in what they are calling suspicious death investigation as of right now. we understand that detectives are working with a couple of translators to try and talk to the people who live in the surrounding apartments. this is a very busy area. there's a shopping center right next door. so that is why they need so many people here. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. back to you. >> jackie bensen. also developing right now, new court documents reveal the motive as we learn about a d.c. lawyer's desperate attempt to save his life. as he faced his killer. david messerschmit was murdered inside the donovan hotel in february. news4's pat collins is live outside the courthouse. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he was looking for men. she was looking for money. it ended in a twisted case of murder at the donovan hotel. friends and family of jamyra

gallmon leaving superior court today, leaving after the 21-year-old suspect was officially charged in this bizarre case of murder. according to court documents, lawyer david messerschmit went on craigslist and solicited responses from men. but it appears he didn't get what he expected messerschmit stabbed to death in a fourth-floor room at the donovan hotel. charged in the case 21-year-old jamyra gallmon. she is the so-called person of interest captured by surveillance video at the hotel on the night of the murder. now, this happened back on february the 9th. according to court documents messerschmit using the handle dcguy456 went online soliciting responses from other men. they say he communicated back and forth with someone

identified as chrissanchez0906. they say mess scherr mitt set up a meeting at his hotel room. the person who showed up at his hotel, jamyra gallmon. from the surveillance video it was hard to tell if the suspect was man or a woman, but police say dna found near the murder scene indicated the intruder was, indeed a female. david messerschmit found lying on the floor, multicolored zip ties around his hands and fingers like makeshift handcuffs. police say he'd been stabbed at least seven times, wounds to his heart, his abdomen, his liver, his groin, and his back. the internet evidence led police to this apartment house in southeast where jamyra gallmon was arrested yesterday afternoon. jamyra gallmon graduated from forest military academy back in 2011. she was athe center on the

basketball team there. vincent mcduffie was her coach. what doo you make of this? >> we can't. as the whole forestville community, we really can't fathom the fact that this is who she is because this wasn't who she was when she walked out of the doors. >> reporter: jamyra gallmon. she told the cops she was out to rob messerschmit but she says the murder that's a different story. her version of what happened coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. police searching for a local park now for clues after an attack on a woman this morning. this happened here in long branch-arliss park in silver spring. that's where chris gordon joins us. >> reporter: this is a recreational area. you can see the playground behind me. there's a basketball court. people walk their dogs. but this morning something happened in the woods behind that tennis court. something that police are investigate

investigating as a report of a sexual assault. montgomery county police combed through the crime scene. they are investigating along with the maryland national capitol park police who have jurisdiction here. at 9:15 this morning they got a call that a woman had been sexually assaulted in these woods. she was transported to a local hospital to be treated and interviewed. three men were taken into custody for questioning. rob and his partner play tennis here once a week. >> woods, general lay lot of homeless people sleep there. they don't have a place to go. periodically the neighborhood people come in and clean it up. >> reporter: the investigators gathered evidence, a tennis shoe pants, other clothing they swabbed a beverage container. ethan walks his dog through here. >> i have noticed people walking the area mostly men, sometimes strange looking. >> reporter: montgomery county has invested a lot of money improving this neighborhood. for a year they've been building the long branch pedestrian

bridge connecting the community center long branch library, and the flower branch apartments. but it appears this assault took place off the beaten path in the woods just a stone's throw from the basketball court and playground. a lot of woods surround this area. >> this is an area for recreation you know? and that's just bad. that's a bad look. that's a shame. >> reporter: now, police tell me that the victim in this case appears to know the three men who were brought in for questioning, that she may be homeless herself. so are women in this area who use this park in any danger? we spoke to some of them. you'll hear from them on news4 at 6:00. chris gordon news4. the man who led police on that massive manhunt will not be

