fbi and secret service. more keep arriving. this happened around 2:30 in this very busy block of connecticut avenue close to the udc campus. there's a gold's gym next door. people are coming and going constantly. >> i came out of my job today and i saw a guy with his face covered, a poncho all really dark blue breathing super duper hard and then ran up the stairs right in front of me and basically -- police basically ran right in front of me after him. thatn i realized that i think he probably robbed the bank. >> reporter: the description of the suspect, a man about 6'1" wearing a black mask over his face dark clothing black nike sneakers. that has drawn the attention of agents investigating black hat bandits. they've robbed seven banks in d.c. maryland and virginia. police tell us right now it's too early to tell if it's the same suspects here. live in northwest, jackie

bensen news4. back to you. developing tonight, a bizarre murder case in montgomery county. a man strangles a local pastor who was trying to help him. the suspect is now being held without bond after tr this week on st. st. johnsburg lane. kristin wright is there live. you spoke to the victim's co-pastor. talk about that. >> reporter: the pastor was murdered in the blue house here behind me and we're told -- the pastor was murdered in the blue house here behind me. we're told this is the house he believed he could get rid of demons. pastor connery dagadu served the beautiful feet ministry. he was routinely called upon to expel demons. dagadu and minister alina held prayer service and cast away demons at the home on st. st. johnsbury in german town. roland zinneh reached out the to dagadu this week. he said he was hearings telling him to dance. so they came from pennsylvania

with his fiancee and another woman. the two pastors tray preyed with him tuesday night. there were no problems until she awoke wednesday. e charged at me right in front of the house, so before he could get to me i closed the door. i said you calm down. and he didn't stop. and he was still coming to me. so i closed the door. when i closed the door he smashed the window. >> reporter: she says after that zinneh threatened to kill her, then she went down to the basement and found pastor dagadu. he had been strangled. zinneh is charged with first-degree murder. he'll have a mental evaluation. tonight at 6:00 how pastor dagadu's death could change the way the ministry operates. back to you. we are also learning some new details this evening about the moments just before that deadly police shoo inside

that metro station. this unfolded in a tunnel at the potomac avenue station last night. let's to right to news4's mark segraves who's drive at the scene with more details on this. mark? >> reporter: late this afternoon metro put out a press release with a time line of what happened leading up to the moments when a female transit officer came face-to-face with the suspect right before she shot and killed him. the victim is described only as an adult male. according to the metro press release, just before 9:00 last night, a train operator saw an unauthorized person in a tunnel just outside of the potomac avenue station. minutes later metro transit police arrived on the scene. once power to the third rail was turned off, a team of metro transit police officers entered the tunnel to search for the person. about ten minutes later one of the officers encountered the man about 400 feet from the potomac avenue station platform the officer fired several shots,

hitting him multiple times and killing the man. ipts not clear if the officer was alone when she first saw the suspect. it is also not clear why the man was many the tunnel. police have not released his name. now, despite repeated requests metro is refusing to answer any questions about this incident, for instance how my shots were fired and whether or not that officer was alone in the tunnel when she encountered the man. coming up at 6:00, what sources are telling us about this victim. pat, back to you. >> thanks mark. the former army soldier who jumped the white house fence and made it inside the executive mansion will be going to prison. omar gonzalez pled guilty in court today to two charges connected with the incident in september. investigators say he had a knife on him at the time as part of the plea teal he'll go to prison for at least a year and he'll be banned from setting foot in d.c. after his release. developing right now, some

painful changes coming to prince george's county's government. a new budget calls for furloughs, layoff and tax increases. tracee wilkins was at that news conference that just wrapped up with the details on this. tracee? >> reporter: it is the most controversial budget proposal the kounl ti has seen in decades. but the county executive is saying t no more room to shift anything around, that the bill has to be paid and his number-one priority are schools. >> this fungd plan will enable us to do things we haven't been able to do in quite some time. >> with that baker introduced a bold $3.6 billion budget with money for public safety and schools but also filled with layoffs, furloughs, and tax increases. >> even in these, you know, tough economic time we're investing. >> reporter: the prince george's county school board req $1.9 billion in funding and baker proposes completely funding them by giving $135.7

