jones. she was found dead in upper marlboro, maryland, yesterday. chris gordon is live at the police headquarters there. what can you tell us? >> we have the very latest with julie parker. the spokesperson for the prince george's county police. chris, thank you. we'd like to announce that we do have a suspect in custody who will be charged with first-degree murder in the homicide of amanda jones. >> reporter: are you putting out his name? >> at this point until he is charged we won't reveal has identity. what we can say is we developed this suspect early on in the investigation through witness interviews and collecting evidence at this point. we believe he is the only person who will be charged in this case. we are still awaiting autopsy results on the victim and once we have those we'll provide further information. >> and finally, can you confirm that he was an acquaintance of the victim? >> at this point because we're not revealing who the suspect is, we'll just leave it at that. that we have a suspect in custody. >> reporter: thank you for

joining us on news 4 at 4:00 up. the very latest from julie parker. they tell us an acquaintance of amanda jones has been held here for questioning at the prince george's police headquarters for hours. no confirmation if that person is the person that we have been told as been placed under arrest and charged with first-degree murder. also another development today, amanda jones' daughter went to the jones home in upper marlboro where the murder occurred and spoke publicly today for the very first time. myesha gallway discovered her mother's body in upper marlboro yesterday. she died of injuries of bodily trauma. her daughter says she and other family members immediately told detectives that the man that had been acquaintance with amanda jones had a violent nature that

worried them. >> it's really, really hard to think that someone who knew her, knew her as a person how beautiful of a person she was and how much she meant to her family would do this to her, but there's but i know there is a person that she's involved with that came to mind instantly. >> the perrywood neighborhood here in upper marlboro is still gripped by fear. >> would it help if it turns out if it was not a stranger, but someone she knew? >> a little bit. you feel a little bit at ease and still knowing it's so close to home it's still a fearful feeling that you have. >> reporter: updating this story, we are on standby for a prince george's county news conference with perhaps more details, but here live on news 4 at 4k c:00, we got confirmation that a suspect is in custody in the murder of amanda jones. when that news conference begins

we'll bring it to you live. live, chris gordon, news 4. > . >> i've said all along what i've said time and again to others that it may very well be that that process by the time we get through it closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign. i've concluded it has closed. vice president joe biden made it official today. he is not entering the presidential race, but he made it clear that he doesn't plan to stay quiet. steve handelsman is live at the white house with reaction to the remarkable rose garden address. steve, for a man who is not running he sure had a lot to y say. >> reporter: he's joe biden and a lot of people in washington, a lot of republicans love this

guy. he's got a big heart and wore his heart on his sleeve and hillary clinton found up joe biden who she's worked with for decades and she praised the vice president in a statement saying he will keep fighting for all of us, but not as a presidential candidate as we learned here at the white house today. >> with his wife jill and president obama by his side, vice president joe biden said it's too late for him to run for president. >> unfortunately, i believe we're out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. the bidens have been mourning since may. now they're smiling at the memory of son beau biden, and not just weeping over his death from cancer, but the vice president warned his window to run narrowed while they mourned. >> that it might close, i've concluded it has closed. >> hillary clinton gets stronger, with five points over

bernie sanders with biden out. clinton at 58% in the new wall street journal poll. >> you can't say anything certain in politics, but she's the closest thing to a lock i've ever seen in an open primary campaign. >> republican frontrunner donald trump tweeted, personally, i would rather run against hillary because her record is so bad. at the debate, clinton had called trump's party her enemy. >> probably the republicans. >> that's not joe biden's style. they're our opposition, they're not our enemies. >> after 42 years in washington, a senator, twice a presidential candidate and vice president. biden promises to keep speaking out, which knowing joe, nobody doubts. here at the rose garden today right on the other side of the white house, joe biden warned democrats clearly aiming his remarks at hillary clinton to run on the record of the obama administration meaning obama biden and not to run against him. i'm steve handelsman, news 4,

