a teenage pilot has been killed in a crash. what we're learning about the tragedy. firefighters say they encountered conditions. two people were hurt. a live report ahead. and protesters say a local church has a history of abuse. they're leveling new allegations, and comparing it to a cult. right now, federal investigators are headed to an area of virginia where a plane went down. the pilot was only 16 years old, and he was killed in the crash.

now, the sing of-engine piper took order from the orange county airport, crashed into a nearby field. the only person on board was ryan mccall. he's 16 lived in spotsylvania and was a sophomore at river bend high school. the star reports that he was a flight school student, but we don't know what caused him to crash. virginia state police are looking into what happened along with the faa and transportation safety board. we'll update the story on nbcwashington.com, and tonight on news4 at 11:00. some of the debris is still smoldering in new york city as search crew dig through the rubble of a building collapse. now they have found two bodies. the medical examiner has not identified those victims, but we know two men have been missing since thursday's explosion in the east village. the blast set fire to multiple buildings in that neighborhood and sent more than two accident people to the hospital including six firefighters.

investigatoring suspect a faulty gas line may be to blame. a deplex went up in flames on eastern avenue and killed a man. d.c. firefighters say extreme hoarding may be partially to blame. darcy spencer is live in northwest -- northeast i should say, with what happened. darcy, what are you healing?ring? >> reporter: it's too soon to say if the conditions prevented them from reaches the victims in time. firefighters are in this neighborhood right now going door to door making sure everyone in this community has a working smoke alarm. the video you are seeing now is from the d.c. fire department. you can see when they got here there was smoke just pouring from the windows here on the deplex. i spoke to a man who lives right next door in the deplex. he tells me he was alerted by smoke that was coming into his home. he ran outside and saw that his

elderly neighbor was still in the home. they broke the glass and got her out, but unfortunately a man was still trapped inside. >> i hear somebody banging on the door. i could see smoke in the whole bathroom was filled with smoke. down here was completely black. i got my mother and got her up and out here and came over and my next-door neighbor miss johnson was laying in front of the door. we broke her window to get her out. >> reporter: two people were transported here from the fire scene. a woman we're told she is expected to be okay. she was seriously hurt. unfortunately an adult male was pronounced dead. we're reporting live from northeast. cry, back to you. >> thanks darcy. there was another big pfeiffer today, this one in maryland. a family of four needs somewhere else to live. the house was in germantown. the fire did about $75,000 in damage and destroyed just about

everything the family owned. officials say the fire started in the chimney late last night. fortunately no one was hurt. in aspirin georges county someone killed a man in the hallway of a building. police found the man in the hall where someone had stabbed him. had happened around langley park. that part of the county has seen its share of gang-related violence most recently a few weeks ago. now we've been telling you about some troubling allegations being leveled against a church minister in sterling. several dozen former members showed up at the calvary temple. >> it was making me sick. i started to become anorexic and refused to eat, because it's the only control i had. >> allegations made by former calvary tempt member are being

investigated. there are no charges filed but skeeter says the abuse came when she became the adoptive granddare of the minister starr scott. outside the church during palm sunday services dozens of former members say she was not alone. they described the church as akin to a cult. >> if you leave -- we can't make you stay about but if you leave, you forfeit authority over your wife and son. i told him that's absurd. just what? >> reporter: he left. his former wife stayed. michael says church leaders broke up his marriage. they would search my bible, search my clothes. they treated my like a criminal. >> samantha spearheaded the protest. she's never been a member. >> personally i am a christian. i think what they are teaching is not biblical but it goes even above and beyond. there's a huge moral problem in

this church. >> reporter: we reached out to the pastor. we got no response but i did speak to a member who says he's been a member for 17 years and hasn't experience anything like the protesters say they have experienced. >> reporter: some current members waved, others ignored them. passers-by -- i say we have pcstd. post-cult traumatic stress disorder. governor o'malley made some comments today that got a lot of people wondering. he went on abc's "this week" and said the presidency is not a crown to be passed between two families. he did not name names, but he didn't have to. it was a thinly veiled jab at hx hb and former governor jeb bush both of whom could be making a run in 2016. when asked if he's throwing his hat in the ring o'malley said he'll make a decision this pring. a violent armed robbery in tampa.

