earshot of the secret service. we begin with jackie bensen. >> reporter: we need to tell you that a massive manhunt is underway at this time for a man who was seen firing what is described as an ak-47 with a scoop nowhere the white house at 16th and constitution northwest at the ellipse at the backside of the white house. you can see video of what it looks like right now. a man got out of a honda sedan with idaho license plates and began firing. we don't know if anything was struck. investigators are trying to find shell casings. because of the proximity to the white house the secret service was on the scene in seconds. officers took off in pursuit down constitution avenue. they were joined by d.c. police and arlington police at one point. constitution avenue was closed

from 16th street to 23nd. 23nd and constitution is where the chase ended. constitution is open now. back to you. >> thank you, jackie. just up the street is where shomari stone a few minutes after the gunshots and found the police there surrounding one car. he continues our coverage now. >> reporter: first i want to tell our viewers that 23nd street and constitution avenue has reopened. the cars are now going through. it is important to point out when we arrived on scene we saw the secret service agents by the car and all over the place. they are concerned because this happened in such close proximity to the white house and the washington monument. you can see the cars are now going through to interstate 66 leading to the roosevelt bridge. this is what it was like on

scene. the d.c. police found one of the cars involved in the shooting abandoned on constitution avenue. they are looking for the driver right now as jackie bensen told you. possible passengers and shell casings. they launched a police helicopter and have searched the roosevelt bridge. >> do you think there was one driver or two people in the car? >> i don't have have that yet. i think the thing that makes this of interest is simply the location. a bit like real estate the fact it occurred outside the white house area. there is no link to the white house as far as this is concerned. >> reporter: the park police gentleman walked up to us and said they found a rifle in the car. my colleague jackie bensen described it as an ak-47. it is important to point out

that police are searching for the people possibly involved in this. they have not confirmed finding shell casings but they are looking for the suspects involved in this. we will post information on www.nbcwashington.com. i'm going to be calling my sources and i will post updates on my twitter page shomaristone. i'm shomari stone, back to you in the studio. more on the news from venezuela where wilson ramos has been rescued. he was rescued by air in an operation thorszed by the president of venezuela, hugo chavez. his mother appeared on television celebrating his rescue. he was found in a mountainous region. armed kidnappers took him from outside his parents house a few days ago. fans gathered at the team's

baseball stadium hoping for ramos' safe return. students gather for a solemn as much as at penn state university as the focus shifts to the alleged victims of child sex abuse. the campus has a much everyone doubt feel than two nights ago. the emotions are running high and concerns remain about safety ahead of tomorrow's football game. there are reports that former wide receivers coach mike mcqueary is in protective custody and the university is safeguarding all events this weekend including no bags at athletic events. president obama said tonight while people care about sports the number one priority has to be protecting our kids. and every institution has to examine how their operate. chris gordon as more from the campus. >> the penn state students don't

want to be remembered for the riting this week. they want to be thought of for their traditions, for their caring and their sharing. they made it clear tonight at a candle light vigil for the victims of child sex abuse. it began with music. thousands of people gathered together holding candles, filling the lawn with light. we asked students from our area why they came? >> right now it is not all about joe paterno and the administration. they messed up but we have to help out the kids. >> this is a horrible tragedy but we have to rise above. >> reporter: two victims of abuse not connected with the scandal today spoke. there were tears. this is a way to remember those who were sexual abused not with violence like on tuesday night

expressing frustration that joe paterno was fired for not telling police that his aide was caught with a boy at a penn state shower. they spoke of traditions of helping, caring and sharing. the bell at the clock tower at old main rang ten times for victims. there was a moment of silence for the victims. and finally, what has come to be known as more than a football chant. >> we are. >> penn state. >> we are. >> penn state. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> now there is a heavy police presence here in state college but no sign of trouble and extra security at tomorrow's football game. that's the latest from penn state university. back to you in washington. >> thank you. stay with news4 for continuing coverage from penn state university.

