that gunman. neighbors tell me the shot keeper is one of the nicest people you can ever meet. the council member mcduffy cawa down here earlier and said crime has been going down and is one of the things that has neighbors upset about it today. >> it's crazy, really crazy. >> reporter: does it scare you? >> it really does, scares me a lot. >> reporter: today started as any day at this tv repair shop on florida avenue. the owner had left to go to the bank and there was no money in the store and left his wife and an employee behind. a man entered the store and there was some type of argument between the man and the employee. >> there was some type of dispute and we're trying to determine what that was. it looks like there was at least one gunshot that went off, the employee was shot and taken to the hospital. >> reporter: the storeowner tells news 4 the victim was

about 50 years old and worked in this neighborhood for years. >> we really love him and miss him. >> reporter: what kind of guy is he? >> he likes working on tvs. >> reporter: police canvassed the neighborhood looking for the gunman or any who might know what happened. while they don't have a motive for the shooting, they say they don't believe there's any reason for the community to be concerned a gunman is on the loose. >> it seems to be an isolated incident related only to this store here. >> reporter: you can see the store remains locked up tight this evening. the only signs anything happened here these medical supplies left by paramedics who treated the victim. we are told by police he remains in critical condition at a local hospital and so far police have no motive what happened here. reporting live in northwest, mark segraves, news 4. traffic is moving in atlanta now after it came to a stand still after 10 hours.

six people were dead in weather related traffic accidents across the south. >> as the gridlock starts to get better in atlanta, people around the country are trying to make sense of this storm. can you help us at all and tell us what's next, possibly a thaw? >> a big thaw. this is what happened in the atlanta area. very surprised they didn't shut down the roads and schools earlier in the day because this forecast had talked about for days. and with cold temperatures the snow snarled the traffic. this same storm brought us snow, too, in many locations we picked up well over 2 inches. this was our forecast last night at 11:00. just about perfect. good news for us. up to an inch in baltimore and leesburg we should have you in this coating for sure. and waldorf and fredericksburg,

that worked out. 3-4 in leonardtown and 4 inches in southern cape may and st. mary's county. we did see pretty good snow totals from this storm and now talking about the cold air. 26 degrees in washington. 19 in gaithersburg. tonight, we could drop nearly 20 degrees. it will be another frigid night. then, nice changes. >> can't wait to hear about those later on. thank you. that big snowstorm brought us another rare sight. >> at virginia beach. right now, crews are working to clear the 10 inches of snow that fell overnight. and in southern maryland they got more snow than they're used to seeing. taking us to calvert county. >> reporter: clearing all this snow from the roadway deway inne parking lot became a big job. >> we were think iing 3 inch

amount. it became a big job. at the school, the snow was a bonus for kids like this fifth grader. >> what's the best thing about the snow? >> i like going sledding. >> reporter: being out of school? >> yeah. >> reporter: that is an an added bonus? >> yeah. >> reporter: here at solomon's island, traffic is moving well but wasn't the case last night. before the 11:00 news, some people were concerned about driving. >> i was driving 5 miles an hour and praying i make it home safe. >> i was surprised how much came down and how much we got. the roads seemed to clear up pretty gquickly and getting warmer didn't seem to make the snow last so long. >> reporter: because there was little wind, this helicopter was able to do some precision flying to string wear on power policy. the thomas johnson bridge over the river was no scarier than usual. and snowy side streets yet to be

cleared posed no problem for motorists. now to a story we told you about first on 4, if you use the iii street tunnel to get around, you need to prepare for changes in the coming months. a massive development project is about to start to close the open air gap of the tunnel between mass avenue and e street. what this project will do is create new office and residential spots in that area and connect f and g streets on either side of this tunnel potentially making it's easier to get around through that part of the city. this is going to be a lengthy process, 3.5 years. we will likely see lane shifts ar are -- even possible closures and much more on the possible specifics and impacts coming up at 5:30. president obama is calling

on congress to join him in raising the minimum wage to 1 $10.10 an hour. >> nobody who works full-time should ever have to raise a family in poverty. that is why i firmly believe it's time to give america a rais raise. >> the president made his pitch at costco's door in prince george's country. outside the beltway, companies like costco say they boost paychecks to retain good workers to retain good morale and help full time employees avoid living in poverty. tracee wilkins has more on where people and business owners stand on this hot topic. >> apricot glaze. >> reporter: opening this week a restaurant back innedry was steven thomas's dream after working as a pastry chef for someone else. >> everyday you have a chance to come out and control your own outcome. i like that.

