Only occupant, pushed the guard to the ground and ran into the woods. We did find handcuffs and a waist chain on the scene. Reporter police with guns drawn, searched a truck looking for the escapee. At this jess up asphalt plant, a supervisor tells me, they spotted a white van this morning. One of our Truck Drivers saw the guy jump out of the fan and go into the woods. And which way was he heading . Out by pawtuxet range road. Reporter police say watson was wearing all white, sweat pants and a thermal shirt which searchers have recovered. They dont think he has a weapon. There are a lot of Industrial Parks in the area. Some of the businesses have been searched. We got a phone call from the Howard CountyPolice Department that there was an escaped prisoner. Thats what we saw the helicopters flying around ever since. Have you seen anyone . Reporter the live picture now from chopper4 as the search grid has expanded over the past couple of hours. A wider area. Police are looking, trying to catch this prisoner before nightfall. They say david watson is considered dangerous. If you see him, dont approach him. Call 911. Thats the latest live from jessup, back to you. Chris, thank you. Now to a story youll see only on news4. A toddler walking through a store at Tysons Corner center. But police say that toddlers mother was using the child to help her shoplift. News4s david culver joins us now with a look at how the scheme worked. David . Reporter hi there, doreen. We can tell you the tysons urban team, the Fairfax CountyPolice Officers that patrol specifically this area, theyre investigating several shoplifting incidents. But what caught our attention about this one, is that a pulled off the crime. No charges in this case just yet. But police tell us that an arrest they made on wednesday may be the same suspect. This is zandra smith, 26 years old. Smiling in her booking photo. Fairfax county Police Arrested her for allegedly stealing, accused of stuffing items into her purse from the apple store in tyson. She didnt have any children with her in that incident. We believe its the same suspect. Reporter Police Believe it may be the same suspect as this. February 12, cameras rolling inside the True Religion store at Tysons Corner center. In walk two women, a little girl and an infant, being pushed in that stroller. Over several minutes, can you see the pair making their way through the store, an employee checking in on them periodically. At one point, one of the women appears to check in on the infant in the stroller. But watch again cl she stuffs clothes in the stroller. Then the woman apparently hands clothes to the toddler, the little girl, just standing right next to her. That little girl then walks to the front of the store. Apparently trying to test the sensor alarm. She also gave the toddler clothing and he would talk to the entrance and come back into the store. Tefling it out . Not sure what the motive was. R r the group then leaves the store. A lot of the stheez shoplifting cases, the suspects will bring kids with them. Reporter if the child was used in crime that could be a charge in itself. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Reporter smith has not been charged in connection with the february incident. And the incidents just this past week, shes already bailed out of jail on a 5,000 bond. I did try to text her, tried to call her, have not yet heard back. Well update you when we hear moreut david, thank you. Five days after it began, the fire near the university of maryland is finally out. It started on monday morning, in an Apartment Building under construction. Prince georges county firefighters spent days dousing the building and putting out the hot spots. Now the roundtheclock fire watch is over. Investigators say the fire was an accident, but they still dont know exactly how it started. Metro says it will now close five orange line stations, as part of its next safe track surge. Initially they were going to just do single tracking, but now buses will replace trains between New Carrollton and the stadium arm stations, may 16 through june 15. The next surge will focus on the red line and buses will replace trains between shady grove and twin brook stations, but no dates are set for the red line work yet. A payroll takehome pay than they should have. Thats because the government failed to withhold Social Security and medicare taxes. The problem dates back almost ten years and impacts current and retired employees. Mark segraves broke this story first on 4. Reporter a team of auditors discovered the problem just this week. So far, theyve identified hundreds of d. C. Government employees who did not have any Social Security or medicare taxes withheld from their paychecks. That means those employees had no money paid into their Social Security and medicare accounts. Vent ris gibson with the department of Human Resources said the error dates back at least ten years. Certainly we are so sorry this has happened, and our goal is to just make our employees whole to the best of our ability and within the confines of the law. And just to let them know were hear to help them get through the situation, as much as we want to get through it. Workers who are impacted by the mistake will not have to pay the money back. Federal law requires the employer to pay the irs. Gibson doesnt blame the employees for not noticing the error. She says the pay stubs can be confusing. So theyre sending a notice to all workers on how to understand their paychecks. While the d. C. Government will be responsible for paying the Social Security and medicare taxes, employees might be on the hook if this impacts their federal or local income taxes. If there are taxes owed as a