from people who witnessed a crash that people are still talking about this afternoon. mild and feeling nice today but cooler with rain for the weekend. i'll have the details. first at 4, a grim search off the coast of florida. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison. it's called a rescue mission. >> just in the past hour the fog lifted enough for helicopters to go up in search for debris. the weather has hampered that rescue mission all morning. we're told it's the same conditions the helicopter was flying in last night when it wept down. two black hawk choppers were training at the time along with small boats to get marines in and out of a target site. seven marines and four army national guardsmen were on board. over night some debris and human

remains did wash assure. the commander of the national guard helicopter pilots spoke within the last hour and spoke of their service during hurricane katrina. >> they were integral in the aftereffects of katrina and they saved thousands of lives. they have a great history. they're a great unit. they're tremendous pilots and tremendous soldiers. >> the marines were from a special operations unit out of camp lejeune. both camps arrived sunday for training. >> we're getting more information about a virginia tech student who fell overboard on a carnival cruise ship. he is 21-year-old cameron smoot from glen allen, virginia. virginia tech posted a picture on its web site this afternoon. last night the coast guard called off its search that began sunday morning. in a statement from his family his parents wrote that cameron and a few friends left saturday for a caribbean cruise.

they were notified sunday morning about the accident. and that he was missing at sea. they are requesting privacy during this difficult time. this afternoon, metro says two of its lines are back to normal after someone jumped on the tracks. metro tweeted this afternoon that someone had jumped off the platform at the stadium armory station in southeast dm. d.c. the person was not struck or hurt. it caused delays for a time on the orange and blue lines. right now the community is paying respects to a prince george's police officer who died after crashing his cruiser. a viewing is now under way for officer brennan ra bane. it started about an hour ago in beltsville and will continue until 7:00 tonight. rabane died last weekend hit a fence while trying to stop a speeding car. his funeral takes place 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in temple hills. pothole repairs continue

today open the southbound lanes of the gw parkway because of deep potholes, the parkway north was closed overnight and into the early morning hours. there were a lot of abandoned vehicles on the side of the road, most of them damaged by potholes. as road crews continue their work, you can expect those lane closures and delays to continue. glen ivy has made it official. he will run for congress. ivy, a democrat, made the announce. today. he's running for representative donna edwards' seat in the fourth congressional district. meanwhile edwards made her own news today, running for retired senator barbara mccullski seat. she joins chris van holland in that race. some are concerned this race could cause a rift in the democratic party. >> i think it's important for voters to understand distinctions among candidates when they're making a decision, but either way at the end of the

day there's going to be a good strong democrat who fills senator mccullski's shoes ifrmt of. i think i make the best fit. >> edwards would become the first african-american elected to the senate from maryland. tractor trailer overturned and is spilling fuel out on the highway. >> an 18-wheeler truck is overturned and is carrying gas. >> i can't believe i just saw that. >> new at 4:00, for the first time we're hearing the calls for people who saw a tractor oror trailer flip over on i-95. it shut down the busy interstate for hours yesterday as crews removed the truck and cleaned up the spilled fuel. police now say an aggressive driver in a ford focus caused a chain reaction that led to the crash. this afternoon that driver is charged with reckless driving.

president obama's request for authorization to use military force against isis drew some of his heaviest hitters to capitol hill today. secretary of state john kerry defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey testified. there were also protesters at the hearing wufrn of them interrupted kerry by saying the mompreneurs would be killing more innocent people, in the protester's words. >> killing more innocent people. i wonder how our journalists who were beheaded and the pilot fighting for freedom who was burned alive, what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people. >> we'll have a live report in our next half hour with new details about the war against isis. this afternoon a high school student is under arrest for bringing a knife to school.

