ce in advance what he was going to do. he even e-mailed several news organizations, including enough. >> in a statement, the fax said it had no idea about this plan. >> reporter: a florida report here has been in contact with the pilot says that he took off from gettysburg pennsylvania. about an hour flight time from here. take a look at this video. witnesses confirm that it was coming in from the west flying about 30 feet above the national mall and the capitol reflective pool. that is restricted airing space for anyone flying below 18,000 feet. and the faa had no notification that this flight was taking place. he was coming in in a gyro copter. think helicopter but lighter, smaller, maybe no more than a few hundred pounds and there is no engine to power the rotor. there is the insignia of the u.s. postal service on the side

and some thought it was an official flight by the post office. until it plopped down about a half city block from the capital itself. the u.s. capitol police were there waiting for him as it handed. the man did not get out until ordered to do so. and law enforcement sources tell us tonight, necessary custody. they're questioning him and they will be at the point from which he launched to see if there's any more evidence to be gathered there. back to you. our team coverage continues with what we're learning about the pilot's motive. steve handelsman is working that angle. a 61-year-old doug hughes, that doesn't come from police or national security officials. it come from hughes himself. and he clearly could have been killed and not just in a crash of this mini chopper. here's some video of his arrest. lawmakers say capitol police had

at least one rifleman on the balcony set to shoot this pilot if it looked like the small chopper would strike the capitol building but it didn't. it appears this was not a terrorist attack. instead a protest. hughes who is a 61-year-old florida postal worker put up an elaborate website announcing his plans which he call civil disobedience. he said i have no violent inclinations or swenltintent. just delivering the mail. and he had 535 letters, one addressed to every member of congress. to galvanize millions of people to change the government. that was his dream. he said i don't believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle but i would rather die in the flight than live to be 80 years old and see

this country fall. hughes charges that our electoral process is corrupt. he says there's too much money involved. and now he will be investigated seems certain to be prosecuted on a long list of apparent violations. perhaps more significantly, national security officials have got to be scrambling right now to figure out how this aircraft that's what it is. albeit a small one. it could have carried chemicals. how in the world this craft got from pennsylvania here through infamous well known no-fly zone without being detected and made it all the way here to capitol hill. steve handlesman news4. we have a developing story. rails service on one end of the metro line is shut down after the pedestrian bridge just collapsed between the college park and green belt stations.

let's go now to shomari stone who has been live on the scene all afternoon. >> reporter: first i have new information for you. the spokesperson tells me that the green line service between college park and green belt will be suspended overnight and tomorrow morning so you have to plan accordingly. this will affect thousands of people. let me move out of the way. you can see now, crews are beginning to assess what's going on. and they will have to move that concrete you see over there. approximately 30 to 40 feet in length. move it off the tracks. let's take look from chopper 4 from above. the equipment operator was using the crane to scoop up ballast or rocks from the container and dumping it between the tracks. he was working on the test tracks and are to some reason he hit the pedestrian bridge. causing it to lapse.

a train wasn't moving. commuters are getting off the metro train because the green line is suspended. they're getting on shuttle buses, provided by metro. again, you will have to do that tomorrow morning as well. i found out it will likely it will be suspended tomorrow morning news4. a gaithersburg teenager is admitting he is the one who painted the hate graffiti on a local synagogue and he said he's sorry and he meant no harm. derrick ward talked to the teenager and the rabbi. >> reporter: the graffiti is gone. the indelible mark left on the psyche of the synagogue is this community, you can't necessarily power wash that awayful there's a process that has begun. it began in what's going on in

the synagogue and surprisingly with an apology from the teen behind the graffiti. >> i really regret it and i'm really sorry. it's nothing personal. >> reporter: but finding a ing aing a swastika and a kkk was a personal afront to the people who worship here. >> reporter: she was a holocaust survivor. ironically there will be a film here with lesson that's couldn't be more appropriate now. >> what she did with her life after the war to help make the world bear place. so we use really bad experiences to make something good. >> reporter: there has always been some of that. these drawings that had born symbols of hate. the rabbi thanked the police for acting so quickly making an arrest. now he says it is up to the congregation. >> i want to apologize to the

