k on the ivy city mosque and joins us from northeast d.c. mark? >> reporter: you know, this is the second time we've been out here in northeast washington. this window is broken out in the first attack monday and even though it's boarded up it's left the mosque inside just about freezing. the prayer services have been going on since then despite this second attack. sometime monday evening someone entered the ivy city mosque and tore paintings from the wall destroyed a bookshelf, tore up holy books and threw a chair at the mosque's window. after that attack police said it was not a hate crime and linked it to a suspect who was responsible for other disturbances in the neighborhood that night. then sometime last night, it happened again. but this time the vandal broke into the locked mosque and not only damaged property but stole a wall hanging of the holy cabal. >> see the door? >> reporter: lyders of the

mosque tell me that they have started locking the doors here but they have no plans on closing the mosque. they say, in fact these incidents have actually made them stronger. coming up at 5:00 we'll it will you what police are saying about the latest in this investigation and what federal authorities are now involved. reporting live in northeast, mark segraves news4. the senior state department official accused of soliciting a child for sex is out of jail right now. daniel rosen posted the $25,000 bond after turning in his passport. the judge granted the bond based on his strong community ties and the fact he has no criminal record. rosen is a counterterrorism official. the judge advised him to avoid contact with computers and minors until his preliminary hearing in may. an undercover officer with the fairfax county child ex exploitation unit nabbed him at his d.c. home. a tremendous trial delay for a local politician accused of child molestation. the attorney for michael gardner

is now abandoning the case because he's being asked questions as part of a separate investigation linked to it. the trial was to start wednesday. instead, the court will hold a status hearing and try to set a new trial date. gardner is the former head of the falls church democratic committee. he's accused of molesting two girls at his daughter's sleepover several years ago. the conviction was overturned by the state supreme court because character evidence was wrongly excluded from his defense. a developing story unfolding right now up on capitol hill. we are less than eight hours away now from the midnight deadline before homeland security runs out of money. the house appears to be in the process of passing a plan that might be approved by the senate. but it's just a short-term fix and it's not a done deal. news4's steve handelsman live now on capitol hill with these late details. steve? >> reporter: right, jim. thanks. we have about eight minutes on capitol hill or a lit more if

this three-week funding passes. a lot of lawmakers on both sides in both houses hate the idea. it could fail in the house and dhs funding could run out at midnight. the senate voted to fund dhs till september, but tsa screeners, border guards and coast guardsmen, 200,000 on the front lines of homeland security still faced working without pay starting tomorrow. >> some say, oh they'll get paid later. that's not the way it works. they have mortgages or rent, car payments. >> reporter: but speaker john boehner agreed the house would fund dhs with no link to immigration. but it's just for three weeks. so republicans can hammer president obama on his executive order granting work permits and force democrats to vote on that. >> our enemies will know that we take homeland security seriously but we also take immigration seriously. >> reporter: but across town at the conservative cpac convention some slammed the three-week deal. >> unfortunately, republican leadership is cutting a deal

with harry reid and the democrats to give in on executive amnesty. >> reporter: others in the party are worried. >> the biggest danger is if somehow dhs closes and we have some sort of terrorist incident and then people blame the republican party. >> reporter: democrats are already calling republicans reckless. >> you don't like an executive order, oppose it. do not undermine the safety of the american people. >> reporter: senate democrats said a shutdown is unacceptable. they'll vote yes on three weeks of dhs funding. and president obama will sign it. if the house passes it stay tuned. i'm steve handelsman news4. social media tributes are pouring in this afternoon for the actor who brought a vulcan to life in the form of "star trek's" original mr. spock. >> should have been intercepted by now.

