ammunition. startling new photos of a weapons man had when he breached white house security. overcast, misty and brizly. now we have showers moving in for the afternoon and evening rush. how it will impact roads and your outdoor plans. i'll tell you coming up. >>. >> we begin with the new evidence in the now three-week-old d.c. mansion murder case. this afternoon another search warrant affidavit was released. those documents relate to jordan wallace's car. wallace was the personal assistant to one of the victims. the prosecutor in the case also returned to the crime scene along with attorneys from the public defender's office who will represent suspect daron wint. in just a few minutes, we'll talk with news4's pat collins live at the scene about the case. developing right now, the media will be allowed inside jesse matthews' pretrial hearing that started just a short time ago in fairfax county where he's charged in an attempted murder and sexual assault from 2005. matthews' attorney wanted to ban

the media. the trial starts monday. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is inside the courtroom. she'll keep us updated on developments. right now storm team4 is tracking another wet gloomy afternoon. but compared to the last couple of dies, the rain is going to be a little more steady tonight. >> that's right. all from areas down south we're tracking an associated with that area of low pressure that has kept us locked in this pattern. there is the latest in cloud conditions and storm team4 radar, too. showers coming up from the south, full-flenched showers. this there is your spin. this is the area of low pressure we've been looking at and watching over the last couple of days spinning just south of richmond virginia, right now. that area of low pressure will start heading out to sea and our weather will start improving. but until it zshgs we're going to get more rain in there, until then, pockets of heavy rain there around 301, calvert beach up toward waldorf with rainfall rates anywhere from a half to as

much as an inch an hour there just around 301. it is headed to the north and to the west, into areas like d.c. alexandria alexandria, clinton. for the rush and the evening, it will be wet. look at the temperatures, mid-60s, 50s in ocean city. how much will our weather improve? we'll take you step by step your hourly forecast tomorrow and a look at the weekend coming up in just a few. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. the family of the man killed by police in boston this week is about to hold a news conference. we want to show you a live look now at the scene. usaamah rahim's family also has hired lawyers. they say they want to ensure that a complete investigation into rahim's death is completed. rahim was killed outside a drugstore earlier this week after officers say he pulled a knife and lunged at them. he was under 24-hour surveillance at the time because

the fbi believed he was planning ang imminent attack. sources tell nbc news rahim wanted to target police officers and behead a conservative blogger who planned the prophet muhammad cartoon context in texas. police have also arrested david wright for conspiracy with rahim and have been questioning a third man in rhode island since tuesday. there is surveillance video of that shooting. police say that it will be released only after rahim's family has seen it. chris, back to you. >> thanks, erika. the man convicted of killing shandra leafy will get a new trial. this morning, the same judge that presided over the original hairing granted his request for a retrial. the defendant has been pushing for this and say hez conviction was based upon a lie. a cell mate misled the jury when they say the defendant confessed to killing levy. we're looking to get reaction from levy's family.

police are investigating the city of frederick's first murder of the year. a relative found gloria watson dead inside her home wednesday afternoon. she lived on heather ridge drive not far from ft. dietrich. police say watson died from some sort of assault. we have a crew at the scene and they'll bring you latest in a live report coming up on news4 at 5. knives, axes, rifles and plenty of ammunition. we are now getting a look at what one of the white house fence jump irs had in his car. federal prosecutors want omar gonzalez to be sentenced to prison. they showed us these pictures in court. gonzalez jumped a fence and made it all the way inside the white house with a knife last september. the iraq war veteran says he suffers from post-traumatic stress. his sentencing is set for a week from monday. the director of d.c.'s department of public works is calling it quits. do holland just announced evil leave the job after 11 years on the job. you may not recognize holland's name, but he's the district's man in charge during snowstorms.

holland tells news4 it's a stressful job and he felt like it was time for a break. he doesn't have a new job lined up yet. one of the most popular tourist destinations in the district is open again. the washington monument is once again accepting visitors after being closed for much of the last week. crews have realigned that elevator and tested the electrical system. more than 60 people were in the monument sunday when the elevator lost power. no one was injured. the baltimore's state's attorney doesn't want to know what's in freddie gray's autopsy. she wants to tha sealed. marilyn mosby tells the "baltimore sun" it will ensure a fair process as her office prosecutes six officers. gray died in police custody. a lawyer for one of the officers says there's something in the autopsy mosby is trying to hide. defense attorneys complain she still hasn't given them an outline of the evidence against the officers.

