precision. but new tonight, detectives say they may have their best clue yet. >> investigators are tracing footsteps left outside the wells fargo bank on west broad street in falls church today. pat collins live there at the scene. pat, these robbers escaped through the snow today. >> reporter: indeed but they left a mark behind them jim. the black hat bandits wear masks on their faces, glovrps on their hands. could bit a telltale footprint that leads to their capture? bank job number eight for the black hat bandits. today's target this wells fargo bank in falls church. their faces covered. their guns drawn. they came in into the bank orlandoered everyone to the floor, then started collecting the loot. somebody ran to the jiffy lube next door and asked will to call the cops. he picks up the story from there. >> he said hey, anyone has a phone, they're being robbed.

i ran in here called the cops. >> you saw the guys running. >> after two minutes later i was speaking to the operator they came out two minutes later and started running out. >> reporter: what did they look like? >> six-foot something, pretty tall kind of big. >> reporter: all dressed in black? >> all dressed in black like pea coats, yeah hoodies, dressed in black, ski masks. yes, sir. >> reporter: carrying bag of money. >> carrying bags of money. >> reporter: off they went. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: scary? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: as the robber rance to a getaway car behind the bank they crossed over snowy patch of land and left some defined foot prints there. investigators got some empty frito-lay shipping boxes from a nearby restaurant to protect the prints until a csi tech could come and take pictures and molds to use as evidence. since january, the black hat bandits have hit eight banks, two in maryland and six in virginia. in one case they put a gun to

the head of a customer. so far, no one has been injured. this bank job today happened around lunchtime. there were a lot of people who saw what was going on. coming up at 6:00 another witness. he saw the bandits. he saw the getaway car. i'll see you at 6:00. live from falls church, pat collins, news4. now to the big announcement today in the district. we are learning more about gregory dean the former seattle fire chief, and the new pick to lead d.c.'s troubled fire department. news4's mark segraves talked to dean about the changes he wants to make in the face of so many challenges. >> reporter: since last summer the nearly 2,000 men and women who work for the d.c. fire department have had a cloud of uncertainly ti hanging over them not knowing who their permanent leader would be. well, that question's been answered. now the question is how does this new chief make things better? >> greg dean. >> reporter: as mayor muriel

bowser named gregory dean to be her choice to lead the district's fire and ems department dean made it clear -- he's ready to get down to business. >> i've spoken at length with the mayor. and i'm ready to bring much-needed reforms. >> reporter: dean takes over department that's had its share of problems over the past years including the failed response to a dying man outside a d.c. firehouse to the most recent fatal smoke incident in a metro tunnel that exposed a lack of training and problems with radio communications. dean couldn't be specific about reforms he wants to bring about, but he did say one of the things he plans to bring to d.c. is a data-driven method of evaluating response times and ssmss. >> we took this approach in seattle, and we have seen these goals with our citizen ts and it became a national base we hope we can bring here. >> reporter: he says he's well aware of other problems in the department including the staffing shortage. >> i will be prioritizing our recruitment, training and retention of our highly

qualified people. >> reporter: as for when the new fire chief might start implementing any changes, dean says it will be at least six months. >> i'm going to sit down and start listening and learning before i start making commit commitments. >> reporter: the new chief starts his job on may 1st. he will have to be confirmed by the d.c. council. he'll earn just over $197,000 a year just ten grand more than his predecessor. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear what happens to the outgoing chief and you'll hear from the new chief about some controversies he left behind in seattle. in the district mark segraves, news4. she is the longest serving woman in the history of congress but tonight maryland senator barbara mikulski says the end of her law making career is near. >> so i'm here today in fells point to announce that i will not be seeking a sixth term in the united states senate. >> after mikulski made that announcement today, news4's chris gordon spoke one-on-one with the senator about what's

next. >> reporter: senator barbara mikulski tells me there's a lot she wants to get done before her term ends in 2016. >> and we want to focus on giving the middle class a raise by finishing the bill for equal pay for equal work for women. >> hey, it's barbara mikulski! >> reporter: in 1986 barbara mikulski became the first woman elected to the u.s. senate for maryland. she would go on to become the longest serving female member of congress in the history of the united states. she started her career as a social worker and community organizer. she became known as a champion of quality education, women's health medical research seniors and veterans. >> it's all the same for the entire state. >> reporter: leventhal got his start with senator mikulski. >> she's a role model for me. to say that i love her -- the

