Remains did wash assure. The commander of the National Guard helicopter pilots spoke within the last hour and spoke of their service during hurricane katrina. They were integral in the aftereffects of katrina and they saved thousands of lives. They have a great history. Theyre a great unit. Theyre tremendous pilots and tremendous soldiers. The marines were from a special Operations Unit out of camp lejeune. Both camps arrived sunday for training. Were getting more information about a Virginia Tech student who fell overboard on a Carnival Cruise ship. He is 21yearold Cameron Smoot from glen allen, virginia. Virginia tech posted a picture on its web site this afternoon. Last night the coast guard called off its search that began sunday morning. In a statement from his family his parents wrote that cameron and a few friends left saturday for a caribbean cruise. They were notified sunday morning about the accident. And that he was missing at sea. They are requesting privacy during this difficult time. This afternoon, metro says two of its lines are back to normal after someone jumped on the tracks. Metro tweeted this afternoon that someone had jumped off the platform at the stadium armory station in southeast dm. D. C. The person was not struck or hurt. It caused delays for a time on the orange and blue lines. Right now the community is paying respects to a Prince Georges Police officer who died after crashing his cruiser. A viewing is now under way for officer brennan ra bane. It started about an hour ago in beltsville and will continue until 7 00 tonight. Rabane died last weekend hit a fence while trying to stop a speeding car. His funeral takes place 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow in temple hills. Pothole repairs continue today open the southbound lanes of the gw parkway because of deep potholes, the parkway north was closed overnight and into the Early Morning hours. There were a lot of abandoned vehicles on the side of the road, most of them damaged by potholes. As road crews continue their work, you can expect those lane closures and delays to continue. Glen ivy has made it official. He will run for congress. Ivy, a democrat, made the announce. Today. Hes running for representative Donna Edwards seat in the fourth congressional district. Meanwhile edwards made her own news today, running for retired senator barbara mccullski seat. She joins Chris Van Holland in that race. Some are concerned this race could cause a rift in the democratic party. I think its important for voters to understand distinctions among candidates when theyre making a decision, but either way at the end of the day theres going to be a good strong democrat who fills senator mccullskis shoes ifrmt of. I think i make the best fit. Edwards would become the first africanamerican elected to the senate from maryland. Tractor trailer overturned and is spilling fuel out on the highway. An 18wheeler truck is overturned and is carrying gas. I cant believe i just saw that. New at 4 00, for the first time were hearing the calls for people who saw a tractor oror trailer flip over on i95. It shut down the busy interstate for hours yesterday as crews removed the truck and cleaned up the spilled fuel. Police now say an aggressive driver in a ford focus caused a Chain Reaction that led to the crash. This afternoon that driver is charged with reckless driving. President obamas request for authorization to use military force against isis drew some of his heaviest hitters to capitol hill today. Secretary of state john kerry defense secretary Ashton Carter and joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey testified. There were also protesters at the hearing wufrn of them interrupted kerry by saying the mompreneurs would be killing more innocent people, in the protesters words. Killing more innocent people. I wonder how our journalists who were beheaded and the pilot fighting for freedom who was burned alive, what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people. Well have a live report in our next half hour with new details about the war against isis. This afternoon a High School Student is under arrest for bringing a knife to school. Montgomery county police say they arrested a 16yearold this morning at Seneca Valley High School in germantown. A School Resource officer found it while searching the students belongings. The school was under lockdown for a short time. The Associated Press is suing the state department for access to the email and other documents of Hilary Rodham clinton from her tenure as secretary of state. Many requests have gone unfulfilled according to ap. One request was made five years ago and others pending from 2013. The lawsuit comes a day after clinton broke her silence about the use of her private email account during her time as secretary of state. This afternoon, were tracking changes in our weather, most of us have barely seen the sun today. Lets check in with veronica. When are we going to see it again . Lets go with today first. The sun doesnt set until after 7 00. I do think that some of us will start to see a little bit of sunshine to the north and west of d. C. Look at the showers, this stationary weather front taking its time getting out. Its still wet around fredericksburg, south of leonardtown, around the northern neck, even cambridge. Showers finally moving out over the next two to three hours. Then well continue to clear out from northwest to southeast. Yes, mild today. Well be at 60 degrees by 7 00. Our second warmest day out of the year. We drop to 49 by 11 00 p. M. National harbor cam, theres