the search for answers after two teenagers were shot outside a high school basketball game. classes giving way to crime scene investigators today at frederick high school in maryland. >> the school will reopen to students tomorrow, but in the meantime the search for the gunman is still active. >> news4's mark segraves talked to students, parents, and police and has the latest from frederick. >> reporter: this is the field right outside of the frederick high school gymnasium where the two students were shot last night. you can see police are still here on the scene looking for clues. today police searched the ground surrounding frederick high school as well as inside looking for any clues that might catch whoever is responsible for last night's shooting. it was just after 8:00 p.m. while a basketball game between frederick high and thomas johnson high was going on inside two students were shot just outside the door to the gym. at least one of the victims was able to make it back inside and

alert security. at that point, the school was put on lockdown and a search of the area began. today police are reviewing surveillance video hoping to identify the suspect or suspects. now, the two victims were flown to shock trauma in baltimore. police tell us they're expected to be released either tonight or sometime tomorrow. all they'll say about their identity is that they are school-aged boys who went to school here in frederick county. they won't say which school they attended. coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 reaction from parents and students and the very latest from police about what they are hoping might help them to solve this crime. reporting from frederick, mark segraves news4. chopper 4 just flew to another high school just a few miles away from there. police tell us a 16-year-old student at tusk aroura high school assaulted a teacher inside a classroom. that student is in juvenile custody, the teacher at the hospital. police have not said what led up

to that attack. now a developing story involving threats of violence targeting the capitol. a prince george's county man is in federal custody right now. his name is michael bogoslavski and he's accused of threatening to shoot in m people. he's an army veteran who served in iraq and afghanistan. the threats were made through text messages to his wife who worked at the capitol. a search warrant was executed at his house and police say they found two guns and ammunition. kristin wright is covering the story and joins us at 5:00 with more on how police were able to make a quick arrest. this is chris lawrence at the live desk wh getting new details about a shooting that forced a college to lock down its campus. police say the incident at the university of south carolina was a murder/ed is. this has happened just a few hours ago inside the school of public health building in downtown columbia and just a few blocks from theatehouse. s.w.a.t. teams searched the entire building floor by floor, but there was no active shooter

inside. they found the sne victim delgado but haven't released any other information about who they are. we're going to keep gathering details and we'll bring you the latest as soon as it comes in. pat and jim? our transportation reporter adam tuss is tweeting the first details from the d.c. council hearing on last month's deadly underground smoke emergency at the l'enphant plaza metro station. a representative from the call center testified today that first responders were better off using cell phones in metro tunnel instead of radios. the council is examining how metro and d.c. emergency crews responded to that smoke emergency and whether the city is prepared to handle such crises. make sure you have our nbc washington app. we'll send you a breaking news alert with any new developments. a case of the so-called beer prong predator. a maryland man was convicted today of sexually assaulting four young men he met in bars. he met his victims as a college park bar then used beer games to

lure them to his home. still ahead, news4's chris gordon will talk to jurors and show video frefld the trial shown publicly for the first time. right now in new york the metro north commuter trains are running again, but investigators are still on the scene. they are trying to determine why the driver was in the crossing and caused that crash. the names of the victims are all noun. at 4:30 we'll have a witness account of what the driver in the suv was doing just before the train hit her. crews are still working on a water main break in the district. an eight-inch pipe broke on our street between connecticut avenue and 21st street. yesterday it's the same one that broke a week ago. water had to be shut off to that area today. traffic is also being rerouted. the break is hurting business for some restaurants in that area. wssc says it will have water restored by 5:00. time to turn to storm team

