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WRC News4 At 4 November 17, 2015

Between germany and the netherlands. Security officials called this a on create threat, but the german interior minister said they found no explosives thus far. Also today france conducted more overnight reaaids and announced the search for a second fugitive directly involved with the attacks in paris. Right now theyre not naming that person. They also are looking for Salah Abdeslam whose brother was among the attackers. German Police Released seven people who were being investigated in connection with the paris attacks. They say none of them appear to have any involvement. Finally, a german official says a syrian pass poport found withe of the attackers at the soccer stadium may have been fake intended to make europeans fearful of the refugees coming in from syria. Were going to keep you up to date on new developments this afternoon. Back to you. Thanks, wendy. Tonight were hearing from d. C. Police chief lanier about what shes doing in light of the attacks in paris. News 4s Darcy Spencer spoke with the chief today and joins us live from police headquarters. What is she saying, darcy . Reporter well, hey, chris. This is the first time weve been able to interview the chief since the terror attacks happened in paris on friday. She wants to assure people that shes doing everything in her power to make sure it is safe here in the nations capital. I was able to interview her this afternoon as she was preparing for the daily crime briefing in the joint operations center. She says as soon as the attacks unfolded on friday, she was on the phone with fellow teams in big cities like new york. She says the reaction was quick. It was automatic and there are multiple layers of production here in washington. After the 9 11 attacks, she says she takes any threat seriously. She wants to assure d. C. Residents, poeople who work in washington and people who visit that there is a heightened Police Presence. That is visual as well as behind the scenes. The message for residents and visitors and people who work here is that you have one of the most robust Security Forces in the country here in washington, d. C. We want people to feel safe and know we have a significant Security Posture in place. We dont want to scare people. Reporter coming up on news 4 at 5 00, youre going to hear the chiefs reaction to that isis video threatening to bring terror right here to washington. Back to you. Thanks, darcy. French president Francois Holla hollande will travel to washington a week from today to meet with president obama. Hollande met with secretary of state john kerry today in paris. Kerry sat down with french officials to plan a response to fridays deadly attacks. Next week, hollande and president obama will discuss ways to increase cooperation against isis. Two days later, hollande meets with russian president vladimir putin. Today, House Speaker paul ryan called for a pause in allowing Syrian Refugees to come into the United States. He says its a matter of National Security. Our nation has always been welcoming, but we cannot let terrorists take advantage of our compassion. This is a moment where its better to be safe than to be sorry. So we think the prudent, the responsible things take a pause in this particular aspect of this Refugee Program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population. Ryan says the house will vote on the refugee issue this week. Marylands governor was okay with Syrian Refugees coming to his state yesterday. Today, he joined about 30 other governors in calling on the federal government to stop settling Syrian Refugees in his state. Republican governor larry hogan says he wants federal agents to make sure they wont be a threat to public safety. Now, in d. C. , mayor Muriel Bowser says the district wasnt scheduled to get any refugees and out in virginia, Governor Terry mcauliffe says he has no plans to refuse them. Now, that is despite a call from some republicans in virginia to refuse those refugees and this new poll. Just came out this afternoon. The university of washington found 56 of people in the commonwealth oppose plans to settle Syrian Refugees there. Our coverage is just getting started. Were going to keep you updated all evening as this huge story develops. Ahead were going to go indepth on the u. S. Strategy to fight isi isis. Remember, get breaking news any time on the nbc washington app. We just learned classes are canceled again tomorrow at Washington College in maryland as concern grows over a missing student who might have a gun. The campus is located on the eastern shore. News 4s Tracee Wilkins is there and tells us what came out of a News Conference at the school this afternoon. Reporter well, the second day in a row, Washington College in chestertown, maryland, was closed as Police Continue to search for a 19yearold student who goes here and is believed to possibly be armed. A press conference was just wrapped up a little while ago here at the university for the second day in a row, Washington College is closed. Today, instead of a shelter in place, students and faculty were actually evacuated. Now during this press conference, we heard from all of the police detarpartments invol in the search for 19yearold jacob marberger, a sophomore at Washington College. He was a member of an oncampus fraternity. According to police, they