finally moving out of the area. i'll show you what's moving in for the weekend. news4 at 4 starts now. "first at 4" this afternoon new information about that massive data breach afgting more than 4 million current and former federal workers. >> consumer reporter erika gonzalez has been making calls an talking to experts. erika erika? >> we are getting a very clear picture of what exactly may be compromise and who this concerns. as it turns out, this attack may be a lot more personal than data breaches we've seen in the past. officials say some names, social security numbers, job assignments and training information could all be compromised. there have been reports that this did not affect people with security clearances or those who applied for clearances but our experts tell us it's too early to tell. we spoke with one cyber security expert today who says consumers are toing to have to be extra cautious for the long haul. >> we do have to be wary, and

we're going to have to be wary for a long time. the adversaries show extreme patience in carrying out these attacks. they've taken over the last five, ten years even. we need to show the same patience and wariness in protecting our information. >> ed baker also says keep an eye on your bank accounts, get a copy of your credit report just to be on the safe side. coming up on news4 aft 5, cyber security expert wade baker who you just saw will join me live from the newsroom to answer more questions on how this breach really pacts you including how it differs from the company breaches like target, like home debutpot we've talked about in the past. that's come up at 5:30. naturally, a lot of federal workers who may be affected are right here in our area. notices to affected workers will start going out on monday along with the option to request free credit monitoring to make sure your identity is safe. some of the folks who might be getting those notices tell news4 they are concerned but they're

not surprised. >> hopefully, you know, they'll get it fixed so that we'll feel more secure. >> there's something to be said for the old paper system where they actually had to break into the building in order to get information. >> our team coverage of this story continues in the next half hour. steve handelsman is digging for the latest in the investigation, and he'll tell us what the fbi's role will be. breaking news in the district where police and firefighters are dealing with an immediate drug problem. jackie benson is live downtown at 2nd and "d." >> reporter: well i've never seen anything like this before, and it is frightening. take a look behind me. d.c. fire department has set up a mobile command post here at the ccnv, the largest homeless shelter in the city because there have been at least -- and i'm saying at least -- 11 possibly 12 in the last couple

of minutes overdoses today of a synthetic marijuana, a specific type of synthetic marijuana called bizarreo that apparently causes aggressive behavior and hallucinations almost in a pcp like way. now they have been on the scene here. seven people were transported, taken to the hospital from the shelter, three others refused treatment. again, we've just seen two more possible incidents in the last few minutes and i do not know what the dispension on that is. but the fire department is actually going to keep this command post here because at this point they have absolutely no idea what's going on this with this. they tell us they normally see one or two overdoses of this drug per day. today, again, it has been almost or possibly as many as a dozen so far. live in northwest, back to you. >> thanks, jackie. also "first at 4," we're getting new information about the two adults who died wednesday when their row house

caught fire near dupont circle. one was 25 years old and had just graduated from georgetown with a master's her family says she loved to run. michael mclafave lan's fall said he went to the university of maryland and graduated, he was 24 and loved soccer. his family said he was just started his career here in d.c. authorities called off the search for the reston, virginia man who went missing in the potomac river. they will try again tomorrow. marco reyes sanchez went into the water near great falls park on wednesday. he got caught up in the strong current and disappeared. montgomery county crews searched the river this morning but found nothing. they assume he's drowned. we're learning a lot more today about what police found when they arrested a man in connection with those murders in a d.c. mansion. new search warrants show investigators found cash, knives and clothes inside the car daron wint was riding in when he was arrested and in a truck that was just ahead of him. they also recovered several cell

phones but don't know if they belonged to the victims. we'll go live to meagan fitzgerald at the home in northwest in about ten minutes. the man charged with a deadly shooting outside a germantown target store is being held without bond. donald bicker was in a mont comery county courtroom for a bond hearing. according to court documents eshgs he allegedly bought a gun on the internet monday and used it the next day to shoot his ex-girlfriend in the store's parking lot. news4's chris gordon will have more on that and what the suspect allegedly told police. his live report come pg up at 5. severe storms charged across northern colorado, bringing heavy rain and several reports of tornadoes. roofs were ripped off vehicles upended. the storm damaged more than 30 homes yesterday. if that wasn't enough, hail pelted some areas in central colorado, about 100 miles outside denver. it was almost as big as a baseball and hard enough to punch a hole in a roof.