we'll have a live coverage following the maryland and notre dame football game here on news4. outside moving toward the coldest night of this season. doug, looking chilly out there. >> very chilly. temperatures below freezing in some areas. frederick at 32. but manassas and culpepper at 28 degrees. the district the warmest at 43 right now. but the numbers nothing compared to tomorrow when we talk about the wind chill and the winds will be kicking up all weekend long. i'll show you what the weekend looks like coming up in the forecast. there is a manhunt underway in northern virginia for two men who led police on a chase up i-95. it started at 3:30 this afternoon when police spotted a car wanted in a threat. the driver refused to pull over. the trooper says the car sped away. the suspects were hit by a

tractor trailer near exit 150 in prince william county. two of the suspects took off running. the third was injured and air lifted to a hospital. one day after being appointed to the position the man in charge of reviewing mortuary problems is stepping down. richard carmona is leaving the panel to run for the senate. the pentagon admitted that veterans remains were mistreated in dover. some were cremated and dumped in a land vil in virginia. police in missouri to search for a missing baby girl today as the child's family marked her first birthday. her parents think she was kidnapped from their home. the parents are not cooperated. their attorney argue that the couple was interviewed for more than 30 hours on five occasions.

police have gotten thousands of tips about this case. president obama recognized troops from the deck of the "uss carl vinson." it was the vessel that buried osama bin laden at sea. some of the first attacks in the afghanistan war were launched from the deck of the ship. the president said that congress must work to get returning soldiers into the work force and all americans must recognize the work that military members do. three good samaritans from arlington got a thank you for police and a pizza they have been waiting for since august. two men heard a woman being attacked. the men waited for police to arrive. the friend helped the woman who was attacked but they also

missed the pizza delivery. tonight police said thank you and made things right. >> it's pretty amazing. i don't know. i can't put in the words. >> it's nice to have something. it's not a situation i will forget but it's a reminder, you know, it's nice. you know, we were glad we could help out. >> the suspect they caught is in jail away waiting trial. the national cathedral reopens tomorrow after being closed for ten weeks. it was closed because of damage from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake back in august. a bishop will be concentrated this weekend as part of the grand reopening. repairs will continue for years. they are estimated to cost at least $20 million. the dulles metro rail project is moving forward. the final part extends metro to

dulles international airport. the department of transportation will loan money for the project. virginia will contribute $150 million in state funds and there are be a toll hike. coming up tonight we'll tell you how teenagers are getting high off the internet. and a surprise milk surplus forces a coffee shop to give

it's one of the newest ways that teenagers are getting high and it's all on their computer. they are referred to as sonic or digital drugs. they are sounds that appear to have an intense impact on the mind. you can download the sounds from the websites. the sellers claim that listening to the frequencies can make you feel euphoric or energized. teens say it is similar to the experience of using real drugs. that has addiction specialists concerned. >> it's not exactly the same but it's near the same. >> it's not like you listen to an high dose for crack cocaine and then you are smoking a crack pipe. but if you have an

impressionable 13 or 14-year-old kid that does an high dose it may drop their inhibition a bit if they are presented with the drug to try it. >> the downloadable drugs are so new there are no studies to show the impact on the brain. pound coffee shop ended up with way too much milk. it turned to twitter to get rid of it all before it spoiled. >> well it's my week here as manager. we had a miscommunication when we did the milk order. we generally get 48 gallons of milk but we got 48 cases. we have 192 gallons of milk and it's way too much to us. >> some d.c. food trucks stopped by to pick up a few gallons and a lot was donated to the d.c. food bank.

>> and she turned it into a publicity opportunity. smart. >> an extra couple of zeros here. let's just order it anyway. we have it seems like numbers subtracted from the temperature now. >> big time. >> it's cold out there. >> we were at 68 a couple days ago. some areas 40 degrees colder than that right now at 28 degrees and tomorrow morning colder than that. look at this, a 99% full moon. earlier this moon right now waning. we will see less and less of the moon. a beautiful shot just absolutely gorgeous. for the record today a high temperature of 50 degrees. ten degrees below the average high and a cold wind chill expected overnight. 5 to 10-mile-per-hour winds will create significant wind chills in the morning. 43 out there right now. the winds around 3 miles per

