lines now. first at 4 this afternoon a worsening flu season tightens its grip on our area. hello everyone i'm steve handelsman. a north virginia boy has died from the flu. >> his name is joshua justin. many of you already sharing condolences for him. school officials in loudoun coun sent a letter to everybody asking to keep the parents and everyone in his family in his prayers. he had just transferred there a month ago from sanders corner. he died friday evening. he was in the hospital for several days with a high fever and flu symptoms. in a letter to parents school officials said quote his bright smile and caring attitude made a lasting impress on everyone who came to know him. he will be sorely missed. funeral services scheduled for 9:30 in the morning at saints

teresa's church in ashburn. a huge water main break on columbia pike in bailey's crossroads. >> here is some good news. water has been resd to most of the consumers but the clean up could cause a big mess for your evening commute. jackie bensen is down near the break with more. >> reporter: we're in the bailey's crossroads area of fairfax county. we want to show you the efforts going on now. you can see crews from fairfax county working to repair that 16-inch water main. we have some video from today, the break forced column pike to buckle around 10:30 this mog sending water gushing down the street. columbia pike remains shut down between blair and tyler streets. that's causing some traffic backups but they are not significant at this point. they could grow worse as we

approach the evening rush hour. now, we are told repairs are expected to take at least 24 hours to complete and, of course back out live now here at the scene, when this first began there was a concern there would be an extensive area of people who would be without water for quite some time coming up at "news 4 at 5:00" we'll talk to some relieved to now find out the water outage is in a very limited area. live in fairfax county jackie bensen. >> this comes at the same time as an unrelated water problem near pentagon city mall. the entire food court is shut down. move was made because the mall had to shut off water as crews made repairs to the sewage system. the search is on for a missing toddler from frederick, maryland. the little boy's mother said she left him on a stranger's porch in columbus ohio. his name is cameron beckford.

we shared his photo and description on our facebook page this afternoon. during the break take a moment to share his picture to spread the word. his mother left frederick for columbus earlier this month. the boy's father became worried about him and notified police this weekend. police found the mother and her 6-year-old daughter. that mother is in police custody now. she is not charged with a crime. a charles county officer is being remembered today as a caring compassionate man known for random acts of kindness. hundreds attended the funeral service for jamel clagett. chris gordon has more. >> reporter: the funeral procession for corporal jamel clagett includes law enforcement officers from throughout our area and as far away as canada. choppeow the long loin of patrol cars that drove in a procession that began at 8:00 a.m. traveling through waldorf,

residents lining portions of the route to pay t res to the sheriff's deputy that served this community for ten years. a horse drawn carriage bringing the casket to the front of st. peter's church met by an honor guard and taken inside for the funeral service. corporal jamel la get was 30 years old. known for his acts of kindness. on sunday morning december 21st after working the midnight shift he brought breakfast to the officers working in the communict and then drove home to king george virginia. he was killed in a single vehicle crash when his patrol car hit a tree. >> corporal clagett was a very caring and compassionate person and cared about the individuals he worked with. >> we're so distraught over jamel's loss and he was such a close friend and he took care of us like we were family. like we were his sisters. he constantly called to check on

us every night. >> reporter: corporal clagett leaves behind a loving family including a brother that serves with the prince george's county police department. a brother in blood and a brother in blue. from waldorf, maryland chris gordon news4. "news 4 at 4:00" a murder fist in hyattsville after a man was found den in his own home. police got the call just before 8:00 this morning. when they arrived they found the man unresponsive. they pronounced him dead on the scene. poli have yet to release his name. they are working now to determine a suspect and motive. as the sunrises over indonesia right now dozens of military divers are getting ready to search for the bodies of victims and debris from the airasia fligdisappeared over the weekend. several bodies have been recovered from the waters. the u.s. military has sent in a destroyer. the uss samson from the south china sea to help with the