the trial for maryland's second highest ranking episcopal leader is postponed until april. heather cook is charged with a drunk driving accident that killed a man on a bike. prosecutors say they was trunk and texted when she hit 41-year-old tom palermo last december. her trial was scheduled to start today in baltimore but her judge requested a poenstponement. unprecedented honors on a very sad day in delaware. the tributes to the son of vice president joe biden next. we're following a high-interest story unfolding right now in silver spring. the fda debating whether to approve a drug that claims to increase a woman's sex drive. and we're now 16 hours into a 24-hour fund-raising marathon. today's do more 24 a full day of online fund-raising for united way charities. as you can see, year up from the national capital region has raised the most money, little

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right now crowds are flocking to the delaware legislative hall to pay their respects to beau biden, the vice president's son lying in honor until 5:00 today. the 46-year-old former delaware

attorney general died from brain cancer on saturday. the public honors will continue tomorrow with a viewing at a church in wilmington. president obama is set to deliver the eulogy during the funeral saturday. well, his death was the reason social media exploded after senator ted cruz made a joke about joe biden. the backlash is forcing him to apologize. >> this is the next party you're at just walk up to someone, sigh, vice president joe biden. and just close your mouth. >> cruz has used this joke before and said it again last night or actually tuesday night i think at a gop fund-raiser in michigan. but the senator was roundly criticized this time because it came a few days after mr. biden's son beau died from brain cancer. so on wednesday cruz posted on facebook, it was a mistake to use an old joke about joe biden during his time of grief and i sincerely apologize. the loss of his son is

heartbreaking and tragic, and our prayers are very much with the vice president and his family. a plumber in staten island is a multimillionaire today. anthony pa roescy won a $136 million powerball jackpot. the drawing for the jackpot was held on march 14th but pa roescy didn't find his ticket, didn't check it, until his truck broke down. realizing he needed some money, pa roesy grabbed the ticket. it was pinned with a few others behind a pipe in his basement and he discovered he had won the jackpot. >> i'm looking at the ticket i'm looking at the computer looking at the ticket, looking at the computer. then i was just like, i tried to breathe in and nothing would go in. i was like -- i thought i was having a heart attack or my heart stopped. >> perosi will split the lump sum of just over $88.5 million with his son. he says he'll continue to work a little and travel. developing now, some new evidence has been released in a quadruple murder in northwest washington. we will talk live with news4's pat collins about what he's seen

at the crime scene today. explosive accusations hurled at the red cross and how it's spending its money in haiti. now the organization is firing back. late march/early april showers, storm team4 has been tracking it. we'll have the latest data showing you when we're going to see the showers move out, the sun come back, and get back to those summertime-type temperatures when

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. it's now been three weeks since four people were found murdered inside a burned-out d.c. mansion. >> at this point, one man is in custody, but investigators say there may have been others involved. >> news4's pat collins has been covering this case for us and he joins us live now at the scene in northwest. pat, you saw attorneys for the prosecution and the defense at the house today. what do you know about their visit? >> reporter: here three weeks after the incident today i saw emily miller.

emily miller is the assistant u.s. attorney. she is going to be the prosecutor in this quadruple murder case. she's a hands-on prosecutor. she was at the scene here today. she's been at the scene before, surveying the evidence actually going inside looking for clues and information in the case. now, also today, members from the public defender service, they are represent pg daron wint, the man charged in connection with the case they came with their own crime scene search team. they went around escorted by homicide detectives. they spent about 2 1z 2 hours here, inside the house taking pictures, they too, surveying the scene. also today from the court we had another search at the david unsealed. this one was for jordan wallace. as you recall, jordan wallace was the personal assistant to

savvas savopoulos. he's the man who they say brought the $40,000 in cash, the ransom money, to the house while the family was being held captive. police say on the day of the fire, on the day of the murder, his car was found blocked about a car -- parked a block away. they went in looking for money wrappers, bank documents, any evidence at all that could possibly link him to this incident. but so far i don't think they've found anything of value. jordan wallace has not been charged with any wrongdoing in this case. >> that's an important distinction. pat collins, thank you very much. pat will have a lot more for us coming up on news4 at 5. now to one of the stouffer'sries trending on social media. there's new accusations about how red cross is spending money in haiti. pro publica said -- they say the red cross gave a lot of money to

