Reporting that a Current White House official is a significant person of interest in the investigation. Up until now, most of the focus had been on former officials, like mike flynn and paul manafort. Minutes before that story broke, this headline from the New York Times. Trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased pressure from investigation. The president reportedly made the comments during his meeting in the oval office earlier this month. Press Secretary Sean Spicer did not refute the times report. He said comey politicized the investigation and put unnecessary pressure on the ability to negotiate with russia. Now in terms of the Washington Post report, spicer would only say an investigation would only prove there was no collusion. All of this as the president is on his way to saudi arabia. Wendy . Thanks, chris. Now, we have new information about a string of unusual events that caused such a scene in the middle of the morning rush rims. The tires were shot. On the streets of Prince Georges County. Tonight, were learning more about the driver and how he managed to steal that ambulance in the first place. Thats right. Tracee wilkins is at Prince Georges CountyHospital Center where this all got started this morning. Tracee . Reporter it all started behind me here in the ambulance bay and led police on an hour and a half chase through Prince Georges County into charles and then back into Prince Georges County. Now, we wanted to find out more about the suspect in this case, william person. We talked with his family. Theyel us they have been dealing with issues with this man for a very long time. In our conversation, i heard frustration and disappointment. A spectacle at the height of rush hour. Police chasing a stolen ambulance from Prince Georges County into charles county, back into prince georges. It lasted near an hour and a half. The focus of this at the end of the day is to keep the public reporter 43yearold william person was leaving Prince Georges CountyHospital Center when he decided to steal an ambulance from the emergency bay. They had just brought a different patient in, they were tending to that patient. They went out, stepped outside and their ambulance was gone. They called their supervisor. Reporter a gps tracking system inside the ambulance allowed police to locate the stolen vehicle. When person made his way into charles county, police used spikes to flatten the tires. Hes not paying attention, so he keeps on driving and thats where a lot of the damage occurs, because hes driving on rims. Reporter at one point, they tried communicating with him while he was behind the feel. The wheel. They tried everything at various points, this went on for about an hour and a half until it was stopped here. Reporter this security video shows what it was like as police got that ambulance to stop. Person and taken for mental evaluation. He suffered minor injuries. No one else was hurt. Starts in Prince Georges County, ends in Prince Georges County, but nobody blinked and they were doing their level best to keep the public safe. Reporter person already has a long criminal history, now hes looking at additional charges. So here in prince georges and in charles county. Coming up, well talk about the possibility that protocol was not followed by the department. Tracee wilkins reporting live. Back to you. Tracee, thank you. Fairfax county police are looking for the man they say secretly took Upskirt Photos of a young girl and a woman inside a grocery store. Take a look at the suspect. Detectives need your help identifying him. They say he used a recording device to take the pictures of a 10yearold girl and a woman in her 30s. This happened sunday morning at the walmart on road. The childs mother saw him and confronted the man. He left before officers arrived. Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is now facing possible prison time. Wiener pled guilty today to criminal charges relating to inappropriate messages that he sent to an underage girl. Leon harris has the latest on this case. Sexting is what brought down his political career and its sexting that could have him facing years in federal prison. In court today he pled guilty to his communications with a 15yearold girl. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors want him to serve between 21 and 27 months in prison. He also has to register as a sex offender and will have to be allowed to continue to undergo therapy. And hell have to also give up his smartphone. The fbi started looking into this case last fall when the teen told the daily mail that she and wiener had been months. In court today, he apologized to the girl, saying i have a sickness, but i do not have an excuse, adding this statement. A judge will sentence him in september. Late this afternoon, huma abedin, a longtime Hillary Clinton aide, filed for divorce. The two have been separated for months. Wendy, jim, back to you. Thank you. First on 4 00 were learning about possible security upgrades for members of congress when theyre outside of washington. A news4 iteam Scott Macfarlane says house officials are planning to spend millions to protect those member when is theyre at home. That will include security enhancements to members state offices when theyre away from the protection of capital police. Among the upgrades, distress or panic buttons, as well as surveillance video. After he was shot by Police Officers in manassas, after he led them on a wild car chase. And now we are learning he had a runaway teenager in the car with him. This began in manassas city and the chase went into Prince William county, ending at a park in manassas. Chris gordon reports on the unusual twist in this case. Reporter two Manassas Police cruisers were damaged. They