Active man hunt involving hundreds of local and federal officers. We consider this man to be armed and dangerous. Jeff police say the 42yearold Wossen Assaye was under observation at inova hospital after a Suicide Attempt several days ago at the alexandria city jail where he was facing charges related to a dozen local bank robberies. At 3 00 a. M. Accident he managed to get loose grabbing by the females gun followed by a male officer firing a shot. Assaye escaped through the hospital as the neighboring areas went into lockdown. Police say he later snuck into the trunk of a car at a nearby apartment complex. I dont know if the car was opened or still had to force his way in. Jeff the cars owner was soon on her way to work only to find assaye kicking in her back seat from inside the trunk. The car finally coming to a stop off backlick road. The female driver suffering minor physical injuries. She was screaming like crazy in the front seat. And as the car rolled back down i thought someone was hurt then. Jeff after the carjacking police say that assaye abandoned the vehicle and the gun later found inside. He was on foot for a bit before another carjacking. This time from residents at a home on cherry lane in annandale. Flew right by him. Guy had to jump out of the way. Jeff what followed was a constantly moving two hour search from the land and air spreading across annandale and before noon, a sighting and an arrest across the river in southeast washington. Take a violent felon off the streets of our region. Jeff assaye is currently in the custody of the u. S. Marshals. His next date in federal court is set for friday afternoon. Live in alexandria, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. Alison ok jeff. Todays escape is calling into question some of the procedures for inmates when theyre taken to the hospital. And our Suzanne Kennedy will have more on that side of the story coming up at 5 30 today. So this mornings man hunt came to an abrupt end as leon mentioned in southeast d. C. After a passenger on a metro bus spotted Wossen Assaye and called 911. Then police found the second carjacked vehicle and it was just across the potomac. Stephen tschida is where that chase ended with what went down. Stephen . Stephen alison still some uncertainty about exactly what happened here. But we were on the scene just before noon and it was right over here. Right at this intersection where police finally caught up with Wossen Assaye. The escape that riveted thousands and fanned fear across the metro area ended in front of a handful of pedestrians. He was right there, you know by his coat and all that. They had him up against the car. Stephen this congested intersection is where a passenger on a metro bus spotted Wossen Assaye and called 911. While a chopper hovered above and pedestrians on the street watched the arrest tried to keep us back. Stephen karen dwyer was locked down in a nearby gas station. I didnt know if he was going to get out. They got him. Stephen ruthy Bradford Gibson was surprised to learn the identity of the man nabbed in front of her. She says it didnt like him. Not to me it didnt compared to the picture on tv. It looked a little different than he was. Stephen we do understand that there has been some confusion about whether assaye was on the bus or whether that passenger spotted him on this street. We do believe that metro officials are reviewing Surveillance Video to try to get a better grip of exactly what went on here earlier today. Reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Alison stephen, as you know, it was a busy day. In the midst of that search Fairfax County police found themselves in another situation. Officers chased a pickup truck after trying to make a traffic stop along route 50 near fairview park. Virginia state police joined in that pursuit and the truck was finally stopped on the Fairfax County parkway where it crosses interstate 95. The driver was arrested and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Coming up at 5 24 well tell you why that woman was wanted and why it has nothing to do with this mornings escaped inmate. Leon looks like one of the scenes coming out of california with all the car chases there. Right now were on storm watch. Rain is trying to push into the area. Doug hill standing by in the storm watch 7 Weather Center tracking the progress. Doug . Doug that will be the problem with drivers around the area tonight dodging with the rain drops and dealing with the wet roads. Get right to live super Doppler Radar. Right now, the rain continues across the metro area. Heaviest batch for the moment eastern shore, northern sections of delaware. Everything is moving off to the east. So get some breaks and a little bit more shower activity through the evening. All as the cold front moves through. Even with the rain still mild numbers. 70 degrees at Reagan National airport. 72 at culpepper and luray. A little cooler where the rain has been falling. It will take until later tonight, one sky is clear and the winds turn to the north and west that well get the cooler air. Winds gust 33 Miles Per Hour at the top of the hour at Reagan National. Its gusty but mild at the moment. Later tonight as skies clear and the showers move out, temperatures will get colder with a northerly wind down to 37 by morning and anymore 70 degree days in our forecast . Well let you know in a few minutes. Alison . Alison we hope so. See you then. Developing now, a recently fired firefighter is in Police Custody accused of holding his former coworkers hostage. It happened this morning in elkins park outside of philadelphia. Police say the suspect held four firefighters at gun point and at one point actually shot into a wall. And negotiators convinced the gunman to surrender. Police say that suspect was fired yesterday. Leon a music producer is heading to prison because he executed