other groups so they could do the work and too much of its funds have been spent on management and overhead. the head across officials say they built roads and schools and haiti is better off than it was five years ago. quote, these fund vz helped build and operate eight hospitals and clinics stem a deadly cholera outbreak provide clean water and sanitation and move more than 100,000 people out of makeshift tents into safe and improved housing. intense, amazing, get your tissues ready. those are some of the reactions this afternoon on the nbc washington facebook page to the posting by sheryl sandberg the chief operating officer for face back. sandberg posted a heartbreaking tribute to her late husband who died suddenly last month. in it she shares what she's learned about grieving. the post instantly went viral. here's how it reads. it says, quote, when people say to me you and your children will find happiness again, my heart tells me yes, i believe that, but i know i will never feel pure joy again. if you like, you can see the

entire post and add your thoughts on our nbc washington facebook page. >> very much worth a read. thanks, pat. several agencies have been meeting today trying to come up with a plan of action to prepare for the upcoming storm season. representatives from pepco's emergency team, the red cross and national weather service got together in rockville talked about preparing for a big storm, electrical safety and restoring power. all of them emphasized that first responders and people in our area should not take safety for granted. >> you shortcut a safety precaution, in this environment with the electricity that travels at 186,000 miles per second, arcs measured as high as 20000 degrees you don't always get a second chance. >> pepco demonstrated what it takes to restore an overheadline overheadline. turning to the weather now, which has been wet. we're waiting for the sun to shine again. don't know when that will happen. veronica you know, don't you. >> i do.

a little built of sunshine coming our way tomorrow. i'll tell you when because it's going to be very little. as far as today, we didn't have any sunshine at all. it was a canopy of clouds xs earlier today we had the drizzle the mist. come up for the evening, rains and moderate rains will be moving in. we're going to kind of change the game as we move forward the next couple of hours. more wet weather here it is on storm team4 radar. look at that pocket of yellow and orange down around charles county and it's just shy of the beltway, 495 with rainfall rates a half to an inch per hour, moving to the north and northwest. it will be hitting areas like accokeek mt. vernon, alexandria, even braddock the next couple of minutes. within the hour moderate rains to the north and east and maybe even passing late by around 5:30, 6:00 right over 66. but look at the spin. easy to see where the storm system is. that storm system will eventually start moving to the

north and northeast, out to sea. so tomorrow will have fewer showers across the area. just isolated. here is a snapshot. your future weather starting at 5:00 a.m., look at all the light colors throughout the area and very scattered. we'll have clouds, yes, some scattered light showers across the area. then becoming more isolated as we get into the afternoon hours. not very much at all. and then late afternoon/evening, look at this, some sunshine starts to appear. the clouds start to thin. little bit of late-day sunshine coming your way tomorrow. 65 degrees right now with a northeast wind at 10 miles per hour, that easterly wind is what has us so cool. 61 by 11:00, umbrellas you'll need because it will still be wet. early tomorrow morning, 58 to 65, overcast, cool drizzle, spotty showers but getting better and better as we get into the afternoon hours. tomorrow the high anywhere from 73 to 76 degrees, big improvements for the weekend. i'll have that coming up in just a couple of minutes with your seven-day forecast.

a presidential hopeful with some strong words for pope francis. why rick santorum says the pontiff should stick to being pontiff. >> that's right. we're following a developing story in boston. the family of an accused terror suspect is now speaking with the media or the fbi is releasing there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 13th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a 2 year agreement. go to getfios.com.

