vid? >> 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 it.

>> reporter: while the victim headed to the hospital, police say their suspect went shopping, using her credit card at several stores, including right here at potomac hills mall. >> we were later contacted by the victim that her credit cards were used at multiple locations within woodbridge. >> reporter: that's when police started going after the surveillance images hoping you'll know what this guy is. and police tell me tonight that they have surveillance images of yet another man using another of the victim's credit cards. more on that second suspect when we join you ahead at 6:00. for now, pat, back to you. >> thank david. new at 5:00, three more fights at a local high cool,school. that school has had a string of trublt trouble. tracee wilkins is live. >> reporter: unfortunately, more incidents at forestville high. just today three more fights police were called to the school. a lot of issues happening here.

this is following the other issues that we have already reported. now, school officials confirm a number of girls were involved in a group fight inside the school while school was in session. this happened near the end of january. there's video of this fight now. we received this video after airing a story about a teacher here at forestville high school who was punched and knocked out by a student just a few days after that girl fight. now, the person who e-mailed this video said the stool was out of control. the head of security said that that was not the case. now, today another parent contacted us after three unrelated fights happened inside of this school this morning. after one of the incidents, a grandmother, a mother and a brother of one of the students came to the school and had to be escorted out by police for disorderly behavior according to the school system. we spoke with one parent who says her student says this has become common place here at forestville high school. >> he says there's a fight every day. there's not a day go by without

a fight ushgs know. it's gotten to the point that the kids actually look forward to fighting for some reason or another. especially when they get on youtube and what have you. it's almost like you become well-known in you get on you tube. >> reporter: forestville high school has the second highest graduation rate in prince george's county so clearly more students are doing right thing than the wrong thing. but the group doing the wrong thing are causing some serious issues and disruptions at this high school. coming up at 6:00, what parents say needs to happen next. i'm in forestville, reporting live, back to you. a teenager wound up in police custody after a scare inside a local school. police arrested a 16-year-old at seneca valley high in germantown after a resource officer found the student had a knife. the school was put in lockdown for a short time. no injuries. and the student was taken for questioning. a school security staffer at woodbridge senior high is charged tonight with having guns on school property.

police say john lennox kept the guns at his residence which is on the school property but carried him during security checks and by law only police are allowed to have guns on school grounds. prince george's county police officer killed in a crash is being remembered at this hour. a viewing is under way for officer brennan rabane. it's being held in beltsville and will continue until 7:00 tonight. rabane died last weekend after crashing his cruiser while trying to stop a speeding car. his funeral takes place 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at victory christian ministries in temple hill. now to a developing story involving a prince missing college student. virginia tech has identified the student who vanished on a carnival cruise as cameron smook, a senior engineering major from the richmond area. cameron and friends were on a cruise for spring break. on sunday, the family was told he had fallen overboard.

>> at this point, the coast guard's search has been suspended. we'll have more ahead in our broadcast. it caused a traffic nightmare yesterday for most of the day. now for the first time, we are hearing from the people who saw that tractor trailer flip over on i-95 in maryland. barbara harrison is in the newsroom with the calls that came in. >> wendy, drivers quickly pulled over to call 911 after watching that tanker truck flip over. it began to spill its biodiesel fuel across the road. one woman saw the whole thing unfold from her work office. >> i just saw an 18-wheeler turn over on the highway here. i can't believe i just saw that. >> you say it's a tractor trailer? >> yes. it's carrying gasoline and leaking out all over the interstate. >> the crash shut down 95 south in laurel for hours as crews cleaned up the spill and righted the truck. police now say an aggressive

