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the death toll continues to climb in chile. pacific island nations brace for a possible tsunami. i'm craig melvin. we'll get to that story in a moment. first, a brutal abduction of a woman. police have arrested a man in connection to a different crime but believe he could be connected to this crime. darcy, i just understand they just identified a suspect? >> reporter: yes. george torres is crged with robbery and abduction, an incident that happened in arlington a couple of weeks ago,

but a strong suspect in this morning's abduction and sexual assault. we are told he is an active duty marine a woman who was abducted, beaten and sexually asauled was dumped here in prince william county. she somehow was able to seek help and get to a hospital. >> it's obviously very disturbing and raises a lot of concerns. i have a niece that goes to the bus stop right up the street. >> being this close to home is scary. you have to pay attention to who is out there. >> reporter: it started in this 600 block of wakefield. a man with a gun forced two women into a house and tied them up. he made one of the women get into his car and drove her to prince william county. at some point she was sexually assaulted. >> she was seriously injured and

left in prince william county by the suspect. she regained consciousness and made it to a roadway where she contacted pris for help. >> reporter: this is a composite sketch of a suspect that could connected. the man robbed a woman at gun point in arlington on february 10th. police say it could be the same gunman who abducted the women this morning. >> a strong possibility it could be the same suspect. >> reporter: this ce has frightened many. >> horrifying to think that could happen on my street to two girlts that are just walking home. >> reporter: a u.s. marine has been arrested in connection with an abduction and robbery that happened a couple of weeks ago in arlington. he is a suspect in the abduction of the women and sexual assault that ended in prince william county. he is being processed by arlington county police. darcy spencer, news 4.

>> darcy, thank you. a small plane went down in an arundel county killing a man inside around 4:30 this afternoon in edge water. the single engine plane crashed into a neighborhood half a mile from lee airport. crews arrived to find the plane in the yard of a house on warehouse creek lane. the fire did not spread to the home. witnesses ran to the crash to try to help. >> what i did, i was sitting in the family room. it sounded like a crash, a big boat falling from 20 feet hitting the water and i looked out into the water and saw a big wave lik something hit the water. i thought that is really strange. then i went over and looked through the window and i saw the -- there was something in the tree on fire and the whole tree was on fire. >> investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that plane to go down.

now to the latest on the devastating earthquake that rocked chile. the 8.8 earthquake collapsed billions, homes, landmarks, and bridges. hundreds are still missing tonight. george lewis has that story. >> reporter: surveillance cameras caught the moment the earthquake hit at 3:34 this morning, the ground shaking and shaking and shaking for a minute and a half, that seemed like an eternity to the 3 million people in chile. when it was over there was this, in the capital santiago, buildings toppled. according to the housing minister half a million homes destroyed or severely damaged across the country. highways buckled and torn up. bridges destroyed, only a few pilings left standing, cars tossed around like toys. i don't know how i got out, this man said. but the building just fell.

there was a gas leak and efg. the gas leaks and shorted electric lines set off fires. >> it got bigger and more intense. >> reporter: a freelance journalist spoke to us over a skype video. >> the sky was changing colors. i didn't know what was happening. i thought it was armageddon. royal chile is a seismically active country, so they have practiced for this. chilean president michelle bachelet says there is no water, no electricity and very little gasoline. she called it a state of catastphe. >> the united states plems to assist in rescue and recovery and we have resources to deploy

should the chileanovernment ask for our help. >> reporter: it is a region where the world's tectonic plates bump against one other. >> the plate is going against south america very quickly, we get these huge earthquakes along that margin. >> reporter: there have been at least 50 aftershocks. >> you don't know when it's going to stop. you don't know if it is going to get any bigger or stronger, it is going to hit us again. you only hope and pray it is going to stop soon. >> meanwhile, as one expert put it, hawaii dodged a bullet. the earthquake sent tsunami-force waves barreling across the pacific. there were fears hawaii could be hit with eight-foot waves. by the tim the tsunami arrived, the waves were much smaller than expected. however, japan is still

preparing for the possible arrival of large waves there. seaworld reopening following this week's deadly killer whale attack. there are sweeping changes at the park. on the eve of the closing ceremony, another historic night in vancouver. we go live there and d.c.'s supposedly broken snow melter, spotted in action today. we will tell you all about that. chuck, what's you got? >> d.c.'s real snow melter, springtime, a little ways away. >> they did not need a melter on the track. danica patrick leaves nascar with a dud. the georgetown hoyas run out of luck and the terps and hokies were delayed three hours, but, man, was it worth the wait.