word isn't strong enough. i learn sod much working for her. >> reporter: u.s. senator benjamin carden says maryland will lose one of the most seasoned and effective lawmakers in the country when senator mikulski leaves naufs two years. >> there's rarely a day that goes by that the two of us don't talk strategy or policy. so it's truly been an open relationship a very productive relationship. >> reporter: she has a lot of political priorities work to get done in her final two years in office including getting the fbi to decide to relocate its headquarters in prince george's county. i'll have that part of the story coming up on news 4 at 6:00. in fells point, chris gordon news4. three security scares in the past 24 hours at the white house. this morning a construction worker tried to slip into a secure door as another person walked out. he was instantly met by two uniformed secret service members

and taken into custody. another man was taken into custody last night after he stepped over bike rack outside the perimeter. he was arrested. and this just in. secret service says it also arrested a man yesterday for going over a wall at 15th and e streets. curtis smith of pennsylvania is charged with unlawful entry. we're holding out hope that she's still alive. those words this afternoon as d.c. leaders mark one year since the disappearance of 8-year-old relisha rudd. rudd livid with her mother at the homeless shelter at the old d.c. general hospital. she was last seen a year ago yesterday. news4's darcy spencer is at d.c. police headquarters now where the mayor and police chief just spoke about the case. darcy? >> reporter: well pat, this beautiful little girl became the face of d.c.'s homeless kids as you know living a tragic life over there at the homeless shelter for families. the chief wrapped up a press conference here at headquarters a short time ago asking the

media for help. she wants to keep the case out in the public eye. the chief says that she continues to get information on this case and to get leads. but unfortunately today there was no new information to give out. she wants to keep this 8-year-old's face out there, again, visible to make sure people know she has s not forgotten, to remind people to come forward if t the case. relisha was last seen with a janitor at the shelter, and he later took his own life at a park in northeast d.c. leaving behind that mystery, where is relisha rudd. now, i asked the chief a question about whether this could ever become a death investigation if relisha is not found. >> in terms of at a point that we would, you know, change this from a missing person investigation to a death investigation, there would have to be some reason for us to do so. we have nothing at this point to tell us definitively that relisha is not still alive and missing. so that's the way we're

proceeding with this case at this point. >> reporter: we have repeatedly covered the case over the last year and talked a lot about the deplorable conditions at the d.c. shelter there where many homeless families are living. there's deplorable conditions. today officials talked about the changes that have been made to make it a better and safer place. we're going to have that part of if story coming up on news 4 at 6:00. we're reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer, news4. >> darcy, thanks. now to a break. a big one. the case of a car break-in, many of them in arlington. antoine kennedy was taken into custody during a sting operation over the weekend. police say they caught him in the act trying to break into cars in a parking garage here on wilson boulevard nape say he's responsible for at least 50 50 break-ins in rosalyn and along the wilson boulevard corridor. in our next hour zachary kiesch will have new details on the sting operation that got him. months after a case of arson did considerable damage to this

montgomery county playground it's ready for kids to return. the mayor of kensington tells us restoration for the equipment at st. paul pafshgrk is now complete. this is what it looked like last october. it cost more than $80,000 to repair. the mayor says they also added more lighting and security upgrades. a closer look at what metro is doing to keep you safe on buses and trains. today the federal transit administration began an investigation into the strengths and weaknesses of metro's safety practices. this comes in the wake of january's deadly smoke incident at the l'enphant plaza station. passengers say the inspections, which will identify the areas where metro can improve, are a good idea. >> absolutely. you know i feel like we should always be looking to make things better and make things safer, so yeah i think it's a great idea. i think that's probably good. doesn't seem like metro has a handle on what's going on. >> the investigation is expected to last a couple months and may

wrap up in may. a local state department worker accused of trying to lure a girl online. new tonight, only news4 uncovers information about what led police to the suspect. no credit cards, no debit cards? think you could survive? two local women sign up for a 21-day financial fast.

