arrest, 48 hours after the high school student was killed for his shoes. we'll report the major impact for patients at nih if sequestration takes effect. plus a proposal to make the district more environmentally friendly. but it would cost you more money. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. police in prince george's county have arrested five men today for the murder of 15-year-old charles walker. he was shot and killed on monday afternoon, because the people after him wanted the shoes he was carrying in his bag. also today a second teenager shot in forestville last night has died. that makes seven teenagers killed in recent months. bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us from the headquarters with the interview of the mother of one of the murder victims. tracee? >> reporter: jim, this has been a hard week for the people who live here in prince george's county. three teens killed in this week

alone, and now prince george's county police just announced one of these teen murder cases is now closed. swell so with a mother who is hoping that her son's case will be next. >> he was a good kid. he wouldn't hurt a soul. >> reporter: teresa williams is mourning the loss of her second born, aaron kidd. he was shot and killed yesterday, the sixth prince george's county teen to be killed this school year. williams says the last time she sauce her son was yesterday when she dropped him off for school. >> he said, mommy, i'll see you later. i never saw him again. >> reporter: police say they have closed one of the teen murder cases with the arrest of five suspects. >> criminals need to know if they come to this county and commit senseless acts of violence, we will find them and bring them to justice. >> reporter: 20-year-old derek green of alexandria, 18-year-old jermani wit ner, glenn leach of

southeast, tayvon, and kevin smith of temple hill, all five are charged with the murder of charles walker jr. police say monday night walker was shot and killed in his neighborhood. they say the mott i have been was robbery. they wanted the shoes he was carrying. >> i was so devastated about the little boy, because he was just 15. he's the same age as my daughter. >> reporter: kidd's mother told us she was sad for walker's mother, thinking about that family when she learned her own son had been killed. >> i thought -- and then just to know that -- i just took my son to school, and i wouldn't see him again, and this has happened. >> reporter: police announced that andre shuper has died of his injuries. he was with kidd last night, and critical injury -- or dealing

with a critical injury all day long. police say he has suck coupled to his gun shots, making him another teenager who has died. he withdrew earlier in the school year from the high school. at 7:00 p.m. tonight there will be a vigil held for charles walker near the shooting scene there, and in hillcrest heights. recording live, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. there are three other unsolved murders in prince george's county. police did say they're making some progress in some of the cases. markle ross was killed walking to cool -- and just yesterday two teenagers her shot and killed in forestville as tracee mentioned. community leaders are expressing from us station. they saw this continued violence against their own high school students is unacceptable. >> students can't learn if they don't feel safe. no student should have to fear their safety. no student should have to worry

about walking down the street with a bag of shoes and think they will be murdered or approached with a gun. >> that young person in our community can't walk the streets with a shopping bag without being shot in the back that should be of concern to our entire community. >> reporter: executive baker says he plans to reach out to the county's faith-based groups to work together to try to stop the violence. today the pentagon warned hundreds of thousands of civilian workers that they are likely to lose one day of week of work for the foreseeable future if the sequester takes effect, those furloughs would begin in april. jennifer johnson is on capitol hill with a story that affects a lot of people in our area. jennifer? >> that's right, jim. the clock is ticking the congress has just about -- just a bit over a week to come up with some kind of budget deal. if that does not happen, these cuts go into effect automatically, which will have a huge impact on the pentagon.

the defense department will take the biggest hit if congress can't come up with a budget deal and the so-called sequester, $85 billion in across the board, automatic spending cuts goes into effect by law. >> i think we're going to have serious readiness effects. i don't know where we're going to get the money. these are legally binding requirements. >> panetta said the vast majority of the debt's 800,000 civilian workers will have to be furloughed one day a week, in essence a 20% pay cut. secretary of state john kerry warned of loom been -- >> in these days a sequester that everyone wants to avoid, or most, we can't be strong in the world unless we are strong at home. >> reporter: every day government workers will be most impacted. it will hit food inspector, tsa,

and board are patrol agents, and every budget from education to meals on wheels. if an interview with kofr, the president demanded action. >> i need congress to act and they have nine days to do it. >> reporter: this i want to increase taxes and not cut spending. while the white house blames the gop for protecting the rich and not closing loopholes. the result -- budget gridlock that could affect millions. a lot of people don't realize that congress is actually not in action, so when members return on monday, they'll have only four days to try to come up with some kind of deal. live on capitol hill, i'm jennifer johnson, news4. thanks, jennifer. in fact sequestration could be a matter of life or death for some people. the national institutes of health would lose 1.5 billion in funding. along with the loss of jobs, that would mean fewer patients would be able to get the life-saving treatment they need.