have been searching for marberger because hes believed to possibly be armed. That according to his parents. Hes originally from pennsylvania. They have been looking for him there and also here in maryland. Trying to find out if he has used his cell phone or if he has used a credit card or anything that can possibly track them to his location. They are concerned about him being a danger to himself and possibly others, although according to police, there have been no direct threats made here to this university. Coming up on news 4 at 5 00, what prompted all of this and why are police and University Officials so concerned that no direct threats have been made . Ill tell you the story behind all of this coming up on news 4 at 5 00. In chestertown, Tracee Wilkins, news 4. The clouds are moving in on us. Lets get to storm team 4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer in the storm center. When do we get the rain . The rain comes in on thursday morning. Could be some showers, maybe some drizzle during the day tomorrow. But the rain really moves in on thursday and thats going to affect the morning rush. The clouds have come in. There is no rain associated with those clouds right now. I mean, just take a look. Weve got nothing out there on the radar, and i do not expect to see anything until the day tomorrow. Now, we are watching this little area of rain trying to make its way up. This is what were talking about here. Northeasterly wind developing. Maybe some drizzle. Look at the heavy rain. We are talking bigtime rains in portions of the mississippi valley, bigtime snows back toward denver. That whole storm system moving our way. So tonights headline, we are tracking the rain. Ill show you when it moves in. Much Colder Weather coming in. I mean much colder. The weekend windchills may not get out of the low to mid 30s, especially on sunday. Wait until you see this forecast, guys. Coldest of the season. Wow. Thanks, doug. Will d. C. Tourism suffer because of the attacks in paris . Why one Maryland School district already canceled all its field trips to the driblistrict. A midair scare. What police say a passenger tried to do while flying over the atlantic. We continue to follow bre breaking news in europe. Police put a stop to a potential new threat at a soccer match. Now only ford offers 750 black friday bonus cash on select vehicles, on top of ford friends and neighbors pricing. That doesnt happen every day. 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A British Airways crew had to restraint a woman when she tried to open an exit door on a flight bound for the u. S. The flight was able to land safely in bostons Logan Airport and police took the woman off the plane. They say she was drunk and this was not related to terrorism and, fortunately, nobody on board was injured. Im Steve Handelsman at Union Station where security today is visibly tighter than its been. A lot of people saying theyre afraid of an attack by isis. Ill have the latest on that and what president obama, what secretary of state kerry are saying about the u. S. Plan and republican criticism of president obamas, what they say, is a lack of passion. That storys coming up. And there are concerns that the recent terror attacks will hurt d. C. s booming tourism business. Why one School District in maryland has already banned field trips to the district. Im wendy rieger at the live desk. We just learned a man has been arrested for watching women in a restroom at Potomac Mills mall. Police believe hes connected to two other incidents. Richard rodriguez is now charged with three counts of peeping and three counts of filming someone without their consent. Investigators believe Rodriguez Denver say he was caught yesterday after a woman saw him putting a bag under her stall in the bathroom. The woman says rodriguez was dressed like a woman. In may, a similar incident happened at a walmart in woodbridge where these photos were taken. Police say they believe rodriguez was responsible for that peeping incident as well as another at Potomac Mills mall a month ago. Rodriguez is being held without bond. Back to you. This is chris gordon at Union Station where tourists board buses to see the sites all around the nations capital. Yesterday the Carroll County Public School system located between frederick and baltimore suspended all field trips to washington, d. C. , after that video by isis threatening attacks against more targets including washington, d. C. Will more student trips be canceled . The owner of the Group Tour Company which has been in business in washington 40 years doesnt think so. Were not hearing anything about travel here to washington, or to the region. Its probably the safest city in the world. Reporter all new at 5 00, well talk to some of the visitors here this week to find out if they have any hesitation about being here. Back to you. All right. Thanks, chris. Republican critics are blasting president obamas response to the terror attacks in paris. And when it comes to dealing with isis, theyre calling his strategy weak and his effort to reach out to moderate muslims misguided. Steve handelsman is live at Union Station. Steve, what are you hearing on your end . Reporter hi, chris. Thanks. Good evening. Here at Union Station, its not just the parents of those few students who are concerned about their security, for the first time really, were seeing