million more than they got last year. >> there were years where we were reduced by hundreds of millions of there ares and so, you know, wht happens several successive years it takes a while to build that back up. >> reporter: the money to pay for that increase will come from increasing property taxes. the 15-cent increase per $100 is expected to yield $104.9 million for schools. so if you have a $200,000 home you will pay $300 more in taxes per year. there are also staff impacts with five furlough days proposed and 110 layoffs for county employees. the furloughs will also impact fire and police. >> but no one likes furloughs. the county executive puts it into perspective that everybody's investing and we're investing back into the county i believe we'll get the support. >> right now it's just a proposal. and we keep that imi that there's stale lot of work to do to get to a final budget. >> reporter: baker says while investments in public safety

were i his key focus is the school system and quickly funding improvements for county schools. >> but if we want to make the type of long-term sustained progress in prince george'sty that is going to attract businesses attract residents, we've got to have a first-rate school system. >> reporter: now, this is just a proposal. this budget now moves on to the county council and they'll have the final approval. there will be a series of meetings where folks can come and talk about this budget and ask questions and possibly protest some of the county executive's proposals here. on news 4 at 6:00 we talk with the chair of the county council and ask him what he thinks about this proposal. back to you all in the studio pat. >> all right, tracee. storm team 4 is tracking a wet weekend in store. rain is about to fall on the dmv. meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center. tell us about the time line v.j. >> right around the corner guys. some wet weather and that means wet roads here for the latter part of the evening rush and especially throughout the day tomorrow.

in fact i've been tracking that rain here on storm team 4 satellite and radar for you. yes, we had the clouds that moved in. a little bit of sunshine earlr part of the day. here's where the leading edge is. garrett county same thing around page county orange county leading edge of light showers. you folks probably getting the sprinkles. by 8:00 9:00, that rain arrives here and once it does we're talking about a pretty soggy overnight period. your temperatures coming down from 49 des at 7:00 to 46 degrees at 11:00 p.m. as it gets wet, with our temperatures remaining in mostly the low to mid-40s across the area we'll see some thick, soupy fog across the area a half-mile visibility by 6:00 a.m. and it will improve very slowly by late morning. i'll take you hour by hour through your neighborhood just how this fog will impact driving on area roads. guys? thanks veronica. more than 2,000 potholes. that's the number montgomery county says its crews have

already filled just since the start of this year. so the worst is yet to come. montgomery county is expecting spring to be the peak time for potholes. and this week 20 additional trucks and crews have been out on the roads. those crews tried to fill the potholes within 48 hours of learning that they exist. the second american to be treated for ebola in our area is now in an isolation unit in bethesda le is in our newsroom with the latest on the patient who's at nih. chris? >> we don't know a whole lot about this person but doctors say the patient is in serious condition. now, they were admitted just before 5:00 in the morning after an overnight charter flight from sarah leone. that's where the person was volunteering in the fight against ebola and somehow contracted the virus. we're told the cds cd is also monitoring several other americans that are still in sarah leone. they may have come in contact with this infected patient. more than 10,000 people in west africa have died of ebola, but

only one person who was treated in the united states has died from the virus. a car plunged into a ravine in northern virginia this morning. chopper 4 flew over braddock road in chantilly near straphaven court. a driver lost control and crashed near a creek. no word whether the driver was injured. a man who was paid to help children how to play music is accused of child sexual abuse. police s o'connor molested a boy he was teaching to play guitar. the boy was 11 or 12 at the time of the abuse. o'connor taught guitar to kids at his home in silver spring. police believe there may be other victims. police say he gave the boy gift in exchange for his silence. coming up, the cost to fix a flat and the one thing you can do that could save you a trip to the auto body shop. taxes due in just about a month. why experts say this year may be more difficult to file than