mark sea breeze met one woman who says she would not be alive without that funding. mark? >> reporter: jim, we wasly in a small town in arizona, doctors told her to prepare to die within months. instead she came here to nih as a research patient. >> i remember thinking to myself, what am i supposed to do? go home and wait to die? then he said, no, you go to nih. >> reporter: that was more than three years ago. >> within a month, they made me better, and i got to go home and enjoyed life, family and friends, home and school, and -- >> reporter: sanchez was the first person every diagnosed with an immunity distinguishes that attacked her lungs and spinal column, a diagnosis that never would have been made without the research at invite ih, research that is now threatened by sequestration. >> this would hit cancer, it would hit heart disease, it will hit diabetes, hiv/aids,

alzheimer's, all of those areas. >> reporter: not only will patients be affected, but doctors here worry about the future of their research. >> it's terrible, yes, and it's very depressing for the people who work here and the patients we try to care for, because we're on such a verge of scientific discovery. the opportunity is unprecedented with the genome project being completed, the alternative therapies, and it's all going to slow down. >> reporter: because sequestration will eliminate hundreds of millions in research grants, much which goes to hiring young researchers, an entire generation of new scientists could be lost as well. >> if we lose the talent of this up and coming generation, they're not coming back. >> reporter: as for sanchez, she knows how important those doctors and scientists are. >> i thank all those people. they gave me back something i thought i lost. >> now the director of nih says

he hopes to avoid any layoffs or furloughs, but emphasizes he's not making any promises. the researchers worry not just about their own jobs, but about the patients that they won't get the treatment they need. mark sea graves news4. >> thank you, mark. we invite you to stay here with news4 as the deadline approaches. on nbcwashington.com, we'll have more details on how this will impact or area. just search ""railings." former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. held back tears in a d.c. courtroom today as he pleaded guilty to federal charges. he admitted to spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal stuff. the money paid for everything from a rolex wax to appliances, flat-screen tvs and clothing. jackson told the judge he had no interest in a trial and wasting the taxi pairs' time or money. his wife also pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns. defense attorneys argued

jackson's battle with mental illness should be considered at his sentencing. that happens in june. he could face up to five years in prison. cold out there today, wind didn't help, but veronica johnson tells us it ain't going to happen anytime soon, is it? >> it is not. unfortunately another 24 hours of the same stuff we went through. the cold, the wind, low temperatures. windchills are currently in the 20s across the area. while we do have a few clouds across our area, just a few mainly to the north, i'm focusing on the next weather system over oklahoma, over dallas, because that is what is headed our way. it's eastbound. and it will arrive on friday. it could make travel just a little slick and a little problematic at times. we'll have the timeline on that coming up. furse your fast-4-cast, another cold night, and then the details on the interesting weather that will move through on friday, and of course a look at your weekend, guys, in just a couple

minutes. workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of an auto shop worker. police say 39-year-old was killed after an industrial tractor tire he was inflating suddenly exploded this morning. hess was an employees of brunswick auto repair. a group of u.s. lawmakers is on its way back to the united states after a trip to cuba. today they met with the american allen gross. members of the delegation that made the trip included chris van hollen. he's a native of potomac, maryland. he was arrested in 2009, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying. he was in the country as a contractor setting up communications equipment for the jewish community. 9 delegation will brief president obama on the trip in the coming days. still ahead on "news4 at 6," a police chase with speeds topping 80 miles an hour. how the california highway

patrol managed to get the driver to pull over. there's a push on to get all sodas removed from the schools in fairfax county. mayor vincent gray wants the city to be more green. one idea he has? charge you for moisture trahow you create. plus fighting cybertheft. china reacts to accusations its mili

