leonardtown route 4, route 5, back towards waldorf and charles county and toward the northern neck. we'll continue to see this rain right on through the rest of the evening hours so it will continue to be slow going on some of the roads. if you're thinking about heading out, make sure you keep the umbrella handy. we'll need it through the 7:00 hour with temperatures in the low to mid-50s, 56 at 11:00, a very cool and dreary night. the forecast coming up, another chance for showers. i'll show you when that moves in as well. now to those new developments about those bank robbers known as the black hat bandits who have netted more than $80,000 from robbing banks in our area in the last 18 months. let's go right now to news4's pat collins live at the bank where the case broke open, wells fargo. pat? >> reporter: wendy it was march the 13th friday the 13th the black hat bandits hit this wells fargo on connecticut avenue.

the gunman says give me money or i'll kill a customer. they got money and the robbers escaped. but not for long. now it looks like the black hat bandits are out of business. it appears the fbi had solved the case of the black hat bandits. a group of armed bank robbers said to be responsible for nine bank jobs in d.c., virginia, and maryland. they were known for their military-like precision, their brazen guns drawn tactics, fake beards, and of course the black hats. according to court documents, 66-year-old thomas anthony george has confessed to the robberies. officials say george's last bank job was here at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. they say he walked in, pulled a gun and said give me money or i'm going to kill a customer. they say he said that three

times. according to court documents on that march 13th day, george and an accomplice made off with $9000 from the bank. and minutes later george was arrested at this apartment on 19th place in southeast. the fbi showed up in full force. they say george had about $4,000 in cash in his pocket. now there was another man arrested in connection with this wells fargo robbery. more about him, more about the money they got, more about the money they lost coming up at 6. jim, back to you. >> pat, thank you. now to an emotional case that moved jurors to tears today in alexandria. as the daughter of a high ranking d.c. official described finding her mother dead. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the courthouse with developments. julie? >> reporter: well, that emotional testimony came from the daughter of homicide victim carolyn cross. now, cross was a high ranking

official in the d.c. department of corrections. prosecutors say she was at her apartment on the morning of september 7th preparing to go out of town to a leadership company when dawit seyoum targeted her and killed her. clarissa davis was composed when she left the court houshgs but on the witness stand the tears came quickly as she was shown a picture of her mother carolyn cross. on september 7th, davis drove to her mom's high-rise to take her to the apartment. she became worried when she didn't answer the phone. she went into the apartment telling jurors, as she sobbed i went in and saw my mother. she was laid out in front of me and i screamed. i walked towards her and she had a plastic bag over her head and there was blood all over her head. that afternoon police spofrnded to a 911 attempted suicide call at a neighboring building. there they found dawit seyoum suffering from slashed wrists the words i am the dirty one written in blood on his bathroom wall. once at the hospital, officer

james young seyoum told him, i did something bad today. i asked him what. he said i think i murdered a woman. jurors also heard an audiotaped confession given by seyoum from his hospital bed. he told detectives he had been angry with his mother and decided to kill someone. he targeted cross because he thought when he had encountered her at the apartment complex she had stared at him in a mean way. asked the detective, was she hit on the head? seyoum, yes. what was she hit with? say yom a wrench. was she still alive when you put the bag on her head? seyoum she was not conscious. now, in opening statements today defense attorneys told jurors that dawit seyoum should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. coming up at 6, i'll tell you more about his mental condition on that fateful day. back to you. >> julie, thank you. a man in northern virginia is facing charges tonight after a cyber tip led investigators to a child porn stash. police arrested kevin sal gair

row of woodbridge last week. they tell us they found more than 250 videos and 200 images of child pornography on his laptop. he's being held now without bond. and there is still no sign of the man who is suspected of killing his wife in a maryland doughnut shop. police are looking for bad rec kumar patel. they say he killed his wife in the dunkin' donuts in hanover late sunday night. patel is wanted on several charges including first degree murder. and praise is pouring in for metro's new 7000 series railcars. the trains debuted on the blue line, the first new train since 2006. cars are designed to be safer and stronger. there are flat screen monitors, better seattles, more room, no carpet, a welcome change for regular riders. >> when i first started riding about five years ago, it was in the $3 range it's in the $5 range now. absolutely you want to get the most bang for your buck.

