Why something as simple as crossing the street is being called dangerous. Getting ready for a major announcement from metro that could affect your commute, but for how long . News 4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. And that breaking news tonight, a jury found a man guilty of firstdegree murder in the gruesome death of a Virginia College student. Just moments ago, we learned they are recommending life in prison plus 11 years. The victims father told jurors about the devastating impact about losing his only child, his daughter. Jurors cried passing around tissues as thomas mann talked about the phone call he received that grace had been killed, strangled by her house mate. It was 13 months ago and i keep living it every day over again. Grace was known as a force of nature on the university of Mary Washington campus, a busy student activist. Grace wasnt one of those people who said she was going to save the world. Grace was going to do it. Ive never loved anyone more than i loved her, than i love her. A Fairfax County judge added all i wanted to be was graces dad. I want my daughter back. How do i explain what i lost, how do i explain the hole in my arms an the hole in any heart . Defense attorneys tried to persuade jurors that steven was insane when he killed grace. That he strangled her in the grips of a psychotic delusion but jurors didnt buy it. A key piece of evidence, a taped jailhouse phone call between steven and his parents in which he jokes, laughs completely sane. Fredericksburgs attorney left the courthouse and left her reaction. We are pleased with the verdict of the jury. They found him guilty of all charges. Given the brutality of this case it was a just sentence. Of course, our hearts go out to the manns. They have been stellar victims. They have offered any assistance that we needed. Reporter the victims parents left the courthouse tonight without comment. It has been a very emotionally draining week for them. They will be here on july 12th when the judge will give the final sentence to steven breel. Back to you in the studio. Thank you,. An intersection once flagged as dangerous may need another look. Improveme w intersection in rockville but a deadly crash there over the weekend has some calling for more tonight. Jackie bensen is live tonight. Whats the problem there . The most recent collision here in the 600 block of east gude drive, just this morning. These images show the aftermath of a collision this morning that caused a lot of damage to the two cars involved but luckily no one was injured. That was not the case on saturday night. Around 11 30, a 57yearold man in a wheelchair, trying to navigate this cross walk was struck by a car. He died a few hours later. His name has not been made public but Susie Sinclair smith said he was headed to the shelter which is located on the same block. One client coming in an out of the shelter since 2009 was a double amputee, had throat met in my life. Reporter the signal is an effort to improve what had been identified as a dangerous intersection. It blinks yellow and turns red only when the crosswalk sign is pushed. Many drivers appear to be traveling above the 40 mile an hour speed limit and the westbound approach is on a curve. Dave stone said he had been at dinner with the crash victim saturday night. He said the man that used a manual, not motorized wheelchair often struggled to cross the road in the time allotted from the signal. Plus the cars dont always make it stop. Reporter were told the circumstances are under investigation. Live in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. Investigators are asking for more information about the collision that killed a man on some train tracks in rockville this afternoon. We learned it was an amtrak train that hit the man behind the target store. Po is, but they are still trying to notify his family. He held on one day longer than ted cruz but tonight john kasich is back to focusing on being governor of ohio. Kasich suspended his campaign this afternoon in an emotional speech in his home state. He made the Decision Just before flying to our area for a series of meetings in virginia and maryland. Kasich won only his home state during the primary season and actually trailed marco rubio in the overall delegate count. Donald trump sat down with lester holt for an interview on nbc nightly news and he immediately showed an advantage to clearing the republican field while Hillary Clinton faces attacks from her own side. Bernie sanders said shes not qualified to run for president because she suffers from bad judgment. I think thats true. Reporter trump doubled down on the positions he took over the course of the primaries. He told lester he favors a temporary b in to the u. S. And wants to deport most of the Illegal Immigrants an he threatened to use bill clintons indiscretions against Hillary Clintons campaign. If they are fair with me, i will be fair with them. Otherwise he becomes part of it. You would bring it up, though . I would bring it up depending on what they bring up. Reporter trump said that a lot of people that said quote horrible things about him have called to pledge support. If you registered to vote at a dmv office in the district now is the time to make sure it actually worked. News 4 learned that new registrations processed before february of this year could be held up if you forgot to sign your name on the form. You have some time to correct it if something went wrong the district allows registration on election day, but if you are looking to change your Political Party you have to do so before may 16th if you want to vote in d. C. s democratic june. News about metros general manager getting ready to make a major announcement about a Maintenance Plan that could shut down sections of the rail line for extended period of time. The announcement