effort. some officials are still holding out hope that crews will find survivors. more on that coming up in the next half hour. right now former president george h.w. bush is out of the hospital and back home. he was released from houston's methodist hospital today. a family spokesperson says he's quote grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care. president bush was rushed by ambulance a week ago to the hospital because of breathing problems. he was at the same hospital two years ago for bronchitis. he celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year by skydiving. it's been years in the making and tomorrow could be the big day. street cars are expected to start running along h street northeast in the district this week. adam tuss explains why the timing of it all is still in question. >> repor d.c. street car coming soon. we have seen these signs here on h street in northeast for a long time but tomorrow might be a day that you want to pay attention

to. take a look at emergency no parking signs here on h street say there's a special event happening tomorrow and we're told the special event is street car related. still there are some hurdles to clear and we still don't know exactly when street car service is going to start here on h street but people here are ready to see the street cars start running. the all-important question when do you think it will start >> oh, man they have been saying that for years. i would say hopefully within the next three weeks. i imagine they will finalize everything. >> r coming up much more for you on "news 4 at 5:00". the latest developments and plus what will you have to pay to ride the street car. in northeast, adam tuss news4. they say lightning never strikes the same place twice but a local man proves that's not true when it comes to the lottery. plus "news 4 at 4:00" reliving a nightmare. the people that escaping a night mir from sea.

winter means higher lighting and heating bills. it doesn't have to be that way. we'll show you the simple ways to save energy and money. >> chill will continue. cold start to the day tomorrow. yes, still have the makings of a weekend storm. what's as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 today.

. new details have emerged about a deadly police involved shooting. an investigation confirms the suspect antonio martin pointed a gun at the officer who then shot the 18-year-old outside of a convenience store. the incident in berkeley was captured in surveillance video. there were renewed protests after the shooting. today the city's mayor said people have the right to

demonstrate, but -- >> where there is no reason for the protesters to continue in the city of berkeley unless they will not accept the fact that mr. martin drew his gun first. >> the officer was responding to the report of a shoplifting incident at the store. outgoing new york congressman michael grimm is getting praise for making an honorable decision to step down. that coming from house speaker john boehner. he announced his resignation effective january 5th. he admitted to under reporting receipts from a restaurant he used to run. a maryland truck driver is the state's newest millionaire today. he claimed his $2.85 million prize yesterday. the man wishes to remain

anonymous. he bought his ticket from a safeway store in waldorf. this is not the only time he won. he won $250,000 back in 2005. congressional controversy. a high ranking member opens up about a speech that is still hunting him. finding a new home is comply indicated enough. the news4 iteam locate local families that lost everything because of the fine print. i'm scott mcfarland. 2-year-old responsible for a deadly shooting inside a

. i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. police in idaho say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a woman inside a walmart there. investigators say the toddler reached into the woman's purse, found the concealed gun and fired. it's unclear if the boy was with the woman at the time. we're working on getting new details and bring them to you as soon as we get them. back to you. there's been praise and also accusations of poor handling coming from family members of the passengers who survived a deadly fire off the coast of italy in the last two days. a greek run ferry that caught fire sunday. a 12-year-old girl rescued from the vessel spoke to reporters as

she waited to be reunited with her mother. her uncle said he appreciated but family members were not getting updates. other passengers are recounting the horror of that ordeal. blaze killed ten people and right now rescuers fear there may still be finding more unaccounted for. more than 400 passengers made it off the ferry but only after waiting more than a day for help as flames engulfed the ship. i was lucky. i was saved after nearly 24 hours. and this is a long time to fill with hope and feel you'll die. >> another survivor from italy says he heard people screaming and running through the ferry's corridors. passen were only given a few instructions and kept in the

dark about how the rescue operations would commence. meanwhile, an italian prosecutor has ordered that badly damaged greek ferry to be towed back to the site of the disaster as part of a criminal investigation. investigators bel migrants who stowed away on the ferryboat may be among the victims. "news 4 at 4:00" a high ranking congressman goes on the record about a speech that is coming back to haunt him more than a decade later. louisiana congressman and house majority whip says he regrets speaking at a white supremacy conference back in 2002. he also says he opposes the group's views. scalise said he did not know what the group stood for prompting questions from some lawmakers who called for an investigation. she delayed a flight over what some call nut rage. and now the former airline executive is under arrest for it. a former korean exec got angry

