inside his home last night in the del rey section of alexandria. police are calling it a case of murder. >> he really was rather fragile, very kind and appreciative. we all just loved him. >> joe and his wife had complained about thefts at their home before. they have security cameras. they have security lights. now in a surprise move early this morning, police arrested 45-year-old marie mabel johnson and charged her in connection with a burglary at the house last november. they say she took silverware and electronic equipment. she has not been charged in connection with the murder last night. doubly sad that joe died the night before valentine's day. you see, they say joe and his wife miriam were very much in love. they got married in vegas about ten years ago when he was 84 and

she was 76. joe's wife owns numerous condos along richmond highway, apartments she rents out to people in need. they say she's a generous landlady who helped people get their lives back together. jacobs is one of those people. she believes someone may have targeted this couple. >> and then to kill a man like joe rohrs? >> if they knew him, he was sweet, he was so funny. he was an outgoing man. this was a 94-year-old man. who would -- it was just -- it was heartbreaking to even hear about. >> reporter: now back to the woman picked up this morning, charged in that november burglary here. please looking at a possibility she may have rented an apartment from this couple. what do police have to say about her?

more on that coming up at 6:00. live in alexandria, pat collins, news4. georgetown university police catch a burglar in the act. the man they say was trying to open doors at townhouses here on prospect street. police tell us he had a backpack full of burglary tools. after arresting the suspect, they discovered he was on probation for a previous burglary and still had his ankle brace lett on. he was arrested by plain clothes officers, a tactic they're using after at spike of burglaries on campus. no one was seriously hurt with the icy roads, before it a scene repeated over and over during or rush hour commute. >> it was ugly this morning. this afternoon, the sun helped melt away the trouble on the roads. as one storm moving in, we're already looking ahead to another one.

>> let's get the latest from chief meteorologist doug kammerer. how's it looking for the days ahead? >> looking pretty good. we talked about the ice pretty good. tonight we're going to be talking about what is nice -- a beautiful shot, current temperature out there right now at 48, winds out of the south at about 7 miles per hour. notice what's happening around the region. temperaturewise we are on the warm side, 51 at fredericksburg, 48 in manassas, as we make our way through the next couple hours, let's head down into portions of the d.y. metro area. nothing to show you on the radar, but here's what i'm talking about, down towards woodley park, over toward the petworth area, this is what you can expect. 43 degrees by 7:00, 40 by 11:00, waking up tomorrow morning to 36 degrees. the next 24 hours, not a lot to worry about, but after that? we see a lot of changes coming in towards the weekend. it's a megamerger, and it's about to take flight. american airlines and us airways

announced plans to create one, creating the world's largest carrier. adam tuss is live at reagan t. and what it could mean for flights in and out of our region. >> reporter: jim, let me show you something here. all the planes you see, us airways, us airways, us airways. 7 out of 10 flights here is us airways on american. this would in essence create the world's largest airline form the airline would operate under the name american airlines. here at reagan national, where the majority of slots are occupied by either us airways or american airlines, price is on the minds of frequent fliers. >> they don't have to compete. if you don't have to compete you don't have to worry about keeping passengers happy.

>> reporter: we should say this is a planned merger. there are still some procedural hoops. also, if the deal does go through, airline leaders are quick to point out they don't know what a business strategy would even look like. doing laws kidd is the association of airline passengers, he isn't sugar-coating the potential impact. >> i think it will definitely mean higher prices. american is in bankruptcy if they are to survive, they'll have to raise prices. >> there's not a lot of competition, at least for where i fly between tampa and dca. so that's a concern. >> reporter: reporting live at reagan national airport. adam tuss. metro gave an explanation for what led to the meltdown about three weeks ago where

passengers were stranded for hours. the transit agency says when metro emergency personnel responded to reports there were smoke in the station, they cut the power to a section of track by mistake. mitt rho also admitted today that communication during this episode was poor. metro apologized to riders, said the transit agency has to do better. 150 riders fed up with being stuck on the trains climbed up an emergency exit and walked the tracks to get out. >> a news4 iteam investigation, leading to a new law here in the district. >> tisha thompson joins us with what that all means. >> wendy, the team told you first about scooter riders in d.c. getting hits with dozens of tickets because of a confusing and outdated law. according to the law at the time, all scooters, even

