>> redskins fans are anxious to start seeing victories after a difficult season. what are you expecting? what are you hoping to change immediately once you start practicing? >> football is a stuff sport, we just want to make sure we're committed to the players and providing them with every avenue to get better. great coaches. my first order of business is finding the best staff i can find and address the roster. >> you've seen robert griffin iii play, you know of him. he hasn't developed into the quarterback that a load of fans want to see him be. what are sudden hoping to teach him? what type of quarterback -- >> he's young. he's only played two years. a lot of quarterbacks don't develop until seven, eight years down the road. i want to provide him every a avenue to success. to get players around him, and not make it all about report,

make it all about the redskins offense, the defense, the special teams and take some pressure off him. we know that washington isn't the only team that wanted you, even last season. lots of teams have wanted you to be part of their organization. i'm assuming that the redskins had to tell you about themselves. what did he say to you? why dipped to come here? >> well, i love the passion of the owner, dan snider. bruce allen, i know we have a histo history, but some of the things you read about from the outside in about dan snider is so untrue. he just -- -- >> what's the misconception? >> i was nervous coming in here. i was nervous, but all's he wants is to provide fans with a winning team. he's going to do everything he can to provide that for us. i had time to speak with your wife. you said pack a back, only one piece of luggage, you got to get

down here. what has been it been like for them? >> they're fired up. my 16-year-old already walked into a school and met the principal. so they're excited. you know, we're a close family, we know that football, moving is part of a deal, but to reach this part of my career as a head football coach, i think everybody is obviously ecstatic. >> reporter: what's one thing you heard about washington, d.c. that you're looking forward to checking out? >> one thing? the white house. >> reporter: that's a very safe answer. good answer. you cu y you. that's pressure. >> a lot of pressure. and a lot more on gruden's hiring, including the reaction from the fans and from the former players. that's still coming up on news4. you can always get more on

nbcwashington.com. we finally climbed above freezing today, but get ready for another round of winter weather. >> doug kammerer is here with more on the timing of when this will start moving through. >> the timing will be the key and critical aspect. it's not a big storm. the rain and snow out towards the west, making its way our way, but because of the timing, and because of the colder temperatures, we do have freezing rain potential. that's why the national weather service has issued a freezing rain advisory for just about the entire area. in and around d.c., gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas, we do have the advisory in effect through tomorrow morning nothing on the radar right now, but all you have to do is widen a bit this will all come together to give us that area of freezing rain. it's all dependent on the

temperatures 37 in d.c., 34 in ghaithering burg, 34 in manas s manassas, and that's when we'll start to see the -- i'll let you know when you can sxekd to see the worst situation in your area. area prosecutors will have to retry a man charged in connection with a police officer's death, because today the judge declared a mistrial after receiving an e-mail from a juror. it's an unexpected turn of events that has the office's family furious. tracy w tracee wilkins joins us. >> reporter: the prosecutors -- darvita caldwell is the juror responsible. in february she'll be coming back to prince georges court and this time facing a contempt of court hearing. that's just how serious this all

is. in the meantime, prosecutor been will be reparing to retry this case. >> going back through all of this is going to be hard. >> reporter: they were close to a resolution in the trial of her son's death, but now a mistrial means she'll have to do it all again. >> we have to go over it again, and we want to move on. it's been very hard dealing with the situation. >> reporter: he was facing a possible manslaughter conviction. moreries was killed back in 2012 after his police car crashed during a high-speed chase on the beltway. he and his officer were chasing suspects accused of stealing a woman's purse. police say neal was behind the wheel. >> his actions on august 20th contributed to the death of officer morris. >> reporter: but after three days of testimony and a few hours of jury deliberation, one of the jurors asked to be excused from the trial due to