>> reporter: it hasn't been a cakewalk. >> a lot of responsibility. >> reporter: including living wages for his workers why thomas says he chooses to pay above minimum wage. >> you have disgruntled employees. they don't like the fact they have to come in and work and you expect them to keep the restroom clean, sweep and mop and smile and answer the phone. that will come across to your customers. >> nobody is looking for a free lunch. but give people a chance. >> reporter: today at prince george's costco, president obama highlighted benefits of paying workers more as he called for a raise in the national minimum wage. these for example who came to see the president agree with his message. >> if you expect people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps you need to equip them the ability to do it. >> it gives everyone an opportunity. that's what this country should stand for. >> okay. >> reporter: for thomas, every penny counts in this small business. >> it's not like you open a business like this and every evening you take the cash

register and dump it in your pocket and that's your money to live off. >> reporter: he says it's the quality he's paying for when he sends his workers home with a little more than he has to. >> it will be better for people as well as employees. >> reporter: part of the reason president obama decided to deliver his speech here is because at the end of late last year, prince george's county and montgomery county and d.c. decided to raise the minimum wage and they're working on the exact same thing for the rest of the state of maryland and annapolis. i'm tracee morgan, news 4. a new law coming one step closer for the farm bill. 956 billion dollars plan. it ends direct subsidies for farmers and cuts $8 begin from the food stamp program over the next decade. next up it goes to the senate where it is expected to past. new details you saw first on 4 yesterday. metro posted signs and they were

wrong. they showed the blue line going to east falls church, which it does not do. after our report, a viewer tipped us off to more sign confusion. these signs aren't wrong but the station names don't exactly line up with their corresponding dots making it harder to read. the new signs are being installed to include the silver line to tysons expected sometime this spring. the columbia mall shooter brought his gun to the mall in a bag. and in dulles, what led to this emergency landing. what about thousands of kids stranded at school in that rare southern snowstorm. an update

tall the passengers are oka after their flight from dulles reported smoke and made an emergency landing in delaware at 10:00 this morning. these are pictures from a passenger inside the plane. flight 3759 was carrying 61 passengers and four crew members when it was diverted to newcastle airport near wilmington. no word yet on the source of that smoke in the cabin. we have new details tonight in the lar from prince george's county

police. the person who filed it said he was last seen at 5:15 that morning walking to work at dunkin donuts at baltimore avenue and never arrived at work. a reverse track was placed on aguilar's phone and located in the area of the columbia mall. he opened fire inside that mall saturday and killed two people for before turning the gun on himself. at the live desk, scott mcfarlane. right now at 5:00, a major construction project at the heart of the district. >> it will cause major traffic tie-ups for years. >> reporter: how about a four year long traffic construction project and impacts for that entire length of time. coming up. >> reporter: that's the iii street. imagine it covered over and huge

buildings on top of it. and the traffic impact it will cause. coming up. it was the state of the union interview that upstaged the president. a congressman threatens a reporter with physical violence. now, an "abc news" crew was confronting him to get answers. >> do you regret what took place? >> reporter: a rare look at an

fast forward through the headlines. manhunt on the way after an employee was shot at an electron electronics store. it's not clear what led up to the shooting but police say the gun marsh ran off after it happened. the gunman is in critical condition. president obama is back after a quick two city store visiting the costco store in maryland to boost workers wages and delivered the same message to workers at a steel company outside pittsburgh. first on 4, a massive construction project is about to get under way in downtown d.c. and it could affect your commute for years. >> five new buildings will be constructed over the i3rd stree tunnel at massachusetts street and e street. how it will affect those.