the hail caused significant damage to cars, trucks and homes but fortunately no one's been injured. here in our area the weather is starting to change, just as the weekend arrives. this is the dreary weather finally out of here. let's get the answer from storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. what about it doug? >> it's out of here. it's really looking much, much better. the longer we go throughout the afternoon the better it gets. a lot of you on facebook and twitter saying rg the sun, i'm finally seeing the sun. not everybody is seeing it but the storm system is finally starting to pull out. a lot more clouds out toward the east. you are starting to see some clearing and some blue skies out there. not everybody, but, again, we will continue to see that. i think most of us should see a pretty nice sunset. look at the numbers up to 73 today. hey, a lot better than the 60s, only 61 though in ocean city. here's the 80s. these are the numbers we want coming this way and they are coming this way. i'll show you when, i'll show you how the weekend is looking,

plus next time we hit 90. that's in the forecast, too. >> thanks doug. we're waiting to hear from fairfax police any minute about a road closure that affected the morning rush hour. a downed tree took out a power line this morning, and traffic has been detoured ever since. a scam alert this afternoon from fairfax police. people are reportedly getting calls from someone claiming to represent the power company. the caller says service will be terminated unless a money card is purchased and the number is provided to him. in one case, several calls were made dmabding payment. a special tribute to a fallen officer. "first at 4," a girl's solemn salute to the father she never met and the several people who joined her. in an outpouring of charity, how the loss of beau biden is helping so many other people in need.

family and friends of a murdered d.c. journalist will be gathering to remember her life tonight. there will be a wake for charnice milton about 6:00 tonight. her funeral takes place tomorrow. milton was shot about two weeks ago on good hope road in southeast. her parents say someone used her as a human shield.

police released surveillance video yesterday showing several people on dirt bikes. coming up at 5, news4's darcy spencer joins us live with a message from milton's close friends. donations are pouring in to the charity willable foundation that honors the legacy of the vice president's son. the beau biden foundation for the protection of children was established shortly after his death saturday. its mission to protect kids from sexual predators. 600 donors have already given more than $125,000 according to the news journal of wilmington. beau biden served as delaware's attorney general from 2007 through january of this year. a task force is recommending tighter ethics rules for officials in frederick county. that's according to the frederick news post. one change would block elected leaders from bidding on county funded construction. this comes after the county ij icks commission found no conflict of interest in allowing councilman kirby delauder's construction company to bid on county contracts.

jan gardner disagreed with that and issued an executive order barring the practice. three of the commission's five members then resigned in protest. this afternoon, we're tracking some new developments in those mansion murders that have captured the nation's attention. why the home is no longer a crime scene. and coming to an apple store near you, why long lines could soon be coming to get the latest gadgets. >> and veronica, what's the latest on our weather? >> the latest for right now, a lot of people still looking like spring like april out there, certainly feeling that way. here's the trend for the weekend. look at this, the temperature bar going up then way up next week weext week. we'll talk about how hot it's going to get, what it will

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. right now new documents unsealed in the murs of four

people in northwest washington. >> that's right. we're learning what evidence police found when they took a man into custody two weeks ago. news4's meagan fitzgerald joins us from the victims' home in northwest. meagan, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, at this point, there's a lot that's been going on at this mansion over the last 24 hours. but for the first time chris police are telling us that this mansion is no longer considered a crime scene. a lot of activity, and we want to show you. take a look. you can see that crews are working right now on putting up a chain link fence all around the mansion. you can see on the roof they've started boarding up the windows. to the right there, for the last couple of weeks we've seen cars in the drive way. well someone came today, was not an investigator we're told and removed those vehicles from the house. all while we're learning new information about evidence that was uncovered the night that police arrested the suspect in this case. court documents say the night police pulled over the car wint was riding in two knives money orders clothing an ipad along

