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 after him and that's

realized that he probably robbed a bank. >> reporter: investigators spent time examining a rooftop parking lot where it is believed an accomplice was waiting. it all happened around 2:30 in a very busy block of connecticut avenue northwest close to the udc campus. again, as i said news4 as learned there has been a significant development in regard to this bank robbery, possibly connected to a number of other bank robberies, details are not clear right now. we believe that -- we don't believe it's an arrest at this point, but it is being described to me by sources as a significant development and we are standing by awaiting further information from the fbi. hopefully we'll get that this evening. live in northwest, jackie bensen news4. now to a question facing a lot of home owners in our area. are you willing to pay higher taxes for first-class schools? that's part of budget plan in prince george's county tonight. it involves a big hike in

property taxes and layoffs and furloughs for county workers all to improve public safety and local schools. county bureau chief is live in upper marlboro. whatt plan? >> the county executive is saying when folks move to prince george's count fist question is where will my child go to school, is it one of the good schools or do i have to put them in private scho does not want that to be the case anymore. by 2020 he wants prince george's coun to have one of the top ten schools in maryland. the county executive believes he's at war to stave county and the fight centers around the school system. s and prince pals come here for seven years, we train them they do a great job, and they get a signing bonus to go elsewhere. those days are over. >> reporter: he introduced a bold $3.6 billion budget with a focus on more money for schools and public safety but also layoffs, furlough and tax increases. >> even in these tough economic times, we're investing.

>> rep the prince george's cod 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 year where is we were reduced by hundreds of millions of dollars, and so, you know, when tt 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. >> biggest obstacle for our county is the school system. >> reporter: the county council will have the final say over the county executive's budget and r is promising a thorough review. >> we understand the reason for the county executive's proposal but we have to again, exercise

our role as the fiscal stewards to make sure that it's the right plan. >> reporter: the final vote is expected to come from the counl in june. there's also a $6 0tax credit for folks who make $60,000 or less in the county to help out with property taxes. we've been having an interesting conversation about all of this on twitter. you can tweet me at tracee wilkins and also join in that conversation. reporting live. back to you all in the studio. >> let's gate look at our forecast. the weekend is upon us and the rain is going to b us soon. is it going to be raining all weekend, sfler. >> it's going to be raining at least half of the weekend, wendy. rain is right on our back doorstep now so, we're expecting rain expecting fog, some slippery roads and reduced visibility too. take a look. there's the radar with all that moisture that's going to be coming our way. so we stay fairly wet as we get into the early hours tomorrow morning and up until about 2:00 or 3:00. taking a look at your going-out

forecast 49 degrees. again, that rain shortly so take the umbrella if you're going to be going out. 46 degrees by 11:00 p.m. your temperatures hold steady. and as they do you're going to see the fog form. it's around 11:00 p.m. to midnight. look at this. a half-mile visibility by early tomorrow morning. slowly improving conditions through the morning. we'll take a look how thick it could be in your neighborhood and how much rain we're going to get this time. flood potential is possible. got that coming up. >> thanks v.j. tonight the centers for disease l says it's monitoring several american volunteers in sierra leone because they may have had contact with the ebola patient being treated at nih. none have tested positive for the virus but the cds cd is working to get hem back to the u.s. without using commercial flights. there's one plan to fly one volunteer to atlanta to be near the isolation unit at emory university and that person will be under isolati 21 days. as for the patient at nih in

bethesda, they are in n tonight. doctors aren't saying much more than that. we still don't know if they're treating a man or woman or how old the patient is. nih says it's taking eve precaution to ensure the safety of staff, other patients and the public. president obama is visiting the v.a. medical sent nor phoenix that was at the center of a major scandal last year. that v.a. hospital in arizona is where records were falsified to mask the long wait times for patients. the news4's i-team's scott mcfarlane with new details now about a woman at the center of that scandal. >> wendy, the president today acknowledged hospital leaders in phoenix made mistakes. in his wor ty cooked the books for too long a some of the people involved were bad apples. the agency recently fired a ho medical director, this woman sharon hellmann. she's hired a d.c. law firm. those attorneys fought hellmann's initiation but she's also trying to salvage a $9,000

