the mobile home is now nothing but a charred box with part of the roof collapsed. a neighbor wishes he could have done something. >> if i only left for work ten minutes later maybe i could have saved him. just -- awful. >> names of those killed haven't been released yet. right now the red cross is helping families affected by fire at an apartment complex in gaithersburg. flames shot out of the windows as the blaze broke out. just around 1:00 this morning. no one was hurt but at least 20 people were displaced. there's still no word what sparked the blaze. a developing story out of prince george's county. a certain much after a carjacking. it began this afternoon when park police spotted a vehicle that was carjacked yesterday in washington. officers tried to stop the suv on a pursuit through several

neighborhoods and wound up on route 450 in landover hills. that suv finally crashed on chesapeake street. other drivers saw police officers chasing him. >> he was like going through the cars. since he couldn't get around them, he went to the bowling alley. if the light would have turned green on us he would have hit us when we went. >> the people in the stolen car ran. the police officer was taken to the hospital with a leg injury. officers are still looking for the people in the car. a homeless woman had to be taken off in handcuffs. this happened at 3rd and e streets in northwest. it is not clear what led to the scuffle. police tell us the officer received a minor head injury and is expected to recover. the government shutdown is now in its eighth day and there's still no end in sight. about 90 minutes ago president obama held a news conference on

the budget battle. he said he talked to house speaker john boehner by phone this morning. and he urged the speaker to hold a vote immediately to reopen the government. >> the point is, i think not only the white house but also democrats in the senate and democrats in the house have shown more than ample willing must to talk about any issues that the republicans are concerned about. but we can't do it if the entire basis of the republican strategy is we are going to shut down the government or cause economic chaos if we don't get 100% of what we want. >> in addition to the shutdown the governor hits its spending limit october 17 and risks default if congress doesn't act. we will have new reaction from capitol hill at 4:30. new in the past few minutes. the dow and s&p hitting their worst levels in nearly a month today.

numbers are still settling in right now but the dow fell more than 150 points. the nasdaq down and the s&p also took a beating. this is the 11th loss in the last 14 trading sessions. some heroes are stepping up today in the shutdown. a billionaire businessman is helping children return to the classroom. seven head start programs were closed last week because of the shutdown. now a former hedge fund manager and his wife were offering $10 million in emergency funding to reopen those programs. the money will benefit about 7,000 children in six different states. the shutdown isn't the only issue that's drawing protesters to the district. right now there is a massive rally and more on immigration reform under way on the national mall. >> the time is now! >> there could be arrests any moment. thousands of demonstrators showed up for a march and rally and 200 of those protesters are

standing at 1st street northwest refusing to move in an act of civil disobedience. they and others accuse speaker boehner of blocking a comprehensive immigration reform bill. that's already been approved by the senate. >> they are ready to do it. the speaker is not allowing them to pass that legislation so that's the message so we are going over there in a civil disobedience. 200 people will be arrested because we need to pass it this month. >> several local groups stage ad counterprotest calling on lawmakers to deny amnesty for undocumented workers. we will bring you more on that and arrests that happen on "news4 at 4:00," 5:00 and 6:00. get ready for a chaotic commute later this week some truckers are planning to shut down the beltway. they are holding a ride for the constitution. they are planning to slow down traffic on 495 by taking up three lanes in a the weekend. among their issues, they are

protesting the government shutdown. organizers tell "u.s. news & world report" at least 3,000 truckers are expected to take part. we had some sun. right now are clouds moving in over us. we could be in for a coastal storm. >> busy day in the storm center. meteorologist veronica jackson is tracking it for us. >> when you said chaotic commute i thought you were getting ready to throw it to me because there could be disruptions in the commute coming up this week. take a look at the commute for the afternoon. overcast. we didn't say today would feature anywhere from the cloudy to partly cloudy sky. the cloud cover today all from this area of low pressure, at least in part, are the remnants of karen that is just off the east out in the open waters. off of around the areas of north carolina. that's what's going to be moving up this coast and becoming our nor'easter. temperatures right now sit in

the 60s across the area. upper 60s. towards clinton. we are dry for the evening. when i return i will tell when you the rain is going to move in and how many days you will have to need to carry that umbrella. a health alert over chicken today. hundreds now reported sick with salmonella. and it spread to 18 states. is your seafood safe to eat? fda may not be inspecting food during the shutdown. round about or not top round about. about. why a four-way stop is pitting