>> oh, man, this is an awesome train right here. they need to have a lot of these on the line. >> reporter: what make it's so good? >> the interior. the exterior. everything about the train. >> metro says the new cars will be in service over the next couple of weeks. they will be on the red line. so the riders are reacting to the new cars and we've shared some of the passengers' responses. you can see them on the nbc washington app. federal inspectors will head to southern maryland to check out the calvert cliffs nuclear plant in the wake of the widespread power outage. a generator tripped after 11 seconds. the nuclear regulatory commission says there was no health or safety impact but it needs a closer look. they're calling her lucy. she's got quite a job. the latest tunnel boring machine to fix century old problems with city sewage and stormwater

flooding. tom sherwood reports some residents can't wait for lucy to get on the job. >> reporter: for decades, neighborhoods like bloomingdale northwest near downtown have flooded when stormwater and sewage overflow century-old pipes. today the mayor spilled a little more water when she welcomed louis sit the 23-foot-high boring machine that will dig a tunnel under first street northwest to create a massive tank to hold 9 million gallons of overflow. >> what we are doing together here is solving a problem that dates back a century or more, and a solution that will last into the future a century or more. >> reporter: lucy will dig 100 feet a day. it will be lowered nearly 200 feet into the ground later this week. the overall $4 billion citywide project began after 2005 when the epa sued the city for polluting the anacostia and potomac rivers. >> we're going to improve the quality of life for

washingtonians in this generation and in the next. >> reporter: lucy is the third of four massive tunnel digging machines to be used around the city. local residents have put up with noise street closings and other disruptions that will continue well into next year. >> all of our problems haven't been solved. there will be more. >> reporter: and with one community wish. >> to seeing this work done as efficiently and as quickly and safely as possible. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> some people in maryland will have to find a place to stay tonight after an explosion and a fire inside a high-rise. chopper 4 over the scene this morning in the wayne manchester apartments on wayne avenue in silver spring. fire officials say that fire was contained to one unit but there's smoke and water damage to other parts of the building. and no word on what caused it yet. starting next week crews will be out in force in richmond doing some much-needed upkeep for virginia state capitol building. they'll be repairing stuck

co-paint regularco- co- -- the whole job is expected to take up to five months. it was 150 years ago today that president abraham lincoln was shot at ford's theater in downtown d.c. as a tribute to our 16th president, the theater is holding a ceremony starting at 9:00 tonight. the theater is holding several different events. we put a list on the nbc washington app. search "lincoln." tonight there will be a candlelight vigil on 10th street northwest and tomorrow morning church bells will toll across the city at 7:22, the time lincoln was pronounced dead. developing right now, a reserve sheriff's deputy in oklahoma booked on a manslaughter charge after killing a suspect. tonight, nbc news is asking why he was allowed on an undercover sting when his real job is selling insurance. >> reporter: i'm david culver in

ashburn ashburn. why it seems high school students are paying the price. i would hate to see another family go through what i've been through. >> her son was given 35 minutes to live. seven months later he is still fighting. his ins prairgsal recovery and the new legal action that family is taking. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪

waves of rain sweeping through our area. storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is updating your forecast. in just a few minutes he'll tell you when the rain will end and what's coming in next. the reserve sheriff's deputy in the shooting death of an unarmed man is out of jail after turning himself in this morning. robert bates was booked an photographed then released after posting bond. yesterday he was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing a man who allegedly tried to sell a gun to under cover officers in tulsa, oklahoma earlier this month. police say the shooting was an accident and that bates mistaken apply thought he had pulled a stun gun. bates is 73. he's an insurance executive who was volunteering on the undercover operation. who's using reserve officers in our area? we asked the news4 i-team to find out. we are joined with what he