4. the chill that cuts right through you. in for a cold night and the wind gusts are about to make it feel more bitter out there. >> veronica johnson in the weather center. how low with it go sfler. >> the temperatures will drop off even more talking about colder air mass moving in as our winds start to settle a bit. it has been brutal today with gusts 25 30 miles per hour. take a look at the windchill rals across the area right now. in the teens throughout many neighborhoods. 19 right now right in d.c. the wind bringing down the feel-like factor. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees higher right around freezing most neighborhoods, 32 in d.c. 30 manassas. settles even colder air set to move the. elkins at 19 15 pittsburgh. the cold air moves in but the roller coaster temperatures

continue. we'll talk about that in a couple minutes. america's second lance armstrongest health insurer is the late toast fall victim to a security breach. it affects tens of millions of customers and employees. erika gonzalez has who it impacts in our area the most. >> we've heard the number potentially 80 million people at risk. we made a lot of calls today to narrow it down and exactly who in our area may be affected by this. out of more than a dozen states anthem insurance based out of virginia is the local state impacted in this breach. anthem took to social media tweeting there's no evidence of medical or credit card information compromised but the hackers did get a hold of names security numbers, addresses, phone, e-mail, and employment information. anthem is working with the fbi in investigating the hack but it has not said when it identified the breach or the period in which it happened. the breach affects people with

anthem coverage either now or even if you had anthem coverage in the past. the virginia attorney general says anthem has more than 3 million members in the commonwealth. that section of virginia that is exempt, what you see in white, the city of fairfax, the town of vienna and the area east of route 123. that's exempt, that you're not members of anthem. the rest of the state is. if you live in d.c. or maryland and your insurance is out of those affected areas of virginia your information may have been compromised. anthem also said affects those with medicaid coverage for the entire state of virginia. easiest thing to do look at your insurance card. if it says anthem or anthem health keepers your information may have been stolen. if that's you and you're wondering what now, go to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search anthem for the next

steps. coming up at 5:00 today on the hill past and present hacks, those already affected by breaches and what lawmakers are doing to make a change. five people including prison guards were just continue viktded for their role in a baltimore jail scandal. two correctional officers, two inmates and a kitchen worker have been found guilty in a massive jailhouse scheme that involved smuggling drugs and cell phones. three other krengss officers were acquitted. back in 2014 44 people were indicted for role in the scheme 35 have pleaded guilty. changing the law. we'll tell you where in our area selling tobacco to kids could soon be a lesser crime. the pope plans a trip to our city. >> and he's the subject of the biggest movie in america. the big challenges as the trial for his alleged killer gets under way.

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fire investigators have an important clue in a fire in schaap tilly last night. someone set a fire near a clothing display rack. shoppers had to be evacuated and an employee put the fire out with an extinguisher. no one was hurt but the fire did about a thousand dollars worth of damage damage. there is a plan in washington county to lessen the punishment for selling tobacco to kids. the washington county board of commissioners wants to decriminalize underage sales according to a report today in "the herald" mail. they want stores to face civil instead of criminal penalties. the store would be fined $300, the cashier or seller would be fined $50. the change has to be approved by the maryland general assembly. pope francis will make

history when he visits washington this fall. he's accepted an invitation to address a joint meeting of congress on september 24th. he'll be the first pontiff to do so. roughly a third of the members of congress are catholic according to the pew research center. the pope is also expected to visit president obama at the white house during his first u.s. trip that includes stops in new york and philadelphia. what happened and why. what's complicating the search for answers after a plane of passengers falls right out of the sky. going on the record. the man at the helm of disney weighs in on a measles outbreak that first began spreading at one of his

jury selection begins next week in the so-called american sniper murder trial down in texas. but the case has received so much publicity the first rounds of jury screening are taking place right now. former marine eddie ray ruth is charged now with capital murder in the shooting death of retired navy s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle and another man. kyle was the subject of the film "american sniper," which is still nominated for an academy award and still number one at the box office. the trial will take place in a small town near ft. worth. normally, the jury pool would be about 175. instead, 800 summons were issued. jordan promised an earth-shaking response to the savage murder of its captured pilot, and today jordanian

