we have new information on two developing stories. first the arrest in a series of shootings including one near the nsa. what we now know about the man in police custody. and another hopefully the last winter storm of this winter. this one bringing us heavy snow through most of the day on thursday. a look at what neighborhoods could get eight or more inches of snow. good morning. you're watching "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. we begin with that winter storm warning. it's been a wet morning ux and we could see more rain today before temperatures drop and snow arrives. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with when we can expect that all to happen. >> good morning, everybody.

yeah. march madness snowstorm on the way for tomorrow and it appears in all likelihood. we'll have to deal with rain for today, but already winter storm warnings are posted for the entire day on thursday for the entire immediate d.c. metro area and everywhere north and west. winter weather advisories down to the south for only st. mary's county down towards spotsylvania. the only places that might not be able to get more than four inches of snow. so what to expect for tomorrow? rain changing to snow between about 5:00 and 8:00 in the morning. steady snow all day and widespread amounts between four and eight inches here in the metro. for now though right now temperatures in the upper 40s. dealing with rain showers from washington southbound down into southern maryland into the lower parts the bay. there's the big load of cold air toward st. louis, missouri, now. the cold air eventually changing our rain to snow late tonight, into pre-dawn hours of tomorrow morning. coming home today. nothing to worry about. raindrops temperatures into the upper 40s.

how much snow in your neighborhood is coming up. >> thanks chuck. staying on top of a developing story in maryland. a man arrested in connection with a series of shootings in maryland. the latest shooting happened at the national security agency in fort meade. news 4 richard jordan is live along the bw parkway. richard does the fbi think this is a terrorism-related? >> reporter: no barbara. no link to terrorism. federal officials saying that the suspect now dent fifeidentified at 35-year-old hong yong from beltsville maryland harks mental issues and no known connection to a terror group. anne arundel county police saying his car, his lincoln towne car ultimately led to his arrest. r the nsa headquarters was the latest target in a series of shootings aimed at several heavily populated locations. but the gunman's spree may have come to an end. overnight police release add statement saying the subject responsible for shooting incidents around the

baltimore-washington metro area in the last two weeks is in custody. tuesday afternoon on the icy gun powder road two men came under fire inside their landscaping truck. one hit. the other cut by broken glass. >> they were driving along and they got shot at but they're both completely shaken. >> reporter: on monday two shootings. one outside a laurel walmart and another near a movie theater in columbia. last week a man grazed by a bull knit a parking lot across from the arundel mills mall. a possible suspect vehicle was there. the car with its windows down on a cold day was suspicious to investigators reviewing footage. the motive behind the shootings still a mystery, but a collective relief the suspect is off the streets. the suspect's vehicle was spotted again last night. that's what led to his arrest. determining the motive will be a big part of the investigation, but right now looks like the three people hurt in the shootings were all random

victims. a news conference is scheduled for 1:00 this after. we'll have more later on today. reporting live in fort meade, richard jordan news 4. >> thank you. a major road in centerville is reopened right now. police shut down lee highway for several hours this morning after a pedestrian was hit by a car. this hammed at intersection with stone road. we're working to find out the victim's condition now. police say he or she went to the hospital with serious injuries. and we have calls in to d.c. police right now to find out the condition of a man officers shot overnight. it happened on n street near kirby street northwest. police say the victim looked like a possible suspect in a second shooting a few blocks away. according to police the man pulled out a gown andun and they shot him. the other shooting happened shortly after midnight. you can see how close the incidents are to each other. police have not released the names of anyone involved in this. today you can tell montgomery county school leaders what you want from the next superintendent of schools.

