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WRC News4 At 5 February 26, 2014

Lanes of route 29 here just in this area are closed at the moment. We dont know how long that will be the case, just until police are done with their investigation. The post office is offering a 50,000 reward on attack on a mail carrier in the district. Two men jumped the carrier on his route off hawaii avenue northeast yesterday evening. They beat him and robbed him and threatened him with a gun. Pat collins found out what may have saved the carriers life. Pat. Reporter this is the part where they dumped him. After they duct taped him, after they pistol whipped him, after they threatened to kill him. Hes a postal and pastor and his out loud prayer may have saved his life. This is the truck at this popular post used to bring mail to this neighborhood for years and years. People who live here are most upset by what happened to their postman pastor. One of the nicest postal workers you could ever meet. When we heard about it, we were devastated. Very devastated. Reporter this is the way police tell the story. This 200 block northeast. The pastor postman the neighbors call the rev is delivering mail and men get out of a car. They have a mask on and a gun a ands for the rev into the van. You know what we want. What did you do with the package . What did you take out of the package. The rev doesnt know what theyre talking about. They start hitting him in the head with that gun. One of them takes the muzzle of the gun and puts it up to the face of the rev and says, im going kill you. Tell me where its at. Thats when they say the postman pastor starts to pray. He prays out loud over and over again. Thats when they say the suspects back off, bind him up induct tape and drag him to a nearby apartment and toss him out onto the pavement. In the end, what did they get . They got the postmans wallet, 35 in cash, and some credit cards. The post office is offering a 50,000 reward in this case. Live in northeast, pat collins, news4. Take a look. Police say the two men in this Surveillance Video are linked to several robberies in prince georges unty. This video is from the robbery of a liquor store on old anapa lis road last week and robbed two gas stations in bowie and during one the men sped off on a black motorcycle. Theres a 10,000 reward being offered to find these guys, persons of interest on an armed carjacking on the busy ustreet corridor near 70th and ustreet northwest. New details on the alleged attack on the wife of a Virginia State delegate. Scott is live. School Science Teacher is in jail for attacking the wife of leader there. They rested Claire Kennedy ogleby for the attack. Og ogleby struck her in the head several times and is in the hospital and expected to recover. Ogleby has been suspended from her job and Police Charged her with burglary and malicious wounding. The two did know each other but hadnt seen each other for over a year. We hear a lot about bedbugs in dorms and apartments and hotels. How about an Administration Building . The bugs have been found in the lobby and other areas of the mccord building in woodbridge, virginia, according to the washington post. That is the building where overflow crowds gathered this week while Prince William county supervisors discussed their tax rates. A Pest Control Company is using pesticides and steam to kill the b bedbugs. Theres work under way to repair gravel roads damaged by Winter Weather in virginia working 12hour shifts this week in a loudoun and Prince William counties. Over 400 miles of gravel roads and temporary fixes have to do until more permanent fixes can be done come summer. Four school buses in Prince Williams county were damaged this morning from vehicles sliding into them this morning out of 800 the district had on the road. All accidents were minor. One needed another bus to transport the children to school. Once the School Nurses checked out the kids who were on the buses involved in these crashes. Big weather story now is changing from snow to the cold. We could be in danger of a refreeze tonight. Storm team meteorologist, Doug Kammerer is checking the cold. How low are we talking . We are talking temperatures that will get down close to the Single Digits in parts of the area overnight tonight. It gets even colder the next few days. First, we had the snow. Look at the time lapse as we put this in motion. Look what happened towards reston earlier today and picking up 12 inches in parts of that area. Then we saw a clearing sky. Blue skies and sunshine hoping to melt that snow we saw earlier. Theres the radar showing the snow continuing through the 10 00, 11 00 hour. And we see things break out. Were not talking snow now. As we move through the rest of the night tonight. Look where we go, through the d. C. Metro area, temperatures stay around 19. Many of you will be close to that 9 degree mark. 35 degrees for the temperature at noon tomorrow. 37 for a high tomorrow. A cold afternoon on thursday. Thats nothing when you compare to it friday and then a potential major storm. Well talk about it all in my forecast. President obama is on his way back to the white house right now. He went to minnesota to pitch his plan for 300 million to get federal highway and rail programs from going broke by august. The president will ask congress to fund half the money with an overhaul of corporate taxes. The president and congress dont want to raise gas taxes to update roads and railways. Some relief could be ahead if you are a metro commuter. D. C. And virginia are giving a total of 45 million to help deal with crowded trains. Adam tuss is live with reaction from riders. Reporter hey, wendy. I asked metro riders what they really want. Aside from trains and buses that show up on time, theyll also tell you they want more comfortable ride. Thats what this announcement is all about, less crowding. What does metro need . I dont know. Money. Reporter they do need money. They need money. Reporter rider susan will be happy to hear more money is coming for the system, a commitment to