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it's getting to be be tough work to make a splash as a republican candidate for president in 2016. the field is getting larger every week. but one candidate is looming large, and he's not even official yet. here's a look at the dizzying number of choices. >> i'm melissa mollet. yet another republican candidate juming into the race for the white house. former texas governor rick perry is in. that brings it to ten. household names like rick

santorum who came in second in 2012 and newcomers as well. that's just a start. we have five more candidates likely to announce in the coming weeks. if we add donald trump to the list, republicans will have 16 candidates for 2016. the one to watch, jeb bush said to announce on june 15th. political pundits making a lot of where he'll announce. miami-dade college they say bush is doubling down on his pro-immigration message and signaling that he is ready to take some heat for it. the bottom line, it's going to be a bruising primary and we're still a half year away from the iowa caucus. back to you. well, one of those candidates is taking aim at pope francis specifically rick santorum thinks the pontiff should stop talking about climate change etch was doing a radio interview and said quote, the church has gotten it wrong a few times on science and i think that we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists and focusing on what we're really good at, which is theology and morality. the thing is, pope francis has a

degree in chemistry and in a speech last month he said causing climate change is a sin because the earth is god's creation and should be protected. now, santorum is catholic and overall describes himself as a huge fan of the pope. developing right now, the family of an accused terror suspect is calling for a transparent investigation this as the fbi releases alarming new details about what the man was planning to do. and some doctors are calling it female viagra. why it's so controversial and the key debate today at the fda.

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stash as prosecutors release these images. omar gonzalez made it inside the white house before agents stopped him. prosecutors are recommending a 21-month prison sentence. a federal judge has granted a retrial for the man convicted of killing washington intern chandra levy. his attorneys have pushed for a new trial because a key witness gave false testimony e. was convicted in 2010. levy disappeared in 2001. her remains were found in rock creek park a year later. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we're following developments in the jesse matthew case before a judge in fairfax county. he's charged with attempted murder and sex assault in a case from 2005. the alleged victim now lives in india. she just arrived back in the area within the past couple of hour and we are waiting to hear whether she's going to testify. initially she had said that she was too tired, but a judge ordered her to come into court to evaluate her and decide when

she would take the stand. so far, the lead detective has testified and says that he's never shown the alleged victim a picture of matthew, but she admits that she has seen a picture of him online. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in the courtroom and will keep us updated. right now at 4:30, steady rain moving through the dmv. meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center track the rainfall. veronica, a wet evening for a lot of people around the area. >> that we are. southern maryland, areas just down i-95 and south of i-66, that's what's going to be listing north and northwest ward into our area. we've had drizzle and mist, now more actual showers moving in. at least it's not the pouring rain like we had on monday. look at this pocket down through southern maryland right now, brandywine, marbury, la plata it's all going to be heading north-northwest just into areas like alexandria, arlington and

passing right over 66. your evening forecast, take a look at it. wre expecting to hang onto the umbrellas for a while longer. we'll drop to 63 by 9:00 showers in the offing, even some scattered fog just a couple of minutes i'll be back with your road impacts for tomorrow morning and an hourly forecast for the first part of your weekend. well, police shot and killed a terror suspect in boston, and his family is still skeptical about his death. they've hired lawyers and plan to watch video of the shooting. nbc's chris clackum reports on what investigators are now uncovering about the suspects. >> reporter: boston police first showed security camera video of tuesday's shooting death of 26-year-old usaamah rahim to a group of community leaders, to dispute the claim by rahim's brother that he was shot three times in the back. after wednesday's viewing, those leaders agreed rahim was shot in the front after advancing toward officers. >> you know, he was on a

mission. he was out to get someone in blue. >> reporter: authorities also now say they'd been keeping a close eye on rahim for a while prior to tuesday's confrontation because of what they say were his jihadist postings on social media. and for threats this week to behead a victim in another state identified by law enforcement as pamela geller the activist and commentator who organized last month's draw muhammad contest in guard land, texas. >> we had 24/7 surveillance on him, and we were monitoring all potential targets. >> reporter: surveillance that included rahim's online purchase of three military-style knives last week as well as a wiretapped phone conversation tuesday where he told david wright, who's also been arrested in the case, that he was headed out right then to randomly attack police. chris clackum nbc news. the department of transportation is taking a look

at a prototype that will help prevent duis. the death toll is half of what it was in the '80s, but drunk driving still kills more than 10000 people every year in this country. today the d.o.t. saw a test vehicle with a driver alcohol detection system. it checks your blood alcohol level before you can even start the car. the system measures levels using your breath and through your skin on a touch pad. mothers against drunk driving supports this and so do some members of congress. >> we can keep drunk drivers off the road. it's not impossible and we can get it done. >> the fact is there's a lot of discussion right now about lowering the legal limit from 0.08 to 0.05. that would put a 120-pound woman in a situation where she could get arrested after a single glass of wine with dinner. >> it will take five to eight years to make the detection system smaller and cheaper. after that, if the system can reliably detect your blood alcohol levels congress will decide if cars and trucks will have to make these like seat

