinkles coming >> set the table. >> kale, two things and kale. >> no standing and eating. >> michael j. fox is back in prime time with a big debut on nbc tonight. he plays a family man and news anchor who put his career on hold after a diagnosis of parkinson's disease. the story parallels fox's own life and health struggle. the young professionals celebrated the opening with a viewing party in the northwest. the group is dedicated to raising awareness and money for the parkinson's research foundation fox started in 2000, just months after he first revealed his diagnosis. >> the days of standing in the dark, flagging down a taxi cab may be coming to an end. >> with the touch of an app on your smart phone, a taxi comes to you without ever having to leave yor seat at the bar. but not all apps have the seal of approval. >> who made the cup sfl. >> hailing a cab with your smart phone may sound convenient, but in order to make sure riders are safe and the fair subpoena fair, it's making app providers meet some standards. it tells us some cab apps that could be on your phone may not be approveded for business. >> taxi is coming. >> reporter: hailing a taxi cab has gone high tech. taxi mobile apps are replacing street hails. >> i used to call up cabs a lot and it would take forever. >> you don't have to look around for a cab. >> it's best to use an app. >> using a taxi app is simple. just touch the app, your gps location is identified and a cab is dispatched. in many cases, you can track youb cab's progress on your phone. taxis must charge d.c.-approved fares, but app users will pay an extra $2 dispatch fee, and may be charged an $ 1.50 convenience fee. >> a lot of times i'm in a hurry, i need something to be fast. >> it opens the door far lot of scoundrels to take advantage. >> reporter: the d.c. taxi cab commission knows apps are popular, but wants to ensure thapp is following d.c. rules for fares, approved payment systems, save cabs and vetted drivers. >> and our assignment is to make sure that people who use public vehicles for hire do not get cheated. taxi drivers are scrambling to meet the october 1 deadline. those who comply are vetted as approved d.c. taxi cap apps. so far there are five of them, halo, my taxi, taxi radar, yellow cab of d.c. and taxi magic. one big come petter, uber taxi is not on d.c.'s approved taxi cab app list. uber told us it's working through issues with the commission to find a way to participate in a way that preserves the uber experience and meets the commission's requirements. >> your taxi is here. >> taxi radar technicians are installing equipment to meet the commission's deadline. >> certainly the commission should be regulating or installing daily taxi radar. in fact, we're working seven days a week to install. it's within of the easiest things we could possibly do. >> taxi magic in alexandria, virginia, is integrated with five fleets in the d.c. metro area. >> we book, track taxi rides and make it easy, available and reliable. >> while five apps are approved, more are expected to jump in and let you put down your arm and hail with a touch of your finger. >> the method of famt payment at the time of the ride. for a complete list of the approved d.c. taxi cab apps, go to nbc washington.com/lizcrenshaw. >> a whole lot of options oit there. >> than there used to be. >> whether you're on foot or on wheels. >> right. it's still quite pleasant out there and comfortable. tomorrow morning, i'm not expecting any major problems whatsoever. not any moderate problem, but we could have touch kbri fog early on. there might even be some light precipitation around the area. we'll be on the lowest level of that. sprinkles, my chance has gone from 20 to 30%, even lore for tomorrow morning. still down some two inches. you can see we still have clear sky right now. the high pressure system pattern isn't going to break down until the midportion of next week. it's 65 degrees currently. 58 degrees at 5:00 a.m. i'm saying no jacket required for 5:00 a.m. we're going to warm pretty nicely, too. 65 degrees at 9:00 a.m. some clouds around the area. today we started with a few clouds. saturday morning, a few clouds will be building back in. all this because of an east to nearly fetch. a little bit of patchy fog and isolated sprinkles around the area. no jacket required. just get ready, get roaring for a really nice evening. sunshine, 2:00 to 3:00 tomorrow amp. mid 70s, quite comfortable. and now i'm running a few degrees above average for a high temperature. not by much, though. but look at this. as we get into the early part of next week, temperatures right around 80 degrees. i don't think we're really going to see much rain until thursday. not until thursday and even now that's looking rather slim. >> looks good except for the dryness. dryness. >> coming up in i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? >> e'm excited to see how this is going to progress. if there's ever a test, tonight's showdown at georgia tech was it. in the eight-year history of the acc division, the champ has always been these two teams the hog hockeys passed the test tonight. first quarter, two plays after a georgia tech fumble, thomas hits d.j. coles. he's got an open pass to the end zone. virginia tech on top early. 7-0, thomas a perfect 9-9 passing to start the game. but the quarterback, he's known for his legs, too. he takes it in from five yards out. 23rd career rushing td for thomas. that ties the school record. they go on to win it 17-10 picking up their first conference win of the year. a good one for the hockeys. >> a meac battle at north carolina first quarter, ho uh ward down 7 mf 0. but not for long. mcgee fakes the handoff, rolls out and connects with david nelson for a 24-yard touchdown. that ties the game at 7-737 on the ensuing aggies drive, they fight right back. quarterback lewis kendall calms his own number. north carolina wins 27-19 as howard drops to 1-3 on the season. tt nets had a day off today. their season wraps up this weekend in arizona against the diamondbacks. stephen strasburg will take the mound in his final start of the year. tonight in baltimore, the orioles finishing up their series with the blue jays. orioles down 1-0. that ties the game at 1-1. same score, though, coming up in the third rips one into left. orioles win it 3-2. they'll finish up the season this weekend at home against the red sox. >> heefs the king of perfect endings teen night may have been the most memorable. new york yankee closer, mariano rivera takes his final bow. and you see right there, walking out to pull him off the mound. mo in tears. i think all baseball chef, you seem less tense since you got spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress 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viral. >> turns out he's a hometown boy and he's here to tell us about paying it forward. from suspension to termination, ray rice is out. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm lesli foster. tonight a star running back's career is over at least for now. the ravens fired rice after the release of new disturbing video obtained by tmz. that video shows us what happened inside the elevator involving ray rice and his then fiancee janay palmer. you see rice strikes palmer, knocks her against a railing and she falls out onto the floor. until now we've only seen this, the aftermath of the assault showing rice dragging what appears to be an unconscious palmer and letting her fall to the floor. >> the ravens were talking about that new video and the firing of rice after they had practice tonight. kristen berset was there. she's back from owings mills. >> to say it was tense at the ravens facility is an understatement. earlier this evening head coach john harbaugh addressed the media for about seven minutes fielding questions regarding the video and their release of ray rice. harbaugh met with the team's owner, president and general manager earlier today and said it didn't take long to come to a decision. usually the monday after a game is quiet for nfl teams, but the ravens were back to work on the practice field preparing for their thursday night showdown against the pittsburgh steelers. however, this day a dark cloud hung over the facility. >> it's something we saw the first time today, all of us, and it changed things, of course. it made things a little bit different. >> reporter: head coach john harbaugh along with the rest of the ravens brass met briefly monday morning before deciding to cut ties with their former pro bowl running back. >> i have nothing but hope and goodwill for ray and janay and we'll do whatever we can going forward to help them as they go forward and try to make the best of it. >> reporter: that sentiment was shared throughout the ravens locker room. it was quiet after practice. emotions were running high. those that spoke sounded conflicted sharing feelings of shock and sadness. >> i think everybody was stunned this morning when we woke up. i said it before and i'll say it again. it was a deplorable act. he made a terrible error in judgment. like i've said before, i think it's easy in this situation to point a finger of blame rather than extend a ndha of help. >> i'm not going to abandon him. i'm going to be a friend, but definitely a shame watching that. >> i think other people can learn from watching your mistakes and other people's mistakes. whatever happens in your own life don't take it by a grain of salt and treat your family with respect and everything. >> in minutes social media was flooded with reaction from players, fans and even a tweet from the ravens and the state from commissioner roger goodell. james brown tonight with that reaction and the nfl's new policy on domestic abuse. >> reporter: public reaction to the new video was swift. the video went viral. there are about 1 million tweets by late this afternoon. broncos tackle terrance knighton, "that man should be thrown into jail." shaun o'hara, former new york giant, called it despicable. the ravens listened and issued their own tweet. "ravens have terminated running back ray rice's contract this afternoon." minutes later commissioner roger goodell issued a statement putting rice own definite su"no one in our office has seen it until today." goodell's initial suspension of just two games prompted widespread criticism the punishment was not enough. two weeks ago goodell announced a new league policy for domestic violence offenders making it a six-game suspension for first offense and a lifetime ban for a second offense. domestic violence expert ted bunch consulted with the league on a new policy. >> it's unfortunate we have to actually wait to see a video in order for us to all have a higher level of urgency around because it's not just the nfl. all of us see it and now we believe it. >> reporter: rice has not responded to today's develops. last may he responded in a news conference with his wife palmer sitting at his side and in july he apologized. >> that's not me. my actions are inexcusable. that's something i have to live with the rest of my life. >> reporter: james brown, cbs news, washington. >> ravens defensive end chris canty was extremely emotional after practice today letting reporters know that domestic violence has touched his life. he wants everyone to remember what the victim is here and that's ray's wife, janay. >> even the president now weighing in on rice's termination. today press secretary josh earnest put out this statement on behalf of president obama. the president is the father of two daughters and like any american, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society. hitting a woman is not something a real plan does and that's true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye or far too often behind closed doors. stopping domestic violence is something that's bigger than football and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it." we've got breaking news from hagerstown tonight after three people were shot there. police are not saying what led to the shooting, but they did tweet this photo from the scene. it happened at 8:00 in the 200 block of frederick street. emergency crews took one of the shooting victims to an area hospital. the other two suffered minor injuries. from person of interest to now confirmed suspect, tonight charles severance remains behind bars now charged with the murders of three alexandria residents. police have eyed severance since march and kept him in the loudoun county jail on a weapons violation charge. today the police chief said there was no specific break- through that led to the murder charges, just ongoing evidence gathering. our mola lenghi went to the alexandria neighborhood where those murders happened and he joins us now live. >> reporter: the charges that were filed today here by the alexandria police department were part of a police investigation that were 11 years in the making. as you can imagine, there were moments where the victims of the families had lost all hope. >> i don't think they'll every find it. >> reporter: that -- ever find him. >> reporter: that was in february who did not think the person who killed her husband ron kirby would ever be caught. today alexandria police say they know who did it charging charles severance in the murders of kirby, ruthanne lodato and nancy dunning. >> we've been waiting for this day a long time of the. >> reporter: kirby was killed in november, lodato in february and nancy dunning 11 years ago. >> over these nearly 11 years while nothing can bring her back we're hopeful today's indictment is the beginning of a process that will offer our family and the other affected families some small amount of closure. we ask for privacy at this time and we have no further comment. police chief earl cook says over the last 11 years police never allowed dunning's murder to become a cold case, but it wasn't until kirby's murder last year and lodato's murder seven months ago when the investigation gained momentum. >> the most recent homicides of mr. kirby and mrs. lodato obviously started another extensive investigation, a heightened sense of need to catch this killer. >> reporter: in march police acknowledged similarities in the three murders. chief cook said early on in the investigation of the seemingly connected killings police believed severance had some connection to all three victims but did not know how significant those connections were to the murders. >> we have a lot of work ahead of us before we would get to the point where we were comfortable to see his involvement in these cases and that indeed he had a serious involvement and whether or not we should charge him. >> reporter: it was in the last five months since severance was arrested and held on an unrelated gun charge when police uncovered evidence connecting him to the murders. >> i am confident that the suspect, charles severance, is the suspect that we have been looking for which is now almost 11 years. >> reporter: alexandria police chief cook would not comment on a motive. he said he didn't know what one was and didn't want to speculate on what one could be. he said he'd leave that up to prosecutors to iron out those details. he says he'll also leave up to prosecutors to determine whether these were random or targeted murders. live in alexandria i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. we've got new information tonight on another murder in alexandria. the man charged with killing a d.c. department of corrections worker lived apparently in the same apartment complex. dalwit seung is behind bars suspected of murdering 64-year- old carolyn cross found dead in her apartment on kenmore avenue yesterday morning. today we spoke with a former co- worker of cross who also lives in the apartment building. she recognized seung when we showed her his mugshot. the woman said she did not know anybody who did not like and respect cross. >> i don't know anyone that did not like her. she commanded respect. she gave respect. >> what happened? what made you so angry that you had to do that if he is indeed the suspect much? in -- suspect? >> alexandria police have not released a motive or told us if the two knew each other. the woman we spoke with today tomorrow us the daughter of cross found her tied up and unresponsive. tonight cheverly police say they did everything they could to prevent a mother from killing her two young children. sonya spoon is locked up tonight charged with the weekend murder of her 3-year- old daughter kay had and her 1- year-old son aiden. just last week her mother called for help saying spoon was suicidal and wanted to kill her daughter. officers took her to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. >> there was no threat to the children at this time other than her verbal comment. there was no evidence to lead us to believe that there had ever been any neglect or abuse to either child in the residence. >> the 24-year-old single mom did admit to police that she suffocated her children using plastic bags and duct tape. investigators are still trying to figure out why she'd do such a thing. a shocking report out of the d.c. inspector general who issued a scathing assessment of the d.c. parking and speeding enforcement. wusa9 recorder jim osman has more on what you need to know. >> reporter: it's what a lot of motorists thought, had a hunch, how the world of issuing parking tickets and moving violations actually works. >> this really has bite because it confirms many of the suspicions that motorists had for years about traffic ticketing in the district of columbia where their rights are routinely trampled upon. >> reporter: 100 page d.c. inspector general report that took months to develop came to some startling conclusions, that some ticketing agencies had given up on innocent till proven guilty. one senior district official told the i.g., "if you get a parking ticket, you are guilty until proven yourself innocent. that has worked well for us." and in the report there's also documentation of speed camera ticket reviewers giving ticket when a reviewer couldn't positively id the violating vehicle. >> this shows that the district in many instances ignored the actual evidence and just issue a ticket anyway. >> i've been to three machines now and none of them seem to be working. >> reporter: conrad grant was trying to comply with the law by paying for a parking stub at three different locations to no avail. >> they have busted machines. >> reporter: he says the automated enforcement such as for speeding can end up in unfair and whoppers of a fine. >> there was a time i was down here and they had what they posted a construction zone and double the fine, but there was no construction going on. >> reporter: frustrating? >> frustrating. >> reporter: we reached out to the d.c. police department. we were told contrary to the report's flawed assumption that the police department believes there is widespread support for automated traffic enforcement. jim osman, wusa9. a fourth person infected with ebola is on their way to the u.s. emory university hospital in atlanta will treat that patient who is expected to arrive tomorrow morning, but they haven't