>> leonard nimoy's death came as a shock. so many of you are sharing your appreciation for nimoy on our facebook page. we may have set a station record for the use of the sad -- the smiley face figure. we're going to share a lot more about the man who made the phrase "live long and prosper" part of our culture in our next half hour. an update in an attempted rape case we told you about last night. wendy rieger is at the live desk. >> a sketch of the suspect has been released. officers say this is the man who tried to rape a college student at an apartment xwlex just off new hampshire avenue in silver spring. he is also accused of exposing himself to another woman just ten minutes before that attack. jackie bensen spoke with the victim last night as she was meeting with investigators to help create this sketch. the man is described as

hispanic last seen wearing a black puffy jacket with pocket on the sleeves, dark jeans and sweat pants with black sneakers. anyone with information is asked to call the montgomery county police. back to you. a virginia man is dead today after being hit by a vdot truck that was treating a snowy road. this happened around 8:30 overnight in washington county in the southwest corner of the state. state police tell us it happened while the man was walking along the side of a road. the exact circumstances surrounding this crash are still under investigation. storm team 4 is tracking the possibility of some more winter weather headed our way. we've got a sunny friday taking us into the weekend. but we could be dealing with some icy conditions by the time all of this ends. let's go to the storm team 4 weather center now and meteorologist veronica johnson. veronica how much and how is the weekend looking? >> that is the second part of our weekend where we could see

some icy pockets. there's new data coming into storm center 4 right now. we're making the changes and will have the maps for you. as for today, temperatures in the 30s, our second coldest day out of the work week freezing in d.c. 34 27 gaithersburg 32 manassas as well as roundmore. if you're going out this evening of course it's just going to get colder as we drop to 24 degrees under a mostly clear sky by 11:00 p.m. look at the radar. this is live. some flurries down to the south around fredericksburg but, again, it is this weekend where we could see a little bit in the way of some light snow as well as some freezing rain. so cold and in the teens overnight. some freezing saturday coming our way, so another cold one. coming up i'll show you exactly where the rain chances are for sunday the freezing rain too, and the impact on area roads. a push to allow certain people under the age of 21 to buy alcohol in maryland. who would be allowed and why it

may not happen even if lawmakers agree to it. >> we're still talking act this dress that caused an uproar on the net. it's left us all in disbelief, scratching our heads. what the company that makes the dress is saying a

take a look at this. d.c. police hope you can help identify two people who walked out of a banana republic in downtown d.c. with a bunch of stolen clothes. this happened around 7:00 p.m. on valentine's day. police also want to talk to the suspects' alleged accomplice seen opening the door from outside to facilitate the getaway. a virginia man is dead after being hit by a minivan in his

kitchen. this happened in chesterfield county near richmond. the driver lost control and ran through the house around 6:00 last night. part of the home collapsed. the minivan ended up in the backyard. the driver was not seriously injured. police believe he suffered a medical emergency shortly before that crash. a maryland state senate committee is considering a bill that would lower the drinking age for members of the military. it would allow bars and restaurants in maryland to serve beer and wine to 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old members of the military but the senate bill is getting some pushback. critics cite drunk driving, saying the bill would encourage underage people from other states to come to maryland to drink. the law also violates federal statutes which puts federal funding at risk. it's the question that has baffled the planet and divided our newsroom as you saw in our instagram page. the story behind the dress. and what the dress company is saying about it now. and the winter weather is causing the trash to pile up in

some places. when you can expect pickup.

still talking about this. this dress dresz is one of the biggest social media sensations

of all time. it's stl the number-one trending topic on twitter in d.c. going on nearly a day now. the company behind the dress insists it's not part of a ploy to sell clothes but roman originals is definitely profiting from all the buzz. the dress sold out in half an hour this morning. it all started when a singer posted a picture on tumblr and asked her celebrity friends what colors they saw. just about everyone is weighing in on the dress debate. some of us see gold and white while others see black-and-blue. >> we're on that gold and white team right? >> i see gold and white. >> who is right? tam ron tamron hall tries to set it will debate. >> reporter: it started with a simple plea for help. caitlin mcneil posted to her site guys please help me is this dress white and gold or blue and black? with that the twitter hashtag #thedress was born quickly becoming the number-one