belts and airbags. the number of lives that receive shipment of live anthrax is growing. the bacteria has shown up in 52 labs across 18 states including d.c. maryland and virginia, as well as three foreign countries. that's more than twice what the pentagon first reported and new tests show officials found live anthrax spores in samples that have been put through the process to kill them. they're still trying to figure out why that process failed. a renewed safety warning for your tv and this one has to do with your flat screen. the news4 consumer watch deem has the alert. today is do more 24 a full day of online fund-raising for united way charities. as you can see the campaign has raised well over $600,000. you can go to our website nbcwashington.com to give.

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doesn't mean they're any safer than those old bulky boxes. >> in fact, today the consumer product safety commission launched a campaign to prevent tv tipovers from killing and seriously injuring children. >> erika gonzalez is here with a message that just can't be stressed enough. >> that's right. tv tipovers are one ever the top hidden hazards in the home. the cpsc says one child dies every two weeks from unstable and unsecured furniture and tvs. but there are ways to prevent these tragedies from happening. sylvia santiago lost her daughter one morning when the toddler crawled out of bed and went into the next room. >> the next thing i knew, i heard the tv coming down. so i immediately picked this huge tv up and just threw it. >> but it was too late. janaya died in the hospital a week later. the consumer products safety commission warns about putting a tv on a dresser or other furniture that a child can tip over. here you see a simulation of a toddler pulling out dresser

drawers and using them to climb. >> it's not just the older tube tvs that can fall overment the newer, larger flat panel tvs can also be a danger. >> flat tvs are lighter than tube tvs but as they get larger and larger the weight increases and their pedestals or feet may not fit the old tv stands. fortunately, it is relatively easy to secure tvs so children can't topple them. this 50-inch flat screen can simply be strapped onto the media console since this console is too heavy for a child to pull over. >> make sure the standard furniture is appropriate for the size and weight of of the tv and place the set as far back on the stand as you can. if you're putting a new tv on an old tv stand make sure the legs or pedestals don't extend over the enls like this. >> and finally, anchor the tv to the furniture and if the furniture could tip over, attach it to the wall. sylvia santiago says she hopes other families never go through

what her family has. >> i now have an almost 2-year-old son who will never know who his sister is. strap your television down. strap your furniture down. >> you can learn more ways to prevent tv tipovers. just head to anchorit.gov. >> thanks, erika. students at a local high school have a good reason to be proud tonight. how they're helping children around the world. no longer was i trying to be asleep before he got home. >> the fda debates a drug that's designed to increase a woman's sex drive. and, yes, we've been telling you about a weekend warm-up but will it be enough to make it feel like summer? it's the weekend. we've got your beach forecast

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tty/v . we should probably tell you this story is for adults only. there's a debate under way right now about whether to recommend the use of a drug to boost a woman's sex drive. a decision is expected on this within the hour. as erika edwards tells us experts have very different views about this very personal topic. >> reporter: amanda perish had

no explanation for why her previously active libido took a nosedive but said an experimental drive to boost her sex drive worked wonders for her and her husband ben. >> not only was i an active participant, but i was an initiator, and no longer was i trying to be asleep before he got home. >> reporter: the drug some call female viagra actual live a misnomer because viagra affects the ability to have sex. this works to increase the desire to have sex in women with extremely lola bead dough. dr. james simon is one of the investigator in the trials funded by sprout pharmaceuticals. >> there was an improvement in their desire and a decrease in their distress over their lack of sexual desire. >> reporter: one of the trials found the drug increased the number of sexually satisfying events by one per month, results that have drawn criticism. >> this is a mediocre drug. it's barely effective and it has safety concerns.