her religious beliefs. >> our understanding is there was an e-mail sent to the judge at about 1:00 in the morning from a juror who said that her religious beliefs would disallow her from sitting in judgment of another human being. >> reporter: the two alternates who could have replaced the juror where are excused before deliberations began, so now new jurors will have to be selected. a lot of time and money for the state attorney's office. >> we spent tremendous resources prosecuting this case, and i believe it was cuss graceful what occurred today in this courthouse. >> reporter: part of the reason this juror will have a contempt trial is evidently after she sent that e-mail overnight, when she was in court this morning talking to the judge and defending why she thought she shouldn't be a juror her store kept changing, so that's going to be what they sort out when she comes back to trial. coming up, how does something like this happen? the state went through a lot to make sure the jurors would be

able to be here throughout the end of this trial. we'll have more. five sailors were in that chopper crash. it went down into 412 degree water some 20 miles from virginia beach. four were rescued from the water, two of them later died. searchers looked for the missing sailor until this afternoon and gave up on an active search. one of the survivors was released from the hospital today. the other may be discharged tomorrow. they were identified as sailors from north carolina and california. we still don't know what caused that chopper to crash. meantime, searchers have now recovered the bodies of four air force crew members killed in a helicopter crash in england. they died tuesday in a low-eight attitude training exercise. today the air force released photos, showing three of the service members. so far we know one is from idaho and the other from vancouver, washington state.

the hometowns of the other two have not been released. ultimately i am responsible. for what happens under my watch, the good and the bad. and when mistakes are made -- troubled waters tonight for new jersey governor chris christie as new information surfaces. nbc news has learned the ems coordinator for ft. lee says closed lanes impacted response times. that new development comes after governor christie faced the media to address the scandal. his conference started at 11:00 this morning, lasted into the afternoon. more than an hour and 45 minutes is what it took. there it is. a lot of folks are wondering what it means. erika gonzalez is live with more. >> reporter: well, jim, this fiasco could very well staal a second term that was supposed to

jump-start chris christie's run for 2016. he denies he knew anything about the bridge lane closures. i am impair rationed and hue millated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> reporter: today in a nearly two-hour-long press conference, new jersey governor chris christie handed out a pink slip. he deputy chief of staff, gone. >> this morning i term natted is the employment of bridget kelly, effective immediately. >> kelly is allegedly the face behind four days of snarled traffic from last september. >> i terminated her employment because she lied to me. >> reporter: a littledly political retribution against the mayor in ft. lee. domenico mon domenico month nerro. >> while this doesn't kill his chances in 2016, if there's

something else out there like him knowing, that certainly will be a lot different. >> reporter: he adds congress or justice department involvement could be possible in the next few months. >> you willy i am responsible for what happens until my watch, the good and the bad. >> reporter: keep in mind one thing. governor chris christie said before this, he never even knew the game or knew of this mayor from ft. lee, but said he would personally apologize. one thing is for sure, his reputation as a bipartisan bridge builder is tarnished. yao side the white house, erika gonzalez, news4. president obama is looking into big changes about surveillance. he is thinking about restricting access to americans' phone records and limiting spying on foreign leaders. the president spend much of the day meeting with congressional leaders on these changes. the changes come after leaks

by edward snowden, a classified pentagon report reveals that snowden stole 1.7 million documents, most about u.s. military actions. the report found that the leaks put troops at risk and caused terrorists to change their tactics. congressman holmes says the district is not the federal government and shouldn't be treated that way. she spoke out today about a bill she says would permanently prevent the city from spending local funds on abortion for low-income women. >> in three years of republican control of this house this is the fourth bill considered that would violate the rights of my local government and harm its female citizens. >> even if that big did pass the house, its not expected to gain any traction in the signal. about 90 minutes police

chief lanier will hole a community meeting. last month prosecutors charged officer barnhill with pimps teenage girls a week earlier they arrested mark washington on child porn charges. washington's body was later downed in the potomac. they worked in 7-d. tonight's meeting is at the faith tabernacle church on alabama avenue southeast. it begins at 7:30. a 4-year-old boy dies in a fire in an apartment building. we are back at the scene with investigatoring who are combing for answers. >> don't block my way. >> i am blocking your may, mr. mister mayo. >> a lot of pushing and shoving. we'll tell you what we found. and a new look at that trump hotel that's going

glue the cabdriver accused of shooting officer le boy last year is now mentally fit to stand trial. the judge ruled a trial date can be set for bashir, but as julie carey reports tonight, the defendant's attorney warn his mental stability may not last. it's been almost 11 months sing he was shot in the head while on motorcycle patrol.