found. >> aux the officers don't carry guns xsz they carry radios and in some cases they can put you in kufz, including baltimore county auxiliary police wlo can make arrests for assault, disorderly conduct or destruction of property. hagerstown uses about 20 auxiliary officers for crowd control and special events. they get their own uniforms and vehicles. anne arundel uses reserved officers equipped with radios only for traffic and parking enforcement. montgomery county, prince george's county do not use reserve officers. but fairfax does. they use auxiliary officers but everybody involved every agency involved, says those volunteers do not carry guns, wendy. >> scott macfarlane, a good samaritan is being credited with saving the life of a police officer in miami. aif passing motorist used his

van to shield the officer from a shooting suspect. the suspect then stole the officer's cruiser. he was taken into custody after a chase and a shootout. the suspect and two bystanders were hurpt. all are expected to survive. the former nfl star at the center of a serial rape case is out of his alma mater's hall of fame. darren sharper was kicked out of the william and mary hall of fame after a guilty plea in one of the nine cases in which he's charged. women in four states say they were drugged and raped by sharper. he grew up in richmond, played safety at william & mary before his 14-year nfl career. last month he was also kicked out of his high school's hall of fame. nine educators from the atlanta area are now facing up to seven years in prison. a judge sentenced them today in connection to a widespread cheating controversy. stemming back to 2005. they're accused of changing responses to inflate test scores in 44 different schools.

those sentenced will face between one and seven years in prison. >> there were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing. this is not a victimless crime that occurred in this city. >> two educators did accept plea deals. of the two, one completely avoided jail time. the other will spend six months of weekends in jail. a school superintendent who was also indicted died from complications with breast cancer. a reformed jewel thief is giving some insight into last week's massive heist in london. larry lawton has analyzed the security camera footage released by scotland yard. he says it is clear this heist was carried out by professionals who were highly coordinated and it was probably an inside job. >> your first goal as a robber is to make sure you can get d that pretty good. second is to know what you're robbing. i think that's why i do believe it was an inside job. >> it's not clear how much the

thieves got away with during this easter weekend heist. estimates are as high as $300 million in diamonds, jewels and cash. google has fixed the glitch, but earlier today nsa leaker edward snowden had a presence of sorts at the white house. on google maps, a fake store listed as edward's snow den put him right in the middle of the executive mansion. marketing land which first noticed this hack says someone changed the address of a verified google map store location after it went live. big battle over college credit is brewing tonight in loudoun county as our bureau reporter david culver found out. a local community college is challenging a program that lets high school students earn college credit without paying tuition. >> reporter: prepping for their upcoming performance, studz at rock ridge high school theater course working with new state-of-the-art equipment. >> it's kind of like an escape

from i guess reality. >> reporter: sophomore jessica howard thinks this might be her career path. she's approved for next year's college-level theater course here paying only a fee, no tuition. she'll get credit after that. >> so to kind of get a college credit out of the way, that's really cool because i think that's less money. >> reporter: absolutely. in january we introduced you to mr. hank's physics class. welcome back. these students the first in the program getting free college credit, but they may also be the last. after our report northern virginia community college contacted state education officials. eventually challenging richard bland's jurisdiction in northern virginia and nbc spokeswoman didn't return our request for an interview. just last week, richard bland got a partial go-ahead. >> we got the approval from the state now. we are hoping question get approval from the county to keep on going for next year. >> reporter: the plan for next year was to expand the program

into theater biology, maybe even chemistry. but all of that now on hold. it's now loudoun county public schools stalling the program. it's unclear why. it creates uncertainty for students like jessica enrolled in next year's coarses. >> it would be a very sad thing for those of us who have put in work to be in this course. >> reporter: jessica doesn't care who backs the credit so long as she can still get them free of charge. >> i think it's less about what school sponsors it but more about the opportunities that are given to those of us who are very interested in this. >> reporter: in ashburn david culver news4. millions of health records may have been involved in hacking or data breaches according to a new study. published in the journal of the american medical association, they found that over a four-year span 949 data breaches were reported around the country. nearly 60% of those involved theft, and among the personal information taken, names, ages,

illnesses test results. experts say beware of phishing e-mails from fake doctors hospitals or insurers that require you to click links to get information. expectant women have yet another big reason to get a doctor early in their pregnancy. a new study tonight shows early onset of gestational diabetes can put their child at higher risk for autism. the children are 40% more likely to be diagnosed than other children. it only applies when the diabetes develops before the 26th week. diabetes risk factors include high cholesterol and high blood pressure. developing tonight a new law at a local county is try willing to snuff out e-cigarettes in public places. where they will be banned and why users will have to fork over more money to buy these e-cigarettes. some frustrated nationals fans say they were overcharged at the ballpark. why it happened and how the team is handling it.