tomorrow us anything else about this person. the world health organization says it could be a doctor who has been working in an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. a respiratory virus is spreading fast across the country infecting hundreds of kids and teens. it's called the enterovirus and officials in 10 states contacted the centers for disease control and prevention for help with investigating the spread. there are 300 cases in kansas city alone and 15% of those illnesses require treatment in intensive care units. symptoms go from fever to runny nose, sneezing, coughing, skin rash, mouth blisters and body aches. local health officials say they are even starting to see the virus in our region here. >> what we're seeing uniquely with this one is that in addition to children having common cold symptoms, some of them who have asthma and other can have some viral pneumonia and can have asthma attacks. >> doctors say it is very important to make sure that children with asthma are efusin their appropriate medication as they are the most susceptible to the illness. if the u.s. had to respond to some kind of medical pandemic on our turf, homeland security is not ready. that is the word today from the department's internal watchdog. an audit shows the agency bought supplies without first figuring out what it would need to respond to a health crisis, plus nearly all of its anti viral medicine and personal protective equipment will expire next year. congress gave homeland security $47 million back in 2006 to pay for training and supplies to respond to a health crisis. the white house says a plan is now in place to deal with the terror group isis. the president plans to reveal the details to congressional leaders tomorrow and then to the rest of us in the public wednesday. without giving anything away the white house is calling the strategy a counterterrorism effort. the obama administration is also working to build more international support. defense secretary chuck gel is in turkey now. secretary of state john kerry is headed toward jordan and saudi arabia. the president ruled out ground troops to deal with isis and dr. henry kissinger tells usa today that's probably the right move. >> i think we should rule out ground troops as a main operating element. we should be able to put together the natural enemies of isis, the sunnis, that want to live a normal existence. >> kissinger went on to say it is appropriate for the united states special forces to get involved behind the scenes. that's just a smaller part of what he had to say about isis. you can see the full interview at usa today.com. got some weather on the way tonight that might just affect your morning commute. >> and did you see this? a young man and a temperature act of 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is happy. >> a young man and a simple act of pure marted generosity at a boston -- pure hearted generosity at a boston red sox baseball game made for viral video over the weekend. turns out that boy's name is ryan gans from potomac, maryland. he was visiting boston last week and a bit earlier his parents brought him by wusa9 so we could ask him why he did it. it's one of those things you just don't see every day, a young boy gives away about the best thing a fan can get at a big league game, a souvenir foul ball. so why did he do it? >> me and my brother were talking and we knew that we already had a lot at home and then also earlier in the game my sister and brother both got 1 and so did i and we thought it was the right thing to do. >> ryan gans is 12 and he says he just wanted to make that little girl happy. all this attention is a bit of a shock. >> because my grandma did that kind of thing except in a supermarket and she didn't get any fame or anything for that. >> what did your grandma do? >> somebody was in front of her in line and she couldn't fully pay for anything and my grandma put it on her tab and gave it to her. >> and gave her grandson a life lesson the whole world saw play out at fenway park. is it fun the last few days? have you been having a good time? >> yeah. i've been having a good time. it's a good feeling when you make somebody else happy. >> wasn't that nice '. >> what a nice young man. when this all went down last friday, it was caught on camera. the folks at fenway sent ryan a gift bag with a couple baseballs, posters and a bracelet when ryan also passed along to the little -- which ryan also passed along to the little girl behind him. her 1st name we know is reese. always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> hi there. i'm first alert meterologist erica grow, plenty of clouds in place, a dreary monday, current temperature 73 down from our high temperature of 77 which we reached earlier this afternoon. on satellite and radar you can see the area of low pressure that made for that dreary day that we had today. the scattered showers that moves through earlier have now pushed offshore, but the problem is this area of low pressure is about to move off the coastline again. it's going to gather more energy. that will spin in more showers as we head into tuesday. on 9 futurecast you can see the showers during the morning commute. then by lunchtime we could get a break in the action, but i wouldn't rule out a shower during the lunchtime hour either. the system starts to pull away as we head into the evening commute. it's possible we'll be able to drop that yellow alert tuesday for the evening commute, but we do have a yellow alert in place for the tuesday morning commute. now heading into wednesday we start out with the clouds, but then we'll get the sunshine back in the afternoon and another frontal system on the way will bring us rain on thursday, but that's not a factor wednesday. overnight tonight a shower possible, cloudy, a low between 60 and 66 degrees. tuesday morning very similar to this morning, temperatures in the 60s and 70s with a few scattered showers. in the afternoon highs will once again be in the upper 70s. so a yellow alert tomorrow mainly for the morning commute and a beautiful wednesday with a high of 84. thursday we have the threat for thunderstorms coming back into the forecast feeling a little bit like summer with a high of 88, but that's the only day we'll have to deal with that, beautiful sunshine friday with a high of 80, next weekend looking mostly nice, saturday a slight chance for a storm, highs returning to the 70s. so september is here. stay with inov(vo) ours is a world ofnge is-that's passgeth.e medicine. 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unsolved murders. >> all three of them are linked. >> tonight how people in alexandria are responding with the killer or killers still free. a potential game-changer in the d.c. race for mayor. >> i guess we can speculate about it, but i really don't know anything about it. >> your reaction tonight to the plea deal that could have an impact on mayor vincent gray. and kids abandoned in cars outside casinos while their parents gamble inside. the news4 i-team finds out what can happen when parents push their luck too far. >> "news4 at 11" starts now. >> another threat of winter weather headed our way. an east coast storm threatening to bring sleet and ice as far north as d.c. >> doug kammerer in storm center 4 now. when are we talking about this coming in? >> this will move in overnight and it will be here for the morning commute for some areas. take a look at where this storm is right now. just down to our south. you can see it down towards north carolina, down towards southern virginia with snow. around roanoke seeing snow right now. it is moving to the north. but it's having a very tough time moving north. and most of this, most of this energy down to the south will head out towards the east. but we do have a winter weather advisory that has been posted by the national weather service for loudoun county, montgomery county, d.c., and everybody down do the south. the biggest areas of concern i think would be around fredericksburg over towards southern maryland. d.c. not really sure if we're going see the it here. but we could see some light freezing rain. it doesn't make much to get a weather winter advisory. it could be slick in spots. but the main roads should be okay. i'm going break this down for you a little more. i'm going to give you my thoughts and talk about the all important weekend forecast coming up. >> thanks, doug. three murders all unsolved, all in the same community, over a period of more than ten years. >> now for the first time alexandria police arefiing there is a connection among all three. the question still unanswered tonight is whether one man was responsible for killing nancy doning in 2003, ron kirby last november, and ruthanne lodato exactly four weeks ago. we begin our news coverage with erika gonzalez. she is live outside alexandria police headquarters. erica? >> reporter: hey, doreen. with today's new developments, what this does is it shifts the focus, no longer placed on the most recent incident, but highlights all three. ten years ago, nancy dunning, the wife of a then sheriff murdered in her home. >> friends of nancy done having set up reward fund to encourage people to call in with tips. >> reporter: last november, transportation planner ron kirby gunned down. >> detectives are still inside the home where ron kirby was found shot to death. >> reporter: and just last month, music teacher ruthanne lodato shot and killed when answering her front door on ridge road drive. >> moments ago the alexandria police chief confirmed some very grim news. now police have evidence that could connect all three. detectives are investigating them as a, quote, series of murders. but today the police chief avoided any reference to a serial killer. >> the bullets in ruthanne lodato, ron kirby, and nancy dunning cases have the same general rifling class and characteristics. >> reporter: it's still unclear if the bullets were fired from the same gun. kiings, no signs of forced ight entry. >> these types of crimes just don't happen here. we're not accustomed to them, albeit two within a last couple of months is sobering. >> reporter: the description after lodato's murder is the only clue, the main clue in bringing them closer to catching a killer. >> reporter: detectives say there is yet to be anything that leads them to believe that the killer is anything but from alexandria. but what do a music teacher, the wife of a former sheriff and a transportation planner all have in common? that's what detectives are trying to figure out. live in alexandria outside police headquarters, erika gonzalez, news4. >> thanks, erika. the police chief in alexandria said today that neighbors should take precautions and avoid opening their doors to strangers. he also said this sketch of a suspect in the ruthanne lodato murder case could still lead to tips in all three cases. shomari stone live in alexandria tonight with more on how the community is responding now. shomari? >> reporter: well, jim, tonight people in this alexandria community are very concerned. one man told me he was frightened after i knocked on his door and he opened it. ruthanne lodato was killed at her home behind me. and tonight some people tell me that they're scared that interest is a possible kill attorney loose. >> everybody around here is concerned. >> reporter: tonight jay roberts and some alexandria residents met to discuss the new waterfront plan near old town alexandria. but many are also concerned about today's announcement that three high profile murders could be connected. >> they want more information. >> reporter: they wonder who would kill a beloved music teacher, a well-known transportation planner, and a then sheriff's wife in the daytime with no signs of forced entry. >> i think that it sounds like they could possibly be linked. the timing, the strangeness of it all. >> reporter: sandy meyer says this latest development is unusual for her relatively peaceful city. >> from the years that i've lived here, this is really odd. we've never had anything like this before. >> reporter: police say the community should not assume that the killer or killers live in alexandria. at this point, evidence done support that. >> i hope they get him. >> they obviously want to catch the person. >> reporter: and tonight police say that people should remain vigilant and don't open up your door to strangers. live in alexandria, shomari stone, news4. >> thank you, shomari. alexandria police created a special hotline devoted to solving these murders. if you have information, you're invited to call 703-746-6864. online right now, you can see police chief earl cook's entire news conference from earlier today. and our questions also for former fbi profiler about this case. it's all on nbcwashington.com. another big story developing tonight. a potential breakthrough in the investigation into d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 shadow campaign. the primary in the mayor's reelection bid is less than a month away now. >> chris lawrence asked him about reports that a key player in the 2010 scandal is working on a plea deal. >> four more years! >> reporter: with his supporters cheering him on, mayor vincent gray slugged off questions about a potential breakthrough in the case against d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson. >> mr. mayor, your reaction to a potential plea deal for thompson? >> i actually don't know anything about it, gentlemen. i guess we could speculate but i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: thompson is expected of building an illegal shadow campaign to get mayor gray elected in 2010. now that he is in the final stages of plea negotiations with prosecutors, thompson could be the key to clearing the mayor or linking him to the corruption. i don't know what is known other than the fact that he helped elect vincent gray, and we'll let the u.s. attorney sort it out. >> reporter: you think the politicians gunning for gray's job would jump on the news. but it was obvious tonight they don't know what this potential plea deal will say and the extent to which it will or won't implicate the mayor. so as some of them campaign for an endorsement from the city's gay, lesbian and transgendered community, they played it safe. >> the residents at the district of columbia need to know the truth and they need to have the mayor level with them, or we need to have the u.s. attorney move. i'm glad to see that's happening. >> reporter: muriel bowser came in a close second to mayor gray. in a poll, she stands to benefit the most if the mayor is somehow implicated in this expected plea deal on friday. mayor gray has consistently said he didn't do anything wrong. jim? jeffrey thompson could be the ninth person to plead guilty in connection with illegally funding campaigns. mark seagraves explains how we got to this point. >> reporter: this all began shortly after mayor vincent gray was elected. suliman brown, the fringe mayoral candidate accused the gray campaign of illegally paying him and then giving him a six-figure government job that sparked a federal investigation. then gray campaign supporters thomas gore and howard brooks plead guilty to covering up those payments to suliman brown. next jeannie clark harris, a long-time supporter of gray and a business partner of jeffrey thompson plead guilty to funneling more than $650,000 from thompson to a shadow campaign for gray. not long after that, three business associates of thompson, lee calhoun, troy white, and stanley slaughter plead guilty to helping thompson illegally fund national campaigns, including hillary clinton's. and then a long-time associate of both thompson and gray, vernon hawkins, plead guilty to lying to investigators about the shadow campaign. former councilmember michael brown has now admitted to not only taking bribes, but also taking illegal campaign funds from thompson through harris. three years after the investigation began, we have eight people have already plead guilty, and it appears thompson will make nine. mark segraves, news4. right now if you live in the area of d.c., highlighted on this map, you should still boil your water before you drink it. the district is waiting for more test results before declaring the water safe for drinking. a power outage at the fort reno pumping station yesterday may have contaminated the system in parts of northwest. d.c. water says the boil water alert is just a precautionary mode. the test results could be back as early as tomorrow. tonight there is an amber alert connected to a possible murder investigation. in the search for an 11-year-old girl from maryland. police believe caitlyn virts' father kidnapped her. investigators found the girl's mother dead this morning at their home in dundalk in baltimore county. timothy virts had been living there, even though police say he was barred from contact with the little girl. two other children, including caitlin's twin sister. embarrassing allegations against lieutenant colonel joseph morse is being investigated for allegedly groping a female military lawyer. his job is to handle sex and physical abuse cases. the lieutenant colonel has been suspended. army officials say the lawyer making the accusations did not work for morse. and tomorrow, opening arguments get under way in a court-martial involving an army general. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair has already pleaded guilty to a handful of charges including adultery, conduct unbecoming, and obstruction of justice. he also admits he had an affair with a female captain under his command. sinclair denies allegations of sexual assault. this is one of only a handful courts martial against army generals in the past 50 years. next at 11:00, frightening moments inside a mall. two people arrested after gunshots rang out tonight. we'll tell you what we're learning about what happened there. children left in cars while their parents risk it all inside casinos. the news4 i-team uncovers how often it's happening and how quickly things can go wrong. ♪ and a concert at the white house, spotlighting the women of soul. soul.[ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. gunshots tonight in a mall in memphis, tennessee. shoppers and employees were hiding inside stores. we know one man is in critical condition after the shooting. it's at place called the oak court mall. police right now are questioning four people. officers pulled over a car near that mall. right now investigators have not revealed whether that shooting was random or whether a victim was targeted. the lockdown there is now over. shoppers are being allowed to go home. parents taking a gamble with much more than money. a review by the news4 i-team reveals the troubling number of local gamblers abandoning children in the parking lot. the casino craze is growing, and the i-team's scott mcfarland so are the number of people tempted by the slots. >> reporter: the casino craze spreading in maryland. the lights, the excitement too hard for some to resist. new year's eve amid the lights and the roar inside maryland live casino anne arundel county. police arrested 24-year-old alicia brown. they say brown left her 4-year-old child alone in the car outside for eight hours. while she went inside to gamble. police say the child was found hungry, cold, and crying. brown was charged with child abuse. >> when we heard what happened that day here in maryland live casino, the i-team started digging, checking court records, checking state gaming documents as well and found it happened several times. statewide and nationwide. watch this surveillance footage. two moms walk on a sunday evening, eventually gambling, their four children left alone locked outside in the car. one of the woman told police she had only gone inside to use the bathroom. but -- >> the both of you were inside gambling. you checked in at the players club and started playing slots. the court records show prosecutors filed neglect charges. we found at least six other cases of abandoned children in just the past year at maryland casinos alone, three of them at maryland live, two more at ocean downs casino, eastern shore. both of those cases happening in the heat of the summer. a separate review by kids in cars found about 60 more cases outside maryland in the past four years, including at a casino nea philadelphia man. arrested for leaving his 12-year-old grandson alone in the car, and legally parking that car in the lot. it's a dangerous crime no matter when it happens. but safety groups say the maryland live case from new year's eve is particularly alarming. subfreezing temperatures that day. >> never leave your child alone in a car. not even for a minute. >> reporter: the outdoor temperature about 15 degrees. the group safe kids help show how little the car doors and windows alone. >> the doors close. the windows close. >> reporter: protect an abandoned child from the cold. >> that's 22 degrees. >> if a child is experiencing hypothermia, what is that child feeling? >> in the earliest stages of hypothermia, it's just like you and i. when we're cold, we start to shiver. when we start to shiver, it's our body saying how can i keep you warmer. so kids can't shiver fast enough to warm their body temperature up. >> reporter: operators of the new mgm casino set for prince george's county says they'll use modern security protocols and surveillance to keep gamblers from abandoning kids. as for alicia brown, she still has custody of her child but faces endangerment charges and a court appearance later this month. a maryland live spokesperson tells us there are safeguards in place. the casino has a 200-person security team and surveillance cameras inside and outside in the parking lots and garages. and they say if they do find a child unattended in one of the cars, they do contact police immediately. scott mcfarland, news4 i-team. >> we have an interactive map showing cases of children being left in cars at casinos. it's online at nbcwashington.com. just click on investigations. some severe weather down in florida tonight is from a system coming our way. the worst of it hit the beach cities between miami and west palm beach. this is damage from the delray beach area where strong winds knocked down trees. did considerable damage to some homes there. about 3,000 homes there are without power in that area tonight. wow. doug, as the week has gone on, this friday weather has gotten a little progressively worse, hasn't it? >> yeah. but the whole time we said this would mostly stay off the coast. and it will. down towards raleigh, sleet, freezing rain towards portions of north carolina. snow just down to the south. once again, most of this will miss our area. take a look and show you what is going on out there right now as we looked at cloud cover across the region. temperatures had been on the cold side all day, and currently we sit 1 degree above freezing, 33 degrees. that is the all-important temperature at 32 degrees to get any kind of frozen precipitation. winds out of the east at 11 miles per hour. that easterly flow will help to moisten the atmosphere a little bit. the windchill down to 24. the rest of the area below freezing. 32 in fredericksburg. 29 in charlottesville. 28 towards gaithersburg. so in most area, as this moisture begins to try to make its way up towards the north, we could see some very light freezing rain, freezing drizzle. and that's really why we have a winter weather advisory in effect. it includes areas like montgomery county and loudoun county, around d.c. but i'm really not worried about this area much at all. it's really going to be fredericksburg i think down towards the beaver dam area, down towards leonardtown. you the best chance to see some of the freezing drizzle and freezing rain. back towards the west, charlottesville, maybe a little farther south. you may see some snow out of this. and we are seeing snow down to our south. not much around our region. we're starting to see some moisture down towards southern maryland. but it's all the way down to the south there is a ton of moisture here. it's all trying to move to the north. it just can't get into an area of high pressure and dryer air. look down towards the south. around roanoke, they're seeing pretty good snow around that region. so let's break it down for you with future weather. and that is the latest computer model that is just. in here is tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. we're on the cold side. we're cloudy. but look where the moisture is, way down towards the south. so extreme southern maryland, st. mary's county, that's where i think you have the best chance by 5:00 in the afternoon. same deal. doesn't even make it up to the washington, d.c. metro area. so we may see some drizzle, which the models will not pick up. but that's it. this is not a big storm at all. but only a little bit of ice on those roads could create some problems. that's why we have that advisory. it doesn't take much to get that advisory when you're talking about freezing rain. on friday night, just chilly. we're not talking freezing rain anymore. over towards ocean city, that's where we are on friday. saturday a great day, nice and mild. temperatures finally get back into the 50s with some sunshine. saturday is looking really good. here is the best chance. if you live in la plata, king george or fredericksburg you have the chance to see the freezing rain first and then switching over to plain rain. high temperatures tomorrow will get into the 40s for you. so, again, about a 30% chance of having some ice around your region. 40 degrees for tomorrow. 57 on saturday. we spring forward on saturday night into sunday. so we lose an hour of sleep. 49 degrees on sunday. early shower. and then 58 degrees on monday. and here is what we're all waiting for. 64 degrees next tuesday. that of course coming before our next storm system, which yes, i do think will try to give us a little bit of snow next wednesday night into thursday. we'll talk much more than tomorrow morning. tomoi was going to the library to do my homework. it took a lot of juggling to keep it all together. for some low-income 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goalie, they just picked him up yesterday, jaroslav halak on the bench. patrice bergeron. the shot from the left wing right here. fourth line center gregory campbell, his fourth hole in the last four games. it's really all the bruins needed tonight. jump ahead the third period. this is the kind of night it was forbe the caps. alex ovechkin, wide open net, and he misses it. bruins cruise to an easy 3-0 win. 18 games left for the caps. next a home game on saturday versus the coyotes. george mason hosting la salt. don't change that channel. exciting stuff from the patriots and explorers. late in the second half, mason nursing a one-point lead. time-out. inbounds passed. ends up in the hands of tyrone garland. spin move. he tags a d for two. lasalle up one. on the next mason possession, byron allen, his jumper no good. but marco with the rebound and putback. had to do on that one. was practicing. 15 for the patriots. they hold on for the win, 59-57 the final. to the verizon center to the d.c. state championship game. boys final featured theodore rose vel. moret, now to the other end of the floor, roosevelt working the inside game. rakim off the glass for two. and roosevelt holds on, 57-53. could use some net sounds. make some crowd sounds. the championship game featuring georgetown visitation and st. john's. st. john's the top seed never trailed. they started to pull away. the forward stepping outside, nailing a three-pointer. st. john's goes on a run, finishes with a 58-42 victory. they're the 2014 state b-ball champs. the coach right there, way to go, girls. i have to give them props. that was fun. the social media world is blowing up with another tweet from robert griffin iii. he has a new look he wanted to show off. talk about beauty and basketball shoes. griffin modeling the baylor bears uniforms for the made in march campaign. you might not get past the new hairstyle. griffin called it his dr. jay andre 3 o000 look. i call it my roseanne rosanna dana look. i like the air, but not the color on anyone. >> roseanne rosanna dana. you nailed it. >> never min more changes coming for the washington monument. the preliminary plans for a new visitor's screening facility were approved today. the national parks service wants to replace the current temporary site. it's been there since 2001. the new design is a glass pavilion that provides space for 25 visitors screening equipment and an office. planning commissioners ask the national parks service to provide more design details before they review final plans. the white house celebration of women in soul tonight. the queen of soul herself had the president and the first lady singing along. ♪ ♪ never loved a man the way that i, i, i ♪ >> aretha franklin started the show and then came back for an encore of "amazing grace." also headlining tonight patti labelle. they'll broadcast the whole show april 7th. we'll check the rest of it out as we tell you jimmy fallon will be coming up after this. check him out. ♪ 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are checking them outt at this point, there is nothing to suggest anything dangerous was in the bags, but h this is just protocol. so a lot of drama at the white house and overseas in istanbul. back to you. >> right now, an intense manhunt is under way in alexandria as the police searched for a gunman who walked up to a house and shot two women. the police don't know if he chose the victims at ran doll. -- at random. up with woman died of her injuries, and jackie bensen is live outside of the police headquarters in alexandria where it is an active investigation, and the residents are being told to take safety precautions? >> they are. and right now, a helicopter is overhead in the neighborhood searching for signs of the suspect, and short time ago here at the police headquarters we heard from the alexandria police chief earl cook and alexandria mayor bi mayor, and they updated us on the shooting, and the investigators have not determined whether he knocked on the door and then opened fire on the yohomeowner's daughter and care giver. both men caution it is important for the residents to use care in opening up their door and going about the activities, because so little is known right now about the motive for this murder. >> we currently have no evidence linking this to any other crime, and however, it would be remiss of us not to consider the possibility that it may be similar to other crimes. we need to have a broad focus in the beginning to avoid risking missing something important. >> the parallels between yesterday's murder and two of alexandria's most high profile unsolved homicides have residents uned. coming up on the "news4 at 5:00," we will hear from a woman who is all too familiar with the shock of a sudden death, a murder in the family. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, thuz 4. >> stay with news4 and nbts washington.com for continuing coverage of the alexandria murder investigation. and another chilly day outside and we are talking about the e. >> showers for the weekend. >> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson joining us. how much snow? >> well, it looks like it is not a big deal for us now, but we have several chances of seeing the snowshowers moving in this weekend w. we are looking at the latest information and as it moves into the area starting at 10:00 a.m. saturday, we have a chance to see the snowshowers throughout the area. when i are return in a little bit, i will tell you hoing the chance continues on saturday and the other chances through the early part of the week and the weeke weekend. and out there today, a lovely day and one of the best days of the next seven with the temperatures higher than usual, and around rockville and whee n twheeton, and you folks around suitland and maryland, clouds have been coming over on us, and that is coming from the system that is making its way up the coast which is going to be bringing the next chance for some snowshowers, and we are dry overnight, but it is light snow for the weekend not looking like a big deal, but what about the next couple of systems? the seven-day forecast is showing more chances coming up. and now to the disap poorns of a police reservist, and virginia state police are expected to update the investigation any minute now. and we are expected to find a body found near richmond is that of kevin quick. three more people were arrested in the case today and in custody now in henrico county. he disappeared after leaving his mother's home, and then his vehicle was found in manassas. we will update you as soop as the police speak. and six families in maryland will have to find a new place to sleep after a fire in their apartment complex. chopper 4 flew over the scene not far from see dcedar lane an columbia. no word on what sparked the fire. >> a water main break may give you trouble if you are headed to arlington this afternoon. the westbound lanes of lee highway will stay closed in the evening rush between buchanan and columbus street while the crews continue to make repairs there. this is the scene this morning when the crews began to dig to get to the busted pipe. it is not far from gleeb road and some nearby roads and businesses are impacted by the break, because water is going to be shutoff up till the pipe is fixed. and construction on the metro silver line is causing traffic changes next week from dulles. drivers coming from the access highway will see lane and shoulder closures in the area of aviation drive starting monday. it is the second phase of the silver line construction, and the crews are laying the guidelines for the ariel guideway that will go above the airport. and phase two is expected to be started in the spring and finish in some time of 2018. let's go to sochi now, and we will give you a live look at sochi. they are nine hours ahead of us, and it is quiet there, but the opening ceremony with was spectacular with the exception of something that didn't go quite as planned. we will have a live update coming up later in the newscast, and a reminder that you can see the opening ceremony tonight here on nbc4 at 7:30. also ahead, the new pavement being use hd in ed in virginia causing problems in the cold weather. >> and a special investigation of high-rise fires, and what you should do if you are trapped inside and a fire breaks out. this is tough to watch. a close call nearly killed a woman on a snow covered highway. we have just been told that they have been given the all-clear at the white house, and staff is being let back in after a scare there that someone it could soon cost more to register your car in maryland. a sep or the from maryland has proposed a bill to let local governments impose an yule surcharge of up to $20 and the money could be used for transportation improvements and a hearing on the bill is set for february 19th. >> busy roads can be a busy problem in the noisy metro e area and especially in northern virginia, and right now vdot is test i testing out a new pavement that is so quiet it could cut down on the need for a sound wall. with we have adam tuss in herndon and see what drivers think about the plan. >> just off in the distance here, shush. quiet here and cars are going by on the new pavement, and this is happening on the fairfax county parkway and not here, because the pavement is louder, but it is a new pavement that vdot is testing, because, yeah, a lot of the roads go through the residential neighborhoods now, and they want to cutdown on the noise. is it a good idea? we talked to the drivers in herndon about it. >> it is good to keep the road quiet, sure. it certainly can't hurt, because noise is a distraction at times. >> reporter: and if it was running next to your house? >> i would like it. >> reporter: if it made your house quieter? >> it would be nice. >> reporter: but is there a downside to the quiet pavement? well, it turns out because of the cold winter, something has been happening with the quiet pavement, and we will tell you about that "news4 at 5:00" and 6: 6:00. in herndon, adam tuss, news4. a popular grocery store shutdown after a major health violation, and what the investigators found inside of that store. and you saw it happen on ellen, the military family from the washington area that got a big surprise. right now the owners of a washington sprshupermarket are waiting to see if they can reopen their store after investiga investigators closed the supermarket on tuckerman lane this morning. they brought in exterminators and a cleaning crew, and said that the problem has been fixed. but as we are told, even though the mice may be gone, so may the customers. >> reporter: d.c. department closing the door after evidence of mice. >> it is sickening, and i had no clue. i have been coming here since the door was open. >> reporter: the violation is right on the glass doors. william hudson was just at the store before it closed and he said that the safeway employ e yees told him about the rodent problem. >> they said that con can tam nation of ver min or whatever, and like rats or roaches or whatever it is. >> reporter: and it makes some people cringe, and shoppers say they expect more from a grocery store. >> i would think that the grocery store would have bet per hygiene and stuff, and i expect that from the carryout and thot the super store. >> i am going to my giant. >> but hudson says he is going to be back. he makes light of the situation. >> hey, i have someight here across the street on 9th street. >> not a lot of other people who are finding this funny. safeway says they have not received any ed of cuvidence of from products that were taken home, but now customers will be taking a look. >> and now after the power struggle, electric companies say they are making progress with the power knocked out by the storm this week. p but they warn that some residents may be without electricity through the weekend. most of the power outages are here in maryland, and with we checked with the local you tuti companies, and frederick county has 6,000, and baltimore with 5,500 hundred outages and the in carroll, only 