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well we've got about a month left to tackle our taxes and with all the changes in the tax code this year it will be one of the toughest ones yet when et comes to filing. >> consumer reporter erika is here to show you that help isn't so far away. >> ot only is the help free you can get it face-to-face with somebody trained by th big changes to tax filing this year are leaving millions of americans down right confused. when i say taxes, what's the one word that comes to mind? >> pain. >> reporter: and budget cuts at the irs mean limited resources and long wait times so if you call in with a question it may not be answered right away if at all. file your taxes, one word? >> anxiety. >> reporter: the biggest change affects anyone who signed up for health care through the affordable care act. there are new forms causing new headaches. if i say it's time to file your taxe what is the one word that comes to your mind? >> i can't say it on television.

>> reporter: here's the silver lining. you can get free help and it's in your backyard. it's called vita the volunteer income tax assistance program sponsored by the irs. file your taxes. one word? >> relax. i get mine done free. >> reporter: that's the word we're talking about. free. there are dozens of locations across the metro area many at local colleges and universi brown is a psych manager at the center. >> we offer this free service to one, make sure you get everything that you deserve. >> reporter: at this vita center at the university of the district of columbia these students are waiting to get some help. >> i'm on a student budget and you cannot beat free at all. i'm looking to get about $700 back which is fantastic. >> reporter: so to qualify for free assistance you do need to make less than $53,000 per year. you can make an appointment at one of the locations listed on nbcwashington.com. if you don't qualify, we still have lots of tax resources and

help also on our website. for these folks getting free help they worked with a tax preparer trained by the irs and left with the comfort of knowing their taxes are done. here. >> here you have somebody who can literally take you through the steps. if you have ques query, they can respond to you. >> reporter: another big tax problem this year identity theft. to avoid becoming a victim file as soon as possible and if you discover that someone already filed in your name contact the irs as soon as p a high-profile lawyer hired in the university of oklahoma's fraternity racism case is not representing the two students who have been expelled. lawyer steven jones, who is known for roepting oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh is now representing the rest of the sigma alpha epsilon chant the has been kicked off ou's campus. in the wake of that video showing some members singing

that racist chant. he says everyone agrees what happened in that video is inexcusable, but he and the fraternity chapter have concerns over free speech fraternity ownership rights and the students' safety. >> there have been some incidents involving current members of sae where death threats have been placed. >> sae's national office says it's working to permanently sever ties with the former oklahoma university members. this is not the only fraternity in the spotlight for racist and sexist language. we'll the latest on that offensive e-mail that allegedly came from a fraternity member at the university of maryland. that is coming up in our next half hour. president obama is in phoenix making his first visit to the hospital that triggered a national investigation into the department of veterans affairs. the administration is trying to highlight how the va has corrected all of the

mismanagement problems that came to light last year like veterans enduring long waits to get care. republicans have been critical of the administration's response. the white house says the president is announcing a new advisory committee to help the va further improve service for veterans. the nation is mourning a man whose work surrounds us everywhere here in washington. and maybe even around your own home. it's architect michael graves who died yesterday. his whimsical postmodern designs earned him recognition across our country. the st. coletta school in southeast, the world bank's financial corporation building and the u.s. district court annex are some of ths he le death signed in the district of columbia. his design legacy also further cemented its lines in tea kettles and other home goods sold at target and jcpenney stores later in his career. michael graves was 80 years old. getting around downtown tomorrow could be a little

tricky. thousands will be taking part in the rock 'n' roll marathon. that means some street closures starting as early as midnight. reopening tomorrow afternoon. we posted the full list of closures and changes to metro in our nbc washington app. but now to give you an idea the race will take people all around the downtown area and go as far north as adams morgan and columbia heights and south across the river in anacostia. a lot of folks wondering if their sneakers will feel like bricks tomorrow because we are expecting a lot of rain for that marathon. in fact the rain starting tonight before long. we're already tracking the showers not far away. there it is. the wide view showing the cloud cover. the rain a lot of moisture yet again coming out of the gulf of mexico just like that last system that we had that brought arnold a half inch of rainfall. on storm team 4 radar, look at this. we've got some light showers around luray, charlottesville,