that macademia nuts were served on a bag and not on a plate. she insulted crew members and forced the plane to return to the gate and she forced the senior flight attendant to be removed. she was arrested for violating air safety laws. ite wouldn't be new year's eve without this tradition. today the iconic ball is being tested to ensure the perfect arrival of 2015. the 12-foot ball will light up with more than 30,000 l.e.d. lights in various colors. more than a million people are expected to tack into times square for this annual new year's e celebration. by packed you mean packed. >> to stay warm. >> yeah. exactly. >> how cold? >> if you remember last sunday it got really cold. our temperatures dipped down into the 30s. we're talking about that again. little cold period coming up that's carrying us into 2015. now if you're out this evening,

chillyyes. nice warm coat you'll need with light winds. roads will be dry. of course we had some fairly nippy air. a little bit of a wind, a breeze from time to time. attributed to that weak weather system. a few light showers across southern maryland but a clear sky as high pressure moves in. you can see throughout the area hagerstown and on ward. low 40s here. 43 degrees in town. 36 degrees already in gaithersburg. 37 hagerstown. 39 in winchester. where do we go from here? it will get cold. by 11 pedro martinez tempes will range from around 32 to 37 degrees already and by morning 20s across the area. leesburg and sterling manassas

21 22 degrees. olney, germantown columbia maryland 21 to start tomorrow. 30 in town. that will be a warm spot for us right in d.c. impact forecast for tomorrow most of the day all of the day we're going to see temperatures in the 30s. around freezing. 9:00 10:00 a.m. by 11:00 a.m. lunch time we'll get in the mid-30s again. a cold one for tomorr right at midnight new year's eve we're dry, cold 26 to 33 but at least we're dry minus of course the confetti that will be falling throughout the area. here's a look at your four day forecast. wednesday, thursday 39 42. we round out the week and head into 2015 with a temperature of 44 degrees. dry conditions on friday. but like we said yesterday we're still looking at this weekend storm system. 60% chance of what looks like rain for saturday. sunday a chance too. we got higher temperatures right now on sunday going up to 52 degrees. so 43 52 that puts us above

average. the storm system right now looks as though it will be mainly giving us rain but then a cold pattern follows. what's changed from yesterday and more details on this weekend storm system and what's next we'll have that coming up a little later in the newscast. right now fin touches for a new year's day family tradition. you're looking at work on a float for the rose parade in pasadena california. the 2015 parade theme is inspiring stories. this float is dedicated by people connected to organ donation. more than 7,000 flowers were dedicated by transplant recipients and donor families. watch the parade right here thursday morning. our coverage begins at 11:30 followed by the winter classic live from nats park. if you could, how would you like to pick your neighbors? who was just named the country's most and least desirable

neighbors. >> winter is officially here so how you can safeguard your home from the cold and save money at the same time >> new year's means plans all over town. what you can expect when you try to take metro. and we want to know what are your planning for new year's eve. it's our nbc washington flash survey of the day. during the break vote by texting or calling the number on your screen there. cast your vote on our facebook

well for most of you the biggest energy costs happen now during the winter. >> but you can slash your winter bills without sacrificing comfort. here's a few ideas four. >> reporter: now that winter has arrived higher energy bills aren't far behind so what you can do to cut your costs? james vaughn showed us around the upper east side apartment he's owned for a year now. >> we redid the kitchen and the appliances are high efficiency appliances. e ones i had in there is $15 a piece. expensive for a light bulb but guaranteed for ten years. >> reporter: l.e.d. bulbs can lower your bill. when no one is home no heat. >> get a programmable thermostat