there are several community forums this week where you can talk about the search for the next woman or man in charge. tonight, you can contribute by heading to eastern middle school or walter johnson high school at 7:00 this evening. and we're told right now a road is still closed for a water main break in northeast washington. you can see video of crews here fixing the sinkhole that form and 13th place by fairaday place northeast. water turned off to 25 homes. the break should be fixed sometime today. and today a trial that's taken nearly two years to begin is finally under way. the surviving suspect of the boston marathon bombings is in court. the surprising stand the defense is taking. and we're following a developing story out of norfolk. a plane reported missing and the wreckage now found. we'll know about the crash and want to find out more about the

a developing story now. at least two of the four people onboard a small plane died when it crashed into norfolk international airport. the coast guard spent hours searching the chesapeake bay for sign of the plane. an airport spokesperson says the tower lost contact with the pilot just before 4:30 this morning. the plane crashed just a few miles away at the norfolk botanical garden. 2340

no word caused that crash. right now the courtroom is packed in boston where opening statements in the boston bombing trial are under way. moments ago tsarnaev's defense said he did take part at the attack at the boston marathon nearly two years ago. prosecutors say it was a premeditated act of terrorism that killed three people and hurt hundreds of others. tsarnaev could face the death penalty in that case. same-sex marriage is on hold again in alabama. at least for now. the state supreme court ordered probate jumps to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. this goes against a previous ruling by a federal judge. same-sex marriage was approved in the state last month, but only in some parts. the legal status of hundreds of same-sex marriage couple whose have already married in the state is not clear at this time. there's a chance you have seen this photograph that is getting a whole lot of attention on social media right now but we have the story behind this amazing picture. plus -- it's the case that could decide

whether the affordable care act will survive. looking at what part of the law is being battled over at the supreme court now and how lawmakers will respond to that ruling. chuck is the man we will listen to today, though chuck, a lot to tell us about what's coming. right? >> i do barbara. all you need to know omg, s-n-o for tomorrow. how much to expect in your neighborhood and how long the co

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stay weather alert. most of our area will be under a winter storm warning starting tonight through tomorrow. rain is expected to change to snow tomorrow morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell back with 11:30 with snow totals and timing. winter storm headed our way will probably miss boston's can you believe it? reeling from massive amounts of snow this winter though. just this morning part of the roof from this former bay side center collapsed under heavy snow. no one hurt. boston is on track to surpass its snowiest winter ever. and in ferguson a report found it discriminated against blacks.

more on the civil rights investigation. >> reporter: and investigation following the violence that rocked ferguson uncovered a long-standing pattern of racial bias according to officials familiar with the report. when police used force, 88% of the times suspect was african-americans, as were 93% of those arrested over a roughly two-year period before michael brown's fatal encounter with darren wilson. the probe, officials say, also found this -- a 2008 e-mail by a ferguson law enforcement official saying president obama would not serve an entire term. what black man holds a steady job for four years? it asks. the report also expected to say local police repeatedly stopped and fine black drivers for minor violations like busted taillights to raise money for the city. >> they're targeting people who are typically not listened to. >> reporter: but this investigation, we understand, says nothing about the death of michael brown, or whether former police officer darren wilson

will face charges. federal officials said it's unlikely wilson will be charged with a crime. ferguson's leaders now confronted with thousands of 35i67s s pages of allegations say they'll only respond when it all becomes public likely later today. ron allen, nbc news, ferguson. this afternoon, prince george's county states attorney in annapolis to testify against four separate bills dealing with marijuana in the state. one bill includes a revenue act regulating and tax pot like alcohol and set rules for manufacturing and seams. also this afternoon, you're invited to rally in an nap liss urging lawmakers to allow the terminally ill to end their lives. the bill allows people given no more than six months to have the option of -- actually fill out a request to be able to take their own lives. you'd be able to get a prescription for drugs to speed

up their death. right now five states made it legal for terminally ill people to accelerate their deaths. arguments have just wrapped up in a high-stakes legal challenge to president obama's health care law. protesters on both sides gathered outside the court. >> regardless of your address, you ought to be able to have the subsidyies meant for everyone. >> inside the courtroom, justices reportedly peppered opponents of the health care law with skeptical questions. noorn 9 morn that 9 million would lose subsidies according to the urban institute. could about death blow to the law. with us now explaining the case. >> reporter: the case is called king versus burwell originated in varsupported by groupsability six points in the law saying federal suss sdibs are available to those who bought think policies through "an exchange established by the state."

