The body of Alexandra Reyes was found february 11th in springfield. Ten people were arrested last week in Fairfax County in connection with her killing. We initially thought there was a connection to the victim who was found in fairfax to our case. There are overlapping individuals who know each other and who have a relationship, acquaintanc acquaintanc acquaintances. Reporter there is a strong common denominator, involvement in the ms13 gang. Prince William County investigators learned that sew sa rivas has angered clique leaders by falsely boasting he had a leadership role. They decided he would be punished. They then used the social media accounts of female associates to set up the victim. Police say he was then murdered. There appears to have been an internal conflict within the thats kind of some indication it was a factor. Reporter we dont yet know what contact Alexandra Reyes might have had with sew sa rivas. We hope that it sends a message that well go after everybody and everyone who has some sort of ties to any of these cases. Reporter these cases both very, very complicated. Coming up, ill take a look at another disturbing connection between the murder victim in this case and a teenaged girl arrested in the other murder case. An about face today from a staunch opponent of fare hikes on metro. This is not the news riders want to hear. Now metro board chair jack evans is joining the other transit leaders in backing a plan that service. The changes would kick in as early as the 1st of july. Reporter this is a tough situation for metro right now. And to sum it up, metro is a Transit Agency that is fast approaching a financial cliff. All they can really hope for now is a bailout. You are likely going to pay more and get less service on metro. Once talked about as a last resort to plug a big budget gap for next year, metros leaders are saying riders should brace themselves. My current position is there will be fare increases and service cuts. Reporter metros jack evans speaking bluntly today about why he changed his mind on fare hikes and service cuts. Im willing to do these actions at the request of the general manager so that starting in july to congress and the three jurisdictions and say we have done everything we possibly can and we still do not have enough money. Now you must step up to the plate. Reporter meanwhile, riders, especially those in the disabled community pleading with metro not to cut service or raise fares. I rely on metro to get around. I live, work, play and socialize just like you. I just found my freedom. Please dont take it away from me. Reporter for now, though, an even tougher ride of metro is all but a certainty. Coming up next hour at 6 00, wait until you hear what the board chair says is going to happen to metro if they dont find some sort of dedicated funding stream. At the President Trump sat down with a group of ceos from the Manufacturing Sector to talk about job creation and trade. The president s daughter ivanka also took part in that listening session. Before the meeting the ceos participated in working groups along with jobs that focus their aim to discuss regulation and trade and infrastructure. Meanwhile in maryland the president s chief of staff and controversial chief strategist appears at the conservative Political Action conference. Steve bannon blasted the media today for what he called an inaccurate portrayal of the president s first month in office. Bannon also said every day will be a battle against the media and progressives. He and Reince Priebus also said the president is keeping campaign promises, calling the administration the opposite of chaos. Here at home, news4 broke the story that d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was nominating p newsham as the new police chief. A few hours ago bausecaus bowse official. Reporter you know, 30 years, nearly 30 years pete newsham will be a d. C. Police officer, hes well liked by many if not most of the rank and file. He makes himself accessible to reporters and to the public. As mayor bowser said today he beat out at least 100 people who applied for the job. Peter newsham was greeted with applause from his command staff as he entered the room for the big announcement. Newsham said his Top Priorities will be Community Policing and building trust. If philosophy is that we the police are here to help. Reporter his nomination has been met with support from the police union, the districts top prosecutors and the former chief. Not everyone sees newsham as a good choice. Marra hilliard is a civil rights attorney who is part of the group that sued the d. C. Police department after newsham ordered mass arrests at the imf protests back in 2002. That lawsuit cost d. C. Taxpayers millions of dollars. He has not learned the lessons of the past. He is a mass violator of civil rights. My decision at the time was a decision that i thought was in the best interest of the district. It was subsequently determined that was not the right decision and i have to make decisions in my line of business. But the metropolitan Police Department learned a great deal from that experience that weve taken to today. I think it was exhibited during the inauguration. Reporter last month d. C. Police under newshams leadership during the riots on Inauguration Day. Were going to have a chief of police who believes he can act above the law, outside the law. Reporter today newsham defended the actions police took during the Inauguration Day riots. All of that damage and destruction that they caused to our