Understanding with the female contract guard sort of as a shield and at some point released her. Reporter assaye, a bank robbery suspect, was being watched by two private guards hired by the marshal service. A man and a woman. When the male guard went to the bathroom assaye made his move. In bare feet wearing only a hospital gown. At a residence near the hospital assaye breaks into the trunk of a womans car. When she gets behind the car and starts to drive to work he kicks in the back seat. She crashes the car. She gets out and he drives off in it. At this point, the search is ramped up. Feds locals snaking their way to this annandale neighborhood looking for any trace, for anything that might lead them to this fugitive. Assaye they say, drives the stolen car into this womans garage. Here he gets clothes and food. It appears that he drove the car into our garage parked there, it looked like there was a flat tire that he wanted to change and he went through my entire house, which was mostly empty, although he may have gotten some of my old clothes because the hospital gown was left in there and some of my old clothes gone. Reporter after almost eight hours of searching in virginia Wossen Assaye is picked up in the district after he got off a metro bus at 25th and pennsylvania avenue southeast. They grabbed him and got him in the back of the car and started taking his boots and stuff off and everything make sure he didnt have a weapon. It was so unbelievable it was like it wasnt real. Reporter sources say it was someone on the bus who recognized assaye and then called 911. Shackles. What about the shackles . When youre a prisoner in the hospital youre supposed to be shackled to the gurney. What happened to the shackles . More on that at 6 00. Jim, back to you. Pat, later you can be sure assaye was brought into court in shackles today and surrounded by u. S. Marshals this afternoon. News4s Tisha Thompson was in the courtroom today and tells us what is next for the captured prisoner live from alexandria. Tisha . Reporter jim, Wossen Assaye was already facing one charge for robbing a bank. Now hes going to face another charge this time for escaping from the custody of the attorney general. The judge, when he first asked him if assaye understood assaye barked no. All of a sudden the public defender started whispering very urgently to him. The judge said is there a problem, the lawyer said no continued to whisper to assaye who from that point forward kept his head down kept his eyes on the table, and would whisper yes, sir whenever he was asked if he unld what was happening. He has waived his detention hear tangd judge said that he had no condition of release for the safety of the community. Now, assaye was dressed in a very thin white plastic jump suit. It was open to his naval. His chest was bare. He had no shoes, no socks. He was handcuffed. He was shackled. And she was rounded at eded surrounded at all times by four uniformed u. S. Marshals with more in the audience along with reporters and employees from the u. S. Attorneys office. Judge said he will have his preliminary hearing on friday. In alexandria im Tisha Thompson. Back to you, wendy. As the search for assaye moved from the hospital to the carjacking scene earlier today, police swooped in wearing camouflage and they had their guns drawn. For hours, two neighborhoods in annandale became the focal point of a massive manhunt. And thats where Northern VirginiaBureau Reporter david culvert picks up our story. Reporter some of the neighbors here tell me they first got word of this news from our breaking news app, then tuned in saw this was happening more than ten mile ace way at Inova Fairfax, thought it kwoentwont affect me, then they looked out their window. Combing just about every part of this wooded annandale neighborhood carrying rifles peering into open garages, determined to find their escapee. Lin harman didnt know what to think. Youre a little nervous but with policemen all around you figured you were safe. Reporter in a caravan of suvs, police and federal agents. Police cars and black suvs lined up and down the street. It was chaos. Reporter Pauline Holmes outside for the first time today, wasnt going to rake her yard until police got their guy. I locked my doors and my windows. Reporter you were scared. Yes, i was. Very scared. Reporter but it was worse for pauline. Her son was in Inova Fairfax hospital. She couldnt get a hold of him. He was hiding. Reporter did that make you nervous he was there . Yeah, because we couldnt even call him to find out what was going on. Reporter she thinks changes in security are desperately needed. Why wasnt he shackled either had hand cutchs you dont send a prisoner to a hospital without handcuffs . Reporter thats stale question thats part of the investigation. You heard pat collins mention hes going to have more on that coming up at 6 00. Look over my shoulder. The sign watch for children. Its spring break here in Fairfax County. Coming up at 6 00 one students unique spring break experience. Jim, back to you. Zmooifd, thank you. More than 12 hours after it all began people around Inova Fairfax hospital still cant believe all that transpired there today. Jackie bensen explains what this day has been like for folks there. Jackie . Reporter well jim, despite the fear and even the terror that it must have been like for people in this surrounding neighborhood as well as the staff and nurses and doctors inside that hospital they continued to do their job of taking care of the sick. Now, as police swarmed the hospital things went on here pretty much as usual as an emergency lockdown went into effect. That started about 3 30 a. M. Ambulances were rerouted. But otherwise things pretty much went on as normal here. It was lifted at 7 30 a. M. We were just