where it automatically goes down when you're away and also when you're sleeping. >> reporter: you can save 1% for each degree you lower the temperature. and use mother nature to heat your home even on cloudy days. >> remember to open them up your blinds your curtains and shades before you leave in the morning in all your rooms, bedrooms living rooms. the sun is a free soufrs heat. >> reporter: insulation around windows and doors makes a huge difference. >> there's these adorable blockers you can put at the bottom of your door to keep drafts out. >> reporter: the epa says one of the biggest drains on your energy budget charging electronics. >> there's absolutely no reason fo yiltutily bill to be higher. >> r do laundry after 11:00 p.m. and look for appliances with the energy star label. >> it's a high efficiency washer

and dryer. >> the rates are down. there's not as much demand on the grid. >> reporter: one more tip. make sure the area around your radiator or source of heat is free and clear. how would you like to have jimmy fallon living next door to you? turns out a lot of folks would. the "tonight show" host topped the list of most desirable celebrity neigh for 2014. the list is compiled by the real estate site zillow. other celebrities are country singers michele lambert, and justin bieber was picked the least likedneighbor. >> "news 4 at 4:00" viewers tell us they lost tens of thousands of dollars they saved hoping to buy a new home.

>> what the iteam uncovered and how you can protect yourself. plus killed in the line of duty. a surprising new look at violence against police officers. >> wait until you hear how netflix wants to help trick

. welcome back. "news 4 at 4:0 i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. here's what we're watching for you this afternoon. we're hearing when busy columbia pike will re-open after a water main break. the road opened up and started buckling this morning at bailey's crossroads.

>> this year's flu outbreak killed a local child. any time now we should learn when those street cars along h street should be ready for passengers and it could be as early as tomorrow. breaking news right now in chicago. part of a salt warehouse has collapsed. scott macfarla has details. >> reporter: this happened at the morton salt warehouse the same type of salt you have on your dining room table. that salt now covering a bunch of cars outside. take a look. a wave of salt toppled a wall landed on top of brand new cars at an acurea dealership next door. no one was hurt. look at the pictures. pret compelling at the live desk i'm scott macfarlane. dreams shattered and life savings gone that's what some home buyers are telling the news4 iteam after they tried to buy a house from one of the nation's largest developers.

>> when we got complaints who said they lost tens of thousands of dollars after they tried to build custom build homes in maryland and virginia we decided to investigate. one customer a special education teacher working in loudoun county. another, a grandmother and real esta agent in upper marlboro. they and others we found put down anywhere between 20 to more than $50,000 towards their dream homes. they say they lost their money and homes because of a complicated contract clause. and we found they are not alone. >> if you read it you will think it says one thing but if you diagram the sentence you'll realize it doesn't say that at all. >> we'll show you what went wrong and what you need to know before you buy your next home so you cat yourself tonight at "news 4 at 6:00". this story started with a tip. if you have one to share with the news4 iteam call us at

202-885-4444. send an e-mail to tips @news4 iteam. >> florida's ban on same-sex marriage is expiring next week but one group is s planning to give licenses. they are suing the orlando mayor, county clerk and judge in an effort to prevent from letting the marriages go forward. the attorney ge didn't offer a clear opinion. she asked for more clarification from the u.s. district judge who originally ruled florida's ban unconstitution.> if you need a ride home from a new year's eve party you could take metro. most trains will run until 2:00 a.m. that's two hours later than normal but if you miss the lastt a bit for the next one.

on new year's day trains don't t running kill 7:00 a.m. but extra trains on the green line for the winter classic hockey game. >> vincent gray is staying busy in his final week in office. he signed four bills into legislation. e to help build a newsock kerr stadium for d.c. united in southwest. several happy d.c. united fans were happy. after the bill's signing we asked the mayor what he's most proud of as his administration winds down? >> i'll tell you what i'm especially proud of and that is the condition of our city at this stage. you look at our education programs you l fiscal condition, you look at economic development, you look at unemployment all of those areas which are fundamental to the functioning of th city are doing very well at this point. >> mayor gray signed a bill to continue work on the memorial park for victims of the 2009 metro crash.

