rapes and believe that he is responsible for two more. police today focused on cottage city maryland after issuing an arrest warrant for 48-year-old james william diggs of bladensburg, charging him with first-degree rape. then late this afternoon, there was a break in the case. >> within the last hour our fugitive squad captured diggs in waldorf. he was arrested without incident and he is currently at headquarters being interviewed. >> reporter: two nights ago a woman was grabbed from behind a knife put to her throat in a secluded area of cottage city. police are tieing this most recent attack to one that happened the night of february 25th on 54th street. and they hope to link the suspect to two more assaults from last fall. >> he is charged in the rape that occurred this past wednesday and the rape that occurred on february 25th. the previous two he is a strong person of interest.

>> reporter: on october 20th a vick imwas able to give police a description of the suspect who attacked her in the 5800 block of annapolis road in cheverly. this vicious series of assaults began on september 8th with a rape of a woman walking on a wooded trail in the 5100 block of quincy street in bladensburg. here's why police think all four sexual assaults are related. >> the proximity of the sexual assaults that took place, the fact that most of -- all of the sexual assaults occurred between 6:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. and the physical descriptions that were given were similar in all of the cases. >> reporter: police say that diggs has a criminal record, that he lives alone and apparently has no family. now, coming up on news4 at 6:00 could digs be responsible for any other unsolved sexual assaults in our area? that's coming up at the next

news hour. live tonight at prince george's county police headquarters back to you. now to a story that you're only going to see on news4. a child pornography investigation. it stretches across the country and it is linked by a popular app. police believe prime suspect is just 14 years old, lives with his family in fairfax. our northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert is live outside police headquarters. david? >> reporter: wendy, we first learned about this case from this search warrant, which we pulled here from fairfax county court. the details are disturbing, and the young suspect that you mentioned, he's in jail here tonight facing several serious charges. police believe it started in this fairfax townhome community, one we're not i'd iffying because all those involved from the young victims to the suspect are under age. but the allegations are far from childish. from this search warrant, we learned a detective in tempe, arizona, fist reached out to fairfax county police investigating a 12-year-old who's submitted nude images to a

screen name called aaaproductions transferred through the kik social app. aaaproductions claimed the chance to win $30,000 based on images of child pornography. you may know kik as the app some of your kids use. the company advertises it has more than 200 million subscribers. just using screen names the app lets you share messages photo, and videos to others. >> a predator and kik is pond that's stocked with the fish. >> reporter: we spoke with fairfax county police lieutenant james way bayh continue who works in the child exploitation unit. >> the kids say my parents are on facebook so we don't use facebook anymore. they use kik. >> some of its users create the problems. in this most recent case police tracked aaaproductions to a fairfax home. the parents turned two of their

children's phones over the police. on the 14-year-olds they found numerous images of child pornography recorded in fairfax county according to the warrant. the suspect was allegedly sexually abiesing his younger brother and another unknown young male. if you join us ahead for news 4 at 6:00 we're going to walk you through why it's so difficult for fairfax county police to track down these predators from that kik app. more importantly we'll equip you parents with the tools you need to keep your kids safe. live in fairfax tonight, david culvert, news4. the icy mix on the road that likely led to that crash along i-95 in virginia chopper 4 flying over the scene this morning where a tractor-trailer jackknifed near the exit for occoquan in prince william county. several other cars wound up spinning out on that ice but no injuries. and d.c.'s department of public works says more than 2,700 cars were ticketed during yesterday's snow emergency.

each car receiving a there are 250 ticket. another 235 cars impounded. those owners are going to have to pay at least 370 bucks. snow emergency was in effect until 9:30 this morning. for many the day after a snowstorm can be difficult, perhaps painful. shoveling, clearing the sidewalks is hard work. for some it can be just too much. that's where a team of snow angels comes in. news4's kristin wright joined them today. kristin, what a group of kids out there you found. >> reporter: most certainly are special. no question no matter where you go throughout our area you'll find sidewalks that look a lot like this one, whether it's here in southeast washington or takoma park maryland, where we met the snow angels. simon, jacob, rory decided not to take this snow day off. >> they're pretty happy.