back in court for several weeks. we're told the government dropped the escape charge against wossen assaye today. prosecutors say they don't need it to hold him because he's already facing a bank robbery charge. they say a later indictment will likely include charges related to his escape from inova fairfax hospital and the 11 other bank robberies that he's suspected of committing. the major's proposed budget for district takes new aim at virginia and maryland residents who come into the city to shop park work and study. here's news4's mark segraves. >> we also had to make tough choices. >> reporter: those are dedaled in muriel bowser's budget proposal. it includes raising the sales frax 5.75% to 6%. and raising the tax on parking lots in garages by 4%. bowser says she wants to raise those taxes rather than the income tax which will only impact d.c. residents. >> it's one of those taxes that

allows us to spread the base of the tax to many more people. >> reporter: bowser's budget also includes cuts to the university of the district of columbia and medicaid reimbursements to hospitals. >> we have to dedicate $100 million every single year to affordable howing we have to close d.c. general, and we have to end homelessness. and the additional revenue will allow us to do that. >> reporter: the budget also provides more money to put more police on the street as well as more fire trucks and ambulances. but the budget must be approved by the d.c. council before any taxes go up or programs are cut. and that could prove to be a challenge for the mayor. >> i don't think it's appropriate to raise taxes when the economy is good. >> i'm always averse to raising taxes. >> reporter: bowser's budget also provides funding for met hoe roe. at 6:00 what the budget proposal means for the streetcar program and local schools. in the district mark segraves

news4. >> nearly two dozen cars vandalized. police say this could be part of a trend that started in december. these are some of the vehicles that were spray-painted overnight earlier this week. all were along gilford road in jessup off i-95. police don't believe it's a hate crime or game related. they have no suspects. a local woman who duped some of the most vulnerable people in our community could be spending decades in prison. she was found guilty today of neglect, abuse, kidnapping theft. prosecutor s prosecutors prosecutors say she tricked the disabled and elderly into moving into her bladensburg apartment, which they say had no heat minimal food and roaches. she's also found guilty of stealing their belongings and their money. in virginia, a former teaching assistant is facing sexual battery charges. wesley phillips inappropriately touched two teenage girls while

he worked in prince william county. they say it happened between 2013 and 2014 at the pace east school in manassas. phillips turned himself in today. he's currently out on a $4,000 bond. a man is found dead shot in the chest outside a store. investigators are looking for clues on 62nd street near eastern avenue in seat pleasant on the other side of the d.c. line. 21-year-old keaway ivy of southeast d.c. was shot between an apartment complex and a discount mart. there is a $25,000 reward on the table if you have information that leads to an arrest in this case. a maryland bishop accused of killing a bicyclist while driving drunk entered a not guilty plea in court today. prosecutors say heather cook was drunk and texting when she killed the cyclist in baltimore back in december. still ahead, we'll hear from cook's lawyer and from the victim's family. right now, the search is on to find two women accused of

stealing from seniors. they're wanted for fraud in st. mary's county but they are believed to be traveling around maryland and virginia. on march 13th they stole from residents at a senior living facility in lexington park. they said they were college students selling magazine subsubscriptions. they pretended to be giving to different charities. e developing tonight, details from the terror attack in kenya are getting worse by the minute. what the security officials are now saying about the gunman and the college campus that was ambushed. two tragedies in one week here at river bend high school. coming up, we'll show you how the moms in this community are working to keep spirits high and helping their kids cope.

breaking news this thursday afternoon. parents of the 5-year-old who disappeard are facing charges. the mother and father of noah

st. thomas will be charged with neglect and abuse. he was found a week ago after a five-day snerge pulaski county in southwest virginia. investigators are still searching for the cause of death. it's not clear. a freak accident on the soccer field and a plane crash. tonight parents at one school are helping their kids cope with two tragedies in just a week. >> our northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert talked with two of the mothers who are working to bring comfort to this community. >> reporter: circled up in prayer, river bend high school soccer team keeping him close to start, in intensive care after a serious blow on the soccer field. >> right now they're in shock. >> reporter: michelle's son dylan is a friend of jakes. she says jake is one of those kids who will go out of his way to say hi. by phone jake's mom said he's making progress. he suffered a bursted vessel on