a guy driving a suspected stolen suv took police on a high-speed chase. the chase along the 405 lasted about a half hour with top speeds of about 85 miles an hour. one of the highway patrol officers used what's called a p.i.t. maneuver. there's new video of the massive explosion in kansas city. it was taken from across the street. officials say construction crews hit a gas line last night. that's what caused the explosion. this morning crews found a body buried in the rubble. they think it is the body of a female employees who's been missing since the accident. 15 people were injured in that explosion, three ofhem still in critical condition. the cost of driving a car in

the district could go up while the city makes it easier for bikes. homeowners could also pay fees based on how much trash they generate, part of the proposal to make the district more environmentally friendly. tom sherwood takes a look. >> reporter: he nose some changes won't be easy. surrounded by his own staff and dozens of environmentalists, reply yor gray promoted 143 different environmental steps to make the city more green. >> the healthiest, greenest and most livable city in the nation. >> reporter: be he acknowledged some ideas are political tough sales. >> we haven't set a timetable yet. let us come back at you. this will unfold. >> a proposal to double the number of bike lanes? that found fans on the street.

>> i think you have to reduce the cars on the street, especially with d.c.'s traffic issues. >> reporter: he wants to cut car uses, and raise rates during peak demands. he rejected a war on cars. >> i wouldn't call it a war on cars. i would call it an effort to get people to use alternative methods, to get people out of an automobile. it would not be easy at all. >> reporter: charging homeowners for the amount of trash they gen. that got mixed reviews. >> well action i guess that would be incentive for people to go green, but to pay for it? i don't know. >> reporter: how would the mayor monitor trash cheating. >> but if your neighbors put their trash in my can. how will that work? >> that's why i said we have to work out the details. >> the mayor says the city must

make changes to accommodate a growing population. >> thanks, tom. we want to go to jim hanley at the live desk. he has details about a train accident in prince william county. >> yeah, guys, this is a real mess. we are just hearing from prince bm county police, they say the train struck a tractor trailer. chopper 4 is just over the scene. let's look at the live pictures. this happened about a half hour ago in gainesville. police say a train hit a trailer sitting on the tracks. lee highway is shut down in both direction between linton hall road and i-66. this shutdown is expected to last, get this, for several hours. police tell us traffic was likely stopped for a red light and the trailer was sitting on the tracks when the train hit it. police say there are no crossing bars. we have no word of injure why is. this is close to i-66.

we now how busy it is. we're told the exit ramps are closed as well. traffic backing up on the interstatement in and out for miles, we understand. best advice -- avoid this area if you can. we'll be back on the live desk with updates throughout the hour. back to you for nour. >> thank you, jim. veronica is in for doug, our weather forecast is it's very cold out there todayivities that's right. very cold. i like that, just that. we have this to deal with for another 24 hours, brisk conditions, blustery conditions, and then a variety of weather coming our way for friday. so we've got at least one day to get through here. as far as today goes, hey, you know at least it looked pretty, right? the sun setting was gorgeous out there. a high of 40 degrees after starting out at 33, but it's a day just like yesterday where we're seeing temperatures below average. we're talking about more cold, and more wind for the next 24 hours. stand today, there were some areas that stayed on the cool

side. those four areas that stayed trapped under the clouds. you can see the clouds moved from the area, those were just to the north. now we're starting to see some breaks in that cloud cover across the area, and spots around prince william county, around fairfax, around d.c., have started clearing out, so mostly clear and cold for the overnight period, but still with enough wind that should keep our temperatures from dropping way, way down. they're not going to drop into the teens, but we will see windchill readings drop to the teens by tomorrow morning. the single digits, too. let's go ahead and talk xw your evening planner forecast here. mostly clear sky, now 33 degrees, by 7:00, by 9:00 we'll be looking at subfreezing temperatures across the area. 11:00 p.m., windchills in the teens as we head to the mid to upper 20s. so not much going on across the area right now, again just another cold day for tomorrow, but then friday we will have a variety of weather around here.