were rammed by the fleeing suspect in this suv. The chase started after a 911 caller said two gun shots had been fired from a vehicle in manassas after midnight. Officers were given a description of a black suv, possibly a Ford Explorer what was involved, with shots fired and displaying a weapon at the window. Reporter police gave chase, the suspect would not stop, driving here to hellwig park, where the suspect knocked down a light pole and a tree before getting out of the h received this radio call. There have been shots fired. There is one suspect down. The suspect was armed at the time. He did have a weapon. Reporter police later identified the suspects weapon as a replica bb gun. He has been hospitalized in serious condition as a result of this shooting. There is a twist in this story. Police now say the wounded suspect was the person who made the original 911 call. They say he falsely reported two shots, but no shots were actually fired in manassas last night. And he gave the description of his own vehicle, leading police on a chase that resulted in his being shot. And police discovered he was not alone. There is a 15yearold that was in the car with the suspect. Reporter ahead at 6 00, how that young girl got involved in this plolice chase and shooting. Supporters of a young Falls Church Mother are hoping a stay of to bring her back home. Her husband and attorney were stunned when she went for a routine checkin with i. C. E. And was arrested. Julie carey joins us now live from the immigration offices in maryfield. Julie . Reporter hey there, at this hour yesterday the sidewalk across the street, crowded with demonstrators, the supporters of Lilliana Cruz staged a rally when they found out what had happened to her. This wife and mother of two came here from el salvador about ten years ago, but we all know the Trump Administration has been cracking down on undocumented immigrants, especially those with criminal backgrounds. And thats what really surprised her attorneys. Because her crime is a traffic violation. The 10yearold son of Lilliana Cruz holding this picture of his mom at yesterdays rally. He was at school when his mom came to this office for her routine checkin and was arrested. Supporters later husband wiped away tears as he held the couples 4yearold daughter. Then he stepped to the mike. My wife is not a criminal, he said. I have no words. Its very hard. These were the words today of one of the attorneys working on lillianas case, seeking a stay of deportation. I. C. E. Just released statistics, saying theres a big increase in apprehensions, arrests, and what theyre saying, theyre getting criminal aliens. But if lilliana is who theyre calling a criminal alien, i think that has no meaning whatsoever. Whats happening, theyre terrorizing these communities and separating families. Reporter i. C. E. Reports that Lilliana Cruz mendez came from el salvador to the u. S. In 2006 and was arrested by Border Patrol agents. A judge ordered her removal, but instead, she went to virginia. In december 2013, a traffic stop, she was arrested for driving without a license and turned over to i. C. E. But because she was nursing her daughter, she was cruz mendez got a stay of removal in 2014 and 15. But with the Trump Administration comes new policy. When she checked in yesterday, that 2006 order of removal was suddenly enforced. Immigrant advocacy groups voiced their disapproval. Shame on you reporter these supporters now vowing to put pressure on i. C. E. And elected leaders to release cruiz mendez. Coming up at 6 00, ill tell you where she is tonight and look at the next steps to bring the family back together or send them thousands of miles apart. Thanks, jules. President trump on his way to saudi arabia this evening on his first foreign trip. Still ahead, Nbcs Kristen Welker is already there, joins us live from saudi arabia with more on this trip and the new questions surrounding russia that have dogged this administration. Also tonight, the man accused of running over nearly the new information were learning today about his past and a previous runin with police. Im Darcy Spencer in accokeek. A woman is dead after a hit and run early this morning. To take on the tom Insurance Companies and the Credit Card Companies and the wall street banks. Thats what Tom Perriello is about. Progressive causes have been my lifes work. Im Tom Perriello. And before and after congress i led nonprofits to battle climate change, poverty and president bushs attacks on civil rights. Now im running for governor to reduce economic inequality. Because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. Welcome back. Continuio storms. Warning for fredericksburg. A lot of lightning back to the west of that storm. In spotsylvania, culpeper, orange county. More storms around warrenton and new storms along the beltway towards Loudoun County and a strong line between mount airy, along sencht again. This is drifting to the south. New update on this in less than five minutes. Doug, thank you. President trump is aboard air force one. Reporter im shomari stone at the brookland station where there was a shooting here. There was a man in the parking lot and police are telling me that there was a car that drove to this area. It was silver, possibly a toyota camry. Someone in the car opened fire. At least five shots were fired and a man was shot, grazed in the ear. Hes expected to be okay. Now, the brookland station is open, but right now, police are searching for, again, a silvercolored there are people here at the time. There was a man who was here, and he was taken away in handcuffs. I asked if he was a suspect or a victim. Police say at this point they believe that he is a relative of the victim. And theyre trying to get