Connected us to kaitlin. Shes lived in sterling her whole life. Her only ties to cavalry temple were through friends. You werent part of the church. No. Reporter why take up the effort . Because somebody has to. Somebody has to give them a voice and demand that things are done. Reporter since the loudoun times first reported the new claims San Jose Sharks man that has fielded calls from several alleged victims. Shes organizeing a peaceful protest for this weekend. Kaitlin has since left the state. She said she escaped eight years ago thanks to family friends. I left and i have discovered that i am beautiful and i am strong and there is nothing wrong with me like this church makes you believe. Reporter we need to stress tonight that no charges have been filed in this case. I did reach out to the pastors office but havent heard back for comment. Deputies say theyre still investigating this as an Ongoing Investigation and they urge anybody who may be a victim to come forward and speak to them. Coming up at 6 00 a mother and father separated from their children and grandchildren. Why they tell me this church is keeping them apart. Back to you. A man says he helped a woem fend off an attacker on 16th street in northwest. Today he spoke with our kristin wright. I see a struggle right here. There was a struggle. A real struggle. And but the guy on top was, like winning, you know . Reporter he says he thought it was a robbery at first. Police say it was an attempted rape behind a bus stop on 16th street in northwest d. C. 3 30 tuesday morning. Ferguson who says hes recently homeless tells me he was trying to find somewhere to sleep when he heard screams. And i picked up like a half a brick and i picked a stick up. Reporter ferguson says hes had family members who were raped. He said he had to do something. I knocked him with a stick as hard as i could and he fell off the lady stumbled and i smacked him again and i just kept smacking whim a stick as hard as i could. Reporter the man ran. They opened the door. Reporter Court Records say an hour later police found the man not far away bleeding from the head. Police say he had initially tried to pay the woman for sex and she refused. In northwest d. C. Kristin wright news4. And business is back to normal in Pentagon City right now. Police gave an allclear at a busy Shopping Center after someone called in a bomb threat. This is the center with costco and best buy across the street from the mall. All of the stores were evacuated for more than two hours this afternoon. Bombsniffing dogs checked everywhere. Nothing suspicious was found. Storm team 4 rain this morning giving way to some aboveaverage temperatures overnight. Doug sshs it going to be a chilly night . A chilly night, morning, day, then even colder overnight tomorrow night. You can see storm team 4 radar showing you the showers. Down to the south towards leonardtown, st. Marys county down around portions of Calvert County the Patuxent River, naval air station. Continue to see this rainmaking its way towards the north and east most of the area dry. Cant rule out a few more showers trying to make their way up from the south later this evening. You might want to keep the umbrella handy if youre heading out. Look at the snow around thats lakeeffect snow and we have cold air making it our way. We are current through warmest on the map, richmond at 43, 31 in pittsburgh and 30 in columbus, ohio. A very cold night tonight and a cold day tomorrow. We could set records atz we make our way through the ve the complete forecast coming up. A local daycare owner is disputing charges she abused an infant in her care. Her name is ana valentin of vok skril. The victimktim is 59monthold girl. Charging documents show the child stopped breathing after she put her in a swing to answer the door back in january. She said she performed cpr and the child had a normal day before that. But doctors told police the baby had injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. Her Attorney Says we strongly deny the allegations. We look forward to reviewing the actual in evidence the case. An entire block shut down in northeast washington as u. S. Marshals handle a man who barricaded himself inside a house. Its been 6 1 2 hours since he went into the attic of a home near 49th and three streets. The man is wanted for parole violations. It is not clear if he has a gun or other weapon. A 64yearold man is found shot to death in a Fairfax County apartment. Police discovered the body last night at a complex on north kings highway. The victim was santos rafael zelaya. Police are looking for four men who may be responsible. Detectives say the crime was not random. Jewelry and pieces of clothing now being removed from the crash site of that german winks plane in hopes of identifying the 150 victims on board the plane. The efforts in france come as the airline scrambles to tighten security rules and the investigation in germany focuses on the copilots home. Brian ward at the live dets wk new information. Officials with the airline have announced new safety procedures in the wake of that crash. These new rules include ensuring two people are in the cockpit of all planes while they are in flight and this comes as andreas lubitz, the copilot of a germanwings airliner, is believed to have deliberately crashed the plane after locking the pilot out of the cabin on tuesday. Investigators in germany have found a tornup medical leave excuse long lubitzs private parms during the search of his duszseldorf apartment and searched his parents home. There is no confirmation of the nature of his illness and Officials Say no one at the irl or its Parent Company lufthansa has seen the note but the fbi is looking into reports that lubitz was treated for depression during part of his Flight Training which took place in arizona. As this