>> reporter: side effects include fatigue, nausea and dizziness. an fda safety review also pointed out fainting and low blood pressure as concerning. the agency has already rejected the drug twice. but now it has a public relations campaign behind it called even the score, which parodied commercials for men's erectile defunction drugs. supporters say women deserve treatment options. >> that's what this campaign is about. right now women have no choices. >> reporter: the fda does not have to follow the advice of its committees but often does. erika edwards, nbc news. >> now, this pill is supposed to be taken once a day and it works by changing chemical levels in your brain. turning to storm team4 the flowers are blooming and the grass seems to be getting greener by the hour. doug and veronica are here. >> a lot of folks are asking where is summer? but now as we take a look at the weekend, we'll have a little bit of that summer pattern coming back. >> the weekend as far as the

beaches, the same pattern we have will keep the beaches a lot cooler. we'll talk about that in a second. >> meanwhile, we'll check on storm team4 radar, show you where the showers are,s temperatures feeling like late march and early april. just 65 in d.c., 63 college park, 61 ole ne gaithersburg. there's your rain, moderate rains where you see the shadings of yellow and orange waldorf to mt. vernon clinton and brandywine, all pull together north and northwest where not only is it this way producing some moderate rain but this way, too, through the northern neck, eventually it will be lifting up to the north and northwest as well. so road impacts here for the evening, cautionary with wet roads. traffic will be slowed a bit. by late night, still wet roads. by morning, just showers and i think some damp conditions. we'll be improving with just an isolated shower or two coming through our area tomorrow. so your pedestrian forecast,

6:00 to 8:00 amount.m., cool and damp, mid-60s between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. could see an isolated shower. we're starting to climb out of it more and more. what's the gear for tomorrow? rain boots or sunglasses? you won't need either of those, but you certainly will need an umbrella and a jacket. yes, it's going to be a little cool to start out. temperatures start to head into the low to mid-70s by 1:00 73 degrees at 1:00, mid-70s by 3:00. so still a little cool and dreary to start, but we'll be improving. and the weekend, as we said, looking not too bad eermg. here is a look at your saturday forecast where we could have an isolated shower or two coming through during the afternoon hours. there's 6:00, again some clouds around the area with a few showers. hourly forecast. we hit 71 by 10:00 a.m. then upper 70s by 2:00. right now a 40% chance of a passing shower during the afternoon an saturday. meteorologist doug kammerer has a look at the beach forecast

now. >> our temperatures inland are going to go way up, close to 80 degrees for the weekend. however the easterly flow will keep the beaches a lot cooler. first off, look at the numbers. if you're heading toward the chesapeake, thinking about boating, the numbers 69 degrees the current water temperature. look off the shore in ocean city, only 60 degrees. that's been cooling with that easterly flow. and take a look as we move through the next couple of days. high temperatures tomorrow only around 65 with a chance for shower activity. saturday a high of only 67. and on sunday rather breezy with that east wind, temperatures then around 65 degrees. and that could actually be a little generous with those temperatures. if you're heading toward the beaches, make sure you take the jacket there as well. >> here is a look at your four-day forecast, folks. mid-70s tomorrow. there's your 80 inland for saturday. nice conditions expected on sunday. sunday gets the a-plus grade for the weekend. here's your summer warmth your change in overall pattern. mid to upper 80s expected in fact, on thursday the end of the week we could hit 90. we start warming up.

tuesday a chance of a shower or thunderstorm will be coming our way. meanwhile, the radar is getting busy. we have a lot more of that on news4 at 5. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. a news conference is under way right now in boston with the family of the man shot and killed by police, an attorney has been speaking for the family. here is some of what he had to say. >> usaamah was a son, a husband to his wife. he was a brother. he was very loved by his family. they are devastated. it is -- i must ask that people keep in mind this is an overwhelming experience for the immediate family. they have lost a loved one. this loved one is being accused of terrible things. >> we're going to have much more from that news conference coming up on news4 at 5. if you own a home in the district, you could be getting a knock on your door. but as news4 mark segraves

explains when these government workers get a look inside it could end up saving or costing you money. >> reporter: these men are with the local tax office, and they're going door to door asking homeowners if they can come inside and look around to make sure that their property is assessed at the proper value. i'm mark segraves, coming up we'll go inside with this team and see what they do and we'll tell you what your rights are and why you might actually want them to come inside. a maryland neighborhood turned crime scene. what we're just learning about a teenager found murdered in somebody's backyard. >> reporter: they are bringing new meaning to the term "helping hands" here at marshall high school. i'm julie carey in fairfax county. how high school students are working to make