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a string of fires on d.c. ambulances. not the work of an arsonist. according to a "washington post" reporter police investigation reveals the fires were caused by mechanical troubles. the three ambulance fires had been back in august. one happened outside a home in northeast while emts were helping a woman inside. that blaze is blamed on an engine problem now. the firefighters union says the fires show how the city's ambulances are poorly maintained. in news 4 your health, hundreds of people in 18 states have now gotten sick after eating chicken contaminated with salmonella. it has been traced to chicken products from foster farms in california. there have been no recalls. the centers for disease control and the department of agriculture are involved in the investigation but the government

shutdown is limiting the investigation. health experts say cooking chicken thoroughly and washing your hands and prep areas are the best way to prevent salmonella poisoning. while the cdc and fda say they are still prepared to handle high-risk borne outbreaks street shutdown could impact what we eat. fda inspectors, including those that look at food we import are furloughed. according to "usa today" more than 90% of foreign seafood and good chunk of fruits and vegetables are going unchecked. the usda is still completing meat inspections because law requires those for plants to stay open. traffic round-abouts are the hot new thing in northern virginia. commuting. a proposed traffic circle on the fairfax-loudoun county line is causing an uproar. we will show you why. a d.c. couple wants to raise $1 million for the poor. if they do, they will change if they do, they will change their last name to the van

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new details about the woman shot last week after trying to drive her car into a white house barrier. barbara harrison has the latest from the live desk.  >> new court documents were unsealed today. they detail what police found in miriam carey's car. she had a lockbox in that car.

inside the lockbox, a passport, foreign currency, a connecticut driver's license. there were social security cards for carey and her young daughter. carey was shot last thursday after high-speed police chase had a began outside the white house and ended near the u.s. cap tomorrow. her 1-year-old daughter was in the car but was not hurt. federal law enforcement officials say carey's mental health deteriorated in the last year and had delusions president obama was stalking her. chopper 4 showing tuesday aftermath of a deadly crash in charles county today. a mehdevac flying victims to hospital after a mother of two kroef her car into a lake. she died later at the hospital. this happened on parkway subdivision road west of crane highway. sam's 6-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter who were also in the car are expected to be okay. investigators aren't yet sure why sam's lost control of her

kanchlg car. some people say a proposed solution is worse. >> the virginia department of transportation wants to build a round-about at press ant valley road, clouds to the loudoun county line. news4's transportation reporter adam tuesdss explains why some local residents are against the plan. >> reporter: we have a four-way stop right here that's heavily used. everybody has to stop because there are four stop signs. but the situation is this. do you take all of this out and instead put in a round-about to keep the traffic moving? this is the debate we are having now on the fairfax county and loudoun county line. in a region filled with traffic circles, do we really need another? >> these roads are constantly being work order. >> reporter: the great debate here at that time intersection of braddock road and pleasant valley road in centreville. if you have been to, through or

around cox farms you know about this notorious intersection. vdot wants to turn it into a round-about to keep traffic moving. some say if you make it's easier to get through here you may encourage more traffic. >> this doesn't solve any problems. it is just going to push the traffic problem elsewhere. >> reporter: vdot is hosting a public meeting about this whole round-about situation tomorrow night here in centreville. coming up, "news4 at 5:00," why some say this whole debate right here is pitting loudoun and fairfax counties against one anoth another. turning to the weather. >> really nice earlier today. >> right. what i'm about to tell is the clouds that moved in today, just the start of it. today finally felt like fall. we got a little bit of sunshine. now it is not going to look so nice around here. let's head outside and show you the clouds that we just talked about. most of you seeing mostly cloudy