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there's no kind of diet. jo gym membership or diet required. >> because it's managing your moola. erika gonzalez is here. >> you had me at no counting calories. instead of a juice cleanse, how about a financial fast? we partnered with michelle singletary at "the washington post" and challenged our viewers to put away their blastic for 21 days. >> i think it's a new beginning. >> reporter: jackie is ready to make a financial change in her life. the mother of two owns her own business but finds herself living paycheck to paycheck. >> i just keep spending in a way that's not healthy. >> reporter: like jackie karen mcintosh also ready for a change. she's a single mom who lives on her own and wants to plan for the future. >> i'm penny-wise and pound-foolish. i still think there's a lot of room for improvement. >> reporter: both women responded to a facebook post

where we asked for volunteers to participate in a financial fast challenge. >> i felt that it was almost like a sign when i saw that facebook posting that this was -- this is my time to get things taken care of. >> reporter: the challenge -- read and carefully follow this book "the 21-day financial fast" written by michelle singletary a nationally syndicated financial columnist for "the washington post." the rules -- no plastic and no impulse spending for 21 days. jackie and karen will only buy what they need with cash. >> i feel excited. >> reporter: both women faced different money challenges. jackie wants to control her spending. >> american girl dolls. that has probably been the worst. my kids don't need most of it but i'm excited about it so i like to buy them lots and lots of things. and i haven't been able to stop. >> reporter: jackie also wants to start saving money for retirement her children's college funds and maybe eve an family vacation. >> we have not take an

family-focused vacation i don't think ever. >> reporter: karen wants to plan ahead. >> i want to have a nest egg where, you know, i have that discretionary income for my kids. >> reporter: after we met with jackie and karen, we sat down with michelle singletary and talked about each woman's path. first up jackie. >> she does a lot of spending for the children and lots of parents do that because they feel like that's okay spending because it's for the kids. >> reporter: is a family vacation in the near future for them? >> no. i'm shutting them down. >> reporter: why is that not -- >> because they have no savings. >> reporter: the way singletary says jackie will see the most savings, no longer eating out for meals. >> she needs an need jump in their income by just cooking at home. >> reporter: next up karen. >> yes, it's great that she sent her kids to college debt free but she also needed at the same time to save for her retirement so now she's got to play catch-up. >> reporter: two women, two

stories, both committing to make a change for a financially healthy future. >> i want this to be a new beginning. >> we'll keep track of jackie and karen throughout their financial fast. and we'll have an update for you when they're done with it in a couple weeks. i heard doug kammerer say sign me up. >> yeah. >> in the meantime we want you to join in on the money conversation. gosh is it hard to part with your cash. michelle singletary will be joining us for a facebook chat starting in just a couple minutes, 6:00. see you on facebook. >> she's shutting ut down. erika thanks you. you'll soon pay more to ride on the dulles greenway. tolls for the roadway between dulles airport and leesburg will increase by nearly 3% or a dime for two-axel vehicles. peak travel time will be $5.25. off peak will run you $4.30. a maryland fishermen will spend the next year and a half in prison for his role in illegally harvesting striped

bass from the chesapeake bay. as part of a plea deal michael hayden admitted his role in harvesting more than 185,000 pounds of the fish illegally between 2007 and 2011. he'll also have to pay more than half a million bucks in rest resolution and fines. pretty expensive. doug kammerer joins us. you were posting on facebook last week "uncle." i'm crying uncle aunts, grandmas mom and dad. this is brutal. >> we've had storm after storm and we've been so cold last night's storm was really a mess with all of that ice. tomorrow i'm not worried about. i'm really not for most of the area. even though we have a winter weather advisory not a big storm at all. let's show you what's happening today. the sun is out. looks like there's no ice left on the potomac. it's still there but you can't see it too well because we don't have the snow on top of it today. there's still ice across the area. temperatures right now 44 degrees with that sunshine. yeah, a little bit of a

