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WRC News4 Today At 5 March 25, 2016

For this viewing and the funeral today of fellow officers and the general public. Initially the public was not going to be allowed, but now the public is allowed. The church is prepared for some 2500 or more to attend this morning. At 7 30, that will be the arrival of the color guard. And then at 8 00 a. M. As melissa said, the procession. The casket will arrive coming up 202. And so therefore traffic will be impacted. The viewing will start at 9 00 and last until 11 00. And then right after that the Funeral Service begins. Officer colsons father has called him a hero. At a service just yesterday, the family spoke. Its been a tough couple of weeks obviously for this family Prince Georges County Police Department especially the district three station where officer colson was shot in that shootout during a gunfight at the hands of friendly fire. At the time the detective was in plain clothes. We can tell you that the three men charged in this case are brothers and they face charges in the shootout that ended this detectives life. That is the latest live from upper marlboro. Molette green, news 4. Police in brussels have detained seven people as they heighten security and crack down on suspected terrorists. Police near the belgian capital carried out multiple raids and believe at least one attacker is still at large. Belgium has been on its highest alert ever since tuesdays bombings in the airport and subway. 31 were killed, 270 wounded. And investigators say the brothers behind the bombings also spied on a top nuclear researcher and hoped to build a a man suspected of plotting an imminent attack has also been detained this paris. Meanwhile four americans are missing since at tack. Justin shults and his wife, stephanie, were last seen dropping off a relative at the airport moments before the blast and then a brother and sister from new york city are also missing. Sasha and alex sander wean dida phone when the bombs went off. No official word. Well continue to monitor the latest developments in the terror investigation. Steve handelsman is in brussels and well have a live report from him coming up in about ten minutes. Stay with us for that that. The man accused of shooting at a d. C. Police officer is also wanted for Violent Crimes in Prince Georges County. Richard butler iii spent weeks on the run until wednesday. Butler was arrested after d. C. Police say he shot at a patrol cal during apunprovoked attack in southeast washington. Butler is also georges county for trying to sexually assault a young girl, trying to tire bofire bomb an at and stabbing his girlfriend three weeks ago. A woman had to be rescued after being pinned under a metrobus last night as she was walking near the intersections of 15th and eads street. The woman was taken to the hospital. She ais expected to be okay and the accident is under investigation. Today an nfl linebacker found guilty of assaulting a d. C. Pizza Delivery Driver finds out if he will spend time in jail. Colts player Dqwell Jackson expected to be sentenced this morning after fighting off a parking space in northwest. Jackson faces up to 180 days in jail and a 1,000 fine. The colts have not taken any action, but the nfl may suspend him. Fewer and fewer teams are left in the big dance and this morningar night to watch the game, a heartbreaking loss to the jayhawks. Carol malone any talky talked t players coming home. Reporter not so good morning from louisville, kentucky. Site of the sweet 16 stage for maryland, their dance partner kansas had more moves, though, leaving the terrapins crushed. First thought was shock. And next thought was, you know, my guys, my brothers, how theyre feeling. This is not only my last game this year, this is our last game as a team. I dont want to believe its over yet. Hasnt really sunk in yet. But, yeah, i was smiling because i was so happy not just for this team, but for this program. To see how far its gone. Reporter last part of the second half that went downhill for the terps, nearly seven minutes they could not hit a baskets. Kansas runs away 7953 while marylands run is over, the question of who is returning just beginning. Was your last game . Im not sure. We have some decisions to make. Got some good players coming in, well have good players coming back. So its maryland basketball. Reporter in louisville, carol maloney, news 4 sports. A fantastic job. First time in a decade. And you really consider kansas a lot of people say is the best team and that the game was so close. They were in it for a good while. Virginia is the last remaining team from our region in the tournament. They play iowa state tonight. Good luck to them. Storm team 4 wradar showing rain just to the west of us. Amelia segal will be back with your what to wear forecast. 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You could hear it, you could see it. A little different today than it was yesterday. Well continue to track breezy to maybe windy conditions from start to finish today. Of course not good news for the Cherry Blossoms, but i think the blossoms just coming out, they should be okay today. In addition to those blustery winds, wooer well be tell be showers first part of the day. 9 00 a. M. , notice hit and miss activity. By noon, most of the showery activity is in the line east of washington. Aside from that, a bit cooler. More on temperatures coming up. You have an update to a crash . Southbound indian head highway after swan creek livingston road, that crash has cleared out of the way. Isnt that nice on this friday morning. 