here. don't tear up the whole city man, just for him. it's wrong. >> now, neighbors prepare for a citywide curfew and brace for what's to come in the day ahead. looking live at baltimore right now where the situation has stabilized quite a bit over night but not completely. police in full riot gear still standing by to see what they face in the day ahead. there's no school today. students are expected to be at home but we'll see what the situation -- how the situation unfolds in the day ahead. good morning, to you. we have complete coverage of the situation in baltimore. let's bring in aaron gilchrist who is anchoring our coverage now from baltimore. aaron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you as well. you know you are absolutely right. things have quieted down quite a bit here in baltimore since late last night but this is still a city that is very fragile this morning as we wait for light to

break and hope that the violence does not resume here. you mentioned that there are still a significant number of police officers even national guard soldiers who are positioned across different parts of baltimore at this hour. i want to show you some of what we're seeing on the ground here. this spot where we're on pennsylvania north, this is a site that was very busy through the activity yesterday and you can see that there are still a few people moving around the city here. there's a lot of debris. we're right in front of the cvs that was looted. there's lots of things that were burned out here in the road. we stepped up here and said the fire department had to come through and deal with broken glass on the ground and as well as smoke and flames coming out of this store here. we show you some video from late last night as well. there were police officers in riot gear. we've got police officers from across the state of maryland that are in the city of baltimore right now assisting the baltimore police department with crowd control, with property -- trying to protect

property here in the city. they were in riot gear. they still are, and there are arm ordered vehicles as well across the city trying to protect the officers who are trying to protect the city and we saw an enormous amount of looting throughout the day yesterday, throughout the afternoon and late into the night where people who live here presumably in baltimore are going into the businesses that they normally shop at and taking things as they are moving across -- particularly the west part of the city of baltimore. again, i'll point out, you can see that there is still a police presence here on the ground. these folks are holding a line if you will. maryland state troopers helping baltimore city police at this particular scene. we also know there are fires still burning across baltimore this morning. my colleague darcy spencer is with me as well here in baltimore. she's at city hall with the latest developments from that perspective. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago we heard the fire trucks responding to yet another fire not far from where we are at city hall over open west pratt

street. we understand this is another potentially massive fire burning here this morning. it was an incredible night of destruction here in the city of baltimore. we want to go to some video from late last night. this was just an incredible scene last night of this fire that happened. one of the many fires. but you know the sad part about this this was some senior housing that was being built in the community and it takes a long time to build these kind of projects to get the kind of money that you need to get senior housing and it was affiliated with a church and members of the church just stood out there and they prayed and they cried and they talked about the fact that this is something that's being done to help the community and that was simply destroyed and went up in flames last night. initially officials said that that fire was connected to the rioting and looting that was taking place. then they walked that back a little bit. so we're not sure exactly if it was connected or not but considering the events of what happened yesterday with the looting, all the fires that were

set and all the violence that was happening, it's definitely within that realm of possibility that this was a set fire and again damaging something that meant so much to the community. it was either finished or near completion. seniors were going to be moving in there and that was a housing project that was desperately needed here in the city and it simply went up in flames. i just want to mention as we were driving into the city this morning, we could smell the smoke from all the fires that have been set. we saw off in the distance some smoke rising in the air and just the smell filling our car, so definitely devastating night here in the city of baltimore. again, that curfew will go into effect. they are hoping to not have another night like that tonight. aaron, back to you. >> darcy, thank you. absolutely right. we smelled the same smoke as we were coming in this morning. that three-alarm fire that the fire department is dealing with as well not far from here south on pratt street. we know there have been fire units brought in from other counties surrounding the city of

baltimore to help deal with that situation. the mayor has said that they don't know for certain as darcy mentioned that the fires were set by looters or rioters if you will but they are going to be investigating that to try to get to the bottom of that. there were some shootings here in baltimore overnight as well. more here in just a second. right now, i want to get everyone at home caught up on the weather and traffic. >> complicating firefighting efforts, a bit of a blustery wind this morning. there's a cluster of sprinkles on the eastern shore. it's a chilly morning. we're in the mid 40s metro area in much of the region. upper 40s right in washington and 50 near the bay. we'll have mild afternoon with blustery winds and rain chances moving in later this week.