live at the white house. >> what do you think of joe biden's decision? hundreds of people weighed in on our nbc washington facebook page. we'd be interested to hear from you as we continue the conversation. developing right now no charges will be filed in a deadly hit and run in alexandria. prosecutors say there was no evidence a truck driver who hit and killed deborah bogart last month knew she hit a person. it was headed to a nearby construction site when it hit bogart. the driver had a valid license and no prior traffic infractions. he's a young man caught on camera attacking an elderly man on an escalator and he was arrested for punching a local actor. he's in trouble again. wendy rieger is in our newsroom with details. >> this 19-year-old seems to have a hard time keeping his hands to himself and this time investigators say he went after a metrotransity police officer in plain clothes, a

plain-clothes officer who was helping another officer with an arrest on the 700 block northwest last night. elija johnson approached the scene and purchased the officer several times and knocking him to the ground and the two officers were able to subdue smith and arrested him. >> you may remember smith pled guilty for punching a man at the eastern market metro in april and smith is currently on probation for beating and robbing a silver spring actor after a may 2014 performance. in this latest attack, smith is now charged with assaulting a police officer. in the newsroom, i'm wendy rieger, news 4. back to you. right now police are trying to figure out who shot two women in capitol heights. they showed up at a fire station with gunshot wounds early this afternoon. police say the actual shooting took place on pepper mill drive. both women are expected to survive. >> and just into the newsroom, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's teenage son was

denied bond. sean crawford made his first appearance in court in the murder of 14-year-old keyshaun mason. police say the boys were trying to protect their mother. developing right now in new york, an officer gunned down in the line of duty. leaders are describing the brave young man lost in a gun fight. you may be seeing a few headlines on social media about pope francis' health. we will separate fact from

about as bad as it gets. those words from new york city's police commissioner today on the deadly shooting of officer randolph holder. his death is the department's fourth death in the line of duty since december. a police union leader described

the force as a group of superheroes who have been brought to tears. officer holder confronted a man with a gun last night in east harlem. the two exchanged gun fire and officer holder took a bullet to the head. he died at the hospital. >> in the morning a man who gave his life as a guardian for all of us, we're humbled by officer randolph holder's example. >> holder was 33. police describe the suspected gunman as a career criminal. more on him in our next half hour. dozens of police chiefs and sheriffs offered their condolences to the nypd at a big meeting in d.c. today. law enforcement leaders from across the nation launched a new effort to help cut prison populations and the plan includes finding alternatives to arrest, improving mental health care and ending mandatory, minimum sentences. a college student killed. her classmates say she was

threatened on social media. new today, why the victim's school is now the subject of a federal investigation. an italian newspaper instills fear by saying the pope is sick. a super tribute to a real-life superhero. talking temperatures in the 7 70s across our area, but don't think they'll stay that way. we have cooler air on our way for the weekend. we'll talk about it coming up next. narrator: puerto rico's economy is in a death spiral. to make matters worse, washington has plans to cut another $3 billion from the island's healthcare budget. puerto ricans pay the same medicare taxes, but receive less than half the funding of mainland states, leaving the system on life support. more cuts will push the economy to the edge of disaster and put every puerto rican's care in jeopardy. washington needs to act now to save healthcare for the three and a half million us citizens of puerto rico.

i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. republican hal parrish claims he improved transportation. but the truth is he was nowhere to be found. literally. parrish holds a seat on the northern virginia transportation authority, but 34 times he failed to show up for meetings. parrish skipped more meetings than any other member. and hal parrish refused to support the bi-partisan transportation bill. why would we want to get stuck with republican hal parrish in richmond?