2,000. >> and is this storm going to make it worse? >> no, it is mostly going to be wind that comes through and it is not going to be a big deal with the waeather this weekend and it probably won't leave any delays on monday. the temperatures are higher than yesterday, and giving us a little bit of warmth and getting rid of the last bit of snow on the ground out there. and your weather headlines, folks. we are expecting a nice evening and dry period in the overnight, and then again, not too much snow expected for weekend and talk about the evening right there where temperatures sit right now, and getting a little chilly and by late tonight, it will be cold as the temperatures drop on down to the 30s by 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., and look at this 35 to 39 degrees, and the temperatures are heading down to 20s by tomorrow morning. all right. well, it is all about the little two systems coming through our area, and however, one actually brushing by us, and that is a system going up the coast. this is the future weather here. this evening by tomorrow morning, the clouds on the increase, and the first chance of snow is 10:00 p.m., and at 2:00 p.m., scattered showers, and you can see, warrenton and down to leonardtown, we will keep the chance around until 5:00 p. saturday. another system which is going to be making its way from west to east, and brushing by us, too, with most of the snow up in pennsylvania and the maryland line. our chance here from noon through the evening, and i think that including monday morning, and for some of you on sunday, as the temperatures rise to the upper 30s to 40 degrees, and not just snowflakes that you are seeing, but maybe some sprinkle s and light drops of rain. this is the look of the storm forecast. highs for saturday, there is the chance at 60%, and likely to have some snow showers moving through the area. it is a 40% chance for sunday and during the afternoon mainly and through the evening and the high temperature is 39. it has been 38 degrees with the morning snow coming our way for monday. how much? here is what we are looking at right now. again, not a lot. i think that much of the area will see a coating to two inches of snow as we head into monday morning. and that includes d.c., waldorf, fredericksburg, and warrenton and hagerstown with a coating to two inches of snow through the whole weekend time period and maybe an inch down across areas of the northern neck are where more rain showers will mix in. in a couple of minutes, we e will talk about what is ahead for nex week, and it is another chance of some snow, and i will show you when that storm system will be moving in. barbara. >> yes. ok okay. thanks. and you can learn more about u.s. history through music. this week the library of congress opened up the digital collection of music to the public and it is called the "songs of america." the collection is 80,000 items, including recordings and sheet music and essays, and you can search for time period and format, and the first piece includes a textbook published if in colonial america in 1744. before you make the saturday and sunday plans, what the re r research shows about the weekend binge eating and drinking. >> i am -- the luckiest guy in the world. >> and a look back at jay leno's emotional finale as host of the "tonight show." well, it looks like the bug that made a bunch of people sick last month on a cruise was a newer strain of the norovirus. the centers for disease control says that the strain was detected first in australia, and it is not dangerous, but it is contagious, and cause stomach problems that last for days. the royal caribbean cruise ship docked in new jersey after passengers were sick. it is one of the largest norovirus outbreaks on a cruise ship in 20 years. a military family from calvert county, maryland, got a h huge surprise when they attended the "ellen" show and the segment just aired today. >> and you know don and anthony -- >> yes. >> come on out. >> that is el llen and heather stevenson of chesterton beach, and his wife was in a bad motorcycle accident a few years ago that e required a number of operations, and because of mounting medical bills, they could not afterford to make improveme improvements to the fixer-upper home, and so ellen surprised them with a home makeover provided by hge kitchen cousins, and also gave them a home depot card and the work is expected to begin on the home next week. and jay leno ended his run as host of the "tonight show" with the highest rating, only second to when president obama attended h show. it was packed with many surprises and emotions, too. >> reporter: leno's show kicked off with advice from his former guests including charlie sheen and even president obama. >> i have decided to make you my new ambassador to antarctica. >> reporter: and first was jay's first guest from 1992, billy musical led a musical tribute with some famous people singing an ode. >> if you were me, you would buy them all a car! >> reporter: and more music from the country singer garth brooks who is one of leno's favorite artists. >> thank you, buddy. i love you to the death. >> reporter: and outsides brooks stopped to talk to fans about the finale. >> he is wonderful, and i was so proud of him and i would have bawled like a baby doll if i were him. >> reporter: and in the end, he did breakdown as he thanked his fans and staff. >> this has been the greatest 22 years of my life. >> reporter: and giving a send off from his predecessor the late johnny carson. >> he said is, i bid you all a heartfelt good night. >> stephanie stanton in burbank, california. >> and the tradition continues here on nbc as jimmy fallon will take over on february 17th. binging on the weekends may not be a bad thing after all. a new study by cornell university found that heavy eating and drinking in the weekend doesn't necessarily lead to permanent weight gain. the researchersle f ll lle foll group of people who regular le indulged on the weekend but 60% lost the weight in the weekdays. the weight loss was seen among people who had usually healthy eating habits in the week. the olympic caldron is burning in russia. and details coming up about the opening ceremony in sochi. >> and good afternoon. i'm barbara harrison. >> i'm pat lawson muse, and police in alexandria are asking residents to be cautious of their surroundings as the search continues for the gunman who killed long time resident ruthanne lodato, and the shooter also injured the woman's caretaker. they expect to have a composite sketch of the killer soon, but the police don't know if the victims knew the shooter. a ukrainian man is in custody for trying to hijack a flight and send it to the site of the winter olympics. it happened on the pegasus airline flight from ukrain to turkey. the suspect said that he had a bomb and want toddy vert the plane to sochi, russia. pilots sent an alert, and a fighter jet es kour -- escorted the plane to turkey. and now, police are looking at the the bags that belonged to a man who tried to hop a fence. police don't believe there is anything dangerous in the bags bshg but the screening, which is proprotocol, and we don't have a name of the person arrested or the reason for climbing the fence. the white house was on lockdown and nobody let in or out for 30 minutes, and again, the lockdown has been lifted and the all-clear given. back to you. >> thank you, scott. we will check on the weather again and go to meteorologist veronica johnson. >> what is happening out there, veronica? >> well, it is quiet and dry out there, and that is what i like. if you are looking to go out, set going to be nice and fairly comfortable with the temperatures above freezing for a while. looking at the sky mostly cloudy right now, and the temperatures are in the upper 30s, but we are going to drop to 35 by 9:00 and we hit 32 late this evening around 10 or 11:00, and then into the 20s by morning. look at this, we are dry by 7:00 a.m., and even dry at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but not for much longer. hey, folks, even though we are talking about the clouds moving in the international space station will be visible and home to the astronauts, of course, and it is up at 220 miles from earth, and around 7:00 visible, and look towards the southwestern sky first at 6:59 and then at 7:03 it will be in the east/northeastern sky. and we are dry early, but after 10:00 a.m., we will expect some snowshers and i will talk about those snowshowers for the weekend in a few minutes. >> we are hours from seeing the opening ceremony, and officially kicking off the winter games in sochi. and since sochi is nine hours ahead of us, the ceremony has ended, and it was a big success. a great mystery heading into the opening was who would light the calderon, and so they did it with a mysterious flair. a russian artist shouted, welcome to the scenter of the universe, and they were marching in singing "not going to get us." >> and the opening ceremonies with were full of fun and opening surprises, and some things didn't go as planned, but joining us is nbc's jack dole. >> hey, jack. >> and some of the best laid plans and the brilliant ceremony, and the colors and the culture, and you learn a great history of russia, but when they reveal revealed the rings, one of them did not open, and so you want to watch nbc's coverage of the opening ceremony to see that minor gaffe, and ther than that, pretty brilliant and we were outside as the athletes walked out of olympic park into the stadium, and the u.s. athletes decked out of the sweaters and they were enjoying the moment, and trust me when i tell you that. it was a a spectacular show, but one minor gaffe, but it does not spoil the party for russia. >> all right. we are glad it didn't spoil the sar m ceremony, because we can't wait to watch it ourselves on the tv this evening. thank you, jack. >> thank you, jack. and as the games officially kick off, president obama deliver delivered a message to the athletes by way of the website of the white house. >> we couldn't be prouder of you, and we can't wait to see what you accomplish in the next few weeks. we are also proud of everything that you have done to get this far. you have worked tirelessly practicing day after day and for years to become some of the finest athletes of the world. >> the president congratulated the athletes on behalf of the fans across the nation, and everyone in the obama family. and four-time medalist on the hockey team was among those carrying the torch on the final day. angela rouge jere row said it was honor to be part of the run. she has recently are retired from the usa hockey team, and a student at harvard business school. >> a reminder that you can see the opening ceremony again tonight at 7:30 right here on the nbc4, and you don't want to miss it. you can keep up with jim handly as he blogs about the experiences behind the scenes of the winter games. follow jim on facebook or twitter or go to nbcwashington.com, and search handly in sochi. and the stars are coming out for a final farewell for oscar winner philip seymour hoffman. >> i'm liz krcrenshaw. who should you call to repair potholes in the road? the answers coming up on well, you have probably noticed the bumpy ride around the region these days and pothole potholes are everywhere. in the district, ddot says it is especially busy and the crews filled more than 3,000 potholes last month alone and in the first six days of this month, ddot has filled more than 800 potholes. the virginia department of transportation is also reporting an influx of potholes, and vdot says they have filled hundreds and hundreds of potholes in northern virginia in the last month. and so how do the potholes form, and why are we seeing so many? who do you call to report them to be filled? and how many events are new at the olympic games? it is friday and the day of questions, and liz crenshaw joins us for this week's edition of "ask liz." and the first question is about the potholes that we are seeing everywhere, literally, and how do they form and why are we seeing so many right now? >> why so many? well, the department of virginia transportation answered this question. they said that it happens when moisture from rain and snow seeps into, into the pachment and the moisture will freeze and expand and then thaws out which loosens the pavement and with the winter of snow and ice and freeze-thaw cycles, it will mean more potholes than usual, and simple as that. >> and more than we want to see. and the next question is about reporting potholes, and who do you call when you find one to be fixed? >> well, we did turn to the local cities and counties about this, this in d.c., you can repo report them by calling 311 or by completing a form online, and prince george's county's county can contact the department of transportation, and fairfax and loudoun county and residents can call and submit requests on vdot's website is, and we will put all of this information on our with website nbcwashington.com. and a bunch of questions about the olympics, how many new events? >> 12. 12 new winter sports will make the debut in the winter games in sochi, and the events are the snowboard slopestyle shown here, and a figure skating team event which is new, and a luge team relay and women's ski jumping. in all a record 98 events will be part of the 2014 games, and compared to just 16 games at the first winter olympics in 1924. if you have a question that you would like us to consider, for "ask liz" send it to nbcwashington.com, and then search me on twitter by searching liz crenshaw. and coming up at 5:00, will the government reimburse you for damage to the car, and what happen thos the presuper bowl gear that the broncos wanted at the super bowl but they can't have, and how economical to turn down the temperature on the water heater? with we have the answers at 5:00 tonight. >> lots of good stuff, liz. barbara? >> a lesson to save your life when you have every second to count. one thing to do if a fire break s out on a high-rise. and rolling the tape of what happens in this event. and chilly temperatures, and we have had seven days below the average of 46 degrees, and what are the snow chances? this is a map of the pressure points on my feet. i have flat feet. i learned where the stress was at the dr.scholl's foot mapping center. then i got my number, which matched the custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support. find your closest foot mapping center at drscholls.com. i'm a believer. taking you live to a news conference about the missing police reservist in alexandria. >> it is an honor to be here in your time of bereavement. i ask you to continue to honor kevin quick's memory and let his tragic loss serve as a reminder that the work that we have dedicated our lives to is not finished. this investigation is far from over. and the tireless efforts of multiple agencies involved have been nothing short of e remarkable. there are no words that can a adequa adequately express our appreciationer for the dedication the agencies have shown to resolving this case. to the citizens of waynesboro and other just diction -- other jurisdictions across the commonwealth and beyond, i ask you the support the law enforcement committee as we grieve the loss of our brother kevin. as we work through the difficult time, i ask you to reach out to those who understand our struggles, and offer them support as well. no one can make it through this alone. we must continue to support kevin's family, and his friends, and our brothers and sisters from our law enforcement family. thank you very much, and i turn it over to corrin. and the police are confirming the death of police reservist kevin quick, and they are there live in waynesboro, and we will have more on that story coming up at the top of the hour. >> and in other news, a large piece of a train came off of the track and went hurtling toward people and property. one driver who was waiting to kros the tracks backed up quickly as a piece came to him. another trucker had another close call, but the piece went into the store nearby, and it caused 17 cars to derail, and luckily, much of the train was empty. would you know what to do if you were trapped by a fire in a high-rise building? your first insting mct may be wg and dead wrong. >> for the answer we go to city firefighters. we went behind the scenes with nyfdy. >> reporter: the call out at 9:30 in the morning and a fire in the 42nd floor of a high-rise. wasting no time, they climb the strs, and navigate through the smoky hallways and put their hose on the flames. in a matter of minutes, the flames are out. fortunately, the only victims are a few dummies. al t part p of a firefighter's training course on randall's island. >> normally the guys are not used to us following their every single move, but we are teaming up with the department to show you the best way to escape a high-rise. if you live the in a high-rise, forget what you learned in almo elementary schools. high-rise high-rises have one key rule, if you have a fire, stay put, and it is counter intuitive and may sound crazy, but we will show you why it is the smartest way to survive. >> as you can see, with we are feet away from where the fire started. i want you to foe tis one thing, just how the fireproof this room is. this is what the modern day apartments are like today. >> it is like a fireplace. by law, every new york city high-rise is built out of fireproof materials like this. and what is a high-rise? any building taller than six stories, the length of a fire ladder der, and also a high-rise without a fire escape. if you have a fire, leave and close the doors to keep the fire in, and if not, stay put, and in the high-rises, it is the smoke and not the flames that kill people. >> carbon monoxide kills 75% of the people in the fire, and not the fire, itself. >> reporter: lieutenant mike morrissey barely guides me through the simulator, this theatrical smoke has filled the floor. completely invisible to the viewers. >> yes hashgs is what -- yes, that is what a real fire is like. when you see the next newscast of a fire, look at the smoke coming out of the building, and that is what you are confronted with. >> reporter: the fire burns through this midtown high-rise -- >> reporter: last month a man was killed after trying to flee the stairs if in a fire of hell's kitchens. >> the worst place to be is the stairwell. depend depending where it is, it turns into the chimmy. in most cases people pass out with two breaths. residents who stayed in their apartments directly next door to the fire, merged safely. >> that is why i suggest that they stay inside of the apartment, and call up to dispatcher, and they will let the chief know that we have a person in apartment 23a and 23b -- >> and firefighters know it is a long and anxious wait for m but remember to stay calm, and focus on putting the damp towels under the doors to keep the fire out, and be patient as the firefighters do their job while your instinct may say run, you may not get very far. >> fire experts say that the bottom line here is that the most important thing that