sky right now. except all the way east of the mountains. you have sunshine. sunset at 6:40 this evening. 6:40 this evening. our temperatures today, of course, have been on the cool side. we have been in the 60s today. just a second here, weather system will play catchup for you. we have been in the 60s and you are going to need the jacket if you will be going out this evening. go ahead and scoot on over to the weather system here. put things in motion for you. dry for the evening. it is not until tomorrow, though, when you are going to need your umbrellas. tomorrow as we have a system that's just down to the south of our area that will be making its way right up the coast. that, again, the remnants of karen that has been getting its act together. just down to our south. 68 degrees now. tomorrow temperatures will be even cooler with more clouds across the area. that low-pressure system east of

myrtle beach. rain made it as far north now as areas around elizabeth city and east of virginia beach. the reason we are going to stay wet for days, we have the storm moving up and high pressure just to the north of it. and that's what will be blocking this system from making any progress out of here. we are wet for thursday. we are wet for friday. we are wet for saturday. possibly even sunday. breezy conditions with a northeasterly wind. winds at times could gust up to 20, 25 miles per hour. again, some wet weather for a while now. keep the umbrellas handy. hour by hour, forecast we are at 55 degrees. 64 degrees around mount airy, frederick. 63, manassas. most of your wind, east. less wind off to the west. again, that's the coastal system makes its way on up.

here is a look at your storm team 4 four-day forecast. showers could start around 4:00. southern maryland and then on to the north. wet everywhere thursday. nasty rush. i will tell you exactly how much rainy think we could get out of this system by the time it moves out of here. what's in name? for one couple, it is an offer to make a change for charity. news4's angie goss introduces us to a wild plan to fight poverty. >> reporter: prince, hepburn, p. diddy. whether it is to sound more hollywood or make a statement, name changes have happened for many reasons. now this d.c. couple says if they can change the world, they will change their name to -- >> van squigglebottoms. >> yeah, we should do that for

charity. that would be great. we started throwing around dollar figures and what it should be. we started way too low. >> he said dollars$1,000 . i said no way. it is more crazy than changing our last time to van squigglebottoms, the fact is where we have so much in this world, there are still people suffering from poverty. >> reporter: complete with a big social media campaign, youtube videos, website, facebook, twitter pages. the feedback so far has been supportive. well, kind of. >> jeff's mother is not so fond of this idea. she asked us to please, please, please, just shave our heads. >> reporter: despite mom's disapproval the couple is embracing the possible new title. >> this is the first stuff out of many. >> reporter: ready to change their social security cards, passports, even the cat is prepare. >> she will change her name, too. she will be cassie van squigglebottoms. >> reporter: with almost $5,000 raised they will not have to get

used to all of that just yet. if they never do, well, that just might be okay. >> we always told everyone we really want to make $999,000 and stop. >> reporter: if you would like to help jeff and jessica become the van squigglebottoms by december 31, we post a link with more information on nbcwashington.com. >> they launch their campaign through oxfam this week. >> did they make you say squigglebottoms? you just had to say jeff and

are striking gold. the shutdown is providing a boost to some businesses. >> catching cheaters could be as easy as just listening to them talk. >> we know the shutdown is taking a toll on some businesses. a few websites are actually benefiting by the shutdown. >> yes. dating websites, including what they claim is the world's largest sugar daddy dating website. there has been a 50% increase in

what's normally a slow period of time for them. and these are mostly single moms if you listen to what they are telling you. this, at the end of the year, slow. wealthier men taking care of other people and claim possibly because of the government shutdown, it is leading people online to find ways to have people support them. including dates and dinners and nights out. >> sugar daddy by definition usually comes with money. >> you have to. i think that's rule number one. not that i would know. i heard that. >> thinking about cheating on the spouse? there's research out that says you can tell if some one cheating just by listening to what the tone of their voice or -- >> tone of their voice. when you talk to someone that you know, a friend, a lover, a spouse, you actually have a specific tone. for men, they get higher. for women, they get lower. this is so you canation tract a mate and keep them. when you are cheating, believe it or not, you can sense these