windchill down to the 37. but one of the warmer days we've seen in a while. temperatures 41 in leesburg 46 fredericksburg colder to the north, 35 in hagerstown 39 in frederick. temperatures will drop tonight. going to be another cold night. storm team 4 radar is dry. we'll stay dry all night tonight. it will be tomorrow that we start to see the moisture move in. take a look at this. this is our winter weather advicery. it includes everybody in our area southern maryland most of northern virginia all the way down the spine of the appalachians towards charlottesville. i don't buy it. i really don't. i don't think we'll see anything in most of the area. the place i do buy it up to the north. here's future weather. this is one computer model but quite a few of them are doing something similar. we're cold tomorrow. look at 2:00 in the afternoon. earlier it looked like we'd see that precipitation move in around 11:00, 12:00, 1, but there's nothing, the snow is up to the north. by 5:00, we start to see some moisture but there's nothing in northern virginia for the most

part. maybe frederick county virginia loudoun, clark county southern maryland almost nothing for you. i just don't see why that winter weather advisory was posted to the south. i don't think you're going to get much. tomorrow night, 10:00, most everything should change over to rain. i do not anticipate too many problems travmg. wednesday a different story. here comes the rain. it could be heavy at times wednesday. this is wednesday around 5:00. i do think we'll have problems there. but then here comes the snow. it changes over to snow late thursday night and then thursday morning we could have some major problems on the roads. we could have some accumulating snow. still working on this forecast. again, we have a couple days to figure it out. tomorrow's deal. here's tomorrow evening. freezing rain and snow chance moderate impact event. maybe fairfax county. we've got a touch in d.c. but i really don't think south of there is going to have much of an issue. winchester springfield, thurmont buckystown frederick, maybe gaithersburg, a higher impact event tomorrow evening but even here i'm not too

worried about the main roads. i think we'll get out of this a-okay. possible delays 1:00 to about 10:00 tomorrow evening. stay off the roads on sunday. that's not going to be the case tomorrow. that's not going to be a day where you have to stay off the roads. the impact going to be on the higher side moderate side north and west of d.c., a few icy spot and it will be on the cold side. wednesday we get up to 52. remember last week we thought 62? no. 52 i'll take that weather the rain coming in during the day. switches to snow at night and it does look like a good chance for snow early on thursday. yeah i think we could see more delays and cancellations on thursday unfortunately. then we tend to dry out just a bit, cold on friday and then spring ahead. the sun goes down on sunday after 7:00 at night. yes! >> like the sound of it doug. thank you. our 21-day financial fast on facebook push is going on right now. go ahead and go to our facebook

page nbc washington facebook page with your questions for michelle singletary. i'm barbara harrison at the live desk. the montgomery county parents who gained national attention for their free-range parenting style have been found responsible for unsubstantiated child abuse. child protective services began investigating the parents after police found their 10- and 6-year-old children walking home alone in silver spring. the charge of unsubstantiated child abuse means protective services may have found some evidence of child neglect but couldn't reach a firm conclusion. they can appeal that ruling. they say they are responsible parents who are teaching their children self-reliance and responsibility and that the investigation infringes on their parental rights. at the live desk i'm barbara harrison. still ahead -- officers open fire and kale man.

new at 5:00, why witnesses are questioning the use of deadly force and how police are responding. twitter war. isis terrorists make new social media threats. then marriott on the move?

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benjamin netanyahu's he said he does not want israel to become a partisan issue nor meant any disrespect to the white house. >> my speech is not intended to show any disrespect to president obama israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu -- or the esteemed office that he holds. i plan to speak about an iranian regime that is threatening to destroy israel. >> netanyahu and president obama have a strained relationship that only grew more tense when congressional republicans invited him to speak without coordinating the visit with the white house. iraqi soldiers are leading a major offensive to force isis militants out of one of the country's biggest cities. it's focused on the city of tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown pip's been held by isis for months now. the iraqi air force is

supporting ground troops along with iranian-trained fighters. the pentagon says iraq has not requested u.s. assistance for this operation. isis supporters are launching a war on twitter tonight. alleged threats have been made against twitter founder jack dorsey and other company employees because they've shut down accounts that promote the group. twitter says its security team is investigating whether the threats are real. to build or not to build? the debate intensifies over a rail line through a maryland suburb. marriott hotel headquarters may be on the move. why one of the largest corporations in our metro area is now considering a change. only news4 has new information about what led police to arrest a state department employee.

