a navy fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in virginia beach today.

there are currently three unaccounted for. however officials believe they may have been traveling. the f-18 suffered what is called catastrophic mek ck mechanical malfunction. two navy pilots. student and instructor dumped fuel and ejected just before the jet careened into the apartment complex. we have team coverage on the dramatic jet crash tonight. >> we begin at the scene right now, shamari stone is in virginia beach now with more on what happened down there today. >> reporter: people in virginia beach say it is remarkable no one was seriously injured. the navy jet fighter crashed on the other side of trees over there causing five buildings to catch on fire. the scene was terrifying as black smoeshke billowed out of buildings. moments after a navy jet fighter on a training mission crashed. it took off from nearby air

station oceana. >> i looked up. i could see the plane going straight up with no sounds of engine and pitch over and go down. >> reporter: there are three people unaccount ford tonight but not classified as missing. investigators haven't been able to make physical contact with them at this time a round, 40 apartment units are damaged or destroyed. wreckage was scattered throughout the courtyard. take a look at ejection seats. both pilots. instructor, student got out in time before the crash. only receiving minor injuries. this man rushed to help one of the pilots. >> he had blood coming out of his -- nose. make sure he didn't have any broken bones. he apologized for, for -- crashing into our complex. and i -- chuckled and, told him don't worry about it. we're alive. we'll get you out of here fast as we can. >> the navy said the jet is assigned to strike squadron. >> initial indications are that the aircraft suffered a

catastrophic mechanical malfunction. >> reporter: a few residents had minor injuries. in a written statement, virginia governor bob mcdonald says -- >> reporter: investigators have a lot of work to do. they will examine the scene and try to figure out what caused this failure. in virginia beach, shomari stone, news 4. >> jim handley continues our coverage. jim. >> reporter: as bad as the scene looks emergency personnel say it could have been a lot worse. witnesses saw fuel being dumped from the jet before it went on un. jet fuel found on vehicles and buildings in the area. that step may have prevented an even bigger explosion. and more importantly, saved countless lives. the jet that crashed has had problems in the past, the same model f-18 crashed in '08 in california. the crash killed a family of four and destroyed two homes.

we spoke with virginia governor bob mcdonald tonight. he had this to say -- stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the f-18 jet crash. we'll have updates throughout the weekend. we have video and pictures from the scene on nbcwashington.com. jim, doreen? >> gythanks. police believe a man may be barricaded inside a temp agency in hyattsville. this all started out as an armed robbery attempt, about, 5:00 this afternoon. it happened at the nextday staffing on university boulevard. police say everyone who works there was able to get out so far

no one has been injured. the incident also has the the eastbound lanes of university boulevard near 23rd avenue completely shut down. the family of a man who shot, was shot and killed, while handing out pizza fliers unnortheast d.c., is telling news 4 that man should not have been out there alone. the murder happened in february. it is still unsolved. jack gee bie benson with more. jackie? >> at the time of hiss murder there had been a series of armed street robberies in that area. now this crime has so unnerved fellow papa john's employees that some of them have quit. >> this 19-year-old, frankie, died for a $14 paycheck. carlos rivas says that's how much his brother earned handing out door tag fliers for papa john's pizza the day he was shot in the head near 10th and

gallowton, northeast. police think the crime may have been attempted robbery. >> heap just started working for papa johns. so he worked in, the pizzashop, making pizzas. some times out to promote. he was passing out door hangers. >> a witness described the young man being marched down the street with his hand behind his head like a captured soldier followed by two men. a gunshot rang out. carlos rivas says his brother, a graduate in prince george's county was working to help support his beloved baby son. >> we don't want him, the sich wau situation to be forgot any body else's brother, kid, father. >> the rivas family will be at the scene of the murder, 10th and gallowton streets, north east. 6:00 saturday evening. they hope to talk to people in the area. there is a $25,000 reward for

information in this case. reporting from d.c. police headquarters, jackie benson, news 4. back to you. >> jackie, thank you. the man believed to be behind a large drug smuggling ring into dulles international airport got a 14 year prison sentence today. 62-year-old edward mccauley orchestrate the the scheme, convicted of sneaking $800,000 worth of heroin past security. recruited people from ghana who lived in the u.s. to act as curry errs. the smugglers tries various ways to get drugs through security. they built compartments into their carry-on luggage and underwear. one person sewed two pounds of heroin into a wig. hearings under way in florida to review the controversial law at the center of the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman's lawyers say his killing of the unarmed black teenager is covered by the stand-your-ground law. it allows someone to use deadly force legally if they think they're in imminent danger.