you can do the survive a fire is to have a plan in place ahead of time. a nationwide prostitution sting expected to coincide with the super bowl resulted in hundreds of arrests. some were arrested onnis ex trafficking charges, and the fbi says that more than a dozen teenagers were rescued. and the traffickers brought them to new york to force them to have sex with the super bowl tourists. the teens were ranging from ages 14 to 17, and some had been reported missing are the their family families. >> a private funeral today for actor philip seymour hoffman. and some in attendance were kate blanchette and ethan hawk. hoffman leaves behind his partner of 15 years and their three children. he was 46. well, as you can see, we are all wearing the red today, because it is national wear red day. >> the american heart association says that the heart disease is the number one killer of women in this country, and claims more lives than all other forms of cancer combined. >> the national wear red day is an effort to raise aware innocence the effort to fight heart disease. >> go red. >> go red. >> and be aware and know the risk. >> and heading into the weekend? >> no risk of big storm or problem for us, and we like that, but thou the snowshowers could go into monday. start first with what i told you, dry tonight, and lovely evening in fact, with the temperatures above freezing. i think that prior to 9:00. so, let's talk about tomorrow's forecast. i will start by showing you the hourly forecast for 7:00 a.m. and for 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. start out cold can, below freezing with 29 degrees and a lot of cloud cover around and it is 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. that we have the first chance of snowshowers and pushing in west to east and then another chance of snowshowers at 2:00 tomorrow, and then up to 5:00 p.m., and snowshowers with a temperature of 36 degrees and a lot of that around d.c. is going to be melting. and elsewhere, check out northern maryland. hagerstown, and the high there is going to be 35. so, around these locations here, hagerstown, and cumberland and martinsburg, a dusting to an inch, and here where we could see it hang on a little bit longer on the grassy surfaces. right around d.c. and gaithersburg, and alexandria and camp springs, the high is 35 to 36 and a lot of it will be melting as it fallser, and a dusting that may hang on in many locations. now, we tail down to the south to leesburg and warrenton and culpepper and orange and quantico where your high will be 35 to 36 in this area, and looking for a dusting to inch of snow around your neighborhood tomorr tomorrow. again, a lot of it will be melting. now the storm team 4 forecast, and as i said a chance for the weekend into monday, but also beyond that. and so there we are on sunday and the chance comes back in the afternoon and continues into the early morning monday. and highs this weekend mid- to upper 30s and 38 and still cold for early part of next week, and then, look at tuesday. sunshine, and the high is 34 degrees right now, and we have a chance of snow and rain mix, and starting on wednesday with the high 37, and 41 is the high temperature of thursday, and right now, we are going to be watching these systems very closely, and it looks like a coastal system for the end of next week bringing us not only snow, but rain with a high temperature of 41 degrees, and unfortunately right now sh, thi day, it is the 14th, yeah, it is a holiday for some people, and the high temperature of 39 degrees, and the forecast now, not only calling for mixture of rain and some snow, but also falling temperatures, so it is going to be a chilly raw kind of day, and coming up right now with the chance for a little bit of snow mixed with rain and midpart to the end of next week. barbara and pat? >> thank you, veronica. coming up, a woman narrowly a high speed police chase ended violently on this icy highway south of minneapolis. police surrounded the vehicle after it crashed into a cement wall and shots were fired and police say that in the pursuit the hood of the suspect's vehicle popped up, but the car continued to barrel down the road, and that is when the driver lost control and crashed. one of the most dramatic images we have seen this week is out of dallas, texas. >> a woman was nearly hit on a snow-covered highway there as ben russell reports, she had no idea how close she came to disaster, until she saw the video herself. >> it looked so close. i could have -- yeah. >> reporter: you may not recognize jasmine concha up close, but this view is more familiar, chopper 5 catching not only this truck slide by on the left, but this close call. and moments earlier, that is 20-year-old concha on the highway, minutes after the accident slipping on the highwa highway. >> i got out of the car and nobody was there to help me, and i was trying to get somebody to help me, and nobody wanted to stop, and everything happened within a split second. >> reporter: after she flags down the tow truck, it happens. at the time, she has no idea. no. not at all. i can honestly say that was all god right there trying to help me. now that i see it, i am like, whoa, that is scary. that is a scary feeling. i am blessed that i am still here. >> and she said that she is also angry, because the driver of the lexus who did hit her car didn't stop to help. >> right now at 5:00, a gunman on the loose and a city on edge. tonight, new questions about two separate murders in northern virginia and whether they are connected. attempted hijacking. a man claims he has a bomb, and he wants the plane to go to sochi, but the pilots saved the day. we will tell you about the drama after the plane landed. >> and this is just as the winter olympics are kicked off. >> today, a lockdown at capitol hill prior to the opening ceremony in sochi. >> and now it has been 24 hours, and we could go into the weekend with the people in fear that a killer is p in fear in alexandria. >> yes, tonight, we are hearing from a woman for the first time after a woman was shot and killed at her front door. >> an intense hunt is on for the gunman in that area. they are searching for the man who killed long time resident ruthanne lodato. they are warning people to be be aware of their surroundings. and also, a caretaker from the home was also shot. >> they hope to have a composite sketch of the shooter, and they don't have a motive for the shooting. tonight, we are hearing from the family. >> the effect of the students, and community is reflected in the tremendous outpour iing of love in for our family. >> with this unfolding neighbors are on edge. understandably. >> and yes, the victim's family is asking for privacy while they grieve. we are joined by the bureau chief there in alexandria. >> well, you can see that the lodato home is still a crime scene nearly 24 hours after ruthanne lodato and her mother's care giver answer ed the door ad were shot at the door. you can see the small memorial there on the corner, with but the story of ruthanne lodato spread across this community, and so does a sense of fear. >> reporter: from the flowers and piano books left in front of her house to the conservations on the street, alexandrians are remembering the love of the music teacher ruthanne lodato. >> ♪ hello, everybody >> and through tears she sang the song that was taught to her and her children. >> she is going to be missed to the community. >> reporter: and lodato's neighbors a mix of sorrow and fear. >> i am sure that a lot of people are not doing to be answering the doors given what happened. it is a great neighborhood and great people here, and people are shocked. >> my daughter freaked out, and made me lock all of the doors. >> reporter: and lodato's murder comes th
who had caused concern for security at the games. >> good to hear, chris. >> yes. >> and also at this hour, it is a sad ending to sterearch of th missing police reservist in virginia. police have said they believe that kevin quick is dead. they have not confirmed that it is his body found outside of richmond yesterday, but they are working on that assumption. six people have been arrested and none charged in quick's death, but that may be changed when the body is identified, and three of the arrests happened in alexandria tuesday in connection with quick's stolen suv, and three more were arrested last night. more with the sweeping investigation across the commonwealth is coming up 6:30. >> there is a manhunt in virginia under way following a double shooting in alexandria. ruthanne lodato was shot and killed when she answered the door. more than 24 hours later now, it is not clear who shot her. the lack of answers has everyone there on edge. we have team coverage the night. and julie carey talked with those who knew lodato and those neighbors who are taking immediate precautions. and we start with jackie bensen and the police. >> well, jim, the police chief earl cook says that finding the killer of lodato is the agent's top priority right now. earlier we spoke to a woman who hopes that the arrest will bring answers to her own devastating loss. >> reporter: could the shocking murders of ron kirby and ruthanne lodato and nancy dunning be the same murder? the police chief is well aware of how people want to nknow the answer to that question. >> we have no evidence linking this to any other crime, however, it would be remiss of us not to consider the possibility that it may be similar to other crimes. >> reporter: the question began to haunt anne haynes after she learned of the murder. he beloved husband, ron kirby, a well known transportation planner was shot and killed in their alexandria home less than a mile from ruthanne lodato in their home for less an mysterious circumstances. she hopes that answers may help her. was the suspect mentally deranged and why did he choose ron kirby, and that is answers she needs as profound as her love. >> it has profound consequences to our lives. i will never be able to -- i don't think that i can live without ron. >> reporter: such terrible pain and pain that is now being felt by the family of ruthanne lodato. live in alexandria, jackie bensen. >> the family of lodato has asked for privacy, but they asked a neighbor to read a statement about the loss. >> a beloved mother, and mother-in-law, and wife and sister and daughter, she was our family rock. we will not be the same without her. ruthanne enjoyed giving her beautful gift of music to the countless children over the past 40 years, and teaching brought her great joy. >> an attack like this would put any neighborhood on edge while police are looking for the killer, but police say living in this alexandria community have more of a reason to be afraid. our bureau chief julie carey has more details. >> well, you can see that the crime scene still surrounds ruthanne's lodato home, but we watched the crime scene investigators pack up and head out for the evening. now as jackie bensen mentioned a very similar scene three months ago this the neighborhood next door which has residents wondering about the connections, but most of all today, they are mourning a beloved teacher and treasured neighbor. >> reporter: flowers, notes, and children's piano books left in tribute of the woman who shared her love of music to thousands as a long time teacher. her death has sent shock waves and sadness throughout. >> she was a lovely woman, and my children took lessons from her when they were small, and it is how i met many of the moms in the neighborhood. >> reporter: with no suspect or motive, many wonder if a stranger knocked and then opened fire. this nanny says she is changing her habits. >> and probably, we can search and look through the window before we open the door. >> reporter: other residences are quickly adding security features to the door, and ex executive lock and key had three calls before noon to ip stall new door peepholes. >> and people are afraid to open up the doors, and you know, that door is the barrier, and so they are trying to find some avenue to be able to recognize who is out front of the door. >> and alexandria residents are also wondering privately and out loud if there is a connection between her murder and two other high profile killings. nancy dunning the wife of a former sheriff a decade ago, and ron kirby, who is the well known transportation planner who was shot a year ago. the similarities hit dunning's niece. >> there is so many similarities to the types of people that they were and the time of day, and just kind of the suddenness of it, and the no motive as to why this is happening. so i think that you can't help but think that something is connected here. it is unnerving. >> reporter: kate moran says that the latest killing brings back the fear and sorrow that she once felt, and now fears of the lodato family. >> i can't speak to their pain, but knowing what our family has gone through, but any of the murders that have happened, it is life-changing. >> reporter: very sad time or the this community, and no word yet on the funeral arrangements for ruthanne lodato. reporting live from alexandria, julie carey. >> and sty tuned for news4 with the developments here on this story. we are putting all of the updates on nbcwashington.com as soon as they come into the newsroom, and don't forget to download the mobile app for the news on the go. >> and turn ting to the weather. apparently a little bit of snow coming this weekend. and doug, how much? >> well, a little bit, and we will call it a little bit. the storm team 4 radar is not showing anything. and if you plans to go out this evening, chilly but nice. the temperatures around the town are dropping down the 30s and talking about the 32 at 7:00 and waking up to 29 tomorrow morning and cool side, and clouds on the increase, and tomorrow, here comes the snow, and most of us have a good chance to see some snow in the day tomorrow, and probably on sunday, monday, and a few other days in the seven-day forecast. i have it for you coming up in a minute. well, it is finally here, the 2014 winter games have officially started with the opening ceremony taking place in sochi. earlier today, a live look at olympic park tonight where thing s have started to quiet down because it is 3:00 in the morning. >> this is what you can expect to see when the opening ceremony airs tonight on nbc4. there was a glitch in the opening scene when one of five snowflakes failed to open into an olympic ring. you don want to miss that. but things did go well from there, and the athletes walking out on to a satellite image of the earth projected on to the floor. and of course, the olympic calderon that will be burn throughout the game was lit. and jack dole has more news on the big event, and the concerns about security. >> reporter: if past ceremonies are any indication, expect the spectacular during the broadcast of the sochi opening in prime time tonight. >> it is the biggest secret ever. >> reporter: the producers kept the details of the show closely guarded beforehand, but with we did see the flame in the hands of an american earlier in the day. fo former hockey star angela roggerio said it is an honor to be part of the relay. >> to see this and all of the russians coming out the celebrate, and everybody is so excited to be a part of the olympic spirit today. >> reporter: and though the security was highly visible, terrorism did surface over the black sea. a man tried to hijack a flight from the ukraine and force it to go to sochi. the pillots instead landed in turkey where the hijacker was detained. as members of the delegation arrived for the event, president obama offered his support in a taped message. >> i want to say congratulations, and good luck to everyone representing the red, white and blue. >> the ceremony uniforms were unveiled on the "today" show last month. >> it is very patriotic. >> but not all athletes will be seen in the duds as the american hockey team will not be marching citing a tough match against finland tomorrow. and others wanting to get a jump on the kcompetition including te slopestyle snowboarders, and anacan anna carney. and look at this luger who fell off of his practice run and somehow managed to get back on to finish the run. and our jim handly is in sochi and he has been there for the week, and he will be there throughout the olympics and f follow him on facebook and twitter, and he is putting up great pictures, and he is writing a blog that you will want to read. and download the app from the app store or the google play for the latest alerts from the games. and former d.c. councilman michael brown, and what this means for high profile investigations in the area. >> and a unique find in a bust today. it looks like a regular pen, but it is a lethal weapon. and the and there are new charges against a former d.c. council member michael brown. court papers filed today show that brown alleged that brown received more than $125,000 in illegal secret campaign contributions, and that was in 2007 and 2008, and those contributions allegedly from businessman jeffrey thompson who is at the center of an ongoing federal election that is part of the shadow investigation that helped to elect mayor gray. and brown was seen running from two fbi agents posing as businessmen. he is charged with offenses that could lead up to four years in prison. and now the silver line to dulles could soon be be handed over. they say that the extension from tyson corner to reston has reached substantial completion. and metro still needs to run the tests, but after that, we should find out when the silver line will open for business. and there is a renewed push tonight to repair the rock creek park trail which is a popular path, and it is falling apart in some areas, and there has been a plan and money in place to fix it for years, but nothing has happened. news4's tom sherwood explains what the hold up is all about. >> reporter: viking and rock creek park, and running in rock creek park, and walking in rock creek park, and the trail attracts lots of people. >> it looks fine to us. >> reporter: but many parts of the bike trail are literally washing away. >> there is no clearance of the trail and falling into the creek. this is what a complete rehabilitation of the trail would fix. >> reporter: greg billing of the washington area bicyclist area association showed nbc4 parts of the narrow path that they want extended to ten feet, because of the increased usage. >> you see this nice dropoff here, and the cyclist comes around, and there are two people standing next to each other, and the cyclist tries the go off of the edge, they are going to f l fall. >> reporter: and the cyclist group started a petition first reported by wmur radio, and they got 5,000 signatures overnight. and a plan to rebuild the bike plan was issued ten years ago, and there is money through, but it has yet to be used. the long delay is unexplainable. one response says that we hope to finish the review this yee, and go to construction in 2015 which cannot come soon enough for the cyclists. >> this is used by never the region. >> reporter: in rock creek park tom sherwood, news4. we