driver in a ford focus caused that chain reaction that led to the crash. the driver is charged with reckless driving. sad news for a local family whose loved one disappeared two days ago. the body of a 67-year-old man was found this morning behind a dunkin' donuts in gaithersburg less than a mile from his home. the discovery came just hours before his family was supposed to hold a news conference pleading for the public's help. police don't suspect foul play. and vdot has a plan on the i-66 outside the beltway and possibly add toll lanes. some say it's long overdue, but dozens of homes and businesses in the construction zone could be affected and one worried resident is fighting back. transportation reporter adam tuss is live along i-66 in vienna with a closer look at the plan. >> reporter: that's right, wendy. you know this is becoming a bigger issue all around our region. we want to find ways to get out of traffic, but there is very

little wiggle room because we have so much development. case in point right here along i-66. now, we want to show you a graphic here. you see all the numbers on the screen? those are pieces of private property that could be affected by a decision to widen 66 outside the beltway and put in a new toll lane system. vdot tells us as many as 35 homes could be affected. as you can imagine, this is giving homeowners concern. we talked to one man who feel like he's being punished for living closer in so those farther out can have an easier commute. >> we made a conscious choice to live closer to tysons corner, d.c., reston, whenever our jobs take us. we may have a smaller house but we chose not to live in the traffic. >> reporter: and back here live along 66 comeing up at 6:00 vdot not only has plans to widen 66 outside the beltway, but there are also plans for toll lanes inside the beltway.

we're expected to hear more about that tomorrow. more details next hour. wendy, back to you. >> adam tuss thank you. donna edwards is telling news4 he news news4 her focus is going to be for running for the u.s. senate. she's running for senator barbara mccullski's seat. edwards spoke to tracee wilkins today. >> senator mccullski has been a tremendous mentor of mine. i cast my first vote for a woman when i voted for barbara mccullski, and i think the voters in this state deserve to have the fullest and most diverse representation in the state possible. >> she joins fellow democrat chris van hollen in this race. for a full list of candidates, head to nbcwashington.com. and the former top prosecutor for prince george's county is now the first person to say he wants to fill donna edwards' house seat.

glen ivy announced earlier today that he's going to run for maryland's fourth congressional district which covers parts of prince george's and anne arundel county. ivy was elected state's attorney in 2002 and 2006. he filed to run against edwards in 2012 but he later withdrew. students in manassas park schools will be starting the next school year in august instead of after labor day. last night the school board approved two components of a calendar to accommodate a type of year-round school. the school year begins obvious 17th but will include two five-day breaks in october and april a final calendar will be voted on later this month. costco's plan to build a pumping station in wheaton may be out of gas. today montgomery county's board of appeals denied a petition to build that 16-pump station. it would have gone up at the costco at the westfield wheaton mall. residents have opposed this calling it a health hazard. they say fumes from idling cars

would hurt children who use a nearby swimming pool. they're calling it a victory for their community today. the board says there was no need for another gas station there. after today's ruling, costco's representatives didn't comment on their next move. traffic should be moving more smoothly along the gw parkway. earlier it was riddled with potholes giving flat tires to drivers hitting them. news4 found several abandoned vehicles along that road. the repair crews spent the day filling those holes. congressman paul ryan is being sued. the news4 i-team broke this story this afternoon on twitter. scott macfarlane will have the car crash allegations live from the newsroom. a unique documentary in the district. new tonight, a filmmaker explains why a group of gays formed a gang. we've seen our rain continue to move to the south leaving us in very nice conditions today. but the rain, it returns.

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two d.c. area men are suing 2012 republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan and his chief of staff for $100,000. >> that's according to court

documents obtained today by the news4 i-team's scott macfarlane. scott? >> according to court documents the car crash happened on the northbound lanes of i-395 in d.c. the morning of february 25, 2014. the d.c. area men suing the congressman say his chief of staff was driving unsafe and rear-ended them according to the court filings. they are suing for injuries including a concussion. congressman ryan was not in the car at the time, according to the court filings, but it was his car and it was his chief of staff behind the wheel that morning. the justice department is representing the congressman and is asking a judge to dismiss the case, arguing mr. ryan's chief of staff was on government business at the time and that for that reason, the men should instead be taking their complaints to a federal agency. we are still awaiting comment from the attorneys in this case mr. ryan's spokesman says it's customary for the justice department to handle or defend suits against member fz congress. a court date in the case scheduled for april 10th.