challengers say people who bought on federally are out of luck. millions use the federal exchanges because only these 16 states in blue have their own exchanges up and running including maryland and d.c. but virginia here did not create an exchange. remember virginia is where the case originated. if the court rules against the administration many fear a death spiral for the law, premiums for many could rise by 200% fewer people could afford to enroll without the subsidies, costs would rise. however, the president appears optimistic. he told reuters there is no plausible legal basis to strike down the subsidy. a decision is expected in late june. and for more on the long-term impact of the supreme court case we are joined by mark murray nbc senior political editor. welcome. >> good morning. >> good to see you. seems like most republicans want the court to strike downs stub sdis but why could this decision

put their -- plans in the future in jeopardy? >> as eun just explained in the piece, the states that actually rewlied on the federal exchange for the most part are states with republican governors and republican state legislators. for example if you're in virginia with one of those things and all of the sudden the supreme court says that these tax credits can't be used at all, a lot of people in virginia are going to say, well why am i going to have to pay higher subsidies now and might end up going to states with republican governors and legislatures saying you have to fix this issue. one of the big political demem las in all this barbara and always once the health care law set up always hard to dismantle. people are getting big benefits. these are big tax credits. >> starting to like it? >> correct, like it and helps them to afford this and does create a political dilemma for republicans if the people end up saying well it is now your responsibility to fix the situation that i'm in that i have to pay now 200% more for my

health care than i did before the supreme court. >> in the court rules in favor of the government would this end the big battle that we've been seeing over of the last couple years? >> i don't know if it necessarily ends the big battle, but this is actually probably obamakaro poents best last chance to be able to gut the law before the united states supreme court. you know republicans might end up saying the next time we have a republican president we end up having a republican congress we could do big damage, but this is probably if the government wins this case right now it's probably the last time we'll see a big supreme court challenge before. >> and talk quickly about a sad incident in missouri. a candidate for governor apparently committed suicide, and it's blamed on political bullying. are we seeing a lot of that? >> well barbara, it's important to note bullying came out, a whisper campaign the republican candidate is jewish. and he committed suicide, and john danforth the missouri's

form other united states senator, republican ended up giving the eulogy yesterday and said words can kill people. we need to get rid of this table politics we often have demonizing people havings with cherring campaigns dealing with people's lives and it's important to note that barbara. often times talking about the latest back and forth. well my opponent said this i dislike that i'm a democrat i don't like republicans. i'm a republican i don't like democrat but it's important to note we're all still human beings. the point jack danforth was getting across. >> sad to think we could end up having a lot of people not wanting to run for office good people because they don't want to face that scrutiny. >> it's such a mean business. >> and here we are in the middle of it. thank you. for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team check out first read on nbcnews.com. new this morning a new poll says a majority are in favor of tougher immunization laws. a quinn new poll 23% oppose the idea

coming after the cdc confirmed at least 170 measles cases this year. most of those cases are connected to the disneyland outbreak. at least 14 states including west virginia have introduced bills to toughen up immunization requirements. smartphone makers are scrambling now to fix a problem that could allow hackers to get your information. plus important information for parents.

breaking news. jesse matthew, the man accused and charged about abducting and killing uva student hannah graham in court. his defense team grant add continuous. his lawyer wanted the delay to give time to find a dna expert and that request also granted by the judge. now this trial was supposed to start june 29th. as of right now no new date was given but we know from our sister station nbc 29 that the next hearing will be on may 5th. matthew also facing sex assault charges and attempted murder charges in fairfax county for another case. that trial still slated to start in early june. barbara. >> thanks angie. and apple is working on a fix to prevent a freak attack on your mobile device. a researcher found a security flaw on apple, and google devices, that may allow hackers access to your information while

surfing the web. they say the problem started with an old policy which required u.s. softwaremakers to use weaker security encryption programs sold overseas. that policy has been abandoned. apple will send its fix next week. google has not commented. baseball season is getting closer. the nationals will play their first game the year at spring training tomorrow. one of you newest players get started according to "the washington post." marx shertzer starts against the training. just a tune-up. the nationals opening day is in d.c. on april the 6th. ♪ and it makes a fiery rain ♪ >> i love this guy. >> do you believe that voice? a real estate lawyer in d.c. who nearly lost everything in the housing collapse but he's looking for a new start on "the voice." he performed "ring of fire" by johnny cash last night that earned him a spot on adam levine's team.