trending topic worldwide. everyone weighed in from actors to restaurants, even u.s. senator chris murphy who says that dress is gold and white. kim kardashian tweeting i see white and gold. kanye sees black-and-blue. who is color blind? taylor swift, i don't understand this odd dress debate. p.s. it's obviously blue and black. the dispute over the dress went viral after buzz feed shared the photo on its website garnering more than 21 million views and counting and spawning eight of its top trending posts. >> it took off immediately. we started seeing people click on it very quickly and it, you know, became our biggest traffic night of all time. >> reporter: as for why people see different colors in the same photograph experts say it's simple science. >> it's a perception issue, the way the brain processes information that comes in. and everyone's brain is different, so even though it's the same stimulus coming in which is it is everyone processes the information differently. >> reporter: after her post went

viral, she shared a follow-up photo of the dress being worn. a victory for team blue and black. >> now i see that. but because this is serious stuff, coming up later in the hour we're going to take a closer look at the science behind why we see different colors. plus find out what other ways your eyes could be deceiving you. on the set with us we have a neuroscientist coming in. >> nothing simple about science. >> no. there's some science behind our weather for the weekend. could be a little tricky on sunday again as we are expecting the possibility of not only some light snow but some light freezing rain something that we're going to be watching closely. as far as your evening goes, if you're going out, just down right cold in terms of any records being set again, possible at dulles. temperatures overall will be dropping down into the teens and low teens at that in many locations. here's a look at your impact forecast from 5:00 at 30 to 7:00 dropping to 27 degrees. right there. woosh. it gets colder and colder here during your overnight. we're at 34 now.

a little breezy with that northwest wind coming to us at 15 miles per hour, but our second coldest day out of the workweek with sunshine so naturally nothing showing up on our radar as it scans the area right now. but on sunday and even early sunday there could be a little bit showing up first with some light snow and then this -- icing events that may be a-in little patches and lead to our north and west but a slight chance by late afternoon early evening at least. so from no problem to moderate levels we'll take it in terms of the impact forecast for sunday. for sunday again, something we'll be watching closely. tomorrow's forecast another cold day for us. whoops. another cold day for us from 29 to 33 degrees. we'll go ahead and advance it to that forecast for you. there we go. 29 to 34 across the area. yes, cold again, but sunshine throughout the day. we hit 30 degrees by 1:00 24 at 11:00 a.m. we've got very few icy patches on the ground right now in terms

of sidewalks so get out, maybe get that run in on saturday because sunday is looking like it may be an inside day. here's a snapshot of sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. the white that you're seeing here from areas like pax river to leesburg manassas culpeper that's snow for the early morning at 6:00 a.m. by the time we get to the afternoon, evening hours, the pink a lot of that might start showing up in some isolated spots north and west. 9:00, the potential for some pockets of freezing rain. but mainly rain will be taking over for the early part of the week and that's a pattern we'll talk more about later. the spring pattern that we're going to get into the fact we could see not only arias of heavy rain but even thunderstorms. this weekend, though still a bit wintry as we go from 32 degrees on saturday to 40 degrees on sunday. again, 50% chance for the possibility of some ice. monday is looking dry. we'll have more on the big rains coming our way from midweek later in the newscast. guys? >> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we have just learned that a man

who tried to hire a hitman to kill his ex-wife will now spend at least 20 years in prison. he was convicted of ordering a $1,000 hit on his fourth ex-wife. he met a purported hitman at four corners in silver spring showed him pictures of the target and shared her address. the hitman was a cop. he now he has a lengthy history of domestic violence with the ex, and the sentence includes five years' prodags and no contact with the ex-wife. the first family will travel down to selma, alabama, next week. they will honor the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march that changed the course of history. that march is the subject of the oscar-nominated film "selma." on march 7th 1965 hundreds of activists asserting their right to vote were violently attacked as they marched across the ed pettis bridge. the violence stunned the world

and eventually became known as bloody sunday. as part of their trip, the obamas will also honor the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act. a developing story right now, nine people found dead in a rural midwest community. the new information police are releasing about the gunman and the motive behind the attack. the unprecedented effort happening in d.c. to make sure your trash gets picked up.