montgomery county police say they arrested a 16-year-old this morning at seneca valley high school in germantown. a school resource officer found it while searching the student's belongings. the school was under lockdown for a short time. the associated press is suing the state department for access to the e-mail and other documents of hilary rodham clinton from her tenure as secretary of state. many requests have gone unfulfilled according to ap. one request was made five years ago and others pending from 2013. the lawsuit comes a day after clinton broke her silence about the use of her private e-mail account during her time as secretary of state. this afternoon, we're tracking changes in our weather, most of us have barely seen the sun today. >> let's check in with veronica. when are we going to see it again? >> let's go with today first. the sun doesn't set until after 7:00. i do think that some of us will

start to see a little bit of sunshine to the north and west of d.c. look at the showers, this stationary weather front taking its time getting out. it's still wet around fredericksburg, south of leonardtown, around the northern neck, even cambridge. showers finally moving out over the next two to three hours. then we'll continue to clear out from northwest to southeast. yes, mild today. we'll be at 60 degrees by 7:00. our second warmest day out of the year. we drop to 49 by 11:00 p.m. national harbor cam, there's the colludes, high clouds around the area as we look forward as we clear out from this storm system we're talking about rain moving back in. that's this week before the week is over, and it will impact your weekend. i'll have details coming up. it's a story that reminded so many people of a terrifying crime spree. now new details this afternoon. how the man who fired shots at places all around the area is now accused of targeting a spot

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this afternoon, this man is excused of driving drunk and steering his car into the front door of a house. anne arundel police got a call around 2:00 a.m. that a car drove into a home in croften, but there was no one in the car. minutes later, someone else called 911 to report a missing car. police say the person on the other end of the phone was actual live the man who caused the crash. right now james johnson is charged with dui. a legal setback for a former culpeper, virginia, police

officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman. he lost his appeal and the virginia supreme court refused to hear the court. he received a three-year prison sentence but has always claimed the stoot shooting in the church parking lot in 2012 was in self-defense. he plans to take his appeal to the u.s. supreme court. new details in a series of highway shootings around our region. police have linked nine separate shootings to the man afrsed after shots were fired at the nsa building in maryland. hong young is now also accused of firing shots at maryland live casino. he's also suspected in shootings at two restaurants and a library in laurel. according to court documents, young told police that he heard voices telling him to shoot at a random driver. he's currently held without bond. a maryland woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of a 2-year-old boy. prosecutors say 38-year-old melissa brittle's husband repeatedly abused the little boy in their maryland home and that

she knew about it. prosecutors say the toddler got daily beatings as well as other abuse. he even got his teeth cleaned with a wire grill brush. little robert watkins died in september of 2013. raymond brittle will be sentenced next week. it might be enough to convince you to pay for toll lanes. where your money will go instead for riding the toll lanes but only for a day. new details emerge about the man who caused a d.c.-bound train to derail. why this crash wasn't his first issue with the law "first at 4."

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. new at 4, court records show the truck driver who caused a train to derail has a long history with the law. he has a long list of traffic citations including speeding and driving with a revoked license e. also served prison time for child abuse. on monday, his truck was on train tracks in north carolina just as an amtrak train came through. the train which was headed to washington and new york hit that truck and derailed injuring 55 people. xrirnlg of virginia delegate joe morrissey is out of jail but not legal trouble. he served a three-month term that charges that stem with his relationship with a 17-year-old girl who worked in his law office. morrissey served his sentence

allowed him to attend general assembly sessions during the day and report to jail at night. despite the scandal, the former democrat won reelection in january as an independent. he'll be tried next month for allegedly forging a document connected to the initial case. the battle over a gas station at the costco in wheaton is over. p today the montgomery court of appeals decided against costco build what would have been a mega gas station at the westfield wheaton mall. here's details. >> reporter: costco's plan to build a pumping station may be be out of gas. montgomery county's board of appeals denied a petition. the community calls it a victory for the little guy. >> this proposal should have never been put forth to begin with, and it is sad and disheartening that our community has been put through such a nightmare scenario. >> reporter: kensington heights

residents are against the 16-pump gas station at the mall saying it's a health hazard. the group argues fumes from idling cars would harm those who use a nearby swimming pool and disabled children enrolled at the near school. but costco says it would meet state requirements. >> i do believe that there is no necessity for a further gas station. >> reporter: costco would not discuss its next step. >> no comment. >> but costco does not seem to learn their lesson and they can certainly afford it, so there is a possibility that they will appeal. >> reporter: it's up to costco to make the next move. they can appeal today's decision, but they haven't indicated yet what they might do. reporting in rockville richard jordan news4. it's a decision that has a lot of people talking. come this fall, some local kids will be back in the classroom earlier than ever. manassas park city schools just approved the first day of school

