Of the country. Bad time to limit the public. Reporter the crowds inside the comment and on the capitol terraces have grown so large, police can no longer provide adequate security. Beginning this year, the private party will be moved from inside the capitol to across the street inside the Botanic Gardens and access will be dramatically restricted. They say only the staff. Im not interested in the staff. Im interested in the public that comes in. Also what the crowds bring into the capitol including alcohol. The letter warns that could possibly lead to an embarrassment for congress. While the general public will find it harder to get one of the coveted invitations to the capitol terrace for these events there is one group who still be will taken care of. Mitch Mcconnell John boehner and nancy pelosi said the Wounded Warriors who are invited every year will still be accommodated. Back to you in the studio. Happening right now, congressional leaders are being briefed about the investigation into that gyro copter landing on the capitol lawn. The Capitol Police, the secret service are meeting to determine what they found. It has raised a lot of questions about the security of the air space. Fairfax county will convene a special grand jury in the shooting death of john gear. Just yesterday the county agreed to a nearly 3 million payout to gear gears family. The grand jury will decide whether officer torres who was. To have shot gear whether or not he should Face Criminal Charges form shooting which happen back in august of 2013. Their work might take several years. 44 years after shooting president reagan then they would help care for him. He has gradually been given more and more freedom and now he spends about half his time living with his mother in williamsburg virginia. Prosecutors say it would not be safe to completely release him right now. A judge will hear more arguments about this tomorrow. My oh my did our weather change in the course of this one day. Doug started out needing an umbrella but now more than that. Maybe even the coats. A lot of people put them away. We were around 82 a couple days ago. Now were going back a month. Back into the middle of march where temperatures will be back into the 50s for the next couple of days. And well be struggling to reach the 60degree mark here within the next seven days. A very cool pattern setting up. The rain continuing to make the way through area. The heaviest rain around the Baltimore Area and then toward the south. Saint marys county everybody getting it there. Thats moving out toward the chems. And were with done. What is coming this way, wow. The cold air. We hit 74. Look at pittsburgh. Thats the cold air. Ill show you how long that cold air sticks around and just how cold it will be where you live in my forecast. Thanks. A woman was out jogging when somebody grabbed her and dragged her into an alley and then sexually assaulted her. It happened yesterday morning. Just a couple blocks from Meridian Hill park off 15th street in northwest d. C. Pat collins with now some video that has just been released by the police. Reporter bear with me. In a few moments, i can show you some new Surveillance Video in this case. This case of kidnapping robbery, and rape. Meridian hill malcolm x park. 12 acres of green space and trail in the Columbia Heights section of our city. It is a popular place for runners, dog walkers and people who just want to hang out. Yesterday they say this park turned into a Hunting Ground. A Hunting Ground for a rapist. A woman out for a morning jog followed by a man, kidnapped by a man, then sexually assaulted by a man in a nearby alley. Be theyve tried to keep Meridian Hill safe. He knows what happened here yesterday. It is creepy when you see the video. It is disgusting. It is like a predator praying on people. Finish we just received video surveillance. Police want to identify this man and talk to this man about this troubling case. In the mean time, reaction from people in the park. Its awful. Reporter do you use this park a lot . Oh yeah. Im here every day. Reporter for Something Like this to happen . It sounds pretty awful. Unexpected. A tragedy. It shouldnt happen. Its awful. It is happening everywhere. People are not looking out for it. Park and people. A man who pled guilty to raping a postal worker in Silver Spring maryland is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. His name is dennis carpenter. Today he was sentenced for attacking and raping a woman as she was returning from her lunch break back in 2013. He committed that crime after escaping from a Halfway House where he was serving time for armed robbery. He was also convicted of rape in 1991. This is the face of a little boy who died after his first birth day. His foster father is charged with his murder. New at 6 00 his biological family is reacting. Now a report from fredericksburg. Reporter karons biological parents are asking for help. They said their sons death is a tragedy and they are supportive of the investigations being done by the start county Sheriffs Office and the Common Wealth attorney. Karon mason died weeks after he turned one. He was brought in with burns to his face neck and torso. He died one month later. The Sheriffs Office says the baby was put into scalding hot bath water by a man who was supposed to care for him. David marcussen was his foster father but he is charged with murder Involuntary Manslaughter cruelty and neglect. We knocked on the door. No one answered but we talked to a neighbor who said she had never seen him in the house in the six months he was in foster care. She is shocked by the allegations. Im surprised. It doesnt seem like something he would do. Im hoping