this is a big deal, isn't it? >> reporter: it is a big deal. let me give you a walk around to show you what will happen. massachusetts avenue near 2nd street northwest. on this side of the tunnel, take a look to the other side of the tunnel. the plan puts beams, girders, steel on top of this and buildings on top of this. that could be a construction project and traffic headache for four years. this is what the 3rd street tunnel in the heart of the district looks like now. this is what a developer says is about to happen. look at this animation. you can see how four new office buildings and residential area will be in the air covering the tunnel completely and work expected to start mid-march. >> the highway is down in the trench for a reason. this was always planned. when they built the highway in the '60s, the idea was it would

eventually be built over. >> reporter: bob with the project says lanes will be shifted and traffic issues. >> there is a lot of highway and lanes both sides and we can shift traffic down and speeds will go down and lanes will stay open. >> reporter: he says at some point of the construction the entire tunnel will have to be closed overnight just the beams, columns alone to support this space will cost a quarter of a billion dollars. >> a quarter of a billion dollars to create the land basically. then we have three blocks of new land in downtown washington. although it sounds like a lot of money, three blocks is worth $250 million. >> reporter: it will be a major change for people getting around the city. back here now live above the 3rd street tunnel. obviously, all this space would be covered over here.

we're talking about quite a massive project. what do commuters think about this? hear from them coming up next hour at 6. reporting live in northwest, ad adam, news 4. if you want to give metro your feelings about the fare hike proposal today is the day. there is a link to it and a hearing in about an hour at the greenbelt marriott. a local new york reporter accepted an apology after a new york congressman was threatening to throw the reporter over the capitol rotunda that healed last night after the reporter asked the congressman, michael grimm about the federal probe of his campaign finances.

>> grimm issued a statement last night saying he was annoyed because he was there to comment on the state of the union. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell caught up with the congressman today and he told her there was no excuse for her behavior. >> it never should have happened. i called michael scotto and he accepted my apology and we will go to lunch. i'm a human being and sometimes your emotions get the better of you and it shouldn't have happened and you shouldn't lose your cool and when you're wrong you admit it and it shouldn't have happened. >> when asked about the federal investigation grimm said he hadn't talked to the investigators and doesn't know where it stands. a man collapsed and died outside a d.c. fire station. the mayor is taking action today. seven unsolved murders right

here in this county. now, a new effort under way to crack these cases. i'm david culver. i will tell you how they intend to do that. talking a cold night as skies continue to clear and temperatures go way down. and i'll let you know about the next couple of chances for next couple of chances for

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family members of 77-year-old medric mills said they ran to engine 26 on olde island avenue for help rhode island avenue for help and they were turned away and he later died. >> i think it's an outrage, man. i was absolutely furious when i saw it. the investigation is under way. >> the mayor also vowed someone will be held accountable for mills' death. a full report on this investigation coming up. it hard for most of us to imagine how scary it would be to suddenly turn 21 and not have a parent or someone, any as a fall back for support. that's what it's like for foster children when they age out of the system. tonight, we want you to meet amanda, who was on her own tonight because this week she turned 21. barbara harrison tells us amanda was worried about her very survival. just five years ago when she was left to fend for herself.

>> reporter: her mother and nine siblings moved out leaving 15-year-old amanda alone and unsure of what to do. she was eventually rescued by police and placed in foster care. since her rescue 5 1/2 years ago amanda wanted to become a police officer. the prince george's county department invited amanda to see what they do and showing her around the special operations division and showed her a mobile command post and corporal savage invited her to look inside. she was impressed. corporal reeves showed off their bear cat and show ed their elit motorcycle unit. she seemed most impressed with the k-9 unit. the most special unit came when she met the chief. she hopes to one day finally have a family and give back after being rescued by police many years ago. the chief challenged her. now, all amanda needs is a family or mentor to help her stay on track to make her dream come true.

barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your heart or home for amanda or another child waiting. call 1-88-to-adopt-me. or search online at our website. the cruise carrying sick passengers has docked. later, a rare glimpse

hundreds of passengers on a royal caribbean cruise are back on dry land now. sco scott mcfarlane at the live desk. >> the explorer of the seas just returned to port in new jersey two hours ago. 700 people including 100 crew members have been sickened. that number could climb. you're about to see video of the cruise ship docking. it arrived in new jersey two days early after what's believed to be an outbreak of norovirus spread through the ship. hundreds sick with stomach flu and if this outbreak is confirmed to be norovirus it will be one of the worst outbreaks on a cruise ship in 20

years. sco scott mcfarlane. with the super bowl coming up this weekend, chances are you will see plenty of adds about low testosterone. >> results of a new study warning men to think carefully before they start using testosterone therapy. tisha has a story she broke. >> the national stuts of health released a large scale study that many people are two times as likely to have a heart attack if they take testosterone therapy. >> i knew testosterone could affect sex drive but not energy or my mood. >> last summer we did an investigation into commercials for low t like this one and those impacted and taking it. it includes vague symptoms like moody and no energy and low sex drive can be cureded by using a gel. plenty of men are trying it out.

sales of the testosterone drug exceeded sales of viagra last year and we were told low t studies could be dangerous why today's study is important following a large sample of men, more than 55,000, who used testosterone therapy and found the risk of heart attack doubled in men under 65 with a risk of heart disease and doubled heart attacks over 65 with or without heart disease. many in the study had their heart attacks within three months of starting testosterone treatment. we reached out to the owners of the gel who said therapies have been used to treat men with no or low testosterone, diagnosed by a physician for 20 years with therapeutic risk well documented in the pre-describing levels. there are men who really need

testosterone therapy because of a genetic condition or certain types of cancer. it is an important for patients to talk to their doctors about heart attack risks before they start any type of testosterone therapy. we posted our story on the website, click on "investigations." news 4 i team. a look at the fall coming our way. the thaw coming our way. >> thaw coming our way but it will take a while to get here. you thought today was cold, wait until tonight. looking at the potomac icy river. 26 degrees, just cold out there. that's right. temperatures dropping to about 17 by 9:00, 15 by 11:00. i do think most of you will wake up to temperatures between zero and 5 degrees. that's not the windchill, the actual temperature. a very cold start to thursday morning. on the radar, it is clear and will stay that way through the

day tomorrow. after a very cold start to the day, tomorrow should warm up nicely. temperatures may be getting above freezing in d.c., near 33, 29 in gaithersburg and 26 in fredericksburg. still 10 degrees below average, still on the cool side. with plenty of sunshine and tomorrow afternoon much nicer afternoon than the past couple of days. 33 tomorrow, pretty nice weather. 46 on friday. that's warming up nicely with mostly cloudy skies. 48 on saturday. saturday looking dry, not a bad day at all, just some clouds. sunday, super bowl sunday, 50 degrees, going with a 30% of showers, any showers that develop will be on the lighter side. and an unsettled pattern, not as cold but a chance of rain or snow, high of 39. on tuesday watching a storm system that will make its way up from the south. i do think there will be enough cold air it could start off with

freezing rains. it could be a possibly big storm for our rion and turns to rain and it could be heavy and last all the way to wednesday. if that happens, we could be talking about flooding. we go from cold and snow to potential for rain and flooding. several of the fastest grow ing counties in virginia are in our area. researchers at the university of virginia say 35,000 people moved in from 2010 to last july, almost an 11.5% increase. arlington is next at 9% growth. edging ahead of prince william county growing at 7.3%. fredericksburg is the fastest growing city in the old dominion. 15% increase. prince george's county ceo, kevin maxwell, moved a step closer to his goal of visiting all 240 county schools before the end of the school year.

he met with children at the capitol heights elementary school and chatted with teachers about the school's curriculum. the school's chief said he's very impressed by the spanish immersion program and hopes to expand it to schools in other counties. >> there are a tremendous amount of job opportunities and professional opportunities to people fluent in more than one language. we will do work expanding that. i was really thrilled to see that. >> that's kevin maxwell, prince george's county schools ceo. this was the 100th stop on his tour and he says it's important to see what's working and not working in the capitol schools. the school was recently offered and award for dealing with gifted and talented program. do you remember what grade you were when you first learned to type. kids as young as carrying are taki taking -- as kindergarten are