mayor elect will be sworn into office on friday. >> passengers heading to miami spent some unscheduled time in jamaica. the american airlines flight left bogota colombia last night. >> could tell something was wrong because we were descending pretty fast. and then after we stopped descending and about 15 20 minutes later that's when the pilot came over and said that there was a problem and that we were heading towards kingston jamaica. >> no one was injured. american airlines sent another flight and passengers were on their way to miami after about six hours at the airport in kingston. police departments across the country are under the microscope of course for controversy tactics but a new report out shows that it has been an especially deadly year for officers with a big spike in

police killed by gunfire. brian mooar live now on capitol hill with a closer look he at the numbers for us. >> reporter: last year saw the lowest number of officer deaths since 1944 but 2014 is a different story. another police honor guard, another plague draped casket and one more grieving family. in charles county maryland program jamel clagett died when he lost control of his cruiser that crashinged into a tree. he's just one of 126 local, state and federal police officers who have lost their lives this year. 24% jump over 2013 according to a new study by the national law enforcement officer's memorial in washington. >> officers are at greater risk today than in recent times and we need to do something to stop it. >> reporte 50 officers were shot to death this year. a 56% increase over 2013.

nypd officers raphael ramos and wenjian liu were which would in ambush attacks. ram months and liu were killed by a suspect who bragged about getting even for the deaths of eric garner and brown. california led the nation with 14 officers killed. followed by texas, new york florida and georgia. each name destined to join the ranks of fallen officers memorialized on these marble walls in washington. >> we should remember there are 900,000 men and women in law enforcemt who go out each and every day putting their lives at risk. >> a reminder of those who lost their lives and those still in danger every day while trying to protect and serve. one of the thousands of names on thl wall a few blocks away from here officer jason white killed on this very day 21 years ago. live on capitol hill i'm brian

mooar, news4. it's a hike they will never forget. how a couple says they managed to escape an avalanche and all caught on camera. >> why doctors say it's more important than ever to catch up the shut eye whenever you have the chance. >> storm team 4 is tracking the weather for the start of the new year. >> first off evening plans it will be cold out there with less wind. temperatur in the 30s. get ready for, yes, still a weekend storm. we got more details on that and i'll show you where the coldest air of the season so as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so large files are sent in a snap and video conferences with customers are seamless. don't miss your last

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four hikers strappeded on a california mountain have now been found and rescued. the group was reported missing last night in the angeles national forest ranging in age from 18 to 61. once the sun rose it took a few ho hikers. they spent outside on a night when temperatures fell to the 30s. they were airlifted off the mountain. ine news for your health do you wake up feeling refreshd and well rested in the morning or do you wake up ready to hit the snooze button. new study by national sleep foundation shows we're a nation of tired people. they asked more than 1,200 adults about their sleep habits. 450% said they were sleep deprived and affected their daily activities and health. the average american goes to bed just before 11:00, 10:55:00 p.m. and wakes up just after 6:30

a.m. and participants said they only got 40 extra minutes of sleep on the weekends. if you don't want your kids staying up until midnight to ring in the new year no problem. netflix has created a new three minute animated video that counts down 2015. check it out. it's available online right now so you can play it at any time you want. according to a recent survey 87% of parents plan to celebrate the new year with their kids but 35% don't plan on keeping them up until midnight. we sure got a break on gas prices lately but some of us could soon see the prices at the pump change direction. the difference you could soon start noticing. it's the story that the world is watching nicole politzi new developments in the search for that missing plane. new clues and how the u.s. is

new developments now into that deadly airasia disaster. more traces and victims from that plane are being recovered. >> we have the latest. >> reporter: a tough day here in southeast asia as officials confirm they found bodies and debris in the water. those bodies and debris from that missing flight airasia 8501. it was made tougher by fact that relatives found out this news by watching local tv live and seeing those bodies floating in the water without any warning.