one of the area's largest corporations is krrg moving headquarters. police shoot a homeless man. millions on social media are questioning the use of deadly force. first a major debate over transportation project that has been in the works for the decades. >> with a change at the top in maryland, is the purple line project worth the investment? >> transportation reporter adam tuss is in silver spring where people on both sides will tack it will pros and cons. >> reporter: tonight a debate about probably one of the most controversial projects in all of maryland. the purple line. remember this is a planned light rail system that would connect the bethesda and new car

carrollton metro stations. this project has become so controversial because the state is grappling with whether or not it makes sense financially, some wondering if the current governor larry hogan, is going to do away with the project in favor of roads instead. here the debate will focus on a lot to do with cost. >> also i think one of the questions that needs to be answered is is this the best solution to aleveleviate congestion? >> reporter: news4 will be covering the entire debate. we'll bring you both sides and have a wrap-up on news4 at 11:00. former virginia first lady maureen mcdonald has formally filed an appeal on her corruption conviction. she sent her appeal notice today to a federal court. last september a jury found she and her husband guilty of corruption. the former governor is appealing

his two-year prison sentence. a presidential task force formed in the wake of the shootings of unarmed black men by police is back with some recommendations tonight. they're calling for deadly force shootings to be investigated by an independent prosecutor. increased oversight of law enforcement agencies more diversity within department and better officer training. president obama appointed that task force following the shooting of michael brown in ferguson missouri. a local grand jury declined to indict the officer involved leading to protests and some violent demonstrations. one of maryland's biggest corporations may be ready to check out. marriott right now has its headquarters in bethesda and is looking to move. but as nutzews4's derrick ward shows us from the corporate offices, montgomery county won't let it go without a fight. what are they planning to do so to stop them? >> reporter: it started back in 1927 with the proot beer stand

at 14th and kenyan a&w root beer as a matter of fact. fast forward a few decades and that little root beer stand has grown into a multinational corporation represented in 80 countries with 200,000 employees and $12 billion in revenue. they stayed local in bethesda. the question is can you keep them here. this part of montgomery county is almost like a city unto itself. its mid-rise office buildings and streets, it's also where you'll find the corporate headquarters for marriott. but what you won't find here is metro. there are buses that run through here. but marriott's ceo tells the "washington post" the absence of metro is behind a possible move for marriott's headquarters. county executive ike leg get doesn't want to see that happen. he says marriott has been a big part of the county's business community. >> civically, involved in so many different things.

we'll continue to work with them to make certain they stay in montgomery county. >> reporter: just shy of a million square feet of office space and 2,000 employees, the presence is significant. for the location? >> most businesses would like metroaccess and an isolated area sort of a park area. we could find ways in which to accommodate them. >> reporter: indications are the move would be year downs the line and leget believes that's enough time to try to keep them in the county. as for details on incentives or enticement it's early to go into detail about that. some incentives will have to come from annapolis, from the state on that level, but you might expect that there could be some sort of bidding war if marriott wants to stay local. but they don't want to stay in maryland. derrick ward back to you. the recent cold spell has been especially tough on our region's aging water mains. the wssc tells us it repaired 426 broken pipes during the month of february.

that's second only to the february 2007 record of broken mains at 479. usually the monthly average for water main breaks in february is 132. and the call center staff handled 17,000 phone calls last month compared to 7700 in february of last year. kind of hard to think a lot about spending a lot of time outside right now, but in just a couple of months wolf trap will launch its summer concert series. among the shows planned, legendary guitarist carlos santana, ben harper and sheryl crow the beach boys and weird al jankovic are scheduled. you can find a link to the full summer series on our facebook page. investigators say a state department official thought he was luring a 14-year-old girl but now he's in big legal trouble. new at 5:00 our julie carey

uncovers new search warrant documents about how detectives arrested him. >> maryland's national guard has a new leader and she's making history in the process. doug? winter weather advisory in effect for parts of the area and then we have this system, a mix of rain and snow.