one guy said we were a blessing and gave us some oranges. yeah he was really sweet. >> reporter: the takoma park middle school students are snow angels. they shovel sidewalks and driveways for those who can't, every winter. >> some of them are really thankful. one of them was just making sure we did a hidden sidewalk behind their house. >> reporter: the city's lifelong program connects residents to the team of snow angels. they're part of an after-school community service club and nonprofit called difference makers. sponsored by science teacher ryan garing. >> we have a lot of man pouer to help out where people have a need. it's kind of what we do. >> reporter: the home on boston avenue is this snow angels' seventh today. they did the house across the street too. >> an outpouring of appreciation and blessings and praise. >> reporter: it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. >> the sun melted a lot of the ice but in the beginning it was actually pretty cold. >> reporter: residents in takoma park signed up in advance for

the snow angels service. but the city is looking for more volunteers. the volunteers are not just students so, they're looking for anyone who is willing to help so that they can grow the service even further and help even more people. here in washington there are also services like that available for people who live here. we'll talk about that tonight on news 4 at 6:00. live in southeast washington kristin wright news4. we've got near record temps again for tonight, huh, doug? >> yeah. we set a couple records last night. dulles got down to 9 last night. that was a record. bwi also set a record. they could also set records tonight. it will be a cold night. look at this. a beautiful picture. this is our brand-new rockville live camera. take a look at 355. yesterday this was simply a mess around the region. the clear skies. looks like it's nice and warm but the high temperatures today

only in the 20s. look at the numbers across the mid-atlantic. virginia beach was 73 two days ago. 24 in ocean city 23 in pittsburgh. a very cold afternoon for sure. and that means it's going to be a very cold evening. your friday headlines, a refreeze tonight. you know that's going to happen. look at this. a much warmer weekend and then a nice warm stretch. we're talking act an extended warm stretch as well. it will feel a lot more like spring. that's why i wore my spring tie. >> very nice. >> we'll get there. you're wearing it well. thank you, doug. arlington county is having more salt shipped in. 2,000 additional tons is arriving today. crews say they've already run out of a midseason resupply. trash collections in the county are on hold until next monday so workers have the weekend to clear the streets. and a third young man from maryland is now charged in connection with that party drug overdose at wesleyan university.

abhimanyu janamanchi turned himself in to police today. janamanchi is a wesleyan student from rockville. four other students are charged in this case. it began when nearly a dozen people overdosed on the drug molly last month. a man listed online as the operator of a child care center in virginia is now in jail because of sexually abusing children. prince william county police arrested thomas ferrantino. it's not clear if the victims attended his child care center. the case heads to a grand jury. he's being held without bond. the owner of a popular maryland restaurant who's accused of secretly recording women in the bathroom is taking a long-term leave of absence. kyle mulehauser is accused of putting a cam kra ra in the bathroom at ram's head tavern last year. he was charged earlier this month. his father, who founded the ram's head group, says his son

wants to focus on himself, his family and the legal road ahead. snow is causing a delay in the hearing for a man who's accused of shooting at an nsa building. hong young had a bond hearing scheduled today, but the coats are closed for weather. he's charged with attempted murder and asalt in a separate highway shooting. court documents show he told police voyless in his head told him to shoot at a random driver last week. a bill aimed at keeping foster children out of abusive homes is headed up. a a little girl spent 18 months in foster care after suffering skull and prib fractures. her law would modify the reunion process of foster kids and parents. it was passed by the general assembly this week. a marion barry tribute unveiled. new at 5:00 we'll meet the artist behind the painting and

why the mayor's mural won't be on display forever. ahead, a look at the solemn ceremonies planned in selma.