thats not what happened. Reporter the Fredericksburg Darrel of social Services Says karon was placed in foster care after the foster parents passed the criteria. The foster father is being held in jail without bond. Just a short while ago they passed their Human Trafficking bill and that could clear the way for another big decision. It was delayed for weeks because of language in that measure. It now goes to the house. Now that that is done the congress can consider the president s nomination for attorney general. Loretta lynch has been waiting for 55 years for a vote. Lawmakers say theyll talk about it tomorrow. To the u. S. Warship stationed off the coast of yemen. Theyre there for the blockade. They have driven yemen to civil war. President obama is pressing for a diplomatic solution but sending a message with the warships. Today House Speaker john boehner said having u. S. Ships in place is the right move. He added that he hopes theyre not necessary. Church Officials Say a plot to shoot churchgoers in paris was foiled when the gunman accidentally shot himself in the leg. He was an islamic extremist who called for an blanls. They found an arsenal and notes. The suspect is anlgerian who has lived in france for several years. Police say theyve also linked him to the murder of a woman near one of the chuxrches sunday morning. Not even open yet. A casino coming to the air is already facing a lawsuit. Well tell why you the owners are on the other end of a discrimination suit. Paying a toll just to get in a Montgomery CountySchool System says the district employees mistakenly allowed the faces, and home phone numbers of Elementary School students to be posted on a public federal government website. That administrator issued a written apology to parents. It impacted at least 16 students from wood acres Elementary School. Their images were part of a power point demonstration the school gave. A link to that presentation ended up on a website associated with the u. S. Depart of commerce. A School Spokesperson says that link has been taken down. Some people are talking about cutting down on congestion in downtown d. C. By charging tolls to driver into the city. It is is a proposal that could become a reality. But downtown is not the only area where it is being considered. This is an idea that is gaining a lot of steam. It is because we are trying to beat this. Our terrible traffic. The whole region could end up embracing it. For this fum uber and car service driver. Weve tried lots to fight it. But now a proposal that he isnt too happy about. Congestion pricing or charging a toll to enter. It is not just d. C. Being considered. So too is fast developing tysons corner. Congestion is not only affecting our lifestyle but our way of living. Reporter he says the idea of charging a toll could push more people to mass transit or car pooling but it could also back fire. Causing people to leave. If you Start Talking about congestion pricing, they may entertain that idea. Reporter now. Right now it is about 17. I guess it would be nice for the economy to boost additional revenue. Reporter here in d. C. Those wholey here talking about the toll. Back to him. A lot of people working outside the city so they dont pay extra money for the road. Reporter one of the ways would you do, this electronic tolls on the bridges and main roads that enter our business areas. Well see if it sticks. Adam tuss. Just in time for earth day, they are being called green ribbon schools for providing support. In maryland j. C. Parks Elementary School and northwest high in Montgomery County of Howard County as a whole also earned a rib on that. In virginia coles school. It is earth day. And Mother Nature has brought us some big changes in celebration, i guess. Were talking some really big changes. Insignificant ones too. Everybody was so excited about the temperatures jumping into the 70s, the 80s. And now were in the 50s. Weve got some sunshine. Were starting to see things clear after the shower activity that weve seen around most of the area. The showers for the most part are now gone. Not completely out of the region. Right now toward the down area look at all the green on this earth day with that sunshine. It makes for a pretty picture. We were at 74 earlier. Now down to 60. So thats a pretty significant drop. Look at gaithersburg and baltimore. Already down to 52 degrees. And you know we wont stop there. It will be a very chilly night as you move through region. Storm team 4 radar tracking the rain. Theres not much left until you get toward the south. Saint marys county had it a little while ago. Lets zoom in and show you where this is from Calvert Beach right down to the north. Heres patuxent river. Right along 765 as it makes the. Its way down. This was such a strong front. It came through. Warmed the air right ahead of it and then cooled it down very quickly. So fast that we went from rain to snow very, very fast in through western parts of maryland. In through west virginia. You saw the snow picture we had. Then back to the west. The snow showers continuing through the great lakes. This is a system we see in the month of march coming through. Coming in april and man is it going on bring us the cooldown. Look at the air toward our region. Thats why well see things cooler. The warm air. This pattern, this trough low pressure, the cooler air on the east side will stick around for i think upwards of six to ten days so get ready. Look at the overnight temperatures. 35 in frederick. 