his brainstem and a serious concussion. >> in tragedy, i see our community coming together to support. >> reporter: mopgs students, mom linda mcreynolds is known as -- well, just read her twitter handle -- spirit momma. if there's ever a time her uplifting is needed, it's this week. >> it brings tears to my eyes i beal honest because you have things to deal with. >> reporter: before jake's injury students were just learning of sophomore ryan mccaul's death in this airplane crash. the young pilot went down near orange county airport on sunday. investigators still working to find out what happened. tonight, family and friends will gather for ryan's viewing. >> that's one thing i think the river bend student body has always done well anytime there's been any kind of tragedy or misfortune. they've always bound together really well. >> reporter: it's expected many of the kid will come straight from ryan's viewing here to river bend high school for tonight's soccer game which is dedicated to jake. i just spoke with jake's coach.

at 6:00 i'll share how he's approaching tonight's game. in spotsylvania county david culvert, news4. now to a developing story overseas where the death toll in a terror attack on a kenyan university now stands at more than 100. pat lawson muse has the latest on this story. >> kenyan officials believe the threat is over now after a gunman stormed the campus today killing nearly 150 people. the rampage started early this morning with gunmen bursting into dorms. they targeted christian students and took hostages. all four gunmen are dead and everyone has been accounted for. al shabab is claiming responsibility for today's attack. kenya's president says he has authorized 10,000 new security recruits to protect the public. >> this is a moment for everyone

throughout the country to be vigilant as we confront and defeat our enemies. >> the suspected mastermind is believed to be in charge of al shabab's external operations against kenya. he has previously claimed responsibility for a bus attack last year that killed 28. back to you, jim. back here at home two women in federal custody accused in a bombing plot. the fbi arrested the pair in queens. they say the women were trying to learn how to convert propane tanks into bombs. investigators say there is evidence they looked at isis propaganda but they to not believe the pair had any direct link with the terror group. they are calling it a major break in the investigation into the germanwings plane crash. the second of the so-called black boxes has been found after more than a week of intense searching. and investigators say that flight recorder will be indispensable. it will help them find out

exactly what happened before the crash. we are also learning more about the co-pilot andreas lubitz believed to have intentionally crashed that plane. in the receive tans before the crash, he went online to research suicide methods and the security of cockpit doors. right now, the lawmakers in indiana and arkansas are rushing to change controversial religious freedom bills. they hope to have the language changed by the end of this week. some businesses and governments have boycotted indiana. they worry the law would allow businesses to deny service based on sexual orientation. the state's governor is adding what he calls anti-discrimination safeguards. but supporters of the original law say it goes too far. >> the government should not be able to force a hoosier business or an individual to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs. >> some opponents of the law say the changes aren't enough. georgia and arizona take up similar bills next week. pope francis is raising

eyebrows again, this time for washing the feet of prisoners. washing the feet is a tradition for holy thursday. pope francis deviated from tradition by including women and non-catholics in this ritual. vatican rules say it should only be performed on men because the apostles were men. francis says he wants to give the prisoners hope and show them his willingness to serve. the pope then led a mass at st. peter's basilica. christianity has dominated the world's population for centuries, but that could change in a matter of decades. a study by the pew research center suggests by 2070 the world will have a virtual equality an equal number of christians and muslims. but if current trends continue after that islam will become the dominant faith. researchers say growth for both will largely be driven by the population in africa. a familiar face to people all over the world has passed

away.ang teleevangelist robert schuller died yesterday. he launched a tv ministry in 1970 called the hour of power, and by 1980 he built a soaring glass kacathedral and at its peak that program had 20 million viewers in 180 countries. reverend robert schuller was 88 years old. a new effort on local highways tonight to protect construction workers. new at 5:30 why cameras may be recording you when you're rolling by. and we are tracking severe weather back to the west some of those storms move ourg