today would have been marion barry's 79th birth dap. city leaders marked the occasion by revealing a mural in honor hoff his life. >> ward eight, a community he worked and lived in. as mark segraves reports it's the first of many tributes to come. >> reporter: as friends and family gather for the memorial his son christopher barry, running for his father's council seat told the people why his father's legacy goes beyond ward eight and beyond the city. >> he was a leader and stood up for people across the globe who faced injustice. and through his 40-plus years of service and commitment he's left the mark and inspiration for all of us to follow. >> reporter: the mural is the work of a local artist who wanted to give back to his

hometown as well as to honor barry. >> we decided to do it for community and we'll have additional panels added so that the community can sign and send their well wishes to mr. barry. >> reporter: while the mural is on a rather remote wall that not many people will walk by it is in a spot that is seen by thousands every day. >> a lot of people see it that drive on the freeway. >> reporter: mayor bowser used the occasion to announce a new commission charged with the task of finding other ways to honor barry's legacy. >> there are a lot of very good ideas that i've heard from streets to different buildings to programs. >> reporter: what would barry think of that? >> he would love it and be the first to say he deserved it. that scathing report on racial bias among the ferguson missouri police has the city working on a plan to improve relationships. city leaders are going to meet

with the justice department late thermoto present solutions to this discrimination. the report released on wednesday finds that police targeted black residents far more often than whites. it also uncovered racist e-mails among other town employees. we're getting our first up-close look at that jet that slid off the runway at laguardia. overnight cranes removed the delta airliner and brought it into a nearby hangar. more than two dozen people were hurt when that jet slid off the runway smashing into a fence yesterday and almost going into the bay. still ahead, we'll have reaction from a passenger and a report from new york. now to an unusual crime involving mail deliverfully virginia. a former mail carrier assistant is now facing charges akuszed of dumping bill letter and more into a lot. investigators tell us this happened at least four times in january and february. near the lafayette river in

norfolk. the woman no longer works for them them. in may you'll have to pay more for the capital bikeshare program. annual membership will go up to $85 and a 30-day price will go up $3 to $28. one-day use will go up from 7 to 8 bucks. this is the first price increase since the program began five years ago. >> we have a happy update on a story we told you last night involving that pregnant woman who was caught in the middle of that snowstorm yesterday. we're told the woman delivered her baby girl early this morning at walter reed medical center. her parents' car broke down near connecticut avenue and jones bridge road yesterday. while they were on their way to the hospital. both mom and baby are doing well. >> that's great news. >> here just in time for spring. >> good timing. we've got some spring on the way. but first we have to get through another low tonight. >> we're going to set another record i think at dulles another record tonight at bwi, but today, high temperature,

what do you think they were? >> it looked like 55 to 60. >> sitting inside. >> but cold start to january -- i'm sorry, march. look at the river. not quite as much ice as there has been over the past couple weeks. but, yeah, that ice going to be melting over the next few days. 29 the high today in d.c. 28 leesburg 22 in hagerstown. 24 camp springs. only goat got to 22 down towards patuxent river. quite amazing. right now there is still some ice out there on the potomac. you can still see some of that there. 28 visibility no problem, bright blue skies. tonight will be quite cold already down to 23 degrees, gaithersburg 22 in hagerstown and 29 down towards fredericksburg. it will be very cold. bundle um. a dry weekend.

no dlouds here. a few clouds coming at us. we're not going to see much in the way of clouds through the night. this is the front that came through the region yesterday bringing us all of that snow. temperatures are much colder than average, all the way towards florida. florida, they are shivering. they're in the mid-50s right now. they are really having a tough time down there. for us this is going to be our time. look at tomorrow morning. 18 in d.c. 11 in manassas. 10 in leesburg. the record tonight at dulles is 15 degrees. soy think we'll beat that easily. 15 degrees in annapolis and 13 down towards patuxent river. a very cold start. that's what we're dealing with. record cold again in some places. winter's last gasp. i think so. won't boen-chilling temperatures early, but we'll warm tomorrow with plenty of sunshine high temperatures will get into the 40s. 44 in gaithersburg 46 d.c. 50 in culpeper 51 down in fredericksburg. maybe even a little warmer than that in some locations. we're going to stay on the warm side. your xer sisz impact tomorrow get out and enjoy it. you're still going to have to