performance bos she received while leading that phoenix hospital. the v. savmt trying to rescind the money but multiple sources say the case is scheduled to go before a d.c. area judge in late april. the i-team broke the news last year that even amid the long backlogs for patients and the cooking of the books in some hospitals, the v.a. handled out $2.8 million in bonus pay just to its executives. as the president appeared in phoenix today, va executives told us there are new accountability measures in place now and the president himself said he wants veterans to be reassured they will be cared for. >> it's important that veterans know that somebody's got their backs and that if there are problems that we're not being doifls about it we're not hiding them we're working together with organizations around the table to fix them. >> leaders for the u.s. house committee say they're trying to pass new law making it easier for the va to pull back bonus

pay from its employees when deemed necessary. and we just learned that while in arizona the president met privately with the family of kayla mueller, the humanitarian aid worker who was kidnapped in syria and executed by isis militants. mueller was from prescott arizona. her family has set up a new foundan her name. a fence jumper ran taum way into the white house back in september and he'll be sentenced in june after striking a deal with prosecutors. omar gonzalez had a knife in his pocket when he jumped the fence. he dashed in white house and made it to the east room before agents stopped him. making it worse, the first family had just left the white house a few minutes earlier. but gonzalez is an iraq war veteras family says he has posttraumatic stress disorder. they're starting to salvage the black hawk helicopter that crashed this week and we are learning there is a virginia connection to one of the victims, master sergeant thomas saunders. he was from williamsburg served in the wars q and

afghanistan. seven marines and four soldiers from the louisiana army national guard were killed when that black hawk crashed in heavy fog off the coast of florida on tuesday. military officials say the salvage efforts could take about eight hours. we're getting new details this evening about the moments right before a police officer shot and killed a man inside a metro station. this happened in a tunnel at the potomac avenue station. news4's mark segraves is there. he's been working the story. mark what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, chris. metro officials aren't saying much but our law enforcement sources are telling us that this metro transit police officer acted in self-defense when she shot and killed that man as the man was coming toward her with a large stick. the man had been in the tunnel at least 20 minutes before metro transit police shot and killed him. sources say he was not wearing a shirt. according to a time line provided by metro, at 8:50 last night act train operator reported an unauthn

in the tunnel. at 8:57 the first metro officer arrived on the scene. at 9:01 three more officers arrived and began searching the tunnel. at 9:10 one of those officers encountered the suspect about 400 feet from the platform. law enforcement sources tell news4 the man had a large stick in his hands as he approached the female officer. the officer fired multiple shots at close range, killing the man. now, despite repeated requests metro officials refusing to answer any questions tonight about this fatal shooting. they have not released the name of the police officer or of the victim who was killed. we can tell you that the police officer, a female has been with metro transit police for more than ten years. and she was not injured in this incident. reporting live in southeast, mark segraves news4. still ahead at 6:00, a local pastor murdered by a man who claimed kills demons. tonight we're hearing from a woman who was inside the house

where it happened. and the reward is growing for information about the shooter of the two ferguson police officers and why protests are starting to calm down in missouri. new pictures of a landslide at the end of an airport runway.

police are working to find two people who shot two officers in ferguson missouri yesterday. jay gray joins us live from ferguson. how's the rain playing into the protests there? >> reporter: it's not until after work around 6:30 7:00 we see people out. we just heard from the chief of st. louis county pol and they said their top priority right now is find finding the person or people responsible for shooting two police officers here. that investigation continues as does the push for change from the protesters here. a steady soaking rain seems to have dampened the tension in ferguson right now, a day after two police officers were wound by gunfire. the hunt for the suspects

continues. >> i cannot tell you an arrest is imminent. there's certainly nobody in custody. >> reporter: they believe the shots came about 150 yards from the police station where the officers were hit and where protesters gathered again last night. >> the protests will not end. we are seeking legislative changes. there will be reforms. the world will hear us. >> reporter: a message that overnight included prayers for the ambushed officers. >> we came to grieve the wounding of law enforcement officers. we came to give god thanks that the officers who were injured last night are now at their homes. >> reporter: recovering as this community struggles to do the same. no word to of an organized protest tonight. there's always a few p show up. some of the organizers are meeting for dinner at a row lowel area church. there's a new reward out for