melissa melissa, what's happening? >> we still have this fatal crash here. we're talking about north van dorn street here at west braddock road. the road right now is shutdown. 270 south at buckey's town pike is still shut down with road work. remember this road work in silver spring georgia avenue between layhill and randolph just that right lane getting by in each direction. to the north here, 95 and bw parkway, nice and fine moving along nicely. same thing at 29 and overall at prince george's county. staying on top of the breaking news here in baltimore, we are live in west baltimore where much of the violence began here yesterday afternoon, staying on top of a situation that is quieting just a bit here early this morning. we can tell you the city is under a state of emergency. a request made by the mayor here to the governor and the governor declared that state of emergency

late yesterday. larry hogan calling in the national guard. about 100 soldiers we understand here on the ground right now holding positions under the orders of the baltimore city police department. we want to show you some avoid -- video of national guard trucks leaving for baltimore. as many as 5,000 soldiers could be coming here to baltimore, that many being made available by the national guard. baltimore police say some officers that were hurt are out of the hospital. 15 officers hurt in the violence yesterday. six of them seriously. at least one we understand could still be in grave condition. the mayor here has put a curfew in place. that will start at 10:00 tonight. nobody allowed on the streets of baltimore unless there's a medical emergency or they are going home or to work. baltimore city schools will remain closed today. i want to sort of explain to you how this all got started here in baltimore. of course you'll remember not far from where we are right now

there were protests. there were demonstrations that turned violent at a mall here at mondawmin mall about 14 hours or so ago. that is not far from the new shiel low baptist church that was where the funeral was held for 25-year-old freddie gray who died from a spinal cord injury while he was in police custody. we still don't know what happened there or why that happened. a lot of the protesters ended up at the western district police station, demanding answers, the mayor saying as the investigation moves forward, there will be someone held accountable for what happened to freddie gray. in the meantime the gray family clergy here in town some of the community groups and the citizens folks who just live in the homes in this area have been imploring the rioters to not tear apart their city.

we hope that will be the case as we move into the day today. we'll send it back to you. aaron, thank you. freddie gray's family is asking for people to have patience this morning. family and community members gathered at a baltimore church last night to try and calm the tensions. attorney bill murphy says justice does not come quickly. >> we're not interested in prejudging the situation. that's what young people do. we're too old for that. we want a responsible investigation that's thorough complete real unbiased and then we'll add it to the investigation that we're doing. >> murphy says the family has faith in the u.s. attorney loretta linch to complete a thorough investigation. our breaking news coverage of the violent riots in baltimore continues, take a live look now from just one of the many scenes there where police are standing guard in full riot

gear. armored vehicles also at the ready. another update on the situation from aaron gilchrist who is live in baltimore in just minutes. we want to give you a look at the current temperatures there. chilly start. 45 degrees in leesburg and 45 in manassas as well.

let's check our forecast for

today. a chilly start. chuck bell is out on our weather deck to tell us more what we can expect po on the day ahead. another cool start to the today. >> you bet. there's a noticeable north, northeast breeze today. plan on 40s this morning. there's no weather worries or slowdowns for today. all green lights from the weather department. the roads are dry. temperatures are in the 40s and sunshine coming back later on this afternoon, a nice warm up. highs today upper 60s, near 70. melissa, check on traffic please. take a look at this. we're driving out to this fatal crash in alexandria. we're talking about north varn dorn street at west braddock

road. no major problems as you are taking a big look at the beltway. that is rolling along just fine. 66 at sutley road no problems there. weather and traffic always on the ones. our breaking news coverage in baltimore continues right after the break. what we learned about this massive fire. the u.s. supreme court takes up a major civil rig

we are staying on top of the breaking news live in baltimore this morning. i'm aaron gilchrist and i can tell you we are seeing a large police presence on the streets here although it's been a very quiet morning in this part of west baltimore. we have also been following a

fire that is happening as we speak that started in the last half hour or so. the new information we're getting about that from our affiliate here in baltimore is that the fire department that's handling that fire the leadership there on the ground does believe that that fire is a result of some of the protests and rioting that's been happening here in baltimore. we understand there were some vacant buildings that were involved in that three-alarm fire. meaning they have got more than 100 firefighters dealing with that burglar fire. i think you are looking at some of the video involving the law enforcement officers here. you are looking at more than 30 prince george's county police officers and sheriff department vehicles. protesters threw rock at some of them. the baltimore police department is asking for more than 5,000 officers from surrounding states

potentially to come here to the city of baltimore. montgomery county sent 40 officers and anne arundel county since 65. howard 21 and 80 state police as well. the whole point of them being here is to protect property and life as some of the violence has been unfolding here. this morning, things are quiet quiet than they have been. the hope is they will remain that way as we get new data and information from law enforcement, we'll send it back to the studio. we continue to monitor social media. >> we have folks who are are 15 16 17 they know right from wrong. they are not two-year-old kids they are going to be responsible