a stand your ground task force has been listening to testimony on the law from concerned citizens. lawmakers will decide whether to repeal the law as early as the next week. no one has been arrested in connection with the february shooting of trayvon martin. >> there was mixed reaction from ward 8 residents after council member marian berry called asian businesses in ward 8 dirty shops. councilman barry made the comments on primary night. yesterday he apologized. while many people in the asian community were offended, one business owner we talked with today says, barry has the a legitment argument. >> if you look in front of the stores, there is not too many stores being swept, the windows are dirty, if you look on the ceiling tiles, take a picture of the ceiling tiles you can see mold, dust. >> councilman barry says while he apologizes for singling out asians he feels that all businesses in ward 8 can do better to keep their businesses

clean. >> temperatures are dropping out there. most areas under a freeze warning tonight. what's the deal, doug? >> what's the deal? we haven't had to deal with this a whole lot during months of march. march a very, very warm month. april is something different. going to start tonight. freeze warning in effect for just about everybody. does not include d.c. or southern maryland. but everybody else, if you are west of i-95. you are under that freeze warning. temperatures tonight will be at or below the freezing level. for many of you tonight. that is going to take, that is going to, make some plants out there, give some plants a hard time. cover up the plants. tell you how this cold air may not be done with us just yet. it may stick around for a while. >> thank you, doug. fairfax county board of supervisors expected to name edward long to succeed the county executive. long lives in centerville. a former deputy county executive. and chief financial officer. the anounlts nouncement expecte tuesday. griffin is retiring as county's

top manager. >> things returning to normal for sports department at howard university. all of the student athletes who have been declared ineligible to compete have been reinstated. spring sports teams will participate for the rest of the season. university withheld an unknown number of athletes from the games last friday. it was part of an, internal investigation, of possible violation of ncaa rules. maryland's house of delegates sharing its plan for a new national harbor casino. the plan in the house wad lou table games at newt casino. no slot machines. casino operators would get 85% of the revenue. the state would get the rest at the new national harbor facility if there is one. the state's share would go to prince george's county. the state senate is now -- trying to rework its version of the bill. lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill, before the assembly adjourns on monday. even if it does pass though, voters would have to sign off on

a gambling expansion and statewide referendum. >> there is finally an official winner in the mega millions jackpot. still can't tell you who it is. some one holding a winning ticket in kansas came forward to claim the prize. he or she chose to talk a lump sum of $158 million or $110 million after taxes. the person also chooses to remain anonymous. >> will tell you one interesting fact. they didn't discover until they had the winning ticket until monday. all of us were waiting around saturday, early monday. they did check their tickets on monday. >> two other winning tickets were sold. one was in illinois. the other in maryland. neither has come to lottery officials to claim their pritzs. a -- pritzs. who launched an attack against users of the mac. >> a waitress had to fight to keep her tip, $12,000 tip.

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maryland did not recognize same sex unions. it resurfaced after maryland pass aid bill legalizing same sex marriage. appeals judges are expected to make a decision in june. >> mac users, your computer may not be as virus proof as you thought. there is a trojan virus out there affecting macs, the virus infecting machines in a hole in the java software on the os lion operating system. a full investigation is under way. a minnesota waitress can now spend her $12,000 tip. back in november of last year, stacy says a customer told her to keep a take out box left at the restaurant where she worked. inside $12,000. initially police took the money and said she could keep it if no one claimed it in 60 days. 60 days came and went. police changed their story and said it was part of a drug investigation. so she sued.

>> overwhelmed. it is a lot of money. never, ever had that much money. >> she says she plans to use the money to pay some bills and possibly help with a downpayment on a house. millions of people around the world gather around a seder table for start of passover. among them the president of the united states. the president and first lady hosted a seder at the white house, in the old family dining room there. it was led by jewish members of president obama's staff. passover commemorates the story of exodus where the israelites were freed from slavery. pope benedict xvi marched in the way of a cross unrome. held in the coliseum where christians were martered in roman times. the way of the cross follows jesus' last hours of life through his burial. the somber ceremony also included prayers on suffering. on sunday the pope will lead an

easter celebration in saint peters square. >> now we know who will be some celebrity guests for this year's white house easter egg roll. julie ann moore, forest whitaker, andy roddick, dominique dawes, michelle kwan expected. and a high school band will perform. the event monday. hosted by president obama and his family. more than 35,000 people are expected to attend. just having 35,000 people over. in the yard. you know? just a little picnic. >> intimate gathering. >> michelle is like i got this. >> what a beautiful moon out there. >> amazing. they call it the pink moon. >> why is that? >> i know why. i don't have time to tell you. awe you'll put it on the website. >> it's on my facebook page. check it out there. it is called the pink moon. it was gorgeous out there tonight. still is, right now. what? out there right now, clear skies. and again, a beautiful,

beautiful night. all across the area. temperatures are falling. but not very quickly. and that's some good news for all the people that were out and about tonight. temperatures in most areas in the 40s and 50s. high temperature today, 62 degrees. low this morning, 42 degrees. today, the first day this month, actually, below average. even though we are at 62,average high is 63 degrees. freeze warning tonight. yeah, freeze warning, encompasses a large area to the west. still 54 out there. and this is why. we still have a little bit of wind, wind out of the northeast at 12 miles an hour. any time you have that wind it just keeps that air moving. and it does not allow it to cool quickly. although the dew point is 23 degrees. that tells you right there, dry atmosphere will allow things to cool when wind die down. they're expected to over the next cup hours. 41 in frederick. 48, manassas. 48 in culpeper. culpeper, 39 two hours ago. little wind. that wind, mixed the air up a little bit. bringing it up to 48.

