From republicans who were trying to get Jeff Sessions to either step back or in some cases step down. Late this afternoon attorney general Jeff Sessions announced he will not be involved in the investigation into ties between russia and the Trump Campaign based on recommendations from his advisors at the just dice department. I have reaccused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump Campaign. Reporter sessions is under fire for saying this at his confirmation hearing in january. I did not have communications with the russians. Reporter but his Office Confirms sessions did meet with russias ambassador twice during the compaampaign. My reply to the question of senator franken was honest a correct as i understood it at the time. Reporter because he failed to disclose the meetings under oath, a growing chorus of republicans agree that sessions should not oversee the investigation into ties between russia and the Trump Campaign. I do think he should recuse himself, absolutely. Reporter President Trump touring an Aircraft Carrier today, told reporters he has total confidence in sessions but did not know about the meeting. Should sessions recuse himself from investigations into yourself and russia . I dont think so at all. Reporter white house aides are said to be huddling tonight to come up with a plan to handle this latest crisis. And theyre trying to get ahead of the next set of questions late tonight, telling reporters there was another meeting between the Russian Ambassador and the former nsa advisor mike flip and jerry kushner, the president s advisor and moscows enjoy to washington since 2008. His name came up in connection with President Trumps first j National Security advisor, retired general mike flynn. Flynn was forced to resign after revelations that he misled Vice President mike pence about his contacts with the ambassador. Those stories have led some people to ask whether he is a diplomat or a spy. A former cia boss says those jobs share similarities. He would certainly be collecting information. Thats what diplomats and spies do. Yeah, absolutely. And hes very experienced at it. He has spent his career as a diplomat. Barbara harrison interviewed him in january for her report on the annual russian ball. Theres also some new reporting tonight about the final days in president obamas white house. The report in the New York Times cites more than half a dozen former and current officials during the obama found white house officials scrambled to spread information about russian efforts to undermine the election and about possible contacts between mr. Trumps associates and russians. The former u. S. Officials had two goals according to the times. They wanted to ensure there is no meddling in future u. S. Elections, and they tried to leave a trail of intelligence for government investigators to track once they were gone. Breaking na ining news in o maryland, a teenager shot and killed in an apartment complex shortly after the end of the school day. It happened on iverson road not too far from potomac high school. Tracee wilkins is on the scene with more. Reporter again, we have new information just confirmed by the Prince Georges County school system. This is a student who was attending the nearby potomac high school, shot here in this apartment complex. It became a homicide shortly after he got t a woman over come with grief could barely stand after receiving news that a teenager had been shot and killed at the south View Apartments in oxon hill. About 2 50 this afternoon officers received a call for a shooting. When they responded to the se , scene, they found a juvenile suffering from gunshot wounds. Reporter one witness tells me they heard two to three shots fired in mid afternoon. The chief of police was on the scene for a short period of time as detectives combed through evidence left near the body. Prince georges county police are working to find any evidence that could lead to a suspect and motive in this shooting. We know there must have been somebody who saw something. Were trying to track those people down. Reporter Prince Georges County police have not released the name of this victim. This investigation is just beginning. Theyre asking anyone with information that could help to contact them. Reporting live in oxon hill, im tracee wilkins. A rockville building had to be evacuated today after a man threatened to blow himself up. Police say it all started because of over due Child Support payments. Officers caught up with the guy on falls road as he was making his way into the city. More on how a phone call helped track him down. Reporter this is information were just getting into news4 and exclusive to news4. We now know that man was on the phone for more than two hours with a call taker with the state agency he had threatened to blow up. He was going to blow himself up in front of the Child Support office. Reporter the suspect phoned the state Child Support offices about 9 00 this morning, upset about his tax refund being garnished to pay off his Child Support. He was very angry this morning based on the call taker that spoke to him. Reporter the call taker at the state agency notified his supervisors and police, but he remained on the phone as the suspect continued to make threats while he was driving from baltimore to rockville. The suspect told the call taker he would blow himself up at the Child Support offices in rockville, just steps from the courthouse. He also threatened his exwife and their child as well as a judge. Part of this may stem from a divor divorce, custody situation. Reporter for more than two