three suspects barged into a convenience store with guns out and started rummages through the religion sister and safe looking for cash. investigators say one suspect was shot and police were able to catch him, but two of the robbers are still on the run. a man is lucky to be alive after getting trapped in a sinkhole. he felt ten feet but used his cell phone to call for help. this happened friday night outside of pittsburgh. police stopped trains to stop the ground from shaking. they used a harness is to get him out. riders stuck up at one of the -- one of coney island's most famous attract shuns. while the roller coaster was shut down soon after it opened for the season. they lace them up and hid the hardwood. this was more about competition. some of the biggest names in the music industry are competing for top hop oors

too long some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are in los angeles for the i heart radio music awards. the show kicks off here in less than two hours right here on nbc4. it's a live show. jamie foxx is going to be hosting it. you can expect some big

performances by rihanna, madonna, and lots of others. the winners are determined by radio chart fan votes and the buzz on social media. >> social has really changed the world of music. these artists have massive followers. they hang on everything they tweet or instagram. >> justin timberlake will receive the innovate or award. tune in at 8:00 and make sure you live tweet along with us. you could find an extended preview of the though right now on our nbc washington app. it looks like the monday morning commute will begin with showers. 'mealia will show us what we can expect. and indiana

indiana's governor is defending a controversial new law. now, supporters say it protects religious freedom. critics call it legal cover for discrimination. governor mike pence says the law is not going to change but he supports legislation to clarify it. nbc's brian moore has the latest. >> reporter: the outcries against indiana's religious freedom restoration act are getting louder. [ chanting ] >> reporter: critics see it as little more than legal cover for

discrimination against gaying and lesbians. governor spence sited for sunday that there's room to clarify the wording. >> i'm open is to that but we're not going to change this law. >> reporter: that means no specific protection for gays and lesbians. pence says the act is patterned after a federal law, and similar measures passed by 20 state legislature. >> then state senator barack obama voted for it when he was in the state senate of illinois. >> reporter: but critics are focusing on the intent and timing. seattle's mayor is banning official travel to the state and the head of angie's list has halted construction in the new facility of the state's capital. >> we're simply stating we're steppiere. >> reporter: fall outfrom an indiana law facing national scrutiny. brian moore, nbc news washington. coney island's roller

coasters opened today, and couldn't even make it through the first run of the season. the ledge are dear cyclone was approaches the first drop when it stalled. riders were stuck. park worser had to climb up to help them get down. some said they were terrified. they blamed an isolated mechanical issue, but says the cyclone is back up and running. don't know if i would be the first one to get on right after they good et it fixed. >> c'mon give it a whirl. >> yeah right. it started out pretty chilly this morning, but by this afternoon, it wasn't looking too bad. >> it wasn't bad. there was beautiful sunshine the entire day. the sunrise this morning, i have to say it was spectacular, but we started off in the 20s, we warmed into the upper 40s. we're going up from here. tomorrow a high of 62 so it's pretty much where we should be this time of year but you do want to keep the umbrella handy. some showers are likely tomorrow morning. rain is lightly on tuesday. i'm going to show you the exact

timing monday and tuesday, not watchouts by any means, but the timing of the rain could impact the commute. overall for this week temperatures feel like spring. not just one day, but ifr day on the seven day for the most part. i am tracking the threat of some rain on easter weekend. your weather impacts for tomorrow morning, some showers could slow that morning commute but the evening commute is just fine. you want to exercise outdoors, dry conditions for everybody by the late morning hours, jobbing weather monday night. just heading out and about to runner rands, make you'll want a light jan, long sleeves, you'll be just fine. tomorrow afternoon i think will be really nice. temperatures are coming in in the 40s. washington 4s 43 in gaithersburg one of the cooler spots and 50 degrees back in cumberland. clear skies right now, but notice on the satellite and radar clouds are moving in and

we'll continue to see this cloud cover overspread the area tonight. that's a good thing. that will help temperatures dipping to below freezing. we could have a few scattered showers as early as 1:00 a.m. overnight tonight. this is what you're waking up to tomorrow morning. knolls as balance -- 39 in washington and annapolis. 36 in la plata, and leesburg and some scattered light showers tomorrow morning. cloudy at 4:00 a.m. notice these pockets of rain on future weather favoring areas north and west of washington. 6:00 a.m. though we are tracking showers moving through the d.c. metro area and we have that threat of showers inside the beltway until about 8:00 9:00 a.m. after that quickly exits. we're breaking out into sunshine. tomorrow afternoon is nice a bit breezy looking at a high of 62 a we'll hit that at about