seaworld reopened to the public today but noticeable changes to its killer whale show. a trainer drown when a whale pulled her under. hundreds packed the amphi theater for the first show since the attack. trainers are no longer allowed in the tank with whales. two planes collided on the tarmac at reagan national around 9:30 this morning. the two us airways clipped wings while taxiing. one flight was headed to ft. lauderdale. the other plane just arrived from laguardia. it had to be taken out of service completely. fortunately no one was hurt. officials are trying to figure out who or what may be responsible for the collision. the ongoing mystery surrounding the whereabouts of

d.c.'s snow melter may be over. it has been spotted in action. news 4 cameras caught this video clearing streets at 10th street today. they bought that snow melter for $120,000 in 2003. it was not used in the record snowstorms. city officials said it was broken, tough to operate, not worth using. the city has not called us back tonight. after the break, we head to vancouver where bode miller skis in his final quest for gold. we are not out of the woods yet, folks. we could see more snow this week.

what's this you say, chuck bell, about more snow coming this way? >> we have a chance for more snow. snow flakes flying in western maryland, not part of the next system. the next is arriving tuesday night/wednesday time frame. on your saturday night, partly cloudy skies, nearly full moon overhead. temperatures topped off in the mid to high 40s, back in the upper 30s. 39 at national airport with a west wind at five miles an hour. we had a little snow. it ended up exactly a trace, most of it fell between 3:30 to 4:00 this morning on my drive into work.

the mid 30s in fairfax, loudoun county, 36 in manassas, 36 in baltimore. earlier i showed you the picture of the crocuses coming up. this is western maryland, garrett county. so far for the winter now, 256 inches of snow and it is still coming down. oakland, maryland, has had 36 inches of snow. oakland is in far western maryland. the snow flakes dropping southbound out of pennsylvania. one or two may make it to the washington area, but it won't be an accumulating snow. conversational snow flakes for late tonight and into the day tomorrow the main area of low pressure spinning its wheels in new york, pennsylvania. moisture coming off the great lakes and wrapped around from the atlantic ocean on to the

western sides of the appalachian mountains and the upslope areas have been getting hammered in the last couple of days. as we go forward in time, the area of low pressure works out to sea tomorrow. good riddance to it. some of the folks in new jersey, western massachusetts and new hampshire have had 36 to 50 inches of snow with that one storm. they are glad to see that go away. for us high pressure coming in, a fairly quiet day tomorrow and a nice day on monday. partly cloudy skies by morning, watch out for a chance of black ice. where you saw a puddle today, you may see ice tomorrow. 47 for a high tomorrow with a mix of clouds and sunshine, flurries up to the northwest. breezy and sunny on monday with a high near 50, and 40% chance of rain/snow mix tuesday afternoon, tuesday evening and a

mix on much of the day on wednesday before cold but dry air comes in thursday, friday, saturday time frame. craig, it is too early to talk about a mound, but a little talk is enough to make people queasy. on the eve of the closing ceremonies, another huge night for the americans. we want to take you back to 1948 and introduce you to the american four-man bobsled team this is a team that brought home the gold. there they are right there. that was the last time the americans won that event until tonight. phil rogers is live in vancouver with the recap of all the day's events. hey, phil. >> reporter: hi, craig. this was quite an achievement this was that bobsled that was developed by geoff bodine by nascar a super bobsled with so many secrets they wouldn't reveal them. it paid off today.