nuances and actually comes across. tape your partner with their permission, don't do it without their permission, and they say, according to scientists, you can actually tell if they are cheating by the pitch and tone and nervousness of their voice. >> interesting. >> that's correct. >> some shocking revelations in a new memoir by johnny carson's former live-in. >> there is a book coming out mid month that says johnny carson got together a crew of people and went to his second's wife apartment that he didn't know about in new york city, busted ins, and found that he may have been hooking up with frank gifford. frank gifford says i don't think so but i don't remember. the book comes out, i'm sure we will have a lot more details on what is happening between them. i wonder if her voice got high or low based on -- >> #bombshell. amazing video, when we come

back. protesters get more than they bargained $100 bill

so high-tech? >> good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. here is what's happening at 4:30. u.s. park police trying to track down a carjacking suspect who led them on a chase through prince george's county. an suv that was taken in a carjacking in the district yesterday crashed in landover hills after a pursuit through neighborhoods. the people inside fled. a police officer injured his leg. >> an off-dewittive officer shot and critically wound ad man after he tried to rob her.

the officer says he came up to her while she was walking along 18th street southeast. near minnesota avenue and told her he a gun. and at that point police -- at this point police have not identified him. fire investigators looking for the cause of an overnight blaze that took the lives of three people. the victims were found inside of a burned-out mobile home in triangle, virginia. neighbors tell us they are a mother and son and the mother's boyfriend. names are not yet being released. >> going to go live to house speaker john boehner who is responding to the president's speech this afternoon. >> they refused to do it. over the last 30 years, dozens of times, there have been negotiations over funding our government. all of those negotiations over the last 30 years have resulted in significant policy changes. i remind thank you president of the united states and i sat down in the sprung, 2011, to

negotiate a funding bill for the government from march all the way through september. during that negotiation, there were all kinds of policy considerations. and if you recall, the opportunity scholarships for kids here in d.c. was, in fact, restored into law. the president's position that we are not going to sit down and talk to you until you surrender, it is just not sustainable. it is not our system of government. when it comes to the debt limit, i agree with the president. we should pay our bills. i didn't come here to shut down the government. i didn't come here to default on our debt. when it comes to the debt limit, again, over the last 40 years, 27 times, the debt limit, and it has been used to carry significant policy changes, that would, in fact, reduce spending and put us on the same fiscal

path. president reagan sat down with tip o'neal in the 1980s. president bush 1990, went out on andrews air force base. we got into a long debate and negotiations with the democrats here in congress. bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. president obama and i sat down in 2011. and had serious negotiations. while the president today suggested that i walked away from the deal, i would have to remind him that i was in the oval office along with the majority leader, eric cantor, when we, in fact, had an agreement two days later the president walked away from. there was another negotiation in 2011 that resulted in the largest deficit reduction bill we have seen here in the last 30 years. in 2010, when democrats controlled the congress and president obama was in the white house, what happened was a group of moderate democrats in the

house wouldn't agree to raise the debt limit without a negotiation. so there was a negotiation then araising the debt ceilings. there will be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving up to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money we don't have and give the bill to our kids and grandkids would be wrong. this isn't about me and, frankly, not about republicans. this is about saving the future for our kids and grandkids. the only way this is going to happen is that in fact, to have a conversation. it is time to have that conversation. not next week. not next month. the conversation ought to start today. and i'm hopeful that whether it is the president or democrat leaders here in congress, we can begin that conversation. >> mr. speaker, can you tell us,

please, what would you say the military families that have been denied death benefits due to the shutdown? >> you are hearing from house speaker john boehner an hour and a half after the president said he's willing to negotiate with republicans on money matters but not before they pass a bill to end the shutdown. much more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. the government shutdown has many people worried about their bills. former prince george's county educator is making it her mission to help furloughed workers to find solutions. every tuesday and thursday l.j. jake obs sxobs a social county worker areholding meetings to help people find assistance. she says pepco and large apartment complexes are working on plans to help people who don't know when they will get their next paycheck. >> a lot of people are having a lot of difficult times. especially people we dealt with, who -- work in the government building but they work for