to fall on august 17th. virginia schools have a so-called kings dominion law that keeps students on vacation until after labor day. prince william school district were granted a waiver and will start classes august 31st. >> announcer: and now your storm team 4 forecast. feltd like spring out there. >> so nice today! >> but you want to show us a snow sculpture. are you trying to tell us something? >> i think this gentleman may like it if we get a little bit of winter back. in fact some of the latest guidance data shows we could have some winter tight weather back in toward the last week of march. this is walter crane, a snow sculpture. look at the amazing detail in that. and look how big this s. it's a vw beetle made out of snow. this guy is amazing. he's been doing this since 1996.

all winter long, too. if you want to read how he does it and what tools he uses, pick up a couple of tips go to our nbc washington facebook page and read my full interview with mr. walter crain. we've had nothing but rain. charlottesville fredericksburg richmond still getting a lot of rain today. it's sliding right along that weather boundary that at least moved south of our area. showers right now coming into manassas, falls church, pax river, cambridge was earlier today. now it's all southbound with even moderate rain around richmond, virginia. for us i do think areas north of us areas like northern maryland around frederick, hagerstown, would see clearing by sunset. we're at 66 agree sdegrees, really mild. we won't see fog overnight a clear sky for us. we'll turn chilly once we clear out, learn:00 p.m. 49 degrees,

tomorrow morning we'll be starting out in the 30s so it will be a cold start tomorrow. sunshine for the day all through. here's early tomorrow morning and here's the afternoon around 3:00 4:00. sunshine, big area of high pressure moves in. then uh-oh, by friday already i think early in the day clouds back. we'll be dry even at lunchtime. 3:00 we saw this yesterday. rain probably not until late friday. the timing of that still looks like it's staying in line with our forecast. winchester 3:00 showers, by the time we get to 5:00 you'll need your umbrella for the evening rush on friday. not looking overly wet until we get into friday night. but, boy, when it comes in this time, just like the last system, all that moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico, northeastward, it will be wet we'll see quite a bit of rain. we'll talk about how much coming up later in the newscast. right into your saturday. 32 to 38, a colder start tomorrow. at least it will be clear and sunshine throughout the day.

it at least makes you feel like spring's coming. kind of springlike down south, fredericksburg 60 degrees, 53 frederick. tomorrow a big spread in temperatures throughout the area. i do think our winds will be fairly light for friday. right now again, we're going to talk about the rain, the timing of it a bit more and how much. and what we'll see on saturday 61 the high but then cooling again and cooling way off. we'll look at the trend, too, later in the newscast for the next 14 days. guys? back to you. a silent but smelly protest. why a sign that was attached to a telephone pole is getting so much attention this afternoon. and while on the subject of your nose get ready for sneezing season. ready for not, why this year's allergy season could hit you harder and why it could start anytime now.

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the sae fraternity is closed. this stems from a video that surfaced this week showing members singing a chant that included racial slurs and alluded to lynching. one frat member released a statement saying he's sorry for what he did on saturday night, calling it wrong and reckless.

and the parents of another student said their son made a, quote, horrible mistake. another student blame td on alcohol. two students were expelled over the incident. and it's our talk around town today. whor's troy johnson is here with new local reaction. well, we live if a big college town. a lot of folks know attitude sstudents. what are people saying? >> they're appalled at what they've heard about sigma alpha epsilon's actions but they're not surprised. we've seen these things before in our storied past in america. i talked to students at howard university who say they are in support and solidarity of students who are protesting on the campus of oklahoma university. people that aren't familiar with this fraternity are learning it's almost 160 years old and founded at the university of alabama in the heart of the south. this isn't the first brush with