fighter jets launched new air strikes against isis targets in syria. u.s. officials tell nbc news that a number of coalition aircraft were set to go out on the strikes today, but at jordan's request all of the bombing runs were turned over to them. jordanian tv later showed video of the operation and said it was named after the fallen pilot, and the jordanian military said the retaliation would continue until isis is defeated. today at the national prayer breakfast here in washington president obama called on people of faith to push back against those who, in his words,ed religion for their own murderous ends. >> you see isil the brutal vicious death cult that in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts of barbarism. >> other guests at today's breakfast included the dalai lama and ebola survivor dr. kent brantley. the keynote speaker was nascar driver darrell waltrip. the head of disneyland is

speaking up about vaccinations as more children get sick from the measles outbreak. the measles has now hit 14 states. most cases are tied to the california kids theme park. the outbreak has been linked to unvaccinated children. bob iger said the most vulnerable including babies should be kept away from busy public places. he also said it's a good idea to trust scientists and doctors. >> well we're not in the medical profession obviously. we're not doctors. the research that i've seen and whey've read from places like the cdc suggest that getting inoculated is a smart thing and it's a proven strategy in terms of combatting a disease that, you know can be dangerous to young children. so i would -- personally i would advise it. >> parents in california can opt out of vaccinating because of religious reasons, but there's now a big push to do away with that exemption. so far there's only one confirmed case of measles in washington and it's unrelated to the california outbreak. snow snow more snow

massive piles line the streets of boston. check it out. even more snow is coming this weekend. this snow has narrowed sidewalks, limited visibility for drivers and there seems to be no end in sight. another winter storm is expected to hit boston from sunday through tuesday. at this rate there may be nowhere else left to put all that white stuff. >> the last round they had around 40 inches. now they could see another 10 to 12-plus inches early part of next weeb. >> folks around here are crying because they want the snow. >> i know. doug will talk more about that coming up on news 4 at 5:00. but for us it's the cold tonight as promised our temperatures today have been falling, right? we told you that. 44 degrees at 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime or temperatures were already into the low 30s and they continue to drop right now. we're at 32 with that average high of 43. so we got there but it was early in the day today and of course the winds have been picking up. 28 in canton springs, 25 in gaithersburg.

that's it for the actual air temperature and of course wit teens through the area right now. now, the wind will settle down but not until late tonight. i think around 11:00 p.m. after midnight when it should probably be the fairly calm early part of the day tomorrow. the cloud moving out of here too. look at this our winds gusting over 25 miles per hour manassas down through fredericksburg areas like pax river, over 25-mile-per-hour winds still. and i think by tomorrow morning again that wind will be fairly light that will impact theeratures. so 8:00 this evening. here we go. in the single digits across the area again. then late tonight single digits too, dropping to 3, gaithersburg 8 degrees right in d.c. and tomorrow morning into the teens. so we get a chance to bounce back just a little bit. but tomorrow we're going to bounce back in a big way. so tomorrow morning, let's go back to that a light wind, a cold start, 11 to 17 the spread in temperatures across the area. but with sunshine look at this we're going to get close to 40 degrees, less wind. it will be a really nice friday

coming our way, an even better weekend. 38 degrees d.c. 38 la plata, 39 in manassas even the low 40s, culpepper, around areas like rappahannock 44 in charlottesville, too, for a high temperature tomorrow. we've got sunshine just a few high clouds that will start drifting through, and few clouds too, coming our way on saturday. but it will be nice and right now the change for your weekend weather is that not only will saturday be nice but right now it looks as though that rain will be holding off on sunday. rain holding off until i think very late in the day. so lit's check it out. the high temperature saturday 52 on sunday we'll get up to 55 11:00 a.m. we're into the mid-40s. we hit the mid-50s, then at 11:00, even late i think it's still going to be fairly mild at 44 degrees with those showers moving in. and then for us on monday right now, 60% chance of rain 42 degrees, the temperature, as we move from monday to tuesday, periods of rain our chance of

anything freezing is fairly row lowe right now with a storm system that we have been tracking over the last couple days. could pick up a quarter to half inch. more on that coming up later in the news. >> all right. thanks veronica. the back and forth gets uglier. we'll tell you about the confusion and conflict over the daughter of the late whitney houston. the ebola outbreak just getting started. what has doctors so concerned now about a new spike in cases? technology has improved our lives, in small ways.