and we're talking about rain that continues across our area. i'll show you when that rain moves out and what to expect over the next couple of days in

>> announcer: and now your storm team4 forecast. oh that forecast has rain. you can see the rain, the fog, also wind out there and some cool temperatures. right now a very dreary shot of

the national mall. but, hey, at least we have leaves on the trees finally. storm team4 radar showing the rain across the area, some of that rain toward the i-81 corridor, toward the panhandle west virginia, frederick county in virginia around winchester, more showers to the south. but this is the area of the heaviest rain and the most steady rain, south and east of d.c. we'll do a zoom here and show you what i'm talking about. charles county, st. mary's county, orn deal and route 4, route 5, leonardtown. we'll do another zoom and show you what's happening around the air naval station around drum point. see the area of yellow, the heavier rain right there along 235. here's route 5 coming out toward the chesapeake toward the leonardtown and mechanicsville areas. we continue to see the rain in and around our region. it's zbog to stick around for the rest of the evening hours. back to the west a little bit more broken up. you can see the steady rain is now moving off to the east. that's what i just showed you through parts of maryland. then we have breaks in the

action. we'll still see some shower activity through the evening hours but we're not talking a lot of rain as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. most of the heavy rain is just about out of here. take a look at the airport. there's the dreary shot once again, 55 degrees after a high yesterday of 80. we're now 25 degrees cooler part of that reason that northeasterly wind coming in at 10 miles per hour. it's 54 in gaithersburg 54 in baltimore, 56 toward patuxent river and a cool 52 degrees around 59 in fredericksburg, there's the 52 toward luray. when is the rain moving out? 6:00 still seeing some shower activity. but watch ha happens by 8:00. more scattered in variety around our region and most of it to the south of say 66 and 50. that's the line that we're going to be be looking at. more to of the north, just some cloud cover continuing. but even at 11:00, still light showers to the south. tomorrow morning it's all out of here. we're talking about cloud cover early in the morning. but really not that bad as far as the start goes. a cool start seasonably cool

temperatures around 49 degrees with some light sunshine in parts of the area but more sunshine during the afternoon as we see some clearing skies. between 4:00 and 6:00 temperatures get up to 69 degrees. not bad at all there. a high tomorrow of 70, 64 in martinsburg, 66 in gaithersburg. again starting off rather cloudy but then more sun as we move through the afternoon. high temperature of 68 on thursday. notice thursday, friday and saturday, we've got a 30% chance of showers there late thursday into early on friday. then again late saturday. but we're not talking a washout. 70 degrees on friday, most of the day looking dry. saturday most of the day looks dry. so if you've got games on saturday, some plans to get outdoors, i think saturday is going to be okay with a high of 74 degrees. it's something we're going to watch, though. there is a little system that will pass by. 68 on sunday. we don't have the chance of rain in there right now. we put it back in, though on monday. monday a little bit in the way of heavier rain with temperatures around 69. the good news, every day of the next seven looks to be at or a

little bit above average. >> nice. some nat fans not so happy with the ecash program at the ballpark ballpark. >> no, they're not. they say they were overcharged at the kuhnconcession stand. news4 explains just how it happened and what the team is now doing about it. >> reporter: montgomery county is proposing a tax on e-cigarettes and vapors. we'll hear from some of the people who use the products ahead. and a garage fire left her physically scarred, botched surgery made it worse. tonight changes for a local woman. her interview with news4 straight ahead.