tune in tonight to catch up on the season's biggest moments so far, plus a look ahead at the musical superstars advising each team starting ap at 8:00 on nbc 4 tonight. learning more about a photo that captures the phrase a picture's worth 1,000 words. take a look. at photographer in london capture add rare photo of a small weasel appearing to be riding on a woodpecker's back. well it seems cute but the photographer says the mammal was actually attacking the bird. the photographer says the bird wad squawking and struggling to get the weasel off its back and eventually it did escape and apparently neither animal was hurt in the process. right now storm team 4 tracking another winter storm. this one could bring us heavy snow. when we can expect most of the snow ta fall plus new information from mcdonald's this morning. change they're making that could make many parents very happy. and good news for drivers in northern virginia. what happened this morning that could make your drive a

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the storms were sold out of ice melt. we flow you can use regular clay kitty litter use sand and eastern fireplace ashes, all of those will give you that traction that you need to hopefully not slip on the ice. >> hopefully. >> i know. i've put it out there but it's still, there are slick spots. >> because of that freezing rain which say the trickier to deal with. freezing rain on top of old snow we've had. this time around able to melt most of the stuff remaining around from over the weekend to now temperatures well into the 40s. we're melting down quickly, especially off paved surfaces and the sidewalks and the like. so that is very welcome news for sure. but we will for sure be dealing with more snow come our way tomorrow. tower cam right now, a lot of fog outside. and that story is repeated across much of the area. winter storm warnings posted all across the area. rain changing to snow between about 5:00 and 8:00 tomorrow of the metro area tomorrow probably between four and et eight

inches. thursday forecast a solid batch. four five maybe as much as seven or eight inches through the heart of the metro. lower amounts in far southern maryland northern neck and fredericksburg and in all likelihood eight iths are more in parts of the shenandoah valley and 45 in washington. light rain. mist falling. gaithersburg and 50 degrees in winchester and 52 in lore rey almost 60 degrees in petersburg west virginia. a lot of warm air aloft, and as a result, going to be all rain today and all rain into the overnight hours tonight.ss holding steady between now and 6:00. don't put away umbrellas or boots away. you'll need them the remainder of the day and going out tonight, need them then. sitting around at lunch, download the weather app. your personal items forecast and updated radar picture in the

palm of your hand. winter storm warnings from the jersey shore down to the metroplex of dallas-ft. worth, memphis, little rock kentucky tennessee, under winter storm warnings. snow from st. louis to tulsa to oklahoma city. for now just dealing with the rain. this is going to be with us the remainder of the day. here's future weather. off and on rain showers becoming a steadier rain after about 5:00 or 6:00 tonight and staying as steady rain until after midnight. now, this computer model shows the changeover earlier in the day. two or three others i've looked at have a changeover closer to 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow morning. rain until well after midnight. changing to snow around sunrise tomorrow. then snow all through the daylight hours tomorrow. moderate snow 9:00 a.m. to 3:00. then after 3:00 4:00 5:00 when things finally start to come to an end again. so moderate snow. mid-morning to mid-afternoon. widespread amounts of six inches or more and major disruptions for both thursday and for friday.

here's two different outputs for what the computers think we'll get for snow. computer one, solid five to eight inches around town but if we get the changeover sooner we'll get more snow and that's what this computer thinks. as a result it has a solid 8 to 10 inches around town. so there's a whole lot of snow coming our way. again, big winners mostly northern maryland out towards the shenandoah valley. the seven day. 49 today. all snow. all day tomorrow. amounts to be determined a little more carefully tomorrow. and then staying cold on friday. don't forget to move your clocks back this weekend and change the battery in your smoke detectors. spring is coming next week i. want to believe it. thank you. see you soon. a montgomery county ambulance slid on ice striking two pedestrians. it was sent to help. the ambulance was heading to cameron hill court in silver springs to help an injured woman who apparently slipped on the ice. the woman along with a second person both struck when the