work to repair the launch pad. the na is a has not released the $20 million virginia needs to repair the pad. work will continue on a limited basis until those funds are released. by the end of the weekend, your trash will be picked up. that's the word from d.c.'s department of public works. right now it is in the middle of an unprecedented effort to pick up all the garbage that's been piling up since the snowstorms. news4's megan mcgrath explain what is you can do to help the process. >> reporter: it's an all hands on deck garbage palooza. the goal -- to get all the trash that's been piling up out of here in the next 72 hours.

it can't happen soon enough for megarug meg rugensock. all the trash lying arnold has been quite the temptation for her dog benjamin and other unsavory critters. >> thank goodness it's cold. the rats would be all over the place. >> reporter: all the snow and ice has caused a real problem with trash pickup in the district. with such cold temperatures the ice just hasn't melted making it difficult for collection crews to complete their runs. how dangerous is this? >> very dangerous. we have quite a few people that are out on injury quite a faw fu people that are getting hurt daily. i think yesterday we may have had four people getting injured, slip and fall. >> reporter: how much trash is out there? >> i would say that we probably have made about anywhere 60% to 70% collections so that means there's 30% to 40% out there that we've missed. >> reporter: that's a couple hundred tons of trash that still needs to be hauled away.

to make it happen extra contractors have been brought in and leaf collection workers will also be shifted to lend a helping hand. crews will work through the weekend on 12-hour shifts until the job is done. >> it's slowed us down but we're going to get this done. just be patient with us and we're going to provide the service. >> reporter: now, if friday is your normal trash pickup day, go ahead and put your cans out. you're in a neighborhood that was missed put your trash out on saturday. crews are going to be focusing on those neighborhoods over the weekend. in northwest, megan mcgrath news4. tragedy out of missouri tonight. nine people are dead many of them are family members. what we're learning about the gunman tonight. and a look back at the life of mr. spock, leonard nimoy.

we want to bring you up to speed on the dhs funding deadline. the house is about to take a vote on what may be a last-minute reprieve. >> all-arounding if bill with no strings attached but only lasts three weeks and the senate would have to pass it later tonight. the parents of james foley forced themselves to watch the video of their son's brutal beheading. they say knowing the killer's identity is not important to them. diane and john foley say they refuse to dwell on the man behind the mosque now identified as a british citizen named mohammed emwazi and who became known as jihadi john. >> keep hating one another and hurting one another, how do we ever get to peace, you know? but, you know, it's just -- >> and the other thing is jihadi

john would happen to be in that position, but if it were not for him it would be somebody else. >> james foley was the first u.s. hostage publicly executed by isis. foley was a freelance journalist who was kidnapped in syria in november of 2012. a video of his execution was released back in august. the foleys are currently campaigning on behalf of freelance journalist and other families who have been through what they have been through. a developing story right now. investigators in missouri are trying to figure out why a man went to four different homes and opened fire. in all, nine people were found dead including the suspect. as chris pollone report police believe they're all related in some way. >> reporter: people in this quiet part of rural southern missouri woke up to the stunning news of a killing spree in the town of tyrone not far from the arkansas border. it all unfolded late wednesday night. >> a juvenile female caller indicated she was in the residence around apparently had

heard gunshots. she immediately fled to a neighbor's house to notify authorities and responding deputies found two deceased persons at this residence. >> reporter: the county coroner says the victims shot there were husband and wife. in second and third houses deputies found two others shot two death. a young boy slept butthrough one attack and was not hurt. at a fourth house police discovered a man shot to death, his wife shot but clinging to life. a gruesome unprecedented path of carnage. >> a crime like this in any community is pretty major so, you know, it's not something you've seen. >> reporter: police found the suspected gunman dead in a nearby county. >> the shooter is identified as joseph jesse aldridge age 36 of tyrone missouri. >> reporter: the suspect's mother was also found dead inside a fifth house, but it appears she died of natural causes. the county coroner believes the gunman finding his mother dead is what set him off.