i'm julie carey at the fairfax county courthouse where the prosecution has now rested and the defense is beginning its case trying to convince jurors that charles severance has been wrongly accused of killing three alexandria residents. their first witness, a memory expert. dr. daryn -- the purpose of her testimony to try to raise questions about the recall of jeanette franfranco. franco's memory of the shooter was used to create this composite sketch showing a much different beard than the defendant's. but as the trial opened she pointed to charles severance in the courtroom as the man who shot her. dr. strange suggests in a

traumatic event recalling facial features can be unreliable. >> during a highly traumatic experience it will narrow to the most important thing at that moment is on the gun. >> reporter: the prosecution's evidence in this case was also put to the test today. what the judge had to say about it when i join you at 5:00. charles severance's parents take the stand. julie carey will have their testimony in the next hour. more than 240 families call the d.c. general shelter their home. about 400 children live here and many of them teenagers who until now didn't have a place to call their own, but thanks to tens of thousand of dollars in donations and countless volunteer hours, this once abandoned lobby has been transformed into a new team drop-in center. it will be a place where they can do homework, meet with

mentors and counselors as well as tutors and just act like teenagers. i'm mark segraves. coming up later on news 4, we'll tell you what this means for the future of the shelter which many hope would have been closed by now. >> right now we are working to learn more about a woman hit and killed by a car in fairfax county. chopper 4 flew over the scene today at wheelie avenue and chestnut grove square. the woman was hit at 7:00 this morning and the driver did stay at the scene and it is closed during part of the morning rush, but it is now open again. the u.s. department of education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the university of mary washington in fredericksburg. this comes after a member of the student group feminist united was in april. at a press conference today the group said many of its members receive threats on social media before the man was killed and they claim nothing was done about it.

>> the goal is to make colleges safe for all students. women, people of color and the lgbt community and split illegal obligation firmly on schools to make that happen. >> no word yet on when the civil rights investigation will be complete. the university of mary washington just responded to our requests for comments saying on colleges across the nation, sexual misconduct is a deeply troubling problem that affects all members of the campus community. the university of mary washington the prevention of sexual misconduct is an institutional priority. the school says it welcomes guidance by the u.s. department of education. >> now your storm team 4 forecast. can it get any better than this? yes. it comes tomorrow and then we started going downhill just a bit, and what a beautiful day we've seen and it did start off quite cool and even in the

suburbs. we got to 35 in culpeper this morning and 36 manassas and 37 in frederick and 48 in the district and a very, very cool start and we warmed rapidly across our region. as a matter of fact, we are now 40 degrees warmer in places like culpeper than we were earlier this morning. 73 degrees right now and that's a good 25-degree difference from where we were this morning and wends out of the south and abundant sunshine and it is beautiful all across the region. 75 in frederick, and 75 down toward fredericksburg and the big winner, leesburg coming in at 77 degrees and it is simply gorgeous. a great night to get out on the bike, and sunset tonight, 22 degrees and dropping to 56 by 8:00 tomorrow morning and by noon tomorrow, take a bike ride around noon and maybe lunch outdoors. by noon we're talking 70 degrees and a great, great day tomorrow and almost no rain in the forecast at all and gray skies

in new york and there are clouds and showers and we'll stay on the right side of things. 46 in mart insburg and 46 in leesburg and you will notice temperatures tonight much warmer than they've been the past couple of nights and still cool and the temperature will be five degrees above average. and system systems around 7:00, 8:00, 50 degrees and the kids taking off their coats for recess as they're getting off the bus tomorrow afternoon. up to 78, leesburg and 78 in fredericksburg. 76 in frederick, maryland and plenty of sunshine, tomorrow, another spectacular arch and then a front comes through and that will help to cool things down a bit and back down into the 60s and just the average of 67 and we'll be at 66 on friday and 66 on sunday, if you're headed to the marine corps marathon on sunday, a 30% chance of amp m. showers and it's

something to watch out for and we'll continue to watch it for you from the storm center and veronica has the rest of the weekend and next week's forecast coming up in a bit. the delivery giant defrauded taxpayers in virginia and the district. virginia's attorney general announced a 4 million settlement against ups today. it's accused of overcharging for next-day shipping by recording inaccurate delivery times on tax-payer funded shipments sent by government agencies. the attorney general's office says ups now has new training and reporting programs in place. the vatican is categorically denying a newspaper report that pope francis has a brain tumor. the pope held his weekly general audience before thousands in st. peter's square. hours earlier a small italian newspaper said the pope saw a japanese specialist who diagnosed that he has a small brain tumor that could be cured without surgery. today a vatican spokesman says the pope is in good health and