could come as early as friday and the metro board will be briefed on the plan in the coming days. The general manager said he doesnt think that large sections of the rail line will have to be closed but parts of track in between stations may be closed and buses could carry riders around those closures. Another possibility is that metro may open later or close earlier on the weekends so that maintenance crews have more time and work to get in to the system. No timetable about when that plan will actually take effect but we will stay on top of any details as they are available. Back to you. The Transportation Security Administration says it is working to cut down on your wait time at airport officers at the Security Check points for the busy summer season. They are encouraging businesses to give employees incentives to enroll in the tsa precheck program. The tsa says were seeing an increase in passengers because of low airfare prices, a stronger economy and an increase in leisure travel. Im here in Prince Georges County where an emotional ceremony honoring officers who lost their lives in the line of duty just wrapped up. Charles f. Caldwell. Reporter tonight the names of all officers who died while protecting the citizens of the county were called and a candle lit in their honor. The Department Says since 1932, 54 officers were killed, the most recent being officer coleson who died march 13th, during a shootout with a suspect hen his fellow officers. Fighting back tears his parents t the loss and share memories of him and reinforce to the family that hes not lost to us. Reporter officer colesons name has been added to a plaque that hangs on the wall in the Administration Building alongside 53 other officers who died in the line of duty. That plaque is a reminder for every who walks by the of the sacrifices these men and women make every day. Back to you. If you have had enough of the rain this week, tough luck. Get ready for a few more days of it. When can we expect to see the sun again . Maybe on saturday. Doreen, i was wondering where you were going with that one. Tough luck. We have seen a lot of rain the last couple of days. Nine days straight of some rain in the area. Tomorrow will be ten and we will get to 11. Look at the radar. More rain across the region. This is the area we have seen the rain. To the culpeper, warren county, shower and drizzle in in the metro area. Zooming in this region, around front royal, 66, heavier rain over front royal right now. Washington in to faulkier county seeing the rain. It will move slowly. You can see more showers, few storms the next couple of days. Take the umbrella with you. Thats the key from this. We are looking at a much better weekend. The weekend forecast is coming up in a minute. Small animals are causing big problems for car owners. Im concerned for other people that they may be driving down the highway and they could have a catastrophic failure. Reporter the potentially costly connection between vermin and your vehicle. An outofcontrol Wildfire Forces Mass Evacuations on a historic level. Caught on camera, a man rushing out of his neighborhood as the flames inch clos e stroand restoring aing a newbfathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up, we want them to grow up stronger. A fiery scene at a Northern Virginia diner today. The driver of a hummer repeatedly deliberately rammed the entrance. The driver pinned the man the second time he crashed in to the silver diner in mclean. The third time the suv burst in to flames. Several people went to the hospital. The restaurant said the driver was a cook who had been on bereavement leave. He was fired and charges are pending. Imagine driving down the highway and suddenly stops. Your power steering, even your brakes tonight theres concern that scary scenario could play out in thousands of cars, maybe even yours, because of a component that could be under the hood. Nbc consumer investigator randy mac explains. Reporter retired teacher Jackie Barnes said her kia was trouble free until one recent night when everything went hay wire. I was going to a friends house and pulled out of the neighborhood and thought i cant see anything. My headlights arent coming on. Her wiring chewed to pieces by rodents. The cost to repair the mess 400 bucks. Not including the tow charge. I just thought holy cow. Reporter owners of cars across a spectrum of makes and models has happened to and they blame soy. It is biodegradable, cheaper an delicious treat for rodents as well as rats, rabbit and squirrels. The soy wiring attracts them an the result is the same. Reporter a repair that could cost thousands, not covered by a warranty. L. A. Based Attorney Says it is also a potential danger. If you are lucky, youll wake up one morning and your car wont start. You are unluckily it will be disabled in the middle of a freeway or traffic. He filed a class action on behalf of some that blame soy wiring for damage. While the spokesman wouldnt comment on pending litigation he showed evidence of how roe dents have chewed on wiring long before soy wiring was used. I have seen vacuum hoses damaged. Allof off of a cash rate and they are carbon based. Reporter while Jackie Barnes awaits the outcome of the civil suit she is take nothing chances, squirting her car with rodent repellent every day and thanking her lucky stars. I was happy it happened in the driveway t im concerned for other people they maybe driving down the highway and could have a catastrophic failure. Kia has not returned calls for comment. Honda suggested that concerned drivers wrap their wiring in a special rodent deterrent tape that is treated with capcasin and critters dont like it. If you want to know if you have soy components in your car, contact your manufacturer. New video tonight of a man sprinting to his car and flooring it out of fort macmurray, canada, as wildfires approached his neighborhood. It is one of many white knuckled alberta. They are describing it as hell on earth. 