Closure and for us to be able to put this behind us and for them to be able to you know, find some closure in this case i think is important. Reporter the lawyer who handled the lawsuit for the geer family says the provide some relief after an 18month battle for justice. The nightmare will never completely be over. I think theyll sleep a little better tonight. Reporter the lawyer says the 3 million will also help fulfill one of john geers greatest dreams, that his daughters have a fully paid for college education. While nothing will ever replace john and theres no hint that that money could ever do that one of his dreams at least will be fulfilled through this settlement. Reporter john geers father was not available to speak on camera but told me over the phone its a step up the ladder on getting to the top and getting to final closure. We still have a ways to go. The other step is whether criminal charges we filed against the officer who shot geer. The u. S. Justice department and the Fairfax CountyCommonwealths Attorneys Office are reviewing the incident. I asked the Board Chairman whether she believes geer was wrongly killed. It was a tragedy th happened. Reporter now, as we reported for Months Police and county officials have been fiercely criticized for the way they have handled this incident, information about it initially kept secret for so long. Chairman bulova tells me today that this case proves they must do things differently in the future. There is a review commission working on that right now. Its recommendations are expected sometime in the fall. Back to you, jim. Thanks, julie. A maryland state trooper has been charged with assault and misconduct. It involves a suspect who was in handcuff handcuffs. Nathan steelman is the officers name. Hes accused of punching chuck snook jr. While taking him no the grand bury Police Station in december. Investigators say those two encountered each other earlier that day in a parking lot while the trooper was off duty. The man reportedly flicked a lit cigarette at the trooper that hit him in the chest. The two argued. Snook drove away. Trooper steelman got the license tag number and arrested snook later. Steelman is now on suspension with pay. The man whos accused of strangling to death a College Sophomore is being held without bond tonight. Steven vander briel was in court in fredericksburg today charged with murdering university of Mary Washington student grace mann. He asked for a public defender but otherwise didnt say much. Just about an hour after that hear wrapped there was a tearful memorial in falls church as manns family, friends and busloads of Mary Washington students and teachers said a final goodbye. As news4s Mark Segraves reports, her mother spoke of her empathy and her passion for life. We cannot believe that we wont hear her voice again that we will not feel her loving arms, that we will not hear of her latest project to repair the world and the lives of those around her. Reporter grace mann, the 20yearold history major at Mary Washington university had a reputation on campus for speaking out about Sexual Assault and fighting for gender equality. She had the bravery to trust her beliefs and hold accountable those she thought were wrong. And unlimited love for those who needed her. Reporter manns mother also recalled the less serious side of her daughter. As many of you know, there was also just so much fun in grace. It seems her smile lit up the room wherever she went. She was energy and life and love. Reporter manns father, the judge here in fairfax, the family plans to set up a fund at the university to honor their daughter. We are blessed that we experienced what we did of grace and we are all forever shortchanged that it was for way too little of a time. This is simply a nightmare. Reporter in falls church, mark zee graves, news4. A high ranking counterterrorism official is in more trouble tonight. A judge scolded daniel rosen during a hearing today for violating his home confinement. Rosen was originally arrested on a charge of soliciting sex with an under age girl in Fairfax County. While out on bobd, police say they found what appeared to be secret videos of local women undressing in their homes on his phone. Today the judge said gps showed rosen recently left his house at 2 00 a. M. Hell be sent to jail if it happens again. American warships are steaming toward the coast of yemen now in an effort to stop the escalation of a war that iran supports. Sunni and Shiite Muslims are battling for control of yemen. Rival countries in the area are choosing sides. The u. S. Is trying to force a diplomatic solution. The outcome of all of this may depend on whether iran is willing to back down. Brian mooar on capitol hill with the latest. Brian . Reporter jim, the white house is downplaying a strategic move that could turn into a showdown. With yemen descending into civil war, president obama ordered the Aircraft CarrierTheodore Roosevelt and normandy to join an international blockade. The goal . Preventing iranian arms shipments. With the white house still negotiating a nuclear deal with iran is downplaying an ultimatum ultimatum. The specific mission of the roosevelt is to ensure the free flow of commerce and freedom of navigation in this part of world. Reporter the humanitarian crisis in yemen is escalating as luge Houthi Rebels battle the government. By putting our forces offshore, not allowing more weapons to come into the fight hopefully were sending a pretty strong signal that ultimate the best path forward is talks and diplomacy rather than escalation of this proxy war. Reporter but its not without risk. This is really now a game of chicken. Will the iranians in effect continue their arms flow . Will they try to break this blockade and will in effect the United States carry out its threats . Reporter a military show of force aimed at restoreing peace in yemen. Saudi arabia announced today it is suspending air strikes against rebels in yemen but says its not the end of the fight. Its just a new phase. Live on capitol hill, brian mooar, news4. It was a sendoff ceremony at the d. C. Armory today. Members of the districts Army National guard getting ready now for a ninemonth deployment to kuwait. Their mission includes managing a detention facility at a military camp. Theyll be there to help coordinate the transportation and detention of u. S. Prisoners in that region. Its all part of whats called Operation Enduring freedom. New at 6, local maryland lawmakers in annapolis to demand the governor release more funding for the schools. News4s chris gordon takes a look at how that Education Funding battle to have a big impact on prince georges and montgomery counties. Reporter many maryland Public Schools may have to lay off teachers. These educators and local lawmakers are in annapolis calling on governor larry hogan to release 68 68 million that has already been budgeted eded by the state legislator to big School Systems where it costs more to educate students. Montgomery county, for example faces 17 million in cuts. We will in effect lose in my opinion somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 positions in our school system, the quality of education in Montgomery County will suffer as a result. Reporter Prince Georges County schools face the loss of 20 million. It is a cut. Weve heard a lot of rhetoric about it not being a kid, but it is just that. Prince georges is facing issues of reduced housing value, property tax decreases and 20 million Education Funding just magnifies that particular problem. Reporter the president of the Montgomery CountyEducation Association represents many of those who will lose their jobs. It will affect class size. It will affect support for students. It will affect support for special ed students throughout the county. It really is a cut that is going to hurt i think the most vulnerable students. Reporter Governor Hogan says the budget provides 109 million more in the next fiscal year than in the year before. Hes committed to ensuring every child has access to a quality education and says his administration will be carefully evaluating the best use of all taxpayer dollars. A spokesman for Governor Hogan says he has not changed his position. He is reviewing all of his options before deciding whether or not to release the 68 million in state funding. Reporting from annapolis, chris gordon, news4. Maryland gamblers left more than 700,000 in slot machine winnings unclaimed in 2013. Now there are questions about how that money was handled by the maryland lottery and gaming control agency. According to the baltimore sun, a new audit says all the money should have gone to the state, but the Gaming Agency treated the money as regular gambling winnings and divide it up between the casinos and the state. Lottery Officials Say theyre trying to change those regulations to reflect their practice. Emotional testimony in boston today as survivors of the marathon bombing recount the horror of that day. Jurors must now decide if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should get the Death Penalty or life in prison. A first for d. C. Pandas the well tell you about a special dli delivery from china that could help produce a cub. Reporter with the blightright lights about to shine on the caps here in long island theyre trying to stay focused and have fun. Doug . We need that game tonight. Of course, p temperatures going down bigtime. First maybe another round of storms. Ill explain when in my forecas overseas now the coast guard of italy released video of yet another boat overcrowded with migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea. The coast guard says everyone on that boat made it to shore but that comes just days after yet another boat capsized, killing at least 800 people. European heads of government scheduled an emergency session for thursday. They want to talk about what to do about all the migrants leaving the strife in north africa and the middle east. A young couple from chicago is going to spend the next several years in prison in indonesia. Theyve been found guilty today of murdering the womans mother. The mans name is tommy schaefer. Prosecutors say he beat his girlfriends mother to death at a resort in bali. He was sentenced to 18 years. The judges said he received a lighter sentence because he was polite and remorseful in court. The victims daughter, heather mack was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The judges said they were lenient with her because shes a new mother. Mack gave birth in jail. The penalty phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial got under way with some dramatic moments in court today. Jurors have to decide now whether to sentence convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. In Opening Statements the prosecution argued tsarnaev has shown no remorse. Then to demonstrate that, they showed a picture that stunned the courtroom taken three months after the bombing. It shows tsarnaev in a jail cell making an obscene gesture to the surveillance camera. Nbcs jay gray is following the trial in boston. Jay . Reporter the judge addressed the jury early this morning, giving them instructions for the penalty phase here and reminding them of the consequences they face right now saying quote its impossible for me to overstate the importance of the decision in front of you. Describing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as untouched and unrepent antd. Prosecutors youts lined why they believe the convicted bomber should face the Death Penalty. Displaying victims of the pictures, u. S. Attorneys told the jury their