added that his head is, quote, absolutely perfect. lenny robinson was quite the crusader. for ten years he dressed up as batman and visited sick children in our local hospitals. tragically robinson died in an accident two months ago. 15 superheroes stopped by the medical center for a special event in robinson's honor. they visited every patient there and they gave every youngster a x)pr(t&háhp &hc% their day just like lenny used to do. his father appreciated the show of support. >> i never ever realized the extent to which he was revered and loved and to the extent that he resip kaciprocated that love children. >> it was hope for henry, a program designed to bring joy to

sick children and their families across the country. robinson was part of that group. the future has finally arrived as movie lovers celebrate the 30th anniversary of "back to the future." we look at the predictions the film got right and wrong.

walmart is one of many retailers marking back to the future day. they are letting you get in on a waitlist for products that might be available in maybe three years. >> they include jetpacks for cats and a 3d bacon printer, but what about products mentioned from the move ney 1985? nbc's mark barger takes a look at which predictions held up. >>. >> where are we? >> reporter: back in 1989 "back to the future 2" predicted a lot, wednesday, october 21, 2015. >> reporter: might look like. >> the future. ♪ ♪ >> some of it is still fanciful, but real-life engineers are trying to get us closer and while delaureans have not taken to the skies, a self-driving delaurean modified by engineers at stanford can take riders for

a spin. this morning kids at this chicago-area high school got an up-close look at one of the delaureans used in the film. >> what kid hasn't wanted to travel through time in the delaurean. >> reporter: for jim, the next best thing was collecting "back to the future" memorabilia. >> when you think about those movies you can't help but smile because they're fun. >> that's an important historical landmark. >> wait a minute, cubs win world series. >> reporter: may have to wait. >> a slight three called. >> reporter: given the past few nights. >> maybe next year. >> i have to check this out, doc. >> reporter: some of it was inevitable. >> one prediction that "back to the future" got right that marty had a receding hairline. >> reporter: a movie series that was all about time enjoys the popularity that's timeless. mark barger, nbc news.

>> one northern virginia community is going all-out to celebrate "back to the future," angie talks to leaders in reston about changing the name to hill valley and the big bash planned for tonight. another beloved film franchise is the new "star wars" film. >> and it doesn't come without controversy and why racism inspires calls for a boycott of the movie. is mcdonald's causing chaos in the kitchen? why fast food franchises are complaining about the new menu. >> we continue to follow a developing story this hour. an officer killed in a wild shootout in new york. new witness accounts of the deadly confrontation.

who can name the third president? and the largest planet? someone we haven't heard from. anyone else? when comcast offered low-cost high-speed internet to low-income families, more than two million hands went up. and pretty soon, so did everyone's in the classroom. ok, veronica.

amphibian excellent! internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. developing right now as you heard at the top of the show prince george's county police do have a suspect in custody in yesterday's murder of a woman in upper marlboro. investigators are not releasing the suspect's name, but they say he will be charged with first-degree murder. officers found the body of 56-year-old amanda jones in her home on the 900 block of andean gooseway and they developed a suspect early in the investigation. they're refusing to confirm that the suspect knew the victim. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. vice president joe biden will not be making a run for

president. biden appeared in the white house rose garden this afternoon with his wife jill and president obama. the vice president said that he believed the window of opportunity had closed on his campaign and he did say that he won't be silent during the campaign and president obama and work with republicans. >> i believe that president obama has led this nation from crisis to recovery and we're now in the cusp of resurgence. i'm proud to have played a part in that. this party, our nation, will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attempt to undo the obama legacy. >> biden's decision bolsters hillary rodham clinton's standing as a front-runner for democrats one day before she appears before the benghazi committee. paul ryan says house republicans have until friday to unite behind him if he's going

to run for speaker. he wants an endorsement from the hard line freedom caucus. the currentspeaker john boehner -- he's confident ryan will have the support he need says going forward. >> he died of natural causes, that's the conclusion into the death of an arlington countyic mate this summer. anthony gordon was found unconscious in a medical unit cell back on august 22nd. police and the medical examiner say their investigation is over and gordon's death was due to his extensive history of medical problems. nothing will stand in our way. i will finish what you started. >> it won't hit movie theaters until december 18th yet early ticket sales for "star wars, the