a man in front a young child. He has the story youll see only on 7. Reporter it was november 2002. Wesley king and his then 11yearold daughter were walking to their Silver Spring apartment. Clement reynolds upset over a recent drug deal ambushed the duo at gun point. One fatal the tore through kings face neck, and lungs. This is a cold and calculating killing as you can imagine. Reporter they used his cell phone records to track his trip from new york city to maryland on the night of the killing. Within days, reynolds had created a new identity. He used it to launch an empire that netted him millions. Police didnt catch the killer until 12 years later. Hes heartless. Reporter kings adult daughter relieved by todays life sentence. My dad begged him for his life and he killed him anyway. No human being is perfect. Hes a great man. Reporter this woman too nervous to show her face describe reynolds as a gentle giant and family man. Biggest punishment that you could do is take them away from his kids. Hes devastated right now. Hes really hurting. He is an arrogant narcissist. He got off easy for 12 years. Its finally time to pay for what he did. Reporter in court, he stood up and says he prays for the king family on a daily basis and wishes them nothing but the best. To this very day, the 40yearold music mogul claims he did not commit murder. In rockville, im kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Alison new England PatriotsTeam Owner Robert Kraft testified today in the trial of his former star tight end aaron hernandez. Kraft told the court he questioned hernandez about his involvement in oden lloyds murder two days after it happened. Hernandez allegedly said he wasnt involved and he was in a club at the time. Hernandez signed a new contract with the patriots prior to that murder investigation. He was later released by the time and the defense rested its case in the boss than marathon bombing trial. Defense lawyers called just four witnesses. The lawyers admitted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev participated in the bombings but said his late older brother was the mastermind. Tsarnaev, if convicted, could face life in prison for the Death Penalty. Leon you can add the district and new york state to the growing list of places banning taxpayer funded travel to the state of indianapolis understandindiana. As the governor of indiana vows to fix the law. They say it encourages discrimination by businesses to turn away customers who they believe infringes on their religious beliefs. But the governor says thats not the case. Clearly, clearly, theres been misunderstanding and confusion and mischaracterization of this law. And i come before you today to say how were going to address that. Leon governor pence is asking law makemakers to get revised wording for the bill on his desk by the end of the week. Already, the ncaa is questioning holding future tournaments in indianapolis as we approach the final four and a band has canceled concerts in the state. Alison the District Attorney general says he thinks that mayor Muriel Bowser can move ahead with plans to create an all boys school designed to empower males of color. Sam ford takes a look at another part of the Mayors Initiative for men and boys of color that were Just Announced today. Sam we saw these teens most at risk learning the conservation business with the d. C. Conservation corps today and being paid as part of career path d. C. Mayor bowser unveiled her program that would put more atrisk males of color in Office Suites and today, with the chamber of commerce and other groups, announce shes seeking yearround internships in the work world for 100 young males of color who need role models. They also have a sweetness and an innocence about them and theyre looking, theyre searching for people to follow. Sam the mayor chancellor recently bought together such young males to talk about plans for an all male high school. As for this new program, where would they work . Whole range of jobs in the city. This is a phenomenal chance. Sam mayor bowser has been talking about this since her inaugural address although there was some questions whether this was legal. The Council Member said what about the girls . I think we ought to focus on all atrisk children not just boys. But also girls. Sam she questions the attorney general karl racines opinion that the approach is legal. Theyre waiting the approach. What it means to be a firefighter and what it means to be a doctor. When they have that oneonone experience with somebody, it helps. Sam in southeast washington sam ford, abc 7 news. Alison coming up here at 5 00 the blossoms are getting ready to bloom. Find out how metro wants to help you see them. Leon forget the gold rush. Searching for the nuggets can go the way of the gogo. Alison we have an update on the firefighter who falls through the roof and it was caught on camera. Alison we have new information tonight after that deadly shooting outside of the National Security agency. It happened monday morning and it was at the gate to fort meade along connector road just off the b. W. Parkway. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is live near the base with the identity of the man who was killed. Brad . Brad 27 years old, hes from baltimore. The f. B. I. Says that he was dressed as a woman and that it was not a disguise. Now, we know a little bit more about the man tonight. We can say it wasnt a disguise because weve heard from neighbors in baltimore where he li vacant house with other men who also dressed as a woman that that was his frequent practice. He was often in the words of one of the neighbors we heard from up there dressed as a woman. We also learned from Howard County police today that this escapade, this incident began at a hotel on route 1 in elkridge the Terrace Motel and thats where mr. Hall and another man named Kevin Fleming was brought by a 60yearold who met them on a street in baltimore and picked them for a night of partying. There were drugs involved and theyre partying at that hotel. They werent there very long when the 60yearold man realized that paul and fleming had taken off with his wallet and car. Hall and fleming then mistakenly took a wrong turn into the n. S. A. We know what happened there. They refused an officers orders to turn around barricades went up. The men allegedly rammed a Police Officers car. There was gunfire. Again, hall is the man who was killed. Mr. Fleming, Kevin Fleming is in the hospital suffering from gunshot wounds today. That is the latest near n. S. A. Headquarters. Brad bell reporting. Leon thank you, brad. Today, the u. S. Pledge to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by up to 28 in the next five years is part of a treaty expected to be finalized by december stemming from a Climate Conference in beijing last year. The white house says the plan will involve new fuel economy standards and Energy Efficiency measures for appliances and for billings. The news comes in the midst of extreme temperatures in an arc ti ka. Yesterdays High Temperature there, all time record high of 63 degrees antarctica. As our temperatures get warmer here Cherry Blossoms will start popping out along the tidal basin. Metro says it will suspend track work so folks can get out there and see the flowers. National park service expects them to hit bloom 2 1 2 weeks from today. Alison almost there. Weather is shaping up to be pretty nice. Doug used to be two steps forward and two steps back. Now were going three steps forward and one step back. Were getting there. Rooftop camera in arlington on a tuesday, final day of march. And with temperatures near 70 i can do my once a year cliche that march is going out like a lamb. Alison ahh doug indeed. We have cloudy skies and rain around the area here and temperatures still very mild. The rain coming courtesy of the cold front coming through the area. But it hasnt dropped the temperatures yet. 70 still at Reagan National and the winds are westsouthwesterly at 21 miles an hour. Thats a warm wind direction. The winds will kick up to the northnorthwest and the temperatures will start to drop. Heres what we have. Scattered showers in the area. No lightning strikes detected. This is just rain. Patches of rain will continue to move to and through the area. Theres that much of a difference in temperatures between our area in pennsylvania along this front. Well make improvements tonight. Gusty winds are a story. Look at some of the wind gusts here. 38 miles an hour in winchester and 32 in luray with the showers coming through, possibility of a little higher gusts but as far as any advisories for the winds theyre restricted to an area about 1500 feet to the west and southwest through the Higher Elevations and there could be wind gusts of 50 miles an hour tonight. 70 in manassas. 57 in frederick. Theyve been cooled off by the showers. 55 now in hagerstown. Take it later tonight. If the winds kick in look how much colder it is to the north. Some of the colder winds will settle to the south. 39 now at laguardia in new york. Well see a change. This time of year and progressively so through the month of april, youll see the warmer and warmer temperatures put the squeeze play on the cold stuff and getting 70 degree temperatures will be more and more common place through the month of april. So the warm air will move in. First, we got a cooler night here and well be in the upper 30s as skies clear. Sunshine tomorrow. Maybe a few fair weather clouds. Nice day. Cooler, in the mid to upper 50s. Only get into thursday and the winds turn back to the southwest today and well warm up thursday until about 70 degrees. Lots of sunshine and then another cold front on friday will bring more rain to the area. Heres the story tonight. Clearing skies, rain will end probably by 9 00 to 10 00 and move out of the area. Temperatures 30s by morning. 58 tomorrow with lots of sunshine and the northwesterly breeze and then looking ahead to the next seven days, right back to the 70 degree mark on thursday. The lower 70s on friday, even though skies will be mostly cloudy good push of strong winds out of the south and southwest. We should end by midday saturday clearing and cooler weather by the afternoon. Nshine and lower 60s. Monday for the nats, lower to mid 60s and sunshine back to 70 on tuesday with another chance of showers. Alison love it looks good thank you doug. Full day didnt pass without controversy popping up. Leon still to come just ahead, a look at the ghost coming out of trevor noahs closet after he was named the host of the daily show. Alison first, heres a look at whats coming up tonight. Alison were coming back now with some breaking news out of ohio where two kayakers are waiting to be rescued. Local news stations are reporting that the pair lost a kayak in the east fork of the little miami river. Thats in claremont county. You can see theyre standing there on some structure, some area there waiting to be rescued. Well continue to monitor the situation and bring you more information as it becomes available. Leon update now for you in the fire captain who fell through a burning roof in california. Captain pete durn is now in critical but stable condition. He was leading a crew to create ventilation sunday afternoon on the roof of that garage there when the roof caved in on him. You can see there the flames engulfing him. He suffered second and third degree burns on nearly 75 of his body. Cause of that fire under investigation. Alison we typically get videos of chases like this out of california. This morning, this wild ride started and ended right in Fairfax County. And it was in the midst of that man hunt for the escaped inmate. 7 on your side fighting back crime investigator