man the teacher here at meadow hall was arrested today for allegedly sexually abusing two of his students right here on campus. it was two young girls, timothy vincent students that tipped police yesterday of the the pair of 11-year-old fifth graders told detectives their teacher had touched them inappropriately. where were the incidents allegedly taking place? >> they took place in a classroom during school hours. >> investigators say this went on for months, from last september until this month, and that kropika tried to get the girls to touch him inappropriately as well. students went home with letters, sending parents like al into a state of shock. >> but i am confident with the rest of the staff that's here that this is an isolated incident and things of this caliber don't happen. >> reporter: news that many

parents were not expecting to -- live in rockville, erika gonzalez, news4. tonight a retired atf agent was killed while walking his dog in woodbridge, but police quickly made an arrest. pat collins is in prince williams county, with more on that. >> reporter: jim, a man takes his dog for a walk. he's shot and killed about a half block from his home. you can imagine what this has done to the neighborhood. murder on wurtz drive, people here on edge. >> i'm shocked. we don't have problems like this in our neighborhood. >> gives me caution, you know, especially locking the door at night. >> i think something like this happening we'll probably think twice about what we do. >> gregory holley was 55 years old, a retired atf agent. he did 30 years there.

he also served as a reserve officer with the army mps. he had some risky assignments. he ends up getting shot and killed on the peaceful street where he lived. taking his dog for a walk. >> his family obviously is devastated. his wife is obviously in shock. his sonning are obviously in shock as well. >> that is bishop eugene reeves with the new life anointed ministries international. mr. holle yeismt was an active member. >> he was a great husband and father, one of the best people you would ever want to meet. >> reporter: police retrieve a shell casing. this is where it happened, wertz droif and woodbridge. he had just come home from church. he went to take his dog out for a walk. police say he was confronted by an armed robber. they say it was a scuffle, then

gunshots. >> how many shots? >> i think three or four. >> reporter: does it appear the victim got into a fight with the shooter? >> it's believed that's what transpired which ultimately led to the shooting, but we're kind of working out the details. >> reporter: minutes later, police arrest this man, 25-year-old eric alexandre smith. he has a tattoo on his neck. it says family is forever. smith lives in this house about a mile from the murder scene. police searched it for hours last night. a neighbor says the cops have been there before. this statement tonight from the family -- greg's life's work was about fighting crime and, unfortunately, it was a violent crime that took his life. now, police say they've recovered mr. holley's stolen cell phone. they say they've also recovered the murder weapon. live in prince william county, pat collins, news4.

now to the weather on the serious winter storm that has parts of the midwest paralyzed tonight. more than a foot of snow is already on the ground in cities between colorado and southern illinois. schools, businesses, even state capitols are shut down. missouri is seeing some of the worth worst of the storm. kansas city is under a state of emergency, the airport is shut down and major roadways are shut down due to snow, ice and whiteout conditions. here in our area, chili temperatures, but tomorrow will be a different story. that same system in the midwest is headed our way. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is tracking the storm. what is the latest? >> the latest is we will not see anything close to what the midsection and midwest have been getting, but we are going to see a little bit of sleet and a bit of snow. yes, this time tomorrow. in fact it will probably start at the tail end of the morning rush, and around noontime. with less wind around the area.

tomorrow morning, cold for sure, but i think dry for the bulk of the morning rush, around 11:00 a.m., could start to see a few flakes starting to show up, and i think some spotty problems during the asp and during the evening hours, just spotty problems. i wanted to show you just how huge this system is and why it's causing so much trouble. snow all the way from areas of iowa, down through illinois right now, and then you've got a little area of sleet and some heavy rain that extends down to the south. in fact we'll get a bit of all of that. snow, sleet, then eventually some rain. i'll give you the timeline coming right up. thanks, veronica. today president obama called house speaker john boehner and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell about the looming sequestration. in our area and across the country, hundreds of thousands of people are adding it all up. they're the ones really affected by the deadline of march the 1st. steve handelsman on capitol hill with more on this. >> jim, thanks.