force awakens" are out of this world. after some folks went on twitter to try to organize a boycott. whur's troy johnson is here with today's talk around town. what is behind the call of boycott and who started it? >> it started with boycott star wars 7 and a small group of folks on twitter suggested that the film was made to demoralize and destroy whites. people making outlandish comments and racist claims about the movie and what's worse than that, people are telling me it overshadows a great movement for a guy named john boyega. you don't know him now, but he's the main star of this film and lupita nyong'o is also in this movie and this backlash overshadows what people are looking forward to, at least the folks i was talking to. >> a lot of twitter users think the boycott is silly is they point to the original series and the original movie and the original stars.

>> exactly. we're talking about these people that are boycotting, people saying they obviously don't know their jedi history and if you think billy dee williams, and james earl jones. >> the voice of darth vader. so there have been prominent african-americans throughout this film. a lot of people, though, african-americans were critical of the character jar jar binks which came in the later films because it may have been what they perceived as a racist character and the point is people have been following along with this movie and know the ins and outs and african-american viewers are very savvy. they know what they like. >> the debate hasn't dampened the excitement. with ticket sales literally off the charts. >> when you start the film off by releasing a trailer during monday night football you're reaching an audience that may not even be tuned into the whole star wars saga. it generated such a reaction. you had 17,000 tweets per minute

and 13 million views of the trailer on youtube. 2.1 million interactions, 13 million views, as i say on twitter and that leads to $6.5 million in early ticket sales according to imax. it's generated money and the film isn't even out already and the buzz is strong and what is also interesting is the fact that a lot of people don't know the buying dollar of the african-american at the movie theater. this may resonate with them because african-americans spend some $1 billion at the movie theater, and most people say those numbers are conservative numbers. so these are savvy viewers. they like the films just like everybody else. it doesn't necessarily, as folks tell me, it doesn't have to be a madd madea movie for folks to show up. >> may the force be with you. >> caught in the cross fire. a toddler killed in a road rage attack. why finding the killers has proved to be difficult.

and in light of a recent hacking incident, we have the two most important steps that you should take to protect your email. we'll be right back.

attention toyota drivers there is a new recall because of a fire risk. the recall involves it is camry, tundra and sequoia models between 2005 and 2010. the vehicles have a faulty power window switch ask debris can cause it to shock circuit and catch fire. the recall involves nearly 3 million vehicles in north america. toyota will get in touch with you if you own one of the recalled cars. new numbers on mcdonald's all-day breakfast sales show some restaurant operators are not loving it. 29 mcdonald's franchisees responded to a recent survey saying the new menu has slowed down service and reduced the average cost of what customers buy. a mcdonald's spokeswoman countered by saying an overwhelming majority of its 3100 franchisees still think all-day breakfast is a hit. talk about higher education, the world's tallest dorm is now open in new york city. owned by pace university, the

34-story resident hall is located in lower manhattan near the brooklyn bridge. more than 700 students will live in the building which will feature views of the east river and the freedom tower. the dorm also has its own gym and three student lounges. >> the marine corps marathon is this weekend. preparations are well under way in northern virginia. there are two separate races. the marathon starts between pentagon and arlington national cemetery and the 10k starts here in d.c. both will finish at the u.s. marine corps war memorial in rosalynn. news 4 is a proud sponsor of the event and we'll have live coverage this sunday on news 4 today. we continue to work several developing stories at this hour. a toddler killed in a road rage shooting in new mexico. why police are having a tough time finding the gunman despite several witness coulds. i'm erika gonzalez in the newsroom, we started working for you. new this afternoon the two things you should do right now

to keep your email safe and secure. v.j.? >> we have dry conditions until sunday. you know what that is, the marine corps marathon and i'll show you how those showers could impact the run next on news 4 at 4:0

right now. police in new mexico are searching for the killer of a 4-year-old girl after a deadly case of road rage. >> i'm sorry.