virginia delegate joe morrissey will no longer be spending nights in jail. the lawmaker was convicted in december for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. despite that conviction, the former henriqueco county democrat won reelection as an independent. a work release program allowed him to spend days in the general assembly and nights in jail. morrissey now faces felony charges of fabricating a document related to the sex scandal. virginia is one of cuba's top u.s. trading partners and governor terry mcauliffe wants to do even more trade. mcauliffe announced plans to visit cuba later this year on an economic trade mission. virginia has been trading soybeans apple, boultpoultry and pork with cuba. some will stay away from the st. patrick's day parade because of the grand marshal, the

governor terry mcauliffe. they oppose the governor's stance on the governor's stance on gay marriage and abortion. >> as catholics we have to stand up for the tenants of our beliefs. we don't believe in abortion. >> a spokesman for the govor says mcauliffe is a lifelong catholic who takes his faith very seriously. he also believes keeping government out of decisions that should be left to women and their doctors or consenting adults who love each other. spring break just broke in charles county. three of the days, monday march 30th through wednesday april 1st will be snow makeup days. charles county has lost seven days to snow and only four are built into the school year calendar. student whoz are absent any of these day vz to explain why. some absences such as prearranged college tours may be excused. >> what about prearranged disney trips or something like that? >> throw those in there. >> caribbean trips. >> we already put out 1500

bucks. let's go. >> you knew that would happen eventually. we saw that last year with the late season snow, saw it again this year. a lot of school districts over as far as snow is concerned. but now that's all gone and we're dealing with the rain we saw earlier today. look what we're dealing with now. we've got the cloud cover but also some blue skies out there starting to see some sunshine. we told you we'd clear out around 4:00, 5:00. and boom, look at the temperature, 66 degrees. the second warmest day we've seen so far this year. winds right now out of the west at about 7 miles per hour. and everybody else on the warm side, too. 59 in frederick, 65 in martinsburg, 63 in leesburg 60 charlottesville, warm 61 in annapolis. that might be the hottest annapolis has been all season. dining out this evening? not a bad idea. 7:11 the time the sun goes down, a nice evening, temperatures dropping 55 to 59 degrees. but a nice one to get out there later on after the 6:00 news.

storm team 4 radar showing the rain well to the south. we're seeing the rain not around d.c. we're on the dry side. let's zoom in. you see where i'm talking about around leonardtown montrose, colonial beach, the light shower activity, also toward fredericksburg and right across the potomac toward calvert beach and the chesapeake. that rain will continue. we're seeing it drift down to the south very, very slowly. you can actually see that southward component here. as we widen out, something else to note here. notice what's happening down around new orleans, houston. big-time storminess down here. a lot of rain. and that rain will eventually move back up into our area. before th though, we get a pretty nice day tomorrow. future weather timing it out tomorrow afternoon. look at this nothing but sunshine. nice, mild temperatures. it will be a little cooler tomorrow. but still a very nice afternoon with all of that sun. then on friday we'll start to see the clouds move in friday morning dry, no problem with the rush there. look at what happens friday

afternoon. by 4:00, we start to see the showers moving to the west. they will be all rain as this will be a warm storm once again. then the rain really moves in overnight. if you have plans to go out friday night you're going to need the umbrella for sure. you'll probably be calling the cabs a limb earlier and getting to your destinations a little earlier, too. tomorrow as i mentioned, no rain. some sunshine. 56 degrees in d.c., 60 toward fredericksburg, 53 in gaithersburg. temperature bz 5 to 10 degrees cooler than today but a nice day and i'm still going above average. your impact forecast tomorrow, on the low side. a nice afternoon with all that sun. and we stay nice as far as temperatures go. 52 on friday with late day rain 61 degrees on saturday. it will rain most of saturday especially early on. if you have saturday plans if they're outdoors, you may want to change them to sunday. sunday looks pretty good, 54. going to be breezy on sunday but that's really it. only next chance of shower activity comes next tuesday, and