but many are wondering why he targeted those he did. >>? we're kind of surprised. we live in a fairly quiet community. >> reporter: a toxicology report will be conducted to determine if the suspect was on drugs or alcohol at the time of the killings. chris pollone, nbc news. live long and prosper. >> leonard nimoy is being fondly remembered tonight as the man who created that catchphrase and the character that has been essential to the american culture for 50 years now. he died at hi home in bel air this morning at the age of 83. here's a look back by nbc's chris clackum. >> reporter: born in boston in 1931 leonard simon nemo was acting in a neighborhood theater by age 8. >> i continued to do that until i was a teenager and eventually came to california. >> reporter: once in california he started acting with roles in b films like "them" and guest

spots on tv shows. to include "the virginian" and "the man can xh from u.n.c.l.e." where he would meet william shatner and deforrestest kelley. >> i owls thought i would find my work in playing varying kinds of people and i enjoyed doing that then along came spock. >> reporter: it was 1965 when leonard nimoy was cast in the role of mr. spock in a pilot called "star trek." which initially failed. but when a new pilot and show was rewritten and recast only nimoy as spock remained as a cast member. the new, more diverse "star trek" would run for just three years. nimoy became so remembered for this role and little else that he wept on to write an autobiography called "i am not spock," a reference to the fact that he didn't like being typecast and taken less seriously as an actor.

>> logical. flawlessly logical. >> reporter: however, nimoy would go on playing spock in five more original "star trek" movies two television spin-off and a relaunch of the film franchise in 2009 as an older, wiser spock mentoring his younger self. >> there are so few vulcans left. we cannot afford to ignore each other. >> reporter: yet after more than 250 in a career that spanned more than six decades, it will be the logical, pointy-eared alien spock for which leonard nimoy will be most remembered. >> live long and prosper. >> reporter: chris clackum, nbc news. >> leonard nimoy had ties to washington through nasa and we posted a story about his role in inspiring space exploration on our nbc washington app. an important consumer alert for you before you sit down to do your tax returns. why you may now be eligible for

a new pilot program from the irs and how that will protect your valuable information. and the science behind the dress phenomenon. why you see it one way and your friends see it another.

the nevada gaming commission voted yesterday in favor of opening up its sports books to

olympic betting. the action should start in time for the 2016 summer games in rio and it's already creating a lot of excitement. >> we just can't limit it to a certain sport. there are going to be so many other things we'll be able to take wagers on and who's going to win the whole thing and gold silver bronze so, many different variations. >> there won't be more betting on sports that are decided by judges such as ice-skating. if you live in d.c. there's a new way to protect yourself from tax fraud. >> yeah. consumer reporter erika gonzalez joins us now with more on this added layer of protection. erika? >> jim, pat, you may have plans to head out, get your taxes filed this weekend. a lot of people are doing that. if you live in the district you now have a way to protect your personal information. the irs tells us d.c. florida, and georgia have been chosen for a special irs pilot program. if you opt in you get a six-digit number called an i.p. pin. it's got to be used hand in hand with your social security

number but it is an added layer of security. once you opt in you can't opt out. you're going to get a new pin every year in order to file. now, in order to be eligible you have to have filed a federal tax return last year in the district. if that's you, you can visit the consumer watch facebook page for a link to the site get your i.p. pin before you head out this weekend to file. coming up tonight at 5:00 i'll introduce you to one man who wishes that he had that i.p. pin right about now. he's a victim of tax fraud. his refund check is not going to be coming to him for a very long time. we're going to be talking about that tonight at 5:00. we'll show you the accepts you can -- steps you can take if you've learned the same thing has happened to you. if you have a story idea for the consumer watch, send us an e-mail or call us, 885-4884. >> thanks erika. see you at 5:00.