ambulance hit a patch of ice and slid into them. the woman who initially fell that serious injuries. the other person expected to be okay. fairfax county board of supervisors will earn more money now. the board voted in favor of a pay raise. the next board making $90,000 up from $75,000 a year. the chairman makes $90,000 annually annually. seem sass port was luke warm. board member pat harriety says he was ghent salary increases because this comes as supervisors are considering increasing your taxes by 16% over the next three years. d.c. public schools chancellor kaia henderson is getting a 3% raise. "the washington post" reports she'll make $284,000 a year. it's her first raise since she was promoted in 2011. the district school system has 47,000 students. the "post" reports henderson paid more than muir ylriel bowser and the d.c. police chief cath

lanier. cost are more to drive on t the way. peak hours, $5.20 trip to travel that highway. off peak $4.30. per trip. your drive in alexandria could be easy per. cruise finished the telegraph widening project. now four lanes between south van dorn street and south king's highway and new trail and a new sidewalk. the project was finished ahead of schedule leaders celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony just this morning. the east smithsonian has a new warning for visitors. what picture-taking tool they're asking you to not bring you if you come to one of their rue museums. it's panel to teach a dog to read. you have to see it to bel

if you're bringing your family to the cherry blossom festival next month a new rule at the museums here at the washington on the mall. smithsonian banned selfie sticks. it says there's a risk to xicts and displays as well as other visitors. the sticks were against the rules at the hershorn museum before today. you can't use them at any of the smithsonian museums or gardens. ♪

>> ha! >> yes! >> this is the arena stage summer academy now accepting applications. the academy founder anita mainard lash joins us along with arianna krzyzewski a former academy student. good morning. glad to have you with us. that looks like a real performance by a professional group. >> well it does look like that because we have professional theaters artists, who are instructors of the group including parker essie, did core choreography for "oklahoma" and other shows people remember. >> how many did you attended academy? >> three year fls a row. >> and now studying theater? >> musical theater. >> tell us about the program. kids all over the area can go. is that right? >> absolutely. one of the special things it's taught by these theater prof professionals, limited to 30 students and a two-week program,

intessive music's theater training with a showcase at the end. >> do you have to do some kind of performance to get into the program? >> that's the special thing about this program. you don't. you self-select. you can register online and then you are in and then you get to move from wherever you are in your singing, dancing, acting life to the next level. and i really -- i'm really passionate about that because it gives young people a chance to improve that they don't have to start in the place that they end up. >> i have to tell you, looking at the video, i was very impressed. i saw some of the students were very professional-looking and others looked like they were having a great time. how about you, arianna? how did you get involved and what were you thinking when you fir signed up? >> i found the flyer in my brother's high school drama room didn't know what it was and took a chance and it ended up being easily my favorite summer experiences for the three year ices in a row i went.

i almost thought maybe it could be my career and going to the arena stage academy every summer while i was in high school grounded that and helped me know this is definitely where i want to be. >> what do students learn in this? it's not just acting. also singing and dancing? >> yes. intensive training and skill-building in acting singing, dancing. separate classes, and 24e7b theythey have the opportunity to apply the skills showcase the material andality the end of two weeks do the showcase for friends, family and the artistic team at arena stage including the casting director and we have had some of our students go on to be in productions like "oklahoma" and others. >> on your stage? >> on our sagetage and this year we're excited because having auditions for "oliver" this spring and people signed um for the academy by april 1st we can get them in for an opportunity to audition for "oliver." >> how old are you when you first applied? >> 15 i think. >> what age groups do you take?

>> we take high school age. you have to have finished your freshman year of high school and can be as old as having graduated from high school that year. >> was it a pretty rigorous application process? >> you know, it's easy as she says says. you don't have to auditi you sign up and get your slot and then you go and experience it really. >> so would you tell somebody out there listening, okay. sign up? >> absolutely. >> even if you're not in the theater? >> sign up early to go back year after year. >> thank you so much. we really appreciate your coming to tell us about it. >> thank you. >> good luck. let us know when the show will be. >> thank you very much. >> thank for coming. and we have new recall information for you. the risk this bassinet set, see that? is posing to babies. plus celebrities like demi lovato admitted to a problem of self-injury. you want to hear about this. this growing problem affects

this just in. a major fast food chain making big changes to its chicken. mcdonald's just announcing it will start using chi raised without antibiotics. within two years it will only buy chickens raised without the antibiotics important to human medicine. this move comes as more fast food place wes see are dropping unrecognizable ingreed grents their products as the so-called clean movement gained mowmentumomentum.