motorized kiddie bikes were considered motorcycles, meaning the driver had to have a motorcycle license. that also led to barry daniker getting tick after ticket for parking his scooter on the sidewalks, since motorcycles aren't allowed to that. mary kay promised to introduce a bill to clarify the law. it passed, and the mayor just signed it into law. here's a breakdown of the new law. scooters are now called motor-driven cycles. as long as they go under 30 miles per hour, they can park on psych walks outside the central business district if they're not blocking anything. if the vehicle goes over 30 miles per hour, it's considered a motorcycle. both must be registered, insured and inspected in the district, but only motorcycles require a motorcycle endorsement on their license. both now remember a helmet. to read the new d.c. law, log-on to nbcwashington.com.

tisha thompson, news4 i-team. today a group of moms came to lobby congress to pass strict gun control measures. volunteers from one million moms for gun control and the children's defense fund delivered teddy bears with a broken heart. they want lawmakers to tighten loopholes in gun transactions. cleopatra henderson was there. her 15-year-old daughter was gund down in chicago just a week after she participated in president obama's inauguration. >> something needs to be done. i've said it before. it's the job of the congress or whomever creates the law and they're required to put entire reinstructions on guns, then someone needs to do their job. >> organizers chose valentine's day to ask congress to fast-track gun safety laws. president obama wants to

make quality affordable preschool available to all 4-year-olds across the country. he took that message to decatur, georgia, that it has to start at the earliest possible age. he pitched the plan in his state of the union address this week. >> kids, when they go into kindergart kindergarten, the first day if they have fewer vocabulary words, they don't know their numbers and shapes, and have the capacity for focus, you know, they're going to be behind that first day. and it's very hard for them to catch up over time. >> the president also toured a childhood education center. during that visit, he paused to talk and play with the kids. it's his second day on the road. he's promoting the initiatives for his second term. today the redskins general manager is ways in on the fight

over the team name. there are calls by something because they consider it offensive. the skins are relocating from ashburn to richmond, and julie carey tells us the reaction to the controversy and the beginning of this new era. >> reporter: earth-moving equipment hum outside as they did the ceremonial groundbreaking for what will officially be called the redskins training center, but press questions afterwards focused on a different name, the team name, and whether it was -- the redskins would consider a name change. bruce alen's one-word answer -- no. >> it's ludicrous to think we're trying to offend anyone. >> reporter: the team is building a new training facility just behind the science museum.

it will feature two football fields with improved spectator areas. allen says it would be worth the drive for fans from the metro area, used to that quicker trip to ashburn. >> the benefit to richmond residents goes far beyond having the training facility in their backyard. eventually there will be a sports medicine facility and school kids will be able to use the field when the skins aren't here. the governor says the most important part of the deal is to keep the headquarters in ashburn. >> it was to keep them permanently planted. they've agreed to put $20 million. >> reporter: richmond city leaders incest the facilities will be ready to go. julie carey, notify. the double amputee wo inspired people from around the world is now charged with murder. his model girlfriend is dead tonight, and now we're learning

what's next for the olympian. also a disturbing discovery. we're getting the first look at an arsenal of weapons stashed away in a cave. plus a couple from our area hit the lottery jackpot big time. they stepped forward today to collect a check worth more than $200 million. what these government workers will do now. "news4 at 5" is just getting started.

he inspired the world with the obstacles he overcame to compete in the olympics. now the double amputee, aspiriner known as the blade runner is suspected of murder. oscar pistorius was arrested this morning after a deadly shooting in his house. hi model girlfriend reeva steenkamf, shot multiple times. police say pistorius was the only person in the house at the time. he'll make his first court appearance tomorrow. skin safety is on the agenda in virginia's general assembly today. lawmakers just tabled a bill to keep young teenagers out of