they hit the bank just after it opened. tonight the search is on for a pair of robbers. they wore body suits and black masks. both appeared to have handguns but no one was hurt. $50 million. that's the amount of a lawsuit filed today by the family of a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the head in d.c. loved ones want answers and they want changes to the criminal justice system in the district. >> he's a fighter. he's doing much better today considering he was given only 35 minutes to live. >> jaden's mother still gets emotional talking about her

son's recovery. this video shows him walking as he continues his physical therapy with a bullet still lodged in his head. seven months ago jaden was hit by a stray bullet while he was at the playground at the mayfair mansions apartment complex in northeast. no arrests have been made, and the cochran firm now representing jaden's mother says the d.c. crime lab still has not processed crime scene evidence. >> we're calling on city council and the mayor to properly fund the crime lab. the delays that are occurring in the forensics lab and the ballistics lab are inexcusable. >> the lawsuit announced today names the owners of mayfair mansions the property management company, and the security company saying that while it's listed as a gated community, the gates were left open that night. >> i would hate to see another family go through what i've been through with jaden. >> jaden's speech vision and mobility have all greatly improved but he may never fully

recover all of his cognitive abilities. he turns 10 in june. the owner of mayfair mansions is the community preservation and development corporation based in silver spring. after expressing deep concern for jaden and his family, the group said in a statement, quote, as a washington, d.c., affordable housing developer we are committed to the safety of more than 9,000 residents and make major investments in the safety of our communities. but the work we do is not enough to alone effect real change. a shift in the culture of violence must be demanded by, insisted upon and led by the community itself. we also reached out to the department of forensic sciences which runs the cripple labme lab in d.c. it tells us that firearms testing in jaden's case has been done and the examiner has been in touch with the d.c. police. the woman accused of leaving her quadriplegic son alone in the woods for a week now faces a charge of attempted murder.

police say nia parler left her disabled 21-year-old in a park near her philadelphia home and traveled here to silver spring to spend the week with her boyfriend boyfriend. the son was found days later dehydrated but alive. he's in a philadelphia hospital tonight. parler is in a hospital in montgomery county with an undisclosed illness. >> a mother will be serving 20 years for failing to stop her husband from killing their toddler. in a tragedy that has prompted a reform of maryland's child welfare laws. the judge said that stephanie williams may be able to serve the time at a state prison that focuses on mental health. 21-year-old anyia williams died last year just three weeks after she was taken from a foster home and returned to her parents. well people using e-cigarettes in montgomery county may soon be forced to pay a little more. today the county council is calling on fees.

we got reaction from smokers to the new bill. >> reporter: e-cigarettes and vaporizers, two versions of the same thing. they heat a flavored liquid electronically and create a cloud of vapor that looks like smoke. it hasn't replaced tobacco but growing in popularity. >> i quit smoeging. that's why i started vaping. >> reporter: today a bill was introduced at the montgomery county council to tax e-cigarettes and vape paraphernalia. it's sponsored by tox hucker and co-sponsored by all the other council members except one. >> cigarettes are taxed at $2 per pack, smokeless and other tobacco products are taxed at 30% excise tax. we pick the same level for e-cigarettes. >> reporter: if the tax passes -- and it's believed that it will -- it will go into effect on july 1st. would you smoke electronic cigarettes less if there was a 30% tax? >> no. no. because i love vaping and stuff.

>> reporter: other vapors say they may purchase the product and paraphernalia outside of montgomery county. >> i'll look for other sources, you know, maybe even go out of state to get the juice or whatever. i mean, it's not hard to get online. >> reporter: that brings up the question, how will the proposed 30% tax affect business? coming up on news4 at 6 we'll hear from the people who make a living selling electronic cigarettes and vaporizers here in montgomery county. chris gordon, news4. well, uber says its service now has a permanent home in maryland. because of a newly passed bill by state lawmakers, passed last night. it will require uber drivers to undergo county federal and multistate background checks. their vehicles will also need a $1 million primary insurance coverage and certified mechanics will have to inspect cars that are used every year. frustrated fans at nats park after a software glitch caused some fans to be overcharged. consumer reporter erika gonzalez is here to explain.