for those be actions. >> we can't show you some of the posts and tweets we've seen this morning because they are simply too vulgar. we have coming across people using the #baltimore loot crew. police are warning they will continue to use tear gas and pepper spray in disruptive crowds this morning. firefighters are at the scene at another fire in baltimore city this morning after a very busy and violent night. we'll bring you the latest on that at this hour. last night, a fire broke out just blocks away from johns hopkins hospital just one of multiple fires in the city after a violent outbreak by rioters and looters. there's no word on the cause of that fire. firefighters are also trying to figure out what started a massive fire in east baltimore. take a look at the scene here. flames shooting into the sky. the fire at the mary harvi trans mfgs center.

it's still under construction. we're trying to find out more information there. no information is available on how the fire started. check our forecast. what can we expect in the day ahead? >> we've had the winds pick up which is complicating some of the firefighting efforts in baltimore. there's the live view from our city camera overlooking washington. there's the washington monument and jefferson memorial. a rather chilly morning in storm team 4 weather center. the radar picking up a few lingering sprinkles on the eastern shore and they are tracking off to the south maybe near cambridge and east ton. right now, it's in the low to mid 40s. nearby suburbs and rural areas in maryland and virginia. shenandoah valley mountains, most locations in the 40s.

we'll have temperatures in the 40s through most of the morning. and clouds break up by noontime. continuing to climb all the way up to near 70 degrees by later this afternoon. as we get into the evening hours, we'll cool down again, 40s tomorrow morning, near 70 on wednesday. chances of rain moving in on thursday and friday in the 60s, drying out for the weekend, just a small chance of a few sprinkles on saturday. mild weather moves in for sunday and monday. what's happening with traffic? we are blocked off here in the area of kenmore and the actual clash in alexandria is north van dorn street and west braddock. it's a fatal crash. also have a water main break, this is southbound georgia at layhill road. it sounds like some southbound lanes are blocked for you.

270 south near frederick a little bit slow. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car right now. this is our biggest problem with alexandria with that section of roadway shut down. new developments this morning out of nepal. all climbers who were stuck on mount everest have been rescued. the death toll continues to rise following that deadly and powerful earthquake. officials say more than 4,300 people died. aid workers try to access isolated areas near the epicenter. search crews are still searching for survivors in the capital city. at least four americans are among the dead. still others are unaccounted for. we are hours away from watching the supreme court hear arguments that could lead to legal same-sex marriage across the country. let's get right to news 4 megan mcgrath who is outside the court

this morning with a look at what we can expect today. >> reporter: the justices in a matter of hours set to hear arguments in a landmark case that could legalize same-sex marriage across the country. a line started tormenting days ahead. these are interested parties trying to secure seats inside the courtroom to secure seating. do same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry and secondly do states have to recognize same-sex marriage when the marriage occurred in states where it's legal. the justices will listen to two hours of arguments this morning. in terms of when we could have a decision on this landmark case that's expected to come sometime

in late june. it is now 5:25. the man arrested for the murder of an fbi agent in stafford county is in jail this morning, 26-year-old antoine gray johnson of upper marlboro is charged with first degree murder. police say he confronted fbi agent jeremy brown home. >> the first thing i can remember is my mom came downstairs to make sure i didn't get shot. >> police say they arrested johnson in 20 minutes. they will not say what the motive may have been. brown had been with the fbi for five years. d.c. voters head to the polls this morning to choose the next ward 4 and 8 council members. ward 8 seat belong to the late

marion barry. 5:26. we know pope francis will celebrate an outdoor mass at catholic university of the district. it will happened on michigan avenue and northwest at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. the pontiff will address a joint session of congress the following day. the prime minister of japan will join the president for a state dinner. the chef is showing off what they will be serving. an interesting fact this will be the first dinner served on the new president obama state

china. it's now 5:27. take a look at the scene right now live in baltimore where police are still standing guard in riot gear. we just learned about a new fire that's erupted in baltimore. angie goff is at the live desk working on that and will bring us new details. taking a look now in the district now. it's a breezy and chilly start in the morning. and your next weather and