a woman is now in charge of maryland's military. >> singh is the first african-american to hold the post. sche has she has combat experience from kosovo and afghanistan and has been in the military more than three decades and was the first woman to lead maryland's national guard. >> this is absolutely the best job that i could ever hope for in the military. it is absolutely by far the best job. and the best state to be able to do it in. >> she replaces major general james atkins who has beenage agebeen adjutant general since 2008. town halls are under way the next few days in virginia. "the daily progress" reports uva is holding public foryou remembers to discuss prevens, response and culture in response to a discredited "rolling stone" article about a

female student assaulted in aouse. the groups report recommendations this spring. parents are calling foul after taunting at a high school basketball game. this is what it looked like at a school in new jersey saturday night. emerging from behind a shower curtain two students dressed as a monkey and a banana to distract students as they took free throws. some parents say the costumes were inappropriate because most of the players on the other team were african-american. others say it's harmless just kids being kids. >> you know, when you're putting that costume on it should come in your mind that this might offend some african-american people. >> it was just being silly, like what high school kids do. but, you know, parents got to step in. the parents, officials, coaches, they've got to step in. >> school officials say the referees at the game were reprimanded. the students won't be punished but they did get a warning. a state department official arrested in an online sex sting. new tonight, news4 obtains the

search warrant that reveals how he was busted. and we're taking a look at tomorrow's storm, again, a winter weather advisory in effect for the area tomorrow. driving impact ice refreezing overnight tonight so that could mean some problems especially for secondary roads. tomorrow afternoon i think just wet roads for most.

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live in fairfax county and the courthouse with more details from the warrant you'll only see here. julie? >> reporter: this is a swarntd i got inside the courthouse today. it gives police permission to look through daniel rosen's iphone 6. it's the phone they say he was communicating with two an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, the very phone that was in his front shirt pocket when he was arrested at his home last tuesday. daniel rosen had no comment for reporters after bonding out of jail on friday but these search warrant documents detailed the many online conversations he was allegedly having with an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl. it started in november when the officer put this ad on an internet website. she wrote, "no school. my parents will be at work. tom entertain me. as my real age if interested. she got this e-mail back, police

say, from daniel rosen. "i'd love to request you like older guys. sane and clean 40-year-old white male in d.c. how old are you? it was signed xxd. attached was a photo of a beered man dressed in business attire later identified as rosen. the undercover officer writes back "i'm 14. interested?" but the talks stalled when rosen wanted a real time camera and police couldn't comply. another, hi there, 44-year-old in d.c. happy to get a hoe it will room today to play or i can host. no drama. she's out of town." a text conversation continued. the officer continued, "arrangements to meet and have sexual intercourse develop." but rosen was hesitate to meet until he had proof he was texting with a real live 14-year-old. the officer figured out a way to deliver the images and rosen

allegedly wrote back good now let's get naked, lol. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 i'll tell you why that planned meeting never took place and why police decided they had to act fast to arrest rosen. i put this entire search warrant affidavit on our nbc washington app. if you want to read through the whole thing, it will be there are for you to see. julie carey, news4. it was quite the sight and sound over the national mall today as the air force marked a somber anniversary. a b-52 bomber flew over the air force memorial and the mall as officials commemorated 50 years since lieutenant colonel hayden lockhart became the first air force prisoner of war in vietnam. today's ceremony also honored a group of p.o.w.s that survived seven years of torture in vietnam. monica store's father was in that group. >> he -- he was part of a group that was called the alcatraz 11

as you've heard, and he was the one that didn't come back. >> lockhart who was 76 now, was unable to attend today's ceremony due to health reasons. the recent snow and ice is putting the brakes on a residential street sweeping program. the district is postponing the program until next monday because of scenes like this. the program was supposed to begin yesterday. watch out for signs indicating the days and hours crews will be cleaning the streets. violation of the parking restrictions could cost you 45 bucks and your car may be towed. a similar situation in snowy new england where a barn roof collapsed trapping horses inside. investigators say 15 horses got stuck. some of them were injured, but they're all expected to be okay. the owners of that barn say they've been diligent about clearing off the snow from the roof. they say there wasn't anything on it before they got six inches overnight. what's a little ice when they come out of scenes like that? we had a big thaw today.