66 is fine, so is 95. Again going to be keeping a special eye on 95 this morning and tweeting about that from first 4 traffic as lots of folks are headed out of town. 270 at falls road, no worries there. And then at the top of the beltway, bw parkway, 95, route 1, everything rolling along just fine. Within the past 30 minutes, weve Learned Police have detained even more people after overnight raids in brussels. The latest on their search for suspects in a live report from belgi belgium. The movies. A car falls four stories, this is in maryland. Well show you more of this incredible video coming up. And another black bear sighting. Its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They crashed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. We need women in congress. If we want to be heard, it was the women who forced republicans to include Womens Health and contraceptive coverage in the Affordable Care act. In congress, ill fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. And, as an environmentalist, ill work combat climate change. I know as a journalist and as a Senior Executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Im Kristen Wright at the live desk. John kerry has just arrived in brussels and we have new pictures just in showing secretary kerry arriving to brussels just about an hour ago. Hes there to express his condolences to the people of brussels of course after the terrible attacks on tuesday that left 31 people dead, 270 wounded. And four Americans Still missing. Bombings of course going off at the Brussels Airport and metro station. Isis has claimed responsibility. Well keep you posted on what secretary kerry does there in brussels. The brother of one of the brussels suicide condition believe that that he was involved. He asked the media to blur his face. He says nobody in his family has heard from the suspected attacker since 2013 when najim went to syria. Belgian authorities believe at least four people are responsible for the attacks. 5 16 now. Raids left to seven people being detained following the recent terror attacks there. Belgium has been on its highest alert since tuesdays bombings in the Brussels Airport and on the subway system. Steve handelsman joining us live from brussels with new developments on the search for suspects. Steve, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. From a rainy brussels where word of these overnight raids that continue now into daylight hours, multiple arrests coming ame this small nation who are worried and still continue to worry after tuesdays horror here, that their nation is not up to the task of dealing with terrorism here. And thats another reason why hers happy to see john kerry come here. Yes, of course he will express sympathy on behalf of the american people, but then they will get down to work because the government here in brussels, the government of france where they say they prevented another paris attack by a raid in that nation yesterday, theyre calling for quick formation of a multination Antiterror Task force. The u. S. Certainly would be involved in that. And you can see that the flow of information could improve because the turks said they knew about one of the two bomber brothers and warned belgium when they kicked the guy out of turkey because they said he was trying to cross into syria where isis was in control in that region. They say they warned belgium that he had a leaning t he already had a criminal record here. The u. S. Government now says though we dont know the name that the mysterious man in white whose bomb apparently didnt go off at the airport on tuesday is money to u. S. Officials. So the more information can be shared, which has got to be job number one of any Multination Task force even before its formed has got to be what kerry talks about here with belgian officials, it will make belgians feel a bit more secure. Aaron, back to you. Steve handelsman live for us in brussels. Thank you. And we just learned the suspect that was detained yesterday in france linked to the paris attacks ringleader apparently. More information coming in on that as the morning develops. Im kristen rigwright. Today we should find out if a childs body found in indiana is that of a missing oneyearold girl. She disappeared from her fathers home not far from the body was found near a river on private property. A 22yearold man this morning is in custody, but not charged. Police say he was invited into the girls house by her family the day she disappeared. Police still questioning him. There are other persons of interest in this case. Back to you. Right now snow, hail and tornados, a much, much more serious part of the same storm that is giving us a little britt of rain right now. But you are looking at video from up and done the midwest where more than a foot of snow fell. The system also caused some dangerous high winds in the south. Firefighters spent most of thursday afternoon racing from one brush fire to another around here. One fire got so close to a home an elderly couple had to be rescued, another fire did pretty significant damage. Want to show you some pictures from boyds, maryland. Chopper 4 over the scene of a brush fire here, this is the black hills regional park. Its close to little we spent the day thursday under a red flag washing ash here indicating increased risk for fires. And those windy conditions we had to deal with also helped to fuel this fire in germantown. Elderly couple had to be rescued as the flames got pretty close to their house. It swept through five acres. Their next door neighbor who