34 back toward martinsburg. I think everybody should stay above freezing. Not worried about that but that could be a factor leading into the rest of the workweek. A lot of us have planted our spring plants. Everything in bloom. We dont need to see the freeze. High tomorrow 57 in fredericksburg and 55 in leesburg. So a very cool and a rather breezy day tomorrow too. It will be rather chilly. Especially downtown with the breeze and the shade of the buildings. So heads up. Make sure you are jacket ready tomorrow. Yeah. The kids out there. Theyve been wearing the shorts. I have to tell my son tomorrow. No more shorts for a while, buddy. 56 thursday. 57 friday. 59 saturday. Not only will we see chance of rain i think could it last through saturday night. If you have plans to go out, it could be a rainy forecast. And some of that rain could last right through the early portions of sunday. Well continue to keep our eyes on it. A mother and daughter remembered. The news4 iteam talked to a twostar general about a secret that saved her life and could soon have an a coldblooded killer. Thats how prosecutors portrayed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev today. They showed the jury a video of tsarnaev in a jail cell in 2013. The jurors saw a still that i can interest from the same video yesterday showing tsarnaev making an obscene gesture. The family of a Police Officer killed in the hunt for the bombing suspects gave emotional testimony about how their lives had been affected. The jury is now deciding whether tsarnaev should be given the Death Penalty or life in prison. Some Business Owners in maryland have filed a discrimination lawsuit against mgm. 90 minority businesses in Prince Georges County claim they were purposely left out of the bidding process to contribute to the building of the National Harbor casino. They say mgm used at least one white owned company that masked itself as a minority business. Just yesterday, mgm told the Prince Georges County council it went above and beyond standards for hiring minority businesses. If you tried to get help from the irs to do your will income taxes, chances are the irs hung up on you. The agency phone system hung up on more than 8 million taxpayers this filing system. There simply wasnt enough staff to handle all the calls. Of the people who did get through, only 40 actually got to talk to a human being. And many of those people waited for 30 minutes or even longer to do so. The irs is blaming budget cuts. Republicans say obamacare forced the irs to divert millions in funneling from the call service. Hundreds of people turned out to a church in virginia to show respects. They died last month when the pilot of their Germanwings Airline flight crashed the jet. The family wanted to do something to help the community heal. The community and more especially to the family. So they have something so we can gather and pray. We are told that Funeral Services for yvonne and emily selke will be held at a later date. Next jurors single home another night in the trial of a woman 8 brutal murder. He brought an illegal weapon into the capitol and posted a picture for the world to see. Why the congressman said he got a pass from police. Plus, a group of local kids with there is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there. Waiting. For someone to reach out. And take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. An officer is caught on camera allegedly beating a teenager who was handcuffed inside a cell. Coming up, the latest in his trial. A dramatic temperature drop. A big change in the weather channel. The news4 itaken with a two star generals devastating secret. It was just appalling. It is one of these things that i cant even express what i felt and how, you know things were going. Also what happened to her years ago and what it says about our military. First at 6 30, a high profile murder case in which the suspect confessed. The jury is still without a decision as family and friends of a high ranking d. C. Government official wait for word. Chris gordon joins to us explain the issues the jurors may be working through. Reporter jurors are struggling to decide if the defendant is guilty of premeditated murder or insane at the time and therefore not criminally responsible. The family of Carolyn Cross has been waiting for justice since september 7. Thats the sunday when her daughter drove to her apartment to pick her up and take her to the airport for a trip to a conference. Her mother didnt answer the phone. Carolyn cross, the director of the deputy of corrections was laid out on the floor of her apartment. She had a plastic bag pulled over her head. Bound with duct tape. She had been hit with a wrench. Later, a 911 call was made to police with one of two iphone thats had been stolen from Carolyn Cross apartment. The call came from a man in the next building who had attempted suicide by slashing his wrists. 29yearold dawit seyoum was taken to the hospital. They said he did something bad today. He said i may have murdered a woman today. Jurors also heard an audio taped confession in which seyoum told detectives two days earlier, he had been angry with his mother and decided to kill someone. He targeted cross, he said because he thought she had once stared at him in a mean way. The defense said he heard voices and was psychotic. Now, the defense won a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. The prosecutor wants conviction of firstdegree murder. Two very different results. And to reach either the jury must come to a unanimous verdict. That mean they almost agree. So they will return here to court for a third day of deliberations tomorrow. Thats the latest live in alexander re. A. A man accused of killing his wife in a Dunkin Donuts shop in maryland has left the state. Investigators say Bhadreshkumar Patel checked into a hotel in newark new jersey, and was also seen at p