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there are conflicting reports about the condition of bobbi kristina and it's the most read story on our website. "people" magazine says she is brain-dead and her family is gathered now at her hospital bed today to say good-bye. but her family refutes that claim. they leased a statement today saying there is no special family gathering there today. they are just by her side as they have been since saturday. and they say she is not brain-dead. the daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban atlanta home. when you think about hearts this time of year valentines and flowers come to mind. >> but it's also heart health month. nbc's erica edwards takes a look at what you can do to keep yours ticking stronger and longer. >> reporter: a light snack of fruit and water is a far cry from the meals 55-year-old peter tuttle used to have like several pizzas in one sitting.

>> i would almost always order out and have things delivered in. i mean i got christmas cards from the delivery boys. >> reporter: tuttle was a type 2 die bet wick high blood pressure and cholesterol. then a year ago while he was shoveling snow he suffered a heart attack. in addition to a stent and heart medication his doctors prescribed an overhaul of his diet starting with a boost in vegetables. >> i've tried diets before but once you've had the scare of a heart attack i think you really want to do something. >> reporter: but do what? a survey from the cleveland clinic finds many people are unclear about what kind of diet is best to combat the number-one killer of americans -- heart disease. >> only 5% of people listed the mediterranean diet as the most heart healthy. >> reporter: doctors say the best science to date links heart health to the mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables whole grains and heart healthy fats found in fish and olive oil. it's not necessary lay low-fat

diet because more than a quarter of respondents thought was best for cardiovascular health. along with exercise, tuttle credits the dietary changes for getting his cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure under control. >> diet's done a wonderful job of improving my whole physical health. >> reporter: and suggests one of the best ways to improve man's heart health may, indeed, be through the stomach. erica edwards, nbc news. brian williams is apologizing for incorrect claims about an experience in iraq. the nightly news anchor said last night that he was not on a helicopter that came under enemy fire as he has said in other public recounts of his war reporting in 2003. in fact williams said he was in a different chopper that trailed the chopper that came under attack. he said he recalled the details of that day inaccurately and called it a bungled attempt to thank a veteran. you can see brian's full apology on our facebook page right now. local churchgoers picking up and moving out.

what has a place of worship handing over the keys for the sake of redevelopment? >> they say lightning never strikes twice, but we now know that someone aboard that ill-fated commuter train in new york has seen his share of shoc

right now at 4:30 a scary scene on a college campus two people dead and students forced to take shelter after an apparent murder/suicide inside a campus building at the university of south carolina. no one else was hurt. another pilot to attack the capitol is busted this time a retired veteran from shefr lee who's accused of plotting to

shoot his wife and others working on capit4:30 what went wrong? trains began moving again even as so many questions repainmained about a new york city train skrash. we're learning more this afternoon about that crash. the victims are all identified now. nbc's jay gray reports on the search for evidence and the answer to the biggest question of all -- why was the driver on the tracks? >> reporter: the trains are running again along the metro north line in new york. still investigators continue to sift through charred rubble after a deadly accident when a train slammed into an suv along one of the nation's busiest commuter railways. >> two big questions. why was the car on the train tracks? and what caused this accident to be failed for occupants of the train? >> reporter: witnesses say the woman driving that suv, 49-year-old ellen brody, got out of the vehicle after it was struck by the crossing guard