it's a very small chance. notice however, that every number on the seven-day is at least a 5 in the front. that means 50s, guys. >> thanks for that. we're still working several developing stories. shots reported at a rap mogul's mansion in miami beach. the s.w.a.t. team rushes to the house, but there is a twist when they arrive. and they're not what you think of when you hear the word "gang." new tonight, news4's tom sherwood has a story behind an all-gay gang in d.c. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves. coming up, theetls on two firefighters arrested, one of them a veteran hailed as a hero recently. both arrested in separate incidents for assaulting police officers. news4 has the charging document coming up i'll tell you what one of these firefighters did once

tonight s.w.a.t.ing is being blamed for a heavy police presence outside rapper lil wayne's home in miami beach. police responded after getting a call about shots fired. and as many as four people being hit. they later determined it was all a hoax. no one was hurt and lil wayne wasn't even home at the time. right now search and recovery teams are working to find any trace of nearly a dozen service members presumed dead after a helicopter crashed off

the florida coast. 11 service members were on that chopper, 7 of them marines from camp lejeune, 4 army members from louisiana's national guard. wreckage from the black hawk started washing ashore this morning. but at this point, no signs of any of the victims. >> at this hour, our priorities, my priorities are search and rescue for our soldiers and the marines and, secondly is to take care of our families. >> military officials say the units were practicing insertion and extraction missions at the time of the crash in heavy fog overnight. a lot of you are weighing in on this next story on our nbc washington facebook page, the next death row inmate to be executed in utah may face a firing squad. utah's house and senate have passed a bill making execution by firing squad legal again if the governor signs the bill, utah 0 would be the only state

to execute prisoners this way. firing squads would only be used if there is a shortage of execution drugs used in lethal injection. and right now there is a nationwide shortage of those drugs. >> if we get within 30 days of an execution and we don't have the drug cocktail that would allow us to revert back to the firing squad. >> utah's next execution is not scheduled for another two years. right now the corrections department is out of the lethal injection drug. authorities in france are looking for a group of robbers involved in an incredible jewel heist. about 15 men hijacked two vans carrying millions of dollars worth of jewels. none of the drivers were injured in this attack, and the vans were found burned just a short distance away. the jewels have not been found. they're at-risk kids who are often the targets of violence. >> but some young black men have came up with a solution forming a gang. >> new tonight, their unique battle against discrimination in one of the most impoverished

area of the city. a search is called off for a 21-year-old who fell off a cruise ship. we're un

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recently hailed as a hero. in one incident a rookie firefighter richard kirkpatrick was pulled over by police yesterday evening after d.c. police saw him run a stop sign and nearly hit two pedestrians. as he was fleeing police, a passenger in his car tried to jump out. according to these charging documents kirkpatrick eventually pulled over. once he was in handcuffs, he head-butted an officer and tried to run away before being subdued by police. kirkpatrick is charged with assaulting a police officer and reckless driving. in the second incident which happened sunday in anne arundel county, in that incident, a veteran firefighter chuck ryan was charged with assaulting a police officer and another person during a brawl at a party. ryan made headlines in 2011 after he was almost burned to death during a house with two counts of assault, disorderly conduct and failure to obey a police officer. a spokesperson for the d.c. fire department tells news4 they are aware of both arrests and both