>> jim, ecash cards are a form of payment that you can use while inside nats park at places like concession stands and the team store. but we got a call from a viewer who says his ecash card was overcharged and caused his account to go in the red. after we got the tip, we contacted a spokesperson for the nats who confirmed double charges happened to a limited number of season plan holders with ecash accounts during the first home stand. apparently it was a software glitch, as jim mentioned that set all this in motion. we're told the problem has been resolved and impacted accounts have been credited. if you're still having issues with your account you can send a complaint to the nats. go to the consumer watch facebook page. we posted a link where you can send information about your case specifically. tonight a shooter is in custody in connection with a shooting at a community college that was fatal. why police are investigating the murder as a possible hate crime.

we are proud to be the first state in the nation to enact this important legislation. >> new tonight, how virginia is breaking new ground for families with disabled children.

the deadly shooting at a north carolina community college is now being investigated as a possible hate crime. the suspected shooter kenneth morgan stancil iii is now in custody. he was found sleeping on a beach in daytona beach florida. he is accused of killing his former boss at wayne community college in goldsboro yesterday. police are looking into whether ron lane made romantic advances toward stancil. they are also looking into stan il's tattoo including the number 88 which can be a reference to hitler. a jury says he's guilty, but relatives of dzhokhar tsarnaev say the case against him is all lies. tsarnaev's cousins in chechnya say they're unhappy with the attorneys who represented him and they're sure neither he nor his brother tamerlan had anything to do with the attacks. three people were killed, more than 200 injured when bombs went off at the boston marathon finish line nearly two years ago now. tsarnaev faces the death penalty

in the case. heartbreak inspired one of his greatest songs. tonight fans, friends, family, heartbroken over the passing of percy sledge. ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪ sledge died this morning after a long battle with cancer. he was a member of the rock and role hall of fame and his most famous song "when a man loves a woman." it reached number one on billboard charts. he also received accolades for his rendition of "if loving you is wrong." percy sledge was 74 years old. actress rita wilson is encouraging people to get a second opinion when it comes to your health. that push after acknowledging she underwent a duct mastectomy for breast cancer. she spoke with "people" magazine urging second opinions saying in part, you have noth lose if both opinions match up for good and everything to gain if something that was missed is found. she tells the magazine, thanks to a second opinion and early diagnosis, she expects a full

recovery. we're taking a look at the rain right now across the area. rain will continue right on through the evening hours, and then things turn a little bit better. but we're not done with the rain just yet. a couple more days of it in my forecast, come pg up. parents with disabled children they worry about what their kids will do when they're gone. tonight there's a new groundgraekingground groundbreaking law in virginia that will ease those concerns. it's a dramatic transformation. straight ahead at 5:00 a local woman who survived a fire explains how new surgery ♪ ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ ♪ need a little honey in the bowl.

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got to tell you wendy and i were talking a good day to be indoors. a lot of activity, doug. >> one thing you notice, though we had the sunshine yesterday, the rain today. look how green everything is right now. that is really what's happening. allergies, know, is going to be a thing we're talking about tomorrow. not such a big deal today with the rain across the area. let's look outside toward ruston right now, still some raindrops on the lens but notice the clouds a little thinner. they're a little high ner the atmosphere so not nearly as much rain back toward the reston area. a little lower cloud cover around the d.c. metro area including toward the airport. you can see a few more raindrops there. currently 55 with light rain at the airport notice the temperatures not going anywhere too fast. dropping maybe a degree or two over the next couple of hours. still seeing some showers through 7:00. then we're just talking about cooler temperatures around 9:00 and 11:00. it is much cooler than it was yesterday, 80 yesterday with

plenty of sunshine, right now 54 in gaithersburg, 54 toward manassas. here's the rain. once again, most of the heavier stephier rain is pushing to the east. shower activity to the west will continue to move through the region. as it does, we will continue to see the wet roads. give yourself extra time. the warm air down to the south that's where we have some thunderstorm activity, too. even some stronger thunderstorms around raleigh. but notice how much longer we have for the rain to continue to move on through here, most likely through about 8:00, 9:00 tonight. we'll continue to see the rain. let me get out of the way. these are the kids at stenwood elementary today the kindergarteners here in vienna. had a great time talking to them all about the weather across our region today. now, tomorrow much better. the kids excited. why? they can have outdoor recess again. they did not have it today. mostly cloudy, more sun in the afternoon, temperatures 64 to about 71 degrees. so a very nice afternoon tomorrow. good day to get out maybe on the bike. 54 at 9:00 a.m. cool with clouds. then more sunshine late in the