you can also get a taste of spring this weekend. the capitol remodel and garden smoe is under way at the dulles expo center in chantilly. dozens of vendors are showing off new products and offering advice on things like gardening, home improvement, and landscaping. celebrity guests include chris lampton, the host of hgtv's "yard crashers. "the event runs through sunday. it's ten bucks. but there is discount available. storm team 4 is tracking some weather that might be garden-like weather. veronica? >> yeah. at least the first half is going to be dry. but we continue to look at some of the latest information that's come in looking at a snapshot of a little bit of light snow around the area for sunday morning. meanwhile, pockets of freezing rain possible during the afternoon and evening. we'll talk more about that. and the science behind the dress that has the internet buzzing.

and what other ways are your eyes deceiving you?

that little dress is the most hotly debated subject in the country right now. the issue -- its color. >> it's not a little dress anymore. some of us see it as gold and white. others say it's black-and-blue.

i don't understand that. as we told you earlier in the show this is a perception thing. and here to explain more about how it all works is an american university professor, art shapira shapira. you specialize in perceptions in neuroscience. >> that's right. i study how the brain operates and how we get to see how it works that we can see the world around us. >> we all asked for, we're all white and gold on this but in your house you had debate and disagreement. >> i'm white and gold my wife is blue and black. >> is this a function of -- what is going on here? is it the brain? is it the eyes? how can some people see things differently? >> when you think about all the brain has to do in order for us to see the world and u.s. it's amazing this doesn't happen more often, right? because, you know, there's light out there in the world, there's our brain and somehow or other the brain has to translate all that stuff that's out there into the colors that we see, the objects in space. >> veronica was telling us her

daughter sees black-and-blue. she sees gold and white. >> right. it led to this debate and her telling me i was wrong. >> right. >> so i'm into photography. does light have anything to do with it? >> and background. >> and background. whenever we see anything right, we have the light, we have the reflection we have the context in which the light is presented. brain has to juggle all that type of information to produce what we see. and it's amazing that on most things we can agree. >> it's interesting because some people last night when we had a raging debate in the newsroom were seeing white and gold then they kind of shifted over today to more blue and black. can we start to -- it changed. >> well right. so if you think that you have just one process, one thing in the brain that says here's a color, then that would be really puzzling. but if you realize that the brain's working hard to make sure colors look the same in different environments and it

pulls a whole collection of different resources. >> so our brains can play tricks on us. >> always. every time we see a color to some extent it's playing a trick on us. >> your sweater is green, pat. >> we love your red dress, veronica. we've been showing some illusion stuff on your website because you do a lot with that. >> i make a lot of illusions. >> in our daily lives are from there other things we're sieg differently than our friends and colleagues? >> undoubtedly but not very often is it put up and say what do you see? >> what is this? explain this. >> here are two dots. we switched from that. these are illusions from my website. one of the things i play with is changes in luminents so, lights changing together from light to dark and then putting them in different context and the perception is entirely different depending on what's surrounding the colors. >> is this in any way sort of a left brain/right brain thing too? >> probably not. >> probably not. okay. >> people like to reach for left

brain brain/right brain, and my guess is that there's processes all over the brain, some on left some on right some within just a visual part of the brain which people have slightly different balances for. >> all right. you know all about the science of the color. do you like the dress? i'm not sure i'd wear it to a wedding but -- i certainly wouldn't. >> thanks so much. >> thank you very much for having me. thanks. >> fascinating. we could talk with you for an hour about this. good to see you. now, no disagreement on this -- lots of blue skies today. everybody saw blue v.j. >> lots of blue skies. on the radar we might see pockets of pink showing up on sunday which is indication we could have some freezing rain around the area. that's something we'll be watching very closely as we get into the weekend. for your evening planner, we put it up right here for you. calm conditions at 7:00. we're at 34 degrees now so, i do think we are going to see the