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still hearing thunder in that doug. >> yeah. they put that -- it's sound effects. get our attention. >> as long as that's all it is. as long as it's in the studio and not outside. >> nothing else makes sound. snow doesn't make sound when it falls. you have to do something with sound. we do have a chance of some thund thunder during the day tomorrow. not anything strong or severe. that's back to the west. take a look outside. one thing you notice a beautiful day, you also notice the traffic out there on the bridges. but, hey, if you're going to be stuck outside, not a bad day to be stuck, roll the windows down those cars a little bit in the way of sunshine today.

look at the numbers. 72 currently. winds out of the south at 22 miles per hour. we are seeing gusts over 30 miles an hour now. we continue to see those through the evening. but a very very warm evening. 70 in gaithersburg 73 in frederick, 74 out towards fredericksburg, 70 in winchester. the only cool spots right along the chesapeake. 58 patuxent river, 59 annapolis, but everybody else nice and warm. nothing on the radar right now. no showers in our region. just off to our north, just off to our west we've got the showers and even some thunderstorms, some severe weather moving through central portions of kentucky right now. that whole system is moving our way, and it will start to encroach upon our area overnight tonight. let's take you through future weather. 11:00 tonight, a few clouds but a very nice night, a very mild night. by around the 7:00 a.m. hour notice a couple of showers. that is it. i want you to remember this if you take anything out of the forecast. not an all-day rain. will you need the umbrella?

maybe. most likely between 8:00 and 10:00 10:00. that's when we have the best chance for rain through parts of northern virginia the district maryland. by noon 1:00 around portions of the region then it moves out again, some showers down toward the south and again just a few light showers during the day. but most of the day should remain dry. you should see showers tomorrow, so again, take that umbrella, 8:00 couple more showers, 1:00 a.m. couple more showers, then we'll see the whole thing move through by saturday morning. we're talking about much cooler weather beginning to move the. driving impact showers likely 42 degrees between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. but they'll be fairly light. same deal 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. showers with a temperature around 70 degrees and i think we'll get to 75 in d.c. with that break in the rain at times. 74 in leesburg 77 in fredericksburg 71 in martinsburg. if we see some sunshine and we may see a little bit, these numbers could be higher in some spots. 58 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 65 by

11:00, 75 by three. if you're going to go out once again, you are going to run into just a few showers but they're not going to last all that long. the worst time i think for doing anything outdoors would be between that 8:00 and noon hour. as far as the impact forecast goes we'll call it low to moderate scattered showers, take the umbrella with you. i think you'll need it at times during the day tomorrow. high temperature of 75. we drop on saturday. 58 degrees on saturday. so it is going to be a little cool, a little breezy on saturday too, back to 63 on easter. easter looking good with sunshine temperatures around 63 still a little bit of a breeze. 67 degrees on monday. that is nationals opening day. the weather phenomenal for that 4:00 game. 69 on tuesday, then a chance for some showers, maybe some heavier rain coming up next wednesday and thursday. but all in all, temperatures at or above average the next six out of seven days. >> all righty. news4 is still working several developing stories that the hour. >> our team of reporters spread out across the dmv tonight.

tracee wilkins live in college park. tracee? >> reporter: it was an e-mail that circulated through the university of maryland's -- one of their fraternities. folks found it very offensive. the president calls it protected speech. students want to know why. isle have that report. adam? >> reporter: it's not easy to work in a construction zone. coming up we'll introduce you to one tough woman. erika? "consumer reports" just released its list of the best and the worst grocery stores. eel look

a forum just ended at the university of maryland. it gave students a chance to vent about that controversial e-mail that surfaced on campus. tracee wilkins joins us at college park. >> reporter: a lot of students were upset by that e-mail and today they found out that the president is saying that that speech was actually protected. we watched as an auditorium full of students wanted to know why, why more wasn't being done here. now, today the university of maryland students came together in the program hosted by the student government association. hundreds of students gathered into a small auditorium to voice their concerns. after the president released a statement saying that the e-mail sent by a student to members of his fraternity albeit