tanning beds. >> we're introduced to the local students who are still fighting for some change. >> reporter: senior year in high school, well, that's normally when students start to slack a little. not the case for emma and tara. >> i have a history of skin cancer in my family. >> i even had a scare of skin cancer myself. so this really hit home for me. >> reporter: they're spending the last year trying to change virginia law. they want the commonwed to ban children 14 and younger from using tanning booth. for the 15 to 17-year-olds, they want parents to give written approval before the lights go on. >> i can think of one or two people who have definitely overused tanning booths, and it's kind of concerning. >> reporter: they teamed up with state senator george barker. >> he was down to earth, helping us when we were nervous to present this bill. >> their research and work has been outstanding. >> reporter: he's worked with

centreville high school students on legislation that the students initiate. it's not about turning the bill into law, but a lesson by determination. >> you have to have persistence. i do have a sign on my desk that says never never never give up, and there are some legislation that i've gotten past, i didn't get passed the first year. >> they get that. if not this session, eventually they want to see their bill become law. >> it would be really exciting to be a part of this process and tell people, yeah, i made a law, no big deal. >> reporter: in centreville, virginia, i'm david culver. the asa strongly believes that decisions regarding uv light should be left in the hands of the parents. banning teens will push them to unregulated alternatives. >> a lot of real sunshine out there today.

>> this whole week has been a bit of a roller coaster. >> today 50, bunden sunshine, and guess what? tomorrow afternoon may be more coming down. a plane getting ready to land. you can see off in the distance, we are looking at a very, very nice night tonight. it's going to be a nice evening, too, as temperatures are a bit above average. winds out of south, along with that sunshine. around the region. 43, notice along the bay, much colder. annapolis only 42 with the bay influence. on the radar, nothing to so you, we're not going to see any chains of rain, rain or snow, that is. we have sunshine now with very nice conditions. that gives way tomorrow to

partly cloudy skies. still rather mild ahead of our next cold front. by tomorrow night, we're talking about colder air moving in just in time for a storm system. it breaks it down into snow across the region. you can see this starting off mostly as rain, but it will turn things colder. overnig overnight, you're not out of it completely. and by the afternoon, most of it is out of here. so once again, a very quick event. how about an inch. well, that would be down the south. over towards the eastern shore, good chance of an inch. we've had 1 1/2 inches all

winter. it will be nice to have one inch or move. there won't be any area that's completely out of this. and really see how big it's going to be. that will move on through quickly. here's what i'm worried about, at least a bit. cold and rather breezy. we have much colder air moving in this weekend. temperatures 27 to about 34. tomorrow afternoon, a mixture of sun and clouds. a nice afternoon early. actually we could go even warmer than that with a high of 56, but 39 on saturday, 37 on sunday, a chance of flurries on sunday, and the windchill on sunday most likely in the 20s all day long. another chance of rain on tuesday. right now wednesday, next thursday, cooler, and a bit below average. once again, not all that bad. so we've got a couple things to look forward to over the next couple days.

you know we will keep you ahead of all of it. >> counting on it. a d.c. couple says i do, but it's where they exchanged vows that's making some headlines. to try to have maryland's death penalty re -- and two officials do not see eye to eye on what should happen next. we'll have that report coming up. it was the first day of workouts for the pitchers and catchers. we'll go live to dan hellie with manager davey johnson who says world series or bust. there's a plan to make this an urban area. i'll tell you where it's going to happen here in

it's raining down in florida. >> they got some work in despite thenary weather. >> reporter: remember all that gloating about the 82 degree temperatures? forget about it. this place is terrible. i'm kidding, but the nationals actually gop almost all of their first workout in before the rain ended up coming, but the big story today is rafael soriano, the new $14 million a year man

nowhere to be found. he's having visa problems. not out of the norm to have visa issues. he used to play for the yankees, now the nats, they hope to have him here in a couple days or so. no worries, though, about the closer. >> i'm not worried about him. he's a red ran pitcher. i'm sure he's not sitting there watching tv. >> reporter: without soriano, the rest of the pitchers and catchers went to work. they had a lot of firepower. dan haren, a three-time all-star

to round out the staff that's unrivals. now, nobody is shying away from the expectations, but nobody want to look too far away, i did. >> it's only february 14th. we have a long time ahead of us. we're very confidence in our club. >> it's a long season. you have 162 battles, and you have to be you have for each battle. >> the expectations are really high. you know, having davey johnson, i don't want it to be the last year, but his last year, hopefully we can make it go out on top. >> bryce harper among the

position players who have arrived in camp early. he's already making his pitch for where he wants to bat. >> the 2 spot i think is good to mea, and then behind me, you know, wherever he wants to put me that's fine. davey is a great manager. that's the only thing that matters to me. with the addition of a left-handed bat leading off, i like spring will be kind of a test. >> looks like bryce harper could be moving on down in the lineup. perhaps the 3 hole. he also moving up in weight class. guys, we'll have move coming up from a rainy vieira.