temperature start falling off pretty rapidly once we get on the other side of the sunset. cold at 9:00 25 and then 24 with a mostly clear sky at 11:00 p.m. in fact by morning these are the readings that actually will be down into the teens by morning. that was from the other day. high temperatures tomorrow right around the freezing mark. and here's a look at sunday. so we can get right into that. this is at noontime on sunday. you're looking at the chances of seeing freezing rain. we've got the time line on the bottom the percentages here on the side so i think early in the day around lunchtime just around the 30% chance of freezing rain those chances really go up between 4:00 and about 10:00 p.m. where we could see some pockets of freezing rain around the area something that we're going to be watching very carefully. the other thing we're looking at is a spring pattern for next week and perhaps a whole lot of rain and maybe eve an thunderstorm or two. doug? >> spring pattern. how about the 60s? we are going for highs around the 60-degree mark maybe even

62 on wednesday of next weekend. a lot of people excited about that. show you where we have been. we have been on the cold side, the eastern two-thirds of the nation has been cold all the way down towards the gulf coast. the warm air has stayed back to the northwest. over the next couple days that jet will dip down to southwest and that will keep the cold air in here for the weekend but then bring in the warm air for this early portion of next week. the big thing here is as this area of low pressure comes in with that warmer air, we could see some very heavy rain. atz you mentioned maybe a thunderstorm or two. so a much more springlike pattern shaping up. but first we have to get there. sunday and tuesday could be a little iffy winter-wise. >> based on that information that just came in the guidance that we look at these areas here in red is where we could see pockets of freezing rain around fairmont north and west of buckystown. leesburg sunday afternoon and evening. 32 saturday 40 degrees on

sunday. from the low 40s early part of next week. we get all that rain. look at the temperatures 62 wednesday, 50 degrees on thursday. so finally that extreme cold gone but, again, still watching that little something for sunday. we veal more of that on news4 at 5:00. we recycle everything from paymenter to plastics even cooking oil. >> when it comes to old cell phones they either sit around the house or a drawer or we try to sell them. there's a way to use those old phones and make your home safer. nbc's lynn vestall shows you how. >> what's up? >> reporter: when sean cohen isn't answering phones he's buying them. >> 15 20 people minimum a day come by so they're unwanted. >> reporter: cohen purchases used cell phones and tab lets generally for pennies on the dollar unless they're almost new. >> it's the first one so, it doesn't have the best value. about 15 bucks.

it's completely up to you if you want to sell it. >> reporter: sell the phone and they can buy pizza. keep it and they have a home surveillance camera. >> this is low-tech security with a high-tech option. >> reporter: jeff says old cell phones and tablets with cameras can be reused as security cameras for free. >> you set the camera up using wi-fi so you don't need to have a cell phone activated on an account, don't need a monthly fee. >> reporter: all you need is to download an app. we chose the alfred app for android. it's free. we set up a phone in areas around the newsroom. >> the apple alerts you there's motion in your house that's not authorized. >> you can watch it on your cell phone from work or elsewhere live. one of the neat things about using your old cell phone as a surveillance camera is not only do you have video but also audio so if you see burglars on your cell phone at home you can tell them to get out. >> the next call you make to law enforcement to respond. >> reporter: if police arrive too late you still have a recording of who burglarized your home peace of mind and

the best part -- >> it is literally free. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. news4's jackie bensen is on her way to southeast d.c. right now. we have reports that a boy has been shot. police tell us the child is conscious and breathing, but we don't know his condition. shooting happened in denver street and nailer road about 4:00. as a result nailer road is closed at alabama avenue as they investigate. a live report from jackie is coming up. you may want to fill up the car while running out running around and doing your errands this weekend. gasbuddy.com says prices will creep up in two weeks when stations start shifting from winter blend to summer blend gas. today it's about $2.49. in maryland you'll pay about