mcdonald's seen a drop in sales over the last two years. barbara. >> thank you, angie. right now the first lady is attend aground breaking summit on mental health here in the district. a live look at the summit. michelle obama will talk about the importapeople to share their personal stories and seek health with mental health issues and focus on helping military and veteran families. it's a national movement designed to raise awareness on mental health in america. now a news 4 consumer alert. about 13,000 baby cradles are being recalled. dream on me is recalling its two in one bassinet to cradle products. those were sold in pink blue green and white. the company says the wire supports on the sides of the bassinet can disconnect causing the fabric sides to lower posing a risk to babies. the infants can fall out, get trapped or suffocate. the company received one report there were no injuries we understand. if you're worried about your

kids getting enough exercise you may want to schedule a play date. researchers at cincinnati children's hospital say kids and teens who regularly exercised with friends are twice as likely to be highly physically active than those who don't. apparently the group said working out with a friend made them feel less self-conscious. the same support from family members did not have the same effect apparently. well former disney star demi la vault ohovato has been open about her history of cutting. telling "self" magazine i cut myself to take my mind of being anxious. this is more common than you think and the problem growing. dr. weiner is here with more on this self-injury and how to treat the problem. it's hard to imagine that -- what's the cause of it? do you know? >> we think what's causing this is people are just having unbelieve fwli strong emotions they just don't know how to handle. so they just feel like they can't talk about it and they

feel like they need immediate relief and what i think is surprising for a lot of people even though this is an extremely unhealthy coping mechanism, it's actually rather effective in calming people down. people actually don't feel pain most of the time when they do this. they do feel this calming sensation. so that reinforces the behavior for a lot of people. >> but choose to cut themselves i guess with, a knife or razor blade or something, in places where people wouldn't see it? >> so generally what you find is that because most people are right-handed most of the cuts are going to be on the left arms or on their legs. and sometimes some kids will go about trying to hide it wearing long sleeves or arm bands, or bracelets. others are going to be pretty open about it. >> is there any particular age group you see this in more than another? >> yes. you absolutely start to see this in the teen years. so this is something that you rarely see in younger kids. it starts to pick up in the teen years. sometimes it lasts until people are in their early to mid-20s. most of the time people stop doing this when they reach that age. so it's very rare to see an

adult doing this. >> how common is it and do kids learn from each other to do this? >> so yes, they do learn from each other. i think that what's happening, and why we're seeing this a little bit more frequently is because kids are talking about this with one another, and so it's plan planting that idea in their friends' minds. so and so did this and found it helpful. maybe i will try this. it's estimated that anywhere from 3% to 5% of kids are engaging in self-injury. some studies show numbers much much higher but that's the number u tend to quote. >> more common in boys or girls? >> girls. this is more common in girls. you will see boys doing this it's much less freechbt.quent. it's common in girls with eatingty orders. whenever i'm evaluating somebody with an eating disorder it's something i'm keeping in mind and asking about. >> does it have anything to do with attempted suicide? >> an important distinction to make. talking about self-injury, people hurts themselves on purpose, but do not have the

intention of trying to end their lives. what they want to do end how they're feeling. they don't want to end their lives. that's an important distinction. you can't assumeship somebody with cuts on themselves really want to die. >> what should a parent look for? i mean i suspect most parents wouldn't think their child is doing this or teachers or nine comes in contact with teenagers. what is a sign this is happening? >> if you see on somebody's arms or legs they have hash marks almost like they're doing, tic, tic, tic, one, two, three, four five. nice straight line the first thing i think of when i see somebody. not looking for it maybe they got scratched. be suspicious because you might ask these kids oh what happened? frequently they're going to say, i was scratched by an animal. but you certainly need to follow up with that. really, is that what happened? i'm concerned maybe you're hurting yourself o >> quickly. what's the treatment? >> there is theerpy. that's one. and the other thing is that you need to identify if this person

has another problem generally it's going to be an anxiety problem. like demi lovato talked about, depression or bipolar. treat that to help with the cutting. >> see a doctor. >> yes. >> thank you, dr. weiner. our time 11:51. coming up the art of teaching a dog how to read? plus what you can expect over the next 24 hours as another large, winter storm