jewish community and everybody. probably even my friends are probably disappointed. >> reporter: both espinoza and the rabbi want a dialogue. he faces vandalism charges. and against a religious facility. it is an hate crime but a little more than an average vandly charge. he can get up to nine years if convicted on all those. derrick ward. news4. now to a story you'll see only on news4. security changes coming to the white house. it all has to do with the gate. we've learned that tomorrow the federal loft will approve new steel spikes to keep people from climbing over it. scott? >> reporter: good evening. one of two federal agency would

add a half inch steel spike at the tot of the bench. there are latest fallout from a it frommening gate jumping months ago when a man made it over the fence, across the white house lawn and boo the east room before he was stopped. the national park service documents obtained by the i-team say they want a half inch steel spikes atop the fence. it would be added to fencing all traunld white house complex and they would be in close proximity to make it more difficult to climb. the commission of fine arts one of the two that must aprof it is expected to do so tomorrow in a meeting at the national building museum. the other one is expected to do so in early may. he said this is long needed. is it too easy?

>> no question. the fence, we had a veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over. >> reporter: they reviewed internal documents from the national park service which show the agency is considering more sweeping changes in 2016 including potentially, raising the fences to ten feet. or installing a second double fence inside the existing one. the d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton said she is concerned about the height. >> it shouldn't be so massive that people wonder where is the white house. >> reporter: they are expected to improve enhancements. you're looking at sketches, the current image of the check point is on top. an artist's ernlgd are of changes at the bottom. no kolt from the secret service or the national park service. other internal documents show

preliminarily other possibilities have been ruled out including the placement of an electric five rail. a barbed wire scenario around the perimeter. and the potential of raising ityond ten feet. we have more details on the breaking news we brought you from the live desk minutes ago. fairfax county police officer william bud walker has been charged with two counts of possessing child pornography. it was a tim from a social media networking site that said images had been uploaded from a local address. he was arrested today and you may recognize him. he served as the public information officer for the last six years. he is being held without bond and we are told additional charges are possible.

>> we're keeping tabs on the two big stories. metro's green line is being shut down. and we'll get an update. plus making a political statement at the comment. up next why jurors needed a week to find him guilty. >> reporter: i'm at the verizon center for game one between the capitals and the islanders. the head coach barry trotz wants to see a certain something. i should have been rocking the red instead of the pink as we go into the

attorneys for aaron hernandez are expected to appeal the life sentence. the jurors who convicted hernandez are talking about that decision. >> reporter: he was once one of the brightest stars. now the former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez is a convicted murderer. the jury's decision came on the seventh day of deliberations after a nine-week trial on the testimony of more than 130

witnesses. jurors finding he killed his friend and left his body in a vacant lot not far are hernandez' home. as the jury delivered its verdict, hernandez shook his head and handed in a chair. in the victim impact statement, lloyd's mother offered her son's killer forgiveness, though she didn't mention hernandez by name. my baby's foot prints is in my heart forever. >> reporter: despite having no murder weapon, no witnesses to the shooting and offering no clear motive prosecutors were able to tie hernandez to the crime scene through cell phone records and surveillance videos. >> the fact peace of professional athlete mention nothing in the end. as he citizen who was held accountable by the jury for his depraved conduct. >> reporter: jurors. his star status meant nothing during deliberations. >> we followed court's orders and assumed that the man sitting

in that seat is innocent until the prosecution proved he is guilty. and that's what happened. >> reporter: the 25-year-old taken away in hand cuffs and shackles moments after the verdict was read. it ensures he will die in prison penaltying an appeal. nbc news new york. and a call for kindness in boston while remembering a vicious attack on that city. the bols that exploded at the finish line two years ago today. today state and city leaders unveiled new banners. showing a white heart with the word boston in the middle. and a moment of silence followed by tolling church bells. remembering the three people who died and the 260 who were seriously hurt. bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev has been convicted in the attack and the sentencing phase starts next week. we are less thang an hour from the cams' first game of the playoffs. they're back and they have their eyes on the stanley cup.

jason is at the verizon center. >> reporter: they're feeling pretty good. this capitals team is a complete team this season. everything everyone has the same question. is this the year the caps punch through? this is game one between the capitals and the islanders. i want to show you some video. you they are arriving at the arena. alex ovechkin who led the league. the goaltend hear tremendous season. the home barry trotz always looks forward to this time. year. >> this is really the fun time of the year. this is when you get all the emotions that you feel as a human being. come out. in a positive way or a negative way. and how we handle every situation with those emotions are a real he key. you heard from barry trotz, the head coach.