dodge all the snow and ice that's out there on some of the trails if you're thinking about running but give yourself some time, maybe not at 7:00 or 9:00 but look at 11:00, 35 with sunshine that's a pretty nice day, going up to 41 and eventually 46. tomorrow afternoon should be a great one to get out there. if you didn't get to do any sledding with the kids because you were working, tomorrow will be a good day for that. 50 degrees on your sunday. remember move your clocks forward one hour change the batteries in your smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors. we will see a storm move through and could see a lot of rain on tuesday. i think we see a lot of melting over the next couple of days and because of that and then the rain all the snow that's in our yards right now may be gone by wednesday. look at wednesday's high temperature, high temperature of 60 degrees there. cool a little as we make our way towards thursday and friday. but, guys this is the first time we've had six days in a row forecasted at 50 since november. yes!

the police officers screamed everybody to get out of the road. >> next out of control on the ice, the frightening collision and why it could have been worse. >> reporter: hi. i'm pat collins. i got your snow stick challenge final four. plus, a schoolboy celebrates world boat day with bondage. >> one film talked about at school it's always "50 shades of grey."

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a state department official says the review of a 5,000 pages of e-mails from hillary clinton is not being done for security reasons. a spokesperson says that review is being done using freedom of information act standard. the department is reviewing e-mails sent from her personal e-mail account during her tenure as secretary of state. some question whether it's all of them. >> how are we going to know that? how are we going to have verification of that? >> some democrats,ding many who are big supporters of her, are worried there might be something else. >> so far hillary clinton's only public comments on the matter have been this tweet say sheg asked the state department to release the e-mails. it was the turning point in the nation's civil rights movement and this weekend thousands will gather in selma, alabama, to reflect on 50 years since a march marked a defining moment in our history.

pat lawson muse is in the ruse room with the details. >> it's known as bloody sunday, the day hundreds of peaceful protesters were met with violence in selma, alabama. this weekend president obama along with former president george w. bush and 85 members of congress will join the jubilee celebration. that sunday 50 years ago is described as the last revolution of the civil rights movement. a march for equality and the right to vote. this weekend the sacrifices and progress that march ignited will be celebrated but though who were there that day say it's also a time to remember that the march isn't over. >>ly always be marching and my biggest march is for our young people because they are the voices of hope. >> we will cover the commemoration throughout the weekend. we've posted a story that looks at the celebration by the numbers. head to the nbc washington app and search selma. wendy? the cia lets the world in on

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back to the winter storm aftermath now, a lot of folks venn dhured out today. ? and found it a challenge just walking down the streets still because many sidewalks are still frozen over. a dangerous situation if you are

not careful. still we caught up with a man in arlington who is taking it in stride. >> i left arlington year ago and moved back home to england. good to be back good to be back visiting arlington. we don't get that much s the south of england so it's quite nice to be back here and seeing it. >> and they're seeing it in the neighborhoods as well. our news4 cameras spotted a lot of people tackling the job of digging out their cars and clearing the driveways. >> no easy task. the chemicals are actually blamed for making things worse. crews had to block part of 13th street to fix an underground cable. it sent huge plumes of smoke billowing from a manhole. fire officials say road treatment chemicals that had dripped onto the cable caused it to start smoking. a dump truck caused a big backup on the beltway this morning. chopper 4 flew over the inner loop when the truck got stuck under an overpass near georgia

avenue. lost its load. no one was hurt but at one point the backup stretched eight miles. that truck was eventually removed. bridge inspectors looked things over. didn't find any structural damage there. bitter cold this morning, more chilly temperatures on the way tonight. >> doug is in the storm center. we just need to make it through this night and the warm-up is on the way, right? rm-up, high five. paws up. that was a good -- anyway let's take a look and show you what's happening out there right now. we look towards our tower camera look at the streets. that's nebraska avenue in northwest and 42nd street. you notice a little bit in the way of snow still on the roadways and very wet roadways here nap's going to be the issue moving through the overnight hours. we have talked about refrez for the last month and it looks like we'll have that again. ice from refreeze. you know that's a use caution overnight into early tomorrow.e streets but i think travel should be okay. tomorrow evening really looking good. i think tomorrow's sunshine and temperatures in the 40s, the roads will improve big time.