day, temperature around 69 by 5:00. and sun goes down tomorrow at 7:44. really starting to get a lot more as far as daylight goes across our region. 68 for a high on thursday with a light chance of some shower activity. not expecting much on thursday though, oh, friday. just 30% chance. same deal on saturday. high temperature saturday of 74. then back around average, 68 degrees on sunday, most of the day looking okay with some cloud cover. next chance of rain coming up during the day on monday. but, as i mentioned, just about every day at least at or a little above average. we're here to celebrate a very important success for virginia and for families who have members with a disability. we are proud as you've heard to be the first state in the nation to enact this important legislation. >> it's called the able law. it's being praised by parents with children with zablts. signed by governor terry mcauliffe in arlington today. zach quiche will show us how it

helps families rest a little easier. >> reporter: nicholas a 6-year-old from richmond loves to swim. david from fairfax county is a runner and works on the hill. in cutie is a third grader from delaware. kayla, nice to meet you. my name is zachary. >> hi. >> reporter: each of these young people and countless others live with disabilities. today was a win for all of them and their families. meet steve. he's nick's dad. >> one of the biggest concerns i have as a parent with a child with special needs is what happens when we're gone? >> reporter: the able act will allow individuals with disabilities and their families to set up tax-exempt accounts just like college savings accounts. but the money can be used for future living expenses. >> it's a big day. >> reporter: a day starting with a big dream at the kitchen table of katherine beck and her late husband steve eight years ago. >> individuals with challenges will no longer be forced to live in a life of poverty. that's where we were. >> reporter: because it was right but also because, as parents of a teen daughter with down syndrome they were

impacted. in the end thousands signed on. the national down syndrome society autism speaks. it was advocate-driven and they were heard. >> virginia is the first, and natalie will probably be the first account to open. >> reporter: the bill which passed in late february made virginia the first to take advantage. today governor terry mcauliffe made it official and says more than 30 other states are in the process of following suit and leaning on virginia for support. >> i mam in your future. >> reporter: a win for nicholas a win for virginia families. reporting in northern virginia, zachary quiche, news4. the tsa calls it egregious and intolerable. two agents are out of a job, two others reassigned while the agency looks into allegations of passengers being groped on purpose. this happened at the denver airport. investigators say one agent would signal to another if they

found a male passenger attractive. that agent would then purposely register them in the body scanner incorrectly as a female which would create an anomaly. and that would prompt a pat-down of the genital area. a boxer from the hampton roads area has passed away after a fight. his trainer said it should have been an easy win. steven copeland won a match friday before going against a boxer with less experience on saturday. at some point he took a knee and signaled he needed to stop. his trainer says he got up walked over before throwing up and lying down. doctors rushed him to the hospital. >> it is a dangerous sport but it is also a sport that people do because they are passionate and they love to do it. and that also we have support for the person he was boxing. >> it's unclear why copeland went down in the first place. he passed away in the hospital last night after slipping into a coma. a large cargo ship is now

free after it got stuck in the delaware river in new jersey. it became stuck in the muddy river bottom early this morning. the coast guard tug boat was eventually able to push that big ship and get it on its way. first lady michelle obama got a little emotional during her speech to students today about gospel mufkt. she hosted a student workshop at the white house. more than 130 school kids from all over the country including maryland and virginia took part. they learned how gospel music inspired other american music. famous gospel artists shared their experiences. the first lady says gospel is much more than about expressing one's religious beliefs. >> when times are dark and when you're struggling gospel music is that ray of hope and it gives you that strength. and i know that that's the role that gospel music plays for so many because when you really think about it we all are going to face some kind of struggle