beautiful faces are now symbols and memorials. The jury also heard graphic and emotional testimony from survivors including celeste corchoran, the first witness who cried as she described the horror of the blast, which took both her legs, saying, i remember seeing so much blood where my legs were, i remember thinking i wanted to die, that the pain was too much that i wanted to die. And now u. S. Attorneys argue tsarnaev should be put to death. Hoping to spare his life tsarnaevs defense team is expected to begin their case early next week one that will likely focus on what has been their central message throughout this case, that the then19yearold was pulled into the plot by his older brother tamerlan who they say was the mastermind of the attack. Outside the courthouse today about a dozen Death Penalty protesters gathered, pushing for a life sentence for tsarnaev. But its the 12 inside, the jury, that must ultimately make that difficult decision. If that decision is the Death Penalty, it must be a unanimous vote by the jury. If not, tsarnaev will automatically face life in prison. That is the latest in boosston. Back to you. Thank you, jay. 20 hours after the start of the race the final runner crossed the finish line of the bops Boston Marathon. He has muscular fist 50. This was his fifth and final marathon. Mulamed ran that one to support a group that educates children in venezuela, his home country. Good for him. Yes. Oh, there were a lot of runners at noon toefd. What a Beautiful Day to get out. Great day to get out for a run. Temperatures today in the upper 60s, around 70 degrees, little bit of a breeze, not too hot, not too cold. Perfect. Take a look outside, beautiful conditions. Weve got the leaves on the trees finally. Of course weve got a lot of pollen in the atmosphere too. A lot of people with allergyies this time of year for sure. 69 the current temperature. Weve got cloud cover moving in across the sunshine with winds out of the west at 14 miles per hour. Its a little bit cooler to the west, only 58 in peterburg west virginia, 63 martinsburg, 63 in gaithersburg. Yesterday we got up to 82 degrees so a far cry from that. Over the next couple of days were going to be struggling to get to at least 60 degrees. Weve got some cooler air moving in. A few light showers. Lets show you whats taking place. We have the cool air making its way in. Thats what happens you get cool air aloft and heating from the sun, it helps with showers to it pop and the clouds. Popcorn clouds just kind of bubbling up right there in through parts of ohio pennsylvania, down towards west virginia. They made their way in towards our area, too. Once the sun goes down, they cant sustain themselves. Well see clear skies tonight, meteor shower tonight. Look back towards minneapolis. That is snow. Thats the cold air that were going to see coming down. Weve been on the warm side of this trough. The trough of low pressure moves in our way, bringing much colder air and really a much cooler pattern. Cold . 30s and 40s. Were not quite there. But well be in the 50s and maybe 60 degree temperatures over the next couple of days. Future weather timing it out for us, by 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow maybe a shower or two around parts of the region. Most of us drive through the morning rush. Around 1 00ness notice the showers, by 3 00, we start to see some of the showers becoming more thunderstorms. We could see some storms during the day. Not expecting anything strong to severe. However, we could see one or two stronger storms. Well continue to watch. As far as the rain is concerned, some of it could be briefly heavy. But thats about it. Take a look at tomorrow. Again high temperatures around that 70 degree mark so a nice start to the day. Shower chance between 1 00 to the west and 6 00 to the east in and around d. C. Metro between 2 00 and 5 00. Quick hitting storms. Once they get there, theyll get out of there, not like yesterday. If they came into the area you saw a lot of rain from the storms. Tomorrow is different. Highs in the 60s and 70s tomorrow. Just like today a high of 70 d. C. , 67 gaithersburg, 68 in leesburg with that chance of showers late. But the next couple of days, well, say goodbye to the 60s and 70s and hello to the 50s. 58 on thursday, 60 on friday. Well struggle to get there. Most of you staying in the 50s all day on friday and on saturday with a high of 59 degrees. Next best chance of rain coming up saturday night into the Early Morning hours sunday. But the days look dry. Thats why i do not have the shower activity here. I think the weekend looks dry right now. Next chance fs rain coming up next tuesday with a high of 59. Were entering a bit of a cool pattern here. If you like that 82 yesterday, i dont see that coming back for a while. But ill watch for it. So will we. Its that something in the air. Breeding season for the National Zoos giant pandas. Zoo keepers are taking an unusual step to prepare for it this time. For the first time the zoo will be using frozen sperm from china in hopes of creating a baby panda panda. The shipment arrived last night. It will be used to inseminate the giant female panda this spring. You can read more about this process on our nbc washington app. Just search panda. Blue bell company pulling all of its ice cream offer the shelves over concerns about listeria. Theyre not the only ones issuing a recall. And rescued from the tracks. Who swung into action when a man in a wheelchair fell off a metro platform today . Reporter a 13yearold boy and his little sister were saved in a fire in clinton. They had the opportunity to meet the folks who helped to save their lives. Im t right now food trucks are not allowed in Prince Georges County, but that could be changing. Legislation was introduced today that would allow