the colludes, high clouds around the area as we look forward as we clear out from this storm system were talking about rain moving back in. Thats this week before the week is over, and it will impact your weekend. Ill have details coming up. Its a story that reminded so many people of a terrifying crime spree. Now new details this afternoon. How the man who fired shots at places all around the area is now accused of targeting a spot where a lot of people could have been hurt. A Community Divided over where to fill up your tank. Prot jekt that some in this community have been trying to block for years. First at 4. Thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability 8 years running. Plus, fios has the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. See the difference for yourself. Get a fios triple play online at an amazing price, guaranteed for two full years plus, get a 300 bonus with a twoyear agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v this afternoon, this man is excused of driving drunk and steering his car into the front door of a house. Anne Arundel Police got a call around 2 00 a. M. That a car drove into a home in croften, but there was no one in the car. Minutes later, someone else called 911 to report a missing car. Police say the person on the other end of the phone was actual live the man who caused the crash. Right now James Johnson is charged with dui. A legal setback for a former culpeper, virginia, Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman. He lost his appeal and the Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear the court. He received a threeyear prison sentence but has always claimed the stoot shooting in the Church Parking lot in 2012 was in selfdefense. He plans to take his appeal to the u. S. Supreme court. New details in a series of highway shootings around our region. Police have linked nine separate shootings to the man afrsed after shots were fired at the nsa building in maryland. Hong young is now also accused of firing shots at maryland live casino. Hes also suspected in shootings at two restaurants and a library in laurel. According to court documents, young told police that he heard voices telling him to shoot at a random driver. Hes currently held without bond. A maryland woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of a 2yearold boy. Prosecutors say 38yearold melissa brittles husband repeatedly abused the little boy in their maryland home and that she knew about it. Prosecutors say the toddler got daily beatings as well as other abuse. He even got his teeth cleaned with a wire grill brush. Little Robert Watkins died in september of 2013. Raymond brittle will be sentenced next week. It might be enough to convince you to pay for toll lanes. Where your money will go instead for riding the toll lanes but only for a day. New details emerge about the man who caused a d. C. Bound train to derail. Why this crash wasnt his first issue with the law first at 4. Announcer youre watching news4 at 4. New at 4, Court Records show the truck driver who caused a train to derail has a long history with the law. He has a long list of traffic citations including speeding and driving with a revoked license e. Also served prison time for child abuse. On monday, his truck was on train tracks in North Carolina just as an amtrak train came through. The train which was headed to washington and new york hit that truck and derailed injuring 55 people. Xrirnlg of virginia delegate Joe Morrissey is out of jail but not legal trouble. He served a threemonth term that charges that stem with his relationship with a 17yearold girl who worked in his law office. Morrissey served his sentence allowed him to attend General Assembly sessions during the day and report to jail at night. Despite the scandal, the former democrat won reelection in january as an independent. Hell be tried next month for allegedly forging a document connected to the initial case. The battle over a gas station at the costco in wheaton is over. P today the Montgomery Court of appeals decided against costco build what would have been a mega gas station at the Westfield Wheaton mall. Heres details. Reporter costcos plan to build a pumping station may be be out of gas. Montgomery countys board of appeals denied a petition. The Community Calls it a victory for the little guy. This proposal should have never been put forth to begin with, and it is sad and disheartening that our community has been put through such a nightmare scenario. Reporter Kensington Heights residents are against the 16pump gas station at the mall saying its a health hazard. The group argues fumes from idling cars would harm those who use a nearby Swimming Pool and disabled children enrolled at the near school. But costco says it would meet state requirements. I do believe that there is no necessity for a further gas station. Reporter costco would not discuss its next step. No comment. But costco does not seem to learn their lesson and they can certainly afford it, so there is a possibility that they will appeal. Reporter its up to costco to make the next move. They can appeal todays decision, but they havent indicated yet what they might do. Reporting in rockville Richard Jordan news4. Its a decision that has a lot of people talking. Come this fall, some local kids will be back in the classroom earlier than ever. Manassas park city schools just approved the first day of school to fall on august 17th. Virginia schools have a socalled Kings Dominion law that keeps students on vacation until after labor day. Prince William School