>> tiny violins. your hair's not as spiky right now. coming up, over 100 guns hiding in a cave. how police discovered them. help may be on the way. someone came up with a plan to help the government avoid budget cuts that will impact thousands of government workers. usually when you're traveling and you get to the airport, you already have bought your ticket. one man decided to buy a different kind of tickets. now he's a mult

and take a look at the temperatures around the area right now. siding at 50 degrees at college park. at about 48 degrees. what are you expecting tonight? how about 39 degrees by 8:00, rather cool conditions, but not cold. 11:00 starting to see a few more clouds come in. tomorrow looking good. we'll talk about it in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. a fredericksburg couple says they are still in shock after winning the powerball jackpot. >> david honeywell bought it at an airport kiosk.

richard jordan was there as the couple collected their winnings. >> reporter: they are celebrating a $10 quick pick power ball purchase. the honeywells are the only winners of a $217 million jackpot, but the money hasn't made much of an impact yet. >> i'm still doing my own dishes and laundry. life doesn't change that way. >> reporter: two weeks ago he flew out of richmond to denver. the computer scientist works for the department of defense and routinely travels. hi wife also works at the d.o.d. he says he likes the convenience of flying out of richmond, but this time when he handed the ticket to the gate agent, he had another ticket to take hip on the run of his life.

all five numbers and the powerball a perfect match. >> i saw the powerball number first, and i thought i won -- and my hands were shaking so bad, i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: he continued with his business trip, but kept it close. >> i kept feeling my front pocket. every so often i would go in the room to see if the ticket was still in there. very nervous. >> the threat of sequestration had the couple concerned with layoffs and furloughs, but now both will leave the defense department. he planning to keep his job for another month, his wife will retire in a couple weeks. the first big purchase is a new car. >> the car is 13-year-old, a dodge neon, so we're finally going to retire that and get something new to drive. >> the honeywells say they will still around living in fredericksburg about another year, but the ultimate goal is to move out west in their new retirement home. reporting from rich more, richard jordan, news4.

wow, this is the first winning powerball ticket sold in virginia. they're taking the $136 million lump sum cash option numbed of the pesky annual payments. some hairoing moments on the highway this morning after a driver refused to stop for police. this was the scene around 4:00 after a parked police officer tried to pull someone off for a minor traffic violation, that driver took over. there was a short chase the driver's in custody, and the road back open. there's no work what charges that person is facing. fortunately no one was hurt. >> governor o'malley is pushing to get rid of the death penalty. some say the state needs to keep capital punishment, especially in the most heinous murder case. tracee wilkins report from the statehouse. >> the death penalty is

expensive and the overwhelming evidence tells us it does not work. martin o'malley testified before senate and house economiees in support of his bill, calling for the repeal of the death penalty. >> it does not make us stronger or more secure. >> the governor, a former baltimore state prosecutor and mayor, is calling for maryland's death penalty to be replaced with life without parole. he asked the executive to testify in support. >> we didn't reduce homicides by inputting the death penalty. how we reduced homicides was providing more education service, providing health jair, wrap-around services. >> while they support ending the death penalty, angulo supports it. and is calling for it in the state's case gills darrell

ballard. in a statement, also there are instances where there are circumstances where the crime is so egregious that it's appropriate to file for the death penalty. senator anthony mute, voting on the repeal, says he differs. >> i see what you see is those coming from the public safety perspective saying what else do we have. we're saying we have better. >> reporter: it would be the sixth state to do so in recent year if it decides to. and why executive baker has a personal connection to seeing it repealed. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. up on capitol hill, senate democrats unveiled plans to unveil deep spending cuts known as the sequester. the plan calls for a minimus 30%

tax rate. half of the plan would be paid for with news cuts divided more equally. that man is expected to fail with congressional republicans who are opposed to the new taxes. a d.c. couple tied the knott this valentine's day. how they got hitched at one of most exclusive spots in the country. i'm liz crenshaw. illegal robbo-calls are becoming more frequent and ♪ [ instrumental ]