winchester frostville getting a bit more of that dry around the beltway and 66 right now. most of our rain will be coming to our area around 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. you can see even here around charlottesville, they're dry for now, but within the next hour within the next hour it is going to be turning wet there. forecast 55 degrees, overcast sky, rain west at 7:00 then wet everywhere through your evening hours, 9:00 10:00, 11:00, a lot of folks wanting to go out friday night after having such a cold spell. at least it's going to be mild but wet. you'll need the umbrella. then a big umbrella for tomorrow morning. check this out. this is future weather, 9:00 through your overnight period early tomorrow morning and 3:00 a.m. soggy conditions everywhere. the darker the color here the harder the rain is going to be falling. and i do expect by 8:00 9:00 10:00, some pretty good areas of at least moderate rain taking place throughout our area. again, fairly soggy by the time

we get to 2:00 3:00 most of the rain will be out of here pushing east. we'll get a bit of a break then the actual weather front comes through around 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. just another reason if you want our app cast, we'll update it frequently tomorrow. download our storm team 4 or nbc washington app. rain for much of the time with this system. again, break out the big umbrella not the little purse umbrella for this storm system. dense fog early on. we'll go back to that. quite wet with puddles likely early tomorrow morning. so 43 to 47 degrees early tomorrow morning. temperatures hitting anywhere from 66 d.c. 62 gaithersburg fredericksburg stafford 66 to 67 degrees. yes it's going to be mild. even i think by 9:0010 o'clock, those temperatures really shooting upwards and our warmest day of the weekend on saturday. your storm team 4 day forecast sunday partly sunny sky, 57. it will be cooler. the other thing we'll have sunday is a bit of wind.

with that wind out of the west and northwest little breezy it may even feel chilly. we'll go from this weird balmy wet kind of day on saturday to a bit o 61 degrees on monday. breezy conditions tuesday. yes, still looks as though toward the end of next month we will be cooling off, but the big focus on all of this the rain. i'll take you hour by hour that dense fog that we're going to have to deal with early tomorrow morning and show you how roads could be impacted around your neighborhood. that's all coming up in a few, guys. new stories developing that the is one of several service members kimmed in a helicopter crash. we have new comments tonight from the marine corps about this accident. how's this for a comforting sight? pothole repairs right fairfax david culvert. comi up how some of these bumps on the roads are casting drivers a lot of mon

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in a few days most people across the country will be filling out their brackets.

local fans hoping the terrapins go far in the ncaa tournament. pretty amazing considering ten months ago the terps were in disarray. four key players transferring in the span of one month. carol maloney sat down with the man who's gone from the hot seat to the head of the table. she joins us with his story. >> talking about serious madness, wendy. when mark turgeon took over at maryland he cited the program's winning history that sold him on the job. now his terps are making history and it all starts with the head coach. i had a chance to sit down with him earlier this week to find out how he has orchestrated this incredible turnaround. >> carol, i've never failed at anything. maybe a test in college that i wasn't prepared for. but i've never failed at anything that i've wanted to be good at. so i want to be good at coaching. >> reporter: the will to win. could it really be that simple? from hard times to happy days in just ten months.