city was legitimate. Six of our Police Officers were injured. And none of the arrestees were injured. Reporter mayor bowser says she did a thorough job of vetting newshams past record before offering him the job. Make sure they have not only the experience but the integrity to lead in our city. Thats my judgment about chief newsham. Reporter now acting chief Peter Newsham still needs to be confirmed by the d. C. Council. There will be hearings over a few weeks that will give the public an opportunity to weigh in. He is expected to be confirmed. Breaking news in a big mess. Problems for your commute home in northern virginia. Northbound gw parkway remains closed after a big tractor Trailer Crash here this afternoon. The truck jackknifed at the cia exit and hit a twreree. The driver had to be air lift today the hospital. The northbound lanes are closed in the area and traffic is being diverted onto route 123 now. Trucks are not allowed on the gw parkway. A traffic stop ends with an officer with the u. S. Park Police Firing his gun. Now that person that he tried to stop is on the run. It was early this morning in the area of talbert street southeast. The officer says when he got out of his car, the driver rammed his cruiser. Thats when he opened fire. Its not clear if the suspect was hit. Anma our region. We even set a record High Temperature today out at dulles airport. The High Temperature there, 77 degrees. These are the kind of temperatures you see in the month of may or even june. Some amazingly warm numbers. Were going to stay that way. Weve got a system to our north and west thats actually going to help to drive in more warm temperatures. A beautiful night tonight. Near record warmth again tomorrow. A great friday night. Then were tracking thunderstorms on saturday. Thats going to bring in a big change for our sunday, much cooler temperatures. Well talk more about this. Transgender bathroom policy back in the headlines as the Trump Administration rescinds the Obama Administrations protections. Nbcs pete explain what this all means. Plus, this very large animal here approaching cars and frightening people in one neighborhood. What we learned after they captured it. New concerns about the zika virus as we larn more aebo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. In news for your heal so warm, mosquitos have already arrived in some states. This could forecast an earlier and longer season for zika Virus Outbreaks. Also tonight weve learned that more people who were tested for zika in the district received those false test results. Doreen gentzler here with more on that and the race to develop a zika vaccine. It was a pretty big shock for people last week when the d. C. Forensic Sciences Department revealed that the zika virus tests they had done on about 400 people were flawed. This afternoon they released some more of those new test results and they show at least one more pregnant woman actually tested positive and six more are now listed as possibly positive after being told weeks and months ago that their zika tests were negative. Thats in addition to the two false negatives we learned about last week. All this is a big deal because we know that zika can cause serious birth now researchers are learning that involves much more than the microcephaly we already know about. The more we learn, the more serious it gets. We know now that microcephaly is not the only congenital abnormality. Its kind of the tip of the iceberg. If you look and follow children who were born, even children who look normal, many of them have congenital abnormalities in their brain, they have other structural abnormalities in their joints. This collection of birth defects now being called congenital zika syndrome. Zika brings on relatively mild symptoms in most adults but it can stay much longer in the bloodstream of pregnant women and could possibly cause Serious Problems for men. When you infect adult male mice with zika, they get te testicular its impossible to predict where the next zika Virus Outbreak might happen and how serious it might be. Mosquitos dont travel far at all on their own so this epidemic is linked to our international travel. Mosquito control is key for prevention, while efforts are underway to develop an effective vaccine. Were going probably more quickly than weve gone on any other vaccine. This vaccine is well into the phase one trial. The earliest a vaccine could be ready is mid 2018, but in order for that to happen a number of trials and tests would still need to be done on people who are actually exposed to zika mosquitos. But hes pleased with how quickly things are happening. Right now there are at least half a dozen vaccines in some phase of development underway. Thats just at the nih. There are other companies as well. Things are moving quickly. Virginias taking steps tonight to fight the Opioid Epidemic that has struck here and across the country. Today, Virginia GovernorTerry Mcauliffe signed several measures into law aimed at expanding resources and curbing fraudulent prescriptions. One will allow Community Organizations to distribute the antidrug overdose that lox own. Local Health Departments will be able to provide clean needles. There will be family assessments and treatment for mothers if children are found to be exposed to opioids in utero. By 2020 all opioid prescriptions will be transmitted to pharmacies electronically. Numbers from last year are not out yet but in Virginia Health officials projected more than a thousand opioid Overdose Deaths in 