controversy that this fraternity has had. let's go back just a few months ago. the chapter at clemson suspended over a gang-themed cryptmass party featuring the image of tupak shakur. they have done things in the past, and people don't believe it's one-off. they believe it's maybe ingrain nd the way the fraternity is operated. >> some saying this sae incident is a good springboard to keep the information going about race relations. >> they do. they say this is a tough conversation we're having in america america. you have outbreaks of people making raushl statement kiia stasn campus. this is just days after will

incident in selma, alabama, where president obama said there's still a lot of work to be done. that means the conversations need to continue no matter how difficult they may be. most of the folks i talk to say they are glad to have that conversation with people. >> i think a lot of people probably are happy to see a multiracial crowd joining the protests against that kind much racial chanting going on. >> yes. let's change the topic and talk about the blurred lines case. the jury decided that robin thicke and pharrell williams were guilty of copying marvin gaye's song. does that surprise your listeners? >> well, you know, this is interesting because it's a huge hit. everybody loves the song. but when people were hearing it, ma that's kind of the first thing they were saying this sounds a lot like a marvin gaye song. that's what this judge realized. we're talking about big business when you're talking about the music industry. they got $7.5 million the song alone made $16 million. so a lot of people are wondering, what is the impact

going to be on the music industry in the long run? >> i guess we'll wait and see. >> absolutely. >> i suspect an appeal is on its way. >> absolutely. >> good to see you. >> you too. >> pat? medicine for kids filled with milk. why one company is getting ready to pay up for putting thousands of children at risk.

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right now at 4:30, we're getting our first look at a college student who fell overboard during a carnival cruise. this afternoon virginia tech posted this picture of come ran smoot of glen allen, virginia. the associated press is suing the state department for access to e-mail and other government documents from hillary clinton just a day after breaking her silence about he l her e-mail. the weather is hampering the search for 11 service members after a military copter crashed eded off the coast of florida. on capitol hill today, three of president obama's top guns promised the u.s. would have a limited role in a limited fight against isis but many lawmakers are uneasy about signing off on a new war. brian mooar has more. >> reporter: the white house is asking for a three-year authorization so the next president and the next congress can decide on their own whether to continue this fight.

>> i want to welcome our distinguished witnesses today. >> reporter: trying to sell senators on the need for military force, the chiefs promised a limited u.s. role in the fight against isis in iraq and syria. >> we can harden the region against it militarily but the ideology has to be defeated by those in the region. >> we're not going to do it by ourselves. we're going to enable others to do it. that's the principle insurance. >> reporter: skepticism cuts across party lines. >> basically a war on peace and life and death. >> reporter: some worry the administration's request is too broad. >> i can't vote for something that will enable war in liberia and nigeria and yemen and all these place was 100,000 troops. >> reporter: secretary kerry fired back at a few of the 47 senate republicans who wrote iran in an attempt to scuttle a nuclear deal. >> the way we proceeded with our m negotiations in iran have

impacted the -- >> senator that actually is flat wrong. >> reporter: kerry called the letter irresponsible. >> and a whole bunch of people are trying to give this a grade before the test has even been taken. >> reporter: many of those same republicans, though, find themselves on the president's side when it comes to authorizing the fight against isis. this vote may rise or fall with the support of democrats. live on capitol hill, brian mooar news4. well, now that we've thawed out and spring really is on the way, it's time to get ready for allergy season. in news4 your health why this spring could be worse than usual. dr. jackie is here with us. why is that? why could this be a worse than usual spring? >> well, i think the concern really is mold and where that mold is coming from is the snow that's melting and then for people that have problems inside their house, besides the boggy ground outside, if you had a

broken pipe or got some ice jamming and you have mold in your house, clean it up because it's just going to add to your misery when the pollen starts. >> misery requires medicine. what are we going to find in the over-the-counter aisle this year? there's something new. >> right. the new thing really is flow nays has gone over-the-counter. >> nays i court has been over-the-counter over-the-te ge t same thing as the prescription but no nagging coming with that. when i write you a pri xripgs, i say, take it every day and start now. >> same thing. >> yes. >> what else can we find in the otc aisle? and how safe are these medicine snz. >> the first thing is antihistamines. they can make you sleepy so be careful about that. the decongestants are the next one. they usually come in a pill form. i don't love them because they drive your blood pressure go up and make your heart rate go up also can interact with other medications.