again, high five. after snow, cold and cancellations a lot of folks tried to get outside today. news4's zachary kiesch caught up with one group of kids who made their own fun at rock creek park. >> reporter: a little sun, a little snow -- oh to be a kid again. >> you could smash the snowman and go sledding. >> reporter: while most adults were at the office a couple buddies were at work rock creek park style. there was plenty of fun, but there's some technique to this too, i'm told. >> smash it hard and then you make a snowball. >> reporter: oh boy. were they flying. and a good parent that never hurts either. >> he can't see. >> reporter: he's the biggest guy here so he wins? >> no he didn't. he lost. >> reporter: trying to determine a winner wasn't as easy. there was a snowmanish thing

going on, also lots of smiles and an overall beautiful day in northwest d.c. these young men just moved here from china. one as recently as a year ago. how is the transition going? i'll let you be the judge. >> when i was sledding i was crazy. i was going the fastest and his dad couldn't even stop me. >> reporter: reporting in northwest d.c. zachary kiesch news4. a prince william county man is in jail tonight for conspireing with a teenager to pull off a robbery. 22-year-old deonta gray is charged with robbery and delinquency of a minor in the case. he and a 14-year-old girl robbed a person in manassas earlier this month. that girl is also being held on robbery charges. the nation's top spy agency has a new strategy to handle the growing number of cyber hacks. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill to tell us about the cia's new digital espionage

unit. steve? >> reporter: wendy, thanks pap complete reorganization inside the cia approved of course by commander in chief president obama. but it won't cost any more. the cia already gets billions and billions. so congress is not being consulted. this will be a major reorganization by the agency. it tracked down and got osama bin laden but took a decade to do it and missed the rise of isis that followed the arab spring after blowing the prediction of iraqi weapons of mass destruction in 2003. now in wake of the cyber attacks on sony pictures alleged bibby north korea and the online attacks on las vegas sands allegedly by iran also not prevented by america's top spy agency the cia will put much more energy into that threat and reportedly will attempt more pen trinidad and tobagos of its own into the shadowy online world of terrorists and for-profit

hackers. cia 2.0 if you want to call it that will break down the long-established division between spies on the one hand and analysts on the other hand. cia director john brennan, who's close to president obama, believes that will make his agency leaner and meaner. critics worry that could make the cia more prone to making bad analysis. i'm steve handelsman news4. >> thank you, steve. >> one of poker's most recognizable players is in maryland this weekend. phil helmuth is taking part in the world series of pocker tournament at horseshoe casino. helmuth has 13 championship brace lets and manier than $18 million in tournament winnings. he says his goal is becoming the best player in the game. >> the only way you can do that is to start in these fields with the same amount of players, the same amount of chips as everybody else and earn it. i've done pretty well and i think another 20 years at this pace and maybe it will be tough for some -- for anybody to catch

me. >> tournament kicked off at noon today. expected to last through monday. it had a nearly $1,700 buy-in. "50 shades of grey" sells millions of copies but it doesn't sell in the classroom. why one boy showed up to school dressed as christian grey and why his mom is defending him. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer in prince george's county. the state's attorney is now training pastors of local churches on how to handle domestic violence cases in their congregations. sp . >> i want to raise my three kids the way their parents raise them. >> meet catholic university's magnetic twins. they are studying to achieve the same goal off the court. >> if we can make them smile more, that's priceless.