have a little weather coming our way, doug. how much and when? >> well, not a lot, but it is coming in the weekend and if you have plans, don't cancel anything, but be aware of what is going on. outside, temperatures are 411 degrees and the warmest temperature so far this week, and the winds out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour, and look at the temperatures up to the region, and fredrick and monrovia and up to fredrick, and that one coming in at 33 degrees, and caitlin is coming in at 43 degrees, and ma manassas down the 43 and 41 at fredericksburg. it is going to be cool, but nice. and tonight, dropping into the teens for some of us. and fredrick and winchester to 23. and 23 as well down near the river. and the radar is clear, and you to go down to the south and west and this is an area hit hard around the last couple of days in dallas and arkansas, and this is where the next storm is coming together. you can see the moisture building in the area to make its way our way eventually, but however, this is a small storm. so we will take you through early tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. on the chilly side of thing, and by tomorrow afternoon, look at what happens. at 2:00, just about everybody is seeing the snow. most of it is on the lighter side, and we are not expecting much at all but on the untreated roadways, there could be a daely in the slick spot, and 7:00, that is gone, and it is a quick hitter, and very, very light. on sunday, starting off on the dry note, but look at what happens sunday afternoon, and you can see the snow making its way in here, and especially back to the west. then it moves through the rest of the region as we go through the evening hours sunday. how much are we expecting? well, we will get to that in a second. and secondly, the temperatures are 36 saturday, and 6f 0% of the chance coming down, and 40% late sunday and high of 39. another chance monday with the high of 38. so three days of at least a chance of snow. how much does it add up to? not a lot. a coating and maybe two inches in some locations, and the best chances is d.c. up to the north and west and down the south and east in the maryland northern neck thinking of an inch at the most, but it is at the most and don't expect a lot from the storm. and then we will get cold. 42 thursday, and start with the next storm system to develop, and this is going to be the one to watch, because it ha as the potential for a little bit more moisture, and 37 on the wednesday, and a chance for the mix, and thinking that wednesday should be snow, but it could be a mixture of rain and snow thursday with the high of 41. look agent what we are expecting here, and this is what we are not worried about it, but we will watch it. it is a coastal system with rain and snow that could come through and again, bring us some possible accumulation, but right now, that is not something that we are worried about at all, just like the past weekend or this weekend which has turned out not to be a big storm at all, and we will continue the watch it for you and do it here. one thing for sure, the average high is 46, and we get into the 40s once if that. >> and still winter, right? >> and still winter, yes. >> and thank you, doug. >> you bet. >> coming up tonight, the white house put on lockdown today after a guy tried to jump the fence. >> and more than a dozen people are homeless because right now at 6:30 police believe he's dead. >> families left without a home after flames and smoke tear through an apartment complex. >> technology on local roads promising to silence noisy traffic. a look at a high-tech pavement causing more trouble for drivers. >> the first look at a man who authorities say tried to hijack a flight and divert it to sochi. he stood up today and said he had a bomb. he then demanded the pilots redirect the flight to sochi. the pilots said he would. that's just across the black sea from where the opening ceremony was to take place or taking place. richard angle has been working with producers across the globe to know more about this use spect and the impact on today's secu security. tonight charges in the death of voluntary police officer kevin quick. state police arrested three more people in northern virginia in a case that has police officers and a community quite upset. christian wright is there where investigators uncovered one of the big clues in this investigation. >> reporter: jim, those big clues being surveillance video from this sun trust bank showing unidentified individuals using kevin quick's bank card and driving his car. police say this is no longer just a missing person's case. today investigators announced the search for kevin quick is now a death investigation. >> let his tragic loss serve as a reminder that the work we have dedicated our lives to is not finished. >> kevin was an amazing, kind individual. >> reporter: new court documents list items investigators seized from quickest suv, robber gloves, swabs, a wallet and contents, a green leafy substance and a map. d suspects00 miles from where quick was last seen. six people are charged. he was planning a surprise party and never showed. the week long search has turned up a body. it hasn't been identified but believed to be quick. he was pictured her with his father. >> the quick family has been an institution for over 30 years. >> reporter: that close colleague and friend of kevin quick's also tell us that he's a father of a four month old girl. investigators say more arrests could be coming. live, christian wright, news 4. >> thank you, christian. gun control advocates are praising virginia state senate for passing two new measures. the first one could keep anyone constricted of stalking, sexual battery or physically assaulting a family member, that person would denied permission to own a firearm until five years after their conviction. the other is called brendan's law named after a little boy killed on the way to a 4th of july firework show last year. that would make it a felony if someone celebration gunfire killed another. they face an up-hill battle in the house where the gop opposed most measures. no word on what sparked an apartment fire. it broke out this afternoon in a garden style complex. paramedics wound uptaking one person to the hospital for smoke inhalation. 16 units are damaged so much that the residents can't stay there, and because of the cold weather, they are being housed in the community's clubhouse. a former teacher in month go -- montgomery is accused of sexuality abusing children and held without bail. he's accused of abusing 15 children between 2005 and last year. he used to be music teacher in silver spring. he pleaded guilty this week to a separate charge related to child pornography. several people hurt today when an suv catches into a cvs in downtown baltimore. it collided with a taxi. at least three people inside the store were injured. police don't know what caused this. tonight a grocery store is back up after it cleared up a problem with mice. the health deputy shut down the safe way on georgia avenue last night after a customer reported seeing a mouse. we're told there was evidence of rodents in the supermarket. the store brought in ex terminators and a cleaning crew. the health department gave it the all clear and it's back open. taxpayers be ware, the irs is warning the public about a phone scam. and laguardia, airport, the mayor doesn't think much of that. there is a push out there to make the road that you drive on quieter. i'm adam tusk, we'll tell you about that. temperatures the next couple days staying on the chilly said. averagesoon. we'll talk about the forecast which includes a lot of chances for some snow. the center for disease control says the stomach bug that made nearly 700 people sick on a royal caribbean crew was a new strain of nuro virus. the strain was first detected less than two years ago. hundreds of passengers and crew members on "the explorer of the seas" fell ill. the cdc says it is the largest outbreak of nuro virus in years. the ship returned to port on january 29th. people are wearing red to promote women's heart health. women walked the runway, some of the newest members of the planet are trying to get the word out, as well. heart disease is the number one killer of women, it's deadlier than all of the cancers combined and you can reduce your risk by getting your blood pressure under control, diet and exercise can help with that. now to a developing story about an irs phone scandal. the louden county sheriff says there are at least a dozen cases reported in that county alone. the caller tries to collect taxes, threatens to arrest you but don't give it to them. the irs almost never contacts people over the phone to ask for anything. the scam uses a local number and sometimes it shows up as the sheriff's office. don't let that fool you. they are using caller id spoofing. vice president joe biden took aim at new york's laguardia airport during a speech on infa strur tour. he compared that to traveling outside the u.s. >> if i blind folded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in hong kong and said where do think you are, this must be america, it's a modern airport. if i took them blindfolded and go to laguardia in new york, you must think i'm in a third-world country. >> if you aren't a fan of the vice president's comments, you're not alone. new york's mayor bill da blast owe said this afterwards. >> laguardia needs an upgrade but the people that work there make it work under very difficult circumstances, and so as a proud new yorker, i didn't like that comment, and i think -- >> dianna, you like laguardia, don't you? don't you think it's a nice airport? >> no, i hate laguardia. it's the worst airport. guys, coming up in sports, almond. a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. reaction to being part of an olympic team. sports is next. all right. that big water main break in arlington has been fixed. we got the word about an hour ago and the westbound lanes are expected to open any minute now. the pipes burst this morning. some nearby homes and businesses were without water for several hours today while the crews made repairs, but the water is back on now. part of the fairfax county parkway is a bit quieter than other roads and not because it has fewer cars, because of new technology in the pavement. but there could be a draw back. transportation reporter adam tuss has more to tell us about this, adam? >> reporter: nothing is ever easy, jim. imagine you're driving along and hit a new stretch of pavement and everything gets quieter, the car, the road, there is new quiet pavement but we found out when the weather gets cold, yeah, that's when it gets tough for the pavement. shhhh, just off in the distance, the road gets very quiet. take a listen and judge for yourself quiet pavement, regular pavement, quiet pavement, regular pavement. one more time, quiet pavement. regular pavement. the difference in the noise level is remarkable, and the reason why the quiet pavement is so quiet, it's made of different materials and more porous. it absorbs the sound instead of kicking it back. sounds great, right? you want peace and quiet in the car? >> all the time. >> reporter: you got enough going on in your own world, home life, work, you want quiet in the car? >> exactly. >> reporter: it turns out this pavement has trouble in the very cold weather, specifically v dot said it had to sand the quiet pavement much more this winter compared to regular pavement because water can get in the crac cracks and freeze easier. one had to be treated so aggressively this winter, the current plan is to take it out. >> i'm for fiscally conservative so i want to go with thing that's last longer and economically feasible. >> reporter: this pavement isn't wide-spread in northern virginia, just along a few short sections. v dot says it performs well when it just rains because water washes away. back here now live along the fairfax county parkway. v dot says this is a part of a real world test to see where the pavement works and where it doesn't. reporting live, adam tuss, news 4. my three favorite words you said earlier this week were no big deal. no big deal. >> that's three words and that's exactly what it is. we won't see a big deal. if you have plans this weekend, everybody is asking about snow. it's not going to be a big deal. those three wards again wendy are. >> no big deal. >> let's look at it. tonight, beautiful. if you have any plans tonight, it's going to be on the chilly side but rather nice across the region after a pretty nice day. high temperatures in the low 40s and right now sitting at 41. a little on the chilly side but again, not bad, 37 around 7:00, 35 at 9:00 and going to 32 around 11:00. it will be cold, of course, you need the coat but we're in the winter months after all. radar showing we're clear across the region. that's not the case if you move towards the south and west and that's where the next storm system is copping from places like dallas and arkansas, once again, dealing with snow, they had just as many of these little systems as we have and they have a hard time dealing with these. we'll see pictures tomorrow, once again around memphis and little rock out of problems on the road ways and that same storm system is moving our way, however, we should not have problems as the roads will be treated. chilly temperatures tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon. this somewhat will happen as we move through the time period here as we do so, look at the snow developing across the entire area around 2:00 and this is going to be on the light side. wouldn't be surprised to see it come down moderately at times but once again, not a big deal at all and by 7:00 it's out of the entire region. saturday night into sunday, clear, chilly conditions on sunday. and then on sunday afternoon, we see another bach that cops through the region during the day. snow showers off and on on sunday. all and all this is not going to be a big deal. how much snow? martins burg 34 and frederick around low 30s, maybe a dusting to an inch during the day tomorrow. same thing for your folks toward northern virginia and frederi s fredericksbu fredericksburg, a dusting to an inch tomorrow. another chance of that snow on sunday as we mentioned. monday yet another chance for some light snow with a high of 38 but of the three days, this is all three days, this is what you can expect. the coating to maybe two inches at the most and around an inch down toward the south and east. so as we said at the beginning of this little weather cast, no big deal. right now wednesday, thursday, friday, could be a bigger deal but we're still way away from this system, and we still do not have a handle on what this will bring. right now it looks like a chance of rain and snow and temperatures in the cooler side right on through the next seven days. got another run of the caps used to playing hockey at the highest level whose really pumped because he's getting ready to go to sochi. >> can you imagine getting the call to say pack, you're going. i can't imagine packing up and coming to work on a is the. >> it won't be a problem. >> this is a dream come true. this is a first. from insult to injury to the olympics. he did not make the initial cut. he joins niklas backstrom on team sweden. alex ovechkin for russia and martin for czech republic. you get a point for a goal or an assist in hockey so johonson and he didn't have the travel plans finalized but did have a sense of pride. >> great feeling to, you know, just you feel proud and, you know, really excited to be able to experience olympics and get a chance to win a gold metal. >> his speed is going to be the thing that you can take advantage of. we play on bigger ice surface before we got over here. hopefully we'll take advantage. it's great to see him and i'm sure he'll do that for us. >> meanwhile, the u.s. women's hockey team said to begin play tomorrow will take on finland at 3:00 a.m. eastern. amanda whose dad phil was drafted by the redskins back in 1981, the women are expected to dominate in the tournament will heat up when the u.s. women face canada. here is why. when they played in december it ended with a five on five -- >> those are women? >> yeah. >> those are women. look at that. ten of them out there. >> wow, get off me. >> throwing punches. you can see gloves trying to go into the mask. no one got hurt. i love that. you don't see that often. >> no, you don't. maybe that's a good thing. >> bring it, ladies, bring it. >> one message for his team, keep the level of play high and we will win. it shouldn't take too much to beat the cleveland cavs. this team just fired their gm yesterday and they are really a mix between a bad wreck and dumpster fire right now. they lost six straight, a season low. tip off at 7:00 at the verizon center. also hoping to keep their level of play high. georgetown preparing for the game against butler tomorrow. they have a two-game winning streak and including the big win over seventh ranked michigan state. before that georgetown had been on a slide losing five straight. so when this team plays well, what's really working out here? >> i think just an energy level. defensively i think we dialled in a lot more, and, you know, going over the scouting report well and just keening in on certain guys in the conference we know can affect the game. >> we learned that losing stinks, and it hurts, and what we had to go through is a complete metamorphosis, an alteration of how we do things. this group has a groove, i would say, on how we have to play to win games. >> two words, losing stinks. to college park, turps getting ready. they hope to >> two years back we went to vietnam see what was going on 20 years after the fall of saig saigon. we made our way south. along the way, we found ourselves accommodated in ways far different than that to which we were accustomed. sometimes no hot water, now and again no water at all, no such thing as a face towel, uncomfortable bedding, bugs that don't have names and the list goes on and on. it was different, and it didn't matter, because something less than four-star accommodations was not why we were there. it was not these story, not even was it a story. that comes to mind when i read and hear reports from sochi. lots of comments, lots of complaints, forgive me, lots of whining about how poorly the media is being treated. we hear of rooms not being available, the lack of shower curtains, we hear of construction noises, all kinds of stuff, all kinds of stuff that i'm thinking nobody really cares about. from what i gather the athletes in the village are doing just fine that i care about, that they are comfortable. that they are well-fed and well-housed, that they are secure and free to focus on their performance. all that is what i care about. alex ovechkin, the cap star, the russian is wondering out loud why are all these people dumping on sochi? is this the first olympic venue to be not quite ready for prime time? to be fair, many of the early dispatchers bore the stains of western eliters and privilege because reporters just got there. they really had nothing else to write about. while i'm at it, props to our man in sochi who has found plenty to report on other than whether he gets chocolate on his pillow every night. now with opening ceremonies tonight, let's hope we can focus on the competition, not on the accommodation. let the games begin. we thank you for joining us. nightly news is coming up next followed by the opening ceremonies of the winter olympics at 7:30. you don't want to miss that snow flake. >> yeah. >> we leave you with live pictures from sochi seaport. see you again tonight at 11:00. on our broadcast tonight, the spectacular show as they get under way here in sochi. russia raises the curtain in a dazzling display, and in keeping with expectations there is already a controversy having nothing to do with competition. also, a bomb scare, a would-be hijacker demands the pilots divert to sochi. and who did ? who leaked private conversations between u.s. diplomats, complete with profanity. it is a big embarrassment. some big allies are angry, and washington has shifted into damage control. and one moment in time. the american athletes who did not get to compete the last time the games came to russia because the president kept the u.s. team home. tonight, the scars that are still visible. nightly news begins now. good evening, there was more tension leading up to these olympic winter games than any such gathering in memory. they are, after all, the most expensive and the mos