1600 homes have been torched here. Its the largest wildfire in canada history. Wow, those are dramatic pictures. Extremely warm during the winter. They have been extremely dry. They have seen temperatures near 90. We havent seen that here. In alberta. They have been here 90 degrees. You can see what is happening. The same system bringing them warm air is bringing us the cold air from canada. This time of the year it is koold cool air but if was two months ago it would be 40s today around 60 the northeasterly wind, that northeast wind, thats the thing that keeps the cool air in and keeps the clouds in and showers and drizzle, as well. Temperaturewise in the low to mid50s everywhere, thats not going to change a lot o. A few showers an town. To the best west, front royal area, this is an area where we see heavy rain and where we have seen it off and on all day. Back to stevens city, frederick county, front royal, page county, clark county, northern fauquier. Farther to the south in culpeper county, and warrenton region. More rain. Fredericksburg seeing shower activity also. This will continue overnight. The next couple of days really. The reason i mention the area of low pressure, to our west, you can see a little enhancement here. We may get in on showers but not a lot. Most of the activity to the west. Look at the storm sitting here and spinning. Today in 12 hours it moved from here down to here. Not moving much and because of that will be stuck in cloud and showers. Feeling like seattle. Huge ridge bringing canada us the cooler air coming down. An area of low pressure will not move much. We stay cool, shower and it will last for days. Shower chances each day, tomorrow an friday. The best chance of rain will be on friday. Lets show you the chance. Future weather, timing it out. Tomorrow morning maybe a couple of showers, areas of drizzle but tomorrow most areas should be dry. Take the umbrella tomorrow in case. We have a couple of showers but look at friday. Friday a lot different. Early friday morning, look at noon. Dont go outside for noon lunch. It will continue to rain most of friday. Expect the rain on friday. Saturday nicer, sunday much nicer. Saturday 73. Clouds early and sunshine in the afternoon. Sunday, mothers day, shower activity early, most likely before 9 00 and clearing out with high temperatures around 75. It gets warmer as we head to next week as the s of here. Good for the gardens. Like a tropical rainforest. Everything is really green. Climb over the door soon. Coming up, tight one for the caps in pittsburgh. Sports is next. But first heres jimmy fallon. Hey, guys. Playing Musical Chairs with jeremy. Us, fran leibowitz. Pl guess which airline added more nonstop straightshot flights hey, d. C. , heres a hint. Did ya catch it . No . Heres another. Their colors are yellow, red, and blue, and they save you tons of green. Still nothing . Thats okay. Just go to southwest. Com for the answer. On this airline, everybody wins. Sfx clap, clap, ding this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity your home th most live sports. You know, i think at 6 00 we said this is must win. Now saturday must win. Heres the thing, the beard might be coming off after this weekend. We hope not. But they didnt get it dont tonight. Well see what they do on saturday. Must win, do or die, whatever you want to call it, the capitals desperately needed to come home with the series tied at two apiece. That wont be the case as the caps have an uphill battle to try to get by the penguins. Sidney crosby and ovechkin got all of the headlines an all about the role players early on in this game. First period, capitals pushing the puck up the ice. Jay beagle with the beautiful goal here. Difficult angle. Somehow gets that to go. And the capitals looking good early. They strike first 10. Second period, tied at one. Penguins win the faceoff. Long pass up the the penguins take the 21 lead. The caps forced to turnover. Williams played a great game and passes to carlson and his fourth goal of the playoffs. Evens the score at two apiece. This one went to overtime. Trying to get the puck out of the zone. Webber bad turn overhere. Ho the penguins win 32 and take a commanding 31 series lead. Lets head over to baseball. The nats stretching it out. Kansas city taking on the royals. Defending world series champions, Daniel Murphy had himself a game. Here, drives in a couple of runs. Nats are up four early. They scored six runs in the first inning of this game. Later in the fourth, its a 102 nats lead. This time he is going yard. Four for five at the dish. Next inning, bryce harp her came in two for 26 at the plate. Easy swing there and hits his tenth home run of the season. The nats bringing it on. 132. They win this by a final of 132. Strasburg was on the mound and he is 5on the season. On in baltimore, buck an the os taking on the worst team in the east, the yankees. Yankees up two 20. Sterling castro dribble in front of the mound. Tyler wilson throws it away. Nats up 30. The catcher brian mccann decent hitting t three rbi in this game today from mccann. Yankees blank the birds by a final of 70. Wow. Saturday night, game five. Caps, penguins. Well see what happens. Fingers crossed. Fingers, at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. Thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. My giant. Mpltss you have seen the signs that say no shirt, no shoes, no service. But a Kentucky Store is adding to that, weve never seen thi before, no sweaty money. Thats right. The management of a store called tobacco road said too many customers reach in to their shoe or sock or bra to pull out tweetie bills. Oh, nasty. 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