eye drops also. just a word about the decongestant nasal sprays realize that's what you use for just three days not the over-the-counter wundz sones. >> do we still need a doctor? >> you need allergists but those are the ones with more significant problems. first and foremost, if you have any questions about these types of medicines come and see us. if you're taking a lot of different types of medications come in and see us. if you're starting to get symptoms that are worse than normal so it's not just a stuffy nose but you're starting to get asthma, that's when you should come and see us. lastly, if you really want a better option things like allergy shots or you're not sure, what am i allergic to, those are all reasons to come see the allergist. but those that know they're perfectly fine on the stuff now over-the-counter, go ahead and use it. >> dr. jackie thanks a lot. >> you're welcome.

>> barbara? an incident that sparked a manhunt nifrtfirst at 4. plus, your information on facebook turned over to advertisers. why facebook says it's sharing your posts. storm team 4 is tracking the cloudy skies we have out there. >> cloudy skies and a wee built of rain hanging on down south. but this rain-maker is moving out. we're getting ready for the next one, believe it or not, that will move in before the weekend even starts. we'll tell you how much we could get from that on the other side of the break.

. if you drive on the 495 or 95 suppress lanes with an e-z pass the drive to donate program happens this saturday march 21st. all proceeds go to fire and rescue departments in fairfax, stafford and prince william counties. no catch. just use your e-z pass and drive that day to support that cause. two dead skunks with a sign reading "obama stinks" are causing confusion among connecticut police. one skunk was found with a string around its neck nailed to a telephone pole, the other found at the base of the pole. the sign was attached.

a woman noticed the dead animals and called police yesterday morning. police are not sure what to make the of the scene and continue to investigate. facebook is now helping advertisers by letting them know the brands and products you and your frinds talk about online. the social networking sign says it will start giving marketers data that will talk about the topics on facebook. marketers will give them more insight on new and potential customers. >> you may be unknowingly giving sugary drinks to your kids. a new study reveals patients have been misled by nutritional claims. some thought flavored water, fruit and sports drinks were healthy. officials at the american beverage association trade group dispute the study. they say there is clear and

factual information on all of the packageingpackaging. i'm scott macfar lan with breaking news. merg son missouri police chief will resign today. a press conference is expected any moment. the governor eventually handed over security to at that state troopers in that case. jackson is the latest city official to be ousted in the wake of a scathing u.s. justice report which slammed the city for discrimination. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. the big disruption that's causing a lot of you to find other ways to listen to your favorite tunes. plus what virginia's governor has to do with one group boycotting an up coming st. patty's day tr

welcome back to news4 at 4. we're following ought of this day's big stories for you. >> we have rt reporters and meteorologists standing by with the day's big stories. 11 service members are presumed dead after an overnight chopper crash during a special forces training mission. right now military search and rescue teams are working in the gulf of mexico. nbc's jay gray is live at the accident command center. jay, what have we learned today? >> reporter: well, the thick fog that you can see now is really causing a problem for that

search and recovery team. look, it was even worse overnighttime told and investigators now think that likely played a big role in the tragic accident. wreckage from the uh-60 black hawk helicopter began washing ashore early this morning. >> tragic. it was just a shock to hear it this morning. >> just devastating. you don't have words for it. just think of the families involved with this. it's hard on them. >> reporter: 11 families waiting for official confirmation that their loved ones died when their helicopter crashed in dense fog during a military training exercise tuesday night. >> our thoughts and our prayers are with them and their families as search efforts there continue. >> reporter: seven of the men on board were part of a marine special forces group out of camp lejeune, north carolina. the helicopter and its four crew members were part of the louisiana national guard, a military community also now suffering. >> my priorities are search and rescue for our soldiers and