news4 at 5:00. not slowing down. the lady terps extending their winning streak to 22 games in a row this afternoon in their first-ever appearance in the big ten tournament. maryland defeats michigan state 70-60. also the 21st ranked gw women top st. louis in their first game of the atlantic ten tournament. over at catholic u, the men's basketball team is causing double trouble for its opponents. >> twins kyle and kevin are

hoping to lead the cardinals to a division iii national tight bull it's not just about win snoopg they're teaching their teammates and their head coach what it mean s to be good men. >> when is your birthday? >> december 27th. >> who was born snirs. >> i was. then two minutes later -- >> he thinks he has me on that whole two minutes. >> reporter: mete catholic university's magnetic wins kyle and kevin. >> i wouldn't say i baby him but i definitely look out more for him -- like i'm always worrying more about him than vice versa. >> ever since -- i'm up that two minutes. >> makes he feel like his dad or older brother. >> reporter: but the big brother babying stops on the court. >> if i know he's long i'll go with my teammates because at the end of the day we're all brothers too. we just happen to be blood brothers too, but other than that we're of the same family. >> tremendous people off the court. terrific students. i mean they're over 3.7,

premed. and then on the court they both could be starters. >> reporter: their specific roles are different on the team but together they are studying to achieve the same goal off the court. they want to be dentists. >> the smile is the first thing i usually notice about someone, and then i feel like some people sometimes don't like to smile because they're conscious about it. if we can help with that, you know making someone smile if they're in pain or something, because a tooth, like you can't really avoid it. if you have tooth pain you'll see a dentist. if we can put someone out of pain or make them smile more, that's priceless. >> i want to raise my three kids the way their parents have raised them. they are these classy young men and i hope my son and two daughters are everything that those two are. they are special. >> reporter: diana russini, news4 sports. >> now after winning their first tournament game last night, catholic will face the best team in all of division iii tomorrow when they take on randolph macon in ashland, virginia at 4:00.

they are the top young minds in science and three local kids are among them. 40 finalists were announced today for the intel science talent search. this competition recognizes student who is create technologies and solutions to make people's lives better. two maryland high schoolers, one from virginia made the cut. >> i'm really honored. everyone here is so incredible and, like doing interviews and meeting with so many different judges and just amazing people. so wonderful. >> i also plan on meeting a lot of really bright people who hopefully i'll go to college with and be friends with. >> the finalists compete into next week for three top prizes of $150,000 each. an awful incident on -- >> we're talking about cold air tonight, wendy, and for the next couple days take a look. not cold. we go way up. let's take it for you and show you what we're talking about. the numbers into the 50s, maybe close to 60. and now an awful incident on

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prince george's county is turning to the pulpit to help stop domestic violence. >> a new training program will focus on pastors and their staff. news4 news4's darcy spencer reports the state's attorney says one thing made her realize the training had to happen. >> we are the fist line. people listen to us. i pray on sunday morning.

>> reporter: that's why reverend anthony macklin will be participating in a first-ever domestic violence training being held specifically for pastors in prince george's county. >> we have a responsibility to make sure that law enforcement and the proper counseling agencies are involved so there's no hurt harm or danger that comes to people. >> reporter: she was moved to sponsor the training when a judge told her many domestic violence victims drop their cases when they set up counseling through their churches. >> we cannot simply pray. we must pray. but simply cannot pray about it. we have to do more than that as well. >> reporter: there were 19 domestic-related murders in the county last year. several victims were 3 and under. >> we have to do something. we have seven babies who were killed in this community. that's shameful. >> reporter: the training will be offered at the first baptist church of glenarden all day on monday. also brooke says it's important for pastors and church staff to know how to counsel domestic

violence victims and that it's handled differently from other relationship issues. >> doesn't always result in coming to the courthouse. there are many people who don't want to break up their marriages. i have nothing to do with that. but you have to be safe. it is my job to keep you safe and i think once you've been injured we have to do more. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00 also brooke talks about why in the past the church was not seen as part of the solution to domestic violence. in prince george's county, darcy spencer, news4. it is amazing that after being struck by this car in this video, the young woman was only a little banged up. the whole thing was caught on camera. a few cars crashed along an icy street in rhode island as drivers tried moving out of the way and stopping another vehicle lost control. the girl who was hit was on her way to school when the car came right toward her and a few others. >> the police officer, thank god he screamed at everybody to get out of the road. >> turn around and saw her and i just moved as fast as i could to get out of the way. >> everyone involved in this incident walked away okay.