>> i apologize profusely for what they are going through. i am the leader of this company. >> reporter: there we 162 people on this flight. 17 of them were kids. one was a baby. >> i have to take responsibility. they are going resume the search again tomorrow morning as a number of ships are out there, planes helicopters at there disposal. divers will go down to an area where there's a large dark shadow. that's where they believe the bulk of the wreckage is. they hope to find the black boxes so they can be taken away and analyzed and find out what went wrong with this airplane. find out lessons they can learn. family members have chartered a plane for tomorrow. that plane will be taking them around the islands so they can pray at the last known location of this plane. a tough day here but begin again tomorrow. they still calling this a search-and-re operation so there is still hope that there

could be survivors. back to you. a puppy will finally be going home after an accidental cross country journey. but in there she has to come to washington first. penny is the dog. she lives in washington state. she was picked up by a truck driver who thought she was a stray. that driver traveled all the way to western pennsylvania. penny ended up at a pet hospital and a microchip determined her rightful owners. she has been staying with a foster family until transportati back home could be arranged. i'm so happy that i could help her out. i would hope somebody would do the same for me if i was in the same circumsd help. >> alaska airlines offered penny the return trip. however, there are no direct flights out of pittsburgh so she has to flight first here to washington and then finally back out west. i thought you were going to say first class. all right, we had a good looking day out there today. >> yeah but cold. >> it was cold.

>> tomorrow even colder lower our temperatures than the storm system and then some real cold air for 2015. just the way you like it right? in january. let's talk about what's going on right now. 43 trees out there, just a few clouds northwest wind at 8 miles per hour. there's that breeze that's not helped us out today especially if you were anywhere in the shade, working on the shading side of the street. wrook where we'll be tomorrow morning. temperatur way down. into the low 20s. good portion of our area from hagerstown to manassas areas like la plata, playboy 26 27 degrees to start the day tomorrow. around charlottesville. you won't need the umbrella or rain coat just a nice warm coat or warm jacket. and sunglasses because we're talking about sunshine. in fact throughout the day it will be sunny. rather quiet across the area.

35 at hagerstown martinsburg 36. so get ready for another bundle up kind of day but at least we'll have sunshine and at times there could be a little bit of a wind coming through the area. again quiet for tomorrow but still looking at that weekend storm system. we got a little more on that. let's head on over to the "weather cente with meteorolt doug kammerer. >> that weekend storm system we were looking at all the different computer models yesterday and came to a consensus it would take one of two paths. one going to the east for snow. the other path taking it further to the west and that means a warmer pattern for weekend and better chance for rain. this will be to the west and that means will be an inland storm and looking more and more likely and warmer temperatures and mainly rain. we say mainly rain because if this starts early enough on saturday could still be enough

colder air we see some sort of frozen precip maybe sleet or freezing rain. most of this should be a rain event for the weekend. right now part of the weekend could be a wash out. maybe not the entire weekend but we'll have that forecast for you all weekend long. >> for the weekend a little bit of a warm up. on new year's day sunshine high 42 degrees classic day for us. here's the temperature 42 at 3:00. it's going to be breezy. we could even see wind chill readings fairly low across the area. the temperature last year in ann arbor was cold. 17 trees and 6.4 inches of snow. other winter classics include all the way to 2010 here boston at 35 degrees. the other coldest we've seen out of the last five years. there's your weekend high 52 possibility of snow next tuesday

but just a little bit not a big storm. right now nothing to worry about. get ready to pay more for gas in virginia in the new year. right now the average price for gas is $2.18 a gallon. we could soon be paying a nickle more. lawmakers are expected to raise the wholesale tax on gas. the money is needed for road projects. funds were supposed to come from an internet commerce bill on capitol hill. however that legislation is still hung up. now some stories we're working on in our newsroom this evening. it's story that got a lot of reaction on our facebook page. now a local lawmaker wants to make a big change after a local college stunt sues his frat ss his fraternity for hazing. "news 4 at 4:00" right now you are out of luck if you're trying to buy some scratch off lottery tickets in the district. you might have the cash to buy