a four-mile stretch of long beach, california, is closed and it's just the latest coastal

area to shut down because of a surge of tar balls xs authorities are trying to find out if they're from last month's major oil spill. some 140 miles away in santa barbara county. there are concerns the oily blobs could irritate swimmers' skin or make them sick. it's not eye ufo. nasa is set to test a real flying saucer tomorrow. the rocket-powered saucer was set to take off in hawaii today but had to postpone because of wind. the low-density relies on a balloon to reach altitude. it's designed to work through certain situations that coo happen when delivering heavy pay loads to mars. well, you've really got to give it up to some of our local students here in this area for what they are doing for others. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports on their efforts to help child amputees. >> reporter: you won't find one of these a 3d printer in many high schools. when it arrived in this s.t.e.m. engineering classroom at marshall high, students were shocked at the assignment that

went along with it, design and create prosthetic hands for children in war-torn areas of the world. >> to be honest, i thought it was extremely ambitious. >> reporter: but the s.t.e.m. engineering classes combined forces. take a look at what they've created. several students designed prosthetic attachments that kids could use for specific purposes, to play ping-pong, for example. >> i decided to make a double-sided one so they can attack the ball by backhand and fronthand. >> reporter: chester says he worried a child missing a hand might have trouble playing with other kids. >> to help, like, younger kids to create new friends by playing the game. >> reporter: another student's love of basketball was the inspiration for this prosthetic that could be used to play hoops. and the challenge of holding a book and turning the pages with just one hand led to this design. >> this is the completed hand so starting here, this is the actual book holder. it's what's going to hold the book. >> reporter: the teacher learned

about the program called hands across borders in a magazine article. she got special training, made her first hand, and convinced her vice principal to buy the 3d printer. it melds layers of plastic to create the 29-piece hands. >> you could create hands in ten hours or so with about $50 in material and then you could reprint once every six months as the child grew. >> reporter: besides creating hands the project has another benefit of i love the fact that the students can get fired up and learn something and use it and apply it concretely in the real world right now. to help somebody. >> it's nice to kind of think about helping the community and really making a difference while you're still in high school. >> reporter: the class is has already sent off a completed hand to be evaluated for quality control. by next year, they hope to be sending away one of these smaller hands to an actual child. in fairfax county, julie carey, news4. storm team4 coverage right now. it is another day with a very busy radar. >> we have a team of meteorologists tracking the

storms out there. the roads are wet for some drivers right now. doug and veronica where is the rain moving next? >> everywhere. you know, it's really going to be everywhere. this is a little bit more than what we were thinking about even a little bit earlier this afternoon with a area of low pressure to the south bringing in the rain. >> yeah. here it comes. peeking of which, we're going to see higher temperatures too. looking at the calendar as we keep here in the weather center, last week, wednesday/thursday we had our highest temperatures of the year, even at the beginning of the week. now again, way cool. >> but we go back to the 90s, at least in the seven-day forecast. but it's not today. right now we have the rain coming through. take a look. rain toward southern maryland rain down toward northern virginia. again, i say everywhere. look how it's just moving across our region. so frederick you might not have seen much in the way toefd. you'll see it later this evening. look where it is, i-95 around the beltway. look at all the yellows, oranges, even some darker oranges. that's very heavy rain that continues to fall. i-95 judge south of baltimore

toward richmond a very wet ride as we continue to make our way dune. look where the heavy rain is right now, right on the south side of the beltway, alexandria, oxen hill, clinton and andrews air force base, down 301 we're going to continue to see that rain, too. you can see as i mngsentioned on the wider view it's all swinging in through the region. we've got a lot more of the rain to go over the next couple of hoyers xs we'll continue to keep uf posted here in the storm center. now to the latest in the d.c. mansion murders case. it has now been three weeks since four people were found murdered inside that home. and late this afternoon prosecutors and potential defense attorneys returned to the crime scene. news4's pat collins live now in northwest with more on that and a newly released unsealed affidavit in this case. pat? >> reporter: jim they'll do battle in court but today they met at the scene. the prosecutor and the defense attorneys in this quadruple murder case. also, another affidavit unsealed, this one for the