the last two seasons for him. he missed out in the post season so you know he is fired up. coming up later, carol maloney will join me. and we'll hear from from a couple players who should have big role in this series. back to you. >> thank you. >> if that game goes past 11:00, metro rail will go until 1:00 a.m. that's if the game rugs past 11:00. and we've been asking for your playoff predictions. we asked you in our flash survey how far do you think the caps will go? 26% of you think they'll go to the finals. 43% think they'll go deep into the playoffs. sadly, 31% think they're one and done. let's home they're wrong.u. you should have reminded me.

let's show you what's going on around the area. if you're heading toward the verizon center look at this. a lot of green around the region until you get to the sky. a lot of gray. 66 right now. it is a very nice evening. 63 in gaithersburg. 63 toward winchester. today, very similar to what i think we'll see. notice no, rain on the radar. you don't have to go too far to the southwest to see that rain. look around roanoke. notice how it has been shunltd to the south. all of that with the area of high pressure. see it making its way. the precipitation, the rain not able to make it to the ground. even though area of low pressure. i think we'll see it tomorrow. look at this. be we're seeing at least some

sun. the rain stays to the west and the south once again. not the case on friday. be the rain tries to come in here. we see a couple showers. here come the bulk of the showery. most likely between noon and about 4:00 we'll see some shower activity. it won't be very heavy so don't expect that. i would make sure you keep it handy if you think about getting lunch outside. tomorrow's impacts, no worries. getting out and about 66 for a high tomorrow. 70 toward fredericksburg. nice and mild. we will see that sunshine off and on tomorrow. once again, kind of like today. a lot of cloud cover with that storm system to the south and west. 68 on thursday. 73 on friday. we have a pretty good chance of showers. about a 40% chance. a few showers. and nothing heavy. still nice and mild. so not a bad friday. but saturday is the day.

a beautiful saturday. 76 degrees. plenty of sunshine. it will be the warnlest weekend day that we've seen since the end of september. almost seven months ago. at least we're moving into some nice stuff. 65 on sunday. auld weekend looks good. it will stick around through most of the day on monday. some of it could be heavy at times. away from the capital, there was something else flying in the district. the drone that could change the way police handle crime scenes. and police say he

sandra day o'conner pick up a nice honor today. the group seneca women awarded her the power for purpose award. justices elena kagan and son i can't sotomayor on hand. she was the first feel justice appointed to the court in 1981. she retired in 2006 and she now

groups to educate young girls in civics. chief justice john roberts got a different honor. he was called for jury duty. he showed up at the montgomery county courthouse in rock ville this morning. he was a potential juror in a civil case involving a car crash. he answered a few questions and then stop the presses, he was not chosen for the jury. we've heard about the aircraft. but some drones are being used to pre serve crime scenes before they're contaminated. >> reporter: dozens captured the scene on cell phones. a flying drone that can tikriti 3d 360-degree images of crime scenes before anyone can contaminate them.

>> reporter: it was in the five story it a reup in southwest washington near national mall. the city's crime search office is thinking of bind one. >> if you screw up the scene, then anything that come after that might be compromised. >> would you contaminate or lose evidence you don't get it back. >> you have to get it right the first time it is suitable for indoor or outdoor useful this is an example of the murder scene shown to the investigators. none of whom were authorized to talk to news4. >> if you're a crime scene investigator entering into a crime scene, it is very important to locate where the evidence is. >> reporter: the drone can be used to map out routes like inaugural parades and public

gatherings. looking for security weak spots. in the district, news4. waiting outside in the elements to get on your plane. that's not fun. but thing could be changing. the story coming up. plus dedicated to the lives lost and saved during the holoca

if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags.

a short time ago we learned that the green line metro service will remain suspended through tomorrow morning. this all come after a construction crew accidentally hit and knocked down a pedestrian bridge that runs over the tracks near berwyn road between those two stations. no one was hurt. right now crews are working to get the 30 to 40 feet of concrete off those tracks. and shuttle buses are running between the stations. all rail service currently suspended there and expected to remain suspended through morning commute. we'll push any changes through to you with our nbc washington app. and stay tuned to news4 today to get updates. thanks.