offensive, was protected speech. the e-mail written in 2014 surfaced last month. since then there have been protests after the students -- after that a student wrote to six recipients and said that he wanted to ban certain ethnic groups from the fraternity's parties and also used racial slurs and sexually aggressive language. the author also suggests having sex without a woman's consent. today low told news4 he hopes the university can move forward. >> i hope that they learn. it's not for me to tell them. they are free to say whatever they want. that's their freedom. but i hope they will learn to treat everybody, regardless of color, religion broubwhatever background, with respect with dignity. >> reporter: the hope is that this forum was a step toward that. this fraternity has expelled the member who's responsible for this kappa sigma, and he is

expected to be back here on campus next year. he took off the rest of this semester. i'm tracee wilkins live. back to you in the studio. the redskins' rg3 palled around with maryland governor larry hogan today while they seemed to be having a lot of fun, they had a serious cause in mind -- bullying. they invited hundreds of school children to take an anti-bullying pledge. the students not only agreed to not be bullies themselves they also agreed to help stop others from being bullies. the event was held at six flags in prince george's county. rg3 talked about why the subject means so much to him. >> growing up i was bullied at a young age, and i had to step up and stand up for myself and i had two big sisters that also stood up for me to help me get out of those situations and stop the bullying. today is opening day at six flags. the amusement park says about

90% of its workers are between 16 and 22. maryland governor larry hogan released a supplemental budget today that includes some new tax relief. among them $5.2 million in fewer taxes for military pensions and fist responders and $7.4 million more personal property tax relief. the state's education association says the governor's plan does not include funding previously restored by lawmakers. a spokesman for the fwofor the governor says ghoeshgss are still under way. >> they have tough physical jobs that mean the rest of us can drive around safely and comfortably. roadwork is ramping up with our warmer weather out there and transportation reporter adam tuss is live in glenmont for us where he talked to construction workers today about the message they want us all to hear. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. it is a tough job. you know the road crews, they don't like the cold weather to do all the digging and paving. they like the warmer weather. well the warmer weather is here

and so are construction site like this one at georgia avenue and randolph road. ask yourself seriously, have you ever thought about the people who are doing the roadwork? i mean really thought about them? >> i have five kids that i have to go home to every day, yes, i do. i have a mom. i have family that loves me. >> reporter: rhonda outlaw is a veteran around construction sites. she's tough but not tougher than a car traveling fast and carelessly and on a daily basis what she's seeing -- >> texting, reading the newspaper, messing with your gps, taushging on the phone. >> reporter: this is not just a maryland issue but also a concern in d.c. and virginia. something else to think about here most work zone-related crashes are rear-end collisions meaning people aren't paying attention. >> it makes me upset. then, you know they want to fuss at you and curse you out and talk bad to you, but we're just doing our job just like every job that you have to go do. >> reporter: also in maryland the state highway administration now uses speed cameras to send

you a tick fete you're going too fast in a work zone. one camera along the beltway at the northwest branch dished out over 72,000 speeding tickets in just about a year and a half. bottom line slow down and this final message from rhonda. >> thank you. >> reporter: now, state police say they're going to be watching you very closely in work zones. coming up at 6:00, the huge fine that you could will be hit with. back to you. a virginia judge took matters into his own hands when he caught an intruder inside his home today. well, this happened in fredericksburg where police tell us judge james hailey pulled a gun on a stranger when he found him in his hallway yesterday. the freelance star reports the judge still had the burglar at gunpoint when police showed up. officers say the suspect was drunk. a boy scout chapter makes a move that flies in the face of national policy. decision to hire an openly gay eagle scout.

health officials issuing a warning tonight about a nasty bacteria spreading in the u.s. why doctors say it's tough to treat. two kids in a car nearly towed away while their dad runs into a store.

let's go final four bound,

the maryland women's basketball team leaving xfinity center in just the last hour heading to tampa for the final four. head coach brenda frese flanked by twin sons marcus and tyler. boy, they're growing up shgt aren't they? the terps take on the uconn huskies sunday at 8:30 in the evening. a suitland high school student is taking the local gymnastics word by storm. she captured top scores at the 2015 maryland state championships. she finished first in bars floor, and vault. this is cell phone video of her bar performance. because of her success, jasmine is now a member of the maryland state gymnastics team and she's qualified to compete at regionals late thermo. >> it's -- this is a competition we work for all season. this is what we train for, and to be able to make it and win was a big deal to me. >> here's a look at yasmine's floor routine. look at her go.