marines and secondly is to take care of our families. >> reporter: this morning president obama called commanders at both bases to express his condolences to the families, service members and the community of the 11 presumed dead. a community now preparing for the worst after news of the tragic accident. >> you don't know if it's somebody you know. your heart goes out to them. you just -- this is a big military community. everybody pulls together. >> reporter: pulling together to mourn those lost and support the families they left behind. now, at the time of the crash military officials say the unit was practicing insertion and extraction missions using small boats and the helicopters to move teams in and out of target areas. in navarro beach, florida jay gray. >> boy, you can see how heavy that fog was down there. >> from last night to early this morning, a lot of major cities, airports had delays because of the fog. no fog tonight, but again, we're talking about clearing and

cold now. we're going to flip the switch a little bit until the next weather system moves in. boy, we're just getting a chance to dry out with our saturated ground from the snow, the rain and now more rain back in? >> tomorrow morning will be dry, but cold. in fact coat weather tomorrow morning, 32 to 38 degrees. we just got spoiled as we started out in the low to mid-40s. driving impact forecast tomorrow morning, again, sunshine. 38 is how we start 56 will round out the day tomorrow with mild conditions. the average high now around 54 degrees so we'll be right there tomorrow afternoon. calling tomorrow night there could be a few neighborhood south stafford, waldorf, areas like college park that get close to 60 degrees tomorrow. that's not bad. but, again big story is the fact that rain is going to move back in forment weekend. in fact, before the weekend even

starts, the rain develops throughout the day on friday. this is a time line showing you the probabilities from very, very low chances at 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. early friday to 1:00 p.m. our chance goes up to about 40%. by 4:00, it's up to 70%. even by 6:00 7:00 it's way up to around 80% with rain likely for the afternoon through the evening on friday. here is another time line for you showing you how it overspreads the area. everyone wet friday night and very soggy saturday morning. let's get a handle on, though, how we're doing with the rainfall totals. what's our surplus? >> we had a fairly rainy first start of the year january, february into march. looks like we're still over an inch of rain ahead of average. about 1.25 inches, as a matter of fact. today's rain just helped the surplus. now we have another soaker moving our way. look at the rain moving up from the south. this one will have a lot of the

gulf moisture. if you have saturday plans thshgs this is the day you want to watch out for. you'll need the umbrella. rain will be heavy. we could see another inch in some areas. that's what we're going to be watching. everything is going to be staying soggy here. we've had the snow melt over the last couple of days last night the rain coming again saturday. i think it will be muddy as we make our way into early next week. >> at least springlike temperatures come our way over the next few days. spring is nine days away. something to get excited about, right? this weekend, saturday 61 degrees, nice and mild. again, that's our wet day. sunday we drop to 54 start drying out. again, this will be a few clouds. clet's talk about the extended forecast and what we'll be seeing here. the next four days in the 50s to low 60s. but as we get to day seven we'll be at 56. then the trend from there on out, well below average for the last week of march.

ah, don't put those coats away just yet. we have a lot on the pattern and upcoming rain at 5:00. several schools and at least one church have withdrawn from the st. patrick's day parade in norfolk, virginia, to protest the selection of governor terry mc. >> mike: mcauliffe. now stories we are working on right now in our newsroom. a brawl in school. the string of fights at a school that's already seen its share of trouble. plus only on news4, a woman hurt in a crash when a good samaritan steps in to help only this good samaritan wasn't so good. from the live desk, a major controversy brewing over a plan to widen the main artery 66

outside the beltway, possibly add toll lanes. coming up at 5:00, adam tuss speaks with a resident who is fighting this plan. i'll see you in a few minutes. apple is apologizing today after widespread outages prevented users from using itunes and the app store. the outages began at 5:00 this morning. apple is tracking the problem on its support systems eastbound web site. in a statement apple told cnbc it apologizes to its customers who have experienced problems and that the cause was an internal dns error at apple. no word on when service will be restored. the maker of a popular children's medication will pay millions for selling metal contaminated drugs. erika gonzalez has details. >> reporter: the maker of children's tylenol has agreed to pay $25 million after it pled

guilty to a charge that it sold over-the-counter liquid medicine containing metal particles. the company that makes children's tylenol and children's note rin acknowledged it failed to take corrective action after discovering the problem. the move comes six years after mcneil first received complaints about unusual particles in bottles of infant's tylenol. prosecutors said the maker knew about the problem for nearly a year but failed to take immediate steps to fix it. mcneil said tuesday it had significantly improved its procedures and if you ever have a problem with the medication, call the manufacturer and the food and drug administration. and if you have a story idea, e-mail consumer watch@nbcwashington.com or call the hotline at 202-885-4884. our rough winter has been