contractors and they are not going to get the back money. >> on thursday, miss jacobs will be at windsor crossing apartments on victory lane in suitland. that will be from 10:00 to 2:00 if you need assistance. well, we got a taste of it yesterday and hold on. there is a lot more in store. rain. >> how much? >> storm team 4 tracking it. the system will be coming up from the south where it is 68 degrees right now. yes, we have a mostly cloudy sky now across a good portion of our area. we are not seeing any rain from those clouds. currently. your dew point temperature, 45. still not really that wet but it is had east wind at 9 miles per hour that will be picking up. that's the -- fetch that flow off the water. so we are going to move from light showers, drizzly-type conditions to rain. 64 in gaithersburg. reston, 68 degrees. 68 in dooers.

forecast for the evening, for 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, we drop to the low 60s. to the 50s by 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. early tomorrow morning. there will be locations just like this morning that start out very cool in the low 40s across this area. frederick, maryland, leesburg, 44. 45 degrees, manassas, over towards greenbelt, your start for tomorrow morning is mid to upper 40s. in just a couple of minutes, again, more on that rain, wind also that we are tracking and all-out nor'easter as it moves up the coast. >> thanks, veronica. there are new $100 bills out today. it is much harder to make copies of these bills. they have a blue ribbon on them. when you tilt the built, icons shift from liberty bills to a $100 pattern. there is a bigger liberty bell that changes from copper to green. printing along ben franklin's shoulder is raised. the back of the new $100 bill shows the back of independence

hall instead of the front. there are more phrases microprinted around the bill. took more than a decade to develop. if you are looking for that perfect million dollar holiday gift, the catalog you have been waiting is here. the 2013 neiman marcus christmas book. we are getting our first peek at the fantasy gifts it has to offer. among them, $750,000 motorcycle. a $p 3 44,000 as ton martin sports car. if you are not looking for a if you ride there is a 25-carat diamond. lit only set you back $1.8 million. >> love reading that catalog. >> yes. >> makes for great reading. it is not only u.s. children who are lagging behind in math and reading and text skills. why adult vas big problem, too. >> new developments, including

in new york city. american adults are lagging behind when it comes to literacy and other skills. the u.s. scores below average when compared to other industrialized nations. japan and fland were at the top in all categories. spain and italy were at the bottom. the study showed a large gap between skilled and unskilled workers in the u.s. adults in 12 industrialized

countries outperformed americans in reading and people in 18 countries outscored americans in math. in our education nation profile today we look at special language programs for kids in prince george's county. they are designed to give young minority students a competitive edge. not often seen in less affluent neighborhoods. prince george's county bureau court reporter zachary kiesch finds out how they work. >> reporter: welcome to a mandarin immersion class for pre-schoolers. one catch. no english. in other words, classroom instruction is in chinese. >> they use the music and a lot of movement. the body gesture. i think in the earlier stage, you can learn the second language more easily. >> i think it is vitally important for a minority communities and minority children to be exposed to

foreign language. it is definitely something that is the wave of the future and new to our communities. >> reporter: language programs are nothing new when affluent white suburbs but when joanne started lango in prince george's county, back in 2009, there was no competition in town. >> we have come a long way since 2009. with the options were available when i was searching were in montgomery county and northern virginia, washington, d.c. >> reporter: she filled the void. offering classes to youngsters ranging from 18 months to sixth grade. >> the richest african-american county in the country. our education levels do not match that. right now we are as community, black community, starting to appreciate what education does, what doors it opposite. >> reporter: the program touches more than 400 students per week. adds ten new location this year azone college is more than likely going to choose a student that has foreign language exposure. >> i wanted caleb to have the opportunity to be automobile to

develop certain skills that would make him more competitive. >> reporter: reporting in prince george's county, zachary kiesch, news4. did an undercover police officer lie about his role in that biker beatdown? new video this afternoon that may contradict an undercover new york police department detective's story about his role in a motorcycle mob attack. >> a deadly swarm of giant bugs killing dozens of people in china. now let's turn to veronica. >> it is a dry, cool and cloudy evening for us. the big weather story right here. the upcoming nor'easter and that stretch, long stretch in fact, of wet weather we are going to be dealing with in a couple of minutes. i will tell you about the "newst