big ten coach of the year mark turgeon shows all kinds of emotions never once was he defeated. >> i knew if i could just get the right pieces and the right people around me that we'd be successful. and i think if you asked am i the same guy who last year this year, seyi maybe not quite so uptight because we were winning, but i believe in myself. >> we just have that trait. >> chip on your shoulder trade? >> that and we don't want -- we just focused on what's now. we just won this game. okay now ready for the next one. almost like we expect to win every game me and coach turgeon, because that's how competitive we are. we know what we can do and what we bring to the table. >> reporter: and now the battle-tested terps would like to run the table. what would have to happen this postseason for you to consider it a success? >> this time of year is about having fun. i think if we can have fun it will be a success because if we're having fun we're going to

play well. i do think the pressure is off us now, even though beal a high seed in the tournament. these guys have accomplished so much. i think right now it's icing on the cake whatever we do. >> maryland tips off the postseason tonight in the big ten tournament. they're facing indiana. as for how turgeon is getting some of the top recruits in the nation to come to maryland we're going to give you inside access on one of his secret weapons. search terps in the app nbc washington app. an e-mail has triggered an investigation at the ewert of maryland. how the school's president took to social media to respond to students' concerns. and a virginia marine is one of several service members killed in the helicopter crash in

i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. yee at a local golf course is in serious condition after an atv flipped on top of him. this happen at the westfields golf club in clifton, virginia arnold 3:00 this afternoon. firefighters say the employee was driving the atv at work when it flipped, landed on top of him and trapped him. a helicopter had to be called in to fly the employee to inova fairfax hospital but firefighters say he is.

the winter weather has left millions of potholes in it wake. not only a nuisance for you but they're doing a number on your car. news4's david culvert is live in fairfax where he caught up with crews trying to give you a smooth ride. >> reporter: if you were here last week in fairfax and were driving along route 29 you would have noted it was snow covered, icy in some parts but tonight all clear. but it's just that that back and forth in the weather, cold then warm then cold again. it's led to a bumpy and now costly commute. just about every time you hit one, you cringe. look at this stretch of blake lane in fairfax. the only way to dodge all of these would be to go off road. not an option. >> the tire changes and tows from potholes and stuff like that are just -- it's out of control. >> reporter: dan would know.

fairfax towing and recovery among the many wrecker services keeping busy thanks to -- >> you can see this customer actually her tire has some dry rotting. >> reporter: combined with that leads to a flat. can't patch this. dan says you'll need a new one. >> tire runs anywhere from $200 to $400 or $500 apiece. >> reporter: but hit one hard enough and you'll need a new wheel. >> they run anywhere from $800 to $1,200 apiece. >> reporter: not including the towing fee. as we continued down blake lane we saw tho trying to shave the rocky street making it smoother one at a time. dan says a way to avoid meeting him, check the tread before you drive for worn spots and drive slowly when passing over that pothole. and our digital team wants to help you out tonight. if you want to let some road crews know about a pothole in your neighborhood all you have to do is go to nbcwashington.com and search report a pothole. ahead at 6:00 is there beauty in fixing potholes?

may sound strange, but we met a guy who's a pothole repairman. he sees his work more as an artist. i'm going to introduce you to him all new at 6:00. for now, back to you. spring break is getting shorter for thousands of local students and teachers. news4's scott mcfarlane is in the newsroom with an update on the schools that are adding new school days to make um for all those snow days. scott? >> yeah it's payback time. anne arundel county frederick county garrett counties have decided to slice one day from spring break. it's march 30th in anne arundel, april 1st in frederick, april 6th in garrett. state officials say three other districts have asked permission to do the same but they won't say which ones yet. we know montgomery county schools are keeping spring break into account soer to reduce the school year by three days to offset the snow days. but they've warned parents expect the school year to extend from june 12th to june 17th. frederick county despite trimming spring break, will also

extend its school year by two days through june 17th and the school year will b extended till 17th in howard county too. prince george's county schools say no decision there yet, but the northern virginia districts will keep their calendars intact. they didn't miss enough days there to require any makeups. in maryland this is the second year in a row school districts have asked state leaders for permission to change their school calendars and worth remembering the state rejected requests in 2014 to shorten the 108-day school year pause of all the snow. back to you. police are trying to track down a guy they say tried to run over a cop twice. video from the officer's body camera shows the man along 22nd street off southern 1/2 southeast earlier this week. we're told that place were called about a suspicious car and when the officer tried to talk to this man police say the man drove off and then tried to hit the officer. he then tried a second time to hit the officer but ended up hitting the officer's police cruiser. a news4 viewer is getting