ease the crowding of the commute. Governors mccollum and omalley and d. C. Gray announcing 75 million specifically to help with crowding. In addition weve agreed in principle the three jurisdictions each will contribute, put up 25 million so we can purchase some more high capacity trains on metro. Reporter if you want to run longer trains, you have to build in the necessary power to do that. Thats really where this money is going, helping upgrade the power system so that longer eightcar trains can run. Susan says she knows how hard it can be to get on a train in rush hour and worries about expanding this system. It scares me a little bit. You cant really get on the train in the morning with all these other the silver line and all these other lines coming in. Im a little concerned about that. How are we going to aecccommoda all these people. Reporter metroseed to focus on what it has right now, says this man. Theres always some kind of work or breakdown. Reporter they have a plan that goes into the next decade to figure out ways to help ease the crush of riders along the system. Backing out live of the metro station, which lines need to ease the crowding the most . Where should that happen . The head of metro telling us about that and you will hear about it live at 6 00. Reporting live, adam tuss. News4. Tomorrow, directors will get an update on plans to raise fares. Train rides would see an overall 34 appearance increase on buses. Cash fares to 2, smarttrip to 1. 85. The metro access fares would change with bus and rail fares. A oneway fare wouldnt go over 7 and parking up a quarter. Still ahead, two virginia daycare workers charged with child abuse and go to court. New information tonight about the woman struck and killed by a rideon bus in maryland. A local woman is held up in Airport Security because her d. C. Drivers license isnt issued by a state. Plus mayor theyre on the opposite sides of almost every issue. Today, president obama and john boehner sat down in a rare private meeting about immigration bills and the spending. A photo shows the two at the end of the one hour meeting. Their last face to face talks took place december 2012. December mayor vincent gray is talking about the results of a recent nbc poll showing gray in the lead against a split field of seven challengers but the poll also shows twothirds of the voters say its time for a new mayor. With just five weeks to go before the april primary, mayor gray is talking about his chances for reelection and the voters who think hes unethical. He spoke with tom sherwood. Reporter a last minute adjustment here, a last minute adjustment there. Mayor gray today kept to his official schedule shrugging off the worse parts of the nbc4 wau maris poll. It shows the mayor leading a crowded field but twothirds of the democrats say its time for a new mayor. A challenger could consolidate antigray votes to catch him. Thats in part because 46 appearance believe the mayor was unethical in his 2010 election victory. 24 appearance think he did something illegal. The campaign is still the focus of a federal criminal probe. Have apologized for what happened in the campaign. Ive said all i know to say. I dont know what else to say. I said i didnt do anything and im saying it again. Reporter nearly 75 appearance believe d. C. Is on the right track. Continue to believe ive go done a great job. Reporter mayor gray says hes doing a good job even though the polls shows voter dissatisfaction with him very similar to what adrian finty said four years ago. They were upset with adrian finty for a variety of reasons and you won. Will we see a repeat of that . I dont know, i hope that since im up for reelection. Reporter jack evans trails in the polls but says the investigation is keeping this race competitive. The mayor is struggling when 75 appearance of the people say were going in the right direction, the mayor should be in the 50s, not the 20s. Reporter tom sherwood, news4. There are signs of progression on the latest attraction. An engineer working on the capitol wheel tweeted these photo photos today. The first hurdle, getting the base together. It arrived on a barge that floated up the potomac. When it is done, it will stand 175 feet into the air. That capitol wheel is set to open to the public in may and hopefully it will be warm by then. We sure wouldnt want to get on that today or tomorrow. No. The good thing about that is they are enclosed. Im excited. And heated . I dont know about that. Only body heat. I think theres a small snack bar in there, too, but im not really sure. As far as the weather goes, we saw a small storm earlier in the day and sunshine in the afternoon. Tonight, a little different than last night. Tonight, we just get cold. Thats the reason why. Not the sunshine, the clearing skies. The clearing skies and breezy conditions will allow temperatures to fall quickly. Sitting at 35 degrees, winds at the north northwest at 17 miles an hour and puts our windchill at 25. A very cold afternoon and were just getting started. 34 in manassas. 30 at martinsburg. It will continue to drop as far as temperatures are concerned. Look where we are tomorrow morning. 19 in d. C. , 10 in fredericks, nine in hagerstown and 17 at fredericksburg, a very cold night tonight. And it will be colder making our way friday. That was not the case a couple hours ago, we did see the snow come through the washington area, towards winchester, just a few snow showers for you, what you saw. In the metro area we picked up 12 inches and it did cause problems on the roadways around the 7 008 00 time frame. What do we expect the next 2448 hours. The arctic air very cold. Very cold overnight period and gets even colder on friday. Wait until i show you the windchills. 15 in gaithersburg, 24 in manassas, 18 in martinsburg, 6 00 tonight. Tomorrow morning, look where we go . 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Windchill of 10 in d. C. , 5 in gait thesburg, 6 in martinsburg, you say, hold on a second, dont get any colder on me. Tomorrow afternoon, temperatures in the 20s and teens and tomorrow morning the coldest morning. Look at these windchills, near 1 and zero in gaithersburg and 6 in fredericksburg. We are in for major cold air the next few days. A high of 40 team, 28 omorrow. 