still developing. charges against a florida mailman who handed a gyrocopter on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol. doug hughes publicized the flight on his website. calling it a protest for campaign finance reform. we've learned that he took off from gettysburg and made it into the no-fly zone undetected without the approval or knowledge. nbc news has learned the secret service interviewed hughes about his plans last year and there will be a full report on "nbc nightly news" at the top of the hour. news4 and several other media outlets received an e-mail from hughes early this afternoon. he said, quote, the issue is important enough to defy no-fly zone and risk life and limb and my freedom in pursuit of an honest government that represents the people. now, to bullets flying through the walls of a fairfax county home. missing a woman by just a few feet. >> police say those shots came from her neighbor's basement.

live in oakton with what police seized from that neighbor's house. it shows what the officers got out of this house. it includes a handgun, a rifle, several magazines and shell casing sthat belong to bullets that were fired right into miss sally thomas' house. >> every time i open and close the door you know you can see that it still there. >> reporter: sally thomas left to clean up a week's old mess. inning there is a bullet hole. here's a bullet hole. and here's this one right here. >> reporter: piercing her deck's screen. then shootering the glass doors and ultimately hitting the wall past the kitchen. we found one, two, three bullet holes. >> i'm still just speechless. >> reporter: miss thomas had just woken up. walk out of the bedroom and

right before she stepped into the bedroom, more gunshots. >> i was walking this way. when i got to just about here i heard the terrible noise. >> reporter: the shots missed her only by a few feet. >> so i called 911 and said somebody is shooting at my house. >> reporter: police didn't have to go far to track down the source. as officers investigated they saw several men walking out of the house behind miss thomas's. they asked her if she was having trouble with her neighbor. and i said no. he is a really nice guy. and he said police said that's where it is coming from. >> reporter: these three men now arrested and charged with firing guns. police say it came from the home's basement. she now has an unwanted keep sake in her hand and holding tight to her dog, she said her army grandson has a gift for her. >> and he is going on give me a combat ribbon. which i think i deserve. i don't know what we're going to do for tilly.

>> the three men who were allegedly shooting from inside this house have been charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and reckless handling of a fire article. one is always convicted felon so he faces an additional charge. >> i'm glad she's okay. thank you. a 150-year sentence was handed down for a convicted rapist who preyed on men he met at beer pong tournaments. joey poindexter was sentenced for assaulting five men over the past decade. prosecutors believe there may be as many as 20 more victims based on video and photo of the attacks that poindexter recorded. they call it fight for 15. minimum wage workers rallied outside the wilson building in d.c. they're demanding that the minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour. they say many low wage workers have to rely on public assistance to buy food. >> a lot of these workers don't pay taxes.

they don't make enough in wages to pay taxes. if they got a fair wage they would be able to krob as opposed to taking. >> reporter: similar protests took place in new york and other cities across the country. new at 6:00 we're learning more specifics about plans to expand reagan national airport. one of the biggest chalgs could be seen at security. adam explains how could it impact you. >> reporter: here at the north end of the airport where passengers regularly have to wait out in the elements to board, a more comfortable experience in the works. >> if you've ever flown on commuter flights and had to stand in the rain and snow to get on the plane, we'll put a roof over your head. >> reporter: this gives you a better idea. the yellow is the b and c terminals. the purple the new concourse that's coming. you can see it would be more of a traditional concourse with gates. >> shuttle buses at least on u.s. airways are not pleasant to

take. >> reporter: could you do without them. >> definitely. >> reporter: hallelujah. those plaengs get second class status. had a flight delayed because there were no trash bags on board and we had to wait for some. that's not the only big change coming. they want to create more space for travelers by moving the security check points so that the main hall and shops like sam and harry's and legal seafoods are behind security. more travelers here forcing this change. >> growth is always good. you'll have people that don't agree with that but i'm supportive of expanding it. >> reporter: when does it all start? no exact date set. the airport authority said it wants to have all of this built in four or five years. now the whole groat plan at reagan national airport expected to cost over $1 billion. if you want to see all the plans, go to our website. nbcwashington.com and search reagan expansion. news4. still ahead, dash cam video

shows a violent end to a stand-off with an armed robbery suspect. he survived. what police say about the office here drove right at him. who is now back on the job. and a fight over a local golf course. the setback for neighbors fighting to keep it from getting redeveloped. tomorrow not looking too bad. we have 48 degrees to start but rising into the 60s during the afternoon. if you're thinking about getting out there, maybe playing a little golf. not

an arizona police chief said if they had not stopped the man, someone else could have gotten hurt. video from two different cruisers show an arm man walking down the street and firing a weapon into the air. the cruiser slams into him going 40 miles an hour. police say the man had just committed a series of cri tucson that included stealing a rifle from the local walmart.