happens to an Montgomery County sheriffs deputy sprang into action to help them. He even sounded his siren to make sure the couple realized this was an emergency. I never could believe that a fire could spread so rapidly. It was incredible. Firefighters worked through the afternoon to battle the fire and put out some hot spots. The couple says theyre thankful for their neighbor and the fire crews making sure they were safe. 5 21. Time for your weather and traffic on the 1s on this friday morning. Amelia. Well, its a blustery morning out there in addion to that im tracking some scattered showers on storm team 4 radar. But overall the we today. These will be hit and miss showers. You can make it through the day completely dry potentially. Only about a 60 chance that youre dealing with some rain as we move into the afternoon hour, well have some sunshine. A touch cooler than yesterday. Highs, though, still for the most part in the low 70s. And it will be breezy today from start to finish. Here is the latest on radar. Rain in frederick and washington county. Back into the panhandle of west virginia, you can see this is part of a larger line of rain, but still pretty meager. Not seeing any bright colors on storm team 4 radar. As it passes over the mountains, it will continue to weaken. It be looks like it will be impacting again mainly during the morning hours. Temperatures right now pretty comfortable, so you want to go out for that Early Morning run, bicycle ride, you will be just fine. Temperature in washington around 66. So scattered showers around 8 00 a. M. , a temperature of 64. By noon, were near 70. Showers mainly east of the district. Along 95 and continuing to push off towards the eastern shore. By 4 00, a mix of clouds and sun when we hit our high of 73. Still breezy, 7 00 p. M. Were at a cool 64. So dining out tonight, tomorrow night or sunday night looking okay. But you probably want the sweat shirt or at least light jacket with temperatures generally in the 50s and 60s. Tomorrow high of 60 with mostly sunny skies. We lose the wind. Sunday easter, a high near 70, so warmer but more clouds. And then another chance of rain arrives on monday. Update to a crash . That crash finally out of the way. Prince georges county, 210 southbound near livingston road. And that is out of the way. Big look at the beltway right now, nice light volume as it should be. Prince georges county overall looking quite good. Dont have to worry about anything on branch avenue or pennsylvania avenue, 301 right now. 95 at fine, as well. Remember the funeral procession today for officer jacai colson of Prince Georges County, well have some short closures around 7 30 this morning and others around 12 30. Its the same section of closures. Were talking about inner loop at bw parkway, some part of powder mill road, part of central avenue, part of largo road as they make their way to the church. A terrifying moment for a driver who fell down four stories in a parking garage. This is in maryland. The 23yearold driver said she was just pulling into a parking space when her audi suv lurched forward. It crashed through a concrete barrier and landed on its roof. The driver wasnt seriously hurt, though. Incredible. In news 4 your health, doctors it at the Cleveland Clinic say victims of the deadliest heart attacks are getting younger. A new study says the average age has dropped from they say because many risk factors are on the rise including high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes. The Authorities Say many think taking cholesterol medication will prevent a heart attack, but instead people need to make a Lifestyle Changes that include a healthy diet and exercise. We return to the ncaa tournament. For a lot of you, there is only one team left to root for. Virginia. And they play tonight. Well have to be be really good at what we do. And, you know, try not to yield and of course make them earn everything and be as efficient as we can offensively. Of course they will try to do their thing. So thats always uv am is facing iowa state. Whoever wins plays again this weekend for a shot at the final four. The cavs have made it pretty far before, but never won a national championship. Be on the lookout for bears out roaming neighborhoods. The most recent was a black bear and cub earlier this week, two small black bears were seen crossing oakton road. Police are warning fabe neighb ka keep a safe dance. If you have plans to head down to the Cherry Blossom festival, you might need a jacket, but what about the umbrella some amelia segal has that and four things to know about the forecast at 5 31. But jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress whos authored landmark progressive laws marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. Good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. And im Erika Gonzalez in for eun yang. A few sprinkles out there today. And its only going to be very light in nature. Scattered light rain mainly during the morning hours. As we look to the weekend, chilly saturday as well as sunday morning. But we will be dry for the holiday weekend. More rain is possible on monday. Here is the latest on the Cherry Blossoms. Peak bloom is now. We will be breezy today, so that will bring some petal abouts down. I was down at the tidal basin last night and you could tell from the wind it was having minor impact on the blossoms, maybe bring building 5 pr down. Blooms will last 4 to 10 days, so with more rain and blustery conditions in the forecast, i would recommend going

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