men have been place on administrative leave pending an investigation. at the live desk mark segraves. a local road could be closed for months as crews try to fix a problem that runs dietscher than potholes. you can see from chopper 4 just how big that hole is. or you could if we showed you that. the hole is located on garden city drive near the new carrollton metro station. we're told a huge pipe collapsed after heavy rains and now it needs to be fixe the maryland state highway association has closed the ramp from garden city drive to eastbound 50. that's a busy road for metro riders who use the new carrollton station. president obama's request for war powers in the battle against isis met with a lot of questions today on capitol hill and for a change the toughest sell may be within his own party. the president put a three-year time limit on this authorization promises the u.s. role would be limited. but his chief leaders in defense

and diplomacy met with some skepticism. >> what i think democrats are not willing to do is to give this or any other president an open-ended authorization for war. >> can't vote for sh something that's going to enable war in libya and nigeria and yemen and all these places. >> we have a live report and details about iran becoming part of the conversation. that's ahead in our next hour. a pressure cooker made into a bomb at the center of the boston marathon bombing trial today. and a piece of that bomb was displayed on the stand today. it was detonated at the finish line of the 2013 marathon, killing three people and injuringinjure ing more than 260. the lawyer for dzhokhar tsarnaev told jurors he was responsible for the attack but was under the influence of his older brother who later died in a shootout with police. a legal setback for a former culpeper virginia, police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman.

daniel harmon wright lost the appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction. the virginia supreme court decided today not to hear his case. harmon wright received a three-year prison sentence. he has always claimed the shooting in a church parking lot in 2012 was self-defense. he plans to take his appeal to the u.s. supreme court. and a plea agreement tonight for a 19-year-old laurel man who posed as a police officer and sexually assaulted and robbed prostitutes as part of that deal he pled guilty to robbery and is now facing 20 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. a local documentary filmmaker in the district is focusing on a unique gang in the city. tom sherwood reports it's a gang of many gay and lesbian members who banded together for protection and support. >> being gay and black, just like, you know a nightmare waiting to happen. >> reporter: they gather mostly at night and near southwest and sometimes northeast to socialize and support each other in a

world that is still mostly tough on them. >> you know, basically, when we come outside every day there's always problems. people will pick on us because we're gay. it's constantly bothering you. you kind of get fed up. >> reporter: dominick smith nicknamed skittles was a founding member of the gang check it a few years ago. >> you know checkwe formed check it as a protection. >> if you don't stand up for yourself, nobody will. >> reporter: after a few years of shooting, documentary filmmakers donna and toby are now raising money for a final edit to release the film this year. >> toby and i are interested in showing a story that is phenomenal, and it's vastly entertaining and these are incredible characters. but we also want to shine a light on a situation that people know nothing of. >> reporter: the two are local filmmakers, best known for their hbo special "the nine lives of marion berry" an intimate look

at his life beyond politics. >> we was like 13. >> reporter: filmmaker is a mother of three teenage boys says she was drawn to the film where the gang members are trying to improve their lives with schooling and jobs. >> one reason we were trd in interested in doing this story is because they're the narnlg malized of the marginalized. we're still working a developing story. that 21-year-old virginia tech student presumed dead after he fell off a cruise ship. why the coast guard called off the search after 24 hours. and what the school is saying about the victim. a singer shooting for the stars. why a british musician will blast off on "russian rocket.

our wednesday's child today loves music and would some day be happy to be singing and playing on theage somewhere. >> but as a foster child for most of her life she's had little opportunity to get the lessons she needs to get started. >> barbara harrison took lacey for a guitar lesson. school of music, we met up with lacey a 16-year-old who wants to learn to play the guitar better. >> what kind of music do you like? >> hip-hop, rock. >> gary prince offered to give lacey a lesson. >> i see you brought your guitar. shall we take it out? >> yeah. >> gary tuned up and plugged both guitars into the amplifier and asked lacey a sample of something she liked to play. lacey, at 16, is a conscientious

student who's learning as much as she can after getting a slow start as a child after coming into foster care at 4 years old. >> she needs an extra boost. >> lacey has shown an interest in a lot of different activities. >> i did karate for a while. i did ballet, cheerleading soccer. >> have you thought about what you'd like to be when you're all grown up? >> i want to be a fashion designer, and i want to be in a band playing the guitar. >> she also hopes to improve her singing skills. ♪ >> a family could make a real difference for lacey, encouraging her to be all she dreams of becoming. mean while, encouragement about her guitar future was enough to make lacey smile. barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your heart and your heart for lacey or another child who's waiting, call our adoption hotline