credit tonight for helping police crack a robbery case. prince william county police now say they have a better idea of who snatched a woman's purse from the scene of an accident. thanks to that news4 viewer police say they're looking for william ray powell. someone called the tip line after seeing david culvert's report on wednesday. police say powell stole a woman's purse from her wrecked car in woodbridge last weekend then credit card. if you know where powell is call police. and the reward to track down the person who shot and wounded two officers in ferguson missouri, has now growe than $10,000. st. louis county polic say finding that gunman is the top priority. they believe the shots came from a hill about 150 yards from the stas political analyst station. rainy weather has helped provide a calmer atmosphere in the city of ferguson now, and there are no planned protests tonight. new tonight, large amounts of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin seized from a

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service has until wednesday to answer tough questions from congress about the latest scandal that is rocking the agency. lawmakers want to know whether two senior agents were drunk a white house barrier after they left a colleague's retirement party at an irish pub in chinatown. >> this is career ending for them but it ought to make us look more deeply into the agency itself and into the men and women we depend upon. >> secret service director joseph clancy has been at the job for almost a month. he was brought in to revamp that agency after that series of security breaches and missteps forced a major shake-up. this weekend d.c. mayor muriel bowser will try to market the district as a tech-friendly destination at the popular south by southwest festival in austin. according to "the washington post," the trip will cost the city $350,000. while that may sound like a lot, it's still less than the city spends every year on the

convention in vegas focused on courting big-bucks retailers. a controversial clutch that included a realistic handgun has been pulled from the shelves of a clothing chain. on one side of the bag it appears normal but the flip side includes a 3d imprint of a gun. this is the easy pickens, a chain in the new york city area. some customers have concerns the could be mistaken for real thing. >> all the things we're seeing in the media about ferguson shootings, police brutality, this is not the message you want to send young women to just go out and look cute with a gun in their purse. i mean, that looks crazy. >> the head of operations for the store says he was not aware they had a pistol-themed bag. that store apparently uses an outside company to choose and purchase its merchandise. got rain sliding right along 66 out of areas like woodstock.

and luray, it's about two hours away from arriving here. we expect slippery roads and dense fog. i'll take you hour by ho and a fraternity at the university of maryland is now at the center of a new racially charged investigation. we are uncovering new information about an e-mail that triggered this probe.

more bad news for fraternities this time on a local college campus. >> a racist and sexist e-mail from a student at the university of maryland has been unearthed and it is prompting a discussion on twitter about tolerance. >> news4's derrick ward is live in college park with more on the discussion. derrick? >> reporter: that e-mail has been around far while, but it's already sparked a debate that's likely to last way past these the spring break here on this campus. the e-mail message sent from a member of the kappa sigma fraternity in january of last

year sparked fresh debate here in college park today. in that e-mail the student wrote racial slurs about african-american women and asian women and about sexually assaulting women. the e-mail found its way to university offics week prompting a quick response from president wallace loh. "the vulgar language in the e-mail expresses views that are reprehensible to our campus unit. we immediately met with the individual involved and a university investigation is under way." wallace loh took to twitter for discussion with the campus community. among the exchanges discussions of freedom of speech tweeting how freedom of speech is a core american value but so is tolerance and equity. another in the discussion responded does not tolerance also mean tolerating a view to which you strongly disagree? it's clear tt many on this campus disagree with the remarks in that e-mail. >> to still be acting like this toward women, i just thought we progressed. >> i have no clue why they would