with a verizon samsung and iphone were recovered from the car. police also obtained a warrant to search the ford truck that was with wint. inside, investigators found more ransom money, money orders and a samsung galaxy phone. meanwhile, police say the three cell phones belonging to amy and savvas savopoulos and their housekeeper were missing from the crime scene. now it's unclear as to whether or not those cell phones that were found that night they arrested wint belonged to savvas savopoulos savopoulos, his wife and housekeeper but we know they provide a lot of crucial information for police as they continue with this investigation. now, coming up at 5, we'll have more about the arrest warrant that they got for savvas savopoulos' assistant and how quickly they were able to obtain it. chris? >> meagan, you covered the knives and cash. what else are they still looking for at this point? >> reporter: well, at this point, they're looking to find

the bag that was described when the assistant went and got the money. they want to know, where is the bag that was last seen? there are a lot of other things they're looking for, and they're really being tight-lipped about this, too. they're only releasing a little bit of information at a time. they got a search warrant the next day after the house went up in plame flames but we're just now learning about that. of course coming up at 5, we'll get more detailed information about that. >> all right meagan fitzgerald. thank you. >> thanks. we have posted all the search warrants on nbcwashington.com. if you are still waiting to buy an apple watch, you could soon be in luck. apple says some models of the watch should be available in stores within two weeks. when preorders for the watch launched in april, it was only available through apple's website and select luxury boutiques. industry insiders suspect april

will elle will begin selling the smart watch in stores after its worldwide developer's conference on monday. about two hours from now, the gates will open for the first night of celebrate fairfax, a three-day celebration on the grounds of the fairfax county government center. it includes hundreds of exhibitors, food vendors, live bands and karn will val rides. they'll set off fireworks every night, and you'll see some familiar news4 faces there including northern virginia bureau chief julie carey and reporter david culver. i'm going to be out there on sunday morning at 11:00 sharp. >> and hopefully the sun will meet you there. >> i hope so. i hope so. what do you say, doug? i think the sun will meet you there the storm team4 by 4 will be there, too chris. but don't get into the driver's seat. >> you don't trust me? >> well, you're not a meteorologist. that thing is very sensitive equipment. but it is going to be great down there for celebrate fairfax. if you're go this weekend i don't suspect any shower activity and temperatures will be great. first off this evening looking

nice, 73 degrees right now. we're back in the 70s. how about that? 70 right now manassas, 70 in mart nz burgs and cool at the beaches along the chesapeake 68 only at 68 in annapolis. we do have clouds. we are seeing some sun but still a lot of cloud cover. that's going to be the case as we move through the overnight. mostly cloud cli skies slight chance of a shower to the best, but all in all no problems. tomorrow we start off with clouds apdz i think with a little bit of fog. tomorrow afternoon, though, we will see some sunshine but notice a little shower here maybe a sure over toward the east. i'm not expecting much in the way of rain. i do not think you'll need the umbrella. any showers we get tomorrow will be very very brief and they will be on the light side, too. so don't worry too much about the shower activity. high temperatures 80 for tomorrow, 78 on sunday, the weekend looking really, really nice. if you are heading out toward celebrate fairfax, 87 monday, 85 on tuesday. then next week we get warm again. we go back to around 90. >> thanks, doug. you know, we're still a

couple of weeks away from father's day but a young girl from illinois honored her dad today and brought her entire class to the ceremony in d.c. megan morales' father died in 2004. marlon morales was a transit officer. he was at the u-street metro station when he confronted someone who didn't pay the fare. the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him. officer morales died three days later. his daughter megan was just 15 days old. >> you know, they grew up without a mother now megan grew up without a father. she recently graduated from eighth grade he wasn't there to see that. >> megan honored her father today at the national law enforcement officers memorial. all of her classmates were there. they had all just graduated from eighth grade like her, and they're all in town for a school field trip. just about 24 hours to go. why so many eyes will be on a small town tomorrow, and it