4:00 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon. on tuesday we start off dry, but some scattered showers are likely during the afternoon and evening hours. that could impact the tuesday commute. thursday 72 mostly to partly sunny skies. chances of a smiled shower on friday. easter 60 sunny, seasonable. >> i think after last night and this morning we'll take it. coming up alex

well this one looked like it was going to be a nail-biter until all of a sudden it wasn't. >> if only we got this kind of effort from start to finish yesterday from the capitals it would have been a great weekend. nice job rebounding by the guys. most hockey players that go three games without collecting a single point probably wouldn't receive too much criticism, but alex ovechkin isn't your average hockey player. so when the great 8 has a mini slump, it makes headlines.

they broke out in a huge way on the road against the rangers. no better place to break out of a slump than the bright lights of new york. first period the caps working the puck up the boards watch ovechkin shrugs off the defender like a little kid, then a black rocket toward the net. he actually had two goals in this game 49 on the season. later in the period we're tied at one. here come the rangers, derek rasawyer. after the -- and traffic in front of the net. watch jason doing the dirty work. nice job. caps up 3-2. chimer he was not done. brooks feeds chipper, and how about that perfect fin by jason chimera.

down the -- down the road 5-3. just three more home games left for the capitals. tuesday they host carolina. we have plenty of basketball to get to. we're going to star with the pros and wizards. james harden many of people's favorite for the mvp award this season showing us why. early tip-off, not everyone fully recovered from saturday night. >> he was out late. >> it happens. >> final seconds of the first half. watch harden. he beats the butter rockets go into half with a 13-point lead. second half here comes john wall. wizards down ten. he led ought scorers today with 25 points. later on in the game. wall on the ground get it to otto porter jr., his reverse lay-up is good to go. wall also had 12 assists, 15

points from otto off the bench. james harden just too good. the step-back jumper. he scored 24. the wizards they fall to the rockets, 99-91. >> our focus from an offensive standpoint when you have a play caller john is trying to get us into something, two guys are running one thing, three guys with another, oh, that's what you meant? we a lot of that. >> it's bad if you don't know the plays. we didn't come out of time and put it on the board. right then if you don't understand what it is you can definitely ask. that was frustrating, a lack of focus, and that's hurting our team. to college basketball. right now big-time games today. michigan state takes down louisville 76-70. this went to overtime. tom izzo and seventh seeded

spartans they await the winner of the gonzaga/duke game. other side of the bracket, kentucky they improved to 38-0. it was not easy last night. notre dame they led by six late but kentucky just wouldn't go away. carl anthony, he led the way with 25 points for the wildcats. they couldn't get this shot to fall too win the game. kentucky holds on. they advance to the final four. green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers got to see wisconsin advance to their sect straight final four. they were bedly sam decker. he could not miss just five from six. the badgers are dancing off, 85-78, a rematch from last years's final four. let's head back out to verizon center for a moment. a few of our news4 colleagues hit the basketball court in support of the national kidney

foundation organ donation awarness tournament. the team included doug kammerer shy shomari stone. and doug channeling his -- he has goggles. maloney to stone, oh, the bank is open on sunday. how about that for shomari? they were really good today. nice job by them. the month of april is donate life month, 124,000 people are on the waiting list for all organs. 80% of those people are on the waiting list for a kidney. great, great event. glad our team could be a part of it. i was supposed to play. doug was mad i didn't. they did just fine without me. they did lose in the championship 5-4. >> because you weren't there? >> i wasn't there. >> carol played college ball. >> she did. she has some talent. she looked pretty good.

dianna not so much. >> ouch. >> everybody else was great. >> you're going to hear about that my friend. waking up tomorrow rain? >> some scattered showers are possible until 10:00 a.m. then on thus the threat of showers starts at 2:00 p.m. but it's feeling like spring. a high around 60 both days. that's going to do it for us. remember the i heart radio music awards tonight at 8:00. we'll see you again right after the show. have a great night. it's going to be a good one.

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