hour. the winds have come down from the 20, 30, 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts we saw earlier today. when enthe sun comes up tomorrow around sunset the wind picks up again to 10 to 15 miles per hour. 43 in lees burg. 28 in manassas. 32 in frederick. take a look at the wind chill forecast over the next few hours through about 7:00 tomorrow morning. we go down to 22 to 24 degrees in frederick. about 27 in culpepper and the freezing mark at washington. some areas could be in the upper teens to lower 20s in some of the areas. a very cold morning. look at 9:00 in the morning if you are stepping out it could feel like 37 in the district. a cold start to the saturday. there is good news. clearing skies allow us to cool down. but today the winds were

northwesterly. tomorrow we stay be with the sun but it shifts out of of the southwest. it will be a warming wind and the temperatures should climb about 10 degrees warmer than today. on sunday more wind and cloud cover but milder conditions as temperatures on sunday afternoon should be in the low 60s. so that's good news there. tomorrow morning mostly clear, breezy and cold. the wind chills in the 20s. temperatures tomorrow actual temperatures about 26 to -- 27 to about 36 degrees. tomorrow afternoon pleasant request of sunshine. a nice day late because we will see the warming conditions after about noontime. it should be okay. but the winds could gust 25 to 30 miles per hour. will the stay breezy during the day on sunday with 61 degrees. monday is 64. we'll still see 20-mile-per-hour winds but no one is complaining.

a good day on tuesday if you like the rain and we have been on the dry side. we need to see a rain. a high of 65. that ushers in a cold front. but the next one will have almost no cold air behind it. cold tonight and that's about it. >> have a good weekend. >> thanks. dominion power is getting the okay to restart its nuclear power plant in virginia. it has been offline since the earthquake in august. dominion power owns the plant and spent 100,000 hours and $21 million in inspecting the reactors. the plant didn't suffer any functional damage. will the take ten days for the plant to be operational.

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an update to a top story tonight. wilson ramos rescued an an air operation. kidnappers snatched him from outside his parents house. ramos' mother talked to her son by telephone tonight. he says he is fine and wants to settle down and doesn't want to talk to the media right away. >> glad he is okay. >> that was scary. the caps play hockey tonight. tell me they won. >> we have good news. >> they won? >> they did. the caps in new jersey and here's the situation. washington lost four of the last six games and new jersey won three straight. and mike green back in the line-up for the first time since injuring his ankle three weeks

ago. looking sharp but not late in the first period. you might want to watching. he did skate off on his own. he is day-to-day. but he is confident that the injury is not serious. in the second period the caps down 1-0. backstrom wins the face-off and sends one to the net. ovechkin there. that's too easy for him. his seventh of the year. game tied at 1. third period devils on the power play. the puck in the blue line and skates past three devils. beats brodeur. the caps first short-handed goal of the year. we got -- here we go, buoy, maryland, george washington

basketball against eastern shore. edwards says no layup. a big block and up to the alley-oop. the colonials at the half. ware to taylor and a talented young man hits the floater. the coach of gw within their season opener 64-48. george mason wins the season opener 92-90 in overtime. and american university loses 66-56. first round of the high school football playoffs tonight. quince orchard against chevy chase. qo for the eighth year in a row. bcc making the first appearance in 16 years. the quince orchard cougars gave up 70 points in the year.

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i failed to open my hand on the shot to the head. what happened next was one of the scariest thing i have seen in my life. he had been hit and his instinct was to return fire immediately. the man hit me twice so fast and so hard i dropped to my knees and could not breathe and thought i was going to die. joe couldn't help hitting me like that but as soon as he did it he dropped to his knees and helped me up and while he was apologizing i was think for those two shots went to my head, the man would have killed me. smoken joe is gone now but i'm so sorry but i'm happy to be here because he was a nice guy until and unless you hit him. >> did that make it in your report? >> absolutely not.

we killed that film. >> i bet you did. we'll have updates on both of the breaking news stories tonight the shots fired near the white house and the rescue of wilson ramos starting at 6:00 a.m. that's it for now. have a great weekend. >> the tonight show is coming up next. to make a commitment is to see things through. confident that no matter what the obstacles we can build something better, together.

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