4:00" returns. an undercover detective may be facing charges in a case of road rage gone viral. the attack last month involved a group of bikers and an suv driver. our new york sister station reports police are reviewing new video of the incident. it apparently shows the officer shattering the suv's back window. moments later, the driver is pulled out of his car and is beaten. sources say the officer did not take part in the assault but he also did not call 911. he waited four days to tell his superiors he was there. so far, four bikers have now

been charged in the incident. to a developing story out of italy today. divers are looking for one last victim from the wreckage of "costa condordia." today -- an atleian woman is the last person still unaccounted for. 32 people died when the concordia capsized off the italian coast last year. the captain on trial for manslaughter. he is accused of causing the wreck and abandoning ship while passengers stayed onboard. a group of protesters in south palo, brazil, got more when they bargained for. the vehicle caught fire and exploded. people ran for safety, debris from the blast flew several feet into the air. the demonstration was among the most violent and latest in a series of street protests that have hit several brazil cities since june. mostly over economic issues. extermination crews may have gained the upper hand now in a battle against a deadly bug.

the asian giant hornet is blamed for more than 40 deaths in the northwestern part of china. another 1600 people were injured after being stung. the attacks began three months ago and the bugs, the size of a thumb, have venom strong enough to dissolve human tissue. warmer weather has made it's easier for them to breed. a week's long effort to destroy the nest lessened the attacks. >> looks ugly. our weather is looking ugly, too. >> it wasn't warm here today but we got a little bit of sunshine and so many folks today, that little bit of shine is all we are going to see. as we make our way through the rest of the week. possibly even the weekend. let me explain what is going on. we have the perfect scenario that will come together for a very cloudy and wet situation here but it is not going to be like yesterday where we get a lot of rain in a short period of time. what we are going to get is some moderate rainfall in a stretched

out long period of time. looking at national harbor cram. live camera now. we look towards the woodrow wilson bridge overcast sky. clouds have been moving in from the ocean and to the land from east to west. that's the perfect scenario for us. stronger easterly wind coming up. forecast for tomorrow morning, we are going to be starting out in the 50s. it will be cool, low to mid 50s with your sunrise tomorrow at 7:11. as i said, cloud cover coming our way. you can see it there. denser cloud cover and where the rain is right now is right around that area of low pressure. that's the rest of karen. it will be making its way up the coast and then getting stuck. you can see the showers right now just east of virginia beach. tomorrow they arrive for most of us around 3:00. here it is. clouds start to thicken at 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the 50s and you will need the jacket. then the umbrella by the evening rush home. southern maryland that gets that rain first. about 2:00, 3:00 tomorrow. high temperature tomorrow 64 degrees. there is a snapshot of tomorrow from early morning up until the

afternoon. just overcast. this is a nor'easter for us where -- on thursday, right now, looks as though we have rain that will be steady at times. for thursday also, staying breezy. winds out of the northeast at 15 to 25 miles per hour. that could even carry over to friday. and the rainfall by the end of thursday could see one to two inches through friday and still that system could move very little for the first half of the weekend. giving us more light showers and maybe even drizzle for sunday. we are just going to be stuck in this pattern now. temperatures for highs tomorrow 164 degrees. fort vel bor-- belvoir, 65 degr. very little shine tomorrow until you get west to the mountains. in terms of getting any sunshine, that's going to be a scene in the early part of next week. we focus in on that rain that will be hitting us. thursday right now, cool flow out of the east. bringing the rain with winds

really ramping up. nor'easter-type conditions starting, in fact, for wednesday right now. 80% chance of rain likely. 60% chance for friday. little bit of shine sunday. again, for us, drizzly and cool to 68 degrees. temperatures running below average now for several days. only news4 takes you inside some of the most dangerous neighborhoods. the epicenter of ms-13 to show you why it is such a growing problem in our area. i'm erika gonzalez. i will have that story coming up. police say a man free tends to have a gun and tries to rob a woman. that woman turns out to be an that woman turns out to be an off-duty police of