arm. >> she looks at me i gesture to come back i back up again further to even indicate there's plenty of room to back up and she turns, walks, an gets back in the car. >> reporter: bun but instead of backing up she pulled forward into the path of the oncoming train. >> she was the most warm person. she was kind. she was a great mom. >> reporter: on facebook her husband, alan wrote, "thank you to those who shared their condolences for the terrible tragedy that took my beloved wife ellen, whom so many of you knew." five people on board the train were killed including walter liedtke, a curator at the metropolitan museum of art, 53-year-old eric vandercar and 36-year-old robert dirks, a research scientist with a wife and two young children. his father spoke overnight. >> all a father could ever want and had him in my life for 36

years, it was a great -- absolutely great joy. >> reporter: agents have located data recorders from the train and crossing signal. the on-site investigation is expected to continue through least the end of this week. jay gray, nbc news. a connecticut man may have cheated death twice after the metro north commuter train accident. this is fred bonnacourt. today is his first day using the train since tuesday but not the first time he survived a deadly tragedy. he was across the street when the bombs went off at the boston marathon in 2013. as far as tuesday's crash is concerned, he realizes he could have been one of the victims. >> i sit generally in the first car every day on the way home. everyone just needs to take away the message that like don't take things for granted. don't take any given day or people for granted. >> he says it's likely he'll know some of the victims because the same right fielders usually sit in the same cars every day.

i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. sources are telling us a woman is on life support in northern virginia after she was tasered in police custody. now, sources say the woman was being transported from fairfax county to alexandria to face unspecified charges there. we're told she resisted deputies and staff and it got to the point where one of the deputies had to use a taser on her. medical personnel were there on the scene, and the woman was transported to another area in the fairfax county detention center. once there, she had what's being described as a significant medical emergency. they rushed her to the hospital and she is now on life support in the intensive care unit. we expect to get more information from fairfax county any minute now. stay with us here on news4 and follow us on the nbc washington app. at the live desk i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. a new confrontation in the making between virginia's general assembly and the governor. the house is now set to release

its budget plan on sunday. it calls for more than $124 million for mental health care coverage and targeted safety net services. it will reject governor terry mcauliffe's obamacare medicare expansion and will not fund his healthy virginia entitlement program. just yesterday we told you that the house budget rejects millions in fees the governors wants to put on businesses. arlington has a need for affordable housing and a local church may help make that happen. members of the arlington presbyterian church have voted to redevelop the denomination's columbia pike property and turn it into housing. the church has been on the site since 1931. there's lot of planning and design necessary before the first stones will fall. pastor sharon core says some parts of their future are unknown, but some are not. >> we will stay in this community. we are connected to this community. this is the community we feel called to serve. where we will be once the

building goes down we still don't know. >> we're very excited to be with them on what for them is a faith journey. the people of that church have this wonderful vision for the community, and they've embraced affordable housing. >> this is not the first time an arlington church has taken the this road. the nearby church at clarendon is an example of another church developing and moving toward affordable housing. to find out why this is an especially difficult transition for pastor core visit nbcwashington.com and search arlington presbyterian church. a local nbc station in lubbock, texas, is back on the air after a deadly accident. a pilot was killed when a single single-engine plane crashed into the station's tv tower while approaching this nearby airport here. the tower was cut in half and collapsed to the ground. it knocked the station off the air and cut power to the surrounding neighborhood. today the station is broadcasting from the studio provided by the lubbock school district. the faa is on the way now to the

crash site to investigate. a new and serious warning today about the ebola outbreak. the world health organization says the number of cases at west africa has gone up for the first time this year and the coming rainy season could complicate efforts to contain the disease. the u.n. health agency says there were 124 confirmed cases last week. that's up from 99 the week before. what's more health officials tell us traditional methods of tracking the virus haven't worked in the most new cases and they have no idea how the patients were infected. closing statements will continue tomorrow in the trial of the "costa concordia"."concordia." today the captain's lawyers defended his delayed evacuation order after his ship's deadly wreck in 2012. 32 people were killed. charges against schettino include manslaughter and abandoning the ship. last week prosecutors called ske