let's look at what happened today. firmly the team was called usa one. steve holcombe and his crew called the sled the night train. they rode the mountain like it was riding on rockets. they claimed a bobsled medal for the first time since an american team won in st. mar ritz in 1948. tomorrow the last event, marquee matchup, u.s.nd canada face each other in the men's hockey final. whatever the outcome, the united states is assured of leaving vancouver on top of the medal count. for team canada the nation's hockey pride is, of course, on the line. elsewhere today, speedskater chad hedrick and his u.s. teammate took a silver in the team pursuit. for chad hedrick it was a big moment. he leaves vancouver with two olympic medals. he now has, craig, five medals in five different events.

what an achievement. >> how about it. phil rogers in vancouver. thank you so much. see you tomorrow. up next in sports, highlights from a thriller in blacksburg plus the hoyas run in the red hot irish at the verizon center.

whether you are a hokies' fan or terps' fan, doesn't

matter. heck of a game. >> virginia tech was 14-0 at home. home became less comfortable for the hokies. the game delayed three hours because of a water main break. the school said it couldn't let 10,000 fan into the coliseum with no working bathrooms. they gave up. people were told if you had to use the facilities you had to leave the building. nobody wanted to leave the building. the terps win 104-100 in double overtime. there it is. there she blows. the water main break. first tie at 84. graves vazquez, the three-pointer from the corner made it 87-le 4. on fire tonight. a minute to go in overtime. malcolm delaney to j.t. thompson. finds terrell bell. he drains the three. tech led by one. tied at 89. gary williams loves this pressure.

second overtime, the terps lead by two. vazquez takes control. the runner in the lane. 41 points for vazquez. up 93-89. malcolm delaney takes the inbounds pass, drives all the way, goes for the layup. the terps led by one. seth greenberg praying the hokies have the lead. eric green misses the three, sean mosley grabs the rebound and the terps win 104-100. they lock up second place in the acc. they play duke on wednesday. while maryland hands tech their first home loss in 15 games, georgetown left verizon center disappointed. unranked notre dame was without the nation's second leading scorer, luke. austin freeman not starting

because he was battling the flu. ineffective, five points. 23 minutes. tori jackson fires the three. misses. carlton scott with the follow-up duck. chris wright drives, dishes to greg monroe. he misses, jum yan vaughn is there. georgetown within five. the hoyas still down. they force a loose ball. greg monroe can't corral it. carlton scott knocks it away, into the hands of ben hansbrough. he came up huge for notre dame. the irish upset georgetown. hoyas at west virginia. hey, to foggy bottom. karl hobbs always energetic. first half, tied. sloppy pass. gary reen steels it the colonials hustle back, force a

turnover. gets the loose ball to dwayne smith for the dunk. gw up by two. later in the half the colonials were up by four. off the charlotte miss, jabari edwards grabs the rebound, almost throws it away. taylor nails the tee-pointer. taylor with 16 points. the colonials beat charlotte 75-70 and clinch a spot in the a-10 tournament for the first time since 2007. it was a spirited nascar nationwide race tonight in vegas. ken harvick told his pit guys they looked like a bunch of idiots, but they rebounded to earn him his first nationwide win. danica patrick in her last race spouted off about the driver that caused her to wreck. danica patrick will take a four-month break to return to indycar racing. halfway through the race,

michael mcdowell was down a lap in the way. caused danica to lose control, go into that other car. danica patrick finished 31st. after that she had a lot to say. >> i learned for sure. we had a good car. we really did. i said that earlier. we have a better car than where we qualified. unfortunately, we got caught in a bad situation with a driver who wasn't looking and probably a spotter who wasn't calling. i probably should have seen the tape on the left rear bumper and shouldn't have been on the left rear bumper. >> here he is, number 33, kevin harvick would go on to win the race. kevin harvick dominating fax gets his first nationwide, denny hamlin second, carl edwards third. danica said after that race the one guy who helped her out was

the winner, kevin harvick. he was using his hand out the window and motioning for her. it is a huge learning process for her. he was being polite. i love listening to her because you don't know what is going to come out of her mouth. >> tomorrow team usa 3:15. all new "snl" coming up. see you back here tomorrow. until