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american pharaoh could gallop into the history books tomorrow. >> if the thoroughbred wins the belmont stakes, he'll be the first triple crown winner in 37 years. >> jay gray joins us live where american pharaoh just wrapped up a practice run. jay, how did he look? >> reporter: well, pat, chris, everyone says that he looks spectacular, even his team is saying that there are no excuses xs they feel like they can win this race tomorrow. it would be history. it's going to be amazing to see. the forecast at post time looking good, should be warm and sunny, and everything just setting up for what should be an historic day here attorney. of course, there have been 13 horses that have come to belmont

since affirmed one in 1978. they did not leave with that triple crown trophy. but even opposing trainers here are saying there's something different about pharaoh. they think that he is strong, that the two races in five weeks leading into the belmont doesn't seem to have affected him that much. and all of the insiders believe this will be the year that history is made. it will be exciting to see, pat and chris. the last practice was today. tomorrow he comes out, makes that run at history. >> all right, aloft folks are hoping he does it. it would be so great to see a triple crown winner again after all these years. thank you, jay. >> you can watch all the excitement right here on nbc 4, live coverage of the 147th belmont stakes begins tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 p.m. after 37 years, this may be the one. "first at 4 ", the largest data breach in government history. >> that's right. and it could affect so many people here in our area.

this afternoon, how the government plans to handle it before it gets worse. plus, taking action after some big mix-ups that could have put a lot of folks' health at risk.

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. breaking right now at 4:30, an overdose emergency in downtown d.c. more than ten people have been treated after they smoked a drug called bizarro at a shelter on 2 pd and "d" streets. the drug is described as a stimulant that sometimes makes people aggressive. developing in prince george's county. police have made the arrest in the murder of a bowie teenager. robert myers was taken into custody. they say he shot and killed 18-year-old devauptnte king. investigators say it looks to be the largest computer hack ever on the u.s. government. the records of more than 4 million workers may have been compromised. a lot of cyber security experts are blaming this on china, but chinese officials

there call the accusations groundless. >> routers is reporting that the fbi assumes this attack was based overseas. news4's steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest, starting with the immediate victims. >> reporter: 4 million federal workers are learning by e-mail that their names, social security numbers and birthdays were stolen. >> upsetting. upsetting. because that's personal information ff's already done. >> you don't worry about your credit, about your i.d. being stolen in. >> that's something that cares me a lot. >> reporter: security experts degree china is the victim. >> chinese government is against any form of signary tack. >> reporter: the nsa in a program ordered by president obama and revealed today by edward snowden and the "new york times" had been using secret new cyber weapons to block suspected hackers like the chinese, though the white house did not accuse beijing or anyone else today. >> the less they know about what

we know, about what they did, the better. >> reporter: but opm the office of personal r personnel management, got hit. government workers' private data back to the mid-'80s copied. >> this is a deeper strategic move by china for espionage rather than just economic gain. >> reporter: some lawmakers want retaliation retaliation. >> absolutely the united states should respond vigorously if it is an act of another state. >> reporter: now there's a scramble to build a harder shell around federal computers. that's expensive, and the white house is charging that congress has not okayed enough funding to do it right. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capital hill tol hill. some changes out there just in time for our weekend. storm team4 meteorologist veronica xbronjohnson is trag the changes. >> i don't know about you but had it comes to the weekend i sure love to see a little bit of sunshine and have it be nice and

warm. so much to do outside, of course the kids want to get out, too. we've been tracking the clouds and where the sunshine is. there's a little bit of holes around areas around annapolis and around baltimore. there's your storm system finally kicking to the north and east and moving out to sea but right here areas around annapolis and baltimore is where we're seeing the clouds start to erode acre little more sunshine. it will make for a nice evening. it will be partly cloudy, right before the sun sets, temperatures you can see where it's 73 degrees inside the beltway. other locations that have had the sun the longest in the mid-70s around oakland, cumberland 75 degrees, look at ocean city, rehoboth 60 and 61 degrees. the forecast for the weekend with the warmer water temperatures into the mid-60s are expected to be 70 degrees on saturday, mid-70s by monday, a little breezy but at least the weekend is looking fairly nice. we're back with your recreation recreational forecast, hourly forecast in a couple of minutes. to shocking new allegations

against former house speaker dennis hastert. a montana woman tells abc news hastert sexually abused her brother steven ryan boldt when he was a student at yorkville high school and hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher. this was before congress. she told the associated press the fbi interviewed her about the allegations last month. she said her brother told her before he died of aids in 1995 that his first homosexual contact was with hastert and the abuse lasted all through high school. nbc news has not independently confirmed the story and has tried repeatedly to reach hastert with no success. these allegations are separate from the federal indictment that alleges hast ss hastert agreed to pay more than $3 million to someone to uncover prior misconduct. the fbi and local law enforcement are desperately searching for what they fear may be a serial shooter targeting people in northern can colorado. in loveland, a quiet community