noticeably stepped up security. Cops on the wall over there during this evening rush hour. More cops in cars over on that side. Earlier today, at least three officers dressed in paramilitary fashion in brown outfits. You talk to people, they say not everybody, but many say they are concerned about an isis attack. You can see why. Theres the disturbing news today out of germany. Theres a confirmation today from the russians whats been reported for a while now that that was a bomb that brought down that plane that isis said it downed in egypt then, of course, theres in the wake of paris, the widening investigation that involves so many more people. Our secretary of state, john kerry who speaks french incidentally, was in paris today speaking to french president hollande promising u. S. Cooperation to, in kerrys words, focus exactly on the core of al qaeda in syria. President obama down under in australia today was much more laid back, if you piwill. Laying out his plan to go after isis, he says, to ramp up was the president s terms, the u. S. Attack and to reach out to moderate muslims worldwide to try to counter the isis psychological kind of war of the hearts and minds offensive that president obama is still insisting could be an important part of our way to counter isis. But here on capitol hill, House Speaker paul ryan apparently making a reference to president obama said that the world needs american leadership, implying theyre not getting it now from the president. Mr. Ryan said this attack in paris was an act of war and he says we need to counter that. And so, chris, its a stark difference between how republicans are talking about the wake of paris and how president obama is. Whether thats meaningful in terms of what the u. S. Does remains a question. Back to you. All right. Yeah, theyre using different words. Sometimes it seems theyre speaking a different language. Thanks, steve. And now your storm team 4 forecast. Weve seen the clouds roll in today. Yesterday, 70 degrees. Abundant sunshine, but say goodbye to days like that. Were going to see a lot more days like this over the next couple of days. Lots of cloud cover. Temperatures on the cooler side for sure. But still around average. 58 degrees. Winds out of the east now at 10 miles per hour. Thats helping to bring in some of those lower clouds around the region. Temperatures have been mild for this time of year. Upper 50s to lower 60s. 61 manassas and fredericksburg. Cool spot, 55 in gaithersburg. Were not going to see rain tonight. Its going to be during the day tomorrow. Thats coming from this little system. See a couple showers here trying to break out with the cloud cover making its way on in here. Heres the big storm. Look at the heavy rain toward little rock, kansas city, st. Louis. Theyre going to get hammered with rain. Thats the rain moving our way. Behind it, very cold air. Cold enough that parts of the denver area picked up over a foot of snow. Leeann greg from our nbc affiliate, she continues to be out there. Leeann is in castle rock just south of denver. Reporter good evening. The blizzard warnings will continue in the eastern part of colorado well into the evening tonight with near zero visibility has hat already forced the closure of more than 100 miles of interstate 70 from e470 all the way to burlington. I was coming this way on 470, theres already multiple people in the ditch. So its best that they close it until they get her cleared off. Reporter also a major closure, i25 from waltonburg south to the new mexico state line. Part of this massive storm that has started in colorado yesterday and will be moving on, but not before causing a lot of problems with travel including in the air, hundreds of flights have been canceled or delayed because of this storm. From castle rock, im leeann gregg for nbc news. Castle rock, colorado. Used to live out that way. Right now future weather, timing when that storm moves out our way. First off tomorrow, clouds with a few showers. Could be areas of drizzle. Heres 9 30 tomorrow. Take the umbrella with you. Everybody seeing the cloud cover. Best chance of showers tomorrow evening back toward the west. Then the rain moves in. Early thursday morning, here we are at 5 00 a. M. Here comes the lighter rain then the heavier rain by around 8 00. So that morning rush on thursday could be a very big problem. By around 10 00 or 11 00, look at the heaviest rain coming right on through the d. C. Metro area. This is going to be a very quickmoving system, and, again, its going to give us half an inch to an inch of rain. Should be out of here by about 2 00. 2 00, see the rain starting to pull on out. Its not an all day rain. By early evening were out of it, but what we are going to see is heavy rain early in the morning. Thats why were calling thursday a weather alert day here at storm team 4. 68 degrees for a high temperature. Falling temperatures late in the day. And look at the highs friday and saturday. Much cooler, and we get downright cold on sunday. Veronicas got those details at 4 45. Thanks, doug. We continue to follow a breaking story. An International Soccer match called off and fans evacuated after a potential Security Threat is discovered. Well continue to bring you live updates here on news 4. I absolutely love my new but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. 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