it would come from this system here, an area of low pressure, around oklahoma, which snowed to the north, there's a lot of rain down to the south through areas of texas. that will be move due east, so quiet and dry throughout the day tomorrow. we have that wind, may have a little less wind by the time we get to the afternoon and early evening hours, but certainly it will be brisk. here we are early friday morning, just clouds that will be increasing throughout the area, so the friday morning rush right now is looking dry. friday afternoon, friday evening not, because that system will start moving in and threat be places around frederick maryland that could see some snow. there will be some sleet moving in. between about 4:00 to 5:00, from midnight to 2:00 a.m., a brief period of some snow that comes through. i think it's enough that could lay doubt. down.

and cumberland, you can all see some slick road conditions for the latter part of the evening rush. what happens if we most past midnight is our temperatures will start to warm with more of a southerly, southeast -- from up and that will allow what we've got, the frozen stuff to change over to rain. it's rain until the afternoon, too, on saturday. we could pick up a pretty good amount, anywhere from a half to three quarters of an inch of rain by asp on saturday. 21 to 26 tomorrow morning, another one of those button all the way up, windchills, single digits to teens, and then by the afternoon, windchills in the 20s. 37 to 42 degrees. still tomorrow like today we could have winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. 41 tomorrow, 37, much colder on friday, right now saturday still looks like it is wet with rain. sunday is dry, but as we focus again on that friday time period and go ahead and pull it out for

you, likely that it is going to be wet, with the evening rush being the time of day when it could be a little dicey around here, and road conditions could be a little slick. back in early part of next week, a bit of a warm-up, as we start to say bye-bye to those colder wintertime temperatures. >> the sooner the better. thanks, veronica. >> you bet. students in fairfax county public schools could no longer buy soda at school. the school board is considering a ban that david culver reports on tonight. he spoke with parents and students about the proposal. >> reporter: that refreshing sound may soon be silenced in fairfax county public schools. the school board considering a ban on soda sales. that means soda machines like this one could soon be out the door. >> currently there are 28 schools that have soda machines for middle schools and all of the high schools. >> fairfax county school board

member atlarge ryan mcilhave i proposed the banivities this is part of a broader movement brought forward by parent activists to increase the healthy foods in our schools. >> reporter: if i told you you could no longer bring your money into school and buy a soda, how would that change your life? >> i would be fine. >> reporter: doesn't affect you? >> no. >> as a mom, i think it's a great idea. but as a teacher and an educator, i know that kids will find them elsewhere. >> reporter: this high school mom also questions how effective the ban would be, especially since students will still be allowed to bring in soda from home. >> i don't know that getting rid of it will get rid of it out of their diet. >> reporter: but there's another issue with removing these machines. lots of badly needed school revenue itches these machines generate a lot of money, about $100,000 last year alone. so the question is if they ban

them from schools, will they replace them with healthier alternatives? >> that's the goal. this is really part of a broader discussion about how we can improve our vining. >> reporter: in fairfax county, i'm david culver, news4. >> for more information about this plan for a soda ban, go to fair daxtimes.com. an exclusive interview of the family of a mother and daughter who were murdered. >> we'll have new details on the repair efforts at the washington monument. china suspected of hacking computers at dozens of u.s. companies to steal trade secrets. the obama administration is reacting now. coming up in sports, nationals starter geno gonzalez back in the news, what his manager has to say about that. georgetown hopes to avoid that dreaded trap game. and on the golf course, snow is an issue, as "news4 at 6" continues.

today family members testified in the trial of a man charged with killing a mother and her daughter in prince george's county. police county dolores and eboni dewitt's bodies in a burning car. chris gordon spoke with the family after the testimony today. >> rosa smith testified for the

prosecution. she's the mother of dolores dewitt and the grandmother of eboni dewitt. in march of 2009, their bodies were found in a stolen car that had been set on fire. this video showing the burning car comes from a police cruiser cam and was shown to the jury as evidence in the trial of 29-year-old jason scott, who's charged with murdering the mother and daughter. in the early morning hours of march 16th, 2009, eboni's sister courtney came home to discover that her mother's car was in the driveway, but her mother and sister were missing. she was terrified and called her grandmother. >> she was hysterical. >> reporter: later that morning, rosa smith and her family went to the home on cedar hollow lane. >> reporter: what did you find inside the house? eboni's coat? >> yeah, eboni's coat, food on the counter, and