here's the other view. the officer who hit him was cleared of any wrongdoing and this happened in february but this video was just released. in prince george's county work is moving forward on a massive project to preserve holocaust-related artifacts. a ground breaking in bowie today. 80,000 square feet this building will be. and it will have climate controlled rooms. the holocaust museum says when survivors are no longer able to tell their stories, there are concerns that a popular golf course could be turned into new homes. some sometime ago they asked the fairfax zoning administrator if the property was zoned in a way that could be developed after some back and forth. the board of zoning reached a conclusion that could make it easier to redevelop.

the group rescue reston promises a fight. >> both golf courses in reston have been open space since the beginning. no one ever anticipated that they could be developed into anything other than recreational open space. >> a lawyer for the golf course owners responds to concerns with this statement. this was only an effort to confirm property rights. this was not an effort to rezone or change anything. it is 1865 and the president is dead. and his killer is on the run. >> next retracing the route of john wilkes booth through modern day maryland and virginia. where stop before he was koernld and killed 150 years ago.

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the playing. taps and a wreath laying outside the peterson house on tenth street in northwest d.c. this morning. it marked the exact moment 150 years ago, 7:22 a.m. when president lincoln passed away after he was shot while watching a play across the street at ford's theater. while lincoln lay dying gunman john wilkes booth was make hegs escape. the massive manhunt lasted 12 days. he made stops along the way to ask for help. chris lawrence takes us on that route. >> reporter: the president is dying but his killer won't be caught so easily. john wilkes booth meets up with

his co-conspirator and they head south to what is now mound clinton. try to imagine this place without the cars trucks and stores. this was all tobacco fields. and right now. here new cut road. the proimary stagecoach line between d.c. and southern maryland. they arrived at surratt's tavern. a known confederate safe house. >> he knew this was a trusted place to stop. however briefly. >> reporter: booth is on horseback. >> his leg is broken when he gets here. he will not physically set foot inside. >> reporter: mary would hang for what she does next. fetching a package that had been stashld here just for booth. >> in that package were binoculars which would serve him well in his he is came. >> reporter: the most important items were hidden in the loft. >> this is really what booth was after. >> absolutely. he is needing these two guns.

>> reporter: they know they have to keep moving so they push on further south. >> reporter: around 4:00 in the morning they got here now waldorf, maryland in the home of dr. samuel mudd. booth didn't plan to stop here. he had to. how bad off was booth by this point? >> he was rather frail and certainly in a lot of pain. >> reporter: so the doctor lays him out on this very couch. >> he couldn't get boot off. the leg had swollen to such a degree that he had to take him upstairs. >> reporter: he knew booth and some historians say he was in on the original plot to kidnap lincoln. >> and dr. mudd provided 12 hours of rest food lodging. and medical treatment. >> reporter: but the doctor would testify, he didn't recognize the man in his home. until he learned the president is dead and orders booth and harold off his property. >> he missed being hung by one vote. >> reporter: harold and booth head to a confederate

sympathizer's home and then held out in pine trees. federal troops are scouring the area and round up most of the accomplices accomplices. they cross the potomac and make their way into virginia. after a night in a cabin, they get down to garrett's farm. today it is roopt 301 near port royal but there was a barn here where they tried to hole up. that's where the cavalry finally corners john wilkes booth. so as the officer involved tries to negotiate with booth, someone sets the barn on fire. booth in bad shape, hops toward the door. that's when the sergeant shoots him. booth is paralyzed. they carry him to the porch where he dies right around sunrise. 12 days after president lincoln was killed the assassin meets his end. >> and you can see a map of booth's escape route and historic sites along the way at nbc washington.com.