about 50 miles north of denver a 65-year-old man was gunned down while walking near his home on wednesday night. 15 miles away, a cyclist was shot to death last month. a third victim was also shot while driving, but she survived. drivers have also reported broken windows but no injuries. police say there's no positive link but they haven't ruled it out either. a drug research unit is shut down at nih this afternoon because it's contaminated. officials discovered a fungus in a product involved in an experimental study on cancer patients. six patients have gotten doses of medicine from the same batch. they're now being closely monitor monitored. an inspection showed

marathon, the united way of the national capital area raised more than $1.4 million in online donations, more than 11,000 donations made via the do more 24.org giving portal. the proceeds will support more than 600 nonprofits serving d.c. northern virginia and montgomery and prince george's counties. do you have big plans for the weekend? the hottest ticket in town could be one attracting beer lovers from around the country. how local businesses are going to benefit from it all.

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prefer them. >> and many of those brewers will be right here in d.c. in weekend in an event that foodies are also going to love. nbc's tracie potts reports. >> we're going to fill it with 12 ounces of beer. >> reporter: bill butcher is in a growing business. he's 1 of 3400 people in the u.s. who make specialty beers called craft beers. >> people are willing to pay more for something that tastes better, and once people taste the good stuff, they don't go back. >> reporter: about 75 beer companies are in washington this weekend to demonstrate how well food and craft beers go together. but while they're here brewers from all 50 states are visiting capitol hill. they are on a mission. >> small brewers pay exorbitant level of federal excise taxes so it's an additional tax on each barrel of beer that they produce. >> reporter: sales of craft beers are on the rise in the u.s. for some it's a matter of taste. >> every like, craft beer has a

different taste to it and it's cool to experiment with the different beers. >> reporter: there are almost 3500 craft beeryies in the u.s., sales up 22% over last year. their trade group the brewers association points out brewers contributed more than $30 billion to the economy in 2012. >> it's hip now to try the smaller companies. >> reporter: breweries, retailers and wholesalers help support more than 300,000 jobs. so there's always a lot of talk here on capitol hill about democrats and republicans not getting together, but the industry group says they found a lot of support, bipartisan support, in both the house and senate here for the craft brewing movement. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> and, as we head into the weekend we're talking about beer on our social media platform. so join the conversation with the hash tag nbc 4 d.c. >> you can even check out a map of where craft breweries are

located here in our region on the nbc washington app or ask doug. he could probably draw you a map to the beers. irthink i know where most of those places are. there are really good breweries around town, good places to get beer. one of those places i know they're serving it at celebrate fairfax. chris will be there this weekend. it looks fan fas tick if you're heading toward fairfax. at the government center, through sunday, weather is looking very, very good. is there a chance of a shower? yeah, it but it's isolated tomorrow and really i think it will be great down there. if you're heading toward the pools, exercise toirm, if you're thinking of doing some laps, no problem. a lot of clouds earlier more sun late. around 11:00 we get into the 70s, early on in the day not the best pool weather. by 1:00, 3:00, really really looking nice if you're heading toward the pools or really anything you're doing tomorrow weather looking good. veronica will have the weekend outlook including the next couple of days with the 90s

coming back as well in just a minute. we've got some wild video taken at a virginia drive-through. the emergency outside that was all caught on camera. and the accident that set off the whole thing. plus if you want to make those summer getaway plans and save money, now is the time. we'll tell you why you don't want to wait until tomorrow to

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one minute you're driving, and the next you're beneath the street. more of the unbelievable video and hear from the police officer who got the surprise of his life. plus waiting in line to say good-bye to someone they never even met. >> that's right. why so many people say the death of vice president biden's son has been emotional for them. after days of chilly, rainy weather, things may finally start to turn around frlt. we are following the powerful storm system that swept across parts of colorado and the plains yesterday.