it started melting pretty rapidly, doug. >> how much more thawing, doug? >> we're done. >> until midnight? >> maybe till midnight. then we'll see the temperatures go back on to freezing and everything will refreeze tonight. that will be a concern, but we've had that same concern week after week here of everything melt during the day and refreezing during the night. heads up for ice on the roetds. our rockville camera this is our brand-new camera out of rockville looking right down 355, right down rockville pike towards bethesda, north bethesda bethesda towards our studios and look at this our studios looking up towards the rockville area. you can see just a few clouds out there. but a very nice evening after a great day. 44 degrees. rain early this morning, ice melting off the trees but now we've got 44 degrees, dropping to about the freezing mark by 11:00. that's when we may start to see some problems on some of the secondary roads, any roads that have not been treated. we may see slick spots overnight, especially sidewalks. 36 gaithersburg 39 in reston

43 ft. belvoir and camp springs around 40 degrees. bowie coming in at 39 degrees. on the radar, nothing to show. we're not going to see anything over the next say 12 hours or so. then things get a little bit iffy. winter weather advisory in effect for tomorrow between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. i really don't think we're going to see this verified down to the south pip just don't see the moisture here. southern maryland most of northern virginia may be on the dry side but to the north, frederick, hagerstown, maybe montgomery county howard county baltimore, back toward the panhandle of west virginia this is an area of concern tomorrow because i think we'll have some issues. everybody will have issues from the ice refreezing tonight. moderate there as far as the impacts go on the road. afternoon snow and ice from d.c. north and west. again, south and east i think will be okay but north and west could be some issues in the evening. we'll have some slick spots. nowhere around here do we have red during the day tomorrow. i don't see it as that big of an impact all day. 52 degrees on wednesday with rain moving in. that rain changes to snow as

cold air moves in. some of that snow could be heavy at times early on thursday. that's the system we need to watch. is there enough cold air to change this to snow and do they see the accumulated snow. we continue to watch that. stay on the cooler side as we stay towards the weekend. the weekend, at least close to 50 degrees. i'm barbara harrison at the live desk. right now neighbors are being evacuated from some townhouses in gaithersburg where we have an assault in progress. we understand one of those townhouses police are there. they say that someone inside that house has a gun. chopper 4 is over the top of that barricade ore a that situation right now, but we are not showing you the live pictures because we don't want to give away the police officers' position. this is in the neighborhood along emery grove road. as soon as we have more we'll bring it to you again. assault in progress now, a man with a gun we understand. montgomery county police on the scene. we'll continue to follow this and bring you more as soon as it comes in to us. jim, pat? >> barbara, thank you. a mother who blogged about her son's health condition was

convicted today of poisoning him to death. a new york jury found lacy spears guilty of second-degree murder. prosecutors say spears force-fed her 5-year-old son sodium through a stomach tube and that she did it for the attention on facebook where she chronicled her son's illness. doctors found no possible explanation for the little boy's high levels of sodium other than someone deliberately feeding it to him. new information about the upbringing tonight of the isis militant known as jihadi john. he was identified last week as mohammed emwazi a 26-year-old who grew up in london but was born in kuwait. this picture was taken while he worked at computer company there. people who knew him say he was polite hardworking, and normal and neve thought he'd become the person seen in the isis video where is hostages were beheaded. joe shooter was his principal in middle school. >> it's just horror. i can't express strongly enough

how shocking it is for me. it's sickening. it's absolutely sickening to think that whatever void there was in his life in his understanding of the world, it was filled by something so terrible. >> shooter says it appears emwazi was radicalized after leaving her school. a maryland lawmaker is pushing a pharmaceutical company tonight for answers on why the price of one of its generic drugs is spiking. congressman elijah cummings wants to know why naloxone's price has gone up by as much as 50%, according to officials. the democrat and the u.s. senate sent a letter to the drug's manufacturer today. naloxone is an antidote used by police departments across the country to treat life-threatening opiate overdoses. the cost of a tank of gas is creeping back up. the latest survey by aaa finds the national average for a gallon of regular is now $2.42. that's up 12 cents from a week ago. d.c. has the highest local