into high pressure was arrested soon after when he crashed -- the police chase that followed. near death, he was rushed to medstar and somehow survived. >> i definitely think it's a miracle. it definitely was not his time to go. >> the officer continues to his therapy. in court documents, a forensic psychologist wrote that bashir was deeply and denly delusional. had thought official could communicate telepathically. he was for you mentally unfit to stand trial. the prosecutors told the judge today with medication, he's been judged mentally stable.

the judge ruled that he's competent to stand trial. the commonalty wealth's attorney drined comment, but outside the courtroom, the officer's wife said the ruling is agreed news. despite the warming weather, water crews are still busy. this was a main break at the -- they fixed it earlier today. officials with wsse said crews have remare more than four dozen breaks. they predict more as the river waters make it into the same. >> say that fast. tomorrow morning it will be tricky? >> it really is. it all depends on that critical temperature. at least for the early portion of the day.

take a look outside right now. first off. let's go to reston, where teraset elementary can me there. unique school, most of the school is underground. thank you for having me in to talk all about the weather. 37 degrees, winds out of the east. that easterly component will become northeasterly. that will try to keep in that cold air. 32 right now in baltimore. and 39 down towards culpeper. with the cloud cover today, we were not able to warm up all that much. the radar, clear in our area. back to the west here is our storm system.

more moisture will move in. we will see freezing rain. the advisory -- but the timing is a little different. 3:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. that's frederick over towards d.c., culpeper and fredericksburg, back toward the west, though, and up to the north, portions of west virginia, around washington county, that goes until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. this will be the area that stays freezing rain the longest, back toward the west, the precipitation will start earlier, the freezing rain, maybe around 11:00, so culpeper, winchester, luray. by tomorrow morning this would be over. tomorrow morning, notice this area of pink here, that's the freezing rain coming through. rain down toward the south. as we move through the early morning hours, even around 8:00, we're starting to see that

change back over to rain, but leesburg, frederick, gaithersbu gaithersburg, back toward the west. and by 11:00, i think everybody is just on the rainy side. more rain during the afternoon for the afternoon rush hour tomorrow, so that could be slow. rain overnight, most of it on the light side, and then on saturday, well, saturday we've got some heavy rain coming in, some of that rain will be heavy on saturday, most locations picking up 1 to 2 inches over the next 48 hours. a bit of a rainy time here. areas of freezing rain tomorrow. as you move through the next couple days look at the warmup. 62 on saturday, back down to 52 on sunday. another chance for rain on tuesday. a high of 46, and then look at that, guys, it gets cold again. thank you, doug. a picture of a homeless man on a d.c. grate went viral. his family found him, but now an update on how the picture and

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private rocket launch. it's headed to the space station with supplied. included with the shipment a space ant colony and experiments designed by students from all over the country. space ants. never heard of them before. space ants. hey, we also have a new head coach for the skins. what about his wife and family moving to our region? more live team coverage with dianna and jason. >> yeah. it wasn't a beat reporter, it wasn't a sports anchor that let the world know. it was actually jay gruden's son j.j. he told his basketball coach and he tweeted it to the world. >> mrs. gruden says for her family it's been a whirlwind of 24 hours. >> a quick phone calls, one of my kids were at basketball

practice. they wanted us all to come. the other was dropping him off, came back to the house, and it was grab the largest suitcase we could find, throw some things in for dad, pack a suit to wear tomorrow, and i found the one gold item that made up my wardrobe, threw it in a bag, and we were here in two hours, within two hours. >> reporter: are you ready to make virginia, maryland, d.c. your home now? >> we are. we're very excited. >> reporter: what have you heard about the city. >> my gosh, i've heard it's a wonderful sense the community and great schools and wonderful people, and they love their football. we're looking forward to it. >> when you sit in the crowd like that, watching your husband take all these questions in front of the hundreds of cameras and reporters, what does it feel like to be the wife? >> it's still sinking in a bit that it's such a big deal. it just makes me feel very proud. i've watchedim grow so much