the tickets but they are nowhere to be found. >> i'm tom sherwood at the tinley mini market in northwest washington. came here to play some scratch tickets. but look they are out. they are out. you can't play. you can't win if you can't play. the city is losing millions of dollars. why? i'll have the story coming up on "news 4 at 5:00". >> a couples weekend getaway doesn't go according to plan. why they found themselves caught in the middle of a disaster. we'll tell you about the split second decision that might have saved their lives. raymond robinson alive and well in the district of columbia. startling news after police had him dead last week as a result of a gunfight with the cops. a bizarre case of mistaken

a routine traffic stop nearly turned deadly for this the state trooper. take a look. dash cam video shows the wisconsin state trooper being dragged after a suspected drunk driver sudley decides to take off. the trooper had his hand in the car when the man slammed on the gas. he was dragged 50 feet and could easily have been run over bypassing cars. >> he fell to the ground. he fell right at that fog line passing traffic was going by >> the trooper is now home recovering.

state troopers eventually caught the driver when he showed up at work. another frightening scene caught on camera in the mountains of washington state. a young couple hiking near the big four ice case had to scramble when an avalanche struck. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the day hike that turned into a sprint to survive. >> like a huge cloud of dust coming down. >> i was gone. i was done. >> reporter: this couple can smile now but saturday was different. >> got our boots on and got in the car, drove about two hours up to big four ice case. >> reporter: a popular spot year round and a place they had never been. >> everybody is talking about it. everybody wants to go to it. we wanted our turn at that. >> reporter: they followed foot steps that led off the trail. >> had the sign that says advantage warning.

>> reporter: they decided to take a risk. they were just a few feet away from the cave -- >> i heard something that sounded like a plane. no question in my mind. i ran. that's an avalanche. i ran. >> reporter: colby did too with camera in hand capturing these pictures as it moved closer. >> i'm looking into the cave as the avalanche is coming down and i see head lamps. so i'm terrified people are dying right now. >> reporter: as people rushed out the sheriff's deputies moved towards the danger. the webpage said two people were inside at the time of the avalanche. >> i was thankful. scared but thankful. >> i would like to go again. >> yeah. >> but to keep a, you know some space between the case and myself. >> yeah. >> reporter: that new perspective after witnessing something so powerful. >> other hikers have not been

quite so lucky. five years ago an 11-year-old girl was killed by a falling boulder of ice. the first flu death in our area claims the life of a fifth grader. right now at 5:00 the changes that hospitals have been making. a maryland toddler missing after possibly being abandoned on a stranger's porch. >> a son was shot and killed by an officer but got one major fact wrong. >> good evening, "news 4 at 5:" a deadly police shooting and a bizarre case of mistaken identity. >> tonight a woman tells us her son had been killed only to find out several hours later he was still very much alive. this stems from a robbery on christmas eve. police shot and killed the suspect in northeast d.c. and then identified the wrong person.

only news4 pat collins talked to the distraught mother. he's live at police headquarters on how this could have happened. pat? >> reporter: wendy, police told the woman her son was dead, gunned down in a shootout with cops. then came a magic call on christmas day, a christmas karen robinson won't soon forget. 3:00 p.m. dece 249th christmas eve. a suspect shot at police. fire was returned. 2:00 a.m. december 25th two detectives come to karen robinson's home. the detectives ask to see a picture of her son raymond robinson. she shows him this picture and then they give her the bad news. >> i asked them are you sure this is my son. you know that's the whole thing. they said yes, ma'am, we're

sure. are you sure? you know i was going off. i couldn't believe it. i'm like -- i said what happened. he shot at the police and police returned fire on him. i said no. >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. december 25th karen gets a phone call. it's her son raymond. he wants to wish her a merry christmas. he says merry christmas ma. i said who is this? he said ma it's raymond. i said boy they said you're dead. they got you out being dead. he said no. i'm well alive standing here. >> reporter: 10 in k34r0 a.m. december 25th karen gets another call. this one from the medical