it's one thing to watch this sequestration standoff on tv. read about it in the papers, but it's a lot more real, more frustrating, more frightening when what you're reading. in norfolk, home of the atlantic fleet, ship-yard workers at dae learned of possible layoffs and written notices. >> i got one when i got off work yets and w when i went to work. >> they take this away, a lot of people will be hurt. >> this could be with patterson and hurt business at attitudi's nearby. >> to know that those people are uncertainly, it's scary for them and for us as well. >> terry muralies is scared at her restaurant near the air force base in georgia. >> how do i decrease this bill? that bill? how do i minimize and still maintain? >> reporter: at a social security hoif in cleveland, david shakily might lose one day of pay per week.

>> increased stress for me. people i work with. >> reporter: back in virginia, stress for a local congressman, who voted for sequestration in 2007, assuming it would force a balanced budget deal, not layoffs. >> it was agreed to by so many, democrats and republicans. >> reporter: now workers are demanding congress stop sequestration. >> so many people's lives are in the hands of 300 some people and those guys need to figure something out. >> reporter: just one week left until back become a travel nightmare cutbacks and slowdowns and air traffic control, and at tsa, public anger and blame sure to intensify. >> when the president telephoned gop leaders today, boehner and mcconnell, he was looking for a deal, also trying to make sure that he looks to the public like a deal-maker. today's pew poll, done for "usa today" finds 31% of americans would blame the president if there's no deal to avoid

sequestration, but 49% would blame republicans. i'm steve handelsman, news4. thanks, steve. virginia senator tim kaine visited marines at quantico today. coming up 6:30, we'll report how sequestration will impact businesses around the base. tonight fire ifitious in prince george's county say smoke detectors might have made the difference between life and death for members of a family in glennarden, a father and two daughters died. the mother and two other children escaped the early morning fire. chris gordon joins us from the scene with the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: good evening. just a short time ago, county fire official told me they are not releasing the names of the victims here or the cause of this fatal fire. early this morning, you had three people die here despite heroic rescue efforts. >> we do have some success, but

overall it is an extreme tragedy. >> reporter: it began about 4:00 a.m. firefighters arriving less than five minutes after receiving emergency calls from neighbors. they faced very dangerous conditions, fire showing and heavy smoke. he ran hoses and ladders, as they began pulling people out of the house. one fighter fighter carried an 11-year-old girl revived by the paramedic outside. the mother of the family jumped to safety. she and an 8-year-old daughter are being treated for smoke inhalation, but the twin sister of the 8-year-old died. so did a 4-year-old sister and their father. it appears the house did not have working smoke detectors. >> i don't know yet whether it was smoke or fire that caused the deaths, and we won't know that for some time. but i can tell you that smoke is that silent killer, and that's where smoke alarms come in. and i can tell you that a smoke alarm would have given them an extra measure of chance that i

can tell you they didn't have. >> firefighters spent the asp nothinging on neighbors' doors, asking if they have working smoke detectors, for those who don't, offering to installed them, an investigation into the cause of this fatal fire is being conducted by county fire, police and federal atf agents. >> my kids and grandkids, i just had them with me saturday. and they're gone at -- >> reporter: children's toys remain in the yard where they played. >> i think it's a tragedy. tragedy. i just seen the little girls the other day up here playing with the kids. >> two firefighters received minor injuries, but many more may need psychological counseling. >> it is hardbreaking. i mean, especially when children are involved. we practice, make sure, you know, we can perform at our best, and the guys did an admirable job. >> reporter: here in prince george's county, there have been nine fatal fires so far this

year, and it is only february. that doesn't compare well to last year, when there were ten fatal fires all of last year. that's the latest live in glennarden tonight, chris gordon, news4. thank you, chris. an emotional day of testimony today at the trial of jason scott. he's the man charged with killing a mother and her daughter in prince george's county. police found the bodies of dolores and ebony dewitt if a burning car back in 2009. today dolores' surviving daughter took the stand. she talked about the moment she realized her mother and sister we are missing. a former fire captain says testified today. he said the fire started inside the vehicle. the trial will resume on monday. a downs syndrome support group, is calling for changes after a man died in custody. 26-year-old robert ethan say her was handcuffed on january 12th after refusing to leave a frederick movie theater.