1-888-to-adopt-me or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. take a look outside right now. we had rain earlier this morning, but no rain around the region now. pretty nice evening, as a matter of fact. temperatures in the 60s. this is our rockville live camera looking toward 355 right up where it meets montrose parkway. i'll be back in a minute to show you when the next batch of rain moves in. you thought you had a tough day at work. nothing like being robbed on television while you're in the middle of a live report.

the man suspected in a series of highway shootings in maryland including shots fired at an nsa building has been linked to nine cases. >> tonight that includes shots fired at the popular maryland live casino. that's where we find news4's pat collins with details. >> reporter: the scope of this case seems to grow and grow and grow. there are three jurisdictions involved, anne arundel county, prince george's county and howard county. at first, we learned of five incidents, then seven, and now the number is nine.

police now say they belong the alleged serial shooter hong young fired off shots into the maryland live casino building at arundell mills mile. they say it was outside and that no one was hurt. >> the management at maryland live found what they thought were bullet holes on the side of the casino. we investigated found out it was in fact bullet holes. the ballistics are out based on the method of operation, we believe that is linked to the rest of the shootings. >> reporter: traveling about in his lincoln town car, police say young shot and at a truck on the icc at a building in the nsa, at a man getting gas at arundel mills. when they raided young's home they found an arsenal of weapons. he shot at a library, a walmart, movie theater. he targeted mostly billion buildings, not people and they

say it could have been much, much worse. >> it appeared to be buildings and in the middle of the night and luckily nobody was seriously injured. >> reporter: fortunate. >> we couldn't ask for better closure. absolutely fortunate rfrnlts it's been said that young has a mental condition. it's been said that he hears voices. he's been held without bond. now back to you. let's get the latest on our forecast. one of the warmest days of the year, and it feels fabulous. >> can we get another? >> how about that? can we get another one? no that's not in the forecast. but stull we'll be looking at pretty nice temperatures. outside right now as we move our tower cam looking towards northern virginia out towards the boston area you can see what we're dealing with just a few clouds. really a nice afternoon. it will be a very nice evening, 66 right now. we saw 68 in february. we saw 67 in the month of january. both of those were records,ieve. now we're at 66, nowhere close

to the record. take a look at the numbers, 60 degrees at 7:00, 54 by 11:00. i have not shown something like this normally it was snow, snow, snow or rain, rain rain. now it's nice, nice nice. that's going to be good news as you head on in towards the rest of the evening. 61 in rockville 57 gaithersburg 63 in manassas, huntingtown coming in at 62. a very nice evening. we did see some rain a little earlier this morning, all of this rain well down toward the south, still dealing with it parts of st. mary's county, the northern neck. but you can see the general progression continuing toward the south. and it will continue as we move on through the night. so everybody will clear out eventually, and we'll be looking at a nice overnight. then we get into tomorrow. plenty of sunshine, high temperatures about ten degrees cooler. we're in the 50s. but still that's pretty darn nice, nice and mild for this time of year. average high this time of year is around 54. thursday looks good. friday morning, no problems.

you won't have problems coming in friday morning. but by around 3:00 4:00 p.m., here you go. here comes the rain coming in. around orange, win chester, clarksburg, montgomery county then 11:00, everybody has that rain. if you'll be out and about friday night, make sure to thaik the umbrella, going to the movies, dinner, the umbrella is a necessity friday night and into the day saturday, too. going to be on the soggy side. but not tomorrow. tomorrow mostly sunny and nice, 52 to 60 degrees as we move on through, 60 degrees closer to fredericksburg. doing some biking, a little exercising? 44 at 9:00 a.m., a little on the cool side nice and more nice. i like that when we can put "nice." 52 at 1:00, 56 by around 5:00. the next four days 56 tomorrow, 52 on friday. we'll see the rain move in late in the day. most of the day dry.