we still have some icy roads, but doug it's going to be going away. >> it is going to be going away. i think by this time next week there may not be any snow on the ground. so try to enjoy it this week if you want to get out and play in it one more time before things start to warm up around here. take a look at our rockville camera. looking at 3:55 here. here's some of the newer buildings in rockville towards north bethesda as you make your way down through 355 to the north towards the bethesda area. plenty of sunshine across the region but that did not help temperatures. all this snowfall we've seen so far over the last few days as bumped totals up. dulles three feet of snowfall for the season national 18.3 above average, and bwi 27.5 inches of snow. well above average now. we finally hit our forecast our winter forecast right there for the season. so we don't need any more. we're good now. evening planner showing the snow across our region right now at least on the ground. clear skies tonight. that will allow temperatures to

be cold. 28 now, down to 23 by 9:00 21 by 11:00. the good news is not a whole lot of wind tonight. so we're not talking act windchill, but it is going to be quite cold so wund bundle up going out. and watch those sidewalks. they're the problems around town. storm team 4 radar clear, no rain no snow to talk about this weekend. and it will stay that way. the big deal the cold. 18 in d.c. 16 in fairfax. 15 in burke, 17 in superstorm sandy, 13 in gaithersburg but you may be more like 10 in gaithersburg maybe some of the colder suburbs because of all the snow on the ground and the clear skies. i think dulles will set a new record tonight. i've got them going down to about 10 to 13 degrees. mostly sunny and nice tomorrow. here's the thing. this really starts our melting. lots of melting tomorrow. 44 to 51 degrees. even better than that there will not be a refreeze tomorrow night, at least in the d.c. metro area. some arias will see a refreeze. we're staying around 34 on sunday morning.

set those clocks forward on monday. 54 on monday 53 on tuesday, a chance for rain some heavy. that's the day that washes away the rest of the snow. it would be on tuesday and then wednesday, thursday and friday temperatures 60 degrees on wednesday in the 50s thursday and friday. the only snow left might be those big piles in the parking lots. guys? >> all right. well hout of the crowd of hundreds, the field has narrowed and we're now down to the final four in the latest snow stick challenge to build the best smoeman in the d.c. area. here's kol come. >> reporter: simple proposition -- make the best snowman and get an official pat collins snow stick. entries came pouring in. snow men, snow women, snow sculptures of every size, giant snowmen, little itty-bitty snowmen, snow creatures. to pick a winner we assembled a blue ribbon panel of judges. nbc 4 general manager and noted

talent scout jackie bradford and two honored reporters, richard jordan and scott mcfarlane. they watched, they took notes and they liked what they saw. i thought just a fantastic job by everyone in the area. they didn't waste their day yesterday. >> very creative. i like the special effects that were used. >> i'm impressed because it was really cold in addition to being snowy yesterday so they had to work out in the elements. >> reporter: and now in no particular order the snow stick challenge final four. the snow ghosts. erie back lit icy monsters of the night. a couple with their cups. now, i don't know what's in the cups but they appear to be having a good time. hot tub snowmen. hot tub. one with a virginia tech cap. one with a bandanna one with a sun hat. the snowman on high. look closely and see this giant snow figure on the ground below.