over the years and work so hard, and put in so many hours. i know it's something he loves, it's his passion. we're just thankful and appreciative to the sniders, and the organization for hiring him, and we're just really looking forward to a new beginning here. >> a new beginning for them. they say the key to being a coach in the nfl is, you never buy a house, you rent, because you never know what your future is going to be. guys, we still have lots more to come at 6:00. we'll hear from bruce allen and what he expects when his new coach and how jay gruden plans on developing robert griffin iii. and right now at 5:00, a deadly shooting. it was apparently an accident. >> we are working on getting answers about just what happened at a pastor's home. a man shod and killed. we just learned how the family of a prominent pastor in prince george's county may know more about what happened. plus new technology in cars

is supposed to help prevent a crash. our liz crenshaw took a look at what could make all the difference when you and your family are on the road. a young student has her moment in the spotlight. >> i feel so honored to meeting my president. >> while president obama maps out a care for new promise zones.

right here in the storm center we're looking at the radar. nothing around our region yet, but all you have to do is drag the map off to the west, you see that snow. rain down toward the south and kentucky. that's what's moving our way. because of that and the fact we'll see you're temperatures drop overnight, we have a freezing rain advisories, in effect for about the entire viewing area until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we could see problems on the roadways. you may have ice on your car when you wake up. be prepared to scrape that off tomorrow morning. we'll have the timing of this all coming up in just about ten minutes. thank you, doug. a deadly shooting that was an accident at the home of a prominent pastor, the victim just 23 years of age. tonight we're hearing from the family of that victim. they say he was an aspiring model. this unfolded overnight pat collins has the latest on this.

>> reporter: wendy, they were all friends, just getting together. for some reason they started playing around with a gun, and now, now one of them is dead. in this farmhouse owned by tony and cynthia brazelton, a prominent religious family, a young man shot to death this morning in what police are describing as a tragic accident. the victim identified at 23 years old eric lamar pratt. he was a model, constance wilson is his aunt. >> it's an unexpected tragedy, and we never plan for these things, so we just try to cope as they come and we're asking that the privacy be respected. >> reporter: police say there were five people at the house at the time, three men, two women.

they say they were fooling around with a rifle when it happened. julie parker is with the prince george's county police. >> this group was playing around with a gun. that gun went off. tragically it hit the 23-year-old man in the head. >> reporter: no charges in this case? >> no charges filed at the time. >> reporter: how would you characterize it? >> we would call this a tragic accident. >> reporter: according to real estate records, this home in the 107-acres surrounding it you are owned by tony and cynthia brazeltons. they're well known because of their association with the victory christian church international, a large and popular assembly off st. barn abus road. we attempted to talk to them today. so far, no response. now, this is the first time in recent memory that someone? pring georges county has died as a result of an accidental

shooting. live at headquarters, pat cottens, news 4. within the past few minutes fire officials have released the identity of the 4-year-old boy who died in the apartment fire last night. his name is lancelot quorshi. he died last night. firefighters rescued about 20 people, but the little boy died in that fire. the family tells news 4 the boy's father was badly burned trying to rescue him. the blaze began in a kitchen and has been ruled an doesn't. firefighters tell us the apartment's smoke detectors were working and likely saved other lives. the parents of a missing man featured in a for thea that went viral say they're determined to get their son the help he needs. nicklas simmons went missing on new year's day. an associated press photographers snapped this photo of the 20 years old who looked homeless.