watching the news and once the hospital wasnt on lockdown we decided it was safe to come out. Reporter coming up at 6 00 a lot of people today have had questions about the security here. You heard david culvert and pat collins mention that. Some question why private Security Officers were guarding a prisoner who was arrested on a felony charge and using a gun. Well have more coming up at 6 00. Back to you. As news4 first told you, Wossen Assaye is known to the fbi as the bicycle bandit bank robber robber which youve probably been hearing about in the past months. Barbara harrison has more on those alleged crimes and his history. Wossen assaye is no stranger to the law. Charging documents related to the bicycle bandit case show he was convicted of multiple burglaries and robberies that happened in alexandria in 1998 and 1999. The Court Papers Say he was in prison from 2000 to 2013. He was out on parole but not without some apparent objection. Nbc news reports a parole board document from 2012 said he posed a serious risk to the community. Last week assaye was arrested by the fbi suspected of being that bicycle bandit. Agents believe he robbed as many as 12 banks all in Northern Virginia. The robberies date back to october of 2013. Now, he was in jail for that charge until he was admitted to Inova Fairfax hospital last friday. Jim . For a new moments this morning officers were just steps behind assaye. Pat lawson muse gives us a unique angle now from the officers themselves. Jim, several times officers seemed to have assaye cornered or within their grasp. Take a listen to this as officers closed in on a home in which they thought assaye might be hiding. Were going to go to the rear of the house. We dont know if that is the home police say assaye broke into to take clothing before stealing a second car, but it would be several more hours before he was finally caught in the district. Wendy . If you download the nbc washington app, youll get breaking news alerts before anyone else. Well keep pushing out our notifyications as news breaks on this story. That app is free for your smartphone and for your tablet. Turning now to storm team 4. Doug is tracking some evening showers. A busy night in the weather world. Busy night all around as we are tracking showers. Earlier today, beautiful, bright sunshine temperatures in the 70s. But look what weve got now. The rain coming through here. Weve been talking about this rain over the last 24 to 48 hours coming on through the evening rush. Thats exactly whats happening, the heaviest through Prince Georges County as you make your way over to college park right by the ikea there. Right along college park up 95 towards baltimore. More shower activity to the west right around front royal all part of a storm system moving through the east. As it does so lit bring in more showers tonight through about 8 00 and then bring us cooler air making our way through tomorrow. Look at the highs today, 73 in d. C. 74 in fredericksburg 63 in hagerstown. But those numbers are coming down. Ill show you where were going and when the next chance of rain moves in in the forecast. High drama today on a fair and accurate Fairfax County parkway. The carclipping ride and how police put an end to it. Were uncovering new information on a deadly confrontation at the gates of the National Security agency. What the fbi is now saying about one of the suspects involved. And breaking that the hour, a former local fbi agent is pleading guilty to evidence tampering. A wild scene disrupts the morning rush. And tonight we are learning more about the woman who was behind the wheel. Shes 36yearold lakisha tracy. According to police she has warrants for credit card fraud and Identity Theft in arlington county. Shes now facing charges related to the highspeed chase that began in the Falls Church Area went down the beltway and i95 and ended up on the Fairfax County parkway. We go live now to news4s adam tuss in falls church. Adam, what do you know . This was an incredibly dangerous highspeed chase through crowded roads here in Northern Virginia and police say it played out just the way it was spoeupposed to. Following a vehicle at a high rate of speed during rush hour along busy roads like the beltway and 95. Is it safe . When we are within the confines of Fairfax County we are authorized to pursue unreasonable suspicion of any criminal or traffic charge. Reporter with that in mind police say they had just witnessed this truck break a traffic law and were trying to stop it. The driver had other thoughts. At high speed here on 95 south cut eight kros lanes of traffic and jumping on the Fairfax County parkway. Fairfax county police the lee on the chase but Virginia State police also assisting after several risky move, a state Police Officer finally able to send the truck spinning. It comes dangerously close to other cars along the Fairfax County parkway. Thats when officers performed what they call the precision immobilization technique and the whole thing ends as officers surround the car and drag the woman out. In this case i think, approaching a bridge approaching oncoming rush hour traffic. The officer probably made the decision it was safer to end this pursuit than let it continue. We now know this was the woman in the truck, 36yearold lakisha tracy. She has outstanding warrants for credit card theft, credit card fraud, and Identity Theft in arlington county. Now, three officers suffered minor injuries in the chase. Coming up in my next report at 6 00 more on the Tactical Training that these officers get to stop a highspeed chase like this. Wendy, back to you. Adam tuss. New tonight, two european tabloids are reporting that they viewed video from inside the germanwings airplane that crashed into the french alps last week. Authorities are not