district were granted a waiver and will start classes august 31st. Announcer and now your storm team 4 forecast. Feltd like spring out there. So nice today but you want to show us a snow sculpture. Are you trying to tell us something . I think this gentleman may like it if we get a little bit of winter back. In fact some of the latest guidance data shows we could have some winter tight weather back in toward the last week of march. This is walter crane, a snow sculpture. Look at the amazing detail in that. And look how big this s. Its a vw beetle made out of snow. This guy is amazing. Hes been doing this since 1996. All winter long, too. If you want to read how he does it and what tools he uses, pick up a couple of tips go to our nbc washington Facebook Page and read my full interview with mr. Walter crain. Weve had nothing but rain. Charlottesville fredericksburg richmond still getting a lot of rain today. Its sliding right along that weather boundary that at least moved south of our area. Showers right now coming into manassas, falls church, pax river, cambridge was earlier today. Now its all southbound with even moderate rain around richmond, virginia. For us i do think areas north of us areas Like Northern maryland around frederick, hagerstown, would see clearing by sunset. Were at 66 agree sdegrees, really mild. We wont see fog overnight a clear sky for us. Well turn chilly once we clear out, learn 00 p. M. 49 degrees, tomorrow morning well be starting out in the 30s so it will be a cold start tomorrow. Sunshine for the day all through. Heres early tomorrow morning and heres the afternoon around 3 00 4 00. Sunshine, big area of High Pressure moves in. Then uhoh, by friday already i think early in the day clouds back. Well be dry even at lunchtime. 3 00 we saw this yesterday. Rain probably not until late friday. The timing of that still looks like its staying in line with our forecast. Winchester 3 00 showers, by the time we get to 5 00 youll need your umbrella for the evening rush on friday. Not looking overly wet until we get into friday night. But, boy, when it comes in this time, just like the last system, all that moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico, northeastward, it will be wet well see quite a bit of rain. Well talk about how much coming up later in the newscast. Right into your saturday. 32 to 38, a colder start tomorrow. At least it will be clear and sunshine throughout the day. It at least makes you feel like springs coming. Kind of springlike down south, fredericksburg 60 degrees, 53 frederick. Tomorrow a big spread in temperatures throughout the area. I do think our winds will be fairly light for friday. Right now again, were going to talk about the rain, the timing of it a bit more and how much. And what well see on saturday 61 the high but then cooling again and cooling way off. Well look at the trend, too, later in the newscast for the next 14 days. Guys . Back to you. A silent but smelly protest. Why a sign that was attached to a telephone pole is getting so much attention this afternoon. And while on the subject of your nose get ready for sneezing season. Ready for not, why this years allergy season could hit you harder and why it could start anytime now. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Hurry call now its your last chance. This offer ends march twentyfirst. The sae fraternity is closed. This stems from a video that surfaced this week showing members singing a chant that included racial slurs and alluded to lynching. One frat member released a statement saying hes sorry for what he did on saturday night, calling it wrong and reckless. And the parents of another student said their son made a, quote, horrible mistake. Another student blame td on alcohol. Two students were expelled over the incident. And its our talk around town today. Whors troy johnson is here with new local reaction. Well, we live if a big college town. A lot of folks know attitude sstudents. What are people saying . Theyre appalled at what theyve heard about sigma alpha epsilons actions but theyre not surprised. Weve seen these things before in our storied past in america. I talked to students at Howard University who say they are in support and solidarity of students who are protesting on the campus of oklahoma university. People that arent familiar with this fraternity are learning its almost 160 years old and founded at the university of alabama in the heart of the south. This isnt the first brush with controversy that this fraternity has had. Lets go back just a few months ago. The chapter at clemson suspended over a gangthemed cryptmass Party Featuring the image of tupak shakur. They have done things in the past, and people dont believe its oneoff. They believe its maybe ingrain nd the way the fraternity is operated. Some saying this sae incident is a good springboard to keep the information going about race relations. They do. They say this is a tough conversation were having in america america. You have outbreaks of people making raushl statement kiia stasn campus. This is just days after will incident in selma, alabama, where president obama said theres still a lot of work to be done. That means the conversations need to continue no matter how difficult they may be. Most of the folks i talk to say they are glad to have that conversation with people. I think a lot of people probably are happy to see a multiracial crowd joining the protests against that kind much racial chanting going on. Yes. Lets change the topic and talk about the blurred lines case. The jury decided that robin thicke and