schettino an abled idiot and asked for a prison sentence of 26 years. we are learning more about the arrest of a family member of democratic leader harry reid. larry reid is harry reid's brother. he was arrested monday afternoon on i-95 in nevada after the highway patrol found him parked on a center median. he's charged with dui, driving across a median resisting arrest battery of a police officer, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. larry reid is 73 years old. the senator's office says it's a family matter. depression linked to parenting. which families are most likely to feel the stress and what it means for your health. many of us do it several times a day, search for something on google. but your searches are about to turn up something new. we'll show you what's in store. and storm team 4 tracking the wintry weather. >> less wind overnight, i like, that but even colder air set to move in.

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combination of yours, mine, and ours. a new study finds that when it comes to parenting and mental health parents of blended families tend to experience the most stress. men and women with three or more parenting roles were 57% more likely to be depressed than those with just a single parenting role. the risk was even higher for fathers in blended families when a father has biological children who don't live with him. however, one researcher said the stress comes from a good place. they want to be a good parent. they want to be a good stepparent. and they want to be a good new parent. parents aren't the only ones stressing out. this is the time of year when their teenagers feel extra pressure too, about school. as news4's eun yang tells us it can impact their free time. >> here's something to think about as your teen spends his or her final months in high school preparing for college. according to a new survey teens are partying less than your generation did. the study from ucla found

seniors are spending less time partying and socializing with their friends during the final months of high school. in fact 39% of teens say they spend five hours or less a week socializing with friends than then when they get to college, some kids don't feel good about themselves. the survey found first-year college students' emotional well-being is at its lowest since 1985. it indicates the millennial generation faces greater pressure to succeed academically and has less time to have fun. we haven't paid this little for gas in year folks, but wait until how many of you still admit to an old habit. the shocking video of a plane crash. why despite everything the pilot is being hailed a hero.

first at 4, hold on it's about to get even colder out there. >> here we go. expect a bone-chilling night ahead. we have team coverage from storm team 4 veronica johnson and danni cameranesicamdoug cammerer will bring us up to speed in just a bit. first we are tracking developments in taiwan where the search continues for 11 people still missing after a transasia airways crash. >> at least 32 deaths are now confirmed, but the pilot is being hailed as a hero by people who say the death toll would be much higher if that doomed plane had hit nearby apartment

buildings. here's nbc's ian williams. juror rescue efforts continued today. the search for those missing hampered by strong tides and murky waters. "it's a difficult mission," said this driver. while relatives attended a simple religious ceremony on the riverbank, from his hospital bed, one survivor said he felt there was a problem as soon as the plane took off. he told the person next to him they should hold onto their seats and cover their heads. this 52-year-old said the plane went down the minute he was done talking. the last moments of the flight were dramatically captured by the dashcams of passing cars. the plane clipping an elevated roadway before cartwheeling into the river below. officials today confirmed the recording of the pilot's distress call soon after takeoff. >> may day, may day. >> reporter: engine flameout he said suggesting possible engine trouble.

that seems to be confirmed by pictures showing the left propeller at a standstill as the plane careened towards the river. an engine was among the debris pulled from the water today. while the black box has also now been recovered. it may only be a matter of days before we know what did cause this terrible crash. ian williams nbc news beijing. turning to the weather, we just need to get through one more night, veronica? >> just one more night. tomorrow we discussed this during the break because i wanted pat to feel better. she does not like the cold. doesn't like the cold at all. that's the thing, folks is that we're talking about a better weekend where it's looking like the rain's going to hold off and some higher temperatures this weekend, too. so there's your cold for tomorrow morning. meanwhile, roller coaster temps, yes, because this weekend is looking mild as we'll see in just a moment. again, all the issues that come with those roller coaster temperatures. but one thing is for sure still