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stories now. we expect to find out more information about a 35-year-old man suspected of several shootings including as the nsa in maryland. sources tell news 4 anne arundel county police aefted hong young last night. the fbi believes he is connected to the shootings in the past two weeks. anne arundel county police will hold a news conference apartmentt 1:00 this afternoon we'll send a push alert to your mobile phone. update or app. and day one of the boston bombing trial underway. dzhokhar tsarnaev's defense says he did take part in the boston marathon attack nearly two yearation. his brother kimed by police is ultimately to blame in this case they say. and we will keep you updated on the winter storm headed our way. "news4 today" will begin early torng morning at 4:00 a.m. for the late effort on the weather and delays or cancellations beginning at 4:00. if you think your dog is smart, you haven't met mia. me sa a mini australian sherppherd

who can read. how extraordinary man's best friend actually can be. >> mia, jump! >> reporter: not your av day at the brown school. >> weave. weave. >> reporter: mia a smart and creative mini australian shepherd found the right place to let her creativity shine alongside trainer. >> who wants to mix my words up? just to show that it's not an order. >> reporter: once cards are shuffled the magic begins. the first word for mia, high five. >> what's this say? >> good. mia, what's this say? come on come on. >> good job. >> reporter: from shame -- >> hold it. hold it. good. >> to bang. >> she's dead. >> wave -- down -- spin -- and roll. >> good job. >> reporter: the dog can read.

mia is the most popular girl at school and if you think she's just gifted ward says she can teach any dog in four weeks even the most energetic, like beethovenesque bower. the bernice mountain dog proves he's much more than a looker. here the his grizzly bear. >> yeah good job. >> break dance. >> break dance. >> the big boy, waves, to -- >> shame. >> bower's got shame, but is loved. >> hoop your best friend? good job. people are going to realize what they can do. >> reporter: how does ward do it? she begins with a vocal command. like sit. the dog learns a hand signal for that word. eventually the dog recognizes corresponding bold letters. >> chuck gave his dog a fun you name. izabell. won't be able to spell that. time for a final check on the forecast. >> no. you'll be shocked what she'll do for a milk bone.

jump over anything you need. so snow in the forecast for tomorrow. no problems today. if you have stuff to get done today, no problems. it will be raining. tomorrow snow starts around the time the sun comes up tomorrow morning. how much snow heaviest snow between 8:00 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. looks like a solid chance of eight inches or more from northern montgomery county high spots of loudoun county purcellville and charleston a chance of eight inches or more through the heart of the mel troe paul tin area. a solid chance of five to eight inches of snow across the capital beltway. gaithersburg down to joint base andrews, woodrow, quantico all in the sounds. the only place that my not get enough story in but still cancel school towards fredericksburg and stafford. probably only i say only three to five. still justify to get you out of school and work for a lot, though. snow tomorrow cold friday. change the clocks saturday night into sunday.

and into the 50s we will go next week. this will all be a memory a week from now. >> yeah? in spring for sure? >> pretty close. our last snow last year was three weeks later than this. >> wow. >> march 25th. >> you never know in march. thanks a lot. and that's "news4 midday." thank you for being with us and ip vit you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 ant back here tomorrow at 4:00 a.m.

>> jj: mom, wait. mom. >> jennifer: no! >> jj: mom...i'm sorry. >> jennifer: you're sorry? what were you doing? what were you thinking? tell me right now. why did you do this? >> hope: abe, do me a favor. go over this for me. make sure i've established the chain of evidence. >> abe: like you would ever screw that up. >> hope: i really want to make sure i put this perp away. >> abe: you know, after all these years, you still love your work. >> hope: i do, i do. but to completely honest with you, i am picking my daughter up in, oh, 29 minutes and 32 seconds. >> abe: [laughs] >> hope: the shuttle's dropping them off at salem