a few days later right here in washington the family saw the picture on facebook. the young man's parents say the family is still not sure why he left. today we learned which communities will get a financial boost from the federal government. president obama revealed the first promise zones. they're going to be in philadelphia, los angeles, san antonio, southeastern kentucky, and the choctaw nation of oklahoma. federal officials will work with local business leaders to expand opportunities for jobs, education and housing. >> anybody in this country who works hard should have a fair shot at success, period. it doesn't matter where they come from, what they look like, what their last name is, they should be able to success. >> reporter: the white house will pick 15 more promise zones. mare yor gray clashed with reporters today who were asking about his troubled 2010 campaign that remains until criminal

investigation. gray made a general apology yesterday for the flawed campaign, but declined to discuss specifics. the mayor plans to kick off his new reelection bid on saturday. tom sherwood has the story. >> jim, the mayor has never explained his role in that 2010 campaign, but questions about it aren't going away. arriving at a library event downtown. the mayor didn't want to comment on the general apology he made wednesday for his troubled 2010 campaign or his statement that he can't apologize for what others did illegally. >> i have nothing further to say, tom. >> reporter: the mayor got irritated when news 4 said we would press all day, if necessary, for an answer. >> i'm look -- >> don't stop me, tom, you know. don't use language lie that. >> vernon hawkins and three others have pled guilty to felonies as part of gray's 2010.

the mayor has not been charged. after the program at the martin luther king library, reporters tried again to ask gray about the vague apology. the press secretary saying the mayor wouldn't talk. >> he's already said -- >> don't block my way. >> reporter: i am blocking your way. i don't understand why you're going so difficult. his 2010 campaign still mired in scandal, he's preparing to kick off his reelection campaign at the arc. he'll hold the kickoff this saturday, but reporters have told cameras will stay in the back of the room and no media availability after the pay yor is finished speaking. supporters of the mayor say the limited apology is meant to both reassure some voters and maybe sure some sympathy for the mayor being chased by the media. now tonight the mayor is not attending a candidate forum in georgetown. his staff says he has a schedule conflict. tom sherwood, thank you,

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and the health and fitness expo kicks off saturday downtown. >> the excitement is in the air. doreen joins us with some of the free health screenings, you will want to take part in. >> you know we have been working on this event for months. there's a lot going on, including some screenings specifically for men. george washington university hospita hospital. the number of men getting tested for prostate cancer has decreased significantly in recent months. last summer a government panel came out with new guidelines on prostate cancer screening, controversial guidelines have found more risks than benefits in widespread screening. a lot of experts disagree with those guidelines. >> well, it's very concerning to me because the d.c., the district of columbia, has the highest prostate cancer rate in the country. despite that, we have a decrease

in skrening. so it is a problem. >> doctors from gw hospital will be at the expo all weekend offering free prostate cancer screenings for men over the age of 40. the kind of screenings that a lot of men try to put off. thises a chance to do it for free, get it behind you this weekend. the expo takes place tess washington convention center, doors open at 9:00 a.m. admission is free. >> all right. we'll see you there. i'm going to kick it all off saturday morning with nbc's al roker, looking forward to that. all the latest news for the expo can be found on nbcwashington.com, as well as our new infone app., just search for health expo in the app. store. wen wendy? >> it's a lot of fun. >> it is. the redskins have introduced that i new coach. how is he being received? we'll hear from a legend right

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a lot of fans may be reserving judgment until they get to know more about the new coach jay gruden. >> but if a few former greats are right, that could soon change. mark segraves joins us leave. >> reporter: i am right here fedex field, where coach jay gruden will be leading his team next season. while he comes from a famous football family, he's not as well known as his super bowl winning coach brother. jay gruden is no stranger to professional football. having played and coached for years. but when we asked fans about their next head coach, here's what we heard. >> give the man a chance, make

some calls, you know, i'm a skin to the end. i have faith. >> i know being related to jon gruden, right? they always come from a good family, good genes. so i guess it will work. >> do you know who this guy is? >> no. >> jay gruden, ring a bell. >> gruden, brother of -- >> brother to jon gruden. >> reporter: head coach washington redskins. >> reporter: no, he is. >> he is now? i hope he does well. >> he's the offensive coordinator for the bengals right now? >> i don't. i haven't paid that much attention to cincinnati. >> reporter: super bowl mvp joe theismann knows him well. >> he's accomplished a lot. he's been a head coach in the arena league, in the uf are you familiar.