investigation continues, family members of the passengers are starting to gather at a city near the crash scene. A memorial of flowers for the victims has been placed in the french town and preparing to take victims families into their homes while they are there. That plane went down in a remote section of the alps accessible only by helicopter. A medical examiner is looking into the death of a 5yearold virginia boy whose body was found in a septic tank. At this point, no one is facing charges in the death of noah thomas found yesterday on his familys property in the roanoke area. Police say the boys parents have been cooperative during the process. The medical examiner is working to determine an exact cause of death. Millions of dollars awarded to Maryland Schools today to help solve the problem of overcrowded classrooms. News4s chris gordon has more on how this new funding will impact local school districts. Reporter the number of portable classrooms show that Montgomery County has the Fastest GrowingSchool System in maryland maryland. We have around 9,300 students in portable classrooms right now. And were growing between 2,500 and 2,800 students per year. Reporter overcrowding is also a problem in Prince Georges County. We have more portable classrooms than anybody else in the state. We have over 450. We have to do something. Reporter today lawmakers from our area joined House Speaker michael bush to announce 20 million in Additional SchoolConstruction Funding for five counties including montgomery prince Georges Howard anne arundel, and baltimore counties. This is just to address the extraordinary needs of the counties that are growing at a more rapid pace. Reporter i asked the president of the Montgomery County board of education how the money will be spent. We have 22 shovelready projects just waiting for funding. So while the bill is 20 million statewide were not totally clear about how much well get but believe me, the money will be well spent and it will be spent quickly. Reporter Prince Georges County executive baker tells me the state construction money is needed for school repairs. If you look at High Point High School the need there, i was at lewisdale elementary school. There were mapes needs there that are terrific. Reporter ahead on news4 at 6 00 reaction from parents whose students are being taught in portable classrooms like these. In Montgomery County chris gordon news4. A Major Construction project under way that could heavily impact how you get in and out of the district. The 16th street bridge over military road will be entirely rebuilt over the next four months. There will be lane closures of course that on some weekends the entire road will be closed. The construction will also affect about ten metro bus routes. A local teacher who admitted to a sex charge is back in court trying to clear his record now. New tonight, why a judge says he has a case and what the victims mother has to say about it. Reporter im mark segraves. A bureaucratic misinterpretation is the reason your cars inspection sticker may be invalid. Only on news4 tonight, valid inspection stickers. Reporter this is the districts only inspection station and people like to avoid making the trek down here. For years if you had a hybrid or flex fuel vehicle you had a fiveyear exemption. Turns out thats a mistake and now drivers are getting these notices telling them no matter what it says on the cars inspection sticker its not valid. The district encourages residents to buy hybrid vehicles by making them tax free. In late 2009 the district began exempting new hybrids and flex fuel vehicles from the bian yawl emission tests. Instead of every two years, hybrids and flex fuel cars only had to have emissions inspections every five years. Now thats changed. The dmv is sending owners to notices saying the department of the environment has changed the regulations so even though the inspection sticker says your car is good until 2017 its no longer valid. The Districts Department of environment says they didnt change any regulations but the inspection stickers still arent valid. There was a slight misinterpretation of some guidance issued from the epa on hybrid and flex fuel vehicles in terms of emissions inspections. Reporter that misinterpretation means hybrid and flex fuel Vehicle Owners will have to wait on line every two years just like everyone else. District officials arent sure how many owners are getting the notices. As of 2014 we showed we had 10,000 hybrid vehicles registered. We dont have the numbers of how many were issued the exemption and have been on the road without being tested so im not entirely sure of that. Reporter not only with hybrid and flex fuel owners will have to come down every two years theyll also be hit with the 35 inspection fee each time. An improperly tapped gas line may have caused yesterdays explosion and Building Collapse in new yorks east village. Pat lawson muse is in the newsroom with new details. Mayor bill de blasio says someone in the building may have inappropriately accessed the gas line but didnt explain why investigators are looking into that possibility. We did learn that inspectors were at the building yesterday because of upgrades to a gas line. The work didnt pass inspection so gas was never fed into the line. But hours later the buildings exploded injuring at least 28 people. This city knows how to handle adversity. We never welcome it we know lit come but we know how to band together and help each other out. Police are also looking for two missing men that may have been inside a sushi restaurant. The blast left dozens of people homeless. 