information leading to an arrest in the shootings, over $10,000 at this point. >> we saw the prayers for the officers at that candlelight vigil. do you get the sense that the police are making a clear distinction between the people who attacked these officers and those protesters there that we just saw? >> reporter: police are telling us they're not ruling anything out. they'll explore every avenue as they try and find the people responsible here. who is making a clear distinction is those who regularlo say they're very angry at what happened here very concerned for offi officers frustrated it's taking attention away from the message they've been delivering for 218 since michael brown's death without any violence great work. thanks a lot. jay gray. about 30 people have left their home charleston west virginia after a landslide near a hilltop airport. the slope near the end of that

runway started to shift earlier this week broke away last night taking out power lines, an empty home and a church. power and gas service in the area had to be turned off. the slope was built about eight years ago but airport operations despite the close proximity have not been impacted. >> looks like we got soming so by the weather coming. >> yeah we do. won't be a rainout for the whole weekend, is it? >> not for the whole weekend but a drencher to start out our weekend, guys. big puddles, big drops, all of that and it's starting now just to our west. i've been tracking it on storm team 4 radar. rainfall sbeps ti. this is through early tomorrow morning. what size umbrella will you need? we're expecting at least moderate rains but the early part of the day for a short period of time a couple hour ls just go with the big umbrella. but most of the storm at least a moderate sized umbrella. and look at this. about a third of the country impacted with the storm system like last time. it's all moils chur coming out of the gulf of mexico. you can see the spin there.

that's a storm system so it's going to take some time before it makes its way through our area. on radar now, again, we're dry for the most part around the beltway, area 70 270 dry, most of 66 right now. but all this is making its way off to the east. before long these areas here martinsburg, lovettsville blue monlt, leesburg you'll is be seeing showers. sprinkles in frederick, maryland. showers coming your way as well and down south fredericksburg now dry, bowling green too. showers in the next couple minutes. don't forget to download our storm team 4 weather app or the nbc washington app. you'll get the app cast there and interactive radar as well. 52 our temperature now. we're starting to fall. 46 by rain yes. that rain once it de it's going to overspread the area quickly along with the rain because of relatively light winds, temperatures in the 40s. we'll have fog with all of this too. it's going to be quite a mess out there late tonight, early part of the day tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. some scattered

showers, but look at this by 10:00 a.m. it all starts to fill back in so, that's why i'm saying folks, you got any plans tomorrow morning might want to get an early start. we could see a period of moderate rains moving through around 1:00 2:00. by 3:00 after 3:00 we get a little bit of a break. then just few more showers when the actual weather front comes through around 8:00 or 9:00. then look at this. this is 11:00. we'll start clearing out. behind it the wind will start to pick up. it's going to get a little breezy. some puddles for early tomorrow morning, 43 to 47. puddles and keep in mind we still have some potholes out there. so driving around want to take it easy and go slow. 67 kind of balmy tomorrow afternoon, 62 gaithersburg sandy springs, silver spring 64 in leesburg falls church coming in with a high tomorrow of 65 degrees. genl it's going to feel kind of weird here for what is late winter for us spring just a couple days away. and then the best part of the day i think is going to be the afternoon, after 2:00, 3:00

tomorrow afternoon where we get those breaks in the action. your sunday here 57 we're partly sunny, we go into early part of next week upper 50s to low 60s. right now it's looking dry. genl all about the rain here. i'll give you an hourly forecast coming up for the one dry day of the weekend that we have and of course we'll talk about how thick that fog is going to be as we go into early tomorrow morning. guys? >> thanks v.j. pope francis is coming to washington and he's not planning a public audience. but coming up new at 6:00 why the police are still expecting crowds that will be bigger than a presidential inauguration. someone uncovered a racist sexist e-mail from a member at the university of mar