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breaking news in the wake of the baltimore riots. we got new video just in this morning as four buildings continue to burn in baltimore right now. we want to take you to the scene. this is along pratt street. you can see a lot of heavy smoke there in the air. anne arundel firefighters and crews on the ground. the battalion chief on the scene. so far, no one reported hurt. we're told two or three of them are businesses, two are pawn shops. we have wreaking news baltimore is under a state of emergency right now. protests after freddie gray's

death turned violent after his funeral. the national guard is in the city with at least 100 soldiers now. a new fire broke out on west pratt street. it is generating a huge response right now. good morning to you in the news 4 studios this morning. >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist here in baltimore where tensions are still high this morning but things are quieter. you see over on the corner there, two people picking up some of the trash. there has been so much trash littered across this city as a result of the looting and rioting that happened here yesterday. there are a lot of good people in the city of baltimore who want to make sure they can clean up their city and take control back from the people who would create so much violence like what we saw yesterday afternoon. much more here on the situation developing here in baltimore. we want to get you up to speed on weather and traffic. a bit of a chill this

morning as we're starting off on tuesday. 5. ment 5:31 it's just in the 40s. most of maryland virginia and west virginia a few spots in the 40s. fairfax, much of montgomery county low 40s. near 50 in washington. a bit of a blustery wind. there's one dissi pating little sprinkle here near centerville crossing down toward easten on the eastern shore. beautiful afternoon coming up mild spring day, with a blustery wind. north and west should be in the mid to upper 60s and as we get into the -- much of central virginia and shenandoah valley a few spots may be making it up right around 70 degrees or so and those winds will begin to zmsh by later on this evening. we've had a couple of really nasty accidents this morning,

melissa. do you have an update on those right now? yeah. you can see behind us here we have a crew out there again. this is that fatal crash in alexandria from earlier this morning, the road here is still shutdown. north van dorn street at west braddock road still shut down no word on when that's going to reopen. we had a police officer on the scene out there with our crew on kenmore. we have that closure. eastern avenue we have that road closed because of a water main break as well as lay hill. baltimore city was in charge which the mayor called me which quite frankly we were glad that she finally did, instantly we signed the executive order. we already had our entire team prepared. >> maryland governor larry hogan asking whether or not baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake

called him early enough. that was during a news conference. hogan says he doesn't want to question what baltimore officials were doing. he declared a state of emergency. less than 30he mayor requested it. news 4 aaron gilchrist is monitoring the situation for us live. what's happening behind you? >> reporter: i have to make mention of the folks here who have come out, citizens in baltimore picking up trash bags and trying to get their city clean again after all the rioting. this is a city that is starting to wake up at this early hour. we're seeing mass transit buses coming through this area. you can see obviously there is still very much a significant police presence. you are looking at baltimore city police officers as well as maryland state police in their riot gear although they have got their shields on the ground which is a little bit different from what we've been seeing here. again, i think them -- they are showing their support too for the folks who are out here with trash bags and shovels now trying to pick up some of the

debris here at this intersection at pennsylvania and north and west baltimore. this is somewhere some of the violence. the cvs that was looted and burned is right here at this intersection. as you mentioned the maryland governor says he's in contact with the city of baltimore leaders and the white house. he has moved his office from annapolis to baltimore here. into show you some video, late last night, hogan says he talked with president obama about the situation here in baltimore. hogan says he call the national guard up to help police as a last resort. >> look people have the right to protest and express their frustration. but baltimore city families deserve peace and safety in their communities. >> the governor called in the national guard after people set cars on fire they looted businesses they threw bricks and cinder blocks at police

officers and even at some fire vehicles as they tried to fight some of the fires here in the city. all this rioting and destruction unfolded in the moments after freddie gray's funeral. the family asked -- they asked some of the protests and demonstrations be pawds here. we saw the violence here in baltimore yesterday. thousands packed the new shiloh baptist church for his funeral. there were large screens that showed the social media message black lives matter. community leaders promise to keep pushing to make sense out of the 25-year-old's death and they urged everyone to try to get their points across peacefully. >> freddie's death is not in vain. after this day, we're going to keep on marching. we're going to keep demanding justice. and at the funeral yesterday was also the daughter of eric

karner -- garyn, the new york city man who died when -- when police tried to arrest him and put him in that choke hold. she talked about some of the scenes here being reminiscent being what she saw in new york while she was at the funeral yesterday and spoke there. again in live in baltimore, we are watching and wake the city is waking up. we see good folks here out here trying to get things back in order. trying to return a real sense of normalcy to the city baltimore. i want to send it back to you as we work to get more information here in baltimore. thank you, aaron gilchrist, live in baltimore for us. we'll continue to check in with aaron throughout the morning. president obama is pledging help for baltimore and he's urging governor larry hogan to use restrain. the president received an update from the mayor last night.