the bengals have made the playoffs under him. >> i had the good fortune to work with jay when i was pardon of the orlando tuskers a couple years ago. i got to know him as a coach, a player, and i think this is the right move for us, for him. >> caller: i like his offensive mind. >> reporter: lavar arrington spent his entire radio show today talking about him. >> if the head coach can manage personalities of the players along with other entities associated with this team, then they have a chance to now just play football. >> reporter: now, coming up at 6:00, you'll want to stay with us, joe theismann has some advice for fans, and lavar arrington has some advice for coach gruden. that's the very latest live at fedex field. mark segraves, news 4. >> now let's see if doug has any advice for people commuting tomorrow. how bad will it be?

will it be confined to certain areas? >> it will be. it will be those areas below 32 degrees or right at 32. most of that will be just to the north and west of i-95. we'll show you what's happening. winds out of the east. we are seeing the winds out of the east eventually out of northeast. that could help drive temperatures down a bit. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show right now, but this is the area we're most worried about for areas of icing tomorrow morning. dc, metro area will be i think okay. i think the road should be okay. gaithersburg, just west of fairfax, down through warrenton, frederick, martins burg, down through winchester and front royal, we are expecting from icing, and secondary roads could be a problem for early tomorrow morning. future weather, cold right now, freezing rain in and around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning, rain down toward the south.

by around 8:00, notice d.c. metro area, points to the south mostly rain, with freezing rain continuing back toward the west. that's why we have that freezing rain advisory. then it's all rain throughout the afternoon as temperatures warm above that 40 degrees mark. in many location, the rain continues. on saturday, look what happens. some heavy rain comes in right around 1:00 in the afternoon, so heads up on saturday. if you have plans, expect rain. that's why it's a good idea to head toward the washington convention center. that's where we will be. storm team 4 at saturday on the main stage. we will have a q&a. 62 degrees for a high. 52 on sunday. sunday lots of sunshine, buttesy and a little bit on the cooler side. here's the next seven days. then next month, a high of 53, our next chance of rain after saturday comes on tuesday with a high of 46. over the next five days, guys, 2 to 3 inches of rain.

we have come to expect air bags to save lives. >> but the new cars are adding safety features to help drivers avoid crashes all together. liz crenshaw took a crash course or accident avoidance technology. >> reporter: that's the sound of a safety warning, the lates car technology gored toward preventing a crash. safety add-on options forren a added price. here tess snrns institute for highway safety, engineers test the safety of cars, including crashing them twice a week. news4 transportation reporter adam tuesday and i visited the site, to learn more about the technology. >> these two cameras work exactly like your eyes. they're able to see in front of you. >> this system is an automatic braking system offered on the subaru outback, the front sensors spot a car pedestrian

in front of you, get too close and the car takes over. we gave it a try. >> don't brake. you'll hear a warning. >> yikes, whoa! >> the vehicle brakes for you. >> wow, there we are stopped, we didn't hit a thing. >> reporter: the institute says this forward collision warning systems and autobraking are move to prevent car crashes. >> we saw a real world insurance data that shows vehicles with these systems are reducing claims. >> drivers occasionally make mistakes. their attention wanders, these systems can help back them up. >> reporter: another things the institute favors, advanced lighting systems. >> these are systems that as you turn the steering wheel redirect your headlights in the direction you're steering to better light the road ahead of where you're going. >> reporter: cameras to help you park and back up. this mercedes-benz is covered with cameras, front, side,

overhead and rear. how expensive is accident avoidance technology? the institute says you can pay $1,000 to $3,000 for some options, but says the data shows some features are not worth the money quite yet. for example, lane departure warnings systems. when the driver drifts out of the lane, an alarm sounds. >> so far we're not seeing any benefit when we look at real crashes versus the same vehicles without. >> reporter: but car manufacturers continue to work on safety add-on s. >> liz crenshaw, news4. a local lawmaker wants to extend the hours of operation for speed cameras in prince george's county, but critics say the move is just another attempt at raising money. delegate derek davis' bill would