average at $2.52. in maryland it's about $2.40. in virginia, a gallon of regos for about $2.26. a change coming in the way you pay for groceries at costco. starting next april, american express is out and visa is in. citi will also become the exclusive issuer of the code brand costco card. costco says it will provide more information in the coming weeks about how customers can transition to the new card. mystery solved. turns out a hidden bunker discovered in toronto last month is a homemade man cave. the bunker was found in a wooded area near a university and the canadian tennis center. the sbroons was hidden under a piece of wood covered in dirt. a ladder and tunnel led to the underground space. police said their investigation led them to two men and they don't believe they were doing anything criminal. the bunker has now been filled in. another reminder to keep a tight hold on your dogs near

frozen ponds. a dog chasing geese fell into an icy pond in the richmond area earlier today. the dog managed to keep its head up but couldn't get back on the ice. rescue crews had to use a nearby boat and a hook to help pull the dog out. after getting her back to solid ground crews dried off the dog before returning the dog to her owner. a new police shooting raising new questions and outrage tonight. what civil rights activists are saying about the deadly confrontation on l.a.'s skid

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tamir rice was shot by an officer in a cleveland park. the 12-year-old's family filed a lawsuit challenging excessive force and negligence. the city responded with a brief that says rice's death was his fault. the wording in the legal filing was standard language and the intensity was not intended. police are promising a thorough investigation after a video shows officers shooting and killing a homeless man on skid row. the graphics seen viewed millions of times on social media. >> as jennifer bjorklund report, investigators will have more than just cell phone footage to review. >> reporter: the struggle cap captured on cell phone videos preceding the shots seen around the world. more than 5 million views on social media by day break monday

less than 24 hours after officers shot and kimmed a homeless man on skid row. >> there was no reason for them to do that. >> reporter: but police say officers shot the man during a struggle over an officer's weapon. the videos posted on facebook sunday show a group of officers confronting the man believed to be the robbery suspect in the struggle with the suspect. officers take him down and try to cuff him. in the distance you can hear a taser and someone yelling "drop the gun." then gunfire as the suspect is shot dead. bystanders can't believe what they're seeing. but the police chief this morning presented screen grabs from the video believed to show the suspect's hand on an officer's gun with the slide pulled back. >> a very intense situation and a brutal brutal fight. >> dennis horn posted one of the videos. >> didn't see him reaching for the officer's weapon? >> my eyes didn't see that. >> i think it was extreme.

maybe one gunshot and one officer shooting but it's sad when you hear one shot there are six or seven men on him. >> reporter: around the country police shootings are increasingly under scrutiny in the wake of ferguson. in this case we are told three officers fired their weapons and the lapd promises a thorough investigation. the next step will be to review all the footage of this incident including body cams ras, which we are told were on at least one of responding officers.lunldjorklundbjorklund, nbc news los angeles. now at 6:00 israel's leader here in washington sounding the alarm about iran. meanwhile, tension is building before he addressing a joint meeting of congress tomorrow. bank robbers known as the black hat bandits strike again in virginia. the new clue they left behind after their latest target. and senator barbara mikulski's fight to bring the fbi headquarters to maryland and what will now be her final two years in office. but first we go back to barbara harrison with breaking

news from the live desk. barbara? >> this news is about police surrounding a home in montgomery county after a report of a man with a gun. this video we have to show you now from chopper 4, just minutes ago shows police evacuating neighbors from nearby homes. we aren't showing you any live pictures because we don't want to give away police positions. this is happening on emery grove road just off midcounty highway in gaithersburg. the call first came in just before 5:00 this afternoon as an assault in progress. police have not said if anyone else is in the home that they are surrounding. news4's derrick ward is on his way to the scene. we'll go thrive him as soon as we can. at the live december i'm barbara harrison. president obama says the controversy over the israeli prime minister's speech to congress is a distraction but won't disdeath