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pope francis is starting his third year as head of the catholic church and he is wildly popular. today marks two years since pope francis' election to the papacy and 90% of catholics say they have a favorable opinion of him according to a pew research survey. that's about the same as pope john paul ii. but pope francis doesn't expect to serve as long. the 78-year-old told mexico's tf channel it may only be a couple more years. he says the lord chose me for a short mission. the pope's visit to d.c. this fall could put a big strain

on security downtown. at an appropriations hearing, capitol security ll need more money from the upcoming budget. they will be working with d.c. police but they say the crowds could be larger than an inauguration. >> all those resources need to be coordinated and supported in order to address what we fully expect to be a mass of humanity that will show up for this event. >> pope francis is expected to visit the capital on september 24th. his only public audience during his u.s. trip will be in philadelphia. he's also be visiting new york. now to a developing story in the battle to contain isis. iraq's prime minister says his forces are close to defeating the militants in tikrit. iraq has put together a coalition of 20,000 troops made um of soldiers and militiamen and right now they're closing in on ooh the isis fighters. iraqi officials claim they've trapped isis but it could be several days before they know for sure. militants are not expected to

give up easily. the fight to contain isis is one of the big topics on "meet the press" this sunday but there's anothee closer to home and it has to do with potential presidential candidate hillary clinton. here's chuck todd. >> looking ahead to sunday the controversy over hillary clinton's eshgtss emails. bottom line not much has changed. the clinton way of the '90s is back. dismisive of the press, a tad daring to their opponents. but it's important to remember the 2008 campaign aside, the clinton way usually wins. we'll discuss it all sunday on "meet the press." watch "meet the press" with chuck here on nbc 4 sunday at > next, once accused of sexual harassment now a local university's controversy has him opening up. what a former student is sharing about a troubling trd o college campuses. our first look at a wanted man accused of stealing from a woman moments after a car

new at 6:30 an interesting perspective on the culture of college campuses from a student who has been accused of sexual harassment. neighbors reacting to a major drug bust in a northern

virginia neighborhood. what the police found in a home where all four suspects were living. smash and grab at a local macy's. how one guy got caught with $25,000 worth of jewelry. first at 6:30, a local pastor has been murdered and a fellow minister who was there when it happened is now talking to news4. kristin wrightgerman . kristin, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, the pastor was killed in the blue house here and it was by word of mouth that people would hear about him and come here to the house to seek his spiritual guidance and prayers. pastor connery dagadu was called upon to expel demons. he served the beautiful feet world impacting center in jer germantown. he and minister alina founded the ministry. she called him grandpa. >> he was doing what he knows how to do best is to pray for people. >> reporter: roland zinneh is charged with murder. he reached out to pastor dagadu

this week. he said he was hearing voices telling him to dance. zip zi came to dagadu from pennsylvania. the two pastors prayed with him tuesday night. she said there were no problems until she awoke wednesday to loud noises. >> he charged at me right in front of the house. so before he could get to me i closed the door. i say, you calm down and the way he didn't stop and he was still coming at me so i closed the door. when i closed the door, he smashed the window. >> reporter: the minister let zinneh in and he threatened her. she ran to the basement and found pastor dagadu strangled. she called 911. she says this changes the ministry. no more overnight stays and they'll be more careful about who they try to help. >> he wanted to pray for him and cast out whatever spirit were bothering him. that's why he came. that's why he came to us. to be prayed for. he came for help. so how this happened and ended

like this it's outrageous you know what i mean? >> reporter: police say when they got here to the house zinneh yelled at one point, "i kill demons just kill me. "he will undergo a mental evaluation. it is bringing the conversation about fraternity life and race close to home. a racist and sexist e-mail unearthed at the university of maryland and it is leading to some interesting discussion on that campus. derrick ward is in college park tonight where he's been speaking with t students. der sflik. >> reporte indeed wendy. the young man who wrote this e-mail i'll tell you what's happened to him. he has been expelled from the fraternity formally removed. that e-mail wrote has s.t.a.r.t.ed discussion that will carry on for some time on this campus. there were racial slurs referring to asian, indian and african-americans an allusion to raping women during rush week all contained in a year ohlde e-mail

that sparked fresh debate on the university of maryland's college park campus. the e-mail was forwarded to university officials this week and university president wallace loh responded with "the vulgar language in the e-mail expresses views that are repre to our campus community. we immediately met with the individual involved and a university investigati is under way." whatever that n is yields one student wonders if it can make a difference. >> that's something that need to be changed over time. it's more, you know like knowing where your values are. >> reporter: it was the topic of a national press club discussion on campus sexual assault and harassment. cynthia garrett, an attorney who focuses on campus equality issues was among the panelists. >> you know, you educate them just like you educate them about their career. >> reporter: maryland officials plan what they're calling an educational intervention with kappa sigma after the spring break. and we want to make it clear this young man, now while he may be out of the fraternity, is apparently still a student at the university of maryland.