white house senior adviser valerie jarrett spoke larry hogan yesterday. lynch condemned the violence as a disservice to gray's family. she's sending the leader of the justice department's civil rights to baltimore in the coming days. hogan said lynch will head to baltimore at a later date. we told you a curfew takes effect in baltimore at 10:00 tonight. the city is effectively shut down today. schools are shut down and johns hopkins and university of maryland campuses are asking everyone to stay inside. prince george's frederick county schools canceled all field trips to baltimore until further notice. angie goff joinds us with more how social media played a role in these riots. she's been monitoring the

situation for us. >> these riots began after rumors emerged on social media shortly after a police officer was attacked and things spiraled out of control. the rumors called for a purge, which is a movie reference, which means a crime is made legal. it was to start at 3:00 p.m. at mondawmin mall. they were greeted by police in riot gear. reaction to the riots was also overwhelming on line with messages of outrage, but also many pleas for peace and prayer for this hurting community. more breaking news coverage from baltimore still ahead as neighbors there are speaking out this morning. their passionate perspectives coming up.

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time for weather and traffic today on the ones. 5:41 on a tuesday morning. it's a chilly start outside and a noticeable north breeze out here this morning. you'll need an extra layer of warmth. temperatures are in the 40s. 44 rockville, 46 manassas. it is a cool start. plan on temperatures in the mid to upper 40s for the next couple of hours and as a result what you should be wearing today, you'll definitely need a jacket for early this morning and sunglasses for later on this afternoon. time for a check with traffic with melissa. live pictures from that fatal crash in alexandria we were talking about. north van dorn street is where this is at west braddock road. the road is closed. your alternate there is going to be north howard street to get arp that. taking a look at travel times, 95 north to quantico just a

couple of minutes behind there. and 66 that's going to take you 11 minutes. the city of baltimore under a state of emergency right now. police in riot gear standing guard as citizens also wake up to try to clean up the destruction left behind. we have full coverage with aaron gilchrist anchoring live for us in baltimore. we'l people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been

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a gentleman with a shovel and trash bag who is cleaning up his city. a woman there doing the same thing. they came down and decided they weren't going to sit by and let others destroy the city of baltimore. they are getting out here and trying to put things back torth together. they are hoping the city of baltimore will be able to put thing back together. we've seen a large presence from the baltimore city police and help has come in from the maryland national guard as well as law enforcement agencies across the area. fire departments have been helping out as the baltimore fire department has been overwhelmed with building fires quite possibly connected with the protests and violence happening here last night.

we've been focusing on the violence and rioting, but there were people trying to ask for peace. >> it was remarkable to see some of the video yesterday afternoon as looters were running in and out of different businesses there were men out here in suits out here saying stop wait a minute what are you doing, this is your neighborhood my neighborhood don't do this. it was very clear to see that happening yesterday afternoon, there's an organization called the 300 men march, they came out in their black t-shirts and tried to talk to police officers to help quell the violence. they are actually asking people to show up at one of the local shopping centers in a parking lot there to begin the process to help clean up and to help rebuild some of what's been damaged here in baltimore.

so there is very much an effort here by folks who have lived here for years and years and who care about this city to stop the violence and to rebuild what's been damaged here in baltimore. protesters say they still want answers about what happened to freddie gray. one protester told us his take on the violence. >> 99.9% of these vehicles done had some kind of crooked run-in with the law in this city. the freddie gray situation was the straw that broke the camel's back. 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. tom is here with what we can expect in the day ahead. >> rather breezy. we've got temperatures in the 40s and storm team 4 radar scanning the sky.

we had quite a bit of cloudiness just an hour ago. we had a few sprinkles on the eastern shore but they are now gone. most of maryland and virginia low to mid 40s. right around the bay it's near 50 degrees. shenandoah valley and mountains most locations are in the 40s and in the 30s in a few spots. yesterday, i took a few pictures of these low gray clouds moving on through. post yours on instagram, facebook and twitter. there is the guy over the capital now. just a few clouds or drifting. our sun rise is at 6:14. 8:00 we'll still be generally in the 40s. notice the breeze is picking up right now, the winds are 10 15 miles per hour but they will be gusting to 25 miles an hour. late afternoon, you'll be comfortable in short sleeves but you'll need a jacket in the