one day. >> gospel artists include darlene love, lyle lovett and aretha franklin, they all perform at the white house tonight. tonight we have the emotional story of a woman badly burned in a fire as a child. years later she's still trying to heal after a series of surgeries including one botched procedure. news4's kristin wright sits down with chrissy orcedas today who will be be on the e! network's "botched" today. >> second and third degree burns. >> reporter: the reconstructive surgery that was supposed to help chrissy heal disfigured her. >> my jaw ended up going from kind of like this to like this. >> reporter: chrissy was badly burned in a fire at her home in darnztown maryland when she was 10 years old. years of surgery followed the worst in 2005. >> just a thick red scar all across my chin. >> reporter: this is where the e! network show "botched" enters

the picture. >> greatest potential for improvement. >> where have these doors been all my life? >> reporter: her story is on the season 2 premiere tonight. she goes under the knife again, her first reconstructive surgery in almost ten years. her last attempt. >> it has healed me in so many ways i can't describe. >> reporter: the 31-year-old now living in d.c. can finally smile. >> i went from being the person who just didn't smile and if i did it was like -- i would somehow angle my body so you couldn't see my huge chin when i smiled. now i can actually smile front on and not feel as insecure. >> reporter: at 6, how "botched" not only helped chrissy heal but her family. kristin wright, news4. an encounter with police leaves a baltimore man in a coma. >> tonight we have new video of his arrest and a witness account of how it all went down. >> announcer: i'm tom sherwood in northwest washington. that big green machine is going to go in this giant hole.

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virginia state police got a number of calls yesterday about a possible plane landing along i-95 here in the stafford county area. turns out, this is what they were seeing. one of our staff members snapped these pictures last year of the so-called spirit of lemons, the vehicle owned by a police

officer actually a car that's been outfitted with the body of a cessna plane. that's cool. a hard landing sends 20 passengers to the hospital in japan. this happened this morning. witnesses say sparks started to fly when the airasia plane landed and skidded off the runway. it may have hit a radar ins installation. none of the injuries are considered serious. a baltimore man remains in a coma tonight more than 48 hours after an encounter with police officers that witnesses called excessive force. relatives sentd this image of the man in the hospital yesterday. they say he has fractured vertebrae and currently needs a machine to help him breathe. >> reporter: a screaming man pinned beneath two baltimore city police officers. >> a really hope that somebody sees this for what it is.

it's police brutality, dude. >> reporter: neighborhood cell phone cameras were rolling on sunday at mount street in baltimore. this is moments after police say a man ran away from the officers who tried to arrest him for reasons police won't divulge. the man is hospitalized now with serious injuries. >> they had him in a crab-like position where his legs were bent back and his arms were -- he was handcuffed. and at this point they had knees in his back and in his head. >> reporter: witnesses, some of them friends of the man, say as officers lifted him up, his legs appeared to go limp as officers took him into the patty wagon. >> i can't explain it. i'm not a doctor. what i can tell you is that the individual attempted to flee and was able to run. this individual was not able to run when he was transported. at no time -- and i've seen the video a number of times -- did i see a use of force at that moment. but again, the video is a portion of the incident. >> reporter: friends of the man tell us i's at shock trauma and is on life support.

>> the medical team knows there was severe damage to his spinal cord three cracked vertebrae. >> reporter: police promise a fair investigation. >> and we will follow this investigation wherever the truth leads us. >> i'm tired of the police brutality, man. everybody wanting to know why we dislike the police. here you go. now at 6, case closed. the long search for violent bank robbers known as the black hat bandits catches a huge break. off the list. the move by president obama to take down another barrier between the u.s. and cuba. and meet lucy. how this machine will make life easier in the long run for some local neighborhoods. first at 6 new details in the case involving the so-called black hat bandits. since the start of the year this group of robbers have targeted nine banks throughout our region, netting tens of thousands of dollars. tonight we've learned at least one of them has confessed. news4's pat collins is live in

northwest d.c. with details on this. pat? >> reporter: they robbed six banks in virginia, two banks in maryland but when they robbed this wells fargo here in d.c., curtains. now a confession. a 66-year-old man, a 66-year-old man says he's the black hat bandit. it appears the fbi has solved the case of the black hat bandits. a group of armed bank robbers said to be be responsible for nine bank jobs in d.c., virginia, and maryland. they were known for their military- military-like precision, their brazen guns-drawn tactics, fake beards and of course the black hats. according to court documents 66-year-old thomas anthony