the university president said he was personally anger and saddened by this message but he also said he does not think the one individual should define an entire fraternity and it will be the message that comes across after spring break when they go on with this discussion a little more. in college park back to you. i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk. d.c. have made a quick arrest after a day after a man was shot and killed in his car. 20-year-old christopher adams was discovered dead on jefferson street yesterday morning. today police arrested 24-year-old glen walker. he's charged with first-degree murder. adams was a graduate of wilson high and his family told us last night he was a good guy. at the live desk pat lawson muse. one of our viewers picked up the phone after seeing our bad samaritan story on wednesday and

now police know who they're looking for. this started with a woman crashing her car in dumfries on saturday. she was in and out of consciousness before the police arrived. but a man who was thought to be a good samaritan seemed to be helping her, but he was really helping himself to her credit cards. and he was caught on surveillance camera using them a short time later. that story aired only on news4. a viewer called police to identify him as william powell. powell has no fixed address. but police say he has ties to maryland. tonight there is a warrant for his arrest. the first female fire chief in frederick county is out after just two years on the job. and there's stale lot of questions as to why denise puget left her position last night pap union lead told our sister station in hagerstown the departure came down l differences over how to run the department. other county officials have yet to comment. puget previously served as assistant fire chief in montgomery county with more than 25 years working in that

department. >> c a that a man who was arrested for sexually abusing a music student in montgomery county may have other victims. police say jeffrey o'connor molested a boy over a three-year period at his house in silver spring. that's where he teaches guitar lessons. according to court documents organization connor gave boy gifts in exchange for his silence. police say o'connor also taught other children at his home. new at 6:00 we're learning more about a bizarre attempt to steal jewelry from a local department store after it had closed. oscar gn was caught hiding in a stock room on the macy's on east/west highwa rif dale. police say he had $25,000 worth of jewelry in his pocket. this was just after midnight. detectives found smashed glass cases, a hammer and a trail of blood that led them right to him. >> it's not enough to buy a winning lottery ticket. you need to hang onto it. a man in southern california just lost out on a prize that was worth more than a million

dollars. he purchased that ticket in september and when no one came forward the lottery released surveillance video and the man saw himself. when he saw it on the news. and he couldn't find his ticket. he had until last night to find it and cash it in. and he couldn't. that money now goes to california's public schools. >> that hurts. buried by an avalanche. some terrifying moments for a group of friends caught on video. how one managed to survive, the others scrambled free. and four behind bars after drug bust.

those are the moments we are just now seeing when an australian skier was initially buried by an avalanche. this happened on the swiss french border. man's name is james ward and a helmet camera warn by his friends you were hearing caught the moments when the snow came down. this is back in january. one of mort's ski poles, however, ended up sticking up through the snow and that helped his friends find him and rescue him. more than 2,000 potholes have been filled in in montgomery county but the worst is yet to come. crews say spring is actually the worst time for potholes and this week they added 20 extra trucks and crews to help deal with the roads. they tried to fill each pothole within 48 hours of the fist report. potholes still out there putting a lot of stress on our vehicles and our wallets. northern virginia reporter david culvert spent the day looking at how much money this costs drivers.

he introduces us to a man who's smoothing out your drive. >> just the sight of them makes us tense up. when sean allen looks at a pothole he sees, well, beauty. >> fresh asphalt. >> reporter: welcome to sean's kitchen of sorts. this is his cooker. on the other end out comes fresh asphalt. >> 320 >> reporter: sean and his colleagues then bring in the giant press, place it right over the pothole to melt it. >> that way when we ready to cut it, it cuts just lik. >> reporter: set the timer. it's been tough for vdot to keep up which is leading to lots of flats. not cheap. >> tire runs anywhere from 200 to $400 or $500 apiece. >> reporter: back to sean and

his team churning that mix, adding a fresh bucketful, sealing the edges and rolling it flat. >> put pictures on the ground. that's how we look at it. >> reporter: call him a pothole artist. but why do it? >> when we get thank you for doing it i take heed in that. that's what makes me like my job. >> reporter: from one vancanvas to the next with plenty more to fill. david culvert, news4. >> if you're heading out tonight, watch out for potholes and the rain that's going to make your weekend plans a little bit dreary. veronica's forecast is coming