then 61 on saturday, rain likely all day saturday. then on sunday temperatures around 54 degrees. next week, 58 on monday and we stay in the 50s on tuesday and wednesday. slight chance of a shower on tuesday, but that's really about it. all in all if you can take away one word from this, ladies? >> freezing. >> no. "nice"! were you watching wendy? >> you said take away a word. like delete a word. >> oh, okay. that makes sense. >> i thought it was a math problem. >> i apologize. >> wonderful. thank you doug. a prince george's county woman is using her grief over the loss of a child to fight for the lives of other young people. >> the woman's teenage daughter took her own life. now she's working with lawmakers to pass lorin's law. kristin wright has the report. >> reporter: lorin santiago died three weeks after her 15th birthday. suicide. her mother is the one who found her at home in laurel maryland. >> she was a great soul. she was a blessing.

>> reporter: two years after her daughter's death, linda diaz is spending much of her time at the state capitol fighting for lorin's law. >> instead of fighting the team, i decided to do something to make her live. >> reporter: delegate jocelyn pena is sponsoring house bill 947. it calls for more mental health training for school counselors. lorin's law would require counselors to complete a training class in mental health and substance abuse as part of their certificate renewal process every five years. >> it's good to stay on top of things and see what's new what's fresh. what kind of programs are out there that i'll be able to refer this child to if they're suffering from depression. >> reporter: diaz will testify at a house committee hearing tomorrow. >> it's a guidance counselor. just refreshes their memory and goes through courses on mental health, they will know the signs. i won't have to call them and beg them and basically give them the signs. these are sign that's they would

see open their own. >> reporter: she says lorinne was bullied and depressed. >> rather than to sit here and cry every day and miss my child i can help someone else to keep their childalive. >> reporter: tonight at 6:00, the opposition. lorinne's law could face in the days ahead. in annapolis, kristin wright, news4. >> there an app that aims to prevent suicide called suicide safe. this app helps health care providers identify people who may be thinking of suicide. almost half of the people who die by suicide have been to a doctor in the month that leads up to their deaths. >> if people can use this app to start conversations with their patients, if the clinicians can go into a room and know how to ask, how to start a conversation about the potential for suicide or suicide allied yaigs, i think that will help them. >> we posted video of how the app works including key features

it's on nbcwashington.com. and we have a wealth of resources about mental health and suicide prevention posted online. you can find them also on the nbcwashington.com page by searching "changing minds." one of the world's most famous classical singers is set to take her performance to new heights. sarah brightman is training to become the first professional singer in space. the british singer is probably best known for originating the role of christine in phantom of the opera. she says going into space has always been a dream and the russians approached her. >> i was asked if i'd be interested in going up and i thought i'll just see what happens. i found out i was a perfect specimen for going into space, both physically and psychologically. >> brightman will spend ten days aboard the international space station and will perform with an

orchestra playing back here on earth. she's still working on her song selection. and they're back in business on apple's itunes and app stores. there was a five-hour outage today. it disrupted some of the world's most widely used and profitable services, frustrated millions of music lovers. service just restored. apple apologizing for the inconvenience, blaming the disruption on an internal error that bogged down its computer servers. directv is in hot water with the government right now for allegedly deceiving customers in its advertiseing. the federal trade commission says directv's ads promise a discounted 12-month programming package but don't clearly disclose that the deal requires a two-year contract. directv tells the news4 consumer watch, the ftc's decision is platout wrong and we will defend ourselves. the maker of a popular children's medication will be paying millions for selling drugs that were contaminated with metal. mcneil consumer health care