search lincoln 150. and make sure you watch this saturday morning for the lincoln assassination with aaron gilchrist. it is a special program marking the 150th year since the death of our 16th president. >> it will be good to see them all together. >> and it is all in our area. >> something you don't hear very often. i had never heard that story about booth. that's pretty cool stuff. >> a pretty nice day today. more to come? >> yeah. today is kind of an average day. i have a great day on saturday man. it will be beautiful and it happens to coincide. today is just an average day. the average high 67 degrees. that's about where we were all afternoon. look at the cloud cover. it helps to keep the temperatures a little at or below average in many areas skeefl in dulles. 63 over toward annapolis. not much on the radar but notice

to the south, some shower activity. it is trying to move up to our region. but high pressure continues to bring the to the south. nope. that area of high pressure keeping things dry, wall way toward the border. that area of high pressure will be strong enough to hold the rain at bay. 70 in warnon. 70 in fredericksburg. very similar to todayism do think we could see more sunshine during day tomorrow. around the beth daze area 67 66. just like today, we'll get to about 68 degrees in d.c. under those partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. 73 on friday. friday we'll have a good chance of some shower activity. we have a 40% chance but they'll be off and on during the day. nothing heavy. don't worry about that. there's saturday.

when a weekend we've got. the warmest weekend day we've seen in over six months. 76 degrees, sunny and beautiful. clouds on the increase. most of the day sunday is dry but rain later and it will be raining into the night into early monday. we've got a couple of great days coming up. >> i'm throwing a party. coming up we go to playoff

caps back in the playoffs and jason and carol at the verizon center. >> yeah. this guy has been singing "let's get it started." they're warmed up ready to go the caps and the islanders. >> a few things to catch up on. a couple players injured. thomas wilson will sit this one out. that according to the head coach. this time of year even if guys

were banged up you know they'll go come playoff time. >> one of those things it is do or die. it is the playoffs. everyone wants a play. obviously you want to feel your best. and i feel really good. >> i think our team is well prepared for a playoff run as we can be. a lot of things along the way. i think the biggest thing is keep the foot on the gas. i think we've had a couple series. teams have been able to come back on us. so it is something to prevent. >> the caps head coach has more post season experience than any capitals head coach in franchise history. it is on his resume that has alex ovechkin buying in and believing his coaching style. trotz has an attention to detail and emphasizes team unit while playing a physical game perfectly fit to the that playoffs. they say all they have to do is put their trust in trotz and they could have the experience of a lifetime.

>> he's really done good job of creating a family. and at the time over the course of the season you don't recognize it. now you do. how important that unity is to go far in playoffs. >> he's brought in a lot. he's changed the whole aspect of the locker room. made us just a tighter group. >> more accountability. it maybe means we don't get as many goals or points or headlines. that sort of thing. you want the right headlines. we want a team built to win long term. inning those words downtown so nice. the leadership the players and the home ice. >> hopefully this is year they get it done. >> let's go talk to baseball. the bats finally woke up. they were out at fenway. dual remembrances taking place.

remembering theville of the boston marathon bombing and jackie robinson being reynold for breaking the color barrier. as for the game third inning wilson ramos clearing the bases with this huge hit right here. he was a wrecking ball today. this one coming off wade miley of the red sox. double booze the corner. seventh inning, they're down to a three-point lead. and tyler moore adding an insurance run. it takes bobby ross jr. a two-run shot. they go on to win by a final score of 10-5. tomorrow the nationals, they will play host to the philadelphia phillies. let's hope we can keep that going. >> they need today. we're going back to the caps and islanders. we have to tell but the last two times these two teams met in the post season.

1993. jason was in diapers. >> i was 10. >> he had to see a defining moment in caps franchise history postseason. dale hunter. this is the way he makes him pay after scoring a goal when he took the puck away. it was a cheap shot. the caps had lost three overtime games. he later forgave him. most likely never to be forgotten. they don't even talk about that. they just want to make their own history. >> we'll send it back to you. >> we hope we have good news for you

on this wednesday night, panic on the hill. a postal worker forcing a lockdown by landing a small copter on the capitol lawn. how did he get into restricted airspace especially since he made secret of hi life in prison. aaron hernandez, the ex-nfl star who had it all, now convicted and sentenced for a cold-blood murder. tonight, what the jury is sa about the verdict. is it the end of spring break? the ugly moment, a woman assaulted on a crowded beach. tonight, the popular d saying they have spring break and space invaders. many airlines looking to squish passengers even closer together. it might get uncomfortable, but is it hazardous, too? "nightly news" begins now. ♪