taking typing. >> reporter: across the country he the old question of can you read is shifting to can you type. at sterling county elementary, third graders are mastering the keyboard. they have no choice. >> for the standardized test, they're all on computers. >> reporter: the standards of learning require them to click and drag and answer on a keyboard. by fifth grade expected to write a story online. there's a disconnect. in loudoun county schools keyboarding is not offered until sixth grade and some not at all. teachers are in a tough spot. >> i can see how it's valuable but with our curriculum packed already, i can't imagine we could fit it in. >> reporter: most parents say my kids are great with computers by this age and many are familiar

with smartphones and touching and swiping. not so much typing. students like fifth grader kyle are flocking to hands in motion to learn to type. >> it's helped me a lot. >> reporter: founder kelly davis says for most, it is a mystery and she has students as young as 6. >> we are finding a huge gap between performance at school and play performance at home. >> in order to get a cut ahead, i thought, you know what, this is what we're going to do, we're going to put her in typing. >> this is the best typing i have seen. >> reporter: at school, her daughter's access to lessons are paying off. >> i feel like i know what i'm doing. >> reporter: where there's progress for some, teachers worry therein lies problems for others as the skill traditionally taught later in class quickly becomes key. >> type away. >> we found montgomery and prince george's counties don't offer keyboarding classes district-wide but d.c. schools start typing instruction in

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security leaks, is said to have contributed to a more peaceful world order. he currently is in asylum in russia. chipper jones rescued former teammate freddie freeman stuck in that traffic caused by a snowstorm that hit atlanta yesterday and called jones to help him out. jones jumped into his four wheeler and found freeman stuck for fooich hours. chipper tweeted freeman hugged him all the way home. tonight, a rare view of the cockpit air force one. posting this image on his instagram account snapped it as the plane was taking off from andrews to pittsburgh on his way to a speech today. over 4,000 people have liked it already. arson caught on camera at close range. a man who doused a car with gasoline in hialeah, florida. a few seconds later a bright flash and the car burst into

flames. police released this video trying to catch the guy. it burned outside a complex in october and said somebody is upset with her husband because he is the president of the condo board. seven families in virginia still looking for closure and healing, part of cold cases officials are trying to solve. north virginia bureau found prosecutors and the sheriff's office fighting for new initiative to crack these cases. >> reporter: just off this stretch of rural road inside r car carlo's home, you sense emptiness. >> we miss him. >> reporter: in 2003, 20-year-old brian mace had the day off, went to get a video game and came back home and wasn't alone. investigators believe he walked in on burglars. >> i was pretty panicked and ran around the house and tried to

find him, couldn't find him. came downstairs and found him ying in the hall. >> reporter: where we sat for this interview, just feet from where carlo found his stepson. >> i drug him outside i noticed when i got him in the light he had been shot in the head. >> reporter: who killed carlo's son? still a mystery. brian's homicide, one of seven unsolved murders both the commonwealth attorney and sheriff's office are trying to solve. >> right now, each of these case is assigned to a detective who currently has a full does load. >> reporter: that's why the sheriff's office is teaming up with the commonwealth attorney asking for $600,000. >> we're seeking to develop a cold case unit that will focus on unsolved murders that dates back to the '80s. >> reporter: the money will pay for four new positions and cover grand jury costs which help

investigate and prosecute cases. >> it's nearly universal support, almost 100% support for this. folks know the money is money well spent on a good effort to do justice. >> we can see the goal line but can't get there right yet. >> people don't understand how hard it is to not have closure. >> reporter: even through the pain, it's helpful. >> i think eventually they will find him. >> reporter: david culver, news 4. right now at 6, president obama on the road pushing the agenda he laid out in his state of the union last night. he's already taking action without congress with a new executive order. cameras rolling at the capitol last night, a congressman apologizing for threat of course a local tv reporter. stranded cars getting cleared off the roads in the city of atlanta even right now and city leaders under fire for not canceling school before a big storm. >> good evening.

we're following new developments in the columbia mall shooting. police releasing more information of what they found inside the personal journals of david aguilar, the suspected journal. >> police said he wrote in this gournls he was ready to die and take the lives of others. pat. >> reporter: jim, an incredible revelation. for about a year the columbia mall shooter thought about what he was going to do. in general terms he wrote about what he was going to do. he even included an apology in advance to his family for what he was going to do. tonight, troubling entries from aguilar's journal. he thought he needed help from a mental health professional but he never told his family. he expresses a general hatred

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