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well they're the men and women whose courage and compassion help protect the citizens of montgomery county. today the county chamber of commerce honored them at the 41st annual public safety awards luncheon. 5,400 people atenned this lun shop including outgoing barbara mikulski. this year's gold medal of valor went to captain larry murray.

our pat lawson muse and nbc's tom costell o'lowe with the emcees today. we are remembering the life of one of the most famous modern american architects and designers. you may have one of his teapots. michael graves died at his home in new jersey. he was 08 years old. graves designed a lot of buildings in the d.c. area including the colorful st. coletta school on independen sout and the u.s. district court annex at 3rd and constitution. in 199 it was graves who came u that scaffolding look for the washington monument restoration. graves was also known for his household designs including those teapots and he had lines of household designs that sold in target and jcpenney. well tonight some neighbors in a close-knit community in virginia are shocked and they're talking about a big drug bust in the dale city neighborhood. this area's filled with families and retirees. as northern virginia bureau y reports, two men have been arrested and

charged with dealing heroin. >> reporter: take a look around the road. it is your typic suburban neighborhood. residents say the folks in this house just moved in a few months ago. early thursday police arrived armed with a search warrant. inside the house they found drugs -- heroin, oxy yi oxycodone morphine marijuana, and cash. two of the men living there 36-year-old marcus brown and 35-year-old raymond messenger are charged with drug distribution. two others 26-year-old kiely mccarry and 51-year-old allen gonye have possession charges. the concern of heroin and overdoses are a big concern across the region. police say they are trying to stop the flow with arrests like this one. >> straits the fact this is a problem in communities not just ours but communities all over the united states. and police dmtds not only this e i'm sure are addressing it in any way, shape, or form that they can to try to curb it and

also to prevent, you know, these overdoses from happening. >> reporter: residents say they never noticed any suspicious activity at the house. in fact one neighbor says marcus brown told him he did snow removal for a living. now that they've learned of the drug charges, neighbors have some concerns. >> that's actually kind of scary to think that there would be something in this neighborhood like that because most of the people that live here are older or have children like we do. there's a lot of kids running around the neighborhood. >> reporter: all four people arrested yesterday are being held without bond. when we knocked on the door today, no one answered but we could hear dogs barking inside. late this afternoon, prince william county animal control officers came by to check on them. i'm julie carey, news4. thousands of runners are probably carbo loading tonight to get ready for their the rock 'n' roll marathon tomorrow. that kicks off at 7:00 in the morning. there are going to be some road closures in the district that are going to start taking effect

tonight. here's a look. downtown um through adams morgan the runners will be going, then back down and across the anacostia ending at rfk stadium. all of the roads should reopen around 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. and those runners better be ready to get their shoes wet, which you say drag. >> yeah. adds a lot of weight to your run. v.j. sounds like it's going to be bad the entire run far lot of these folks. >> absolutely. that's why you go out with the attitude that you're going to have fun as opposed to five extra pounds on each leg. download our nbc washington app with weather to stay out ahead of everything. here's a look at the forecast if you're going to be headed down there tomorrow. we'll zoom right on down. follow you through the race there from start to finish. it ends at rfk and of course along the whole route there. looks like it is going to be wet starting early tomorrow morning starting at . your temperature 50 degrees. yes, rain and fog as well. so getting there, again, you'll want to leave early. 53 by 10:00 a.m.