all the pieces and talking to people to figure out what exactly happened. But again, the brookland station is open. There was a shooting in the parking lot and police are continuing to investigate. Live here, im shomari stone, back to you. Thank you, shomari. President trump is aboard air force one for a marathon tour of the middle east and europe, his first overseas trip. But the president has some baggage looming over that trip, including the fallout from the firing of james comey and the cloud of the russia investigation. Mr. Trumps trip includes five stops, starting in saudi arabia tomorrow and each city has its challenges. In riyadh, a president who on the campaign trail called for a country, will address the islamic world. His visit in jerusalem comes after he revealed highly classified intel with the russians that came from the israelis. At the vatican, hell meet with the pope whom he called disgraceful during the campaign for questioning his faith. In brussels, a meeting with nato, an alliance hes previously called obsolete. And finally, the g7 in sicily. The president may get a mixed reception from european leaders like Angela Merkel and frances newly elected president emmanuel macron. Wendy . Also hanging over this trip are new bombshells related to the russian probe. The Washington Post reporting that investigators are now looking into a Current White House official who was close to the president as a person of interest. And then the New York Times is quoting the president calling james comey, the former fbi director, a real nut job. Nbcs shes already at the saudi capital. Are these latest leaks going to impact the president s trip . Is this stuff going to follow him over there . Reporter these latest leaks are undoubtedly going to follow him here, wendy and jim. Good evening. To the two new bombshell reports that you just mentioned, we are getting reaction from the white house. Let me tell you what theyre saying and then we can give some analysis on the other side. The New York Times report that cites President Trump telling russian officials that comey was a nut job and part of the reason he got rid of him was because of the russia investigation, to alleviate some pressure. Sean spicer saying the president has always emphasized making deals with russia as it relates to syria, ukraine, sis and other key issues, by grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into russias actions, james comey created unnecessary pressure engage with russia. To that first report from the Washington Post that effectively says someone in the white house close to the president has now become a person of interest in the russia probe. The white house saying this as the president has stated before, a thorough investigation will confirm there was no collusion between the campaign and any foreign entity. But the bottom line, the president s going to be asked questions about this during this historic, fivenation, nineday trip here which starts in riyadh. Hes going to arrive first thing tomorrow. Right now, he doesnt have a press conference scheduled. So that means reporters will be shouting questions at him about all of this possibly when he is meeting with some of these foreign leaders. He wants to have a reset here in the middle east, and when he goes to the vatican, as you mentioned, that could be overshadowed by the mounting questions about the relations between russia and his campaign. Wendy, jim . Is there any way that he can use this trip to his advantage without this cole the entire nine days . Reporter wendy, that is his goal. He wants this to be a reset. He wants this administration to help him turn the page during these next nine days. Theyre going to be diplomatic land mines everywhere, but there are also huge opportunities here. As you pointed out, his first stop in riyadh, hes going to be meeting with the crown prince here. Hes also going to be meeting with a number of other arab allies. His message to them is going to be that he is a friend to the muslim world, despite some of these very controversial comments that he made as a candidate, despite his travel ban, which does ban people from predominantly muslim countries. And then hes going to be in israel where hes going to try to reset the peace process. That is a huge task, and it comes amid those comments that he made, sharing intelligence with russian officials that he got from the israelis. So he could get a mixed reception there is great optimism, though, and hope, i can tell you in the region because relations under the former Obama Administration were somewhat tense. The president hoping to capitalize on that and hoping thats going to help him turn the page on all of this. Going to be an interesting nine days. Thanks so much, kristen welker. And we invite you to stay tuned for complete coverage of the president s first overseas fizz ahead on nightly news right after news4 at 6 00. New details about the man who drove a car in times square, killing a young man and injuring two dozen others. Among the charges, murder. Richard rojas told officers, quote, i wanted to kill them. He allegedly also said he heard voices in his head before driving onto the sidewalk. Investigators say rojas told officers he smoked marijuana laced with pcp. In 2012, ro his release. Weve learned the name of the woman who was struck and killed in Prince Georges County earlier this morning. Nefertiti horton was killed near farmington road. Darcy spencer spoke to the people who say that area can be dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. Reporter thats right, wendy. We just learned that the victim was 39 years old and left no fixed address. Here body was found on indian head highway beyond the curve. You can see the car wash right next to the