he wanted to see the film again. he had a medical emergency during a struggle with off-duty deputies and died. his death has been ruled a mom cried by asphyxiation. the group says they maeve weaker skeletal structures, and they say it takes them longer to process a situation. the deputies are on administrative leave while investigated. the d.c. chairman wants a formal repry man for cowens 8 member jim gram. he's accused of violating ethics rules. but he is facing for criminal charge. today graham said he wants a full council hearing to clear his name. >> this can be involved if five members of this council request that a special commit tee be convened to conduct a hearing. >> council chairman phil mendelson says talks about graham have become a distraction and said the council would vote on the reprimand on monday so

that it can move on. still ahead on "news4 at 6," tonight a news4 exclusive, the son of a maryland delegate is robbed at gunpoint on metro. a wild shootout between drivers. a local congressman just returned from meeting with allen gross, who is in jail in cuba. tonight hear about that visit and the chances he might go free. three local airports, but is one really the best? exploring what some call a healthy

and three people dead. that shooting ended at an intersection near several famous casinos. authorities say somebody in a range rover opened fire. that car slammed into a taxi. the cab drivers was killed. the syrian government is -- more than 50 people were killed in the bombing, and over 200 hurt. the bombers appeared to be targeting the headquarters of syrian's ruling baath party p syrian officials say some were killed in a blast were children at a school.

two orders were at security checkpoints. allen gross has been in a prison in cuba for three years now. maryland congressman chris van hollen says that gross is thin, frustrated and angry. news4's aaron gilchrist talked to the congressman this afternoon. >> he was very energetic about trying to secure his release. >> reporter: today we only have old images to know what he looks like more than three years after being arrested. maryland congressman chris van hollen went to cuba this week along with five others. though he calls gross energetic, he knows he's not well. >> he showed me on his belt how many new holes he had to punch in it because he has lost so much weight. >> reporter: he made several trips to cuba in 2009 as a

contractor. his job was to help cuba's small jewish community get better internet access. when gross was arrested, he was accused and eventually convicted of spying. we talked about everybody from trying to find a way to make sure, to action things about how he occupies his time in prison, how they trying to get his daily exercise. how he tries to keep his mind, you know, fit. >> van holland also met with raul castro, requesting an independent doctor examine a growth on gross' shoulder, that the 63-year-old be allow to do leave cuba to visit his ailing mother, return and ultimately gross be released from a 15-years sentence independents i think we're making some progress, both in explaining the situation to the cuban government, and the fact that u.s./cuban relations cannot really advance until we resolve

this issue. >> reporter: the government gave no indication, so the. veronica is back with more about our weather. it sounds like we're in for a few dicey hours tomorrow. >> right, for a few hours after stuff starts falling and that stuff will be snow and sleep sleet for us. like every other system we've gotten this winter, it will by one of those nuisance systems, or storms coming through our area will be more of a storm. 41 degrees or highs today, we dropped to 25. the average high temperature, 48 degrees, temperatures falling,

they're already at freezing, jest below freezing. around come better listen, already at 28 4(p&h% down to the south, we're still hanging on, upper 30s to around 40. around stafford, right now it's and yes, you know, it's been gusty the last couple days. just breezy this evening, but the winds will continue to calm. at freezing by 10:00 p.m., notice the clouds. they're going to be more and more clouds moving in during the early part of the night. tomorrow morning completely overcast, but i think still dry for five, for six, for even 7:00 a.m., still dry. that's a good thing, because it's just the afternoon and times during the evening rush where we'll have to deal with this. the snow, the sleet, which will start showing up.