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from now on valentine's day will have special meaning. >> you may remember jose. in to 11 barbara harrison spent some time with him at the fbi field office. fluvio and stacy decided they wanted him to be their son. earlier today that adoption became final. here's the happy family, jose looking grown up. he has a new sister julie, and new mom and dad. we wish them all the best. we do indeed. a couple from our areas got hitched, but valentine's day probably won't by the reason they remember it. they tied the knott up in new

york on top of the empire state building. they called getting married above the skyline the perfect way to start their new lives together. >> we came to visit the impair state building with our family, and we saw that one day a year couples could be married, and we applied to do so. >> we have four children, you know, a memorable wedding experience and that's a little office ordinary, so what a place to come. >> the sky's the limit. lori ann and dam got picked from couples all over the country after submitting their story on the empire state building facebook page. it's the end of an era at a d.c. high school. we'll find out what's again for cingar high. just when you thought things couldn't get worse on the cripple cruiseship, there's another delay, and we have a new look at the awful conditions on board. >> we saw a beautiful day

today. the radar all clear right now, but that will 23409 be the kay tomorrow night. what you can expect

so the phone rings, you pick it up, hear a recording. sound familiar? that's a rob ocall. >> most of them are illegal. as liz crenshaw reports, they're becoming more common. >> the recorded pitch in most cases is illegal. if you press a button to speak

to an operator to tell them to stop calling you, sometimes things get dicey. >> no one likes to be called names. i wasn't doing anything wrong. i simply wanted him to stop calling me. >> reporter: she says he was verbally abused. she said she received nine phone calls from out of state numbers within a week. the calls started like many, promising to lower an interest rate, but from the selling, the call quickly escalated. >> your eligibility expires shortly. >> i asked him several times to take the number off. the last time i got a big earful. >> please consider this your final notice. >> he immediately went off on me personally, uses tons of the four-legislate words. >> >> so you are robo-calls legal? yes and know if they're with a chairs or, the call is legal.

if the call is selling us something, you have to give the company permission to call you. if most of the rob off-calls illegal, why are so many tips calling you companies are yew all odialers. we're aware this is a procedure with the ftc, which is why it's an enforcement priority. >> he says in addition to most of the calling being illegal, many are pitching outright scams. >> they lie about their products, they lie about the refunds. they lie about what they're going to do, and they'll say anything to make a sale. >> this is your second and final notice. >> over the last few years, the ftc has stopped billions of

robo-calls, but says tracing the calls are tough. it can knowledge allows them to hide their location. >> we know what a problem they are, and our job is to find them and shut them down. >> what should you do if you ebds up in a rotation? the ftc says hang up the phone, do not press 1 to speak or any other number to get off the list. if you respond, the ftc says it will likely lead to more robocalls. also ask your phone company to block the number. always report the call to the ftc. >> i sat stunned. i should have hung up immediately, thinking back. okay. so don't forget to put your nut better on the list.

>> it is maddening. >> it is. >> we'll see a pretty being change as we head into the weekend, but this evening not bad. 48 degrees, winds out of the south at about 7 miles per hour. really a nice day today. by tomorrow asp and tomorrow evening things will start to change. here we are at -- notice the cloud cover starting to come in. watch what happens here around 2:00 a.m. rain, snow, a bit of a mixture coming in, but look to the west, starting to snow there. around the entire area, but early saturday morning, we could see some ache calculation. once again a very quick-moving system, very similar to the ones

we have seen. best chance for an inch good chance of an inch, including the i-95 corridor. it won't necessarily happening for everybody, but we'll way and see. it's not going to effect what's happening tomorrow. this is the ymca out in louding county, the biggest event of the year called chocolates galore and more, happens at the national conference center. they have all kinds of chocolate. they send me a ton of them. wendy, wouldn't you know it, it's in red just in time for valentine's day. i will be giving you one of these. it's from me, trust me. if you are out there, try simply cakes by alison. they make the best cakes. 37 on sunday, and then temperatures moderate just a