confirming the existence of this video. But both stories say that banging is heard inside the plane before it goes down killing all 150 on board. We are also learning more about the copilot who is thought to have intentionally crashed that plane. Lufthansa air says Andreas Lubitz took a monthlong break from his Flight Training in 2009 telling them that he was suffering from severe depression. In an email that he sent to the company that explained his absence. The governor of indiana is pledging to fix that controversial law that allows businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians. Governor mike pence says he wants clarifications to the religious freedom law on his desk by the end of the week. Critics say it gives businesses a license to openly discriminate. Pence says the problem isnt the actual law but how it is being perceived by others. I dont believe for a minute that it was the intention of the General Assembly to create a license to discriminate or a right to deny services to gas, lesbians or anyone else in this state, and it certainly wasnt my intent. Outrage over that law has the led to a public backlash that includes a campaign to boycott indiana. That state will be in the National Spotlight as it hosts the ncaa tournament this week. Today is the deadline for talks about the future of Irans Nuclear program, but those talks are going to continue through tomorrow. A senior u. S. Official says enough progress was made today for them to keep going. Iran and six world powers are meeting now in switzerland this week trying to hammer out a framework agreement. Theyre working on terms that would curb Irans Nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. A Senior Iranian negotiator said today the talk will continue until major disputes and unresolved issues are overcome. There are issues which are related to sanctions which are still under consideration. And this is not the only issue on the table. There are other issues that we hope to resolve today or tonight. The delay in reaching an agreement is fueling the move by lawmakers up on capitol hill to tighten sanctions against iran and force them to give up their nuclear capability. The new secretary of defense Ashton Carter is speaking out now about Irans Nuclear program. He spoke exclusively with the today shows savannah guthrie. He said any deal with iran cannot be based on trust. Any agreement, it cant be based on trust. It has to be based on verification. The military option certainly will remain on the table. If there is a good agreement to have obviously its worth waiting for and completing the negotiation. This was carters first interview in office since he was sworn in just a few weeks ago. Aaron shock is no longer a member of congress. The disgraced illinois representative stepped down today amid allegations over his spending habits. Among them the thousands spent to redo his office in a theme that some compared to downton abbey. The government is also looking into his relationships with some longtime political donors. An nfl owner called to the stand in a murder trial. What the new England Patriots top brass had to say about their former star tight end. Windy conditions are fueling wildfires, one burning in Montgomery County. Well check in with firefighters on the threat to local farmers. Weve seen those winds throughout the afternoon. Winds gusting uptowards of 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour. You can see behind us, buses looking at the Cherry Blossoms which have yet to come out but days like today will help for sure as we saw temperature spoos the 70s. Lets show you how were dealing with it. Outside right now, the roads, well they are wet right now with the rain coming down in rockville. Rockville saw a pretty good shower come through a little earlier, starting to dry a little bit. This is 355 at veers mill road. You can see whats happening with traffic there. As we move across our region, look at the winds gusting over 30 miles an hour in d. C. 32 in fredericksburg 37 in martinsburg. Weve seen very windy conditions today and we have seen a couple of fires because of it. Redflag warning in effect down to the southwest, very dry conditions but this is helping and thats the rain. We have rain down around the Shenandoah Valley now, down towards fredericksburg up towards hagerstown. So theres more rain to the west. This is the first batch that has come on through the area. And well continue to see drying conditions here. We mentioned the drying conditions right now around rockville. Now were starting to see some of the heavier rain around bowie and crofton, annapolis toward 350, down 301, in around koettering and the beltway, cheverly bladensburg, northeast, down towards southeast, all reporting some rain. Most on the light to moderate side. Were not going to see any real heavy rain and i dont think well see much in the way of lightning or thunder with this either. This little storm system though is pretty potent. Its moving through rather quickly. We saw beautiful conditions nice clear skies, nice warm temperatures then the clouds moved in very quickly. Look what theyre dealing with to the north. Williamsport pennsylvania over towards state college, snow. The temperatures here, what a difference between just a few maybe 100 miles to the north. Its 70 degrees in d. C. 70 in manassas but 55 in fredericksburg 32 in state college, pennsylvania and 74 down towards the fredericksburg area. So once again, we are going to continue to see these showers right on through 6 00 7 00 tonight. 7 00, here they come again, the next round, right around 8 00 in and around the metro area once again, and by 9 00 10 00 they start to get out. After, that we start to clear out pretty nicely. Tomorrow nothing but sunshine across the area. High temperatures thou