seeing a lot of dirty cars on the road from the last weather event we just had to deal with. now and our next chance of seeing any rain and it is just that rain, that we get first, days off. so wash the car, yes or no? yeah xwoshgs ahead and do it. and wash mine too. come by and pick it up. all right. here we are during the overnight period. colder air will be moving in and you're certainly going to feel it by tomorrow morning. good thing is the wind are not going to stay up. your morning temperatures 15 to 20 degrees. so that's your wake-up forecast. less wind colder air first thing tomorrow morning. the roads, though dry, and from the sunshine a lot of sun glare early on for your drive time forecast. upper 30s, we get a chance to rebound very nicely during the afternoon. in fact going up to a high temperature of 35 38 degrees between 1:00 and 3:00. really a nice day to get out tomorrow. our countdown continues just 43 more days left until spring and 43 more days hopefully to pick up a little bit of snow for all you folks looking far little bit

of snow. doug's got more on that from storm center 4. >> 43 more days so you're telling me there's a chance. all of us snow lovers waiting to see snow across the area and the next storm system saying most likely not a big snowmaker for us and now even less of a chance of that. that area of low pressure still making its way our way, but it's looking like it will be a little farther to the north, meaning more rain. this is not going to come in on sunday now. this will most likely be a monday event with that rain. it still transfers energy off the coast and we still do get a little bit on the colder side that late monday. there could be some late mix during the day on monday and snow is possible on tuesday. right now it does not look like a lot, however, to the north, though boston once again, they tear one who is will get hit with this one. as you mentioned, v.j. there's still hope. >> you're right. still hope. here we go for the weekend, you folks who are looking for a little dry weather, again, mild. look at the temperatures. we may start out below freezing in the 20s, but at least we're not talking teens.

52 your high on saturday 55 the high on sunday getting that rain not till late around 10:00, 11:00 or so and even then the chances are low. so monday tuesday right now, best chance of wet weather and we've got a lot more on that the latest data coming up on news4 at 5:00. stick around. veronica thanks. a new partnership's in place this afternoon between the virginia hospital center and the mayo clinic. the move gives local doctors and staff access to the knowledge and expertise of the mayo clinic care network. officials believe collaboration will lead to better treatment. doctors will be able to consult professionals and have access to the latest educational tools. patients won't have to travel to get the care they need as well. gas is cheaper than it's been in year but how far are you willing to go for the cheapest fill-up? first 4 traffic's melissa mollet looked at where the best prices are and what people are willing to do to get them. >> looks like many of you will go out of the way for cheaper gas. i would drive far lower price.

according to a consumer survey 72% of people say they would pay cash if they could save five cents a gallon 63% of people said they drive five minutes out of the way to save five cents a gallon. you can find the cheapest gas in the area y our commonwealth $2.04 a gallon of regular in virginia. maryland you're pay dlrg 2.17, d.c. has gas for $2.41 a gallon. gas is $2.26 a gallon in west virginia. remember drive for a deal but not too far. then you're just wasting gas. now some stories we're working on in our newsroom. he is accused of landing a drone on the white house lawn now his attorney is standing up and calling out what he calls inaccuracies. changes along the nation's front lawn the work that's being done right now along the national mall and when things could be back to normal. a police impersonator in custody this afternoon. northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert explains how the investigation got started. >> reporter: it started with an

observant driver cruising this part of 66 in northern virginia the prince william county area noticing a white chevy impala blue and red lights flashing trying to pull people over. it seem like it was a cop, but the driver was suspicious so, they called 911. police looked into it. they say it wasn't a cop at all but a police impersonator. i'm david culvert in prince william county. coming up, where police found that suspected impersonator. you might find it interesting. and what they need from you tonight. it's the super bowl commercial that got so much attention all over the world, calling out what it really means to play like a girl. meet the local students who say getting active has changed their lives. this is video evidence being seen for the first time of the so-called beer bong rapist joey poindexter escorting a drunk young man home from the local bar to commit a sexual offense.

this is chris gordon. the montgomery county prosecutor says there may be more

all right. we just checked the powerball and the current estimated hall for saturday night's drawing 360 million bucks. there were no big winners last night, no one in our area matched the fist five numbers for a $1 million prize. this would be a good time to win. it's been nearly a year since the jackpot topped $300 million.

of course the odds of taking home the big prize are 1 in 175 million. it was a spectacular geyser. you could see it from miles this morning. a damaged fire hydrant sent water shooting into the sky in california. the hydrant was sheared or damaged in a car accident. police blocked off the street until crews could get there to seal it up. no word on what caused the initial accident. this is not your average bus stop. luckily, no children were hurt when this school bus slammed into a card shop in chicago. this happened around 8:00 this morning. the driver lost control and veered off the road. investigators are still trying to figure out how this happened. there were no children on board at the time. it is still generating a lot of conversation across the country. the message behind one popular super bowl ad is resonating right here in washington. news4's zachary kiesch shows us why one council member wants more student/athletes to "play like a girl."

>> show me what it looks like to run like a girl. >> reporter: sure it was an ad designed to sell a brand, but drawing attention to girls and athletic ability made this much more than a commercial for d.c. council member kenyan mcduffy. >> 40 years after the passage of title ix in the district of columbia we still find ourselves with one of the lowest girls sports participation rates in the country. >> reporter: here at the community center near 14th and clifton in northwest d.c. ninth-grader redema is being recognized by her peers as being a good athlete. >> they encourage me to do better. >> reporter: but nationwide statistics show it's more than just scoring goals. >> it makes me feel free. >> reporter: that's why mcduffy the father of two young girls, is trying to pass a bill that he believes would encourage young women to be more involved in

sports and for schools to do a better job of tracking that growth. >> it's going to hold the schools accountable by requiring them to collect data. >> reporter: but also admits as does the commercial some of this is cultural. >> i want to say emphatically that doing something like a girl should never be considered an i believe sult. we should celebrate our women, our young girls. >> reporter: more than a commercial more than a game. the intangible benefits of sports kwr young women in northwest d.c. zachary kiesch news4. to sayee the commercial go to the nbc washington app and search "like a girl." news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. new at 5:00 news4 recovering new information about that high school shooting. >> chaos unfolded outside the frederick high school gymnasium last night. two teenagers suffered nonthreatening life injuries. >> today the school is close and the police are hunting down the shooter. mark segraves is live at the school. police say they don't think the shooting is posing any threat to

the community. >> reporter: that's right, wendy wendy. i talked to police today and they told us they think this was not a random shooting and actually tell us one of the things they're looking at is the possibility that this was gang related. they say they hope to know a lot more once the two victims are released from the hospital and are able to talk the detectives. >> hopefully they can provide some information about who the shooters were. and they know them. >> reporter: it was just after 8:00 last night while the basketball game was going on inside two students were just outside the gymnasium on this field when they were shot. at the time of the shootings, there were about 200 people inside including students and parents from frederick high and nearby thomas johnson high school. news of the shooting has parents on edge. >> pretty alarming you know. first of all, you have to look at the age, considering the age, but it's kind of ridiculous. you know you live in a small -- well it's a big city but a town

like frederick, maryland you don't think that's going to happen especially at a jv basketball game so, it's pretty alarming. >> reporter: today police are saying the shooting could be gang related. >> i don't think there's any outstanding danger to the public. we'll probably find out that this was a specific not targeted but, you know, rival group kind of thing maybe, something like that. i don't think it was just a random let's shoot up a high school kind of thing. >> reporter: now, police are not saying anything about the victims except they are school age boy who is go to school here in frederick county. they won't identify which school they attend. we can tell you in the past hour federal investigators from atf were here with dogs searching this field as well. coming up at 6:00 we'll hear more from the police on why they believe this might be gang related. reporting live in frederic