morning. another cool morning in the 40s, mostly clear on wednesday, up around 70 degree. beautiful spring weather although the pollen count is springing back up. thursday likely showers coming through, temperatures in the low and mid 60s. a few more lingering showers. fridays in the low 60s. weekend, looking milder on saturday back near 70 small chance of a sprinkle mid to upper 70s on sunday and monday and partly cloudy. we have a live picture for you right now in alexandria. again, just to remind you, this is north van dorn street closed there at west braddock because of this fatal crash. your alternate is north howard and police will push you around it. also westbound toll road at route 7 had a report of a wrong way driver trying to find out some more information about that for you in the in next couple of

minutes. eastern avenue between rhode island and bladensburg with a water main break. another one between lay hill and randolph road. eastbound little river turnpike at rivensworth have a crash there. 66 and 95 looking pretty typical this morning. prince george's county you don't have any major problems. more again on that crash in alexandria coming up. a big set back for the second phase of the silver line the project is overbudget behind schedule and will be laid more than a year. it won't open until late 2019 at the earliest. that is because of design changes that need to happen for your safety and the safety of the chesapeake bay. >> we have to realize we're building this project for a minimum 100-year design life. the project will be filtering

that water and protecting the bay for is 100 years. >> phase one is also overbudget. it will be $76 million more expensive. that phase should be done by the end of the year. >> i'm angie goff at the live desk with a headline that continues to dominate this region. here's a first look at today's "baltimore sun". at the center of it. that picture right there of the protester in a gas mask. also this picture of the burning car, the police cruiser and also a declaration of a state of emergency. more on that. the paper also tweeting out its made its coverage online free. more images of this deteriorating situation continue to come in and we will continue to bring them to you from the live desk. d.c.'s forensic lab is suspending all work at least for now. two scathing audits found

fundamental problems with the lab. the district's consolidated lab is part of a $2 million high tech office in washington. the work is not high quality. >> it is a very damming report. in juvenile cases, they can run the gamut, mixed dna samples do come up from time to time. >> a 30-day corrective action plan will be put in place to address this problem. short staffing is one of the issues being raised by the forensic director. in the day ahead, prosecutors will call their first witnesses against the man on trial for that deadly movie theater shooting in colorado. they are expected to call wounded victims to the stand to testify against james holmes. he faces more than 160 charges in a shooting that killed 12 people and hurt 70 others. holmes pled not guilty by reason

of insanity. prosecutors say he was sane and should be executed. also today witnesses for the defense will take the stand as they try to save the life of a man convicted in the boston marathon bombing. the defense says dzhokhar tsarnaev had a tough childhood because both parents suffered from mental illness. they say he was influenced heavily by his older brother tamerlan who was the mastermind behind the bombing. the defense is expected to lay out its case for the next two weeks. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. prosecutors are trying to figure out why two young boys were hit by a bb gun. they say a woman drove by yelled a r them. the teens were not seriously hurt. police say the victims who are black and the shooter who was white are all friends, and used the racial slur openly. a live picture now from the streets of baltimore where

people are out trying to clean up after a day of rioting left a number of businesses trashed and burned out. we have team coverage on the overnight developments including information about fires that are still burning. next on news 4 today at

breaking news this morning is in the city of baltimore. i'm aaron gilchrist live where we've been covering the after math of the violence we saw here. protesters out on the street. some of them becoming rioters and looters here. take a look at this scene. i've got to be honest with you, this is not what i expected to find when we came into baltimore this morning. what we saw first was a large police presence and now we're seeing citizens regular folks who got up early this morning before the sun and grabbed the brooms out of their kitchens and came out with trash bags to start cleaning up and just the last couple of minutes here crews from the department of recreation and parks of baltimore have joined those citizens to pick up the trash that is on the streets here in baltimore. this is the scene that is unfolding this morning. a very different image from the violence we saw here yesterday. we should point out for you this morning that we judd learned city offices will be closed here today for all but emergency personnel in baltimore. we're in west baltimore where

about 15 hours ago things got started with rioters throwing rocks and boling -- bottles at police officers. the violence escalated. we saw about 15 officers hurt here. this all started in response to questions about freddie gray's death. right now, national guard troops are coming into the city. maryland governor larry hogan declared a state of emergency here. as many as 5,000 shoulders could be made -- soldiers could be made available. at at least 100 on the ground as we speak in different parts of the city. we know one police officer who was injured here is in grave condition this morning. several others released over night and there have been fires burning across the city of baltimore, particularly in west baltimore, but the fires did spread into east baltimore as well. news 4 darcy spencer is going to have more on that for us in just a moment. city schools are closed today and the mayor here has --