raquel clark, a sophomore at laurel high school also did well. she placed third in bars. we are seeing some improvements nationwide but there are still thousands of bridges that are classified as deficient. according to the american road and transportation builders association, 61,000 bridges in the united states need repairs. they say it's an issue in every community, in every state. here in the district in our region about 4% of our bridges could be labeled deficient. >> in this area it's a little bit challenging because you have several different governments working together and you have bridges that are spanning different regions and areas so, there needs to be more of a coordinated effort to address some of these issues. the association says for every bridge that comes off the problem list another one goes on. they say government -- or they say investment at all levels of government is what's needed. the getting attention for hiring an openly

gay eagle scout as a summer camp leader. the 18-year-old will work in new york state. the boy scouts did change the policy in 2013. they allow openly gay scouts. but until now, the scouts have not allowed openly gay adults to be hired within the organization. the boy scouts have not commented on this hire. how does your supermarket stack up in grocery store rankings? consumer reporter erika gonzalez reveals the best of the best and the worst of the worst. we're dry right now, but we're tracking showers and eve an couple of strong thunderstorms back to the west.

tonight an arlington father is demanding answers and ayn apology. >> because the car with his kids inside was nearly towed away. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live in arlington county with what the kids have to say about all of this. jules? >> reporter: well, the dad tells me he was parked by those light poles. he was in the cvs talking to the pharmacist and getting some medicine. he heard his car alarm go off and came outside to find two very frightened kids inside his car. max brought his car back to the exact spot he parked in last friday around 4:30. his namesake 7-year-old max, wasn't feeling well. >> i have very, very, very, very bad cold. >> reporter: he was in the cvs about 15 minutes. outside in the car, 17-year-old tracy kept her little brother occupied until both felt a jolt. >> the car started to lift up.

i was, like scared. i looked ak tat back and saw the tow truck and opened up the door a little bit and said wait, wait, wait. >> we feel somebody pry the car. >> reporter: an advanced towing driver had hooked their car. max's shouts stopped him cold. >> when i started crying he -- he said i'm sorry for freaking you out and went back into the car and drove away. >> reporter: that's about the time dad walked out of the store and found his son crying in the car. >> i was ticked off. i was very upset. i mean i got right on the phone to the tow company. >> reporter: daout says the tow company owner promised to follow up but he hasn't heard back. >> i would like for them to be held accountable for the predatory practices that they're implementing by towing cars that are legally parked. >> reporter: i did hear back from advanced towing's owner and he claims the car was illegally parked. he added, "the vehicle had

tinted windows. however, before removing the vehicle from its parking space, occupants were noticed and the vehicle was never moved from its space." advanced towing was the subject of a news4 story back in december too. that's when a woman complained her car was told all the way back to the impound lot with her dog inside. coming up on news4 at 6:00 i'll tell you just how many cars are towed out of private lots in arlington each year. it's a big number. and i'll tell you how many tows turn out to be improper. back to you in the studio. >> julie, thanks. a live look at reagan national airport. a local artist just wrapped up a japanese ink painting demonstration in honor of the national cherry blossom festival. reagan and dulles international both have added pink lighting this year and hosted cherry blossom themed promotions at their shops and restaurants. we may not be seeing the cherry blossoms themselves, but the trees have buds and the red bud trees and forsythia, starting to see some flowers blooming out there. >> and we need days like today,

the nice warm air, the nice sunshine we've seen across the area. you need these to continue to get these blossoms to come out. they'll start popping in the next couple days. reston looking at some cloud cover. the clouds have moved back in across our area and we are looking at a nice afternoon. look towards the airport right now and what's going on here? take a look at the numbers. 72 degrees. we'll drop to around 67 by 7:00 65 by 9:00 down to about 62. a very nice night. we are looking at the wind however. 70 currently in leesburg 72 huntingtown. the cool spot annapolis right around the water at 59 degrees. a lot of 72s. everybody in the low 70s for the most part. here are those winds across our area gusting 35 miles an hour d.c. 30 in camp springs, 30 in charlottesville. a breezy if not windy day and we'll see more wind through early tomorrow. take a look at the radar. not much in our area. you can start to see a few showers back towards west virginia, all part of the system that's moving our way. again, we have those showers and those storms back here. this is around the cincinnati