you a hours, the suspect was on the phone with the Child Support call center, making threats as he drove. The entire time the employee at the call center was relaying information to police. Police eventually pulled the suspect over as he was driving on falls road near i270. The sheriffs canine to indicate there was a possibility of something in the vehicle. Thats why they called us to do a further search. But our search revealed no evidence of explosives in the vehicle. Reporter i just got off the phone with Montgomery County police. They say that suspect is still being interviewed by detectives. And so far he has not been charged. No guns, no weapons, no explosives were found. As for his exwife and their child, they have been given police protection. A Fairfax CountyPolice Officer who shot a man near herndon has now been identified. He is officer lance guckenberger. He shot a man outside his home back in january. Investigators say the man shot his brothers and refused Police Orders to drop a knife he was holding. At the same time, smoke was coming from the man was trapped inside. Police are supposed to release the name of an officer involved in the shooting within ten days unless there is a threat to the officer or their family. A judge recently ruled there is such threat. Officer guckenberger is a 16year veteran of the department. He has used deadly force twice in the past, in 2005 and 2010. Both those incidents were made public and determined to be a lawful use of force. A big rally in support of federal workers today on the Capitol Grounds near the supreme court. Were not a punching bag. Were not a punching bag thats virginia congressman Jerry Connolly leading the crowd and chanting were not a punching bag. The rally was sponsored by the National Treasury employees union. They say they want to protect employees a whole lot cooler than it was just a day ago. Doug, are you still talking about snow coming . We may see a little bit. Its not much. I get excited about even a flurry here or there. Out there right now, guys, its a little bit on the cold side. Not just cold. Were talking about some of the coldest air weve seen really this winter coming in over the next couple of days here. Not saying a whole lot as its been one of our warmest winters ever. 25 in pittsburgh, thats the cold air coming in. But the coldest air actually comes in tomorrow night into the day on saturday. There are some snow showers on the way. Notice in our western zones back towards Garrett County were seeing some of those. Theyve even tried to come over the mountains as a little bit of rain. The winds, theyve been up all day. Theyll stay up tomorrow, not quite as gusty as they were today. But snow showers tomoo a chilly weekend in not a frigid weekend. And then warming next week. Were not going to stay cold all that long but it does get quite chilly for the weekend. Up next, the search for human remains at a park amid the growing Gang Violence in Northern Virginia. Reporter Howard University celebrates 150 years, its contribution to Higher Education and to the world. But it was met by student protesters today. Reporter this is what the beach drive closure has done to traffic in our area. Its going to be around a stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Neighbors are on edge right now as Fairfax CountyPolice Search for possible human remains at a local park after two days of searching. Police say they need the publics helped but theyre staying tightlipped on their investigation. Chris gordon is at Holmes Run Park with the new developments. Chris . Reporter doreen, two teenage boys disappeared last fall from their Fairfax County homes. Could this search be for them . Or is it connected to gangrelated murder or murders . What is clear tonight is that police scene in the woods behind me. Detectives have found what they believe could be potential evidence. Here you can see forensic technicians putting items in evidence bags for analysis. Fairfax county police are not saying what the evidence is, but they say no human remains have been found. Investigators spent the day here a couple of hundred yards from the park lawn pool rek center on crater place in alexandria. The search is now focused on a heavily wooded area in Holmes Run Park. Access to the neighborhood is restricted. The Police Activity has residents on edge. You never know. I worry about it. Is this some body behind my house . Reporter recently ten members of the ms13 game were arrested in connection with the murder of 15yearold alexandra reyes. And six gang members were Christian Sosa rivas was discovered murdered in Prince William county. Police wont say isf this searc resulted from those cases. People have reported theyve seen gang slogans and things like that. Reporter Holmes Run Park has been the scene of two other gangrelated murders. In 2013 and 2014, victims were lured here and killed by ms13 members, who were then charged and convicted in federal court. Tonight searchers put on white protective suits as they combed through the crime scene, which may mean they feel they have close to finding human remains here. Jim, back to you. Theres also been an increase in Gang Violence up in new york. Last night raids led to the ray rest of suspected gang members wanted in seven murde, teenage girls in long island. 