do something like, that but i don't s anyone else here having that experience or even myself. i have not experienced anything like that. >> reporter: the kappa sigma fraternity acknowledged that the e-mail's author was indeed a member who was suspended once the e-mail came to light. kappa sigma also says they're moving to formally remove him from kappa sigma. >> it's a cultural thing. i don't know how you can easily measure that. >> reporter: for now it's being addressed with an investigation and plans for what's being called an educational intervention by university staff that the college park chapter of kappa sigma. and that intervention as it's being called is scheduled to take place immediately after students return from spring break. news 4 at 6:00 a discussion that was actually happening downtown with some links to what's going on out here on this campus. live in college park back to you. >> thank you, derrick. >> about this rain veronica. we don't have to deal with it for the whole day, right? >> most of the day tomorrow. we're going to get a little bit of a break i think for the afternoon hours, but for at

least starting pretty soon we're talking about slippery roads and reduced visibility on those roads from fog as well as the rain that will be coming into the area. take a look. here we are tracking the rain on storm team 4 radar. there's your line. it looks l that's bec it is. this rain running right along the fog as i track it to the east. the one area here moving along areas of 66 that will be heading winchester happy creek, millwood barryville as well as bluemont and warrenton in the next couple minutes. it should hit d.c. around 7:30 8:00. it will be wet. i promised you an hourly forecast on fog. we'll watch it develop i think primarily around d.c. areas east around prince george's county charles county. look that the as we get into 11:00. you can see that fog blossom. that's the white you're seeing on the map. then everywhere by early tomorrow morning. 6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. visibility down to a half-mile in gaithersburg around a mile d.c. leesburg manassas even

around winchester and i don't think we're going to see the fog really start to improve until maybe 8:00 or 9:00 early tomorrow morning. so it's going to be foggy again with big puddles on area road. e break comes after around 2:00 to 3:00 tomorrow, our heavie rain prior to that then our chance of rain drops throughout the day. highest chance of rain 6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. by the time we get to 3:00 6:00 in the evening tomorrow just some scattered showers left around the area as we get ready for the cold front to move through. yes, there's a big run going on tomorrow, the rock 'n' roll marathon that will be taking place. as we take you to where it ends rfk stadium, 51 degrees, foggy conditions. as i said earlier, i think there will be those big brick sneakers a better day to run on sunday with a high temperature going up to 57. chilly though with wind around on sunday. we have just seven more days to go until spring guys.

so think spring. send us your pictures to nbc washington twitter and let us know what you're seeing out there, if you're seeing the flowers pop, maybe rabbits in your own backyard. whatever you think of when you think spring. 66 i think certainly some spring showers so maybe if you're running in that marathon tomorrow with your wet sneakers you can tweet that out. 57 on sunday. again, looking dry as we get into the early part and midpart of next week. temperatures noeld the 50s, close to 60 degrees for the first day of spring and more spring showers too on that day. friday next week this time looking a little wet. new developments in the last hour in this week's deadly military chopper crash. we've learned a local marine master sergeant thomas saunders was among the 11 killed in the crash off the florida coast. he was from williamsburg virginia and he's been recognized with a dozen medals. at this hour crews are still pulling debris from the water where is the chopper crashed on tuesday. today officials at camp lejeune, where the fallen marines were

stationed, talked about the scope of the tragedy. >> this base to have such a tremendous group of marines obviously with the experience they had and the cohesion and teamwork and everything else they exhibited, it definitely hit us all hard. >> work to recover all of the chopper wreckage could take up to eight hours. a medical exand killed by an officer in wisconsin was shot in the head and torso. tony robinson was unarmed when officers shot and killed him last week in madison. the police had been called for some kind of disturbance. the coroner's report did not say how many times he was shot. wisconsin's state justice de is reviewing this case. a new effort to keep bus riders safe in montgomery county an audible warning whef the bus driver turns the wheel at least 45 degrees. transportation officials say they hope the warning will make

pedestrians more aware of the bus traffic. in turn it will remind drivers to watch out for people crossing the streets when they are turning. they are the men and women whose courage and compassion help protect the citizens of montgomery county. today that the county of chamber commerce awarded them. 1,500 people attended the luncheon including outgoing senator barbara mikulski and other elected leaders. this year's gold medal of valor went to fire captain larry murray for saving a woman from a burning house in rockville last sept others honored with medals included first responder who is rescued a gaithersburg b from a burning apartment building in january of last year. and a police officer who saved a woman who tried to commit suicide in the middle of i-270 last december. and those on the scene of the gaithersburg plane crash in december that killed maureen gemmell and her two chirp. i was honored to serve as one of the emcees today with tom costello. >> a wonderful ceremony.