still unsolved killing of ron kirby, the well known transportation planner who was killed in his home a mile away, and the second shooting is keeping executive lock and key busy as residents bolter up security. this afternoon, ron huffman had three calls to install more locks. >> people are aftraid to open u the doors and the door is the barrie barrier, and they are trying to find an avenue to recognize who is in front of the door and people are calling to install peepholes. >> reporter: and as a lifelong resident himself, he feels the unease in the community, and he hopes that the police have more answers. >> well, it is a small town still to us, and i think that it shakes everybody to the core. >> reporter: shaken to the core does sum up the feeling of so many tonight, and coming up on "news4 at 6:00," you will hear from the niece of another high profile alexandria victim, and she wonders about a connection between all three killings. reporting live, i'm julie carey. >> and with what judy just said, i did happen less than a mile from the city planner ron kirby, and his murder is unsolved as is the killing of an alexandria sheriff's wife nancy dunning. and the police chief said they are looking into any similarities of the three unsolved crimes. we spoke to kirby's widow anne haynes who said that it brought up a number of questions, and how could this happen again and so close to home. stay with nbcwashington.com for more details on the search for lodato's killer. coming up at 5:00, jackie bensen will have more on the interview with ron kirby's emotional widow. >> and thou to the hijacking overseas and the demand to fly the plane to sochi. the plane took off in the ukraine, and instead of going to the host city, o they flew to istanbul, turkey, across the black sea. there is a worry that sochi could become a target, and pete williams is joining us now to tell us more. what do we know at this minute? >> well, the plane took off in the second largest city in ukraine in the largest part, and after the plane was in the air, a passenger stood up, and he said that he had a bomb, and he wanted the plane to be diverted to sochi. the plane was bound for istanbul, and this crusade, and this is where they saved the day. they said okay, and they turned off the in-flight graphics that show where you are, and he had no idea because the plane left at 6:30 at night, and it is dark outside and he does not e know where they are, and they land in istanbul, and as soon as the pilots entered the turkish air space, they clicked on the alert that they were being hijacked and then it went to the isolated part of the runway and the auth authorities entered the plane and subdued the man, and there was never any explosive device, and the passengers said that the man seemed to be under the influence of something, alcohol or drugs or something. but there was no one who was ever shot hurt or shots fired. >> and do they believe he is a group? >> well, he was acting on his own, and he made some ukraine nationalist statements and something rambling about the olympics, but they don't believe he has a connection with the chechen groups who they believe are the source of the security worries. >> will this change anything with the security of the olympics? >> no, it is a reflection of the heightened awareness. and anybody, olympics or not, the if someone claims that they have a bomb on board, the pilots are going to respond. >> and the games are going on tonight. and tonight is the night where it gets started in the winter olympics with the opening ceremony to bring the world together and gives the host country a chance to show off in spectacular style, and for the athletes a moment the remember. at olympic park, jim handly spoke to athletes who were looking forward to the special moment this the entrance. >> well, they looked at and tested all of the lights and the music, and planted palm e trees here. we cannot show you what will happen tonight, but we can tell you that things will all of the sudden turn cold here. vladimir putin is putting on a show here for the world to see. there is something for each of the more than 85 countries taking part, and proud moment for 230 american athletes, and bobsl bobsledder, and g.w. graduate alana myers says that the ope g opening ceremonies was her favorite part in vancouver. and do you get goose bumps every time you hear it with a scene like this? >> you can't help but get the goose bumps, and just thinking of all that everybody has sa sacrificed for the country and the fact that we can represent our country in a differe way is an incredible honor, and we are privileged to be here. >> reporter: athletes who arrived earlier have taken in the sun, camaraderie, and the canadians brought their bicycles, and they are getting a look around. >> and it is cool when you walk out there and representing the country and smiling and waving and taking pictures, and it is a an unbelievable experience. and this is a volunteer from manassas county. what was it like? >> the rehearsal was beautiful, and industrial themed and very russian. and it was a lot of fun. >> reporter: and the man carrying the flag for the u.s. will compete in a record sixth olympics. >> i sat back in my chair and kind of took in the moment, and really took it in. very humbling. >> reporter: and caps' great alexander ovechkin will not be carrying the flag as planned, because he is playing in a game for washington. i'm jim handly in sochi. back to you. >> and jim will be updating us about the e behind the scenes experiences at the games. you can follow him on twitter and our nbcwashington.com and go t there to search for handly. we can't wait to see the opening ceremony tonight on nbc. >> and state police just now said they believe that kevin quick is dead. they have not positively identified a body outside of richmond as quick's, but it may change when they get word from the medical examiner. this case has spanneded the commonwealth since he escaped. his suv turned up in manassas last saturday, and three siblings were arrested in connection with that theft in alexandria. and then there was two more p arrested after gang parti participation. we will go live with more developments in 15 minutes. >> and a big fire caused significant damage to a complex in maryland. look at this from chopper 4's pictures, as with we flew over the apartments. that is not far from cedar lane in columbia. one person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, and 16 units damaged at least and enough that the families will not be able to stay there, and because of the cold can weather, they are put up in the community's clubhouse. not clear what sparked this blaze. from fire in maryland to water in detroit, a num bber of drivers are fortunate to be alive after a water main break trapped them in their cars. this is so bad that rescuers had to use front loaders to pluck folks out. some were stuck in the freezing cold water for more than an hour, and some told the rescuers that the water was as high as their seats. the weather caused that main to break. >> and at home, another nuisance after yet another water main break in arlington, the westbound highway to lee highwa highway, and this is going to to be closed tonight. this is between buchanan and columbus streets, because the crews are trying to e get this thing fixed, it is the scene this morning when the crews started digging. the water did get shut off for the folks nearby and the winter weather is giving the underground pipes a beating. storm 4 news meteorologist doug kammerer is monitoring the chance from the snow this weekend and no big deal or becoming a big deal? >> no big deal. form 4 radar is going to be clear and stay that way. if you are making your way out and about, it is going to be chilly, and out across the aer eaarea. dropping to 37 at 7:00, and 29 by the time you wake up on your saturday. a little on the chilly side, and that is when the snow moves in. the future weather is showing the snow coming in much of the area, and we are expected to see the snow sunday and monday and maybe a few other days, too. we will talk about that, with the seven-day forecast coming up in a minute. and a drug raid in maryland, a and they say that heroin was the tip of the iceberg. something new for the silver line, and a new step to take you closer to taking that metro to dulle dulles. >> and call it is a miracle on ice. ah, a live look at the sochi seaport and a celebration of the winter olympics is kick off today. >> and yes, to night is the night. the world has been waiting nearly two years and now we are a couple of hours away from watching the opening ceremony of the winter olympics right here on nbc. >> and it promises to be a spectacular broadcast with fireworks and iconic images of russia, and nbc's jack doles has more from sochi. >> reporter: if past ceremonies are any indication, expect a spectacular during the broadcast of the sochi opening in prime time tonight. >> it is the biggest secret ever. >> reporter: and the producers kept the details closely guarded, but we saw the flame in the hands of a former american. former hockey star angela ruggerio was there. >> it is so honorable to carry the flame today. >> reporter: but earlier today, a man tried to hijack a plane and divert the plane to sochi, but instead, they landed in ukraine. president obama also offered his congratulations in a taped message. >> i want to say congratulations, and good luck for everybody in the red, white and blue. >> reporter: and those outfits were unveiled on "today" show. >> they are very colorful. and the u.s. women's hockey team decided not to march, because they have a tough match coming up tomorrow morning against finland. >> and for me we go back to die n yab nauru seeni. well, most of the stages are in the qualifying events becomes tu team figure skating event started with pressure, because every program skated counts towards a kcountry's total. and jeremy abbott had a stunning fall, and that was a quadruple, and landed awkwardly, and slid right into the wall. not much better for the u.s. pairs marissa and simon as they stumbled on their side by side triple salchows. the americans have room to make up, but only the top five countries will advance to the final round, and lady's ice dancing and singles is up next. and ashley wagner will skate tomorrow in the singles event for the u.s. a strong showing could help team usa get back on track, and give wagner a chance to prove that she deserves to be at the olympics. >> this is making history, and you know, it is an opportunity to gain another olympic medal and something we didn't have in figure skating so i'm incredibly honored the be a part of the event. >> and an amazing feat for the luge. this is a luger going 70 miles per hour, and he falls off of to sled and slides down the course, and then he makes an amazing save. he flips back over and gets back on the sled to finish the run. absolutely incredible. 70 miles per hour he is going, and i can't get sick of looking at that. but guys, the ashley wagner, the ladies singles skater there has the best record, and many people feel she has something to prove after finishing fourth place in the national championships, and she calls herself a vicious competitor, and no sweetness on the ice for her. >> and you think that the luge guy has done it before, because that is some moves. >> that is some moves rig the s there and skills. >> i would have been screaming. >> how do you not get hirt hurt there. >> yes. >> thank you. and for now you can turn on the breaking news alerts on our nbc washington app, and we will send you the news from the games. >> and the weekend is upon us, and we have news about the snow? >> well, a teeny bit, a you mow the pretty snow that you are walking around and the snow starts to fall and you say, that is nice. >> and we are veterans now. >> and we are up there with the buffaloes in new york. >> well, we will show you what is happening outside and not a bad shop, but this is happening earlier in portland, oregon, a place that does not see a lot of snow. they were shutdown there, and we will continue to bring you the scenes across the country. the country is in a deep freeze. ever reri state, every state except for florida now has snow somewhere in the state. isn't that amazing? that is absolutely amazing, and you are wondering what about, hawaii, doug? yes, the tall mountains, and they get snow out there, too. and for us, 41 degrees with the winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour, and cloud cover across the region, but friday was a good day, and we will call it a fantastic friday. and higher temperatures around the region, and cooler in hagerstown and manassas and 44 in fredericksburg, and the temperatures are above where they were in the last couple of days. the storm team 4 satellite shows it is clear. we have some cloud cover making its way in here now, and that is what we are looking at, but just some clouds that we will see throughout the night. and chilly, but not frigid. 22 in gaithersburg, and 20 in manassas, and 19 in fredrick, maryland. as we look through the next couple of days, you notice the snow coming in. tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., to problems. chilly, but the clouds are moving in. then 1:00 or 2:00, the snow, and just about everybody has a chance to see some snow tomorrow, and we are not calling for a lot, but snow around leesburg, and waldorf and some minor accumulation, but saturday afternoon, it will end by 5:00 or so. and turn the globe on, and then off. sunday, the same deal, start off with that and then get the snow coming in later in the afternoon at 5:00 or 6:00 coming in from the west, and moving ak cross the entire region, and sunday most likely on the afternoon side of things as far as the snow is concerned. 60% chance on saturday and 40% on sunday. another chance of snow monday. so we have three days to see snow. out of the three days, how much do you think that we will get? a coating to two inches at the most. this is not a big deal. down to the south and east, around an inch, but don't worry about the roads, because most should be a okay, but watch out for that. and 38 on monday, and 34 on tuesday, and then maybe a more significant can storm as we head to next week wednesday and thursday and even friday which is valentine's day, we will have the falling temperatures in the day, so get close to whoever it may be. guys? >> well, someone is trying to scam soldiers, and we will tell you how the from over. i urge you to continue to support the law enforcement commu community as we grieve the loss of our brother, kevin. >> just a few minutes ago, virginia state police revealed that they have not officially identified the body found yesterday, with but they do believe it is kevin quick. >> yes, it is a case that has police disturbed by the fact that one of their own was targeted. news4 kristin wright is live in manassas where quick's suv was first spotted. kristin? >> right. stunning news that now six people are charged in connection to kevin quick's disappearance, and investigators are saying that this is a death investigation, and they do believe that the suspects were at some point at this bank on sudly and lemond in vanessa. >> do we know why kevin was targeted or why he was picked -- we are just trying to rationalize what would make him a victim. >> reporter: police have arrested a total of six people in the case. the three on top are siblings from albemarle county, and in a raid, the s.w.a.t. team smashed into a day's inn in alexandria where they were hiding out. and three more have been arrested now all charged with second-degree murder. a small construction business this in springfield said they fired leslie casterloe from her job in e desemer, because she was acting erratic at work. and nobody answered the door there. and it is less than a mile from the bank where quick's suv was spotted in police surveillance. and the search warrant for the vehicle says that quick's bank account was accessed via atm in forks union and manassas. >> we are the first responders, and we are not supposed to be the victims. >> reporter: investigators say that more arrests could be coming in this case. and now in the search warrant that i mentioned, there is a list of eitems that were seized from kevin quick's suv as evidence, and we are working on that for you coming up at 6:00. live in manassas, kristin wright, news4. right now at 5:00 a major heroin bust right in our backyard. >> the police did not just find drugs and cash. what grabbed their attention was a weapon in disguise. >> and tired of hearing the noisy traffic? well, there is a solution for that, and we will find out why the high-tech fix may be creating bigger problems. i'm jackie bensen and the new. a fast forward through the headlines. a ukrainian man is charged with trying to hijack a plane to send to sochi. turkish officials scrambled a fighter jet to escort the plane to istanbul, turkey, where it did land safely. >> and with we are hours away from the opening ceremonies. with e no e that the women's hockey team is resting up for a match against finland. now to weather, doug. on the cold side in our area today, the temperatures are five degrees below average. d.c. coming in at 42 degrees, and 45 down towards fredericksbu fredericksburg. in the next seven days the average high is 46. we get close to that, and well, maybe once or twice, but most every day of the next seven on the chilly side, and yes, as we mentioned, numerous chances for the light snow. >> thank you, doug. next at 5:30, people in alexandria are asked to use caution when answering a