allow cameras to operate 24/7 in school zones and raised fee charged on tickets not paid on time it's if approve, it would provide -- or probably take effect later this year. you could get your power shut off. that's one of the threats people are getting from callers who claim to be with the power company. what

news 4's transportation reporter is live at the tinnily town station. >> reporter: metro riders are supposed to get that once the transit agency once again start controlling its trains. trains controlled by computers not humans, that's bakle basically what we're talking about. the agency says it has a new automated system. and when the complete automatic systems are in place, computers are responsible for keeping trains spaced evenly, safely, and at the right speed. >> again, it's when you have all the systems in place, it's not only a safe operation, but it's a smoother operation for the passengers. >> reporter: that's the way trains used to run before the

fatal red line crash in 2009. on that day the system failed, basically telling one train the tracks ahead were clear, when in reality they weren't. federal safety leaders told metro to rebuild the system from the ground up. metro now ready to test the new system. for some riders, a safety upgrade is welcome news. you don't feel completely 100% at ease? >> i would say 60% of the time i'm okay. >> reporter: the other 40% isaac says he feel shaky. >> there are moments when the doors and actual ride feels bumpy. it does cause some concern. >> reporter: it's important to note if and when they make the switch back to automatic, there would still be an operator in the cab who can stop the train if something doesn't look like. some automatic protections are still used to keep tranz spaced apartment.

this rider says he pits his trust in the system. >> that's right. it's nice to have somebody to override if necessary. >> reporter: i want to stress that metro has not made a decision about when it's going to make this switch. the next step in the process proving that it works to the national transportation safety board. reporting live, adam tuss, news4. there it is of the new hotel. the national capital planning commission gave a final approval to redeveloping the old postal pavilion. the commission for fine arts will give its final approval. trump international d.c. should open sometimes in 2016. callser claiming to be with power companies are using technology to trick people out of the hundreds of dollars. prince george's county bureau

reporter zachary kiesch found out how it works. >> so in the past there's been a lot of consumer scams of this nature. this is really focused more on commercial brokers. >> the attorney general is trying to get the word out. >> what happens is they call a commercial company, and somebody will think, this is important, the power will be turned out for the building, i need to pay for this gps meter. >> so you're doing a half, right? >> reporter: lisa has been the owner of this shop for nine years. >> they spoke to my chef, saying -- >> they have king fish, jerk, island rhythms, and authentic experience, but recently the target of a scam. >> my brother was at the house and said can you go to 7-eleven and get it done for me. i'm telling this gentleman, this is crazy, it doesn't sound

right, why do i have to pay you guys? he said, listen, you need to get it done. he's telling my time is running out. >> reporter: the scammers asked for a $500 deposit for new utility equipment. they demand the payment is used using the green dot debit card/credit card system, and if the payment is made right now, sometimes in less than 30 minutes, it's worked many times over. >> but then i find out it was basically a scam. i said, listen, i'm reporting you to the police. >> if we catch the people perpetuating the scam, because it's across state lines most likely, we're able to go after them federally for mail fraud and wire fraud. >> reporter:. s.a.m.ry quiche, news 4. the redskins new head coach says he's focused on the future. >> i don't know what happened

last year and don't care what happened last year. we're live with his busy first day. and chris christie responding to a big scandal involves political payback. we're talking about a freezing rain advisory in effect through early tomorrow morning. ing there be problems for your morning rush. where you'll see the most impacts. well, first tonight the search is over for the redskins. the team has hired jay gruden today to replace mike shanahan as the head coach. gruden might be best known as the brother of the super bowl winning coach and monday night football analyst jon gruden. he's never been a head coach in the nfl before, but he has a hot commodity. this off-season he has interviewed for three head coaching positions. after three successful year as offensive coordinator for the cincinnati bengal he was officially introduced less than two hours