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this story coming on news4. . morning virginia authorities have been tracking them for years. members of the know orpheus ms-13 gang responsibility for some of the most savage crimes, human trafficking and drug zbleels what motivates them and why are they here? erika gonzalez joins us with her exclusive reporting. >> the ms-13 gang was foup order the west coast. it quickly grew and spread. what is the tie to northern virginia? much of it has to do with money. to explain, though, we needed to show you the gang's hotspot. that meant traveling to el

salvador. more than 3,000 miles away for this special report. this is one of many holding cells in el salvador. it is where ms-13 gang members await their day in court. it is the heart of the word's most notorious gang and it is where we traveled more than 3,000 miles from virginia where the gang is from the street for years. we traveled lining side sergeant soff from the herndon police department. he escorts our crew through alleys and jail cells few people, much less cameras, have ever seen. >> anything that we see here are eventually going see up will. >> reporter: these are members of the anti-gang task force. they covered our every move. what many don't realize is that ms-13 is a u.s.-made product, started in l.a., spread to

virginia, and then migrated to el salvador. where are you from? >> el salvador. >> reporter: you speak english? >> yes. >> taken up there. cell phones, facebook. >> reporter: by the early you would 2000s herndon is brought into the spotlight. this man, who we will call alex, is a northern virginia ms-13 member. he dlims have left the gang in an attempt to raise a family. but his ties still run deep. 12 of your friends have died because they wanted out of the gang? >> yes. they got killed by the rival gang. >> the arririval gang is? >> reporter: back in el salvador we meet alberto. he is a gang member. he and a few others are kept in

separate cells from ms members. reunion likely will lead to a bloodbath. the second our cameras go on, loyalty is clear. gang signs go up and many of them cover their faces. the mark is hard to miss. when hundreds of undocumented ms gang members are deported from our area back here to el salvador, they are placed in these detention centers. what's the equivalent of our detention centers. oftentimes there are more than two dozen individuals in each one of the sxrels take two-hour shifts sleeping at night because there is no room for them inside. for sergeant claudio, the takeaway from this trip, the gang is becoming more low proceed pile. reorganizing itself, he says. communication from ms gang members in northern virginia to those in el salvador was once sporadic, it is now almost daily. >> they are in europe now, south america. they are in mexico.

>> reporter: they are in our backyard good they are in our backyard. >> reporter: the gang kills, ex-torts and engaged in human trafficking. in northern virginia they are a gang that's focused on trafficking drugs and theft. the amount of crime at the hands of gang members has dropped significantly over the last ten years in herndon. largely due to in part the gang task force that's there. tonight at 6:00, our journey takes us to a neighborhood in el salvador so dangerous most don't venture into. you will hear more from alex about the money funneled into el salvador and who he has to pay to stay safe. right now at 5:00, fire in one home claims three lives. a teenager and his mother could be among the dead. guns drawn and a certain much by air and ground. a wild police chase comes to a dramatic end. >> still no end in sight to the government shutdown. news4 is working to find financial help for thousands of

furloughed workers. good evening. i'm pat lawson muse. wendy rieger is off. >> i'm jim handly. first at 5:00, a deadly fire so intense, a home was reduced to a burned-out box. this happened overnight on fuller heights road in triangle, virginia. just outside of the marine corps base at quantico. three people are dead tonight. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey talked with neighbors who are grieving over the friends they lost. >> reporter: there is very little that's recognizable anymore inside of this triangle mobile home where three people lost their lives in an early morning fire. investigators put up tarps as they did their work. it be up to the medical examiner to identify the bodies. this group who hung out with the 19-year-old that lived here are convinced they lost a close friend. their grieving has already begun. >> he was the most bright, energetic guy in the world. he was the neutral ice guy. he would do anything for you. he just always