temperatures pretty much in the low to mid-50s through the race. we've got a chance to see just some showers coming our way i think by 1:00 2:00 tomorrow. other things of course that are taking place, two more weekends y left for you folks getting the snowboarding or the skiing. this weekend and next. well use caution. i think your better day to go out is certainly sunday as it is looking dry, breezy and a bit cool. fog and rain of course for the rock 'n' roll marathon. for the parade on sunday it's the green light because we are expecting dry conditions as all this wet stuff is going to be out of here. but it is marching steadily eastward. the line of rain and some fairly soggy conditions as we get into late tonight early tomorrow morning. frederick now just about seeing some more showers there coming through. hagerstown wet, pretty soon it's lovettsville leesburg gaithersburg with this whole area of wet weather to the north and southwest starting to close in on us. your temperatures they sit in the low 50s most neighborhoods,

upper 40s, camp springs green belt, down towards p it's the fog we'll have to contend with again early tomorrow morning. you can see it blossoming here. visibilities will be dropping to around a mile or so. i think we'll start to improve by the time we get to around 5:30 to 9:00 early tomorrow afternoon. our rain chances again, high nest the morning, low nest the afternoon. temperature-wise tomorrow we'll see highs going up into the 50s or actually the low to mid-60s with 50s coming your way sunday. >> thanks a lot, v.j. coming up in sports the redskins continue to completely revamp their defense and we'll show you some numbers that show the new gm may be making the right moves. first holt holt with what's ahead on "nbc nightl jool hi chris and wendy. coming up toni a manhunt for shooters in ferguson. we veal my interview with the mayor there who is under pressure to step down. also that fraternity chapter in oklahoma under fire for a racist rant caught has hired a lawyer and they're fighting

back. and the secret service scandal. why did the president not find out of this latest inc

the redskins paid this guy well over $11 million last year

but in the nfl, last year is last year. >> oleout with the old, in with the new. that seems to be the mott foe for the redskins this off-season. depending who you talk to brian orakpo was either a grea terrible overhyped or underappreciated linebacker du his time with the redskins. 40 sacks in six years, not bad for most pass rushers but injuries really hampered his production the last few seasons. orakpo no longer a member of the skins. he's now with the tennessee titans. the 28-year-old linebacker leaves the redskins for a four-year $32 million deal with tennessee. orakpo was drafted the 13th pick overall back in 2009. he was a three-time pro bowler for the burgundy and gold but he did miss 24 games over the last three seasons due to injuries. the redskins were interested in re-signing orakpo but those talks didn't go very far. you can clearly see why general manager scott mcclune made a lot o the changes on defense. check out the three newest guys

for skins versus the recently de depart depart and his group 29 games la the others combined to play in 48. i'm not great at math but that is 16 games from each guy, full regular-season durability a huge factor here. new guy, 91 ta guys 42. sacks not even a comparison 11 to 1 1/2. the redskins not done improving the defense, signing cornerback chris culver today. the 26-year-old played the last four seasons in san francisco. culliver coming off his best season as a pro last four interceptions and 14 starts iffer s. he did miss the entire 2013 campaign with a torn acl. he science four-year deal that contract worth up to $32 million. also the redskins did re-sign cornerback justin rogers. let's talk some basketball now. conference tournaments are in full swing.

maryland uva, georgetown and george washington all in action tonight. another mum in the atlantic 10 taking place this afternoon. rivals vcu and richmond. if you can't laugh at a horseplaying the trumpet, you should probably lighten up just a little bit. kendall anthony. he's got some moves. killer crossover here the step-back bucket. how about thatgame-high 26 points. rich monday um by five. under two minutes to go. traveon graham misses the three-pointer but cox pulls down the big offensive rebound. gets it out to doug brooks in the corner for a three. he nails it. vc sushgs up two. just over minute remaining. now tied at 62-62. brooks drives and dishes to cox. vcu, they go on to win 70-67. they advance to tomorrow's semifinals. vcu taking on the winner of this game davidson and la salle.

craziness already. this is how davidson won. they avoid the upset. they're the top seed in this tournament. wildcats winners 67-66. davidson and vcu tomorrow at 1:30. to baseball more injury news for t this spring training. this time it's closer drew storeyd surgery on his nonthrowing hand expected to miss several days that according to manager matt williams. orioles on the diamond today taking on the blue jays. pick this one up in the bottom of the second. the birds are up a run. this is former oriole chris dickerson. ubaldo jimenez. ball down the right-field line. two runs come in to score. four innings, one strikeout, three runs allowed by jimenez today. jays up 3-2 at this point. bottom sixth another former oiler sends it up the middle. two anne arundel single for valencia. the jays drop to the birds 5-3. >> thanks a lo

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