we'll continue to see temperatures cool. as a result, that's why we have the freeze warning in effect. fairfax, montgomery. south and west. some areas will get close to the freezing mark. and below. maybe 30 degrees. talking about one of the coolest mornings we have seen in quite some time. satellite, radar, showing clear skies across the area. we are seeing nothing out there in regards to rain. once again wreshl, we need to s. boston, jacksonville, back to saint louis, chicago. 100% clear. no rain at all. i don't see any real chances for rain. and the pollen sufferers need to see rain. i don't see a good chance of it for well over a week. we have a couple chance for showers. no real good chance for rain. we saw plenty of sunshine today. cool temperatures. tomorrow, however, the mild air returns. i think we will see temperatures back into the mid to upper 60s tomorrow. and then on sunday, with plenty of sunshine. early. we will see nice warm temperatures, as a cold front makes its way toward us.

that cold front will bring in a few more clouds in the afternoon. it will allow many of you to warm up to 70 degrees. after the cold front moves through. monday looking good. but then we will see changes during the day on tuesday. maybe a chance of a shower on monday. right now. most of the day. should be on the dry side. tomorrow morning. clear skies. cold start. get out the coats. 29 to 38 degrees. tomorrow afternoon. take a look at these numbers. 61-67 degrees. plenty of sunshine. still a little bit on the breezy side. wind of 10, 20 miles an hour. that will not hurt temperatures sunday. look at that. 68, might as well go 70 sunday. monday, 67. 59, tuesday. wednesday also in the 50s. looking at a fairly cool pattern. maybe one of the cooler patterns that we have seen, in about the last month and a half to two months. >> get out there. >> about the color of the first spring flowers. the pink flowers. >> exactly right, doreen. glad. >> is that what -- >> my facebook page. >> that's it. got it right off your face book

page. >> coming up in sports. >> former terp giving the wizards the blues. >> tiger wasn't much of a happy

>> full pink moon out. and they're playing the masters. >> it doesn't get any better than that. >> down at augusta national, what's old is new. did you know that. in 1992. fred couples at 32 years old, at the time, shot a five under 67 in the second round. on the way to his first and only masters victory. 20 years later, couples is 52

years old. you know what he shot today? a second round, five under 67. he find himself in a tie, and atop the leader board at augusta. and five shots back of the leader. lee westwood. we pick him up on the par five eighth. third shot its a beauty. watch this. bounces within feet. of the cup. isn't that sweet. he birdied that hole. moved to two under. seven birdies. this one. long one on number nine. couples shot five under 67. tied with fellow american, jason duffner for the lead. now tiger woods. oh, my goodness. he did not have a good day. started out well. birdied two of the first three. and then -- he wasn't very good. he bogeyed two of the next three. whole lot of trouble with the short game today. then there was this. tee shot on 16. he is not happy. drops the club. kicks the club. ball goes into the bunker. the end result, his fifth bogey

of the day. tiger shot a three under 75, he is currently tied for 40. he is not liking that. okay. we're going to turn to basketball. three games. three nights. hard for any team. let alone a team that has won 12 games. and lost 43 of them. they lost on wednesday. they lost on thursday. the wizards were hoping tonight against the nets, might be different. it wasn't. new jersey. the site of the wizards last road win. which was back on march 21st. can you believe that. after starting the quarter, 0-7. wizards broke through. crawford. wall. team high. 18 points. later in the quarter. nets up 13. they go inside. and jordan williams. remember him. goes off the glass for two. williams was not done yet. under 30 seconds to go. first half. williams. that's sweet stuff. up and under. seven from, seven for seven from

the feed. career high, 14 points. and fourth quarter. nets up 18. new jersey win. and now is that embarrassing. baseball now, orioles opener. camden yards this afternoon. bottom of the first. one on. one out. and facing pravano. first at-bat. first home run. orioles early, 2-0 lead you. go, dude. on the mound now, jake arietta, first opening day start. bottom two. gets him looking. should have swung at that. arietta, seven innings, two hits. no runs. orioles win their opener, 4-2. same two teams. back all it. tomorrow night. >> all right. >> you did it. >> you did it. >> a week of sports. you are done, really. >> dan is back next week. >> he better come on back here.

>> yeah. like that delay again.

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