result of this error, what were prepared to do as a city is provide each affected employee only with tax prepared service to assist them in filing amendments. Reporter mayor bowser has authorized the hiring of an outside accounting firm. Gibson says its possible the error extends beyond the hundreds of employees theyve already identified. Internal d. C. Government investigators tell School ChancellorKaya Henderson violated rules and gave special favors to top officials. Henderson left her powerful job last year, but is under new scrutiny tonight. Scott macfarlane broke this story on our app and joins us now with more. This is surprising. Caught us by surprise. Officials with d. C. Governments internal watchdog, its office of Inspector General say they investigated kaya and found misconduct. They say she gave special treatment to the powerful. How . They say by helping some students move to schools outside their district boundary, which violates d. C. s famed School Lottery system. That lottery is in place for parents to vie to place their kids in the most sdrirable Public Schools in the district. The Inspector Generals office tells me their investigation found seven incidents in which she failed to act impartially and gave preference to other government officials. It didnt name the officials, but were still seeki henderson the i. G. Did not find information that the placements were made improperly only that they were discretionary. If leaders dont believe there are situations when the chancellor should exercise discretion in determining placements, they should eliminate that provision from the statute. The Inspector General said they did not find evidence of anything criminal. Jim and doreen, they say the misconduct happened in 2015. Henderson resigned in 2016. D. C. Public schools says, no connection. Okay, thank you, scott. A Government Shutdown has been prevented. At least for now. Today congress sent President Trump a shortterm spending resolution to keep the lights on for another week. Bipartisan talks are continuing on a spending bill that would finance federal agencies through the end of september. In the meantime, blayne alexander reports that President Trump is wrapping his first 100 days with new escalations in the north korea crisis, including a hour. Reporter as he prepares to enter his 100th day in office, President Trump raising concerns in an interview with reuters, offering this prediction on north korea. Well, theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. Reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson offering a more diplomatic approach, warning members of the nump security council, especially china, its time to ramp up pressure on north korea. It is likely only a matter of time before north korea dweppedz the capability to strike the u. S. Mainland. Reporter on capitol hill, congress is set to vote on north korea economic sanctions as early as next week. Todays focus successfully avoiding a Government Shutdown. T reporter Congress Passing a oneweek extension, giving lawmakers more time to negotiate a spending bill. Also next week, a vote signs of life. I was on the phone until 11 00, were just a few short. Reporter the bills first failure, a learning moment for the new president admitting this job is different than he expected. I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. I actually this is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. Reporter touting unprecedented progress, the president now looking to the goals and challenges as he prepares to enter his next 100 days. And we have more information on that breaking news that were just learning within the past hour about a Missile Launch or a missile test from north korea. We do understand that it was a shortrange ballistic missile. So it had the power to reach seoul, south korea, but not japan. And we are told, officials are describing this as a failed Missile Launch. It exploded shortly after being launched. Now, we do note as of right now, no statement yet from the white house. But this is exactly what the president and secretary o they spoke of increased tensions between the u. S. And north korea. So well be standing by to see if we get anything from the white house anytime soon. Jim . Blayne, thanks so much. Now to leon harris with new developments in the deaths of two especially ops troops in afghanistan. Leon, what are you learning . Jim, were learning quite a bit about this. Its an Unsettling Development in a tragic story. This may have been a case of friendly fire, it turns out. Two army rangers were killed and a third injured during a raid on an isis compound in afghanistan wednesday night. The u. S. Military has launched an investigation that includes the possibility that friendly fire came from afghan forces. 35 isis fighters were killed during that threehourlong firefight. The target, the top isis leader in afghanistan. Military officials believe he was killed but have yet to confirm that. Meantime, about george h. W. Bush. He was released from houston methodist after a bout of pneumonia. Hes 92 and still kicking. Its going to be another bds weekend on the national mall. Thousands expected for the peoples climate march, thats tomorrow and the course will be from the capitol to the white house. Jim, doreen, back to you. Thank you, leon. Local teachers with their licenses revoked or canceled. Its information parents want to know but may not always be able to access. Plus, a deeper dive into the president s first 100 days in office, from his success to his setbacks, and the challenges ahead. Nbcs chuck todd joins us from the studio next. And its a Beautiful Day out here on the storm team4 weather deck. Absolutely gorgeous. Great night tonight. Could see some showers overnight. But tomorrow, were talking record heat. Take a look at those numbers. 