150 apartments in the area have been evacuated until inspectors can figure out what happened. Harry reid says his eye injury and his promotion to minority leder are not factors in his decision to step down after three decades in the u. S. Senate. The longtime nevada lawmaker announced via youtube today he will not seek reelection. Hes been contempt facilitating retiring from congress for months now and says he believes the move could also help his party. We have to make sure that the democrats take control of the senate again. And i feel it is inappropriate for me to soak up all those resources on me when i could be devoting those resources to the caucus. Reid has served in the senate since being elected back in 1986. And as majority leader from 2007 until this year. In just a few hours bill cosby will take the stage not far from our area. The embattled comedian has a stop tonight in baltimore as part of his tour. A group of protesters say they plan to gather outside the theater before hand. More than a dozen women have accused the longtime comedian of sex assault over the years. Cosby has never been charged. Actor john hamm and other stars of mad men donated some of the shows costumes and props to the smithsonian today. He was joined by fellow actors and Matthew Weiner the creator of the show at an event this morning. The memorabilia will be showcased to the public in an exhibit at advertising history and american business. This is the archaeological site of humanity from this period and were glad that we saved these things and recreated thee things and so much of it was thrown away that it was fun to try and recreate a check stub. The final season begins on april 5th. Still ahead, a story you will only see on news4. A new controversy with the standardized park in maryland. Why test makers are now reading the tweets of local 14yearolds. We are talking cold. Not just cold potentially record breaking cold this weekend. Do we want to hear it . It did stop raining. Yeah. You know i think next tuesday is looking great. Oh all right. Next tuesday come on weve got saturday then weve got sunday morning and we are talking about cold and not just cold but potentially record recordbreaking cold. Yesterday at this time we saw sunshine and 77. It was gorgeous. But that cant last too long, especially not this year. Lets take a look whats happening. The Lincoln Memorial something we have not seen much of. Notice the trees towards the potomac right there, yeah weve actually got some leaves on the trees. Some greenery starting to finally come out. Here it is right here. Look at that. Some green color. Its going to be so nice. We can finally see that. That means the Cherry Blossoms are not too far behind either. Wind northwest at 10 miles per hour. 26 degrees colder than where we were yesterday at this time. 5 the 2 in frederick, 48 in martinsburg, 46 in winchester. A very chilly evening. Look at petersburg West Virginia 43. Not much left in the way of shower activity. The only showers to the south, we zoom towards st. Marys county southern portions of Calvert CountyPatuxent River here towards drum point, a couple of those showers around the leonardtown area st. Marys county well continue to see them move out. Theyre on the light side. We may see a few more through the evening hours. The frontal boundary continues to move down to the south and east. Behind it we have an area of low pressure and weve got this big old trough thats making its way down. Little bit of a storm here too. You see the showers, even snow showers toward the south. Freeze warnings in effect for atlanta tonight. Thats how much cold air we have. Look at the moisture coming straight down in from canada. That could help to produce a couple showers late they are evening but it will really help produce cold air. Look at the numbers. 29 currently in chicago. 35 in cincinnati. 31 in pittsburgh and the air continues to move our way. High temperatures tomorrow cold 42 in washington 43 la plata, 39 in frederick. The average High Temperature for january 17th is 43 degrees. We dont even get there tomorrow. Thats how cold were going to be. If youre going out tomorrow we have the kite festival down along the waterfront for the Cherry Blossoms. Going to be chilly. 35 at 9 00 a. M. , 41 by 1 00 42 by 5 00. The windchill all day will be in the 30s. There will be plenty of wind for kites but that will make it very cold across the area. Still cold on sunday but not too bad. 47 with sunshine. Thats better. 59 on monday. And then we start to relax. We start to get out of this cold upanddown seesaw period. 59 monday with a chance for light showers. 63 on tuesday. And we stay at or above average all the way through next week. I told you i had some good news somewhere. All right. Thank you, doug. Local teacher strikes a deal in a sex case. He was supposed to register as a sex offender but now a judge has cleared the path for having his record expunged. Tracee wilkins talks to the victims mother. Im julie carey in alexandria where they are putting the finishing touches on a longawaited Fallen Officers Memorial. Youll hear from the widowone of the officers commemorated here. The former teacher who led guilty to sexually assaulting one of his students could be on his way to clearing his record. That after a decision by a Prince Georges County judge today. The victims mother spoke with our county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, and she is live in Upper Marlboro with reaction. Tracee . Reporter weits rare we have the opportunity to talk to families after accusations are made to find out what its like for them. Today the mother says she felt like this court system let her down. He was a father figure and then just changed it started being inappropriate and just confusing the whole situation. Reporter deah williams says her daughters biological father dropped out of her childs life in 2011 when she attended Isaac Gourdine middle school. Thats when she got close to her eighth grade teacher. She was protecting it and so was he. It wasnt un