taking a toll on construction of the new fairfax county public safety headquarters. construction crews have lost several days of work because of bad weather. the eight-story facility next to the hairty building will house police officers and firefighter firefighters, replg deteriorating nascy building. >> a rainy and snowy january and february have really set the contractor back. they had made huge gains leading up through the holiday season. now that we're vertical, though, we're much less prone to weather delays. >> the safety center is still on target for its scheduled opening in two years. the incident that led to a massive manhunt. why today's focus in the boston bombing trial didn't actually focus on the bombing itself. first at 4.

this reporter was just seconds from going live on tv when he got mugged. the whole thing was caught on this station's camera. the robbers were going after the reporter's cell phone. he tried to resist and one of the robbers called over a friend with a gun. eventually the suspects got away with multiple cell phones and a laptop that the tv crew was working with. the reporter later tweeted that he's okay, safe. he's hoping this viral video

will help police identify the robbers. today in the boston marathon bombing trial, the focus turned to the police officer murdered in the hours before the tsarnaev brothers got into a shootout with police. nbc's chris pallone has the story. >> reporter: the chief of police at massachusetts institute of technology told jurors he saw officer sean collier parked in his patrol car around 9:30 at night three days after the bomb willings. the chief said he stopped and chatted with collier recalling the last thing he ever said to collier, be safe. when asked if he ever saw collier alive again eshgs said, no i did not. dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with killing collier. investigators believe he and his brother cammer lan crept up on the officer as he sat in his car, shot him several times and tried to steal his gun. the chief explained that the m.i.t. had switched to a triple threat holster which makes it

difficult to remove the gun. collier's family has been preparing for this day of testimony for nearly two years. >> this trial, it brings up a lot of bad memories but it doesn't change anything. sean's still gone. >> reporter: collier's brother andrew is certain tsarnaev will be convicted and wants to be in the courtroom for sentencing. >> part of me does want to see this guy his reaction to things. >> reporter: earlier wednesday jurors heard from an fbi cell phone analyst who testified that dzhokhar tsarnaev bought a prepaid cell phone the day before the bombings and used that callphone to call his brother mere moments before the blast occurred. jurors also saw a tattered nylon backpacks and components of one of the bombs that exploded killing two people and injured 260. chris pallone, nbc news, boston. >> announcer: new at 5:00 -- >> a story you'll see only on 4. her car crushed in a crash. before rescuers got here, police

say someone stole the victim's wallet. david culver, we'll show you the pictures that track where that suspected thief went next. how do you get traffic moving again on i-66? well, you might have to take some homes and businesses. i'm adam tuss. the story coming up. new at 5:00 today's rain moving out of the area, but more rain is moving in in the forecast. i've got it for you. >> announcer: news4 at 5 starts right now. developing right now, leaders at virginia tech are talking about the presumed death of one of their students a 21-year-old man who fell into the ocean while he was on a cruise ship. we're gathering new information on that victim right now. first tonight, a story you'll only see on news4. a good samaritan turns out to be a thief. a woman in prince william county thought she was getting help after an accident, but police say a man ripped her off instead. david culver is live with the story that is new tonight. david? >> reporter: wendy, most of us

would see a crash like the one that happened here on saturday and our natural reaction would be to run up and check on the victims, maybe call 911. but tonight police tell me that this suspected thief instead just walked up to the car and took what he wanted. his photo taken while at checkout, several different stores, all on the same day, all on the same credit card. a credit card police say didn't belong to him. it started saturday morning right in front of this prince william county shopping center. that wreck about right here involving three cars, one of the victims a woman from woodbridge in her 30s in and out of conscious. witnesses saw a man walk up to the crushed car and walk away with a black bag. inside that bag, according to police, the victim's wallet. >> when we were on scene units tried to locate the purse. she told us it was in the vehicle. we weren't able to find