$2.36 per gallon. cheaper in virginia at $2.23. drivers of uber sedans and suvs in maryland will soon be required to have background checks. it's part of a new agreement between maryland regulators and uber that will place the popular ride-hailing surveillance under state regulation. in addition to background checks drivers must have passenger for hire licenses like other limo services. and new state-approved vehicles. for now the settlement only applies to uber black and uber suv services not the more popular uber x, which is still under review. if you plan to use the green line this weekend, expect delays. metro says the green belt metro station will be closed on saturday and sunday so maintenance crews can work on the tracks. buses will replace trains between college park and green belt. a housekeeping job turned nightmare. a woman said she was kidnapped and tortured by a couple who hired her to clean their home.

hear from the victim next.

a new york city come is facing charges after allegedly kidnapping and torturing their housekeeper. the woman told police she was afraid for her life. how she says it happened. >> reporter: these bruises daisy is showing us as horrifying as they are to see now, they're two weeks healed. this is what they looked like

hours after she was allegedly tortured punched, and burned with a plumber's torch by a couple who hired her to clean their home. >> when the guy put the knife here she put like this. >> reporter: oscar ramirez is ma meagher friend and roommate. he translated for us as daisy explained the pain she went through after she arrived home earlier this month. >> one guy decide punched one side, the other the other side. >> reporter: the homeowner along with a friend accused her of stealing jewelry and cash from the home. when she wouldn't fess up she says they threatened her life. then the two men and the homeowner's wife brought her to her long island home where the threats and beatings escalated. >> told me if you move the other guy kill her. >> reporter: while she spent four days in the hospital police arrested the cup who will own the home on assault,

kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment charges. but they're looking for their friend. this sketch their best clue as to who he is. >> i can't believe these people do that. usually two men for one women, one woman. it's not right. >> now, the man accused in the kidnapping is still in jail. the judge allowed his wife who's pregnant, to post bail. right now at 5:00 out of jail and maintaining silence. >> a local counterterrorism official busted in an online sex sting. he's a free man tonight. >> daniel rosen spent three days in jail first in the district then in fairfax county where he is being charged. >> he posted bond today and a judge will let him return to work. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey was there today as he walked out of jail. julie? >> reporter: daniel rosen posted that $25,000 bail this afternoon in order to get out of the fairfax county adult detention center but there are strings

attached to that bond that might make it difficult for him to do his job as a director of counterterrorism programs at the u.s. department of state. daniel rosen was flanked by his attorney and a bail bondsman as he left the fairfax county courthouse. he was silent as i asked questions. mr. rosen, what do you have to say about the -- rosen briefly showed his frustration, holding up paperwork to block the news4 photographer's lens. his attorney instructed him to just walk straight ahead. earlier appearing before a judge, rosen's attorney asked for bond saying his client has been in the area for two decades, has been married for eight years and has strong community ties. his wife was in the courtroom watching. prosecutors wanted the judge to wait until at least monday to set bond. but the judge set it at $25,000. there are also conditions. rosen surrendered his two passports. he may not have contact with minors. and he cannot use computers. his high-profile defense attorney told news4, "we're pleased the judge under a

presumption of innocence gave him the benefit of the doubt. he deserves it." these are the official charging documents we picked up today. rosen faces one count of computer solicitation of a child under the age of 15. but police say the person rosen was corresponding with was actually a female undercover officer posing as a girl. rosen was arrested in his d.c. home on tuesday around noon. today he still wore the wa jama pants he had on then. he was extradited to fairfax county yesterday. now, daniel rosen is due back at the fairfax county courthouse on may 4th for a preliminary hearing. coming up on news4 at 6:00 i'll take a look at whether or not he will be able to continue his work at the state department under these new conditions. reporting live from fairfax county i'm julie carey, news4. we're following breaking news out of southeast d.c. a boy has been shot at the intersection of naylor road and alabama avenue. police tell us the victim is conscious and breathing. officers a