I cant sit back anymore and pretend that what happened to me didnt happen. Reporter after the loudoun times first reported deputies investigating new claims of abuse, Kaitlin Skeeters decided to speak publicly of her adopted grandfather listed on the Church Website as pastor star scott. Hit and punched and thrown into walls and thrown downstairs. Reporter she says the church kept her from family members outside the community so at 16 she escaped. I cant watch other fathers, friends of mine not see their daughters. Reporter thats exactly what the fosters are dealing with. Their oldest daughter still a Church Member and a mother to three of her own now, but they havent heard from her. Thats every mothers wish to be there when her fist grandchild is born. Reporter the fosters say they have yet to meet their grirn. We know that theres hope and thats what we count on is theyll see the truth and come thai eel come out of that place. Reporter we need to stress no charges have been finaled in this case. I did reach out to the pastors office just to hear their side of the story. I havent heard back from them yet. We should tell deputies say this is an ongoing investigation. Back to you. Thanks david. Disturbing allegations. Everythings back to normal after a bomb threat at a popular shopping center. Someone called in the threat to the center that has costco and best buy across from the mall at pentagon city. Officers evacuated all the stores for more than two hours this afternoon. They had to bring in bombsniffing dogs. They did not find anything suspicious. An entire block is still shut down in northeast washington as u. S. Marshals try to contact with a man who barricaded himself in a house. Its been eight hours since he went into the attic of a home. Hes wanted for some parole violations but its not clear if he has a gun or any other type of weapon. A new picture is emerging tonight of the germanwings copilot who Authorities Say deliberately flew a passenger jet into a mountain in the french alps. Brian ward is at the live desk now with what weve learned today. Derrick derrick . The fbi is joining the investigation into why the copilot of that airliner brought that plane down, killing himself and 149 other people on board. The copilot 27yearold Andreas Lubitz had some Pilot Training in the u. S. Reports he may have been treated for some mental condition while he was in this country. In germany a search of his apartment turned up a tornup medical leave slip that would have excused him from work on the day of the crash. Officials with the airline say they never saw that leave slip. As the Investigation Continues the parents of one of the three americans killed on that plane are showing compassion for the man accused of bringing it down as well as his family. I dont feel anger. Im really sad for the father, the parents of that young pilot. I cant imagine what theyre going through right now. Reporter that plane went down in a remote section of the french alps. Some of the belongings and remains are just being reached by investigators. Meanwhile, german winkwings and lufthansa will be adopting new safety rules, among them requiring at least two people are in the cockpits of all planes while they are in the air. Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit when the pilot took a bathroom break. Tensions are ratchetting up again in the middle east and there are concerns that saudi arabias intervention in yemens civil war could spark a new conflict between iran and some u. S. Allies in the region. Steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with how this could also affect Nuclear Talks with withdrawn. Reporter so far, chris, those talks seem to be kicking into high gear naps good news. The iranians reportedly at least considering allowing much tougher inspections than theyve ever agreed to. It showed that iran is not taking out on the u. S. Its frustration that arab nations are ganging up against it in yemen. Even though the iranians could clearly blame america. The u. S. Government assisted the saw ti air strikes providing targeting help as saudi bombs blasted rebels in yemen. The rebels who drove out the u. S. Backed president. Houthi houthis, Shiite Muslims backed by iran whose foreign minister today protested the air strikes and by extension american involvement. We have condemned them. We believe that they will only cause loss of human life. They have to stop and everybody has to encourage dialogue. Reporter Mohamed Zarif is in switzerland, trying to make a deal with u. S. Secretary of state kerry on Nuclear Weapons and theres a positive sign. Irans president , hassan rouhani, wrote president obama, calling this an exceptional opportunity. Even though with ten sunni nation forces joining forces against yemens rebels egypt sent to send warships the u. S. Is signing against iran while pushing a deal on nukes. A nucleararmed iran engaging in destabilizing activity would be even more destabilizing. That is why theres a premium on succeeding in preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Reporter u. S. Predator drones used to disrupt al qaeda in yem reason grounded. Al qaedas most worst branch the bombings in france and sent the underwear bomber. Iran condemned saudi arabias intervepgs into that part of the world and it seems to be growing more complicated. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd is here. Youll talk about this on sunday. The air strikes in yemen put the u. S. In a difficult spot. Sort of. The u. S. Has been sort of the you know yemen has been an important ally to the united states. Its been almost like an unofficial drone base you know where theyve done a lot of drone strikes on al qaeda in the rabian peninsula. The u. S. Orchestrated the change of power after the arab spring because they wanted to make sure they had these close ties. Its been surprising how the u. S. Has been hands off and its all been because of iran as the houthis in the civil war. The saudis are saying dont let iran have this influence in the gulf on the arabian peninsula. The u. S. Has been dragged into this kicking and screaming because of the impact it could have on the iran nuclear deal. Iran condemned saudi arabia getting involved in this. Saudi arabia condemning iran. Back and forth. I know final deal on this nuclear deal the final deadline isnt until june but theyre supposed to have a political framework by the end of the month. Tuesday. Where does that stand with Everything Else going on there . It does seem as if the iranians are believing that the u. S. Will continue to make its not just the u. S. Its six countries keep making concessions because they really want this deal. And yet we keep hearing now the iraniansbudged on anything. Im starting to believe its possible that the west could back away from this deal. But again, tuesday is now the rough deadline. I think well start seeing outlines of the deal leak out on sunday morning. Thats something i think well be dealing with as the show is breaking. Youll also talk about harry reid. Of course. Somewhat a surprise but not that shocking when somebody whos 75 says im not going to seek another term in the senate. When you make these decisions, theyre eightyear decisions. If youre him, you have to decide do i want to decide to do this until 2022 . At the end of the day, his recent accident i think it totally changed his mindset. He had been a favorite for reelection but it would have brought a lot more national attention. Ironically, him not running means Less National attention on that senate race. It will be competitive but there would have been a lot of money poured into it. Hes won a lot of tough races. Dont bet against harry reid. But Chuck Schumer is basically just waiting until the vote becomes official. Thanks chuck. Tune in to meet the press on sunday. 10 30 after news4 today. Senator harry reid is already endorsing a successor as chuck said to lead the democrats in the senate when he steps down. If you have the nbc washington app you were the first to know about reids surprising announcement this morning that he wont be seeking a sixth term next year. This afternoon reids aides confirmed he does want new york senator Chuck Schumer to take his place as the democratic leader in the senate. Illinois senator dick durbin whos number two in the chamber, said he also supports schumer. New fallout from a federal investigation into illinois congressman aaron shock. News4 was the first to report the House Administration committee is going to take a second look at how it reimburses members of congress for official expenses, perhaps changing the rules and regular rations. Shock is resigning after reports he submitted tens of thousands of dollars in bogus gasoline reimbursements. There is cold air moving our way. Lit feel a lot more like winter than spring. Say it aint so doug. I wish i should, chris, but it is so so. Right now rain moving out. Notice this area down around charlottesville. Ill widen out. This is just starting to come back to the north. We told you earlier about showers this mooefening. Take the umbrella. You may need it. Look back to the west. Its snowing around pittsburgh and lakeeffect snows for them. That cold will make its way into our way. Look at the temperatures right now. 51 in d. C. 30 in pittsburgh 37 in state college. We are in for a very cold day tomorrow. Yes, could even be recordbreaking cold. Well talk about the weekend and what to expect next week in my forecast. A local daycare owner is denying accusations she shook a bay di biso hard the little girl had bleeding on her brain. Police arrested and charged ana valentin with firstdegree and seconddegree child abuse. She runs the my angel and me daycare in rockville. According to the Police Report doctors say the 9monthold showed signs of severe shaken baby syndrome. Valentins attorney released a Statement Today saying we strongly deny the allegations contained in the statement of charges. We look forward to reviewing the actual evidence in the case. Dozens displaced, more than 20 injured and at least two still missing. What authorities are learning about the explosion that leveled a building in new york city. Plus a teacher accused of sexually assaulting one of his eighthgraders has his record cleared. Why some say justice was served. Portable classrooms are a sure sign that Montgomery County and Prince Georges County schools are bursting at the seams. Search teams are still looking for two people in manhattan unaccounted for after that building exploded yesterday in the east village. The blast injured at least 25 people. Four are in critical condition. And mayor bill de blasio offered words of solidarity as he toured the explosion site this afternoon. This city knows how to handle adversity. We never welcome it. We know it will come. But we know how to handle it. People band together help each other out. Officially the cause is still under investigation, but authorities suspect there was an improperly tapped gas line. News4 has learned several counties in maryland could be doing away with portable classrooms. Lawmakers have just approved millions of dollars in School Construction projects. Chris gordon tells us when the School Districts can expect to see the money. Reporter portable classrooms are a symptom of school overcrowding. I just do music in a portable and i dont, like think well, theres no bathroom in there. Reporter Montgomery County has 404 portable classrooms. 