always great to go there. royalty is arriving in d.c. next week. >> but it won't be all pomp and circumstance. how the royal couple plans to raise awareness about victims of

a discovery in a prince william county neighbod that is filled with families and retiree. searching a deal city home arrested two suspects aahed

of dealing heroin. they found heroin cocaine, marijuana, oxy coe dope and a large quantity of cash in the home. the surge of heroin use and overdoses is a big concern for law enforcement in prince william coun and across the region. police are trying to stop the flow with ares such as this one. our northern virginia bureau y is working this story. she'll have more coming up on news 4 at 6:00. a group of teens from-in our area joined students from around the country today in a competition about cyber security. the objective, find vulnerabilities and a virtual operating system and keep viruses and hackers at bay over a six-hour span. we talked with someone about how he got interested in the subject. >> i've always been interested in computers but it's hard to get into it without other people surrounding you. since i neve did video games like other people did, the only way in was through the cyber security club. >> the teens will find out how

they did later this evening at special awards dinner. it's a billion-dollar mission under way right now to help scientists better understand the give-and-take of the earth magnetic field. nasa sent four space rockets up last night. they ole provide 3d views of the magnetic reconnection when fields around the earth and sun break apart and come back together releasing vast amounts of energy. the duchess of cornwall is headed here to washington. camilla are will meet next week with d.c.'s sexual assault response team or s.a.r.t. kristin wright has more details. >> reporter: during the royal couple's visit to washington the duchess of cornwall with will meet with local advocates for victims of sexual assault, a cause she champions in the uk as well. >> the visit is exciting. we hope that the visit will help us shine light on our process in

d.c. >> reporter: the doctor leads 12 agencies working together give survivors a place to turn to services to get through the physical and emotional trauma of rape. >> didn't really hit me until i got home and i thought, i think i was raped and i think he drugged me. >> reporter: a woman we'll call maria went to medstar washington medical center for help where the s.a.r.t. team is based. >> 30 minutes later my advocate showed up and she was there with me the entire time. >> reporter: camilla will attend a meeting of the tc s.a.r.t. team to raiss of sexual assault. in 2012 they treated 396 sex assault victim 365 in 2013, and 402 last year. >> to seek the services you deserve and that you need be it medical, forensic evidence collection emotional support, legal support. >> reporter: evidence kits for victim who is decide to involve the police. that is a choice here.

maria did report it. she's troubled that n s says raped her in 2012 was never charged. still, she is recovering day by day thanks to s.a.r.t. >> today i'm a lot better than 2 1/2 years ago or eve an year ago. >> reporter: the team encourages survivors to come to them minutes, hours, weeks or years after they are violated. in washington kristin wright news4. a response to a northwest d.c. robbery, several agencies responding to the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. >> news4's jackie bensen has been working this story for a couple hours now. jackie what are your sources telling you? >> reporte well chris, we can tell you that our sources tell us that there has been a significant development in this case possibly connected to more robberies. we do not have a lot of details about it. but we understand that it is

connected to the robbery that happened here earlier this afternoon. it was clear from the presence of a large number of federal agents fbi and secret service and d.c. police detectives that this bank robbery is receiving extra attention. >> could bit the work of the so-called black hat bandits, armed men who have robbed seven banks in d.c. maryland and virginia? listen to this description provided by the man next door at the gold's gym. >> i came out of my job today and saw a guy with his face covered, a poncho basically all dark blue, breathing duper hard and ran up the stairs right in front of me and basically -- police basically ran right in front of me