area down towards the louisville kentucky area some severe weather there. we are on the dry side and we will stay that way most of us, through most of the evening. but tomorrow we'll see scattered showers for sure. temperatures, though on the warm side. 70 to 77 degrees. especially if we get any sunshine at all. the showers, they'll be off and on. good idea to take the umbrella but it's not an all-day rain. showers possible in the morning. use caution on the wet roadways if you see them. midday that's when we get a break, after about noon through about 3:00 or 4:00 a good break in the weather and evening scattered showers return across the region. we will see scattered showers but as i mentioned not all day. temperatures 75 tomorrow cooler on saturday. we'll see a high of only 58. going to be breezy too. it's going to feel a lot cooler. 63 on sunday. 67 coming up on monday and of course monday is the nationals home-opener, looking good for that. tuesday, wednesday thursday, high temperatures into the 60s both wednesday and thursday a chance for some rain. how about saturday? yeah it will be a little cool but this is something you can

do. storm team 4 tracking spring starting at 9:30 a.m. storm team 4 takes a look at what to expect over the next couple of weeks as far as spring and an early look at summer. plus a lot of great stories you don't want to miss that coming up on saturday. coming up at 6:15 we'll talk more. we'll take you hour by hour in my forecast. >> all righty. so how would you rank your supermarket? 63,000 consumer report subscribers rated theirs. erika gonzalez joins was the results. >> freshness of food that was one of the biggest factors that subscribers kept in mind when rating stores, that along with cleanliness and of course price. so where does your neighborhood store rank? let's find out. americans average 83 trips a year to the supermarket spending a total of $5,400. more than half that money is going for fresh food around the perimeter of the store, produce, meat bread, ready to feet ooet food. "consumer reports" rated 68 supermarkets across the country on the quality of their fresh food based on a survey of nearly

63,000 of its readers. >> we asked about the quality of fresh futs and vegetables meats, store he prayered foods and baked goods as well as things like cleanliness, staff courtesy and prices. >> reporter: only about 60% of shoppers say they're highly satisfied with the quality of their store's poultry and meat and only half are happy with their store's prepared food and bakery options. walmart supercenter, the biggest grocery store in the country, scored near the bottom of the ratings. people gave walmart low marks in all freshness categories. >> they also didn't do well for courteous staff and cleanliness. it did score better than many chains for its prices but it wasn't the best for price."consumer reports" contacted them far comment. ceo said "every store i go in as room to improve and if we nail those one store at a time our short-term performance gets better." "consumer reports" top scoring

supermarkets include several regional stores as well as trader jeice and costco which both got better ratings than walmart for prices. all right. so where did stores like safeway, giant, and harris teeter rank on the list? harris teeter came in just under whole foods at number 17 out of 68 stores on the list. giant at 56 and safeway was number 58. be there's so many more right? what about target al di food lion? you can find a link to the full list on our website, nbcwashington.com. thanks erika. great story. public health officials are warning a nasty stomach illness is spreading across the country and it's becoming resistant to drugs. the shigella bacteria spreads easily and can cause diarrhea stomach pain and fever. the cdc identified several large clusters of the illness in california massachusetts, and pennsylvania. about half were associated with people who traveled to india or the dominican republic. doctors say many cases will go away on their own and that ant