door. >> and that after a murder in that area have a lot of people nervous tonight of why this happened. jackie bensen is with us on this evenin of the manhunt, and she is near the home of another man who was murdered not long ago. >> reporter: well, at a press conference the police chief earl cook says that he hopes that the woman who described may provide a description, and possibly enough for a composite sketch of the man who killed ruthanne lodato. the physical evidence is not much further than the entrance of stone ridge drive. that is where police say a man opened up fire on ruthanne lodato and her elderly mother's care giver when they answered the door yesterday. the man described as white hair and balding and wearing a gray jacket was not known if they know the man. >> it is not known whether they knew the man. >> reporter: and the police chief spoke to the residents who are very upset about the two high profile unsolved homicides and this one now. the wife of the sheriff at the time, and also the shooting of governance county attorney which took place less a than a mile a waway away. >> residents have a right to be concerned, but i don't want to characterize it as a serial killer floating around the city, because we don't have enough facts and data to support that. >> reporter: for ron haynes' widow, yesterday's shooting brought a torrent of emotions. >> i nef thought that he was not safe in our house, and it is so unbelievable, and so weird and so wrong to do this kind of thing. >> reporter: coming up on "news4 at 6:00," the police chief directly addresses the residents' concerns about their safety. live in alexandria, jackie bep zen. >> thank you. two people from ann arundel county are facing charges after police found heroin in their home. inside they found marijuana and heroin and ecstasy and this very unusu unusual.22 caliber gun that looks like a pen. they had a street value of drugs of more than $1,000. they are being held without bail. >> and mourners today at the funeral of philip seymour hoffman. hoffman leaves behind his partner of 15 years and their three children. he was 46. a former montgomery teaier accused of sexually abusing young children is being held without bail. he is accused of sexually assaulting 15 kids between 2005 and 2013. he is a former music teacher at new hampshire estates music school in silver springs, and he plead gill toy to child porn thursday. and a man who attacked his boss police say with a knife. there is a new push out there that the road that you drive on should be president obama returned to washington about an hour ago after signing the massive farm bill into law. he traveled to the university of michigan for that signing, and toured a biotech e research lab at that school. it took four years of haggling in congress to get this bill passed. the law replaces direct payments to farmers with a new crop insurance program, and it cuts the food stamp programs with by 8 bi$8 billion. >> and the truth is that a lot of folks go through tough times at some point in their lives. that doesn't mean they should go hungry, and not in a country like america. >> and the white house says as many as 50 lawmakers were invited to attend, and a handful of democrats travelled with the president, but no republicans accepted the invitation. and now a website is taken down after trying to scam military soldiers and their families. this was created by criminal cr but not the smart kind. see how they spelled benefit. you can see that the army's criminal division issued a warn warning about the site earlier today, and then hours later, somebody took down that bonus site. a man in laurel is facing assault charges after stabbing his boss. he is accused of stabbing his supervisor multiple times. he said he attacked his super visor after asked about his attendance, and we are told that the super visor is expected to be okay. and it turns out that the high-tech pavement that is to solve the traffic problem, has other problems of its own. i'm liz crenshaw. will the government reimburse you for pothole damage to your car? that is the question, and the answer is coming up a grocery store in northwest washington is back open this afternoon after clearing up a little problem with mice. >> yes, the health department closed down that super market after a customer reported seeing a mouse, and there was evidence of a rodent, so the store brought in exterminators and a cleaning crew and this afternoon the health department gave pit all-clear, and the store is back open. and the silver line to dulles is closer to being a e reality. they say they are done with the first phase, and as reported the dulles transit department says they have reached substantial completion, and that means that the line could be hand ed over o metro, and they will run their own tests, and if all goes well, it is a matter of picking a day to open up the silver line. right now, a fix is under way to bring down the noise level on some of the busy virginia streets. >> and vdot is testing ott some quiet technology. we have adam tuss in herndon to show us how it works and it doesn't. >> that is right, wendy. this is right here not the quiet pavement, but a stretch that has the regular pavement in place, but when you see the new pavement, stand next to it and listen to the cars traveling on it, it is amazing, but we found out that the new pavement has trouble when the weather gets really cold. >> reporter: take a listen and judge for yourself, quiet pavement, regular pavement. quiet pavement. regular pavement. one more time. quiet pavement. regular pavement. and the difference of the noise level is remarkable. and the reason why the quiet pavement is so quiet is because it is made up of different materials, and more porous, and it simply absorbs the sound instead of kicking it back. sounds great, right? if it were running next to your house? >> i would like it. >> reporter: if it made your house quieter? >> it would be nice. >> reporter: but it turns out that the pavement has some trouble in the cold weather, and vdot has had to sand the quiet pavement much more than regular, because the water can get into the cracks and the crevices and freeze easier, and in the winter, it has acted more like ramps, and overpasses, and what is important the quiet or the reliability? >> well, if you are going to put it that way, it has to be the reliability. >> reporter: now this pavement is not widespread in northern virginia, but along a few short sections, and vdot says it performs well when it rains, because water washes away. back here now live along the fairfax county parkway, and vdot says that some of the quiet pavement is going to be ripped out. if it is in your neighborhood, you can find out about that in the next hour at 6:00. reporting live in herndon, adam tuss. >> and let's check in with doug. does it really get cold here, doug? >> well, all right. it is cold for sure, wendy, over the past not only couple of days, but the past couple of weeks, and we have been in the thick of winter so far, and it looks like it is going to contin continue, and i love the site out there at herndon with adam. and sitting at 41 right now in the washington, d.c. metro area, and now out there sonia, you are at 36, and christina in fredericksburg is coming in at that mark. and we are going to start here at 37, and going down to 35 at 9:00 p.m. p, and if you have plans this evening, pretty good on the radar. no storms to talk about. the storm team 4 radar is quiet. nothing going on to the south and the east, but here is the next storm system to affect us tomorrow. bringing more snow to dallas, texas. they are getting hit pretty hard and this is going to move frup arkansas and to our region tomorrow, and that is why we have the chance of light snow. 32 in martinsburg, and 40 near martinsburg and this is where we could see a dusting of a couple of inches in this area here near warrenton. these are the high temperatures, and belvar coming in at 32. this is not a big storm at all, but something to watch out for, and as we mentioned earlier, it is the pretty snow that we see. 60% chance of seeing snow tomorrow, and then monday another storm will move in with temperatures in the upper 30s, and cold tuesday with the high of 34. then we will get into the unsettled pattern again, and this is an area that we will be watching closely, and watching closely, of course, could be another coastal storm, and right now, rain or snow possible, and still way too early to worry about this one though. guys? >> we have breaking news right now from the state department. the u.s. government has just issued a travel alert for all americans going to russia. that alert says that the olympics present an attractive target for terrorists as has been widely reported, as you know. no liquids have been allowed on the flights inside of russia, and just yesterday the tsa here put similar restrictions on the direct flights from the u.s. to russia. >> and we want to update you on the irs scam hitting the d.c. area. loudoun county officials say that they are using a new technique called caller i.d. spoofing. making it look like a call is coming from the local number, and in the case, the loudoun county sheriff's office. they claim to be collecting back taxes or fines and threatening to arrest you. and if you think that you have been targeted by this, call the police and the federal trade commission. we all want to know the answer to this question, will the government reimburse you for pothole damage to your car? and what happens to all of the pre-printed super bowl gear that says that the broncos won the super bowl? and how economical to turn down the temperature on your water heater? well, it is a long week, but it is friday, folks. so let's "ask liz." >> thank you, wendy. >> and our first question from bob in mcclane. will a jurisdiction reimburse you for the pothole damage to the car. this is topical. >> well, it is topical, and we checked with maryland and virginia and d.c. says that you s simply file a claim with the city's office of risk management. in maryland, you file a claim with the state treasurer's office, and in virginia, you file a claim with the local v-dot offices. in all jurisdictions the claims are evaluated on a case-by--case basis, and if your car has serious damage, file an insurance claim in case you are denied reimbursement from the state. >> who knew? >> well, no guarantee. >> and it might take a very long time. and the next question comes from william who sent is an e e-mail, and what do they do with the pre-printed gear made for the team who loses the super bowl, like the broncos. >> like the broncos, and what do they do with it? well, the humanitarian organization world vision helped us with this answer. for more than 15 years, the nfl has donated its preprinted championship merchandise bearing the name of the team that does not win the title to it, and they give it to world vision. world vision then identifies the countries in need overseas who will benefit from all of the gear, and the clothing is shipped to those communities in need. >> that is love ly. that is really lovely. okay. >> and they are wearing around saying that the broncos won. >> well, so they won somewhere. and now we want to know about the energy bills that we are getting sticker shock over. john wants to know if he will save money if he turns down the water heater. >> the virginia department of mines and minerals gave us this answer and said that heating water in the average american home accounts for 20% of the energy consumption which can range from $250/year for households with natural gas to $450 for electric water heaters. to lower the cost, for each 10 degrees that you lower, you will save 3% to 5% on the energy bills and so if the water heater is set to 140 degrees fahrenheit, lowering it to 120, you could save up to 10% on the bill throughout the year, and john could save $45 by lowering the heater by 10 degrees. so if you have more questions, you can send it to me on liz crenshaw@nbcwashington.com. >> any chocolates left over from yesterday? >> no, i do not. >> save some more me. >> and now we have information showing that the graduation rate is up, and the dropout rate is down. tr tracee wilkins has a breakdown of the numbers and why one school is seeing a tremendous gain. >> i think that with him, it is about getting him refocused. >> in this meeting the principal and her staff are taking a hard look at each ninth grader. >> so we have to get his mom involved, too. >> yes. >> reporter: they are looking at who needs the most help to guarantee they graduate in four years. >> we are looking at the attendance, ap what is happening here, and why aren't they getting them to school, and once we get them to school what is going on with the individual classes. >> reporter: it is working. last year they had a 9% inkrecre in the graduating class, and also increases county-wide. according to the maryland p department of education, prince george's county public schools are rising, up 1.25%, and now 74% of the seniors are graduating. limited english speaking students are up 5%, and hispanic and latino students are up 5%. part of what is making this work is the data. this is the early warning system. this is a list of the ninth graders who attend the school, and the most important color is r red. these are the students with specific issues that could keep them from graduating, and the administrators start to focus on thw. >> we get the testing koord coordinator the work with them, and the teachers in the planning period to work with the students, and we have all bought into it, because we want the best for our kids. >> reporter: and the county experienced a lower dropout rate last year down one percent, and now 18% of the students are not finishing school, and that is something that the principal holden is fighting against. >> when they come in here, i'm the parent, and they are my kids, and we have to figure out what to do to get here. >> reporter: and with this increase in the graduation rate and decrease of the dropout rate, even though it is slight, it is an improvement. tracee wilkins news4. it has been 50 years since the british invasion, and we will talk to the deejay who helped to propel the fab four to stard stardom. i'm in an area where another murder has residents on edge. coming a school offers fried chicken and watermelon for a black history luncheon and that is one of the top stories trending, and a school is the all-girls private academy in san francisco. the school officials apologize and the menu came down and the idea came from the students who had to attend now a diversity assembly to understand racial stereotypes. it looks like goodwill is taking a stance against the anti-gay laws, and the home page has been changed for the olympics, and now it is athletes over the rainbow flag, and under the doodle, there is a saying that says every individual must have the possibility of pr practicing sport without discrimination of any kind. when jay leno took over the "tonight show" it was 1992, and he had dark hair, and bill clinton was going after the white house challenging the first president bush. >> that is right. last night more than 14.5 million people watch leno bid them an emotional farewell. >> this has been the greatest 22 years of my life. >> the one and only carol burnett. >> comedian billy crystal was the first guest ever, and he returned last night, and oprah winfrey appeared, and president obama sent a best wishes videotaped message. and we will have the "tonight show" returning february 17th with jimmy fallon. and 50 years ago, the fab four appeared to perform on the ed sullivan show. >> and then they appeared in their first con is sert ev-- concert here in washington. >> and we talked to two women who attended those two events. >> they were always coming from left field. >> reporter: over the course of three days in february of 1964, betty james duke got the hang out with the beatles. >> they would do something fairly irreverent, and the four of them would break into gales of laughter. >> reporter: and her husband was the late carroll james who was the first deejay in america to play the beatles on the radio. after seeing a story about them on the news, she asked if the british office could can help send them over. >> she had a buddy who was a pilot, and the pilot picked it up in london and flew it over here. >> reporter: and rather than just play the song, james decided to pick a letter from one of the many letters to request to play the song, and so he did. >> it was from a young lady marcia albert. >> marcia, the microphone is yours. >> ladies and gentlemen, for the first time on the air in the united states here are the beatles singing "i want to hold your hand." >> reporter: then james wrote to the embassy, and he introduced the band and then after the concert, he was off to the british embassy. >> and things were going rather smoothly, and then somebody decided that she would get a souvenir which was a lock of john lennon's hair. which precipitated some unpleasantness. >> reporter: duke teaches at the university of maryland today, and she said that spending time with the beatles in the early days of the fame was something she will never forget. >> they had not become jaded to it yet, and they were just having a great time. >> reporter: in chevy chase, mark segraves for news4. and the coverage of the beatle mania, the 50th anniversary continues on nbcwashington.com, and we have posted video and even more photos. right now at 6:00, a man is in custody after he tried to hijack an airplane and take it to sochi. we will hear from the passengers. and an olympic glitch. russia kicking off the opening ceremony with a lighting nis mistake, but it cannot dim the excitement of the winter games. and police continue the search for a gunman who shot and killed a well known music teacher in alexandria. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance, and that man is in custody. they say that he made a bomb threat and demanded that the flight be diverted to sochi, russia. >> and this all unfolded as the winter games were happening in russia. >> and chris lawrence is here with the latest. >> well, guys, the bottom line, and most importantly, everybody is safe. the suspect was sitting near the front of the pegasus airplane on the way to turkey. he then said he had a bomb, and demanded that it be diverted to sochi, russia, and the pilots said they would, but then they turned off the in-flight maps and went to turkey. then they triggered an alarm about a hijacking, and then they were landed at istanbul followed by a fighter jet, and then the man was taken into custody, a all of the pas is ep jers are safe -- passengers. we have the first pictures of the suspect, and we don't know a lot about him, but this is the first look and pictures of him as he is apparently handcuffed and restrained by some of the authorities there at the airport in istanbul, and the authorities want to make it clear, there was never any explosive device and he was acting alone, and pete williams of nbc also reports they don't believe he had any connection to the