2016. That would be a 30 jump from the year before. In 2014 more people in virginia died from overdoses than car crashes. Maryland officials tell us between january and september more than 900 people died from heroin overdoses. The worst hit, baltimore, which more than doubled its heroinrelated Overdose Deaths from 2015. Here in the district, more than 200 people died from opioid related overdoses in the first half of last year, with ward eight having the most. Africanamerican churches in the area, pillars of the community. But as the neighborhoods continue to gentrify, news4 took a look at how three churches in our area are adapting so they can keep a hold of their congregations. Eighth street is me now. Its a major shift. Its predominantly white with a few africanamericans in the mix. But all of them are middle class and upper middle class. The problem is how you adapt to that and whats to a church like douglas now who had finally made the turn about even after my exit to move towards the impoverished people in the area and people who are no longer there and cant even come back to there and what you do with the people who are around there. And can we really have an Inclusive Church . This saturday a news4 special presentation, keeping the faith. We visit three local churches to see the changes they are making. That is saturday at 9 30 in the morning right here on nbc 4. And for the first time the nbc 4 family is hosting our black History Month celebration outside of the walls of this studio. The event is taking place right now at prince geor history and culture. Thats where our Tracee Wilkins is at this moment. Reporter right behind me the event is happening in the next room over. So im going to be as quiet as possible because i dont want to interrupt those folks. But let me just say that first of all it is historic that were holding this event outside of 4001 nebraska. After Walking Around this Amazing Museum in North Brentwood i understand why we chose this museum, this space is full of Prince Georges County history and information. And today were going to be honoring the american tennis association, the oldest africanamerican tennis association. And also magic 102. 3 Radio Station and the radio one family for all of the work theyve done to help us with food for families and also the Health Fitness expo we do every year. We spoke with our general manager about why we decided to host the event in Prince Georges County this year as well as the curator of this museum. Its out and Prince Georges County is one of our key, key con spich when constituencies. I think it sets a really great precedent for other businesses across the area to really go out into the community and explore local black history as it relates to the local neighborhoods and communities and local heros and sheros we dont hear about on a daily basis. Everybody in the office is excited about having you come out here to the Prince Georges County africanamerican museum and doing it here in Prince Georges County. I think its historic as one of the most educated, wealthiest africanamerican communities in the country or probably in the world. But the rich history of this county. Reporter the museum is here in North Brentwood, one of four cities founded by africanamericans in Prince Georges County. Ca history and more out here if you want to come. This event should be wrapping up here shortly. Again, its just great to be out here in the county. 35 million americans suffer from migraines. You may be one of them. Tonight theres a ploromising n treatment thats offering some relief. And it doesnt have to be a challenge. Our susan hogan with some tips to find Healthy Options for the kids when going out to eat as a family. I took some pictures of flowering trees out in the front yard today. Wow. You going to show my flowers . Lets take a look at wendys flowers. Its the first thing ive got to show. There they are. See i was going to surprise everybody. This was right outside. I ran out there with my phone. Look how amazing these pictures are. Again, the blooming trees you can hire me for weddings. We are looking for another staff member on storm team 4. The composition is beautiful here. Notice how the bloomsnd t beautiful. Flowering trees, thats why the pollen has been up over the past couple of days. It will continue to be as we still see 70s right on through the day on saturday. 70 degrees right now. Just a beautiful night. This is the end of february. This is absolutely amazing whats going on out there. We hit record High Temperatures today. We hit 75 in d. C. That is 2 degrees shy of the record in d. C. Dulles hit 77 today, shattering the old record of 73 degrees. 75 culpepper right now, 74 in fredericksburg. Just an amazingly warm february. We are watching two systems, one to the south. That ones not going to effect us. And one to the north and west. This could become a blizzard up here toward parts of nebraska and iowa and the dakotas. It will continue to bring very warm air our way. Minneapolis at 33. Mid atlantic. Even philadelphia today came in in the 70s. 76 degrees is what im going for tomorrow. Almost summerlike. Thats the reason were going to continue to see more of these trees blooming over the next couple of days. We need to see some rain to get the allergies out of here. Great friday night if youre going to be out tomorrow night. Check out saturday, more clouds early. Still warm on saturday morning, but here comes a cold front. This will bring us a line of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderst