. breaking news off the top at 6:00. there was trouble after takeoff. a small plane fell out of the sky in an arundel county. >> we're still waiting to get word on their condition, but here's what we know right now. about 2:00 in the afternoon, the plane crashed shortly after leaving the runway in fort meade at tipton airport. news 4's darcy spencer was the first tv reporter on the scene and she has the latest from investigators there on the ground. >> reporter: chris, i want to tell you where we are right now. on bald eagle drive off of route

198. you can see up the road here this is maryland state police troopers blocking the road. the scene is about a mile up the road into a very heavily wooded area. i got to tell you, these two men are e alive. they're in the hospital at this hour with some serious injuries. >> plane crash at tipton airport. 7500 general aviation drive out of airfield road. >> chopper 4 shows the wreckage of a small plane that went down in the woods short takeoff in the laurel area. this anne arundel picture shows them pulling victims from the debris. two men, one in his 50s and one in his 80s were seriously hurt. >> they were conscious and talking? >> they were communicating to the rescuers on scene. >> the single engine plane had just taken off at 2:00 in the afternoon from fort meade. faa officials are investigating

but it's too soon to say what caused the crash. authorities are not saying which man was at the controls or where they were going. >> if there were witnesses, i'm sure the maryland state police faa will be communicating with them to gather any information they may have. >> the plane landed on its top off the runway. there are no homes in the area. >> we're glad they didn't suffer more severe injuries. they were rushed in helicopters to shock trauma in baltimore. they are expected to survive. the good news here the plane did not catch fire. >> reporter: and this on-scene investigation is expected to last well into the night tonight. chris? >> all right, darcy. you mentioned that this was a heavily wooded marshy area. how did rescuers get to the crash site? >> reporter: that's right, chris. you could tell from that video, it was very difficult to reach that area. it was right off the runway of the tipton airfield here in the fort meade area.

but, again, they had to get in there to get to to that wreckage very quickly. fortunately, they have specialized teams that respond to these sorts of incidents. they got social security tans from prince george's county and other counties. they brought in equipment as well as suvs. you need the four-wheel drive vehicles. they brought in the four-wheel drive vehicles and gators. they got the heavy equip got to the victims and got them off to the hospital. again, they are going to survive this horrible crash. chris, back to you. >> great work darcy. investigators have not released the names of the people on board. we did some digging and learned who that ps registered to. records show it is thomas lighten cline. he owns the aa 1 aircraft. that he lives in silver spring.

we first told you about the crash with an alert on our nbc washington app. you can download it for updates and stay with us as we continue to cover ts story. once we get the identities of those injured in the crash, we're going to post them online and the latest on news 4 at 11:00. a gorgeous gorgeous sunday afternoon. as you look live at the tower cam. we tied a record high of 68 degrees at reagan national airport. but, is this spring-like weather going to stay around? amelia segal has the answer? >> it is not. chris, it's going to be cooler tomorrow. we set a record. we had a huge spread of temperatures across the area. high in hagerstown, 41. high in fredericksburg 71. it was all dependent on cloud cover. the places that were warmer had more afternoon sunshine. here's the high temperature tomorrow in your neighborhood. just about everybody is cooler. 50 in washington only 41 over

in annapolis. 46 in leesburg. frederick, hagerstown and martinsburg will see highs in the low to mid-40s. not only cooler but showers as well tomorrow. i'll have the latest timing in ten minutes. >> looki forward to that. someone abandoned four dogs in annapolis and left them in a crate by the side of the road. now, police are trying to track down their owners. a driver spotted the dogs on can narrow road. they couldn't pinpoint the exact location. another person ended up taking the dogs home to keep them safe. she posted something on social media and police picked them up. they're in protective custody but will be put up for adoption. in d.c. authorities are investigating how a woman died in a centrall block. she was found der holding cell this morning. they think she committed suicide. she was arrested yesterday on a misdemeanor charge of of property. college basketball lost a

legend today. the long-time coach of the north carolina tar heels passed away. dean smith is dead at the age of 83. reaction is pouring in from across the country. jason pugh joins us with details. >> dean smith changed the way basketball is coached and played. he was an innovator during his 36 years as head coach at north carolina. he won two national titles and 11 final four appearances. smith coached a long list of great players throughout his time at chapel hill. like michael jordan and sam perkins. he was the first coach to integrate the acc. the hall of famer also affected the lives of many coaches, including mark tur john who gave his thoughts on dean smith. >> probably what i appreciate the most what a great person he was. as you get older in life that's really more important than being the coach and winning games. and that's probably where he's had the biggest influee on me more than anything. so it's a sad day.

i hurt today because i know my mentors are really hurting and i know how much they love coach smith. what an impact on college baskd basketball in general. >> now, coach turgeon coached under larry brown. both came from the dean smith coaching tree. he passed away at his home. his wife and five children were with him. chri thanks a lot jason. you're not going to see brian williams on the nbc nightly news tomorrow. he e-mailed his colleagues to take himself off the desk for the next several days. williams has become too much a part of the news after apologizing for making false statements about his reporting in iraq. nbc news president debra tur nis announced an internal investigation is being -- lester holt will anchor nbc nightly news until williams returns. still ahead at 6:00 the powerball jackpot jumps to nearly half a billion dollars. we'll tell you about your next shot t a rude awakening for some

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dozens of people in the district expected to get out and enjoy this beautiful day.

but it only took one look at their cars to see someone had slashed their tire derrick ward shows us the damage in congress heights. >> that tire was fully inflated when the car was parked last night around midnight. obviously something happened overnight. the same thing must have happened to this car and this one and this one too. >> not a coincidence, i don't think. >> no. someone did a number on the tires of th street in southeast. one resident noticed their tires were cut and flagged down a passing police officer. that's when it was clear. >> from house to house, to let us know that our tires had be slashed. >> about 4:00 this morning, the police knocked on my door and i didn't know what -- when he said the police. i have kids. i was worried about one of my kids. >> the tires were punctured in a way that a patch job may not fix. along the side wall. >> for someone to come down and pretty much go in everybody's pocket. >> he gave his neighbor a hand and tended to his own tires.

two of his cars were hit. >> i took the front tire off of here put it on the front -- put the good one on his to get them done. >> nobody knows who did it or why. but there are theories. >> i hope they catch them. >> at least one person whose car was hit is putting it in perspective. yes, it's costly and inconvenient. but it's a property crime. not the best thing that could have happened but certainly not the worse. >> a setback is a setup for better things to come. so that's the way i'm looking at it. >> derrick ward news 4. new at 6:00 virginia state police have kicked off a campaign to curb aggressive and impaired driving. they're focusing efrds in loudon county. over the past few years, there have been serious crashes due to drivers being impaired distracted or following way too close to other cars. all i can say is amazing day and can we please get one more just like it? >> no. not this week at least.

>> april or may. our high today was fl 68 degrees in d.c. that tied the old record high set back in 100. at that point, recor. a little different. incompetent think it's more impressive that we set it up. it was beautiful. those of you further north, you had a lot of cloud cover and your temperatures chilly. you were only in the 40s. for the most part just about everybody will be cooler. not only that you want to have the umbrella handy. there could be a few sprinkles overnight tonight. maybe a shower tomorrow morning. but tomorrow afternoon and evening is going to be the best chance of when you're dealing with some rain. so you want to have the umbrella handy. the small umbrella will be fine. we're only talking about light showers, not even a steady heavy rain moving through the area. as far as temperatures are concerned, to start off this week it's cool it's chilly. it's frigid. by the end of the week. wait until you see the temperatures on the seven-day. here's the latest satellite and radar. this is the system that i'm going to be tracking.

that's going to bring us our chance of rain tomorrow. mainly later in the day. kind of moisture starved right now. for the most part it's not going to pick up a lot more rain as it moves through our area. future weather with the timing. 7:00 a.m., it's cloudy and overcast. an isolated shower. into the lunchtime hours. look at what happens as the evening commute gets under way. tracking rain in fauquier, loudoun counties. prince williams the district and parts of arlington and others. as the rain pulls away from the area around midnight or very early tuesday morning, it could end as a wintry mix. some snow and sleet. maybe evening and isolated afternoon delays. if you're exercising know it will be cooler. have your waterproof gear handy. temperatures right now from 38 in hagerstown to 55 in washington.

just 61 in culpepper. tomorrow morning, not bad. 46 to start off. our temperatures don't warm up too much from there. a high tomorrow 50 degrees. tuesday, it's breezy. high of 44. when you factor in the winds, it feels like temperatures are in the 30s. plenty of clouds. wednesday, pretty typical for february. chris, you have to look at these numbers. friday a high of 28. valentine's day, a high of only 30 degrees and 31 next sunday. >> wow. those lows in the low 20s. >> going to be brutal. >> as amelia mentioned, valentine's day less than a week away. in one part of the town people are in the mood. city cleaner park in bloomingdale. they decked out bikes in pink and red hearts and all things valentine. it's app annual tradition there. they do the same thing on halloween and christmas. still ahead, the 17th ranked maryland terps run into some pr

>> announcer: thts xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. i don't know. maybe the weather messed with the caps minds. maybe it was too warm. >> they went to the outside enjoying the great weather.

that's a good possibility. no matter the records and no matter the players, whenever the capitals and flyers face-off you can expect emotions to run extremely high. these two teams just don't get along. the capitals trying to keep that three-game winning streaalive. you knew it would be extra chippy. al koken celebrating 30 years covering the capitals. honored by the owner. fans today at the verizon center. second period we're scoreless. flyers with the puck. michael del zotto sends it for the rocket and he scores. watch it again. he got the deflection there. either way, the flyers on top 1-o. later in the period caps on the power play. evgeni kuz nets off finds ovechkin. he nets another goal. through traffic. he ties the game at 1-1. 1/3 period we're still tied.

flyers on the attack. wayne simmons leading the break and simmons, he will score on a beauty here. 19th goal of the season for him. philly they added another empty netter. capitals go on to fall 3-1 is the final score. the western conference the blues hosting the blackhawks. second period chicago already up 2-1. blues pushing the puck up the ice. t.j. oshie's shot is stopped but david backes is there to clean it up. off the shoulder of cory crawford. the blues -- the 18th goal for backes. tied at 2. the blackhawks on the power play. pretty passing here. marian hose a, he carbs in. chicago takes a 3-2 lead. they add another goal and win it 4-2 over the blues. let's move on to college basketball now for a moment. the terps, they were on the road at iowa today and one of the

reasons why maryland has struggled recently has a lot to do with the struggles of their talented freshmen 'melo tremble. he scored seven points in the last two games. when he has it going, usually maryland is playing good basketball. tremble trying to break out of that shooting slump today. iowa they started this game fast. they jumped out to a 17-2 lead to start the game. first half tremble driving, gets fouled and hit hard. goes flying out of bounds here. tremble takes a tumble into the cameraman. he actually stayed down on the ground for a moment as his teammates and head coach gathered around him. he did walk off with a bloody nose. he did return to the game however. he was also poked in the eye later in this game. here he is. looking fine there. knocking down the three-pointer. tremble, he had 13 of maryland's 17 first-half points. terps had no answer for iowa. gabrielle alonzo under the rim

there. they lose 771-55. the third loss in the last five games. coach turgeon not soundi d afterwards. >> we ran into a really good team. two of the three road games we've lost recently teams played really well against us. they deserve to win. so the kids are resilient. we're going to get home and we'll wake up tomorrow and move on. it's a grind. the kids are resilient. we'll bounce back. >> all right. college park the fifth ranked maryland women hosting 19th ranked nebraska. first half action. terps up four. lex i brown. she likes to shoot threes. knocks it down. later on in the half x it's a three-point game. brown, another jump shot here. 14 point for her. terps up five at the break. second half now. brown with a rare miss. >> walker kimbrow grabs it

feeds it to howard. the lay-in there. maryland, they wou beat nebraska 59-47. maryland is now 12-0 in the big ten conference. moving on to the smith center. 24th ranked gw mosthosting dayton. john quell jones steps back. the three-pointer is good. we're tied at 17. just a few moments later, g.w. is up one. they pass it down low to washington. she ges o to rattle home. 11 points in the game for her. the second half you see george washington up big. jones driving to the hoop. nice kiss off the glass. she had a huge game. 18 points 18 rebounds. g.w. they go on to beat dayton 67-56. excellent job of women's program there at g.w. having a great year. 20 straight wins. >> congratulations. you took a look at the

seven-day forecast you will notice a steady steady stream down. low can we go? from 50 tomorrow showers in the afternoon and evening.yb w a wintry mix very late monday or early tuesday morning. to the windchills on tuesday, feeling like they're in the low 30s during the day. and then friday a high of 28. valentine's day a high of 30. >> chill. >> people going out on the valentines dates. >> bundle up time. that's the news for now. nightly news is next. we hope to see you for news 4 at 11:00. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪

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