bit. guys, plenty of chocolates here. after the show, come and get them. >> why do i have to wait? bring them in here right now. >> it's a long walk. >> you could burn some of it off. >> new shopping destination in an acosta. grubs pharmacy celebrated the grand opening today. along with filling prescriptions they have coffee, pastries, grab some lunch too. the store opened in august, but the owners wanted to wait until they were sure everyone was running smoothly to have the big party today. >> that makes sense. nice. spingarn high school was one north to nba greats. >> a lot of history, but tonight is the team's last home basketball game. tom sherwood is live in northeast with more on why this is the school's final season. >> jim, when you talk about

hometown washington, you're talking about places like spingarn. >> these two just mung. school yearbooks. >> and old video tell the groanway story. championship sports and strong academics for decades after it first opened. named after educator joel spingarn, an early supporter of the naacp. they came to the high school 30 years ago, first as track coach and teacher. >> it had always been important that they were able to go to schooled in a neighborhood. >> jerry phillips graduated this 1957. >> it was family, you know, and back then, the education in dc schools was very good.

they knead sure we got through the educational process. >> now it was just one third of the capacity is closing this spring. >> probably not. >> a front page "the washington post" story thursday recalled the glory of nba stars like dave binge and elgin baylor, both green wave standouts. they play their final basketball game tonight. >> i just hope they retain, when the new billing comes up that the athletic awards will be housed in a warehouse, and then put somewhere where they december observed. >> reporter: but loyalists say don't just remember the sports. strong lives have been fashioned here. >> a lot of hope, a lot of desire, as an academic

community. >> reporter: the last basketball tips off here at 7:00. >> thank you, top. let's check out what's going on. >> think apparently offend them some special treatment this week at jfk airport. boy, do they need special treatment, you know? the pair had been traveling to l.a. after arriving from brazil. an american airlines employees guided them around security and took them to their gate. well, you can't do that. that led the tsa to do a private screens. as a result they held up the flight for 50 minutes. >> take that. that will show them. "sports illustrated" celebrating michael jordan's 50th birthday. this is the 50th time he's been on the front page. he appeared -- with north carolina over the years, he could be seen wearing uniforms for the bulls from chicago, and

of course our washington wizards. the special issue is on newsstands. he turns 50 on sunday. if you didn't think that cruise ship was cursed, you may now. more than 4,000 are stranded and now as it was being pulled into port, the towline snapped. the passengers have been stranded in that tanks gross ship since sunday. we're getting an idea of what it's like on board. passengers have set up makeshift bets on the ship's deck to avoid the water and the smell in their cabenings below. more than 100 family members have garde in support where the ship is expected to arrive late tonight. >> that thing is cursed. coming up, guns stacked and stashed away in a cave. police may have found one hi

tonight a huge investigation s police outside san francisco found dozens of weapons in a cave. >> and tonight the property owner is in jail. the investigation is expanding authorities believe other locations may be involved. >> we knew it was big as soon as we opened up the first case and saw how many guns were in there. >> reporter: a cave full of assault weapons, 111 to be exact. >> they were so full of guns, they were too heavy to pull out. a team from the humboldt county

sheriff's office found them hiding in the cave on the property of 30-year-old ryan floyd. >> it's aening lo-established piece of property down there. after he was arrested. >> i can't think of any reason to possess thinks many weapons. >> reporter: some of the guns you're seeing. some with bay ones, world war ii machine gun loaded. >> quite a haul of weapons. >> from personal history with the property, likely floyd was going to sell them. >> that would even garner a higher price for foss trying to get ahold of an illegal weapon. >> he's sitting in county jail without bail, but about the

hidden cache -- >> i've never seen anything like it. >> reporter: it means their investigation into ryan floyd isn't over yet. >> they have a way of spider webbing out. >> there are also dozens of vehicles on the property. >> authorities are trying to determine to whom they belong. right now at 6:00, 70% of all travel at reagan national airport flies american or u.s. awaist. what this megamerger will mean. major plans in the works to give silver spring a new makeoff. good evening, everyone. >> we begin with two major airlines, american and us airways coming together to form the world's