the temperature will be at 35 degrees. we'll see the mercury start to climb tomorrow, but you know that you don't need that at the surface to get that frozen time of stuff falling from the sky. hmm-um, there's our storm system, big area of low pressure, you can see where most of the snow was earlier today. over missouri, they had the crazy snowfall rates. this time it's chicago that will be getting it in a season where they haven't gotten a lot. you have the thunderstorms and rain, kentucky down through areas of mississippi, and for us we'll get a bit of everything, but emphasize is on the little bit. watch the future weather. 7:00 this evening, breezy, chili with those clouds moving in. cold conditions tomorrow morning. there we are at 6:00 a.m., with the sleet and snow still off to the west, but by the time we get to noon. haguerstown, leesburg, and probably even a bit of sleet that we'll start mixing in at

times. and we'll stay with the opportunity of getting some sleet and snow until noon until about 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. i think we'll start to see the temperatures really come up not just at the surface, but aloft. and it's liking like rain, too, for saturday, but not throughout the whole day. 2:00, 3:00, that system is off the coast, and it's headed to new england where, well, boston could get some heavy snow out of it, something they don't need, but hey, they might get their february record snowfall. for us, cloudy, chili, drive for most of the morning rush, some flakes should be showing up. 26 to 32 degrees, then tomorrow afternoon it's a bit of sleet, a bit of snow, you'll want to take it easy, leave yourself some extra time to where you have to go tomorrow. not areawide problems, bus just isolated problems on area roads. 41 degrees, your high temperature, mid 40s on saturday, mid 40s on sunday, but clearly and what we've been talking about, best day out of the weekend looks as though it

will be sunday next week. we don't have to deal with the bitter cold. you'll see the temperatures come up into the mid to upper 40s. just some minor issues, i think on area roads tomorrow. best chance of seeing that will be between about noon and maybe 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow until the mercury starts climbing. >> doesn't sound like enough to close school or any such thing. >> no, the advisories are still to the west. >> thanks, veronica. an alexandria security firm is getting the credit for exposing a large computer hacking operation that reportedly left a lot of washington-area businesses vulnerable. the investigation found the chinese government spied on many u.s. courses. news4's richard jordan spoke with a cybersecurity expert to break down the hack attack. >> reporter: the tangled worldwide web has computer users in a cold sweat. george washington university's frank z amount lufo is an expert in cybersecurity. he says online security is virtually impossible. >> we're never going to get to

the point where we're 100% security. that's the afternoon thesis of the enter net to begin with. >> reporter: reports citing chinese hacker obtained confidential information from 141, "new york times" "the washington post" and "wall street journal" among the teenagers. mandient produced the report. >> it's not just the v china, the chinese government is sanctioning these attacks. >> they traced the cyberspying to a building in shanghai. he says the local firm was able to identify the culprit. >> there's a smoking keyboard. we haven't always had smoking keyboards since attribution. >> it's clicking a link sent in an e-mail. >> clearly the big corporations need to take precautions, but not just them, also anyone using

a home computer or a personal device needs to be aware. >> the internet touches everyone and everything. they're not necessarily going to be the target of an espionage campaign from the chinese government, but there are legitimate security concerns. >> reporter: in northwest washington, richard jordan, news4. coming up on the broadcast, a prominent american swimming coach in court admitting to sexually abusing a child. what d.c. restaurants are serving up fishy food. what you're ordering may not be exactly what you're getting. coming up in sports, the capitals with a double dose of the devils. la jolla streaking in the right direction, and the nba trade deadline has come and gone, what does that mean for the wizards and jordan crawford,

there's a race on for passengers it is three local airports in the area. right now bwi marshall serves the most people in the d.c. region. that airport has not held that top spot in a long time. adam tuss is at reagan national with a look at the competition among all the local airports. adale? >> hey, jim, three very busy local airports, but is one really better than the other?

take a look at the activity at reagan national tonight, and we are learning that there really is a very healthy competition among or local airports. >> i mean, i've done bwi many times. at nice airport. >> dulles because of the the international flights. >> i would have to say reagan. >> reporter: three airports competing for the region's passengers. >> i would rather do the convenience and pay a few extra bucks. >> reporter: jim den i gere is well aware of the competitive nature. >> reagan national is considered the convenient airport. dulles is looked at as the long term, the long-distance airport, but bwi is coming on strong with low-cost alternatives. >> reporter: it's no secret southwest is the largest carrier. last year bwi handled more passengers than dulles international and reagan national. the first time that's happening in a decade. in