13 members or suspected members of the gang ms13 are facing federal charges, some of them are already in prison. March 8th is International Womens day. This year there is a call for a oneday strike called a day without a woman. People who want to support the effort are asked to wear red to show their solidarity. Another way to show support is to spend money at Small Businesses owned by women and other minorities. Women are encouraged to take the day off from paid and unpaid labor. The organizers are planning the day without a woman demonstration they say as a way to lghlight the economic power that women hold. You will have to wait a bit longer for road work on beach drive to finish up. The National Park service says the stretch thi tilden street and rock creek parkway need more work. Reporter jim, 12 million vehicles a year use this stretch of beach drive. So its very very busy. Take a look at what its doing, the road work, to traffic on a nightly basis out here it is absolutely brutal some nights as the traffic just rolls along. Beach drive is going to be closed an extra two months because of the work thats needed. Really its because of the trail that runs right next to beach drive. They need to do some more widening of that trail and there are some drainage issues with this project. They want to knock it all out. We talked to the park service about it today. What we want to do is get this all done at once so were not creating further inconveniences in the center. We want to get them done all a mean for you . This is just phase one of this whole beach drive project. It was expected to wrap up in the spring. Now its going to be august before this stretch between tilden and the rock creek parkway opens back up. You can see what its doing every night out here for people. That is a rough ride, adam. Did this extra work catch them by surprise or what . Reporter not necessarily. Its one of those things like if you opened a wall in your house and yo found a little bit more work. Thats kind of what happened here. They knew there were some other issues. What they dont want to do is wrap everything up and come back at a later date and have to do it. They found something that has to be taken care of this weekend, a couple of trees that have to be taken out as a safety concern. Theyre going to take care of all of it in one shot. Lets hope thats the case. Thanks. Coming up in our broadcast at 6 30, virginia trump after immigration crackdowns near a local church. The widow and younger brother of the late beau biden find love after loss. But there are new claims tonight from the estranged wife of hunter biden about what broke up their relationship. One day after another record on wall street, a huge market rol you ask would tell you that coffee is one of their favorite things. Tom hanks apparently did his homework. The actor apparently gave the press corps at the white house a brand new espresso machine. He included a note that said keep up the good fight for truth, justice and the american way, especially the truth part. Thats apparent will the third coffee maker hes gotten for the White House Press corps. They need it and they use it. They drink a lot of that stuff, dont they . How about us . We need that. Us too. How are you looking out there, man . Looking pretty good. Look at the senaunset. Ready for this fact . Were ready. I wasnt sure. Sunset tonight, three weeks from now, the sunset 7 21. Wow. How about that . We we also spring forward on the 20th. 7 21 will be the sunset three weeks from now. Three weeks ago we had a very cold weekend. Actually were talking about the coldest weekend coming up in not just three weeks but two months coming in. The first weekend of january was cold. This weekend will be just as cold. We havent had a whole lot of cold weather. Were going to get it this weekend. Dropping through the 40s to the 30s by 11 00 tonight. The windchills are already there. The winds still gusting 2025 miles an hour. It will stay rather breezy tonight. But storm well see the winds come back. Notice whats here. A couple of showers. Rain and snow showers up around the that dock system trying to come through but a more potent system during the day tomorrow. And thats why i think we could see some snow showers tomorrow. But again we may see some tonight too. Not a lot. Its not going to be a big deal. What will be the big deal is the cold. The colder air makes its way in here tomorrow. Cold is an understatement over the next couple of days considering where weve been. We hit 80 yesterday. Tomorrow the windchills will be in the 20s. Bh couple of snow showers right around 7 00 a. M. Through the afternoon, snow showers. Its not going to be mutual but theyre going to come through fairly quickly. What happens with these snow showers, thats all they are, just snow showers. They are briefly heavy. Maybe lasting upwards of five minutes, maybe ten at the most. And we get little chance of accumulation. Not much at all, maybe on some grassy surfaces. But then its out of here. Not wed 44. Windchills in the 20s all day. Those winds still gusting 3035 miles an hour. Look at the weekend. 42 on saturday, 43 on sundays. But high temperatures in the 20s. Remember, we were telling you, dont plant anything just yet, were still going to have a hard freeze this weekend. Thats going to last into monday. High temperatures move back into the 60s. Next chance of rain connelli icn tuesday. We need to see the rain. Well talk more about the drought and the windchills coming up over the weekend in about ten minutes. Howard university celebrating 150 years tonight. Still to come, why that celebration has some controversy attached. Reporter its a church here in Northern Virginia that has become a symbol for why the immigration policy has gone too far. Coming up, why one of the featured speakers was a no show. And the special reunion tonight at d fios is not cabl