28 on friday. And maybe some snow showers on saturday. And shower on sunday with High Temperature of 48. All bets are off with this next storm system. Monday and tuesday, another potential storm coming through, could be major. 38 degrees monday, 32 on tuesday. Will it be rain or snow or ice . The answer is still out there. We have right now continuing to monitor that situation and we will be watching that storm very closely. That is one to watch for sure. Ladies, i apologize for the forecast i just gave you. Its not your fault. Scam alert. An old trick that could compromise your identity is cropping up in northern virginia. A woman struck and killed on a rideon bus in maryland. And a deadly road rage fuels fistfight learned his fate. Reporter if only getting the attention from your favorite player was so easy. The arta the paralympic torch relay began in russia and will travel through several cities and arrive in sochi in one week and it will tick off next friday. Meanwhile, heading to florida from vero beach, a balmy 75 today. Not too tough to be envious of folks enjoying the warmth, sun and a little baseball down there. Theres a lot more to spring training for the nats fans. Our diana rusinny has been there all week and learned the art of the autograph. I have reporter you dont have a lot of chances. How do they get your attention . Usually like that. Reporter you grab who and what you can. Reporter have you ever signed a purse before . This has to be my first purse. I am surprising my husband. The Patrick Air Force base are coming for the opening and we will be tailgating. Im bragging about this all day. Reporter did that make your day . It did. Hes one of my favorites. Reporter getting an autograph from a favorite player like zimmerman, is a sport in itself but it takes two key things. You call their name and put on your cute face. Reporter looking cute is not a problem for 10yearold Wyatt Johnson from mcclain. He was in virginia last nights when he got a surprise. He was going to the nat store to pick up his gear and he brought 11. On his way, we stuck an envelope underneath his seat and said, can you grab the nenvelope . I opened it up. It was paper that said, congratulatio congratulations, wyatt, you just won a four day trip to spring training. I asked, when are we going and i looked in the back reporter no way . Thats how you came down here so you had no idea, thinking you will get a hat or jersey and now youre here . Yeah. Reporter his dream is coming true here in florida while his sister and mom are back in virginia, and he has a message. Sorry, guys. Reporter in vearea, florida, diana russini, news4 sports. Two women ahead charged with abusing children at a virginia daycare. Reporter accused of stepping on toddlers toes and spraying them with hoses. Today, two former daycare workers faced a judge at Prince Williams courthouse. Coming up, i will tell you how that jruled. Reporter a 62yearold woman hit and killed at a rideon bus at t right now, police are working to learn more about a deadly pedestrian accident in Silver Spring. And elderly man was hit by a Howard County school bus this afternoon at 29 and tech road. Dozenhildren and their principal were on board the bus headed 40e78 home on a field tr. The post office is offering a 50,000 reward for two men who attacked a mail carrier. It happened last night. The two threatened to shoot the carrier but told they backed off when the carrier started to pray. Eventually, they left him tied up. A school Science Teacher is in jail tonight accused of attacking the wife off a virginia delegate. Police say a Claire Kennedy ogleville attacked nancy tre mon tin on monday and is seen here with her husband, leader delegate. Shes been suspended from her job and facing a number of charges. The alleged victims are too young to speak. This morning, two former daycare workers told a judge they watched their colleagues abuse toddlers. Sara jordan and Kiera Spriggs are facing two child felony charges and worked at this daycare up until last year. In court today for the emotional testimony. Former mini land daycare worker koreschi escorted for her safety out of Prince Williams county courthouse today she took the stand against her two former coworkers both women facing felony Child Cruelty charges. Here are alleged abuses laid out in court today, stepping on a childs bare toes, tripping a toddler, spraying a child with a High Pressure hose and slapping a childs wrist with a rubber band. Heres how her testimony played out. The prosecutor asked, did you see miss Kiera Spriggs do something to a childs feet. Through a translator, she was stepping on the childs feet. Did you see sarah jordan do anything with water . She pressured the water to spray and scared the child and the child ran. Then came Desiree Edwards testimony. The young woman started hyper ventilating on the stand and became nauseous and the judge handed her a waste basket in case she couldnt stomach the nerves and she told the court i saw miss Kierra Spriggs bite the childs finger and visibly saw sarah jordan trick the child. Pointing out some of the children werent well behaved. The judge ruled these charges will move forward to a grand jury. Ahead at 6 00, ill bring you one of the parents reaction to the testimony. David culver, news4. New surveillance pictures just released today for suspects wanted for several gas station robberies thinking this man is wanted for at least three robberies in Silver Spring this past summer. Police say they were able to enhance the quality of the surveillance pictures and releasing the pictures in hopes someone recognizes the suspect. A Fairfax County jury recommends lee cena spend 20 months in jail and pay a fine for road rage conviction. He was found guilty after two men fought after a traffic altercation. A j

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