which makes children's tylenol and motrin acknowledged it failed to take corrective action after discover inging the problem. the maker agreed to pay 25 million. mcneil said on tuesday it has significantly improved its procedures and a new study shows that many parents believe those sugary drinks and flavored water they give their kids are healthy. the study is out of the university of connecticut. researchers found that 96% of parents say they've given sugary drinks to their kids within the past month, and, while they know that soda is not the best choice, they believe that this flavored water was nutritious. they say they were influenced by the labels that includeded words like "natural" or "containing important vitamins." the search ends for a virginia tech student who fell off a cruise ship. >> why the coast guard stopped looking and what the university saying about the victim. popular, powerful and in prison. the news4 i-team talks to aor

former congressman who served time.

. we've just learned another marine has died in another aircraft crash. the marine corps said a civilian plane was landing in the air station in yuma, arizona, when it crashed. it hit a government vehicle on the ground and a marine was in the vehicle and was killed. the pilot and passenger aboard

the plane were evaluated and released without injury. this follows the helicopter crash in florida that killed seven marines. they were taking part in a training mission last night when the chopper went down off the coast. investigators trying to determine if fog caused that crash. now back to you. because of an incredible tanker fire only the westbound lanes of i-94 near dearborn, michigan, are open. it burned for nearly two hours earlier today. fuel burned on the road and in the sewers. nbc is reporting a driver cut off the tanker and cuz caused the accident. no serious injuries but officials have to check the highway surface before the interstate can reopen. osha is investigating what caused this deadly oil rig fire in west texas. the rig exploded in an oilfield about 40 miles south of midland. it sent flames and smoke through the air. three workers were killed, another worker at the site was

able to walk away. the well is owned by a company called parsley energy of midland, a company spokesperson says the workers who died were independent contractors. now to the latest developments after a virginia tech student on spring break apparently went overboard on a cruise ship. reporter bethany teague talked with those who knew him. she has our story from blacksberg. >> reporter: i'm hearing time and time again today from the people who knew cameron what a kind-hearted and warm person he was. cameron smook was scheduled to graduate this spring with a degree in mining engineering. his family said he had already accepted a job and was looking forward to a bright future. during his time at virginia tech, smook also spent time working at mo's southwest grill in blacksburg. he spoke with his work family there today who told me, no matter what was going on, he always had a smile on his face and he will be terribly missed.

>> always very friendly. i don't know if you have people you go to work and you're like, oh, man i'm so glad they're coming in today. so happy to see them. he was one of those people. >> reporter: smook was also a member of the snow club here at virginia tech. that club's president told me cameron was the type of guy who would give you the shirt off his back. in blacksburg bethany teague, news4. now at 6:00, bad weather new hampshire perfecting the search for 11 marines and soldiers presumed dead from a helicopter crash on the gulf coast. two d.c. firefighters arrested for assaulting police officers one of them involved a man who was once hailed a hero. our mark segraves is gathering new information about the cases. and we just received a response from prince george's county school officials about fights at a local high school today where a parent was escorted off the campus by the police. but first at 6, the weather is causing problems in the search for 11 service members

who are missing in the gulf of mexico. >> those 7 marines and 4 army crew are presumed to have been killed. the black hawk helicopter went down during a special training mission. our jay gray is there with the latest on this. jay? >> reporter: there is still heavy fog here, it was even worse overnight. i'm told investigators saying they believe that likely played a role in the tragic accident here. 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. >> we always hold out hope anytime there's a crash. i know we have an incredible search and rescue team. >> reporter: seven of the men

were part of a marine special forces group out of camp lejeune, north carolina. the helicopter and the four army crew member wrz part of the louisiana national guard, a military community also now suffering. >> my priorities are search and rescue for our soldiers and the 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. a community now preparing for the worst after news of the tragic dent 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 tell us that the unit was