>> that's right. it triggered tornadoes heavy rains, damaginge inging hail and more powerful storms may be on the way today. >> nbc's sheneman has more. >> there it is! we have touchdown, people. >> reporter: tornadoes ripped across the northeastern colorado landscape thursday spawned from a powerful storm system. the twisters damaged more than two dozen homes north of denver. trees and power lines were destroyed, but there were no reports of any injuries. as for others, it was hail hail the size of grapefruits in some places forcing some denver residents to break out the snow shovels in june. >> i never seen anything like this. >> reporter: for more than 87 reporters, of hail across five states thursday into early friday morning. in the denver suburban of sheridan, a police suv was swallowed on patrol. >> the next thing i hear, all i see is a dirt wall in front of me. >> reporter: sergeant greg

miller was able to climb out the wind dough of the suv and onto the roof before pulling himself out of the hole. he suffered only minor injuries. >> somebody is looking over me. >> reporter: in kansas and missouri, heavy rains triggered flash flood warnings and even some evacuations. back in denver, the cleanup continue was the threat of more bad weather on the way. dan sheneman, nbc news. a driver and three others are being treated after a fiery morning accident in virginia beach. the man who was driving this van lost control after suffering a medical condition. it crashed into a mcdonald's drive-through, hit a gas meter and sparked a fire. that fire then spread to the building but, fortunately, none of the injuries are believed to be life threatening. well, turning again to the weekend and to what we are hoping will be a fantastic weekend after a really soggy week. >> what do you say? >> this week has just been up and down and all over the place. we had the heat at the beginning of the week, the downpours and

then the cool, the drizzly, the gray. this weekend some sunshine and a chance to see our temperatures go up just enough. it's not gooding to be too hot, not until next week. take a look at storm team4 radar, the showers pretty much gone. we're seeing an area of rain showers way to the west around petersburg. i think that's really where the showers will stay. meanwhile we'll see some patchy fog for early tomorrow morning. here is a look at 11:00 p.m. tonight, fog setting up throughout the mid-atlantic states. it's just been so moist. we're still hanging on to higher humidity, even through tomorrow. this is a snapshot of 6:00 a.m. pockets of fog throughout the area especially east of i-81 for tomorrow morning. that fog should burn off rather quickly. road impacts for the evening, your late night we're staying dry, keep in mind the fog tomorrow morning. moderate impacts for the early part of the day, for the afternoon we'll watch for the possibility of a shower or storm that could be popping up. 80 degrees the high in d.c., 80 la plata, 80 manassas.

there's the warmth coming your way for saturday afternoon. then for sunday, it's going to be a gorgeous day coming up. our temperatures will be a little lower, into the mid-70s. here is a look at your hourly planner. nice condition as we hit a high of 78 degrees by 2:00 p.m. we'll have another look at your seven-day forecast coming up on news4 at 5. southwest airlines has extended its nationwide fare sale through today. the sale was supposed to end last night at midnight, but, due to technical problems with the website, the carrier is giving travelers an extra 24 hours to buy tickets. the company says the website started showing persistent slowness and error messages wednesday afternoon due to a high volume of traffic by all those bargain seekers. a chance to help save money and help the environment. tomorrow in falls church the northern virginia rain barrel program is selling barrels for $65, collecting rain from down south saves money and watering your plants. water is better for your plants

and reduces runoff. rain barrels will be available from 10:30 to 1:30 at the city's property yard on gordon road. wendy rieger explains how easy it is to install a rain barrel at nbcwashington.com. just search "barrel." >> well, police have a new tool to ticket people who drive and speed through school zones. officials in prince george's county revealed a new hand-held photo laser gun and bureau chief tracee wilkins got an inside look. >> reporter: so you know where the speed camera is. you slow down just as you're approaching it. then for a little while after until you think it is safe to start speeding again. that's what the prince george's county police department is trying to cut out. now, they have a new device they say will help them to do just that. this is a handheld device that is actually a mix between a speed camera and a radar gun. it takes pictures of speeding vehicles and police will be able to hold it at those areas right after the speed cameras when

they know the vehicles start to go a little bit faster. >> so what we're trying to do is move our equipment around and make the best use of the equipment and to have the biggest effect as far as to get motorists to slow down. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 5, what do drivers in prince george's county think of this new device and exactly where will it be used? we'll explain. well, it's the quick action that could save lives, but only certain people can do it. ahead on news4 at 5 meet the local mother who's helping train other parents to prevent future tragedies. and the vice president and his family are in mourning. why so many people who don't even know the bidens are turning now to say good-bye.

