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WRC News4 At 5 February 6, 2014

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 dont know what kind of doctrine that is, but it is kind of inhumane. And rudders 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 widows 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 mothers 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 quicks 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 fouracre 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, im tom sherwood, news4. Thank you, tom. Tonight, the police in Prince Georges 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 sheriffs 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 dont want public smoking of marijuana, they just dont. 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 firstplace finish, and also russia grabbing the spotlight in teams 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, canadas 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 dont 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 im not very good at it. I cant 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 athletes village and it did for team usa today. Every National Organization committee has a onehour 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. Im 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, daytoday, 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. Lets 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 aokay. And 36 on saturday, and 42 on sunday. And lets 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 i95 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 tractortrailer. And tonight, atga gaithersbg man is in jail charged with a near Fatal Shooting in northwest washington. His name is jonathan blake. And prince georges 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 hitandrun that happened in the northwest. Turns out that the suspect also has a suspect here in Prince Georges County, and he was once charged with murder here. This is going back to 2012. Jonathan blades was charged with shooting and killing a 19yearold 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, im 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 sheriffs 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. Im 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 sstreet, and back of t

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