antibiotics should be reserved for severe cases. every time you get behind the wheel, quiet your cell phone and put it away. that's the message of a new national campaign to curb distracted driving. today youngsters demonstrated distracted driving on a closed track. starting next friday law enforcement will be aggressively ticketing drivers with cell phones. transportation officials say this is costing 31,000 lives in 2013 alone. work to improve school has ended in tragedy for one texas community. one person died when a building under construction collapsed today. three others were injured. this happened just north of dallas here. all inside were construction workers. no students or teachers were inside. the building was to be a $3 million sports practice facility. the company in charge of construction has no safety violations. we are hearing tonight from the father of chris kyle, the man whose life inspired that blockbuster movie "american

sniper." wayne kyle spoke to nbc's lester holt for the first time since his son's killer was convicted. he talked about how he remembers his son. >> he was always the type of person that stuck up for the smaller person, you know he would kind of -- some of his best friends were i guess you'd classify them as the nerdy ones you know in the class and others would pick on them but he wouldn't stand for it. he'd always defend them and everything. >> more of lester holt's exclusive interview with wayne kyle is just ahead on "nbc nightly news" after news4 at 6:00. lawmakers in maryland tonight say the bill that would give the terminally ill the ability to end their lives with a prescription drug needs more study. the death with dignity act is likely headed for a summer work group. state senator robert zerkin says

action on the measure needed to be based on more than a one-day hearing. five states have those laws in place. a maryland bishop accused in a deadly drunk driving case appears in court. >> what her attorneys are saying tonight and new reaction from the family of the man s

i don't know where you're coming from or how you think you're appropriate in doing that. that's not the way it works.

>> okay sir. >> how long have you been in this country? >> a civilian complaint review board is now investigating that now viral video that shows a new york city police detective yelling at an uber driver. that officer has been stripped of his shield and his gun, put on what's called modified duty. the city's police commissioner apologized to the uber driver. and uber says it is providing any support that that driver may need. we want to get back now to the not guilty plea entered today by a maryland bishop accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash. >> tonight we are hearing from the bishop's attorney and from the victim's family. jane miller has our report from baltimore. >> reporter: ordinarily bishop heather cook would be spending this day, holy thursday immersed in church activities. instead she was in circuit court answering to the multiple criminal charges against her. cook is accused of driving drunk, two days after christmas, and mowing down cyclist tom

palermo along roland avenue. prosecutors say her blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. she was texting while driving and kept going after the crash, returning more than half an hour later. during the brief court proceeding palermo's family sat right behind cook. no words were exchanged though cook's lawyer spoke with the family representative later. both parties spoke on the courthouse steps. >> we know this is the first step in a long process. so we're looking forward to having this resolved and to see justice. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the palermo family and miss cook can't say anything right now based upon the legal situation and the advice of counsel, but of course we're all saying our prayers. it's a horrible situation. >> reporter: in a written statement later the palermo family said it hoped cook would plead guilty in the case. asked about the possibility of a plea deal cook's lawyer did not rule it out. >> the plea at the moment is not guilty of all charges, but we're

still going through the discovery. we haven't had any meaningful discussions with the state with regard to a resolution of the matter until we go through the initial process. >> reporter: cook has a previous drunk driving arrest from 2010. that would be a major factor in terms of the punishment she could expect. that breaking news in fairfax county tonight. police on the scene of what they're now calling a suspicious death in annandale. >> investigators have just confirmed that some of what our jackie bensen reported in our broadcast at 5:00. she is right now just off little river turnpike with more. jackie? >> reporter: jim, this is a very large apartment complex here and that is where police are investigating what they are now calling a suspicious death. we have a little bit of video of what it looked like earlier here. police arrived just after 3:00 found a man inside up with of

the apartments there. they say he was suffering from trauma to his upper body. sources tell news4 he showed signs of being stabbed. now, there are many detectives including homicide detectives here as well as other officers. we asked the fairfax county police department's spokesman whether or not members of the public these many people who are standing out here wondering what's going on need to be concerned for their safety. >> at this time there don't appear to be a threat to the public. we're still looking into the relationship between the suspect and the victim. but it appears -- it doesn't appear to be a random event. >> reporter: just off little river turnpike. the access road into this complex is closed off but otherwise rush hour traffic in the area is proceeding as normal right now. that was a concern for police. they did not want to block this very congested