81 degrees in d. C. Tomorrow it could be ten degrees warmer. Updad creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Back now to politics as we countdown President Trumps first 100 days in the white house. This is day 99. Chuck todd joins us now. Theres a whole lot to talk about. You got it. Start with the president s comments on north korea. Were going to and get your reaction on the other side. Well, theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. Absolutely. Thats pretty clear. It was whats startling about it is your reaction, the collective reaction of washington, the press and all this stuff, in that it was just sort of, oh, yeah, thats just the president escalating some rhetoric, but its just rhetoric. Were at day 99 and theres a discounting of this rhetoric. Another commander in chief says something as definitive about that with a potential military conflict, were all in breaking news mode. All of washington is in lockdown mode and all of a sudden theres this concern. So, you know, that struck me as sort of one of the problems hes gotta figure out how to calibrate, which is sort of because he has this you know, at some point, hes not going to be overhyping, but theres a crying wolf aspect here, but hes made it where people now just automatically discount. When i heard, we might pull out of nafta, i rolled my eyes. Then you read the story and realize it was more serious than we thought. We didnt get out of nafta, not that it was willy nilly, maybe it was, maybe it wasnt. But thats the point. It sums up the hundred days. Theres a lot of talk, but there hasnt been a lot of action. Seems like business negotiations to me. Right . And if it is you say inflammatory things to shake the other side up and maybe theyll go along with your plan. And if its the strategy on nafta, maybe its going to work. Maybe it does get mexico and canada to the table. Im not discounting that theory in foreign policy, its called the mad man theory. Nixon had this idea, im not going to do it, but dont let them think i might. But at some point, i think its hurt him taken right for what its worth right now. People are discounting it. In that same reuters interview, the president seemed almost wistful about his life before the white house and being president was more work than he thought, anyway. It was an incredibly revealing quote. Because, a lot it was funny, when he used to say, this stuff would be so easy on the campaign trail. I really, i think many of us filed it away as typical campaign rhetoric. Hes just trying to make the audience apparently he believed it would be easier. And i think, if there is one thing i have noticed in how hes changed, it is, he is showing more public patience. Its still a little impatient compared to previous president s, but hes showing more public patience, whether its realizing that Congress Moves at a different pace, realizing that there are three branches of government and sometimes the step in front of you, that there are guard rails in our democracy on different things. So you see him calibrating, but theres a lot of lost opportunity in the first hundred days that i think in hindsight hes going to regret. You are talking live with Vice President pence. Hes come back from asia and he was on the keep everybody calm about north korea tour. Hes been quiet on health care as well and where that is. But look, theres a whole days agenda to talk about and we have the Vice President and we have a lot of time with him. Going to be great. This sunday, appreciate that as always. And mike pence will be his guest on meet the press sunday morning here on nbc4 at 10 30. You may have seen the commercial, but you probably dont know the whole story. What we discoveredut slamming the popular tourist rental market of airbnb. D. C. Wants to lease Apartment Buildings across the city to house homeless family. They say it can help them drasti wow, warm and sunny and just the start of the warm temperatures, i think. Doug is over at the screen with more on that. Beautiful day for us today, but what a different story it was 15 years ago today. Back in 2002, the tornado that ripped through la plata, this was one of the most powerful tornadoes weve ever seen in our area, an ef4 tornado. Winds upward of 200, to 260 miles per hour. Over a hundred homes destroyed and over 100 million in damage. La plata definitely has rebuilt since then, but they will never forget this tornado that came through. Came through at 8 00 at night and we got amazing pictures as it was running through. One of only two ef4 tornadoes ever in the state of maryland. Out there now for us, beautiful conditions. Nothing like not even any thunderstorm activity. 86 degrees currently. Winds out of the south, 13mileperhour. Going to be a great evening tonight. We told you today would be a fantastic friday. Thats what we saw. 79 in winchester, 81 towards huntingtown. Nice no matter where you are. No rain now, but were tracking a system farther back to the west, towards the ohio valley right now. This system is moving our way. We are going to see a chance overnight tonight that we i have chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Ill show you the best chance of that in just a second. But look at these be innumbers, up to the new york and boston area. More warmth tomorrow. The cold air stays to the west. 6 00 tonight, no problem. 11 00, if youre heading out, no worries then either. A very nice night all the way around. Youre going to get home fine. If youre a late night owl, be fine. But 3 00 a. M. , starting to see a line of showers and its coming to the district around 4 00