90 in Elementary Schools like the eight here at Bell Elementary School in rockville. Prince georges county is facing a similar situation. 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 School Construction 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 Prince Georges County executive baker welcomes the additional School Construction money. Its something weve been asking for, and so this is a great opportunity for us. Reporter cindy santiago is a Montgomery County parent. One of her twins in fourth grade attends class in a portable. Its a growing county and the schools are busting at the seams so they need the money. Reporter its expected to be delivered by july 1st. Turning to the weather. Hopefully we soaked enough sun yesterday. Is winter just paying us a short visit . Kind of like it left for a little while and it forgot something. It missed us. Forgot something, so hey, im back just for a couple minute really just two days is what i think were dealing with. Yesterday 77 and winter making a return. Lets show you whats happening outside. This is our rockville camera. 355 there, rockville pike. See a couple arias of traffic but not too bad on 355. You can also see the ihop right there. They have some good deals sunday morning. Right now, not bad. Dealing with some pretty good conditions. Look at this. Green out there on the trees starting to finally see that. That means the Cherry Blossoms will not be too far behind. 51 currently, wind out of the northwest at 12 Miles Per Hour. That wind will cool things down tonight. The radar, were dry except for showers to the south, and those e jenchly move back into the d. C. Metro area and you can see those. Heres the bulk of the moisture earlier shifting off to the south and east. Last couple frames, theres the shower activity. We could see some of those move in. Look at this trend from the north to the south. This is cold air right out of canada going all the way down to the south. Atlanta under hard freeze warnings all the way down towards portions of central portions of georgia. That is going to help to bring in not just the shower activity overnight but the cold air. Look at these temperatures. Currently 30 in pittsburgh 29 in chicago, 33 in cincinnati. That cold air continuing to move our way. High temperatures tomorrow the average high for january 17th. 42 degrees. Actually colder than that. 42 in d. C. 38 martinsburg, 39 in frederick and 40 towards baltimore. We could see a flurry. Best chance would be in maryland. I do think well see more sunshine back to the south and west during the day tomorrow. But a very cold day. If youre going to be out and about on saturday a lot of people heading toward the mall for the Cherry Blossom festival but also the kite festival going on down this there this weekend. 42 by 5 00. But the windchill will be a factor. Windchill all day around 30 degrees. So bundle up if youre thinking about heading outdoors. 42 on your saturday 47 on sunday with less wind and more sunshine. Sunday will be a beautiful january day here in late march. 59 though on monday with a 30 chance of showers. You got that huh . 63 on tuesday. Then we get into some nice march weather. We get to a high of 67 degrees next thursday. 68 degrees next friday. Another chance of storms there. It looks like this might just be the last of the cold because next time Mother Nature comes in and forgets something were not letting her in. Thanks doug. Were with you. Drinking on the job, skimming off deliveries. A news4 iteam investigation raised the questions. Now frustrated Council Members are demanding the head of a county Liquor Agency make changes. Plus the investigation into a racist chant sung by members of a fraternity at the university of oklahoma. What an internal probe has uncovered about the song. Reporter im julie carey in alexandria virginia wrshg the community and families of fallen officers have come together to create a memorial. New detalings about the chant from the university of oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon members. Today the University President says the issue is larger than one chapter. Reporter two weeks after a video surfaced to university of oklahoma Sigma Alpha EpsilonFraternity Members singing a racist chant, president david boren announced a University Investigation into the incident. Our purpose is to learn lessons and be held accountable and move forward with our lives. Reporter boren says the chant was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal pledgeship process and that the investigation revealed it was learned during an sae National Leadership conference four years ago. That chant was learned and brought back to the local chapter. Reporter the National Organization has denied that the chant is part of their culture. The university shut down the chapter on campus in the wake of the controversy and disciplined more than two dozen members. Its approximately 25 additional students and as you know two students have been withdrawn from the university. Reporter their punishments ranging from expulsion to Community Service and mandatory diversity training. Levi pettit one of the expelled sae members, publicly apologized earlier this week. The words that were said in that chant were mean hateful, and racist. Reporter and now boren says its time for the students involved the university and the nation to respond. We can stop it if all of us and the institutions and organizations we belong to and all of