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or from now until june 13th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a 2 year agreement. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v bad weather left travelers stranded in a new jersey airport. not to worry, two new jersey state troopers ordered and personally paid for pizza.

15 pizzas more than 100 people were stuck at the atlantic city international airport after their airlines canceled a flight according to a traveler on facebook. that person says the airline only offered them cookies, but they wanted food. with no food or transportation available for them, the two troopers stepped up to the plate, so to speak and ordered that pizza. it's been another emotional day for the biden family as they prepare to lay beau to rest. the private funeral takes place tomorrow with president obama delivering the eulogy. today the public was invited to attend a viewing at st. anthony roman catholic church. there's been an outpouring of love and grief for the vice president and his family. >> yeah. a lot of it. and many total strangers are coming out to offer their support. nbc's doug shima mel has more. >> reporter: his friendliness his openness his kindness. he was just a genuine person. >> reporter: all of that

compelled them to be there. >> and in this time you hear a lot of negative stuff about politicians. i feel like they are a well-respected family and i'm honored to be here. >> reporter: it was not how they wanted to see beau biden, but hundreds lined up to say farewell. >> no parent ever wants to bury their child. i don't ever want to know how the bidens feel now. >> reporter: they all wanted to be there to help absorb some of the family's pain. >> this loss is going to take its toll on the state of delaware just because of how the biden family is to the state of delaware and how thankful that they've been to everybody. >> know that we grieve with you. >> reporter: the politicians all knew what made beau biden so popular. >> and i think the fact that he was so grounded and so interested in other people. there wasn't a superficial bone in his body, and when he had a conversation with you, he was all about you. >> reporter: and so came the friends and the strangers. >> we've only lived in delaware for four years and i've never

met him, but i felt heartbroken. >> it's going to be tough. just the memories, the memories. he was great. >> had he been able to run for governor, i'm sure he would have been governor of delaware e. was an mazing person. right now -- opening the evidence vaultd. what we just found out after going through these documents in the d.c. mansion murder case. a cyber attack on millions of government employees. >> we do have to be wary, and we're going to have to be wary for a long time. we'll talk live to an expert about what this means for you. they kind of trashed that area. >> the cruel crime that left a star american paralympian without his legs. >> announcer: news4 at 5 starts now. unprecedented and frighteningly sophisticated. >> the federal government now scrambling to notify as many as 4 million current and former government workers after a historic cyber attack.

>> consumer reporter erika gonzalez begins our team coverage with a look at the impact locally. >> wendy and jim, today we went out and talked to federal workers on their way to the job, and they tell us until at the get word about whether or not they are part of the 4 million it is an uncomfortable waiting game. people, more than 4 million people, in quite possibly the largest cyber attack the u.s. has ever seen, names, date of birnls and social security numbers of 4 million current and former federal employees may be at risk. >> a huge data breach here in the nation's capital. >> reporter: after yesterday's announcement about the hacking of the office of personnel management, basically the federal government's hr department, today we know a lot of you are uneasy and want answers and assurances. >> hopefully, you know they'll get it fixed so that we'll feel more secure. >> reporter: the federal employees that make up this area's largest workforce. the biggest question we've been asked, is it me?

is my information in the hands of a hacker? we'll have to wait until monday for that answer. opm says it will begin notifying people then. >> it seems like it happens way too often. >> two years ago the president signed a bill on cyber security, information sharing, prive 60 and the adoption of security practices. but here we are again talking about yet another breach, puzzling leaving some employees to question the days of old. >> there's something to be said for the old paper system where they actually had to break into the building in order to get information information. >> in the next half hour, i'll be joined by a cyber security expert who's going to tell us what he thinks hackers plan to do with the information and how that's different from the breaches like target and home depot. >> we'll see you then. erika, thank you. stay with us for continuing coverage of this massive data breach, both on air and online. turn on the alert on our app to get updates on this developing