and check out the nose. some carrot, huh. who should get the snow stick? the judges' choice coming ut at 6:00. in northwest, pat collins, news4. >> that's going to be a tough one. we'd like to thank everyone who did take part in that challenge. check out some of the creative industries in our nbc washington app. just search snow stick. this story is generating lots of conversation on our nbc washington facebook page. >> a boy from england was excluded in taking part of world book day after showing up as christian grey from "50 shades of grey." his mother says dretszing as the main character from are the erotic novel was the boy's idea all his own. he wore a gray suit with an eye patc6xh and brought cable ties. school deemed the outfit inappropriate. >> if there's one book talked about at school it's always "50

shades of grey." >> what do you know about christian grey's character? >> i don't know anything. it's just it seems such a big character over the past few years, over the period of time. >> always talked about at school. >> with the british accent. sounds so much more elegant. >> the mom says he's never even asked her if he could read the book yet. she says she doesn't think it would interest him. you can join the conversation on our facebook page. can't wait to hear what you have to say on that. an important day tomorrow for teens in loudoun county. at least 34 sterling area companies specifically looking for teen staffers will be on hand. >> we've got a range of companies so the most popular companies hire 100 to 200 people, you know right here at this job fair.

>> some teens walk out knowing they will have a summer job. others believe opportunities to start part-time work immediately. march is women's history month and some of the women here decided to pay tribute to our mothers. my mother was tremendous force in my life and i still remember being allowed to stay up late when i was 6 years old in 1962 to watch her on the game show "what's my line." she was the only woman lie-detector test operator in the state of virginia and one of few women nationwide. doreen gensler, barbara harrison you think you think, veronica johnson and i are honored to share the stories of our mothers. join us tomorrow for a news4 special "from our mother 4s our mothers," 10:00 on nbc 4. >> i love that old black and white footage of your mother.

>> really fun. it's really very personal obviously. i'm excited to hear about the other women's stories with their moms. coming up ntsb investigators now inspecting the plane that slid off the runway at laguardia. >> and new accounts from passengers on board and what airport officials are saying about the conditions at the time of the the nra taking heat far taunting tweet directed at former congresswoman gabrielle giffords.

the dow jones industrials average will soon be home to the world's largest publicly traded company. apple is set to replace at&t later on the dow later the month. the tech giant has a market value of about $736 billion. this is the first big change to the dow since 2013. the ntsb has the black boxes from the delta jet that skidded off the runway at laguardia and the plane itself is in a hangar now so investigators can document the damage. our new york sister station has the latest from queens. >> reporter: this is the only video taken inside the hangar. in this photo you can see a crumpled nose cone that's smashed against a fence. the plane coming to rest.

at that moment your mind goes what happens if you go into the water? to planes sin snk do they float? will i ever see my kids again? >> a bravo reality star told the stooud "today" show she was in the front low of the flight that arm originated in atlanta. like other passengers she said the approach felt perfectly normal until the last minute. >> i would say probably halfway through the runway i felt the nose of the plane jerk left. it started to shake and bump and oxygen masks were falling and things were falling. >> reporter: passengers and crew members were rushed off the runway while fuel leaked a gallon a minute. 28 passengers suffered minor injuries. this morning time lapse video shows the moments a worker operating one of these cranes a lifted a plane off the metal fence sustained a significant hand injury.

three hackers in custody. what they're accused of stealing online. one more night of potentially record cold before warm up. how long it could stake to clear the side streets and sidewalks covered in ice. and 50 years since bloody sunday. now the president and the nation will remember one of the most important days in the civil rights movement. new developments on the suspected rapist arrested in maryland. police charged james william diggs in a second sexual assault and charges in two additional attacks in the bladensburg area could be coming next. news4's chris gordon is live at prince george's county police headquarters with an update on how police tracked him down. chris?

>> reporter: last night detectives showed the latest victim a lineup and she immediately picked out the suspect, james diggs. the challenge today was how to find him. >> the victims between 16 and 23 year old. >> reporter: police focused on cottage city maryland. they charged james william diggs with first-degree rape. late this often there was a break in the case. >> within the last hour our funl tif squad captured diggs in waldorf. he was arrested without incident and is currently at headquarters being interviewed. >> reporter: two nights