lily garcia was shot after a man sprayed bullets into her parent's truck in albuquerque. >> there is now a description of the shooter, but as jay gray reports, police are getting conflicting accounts and they're hoping more witnesses come forward. >> reporter: it happened along this stretch of interstate 40 in albuquerque. >> the truck was literally going across several lanes and just to avoid this vehicle to pass. >> reporter: road rage that investigators say ended with murder. >> one car pulled up against the other car and started firing rounds into that vehicle. >> reporter: one of those rounds killing a 4-year-old girl inside this truck. >> i've seen tragic loss of children in car crashes. to me, this is one of those crimes which is unexplainable. >> reporter: veteran officers struggling to understand the tragedy and to find the suspect. >> we are in desperate need of information to help us resolve the conflicting information we're getting right now. >> reporter: that information from witnesses about the suspect

and other vehicles involved in the attack vary widely and investigators are urging other drivers to share whatever they may have seen. >> we are begging for the community's help. it should have never happened. this is a complete disrespect of human life. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies also hope at some point to get important information from the little girl's mom and dad who were inside the truck and not injured when the shots were fired. >> the parents have to go through a grieving process. we -- we owe them the highest degree of respect and a time for the family to be together. >> reporter: a family shattered by what police are calling a senseless attack. jay gray, nbc news. another round of storms hitting texas today. yesterday right before the rush hour in el paso. a severe storm with heavy rain brought traffic on the highway to a standstill. visibility was down to zero. the storm also dropped

dime-sized hail across the entire area. quite the opposite story here in washington, though. meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center. we're getting some pretty nice stuff for fall, veronica. >> that we are. hard to believe and almost like a late summer day especially tomorrow when you consider temperatures aren't going to be going up. el paso, they're getting more storms right now. we're talking about showers for tomorrow tonight and early tomorrow morning and the orionid, and you should be able to see 20 to 25 per hour and the skies will be mostly clear and that will be good viewing for us for anybody up that early and maybe heading to work at that time. as far as out there this eaching if you'll be running or doing anything recreational or maybe taking the dog for a walk, low to mid-60s by 7:00, 8:00, a nice evening headed our way and we have high pressure across our area and very few clouds move into the area today. tomorrow, there will be some

high clouds and even some mid-level clouds and i think not really until we get into the afternoon hours we'll talk about why in just a moment. from the kids, what to wear and maybe you will need them, long pants for sure and it starts out on the chilly side with temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees and the sunshine and southerly wind will help carry the mercury into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow. 78, in fact, degrees around leesburg and gaithersburg, 76 in frederick and mount area and a nice, mild day. nice and again, warmer as we start out in the 50s and we hit the 60-degree mark by 5:00 and 70 degrees by around noon time. and the temperatures rise rapidly and a weather front comes through on friday and we get the cooler air friday and saturday and another spike for saturday and it's the marine corps marathon and we're talking showers and we should noted have a big impact on the run because

we're not talking about moderate or heavy rain and just a chilly rain. let's take a look at the storm team 4 forecast and 66 on sunday and we'll have your extended forecast coming up on news 4 at 5:00. >> wikileaks claims it has obtained the contents of john brennan's email accounts and will be releasing them shortly and this comes days after officials told nbc that they were looking into reports that the personal email account was hacked. a high school student allegedly did it. wikileaks announced a plan to release the emails. today homeland security secretary jay johnson testified at a house hearing on terrorism. lawmakers also asked him about the hacked emails. >> i don't think that i can comment about an ongoing investigation and the one thing i'll say is don't believe everything you read in the newspaper because a lot of it is

inaccurate. >> the fbi and secret service are investigating reports that some of johnson's personal accounts were accessed, as well. so far no arrest in the cases. >> a government officially personal email. consumer reporter erika gonzalez has more on reports into a hack into the cia director and the homeland security's accounts. >> this is not like the big data or credit card breaches that sadly we've grown accustom to hearing about. privacy experts tell me this is different, referred to as a social engineering hack and whomever carried out the alleged hack has a different skill set. plain and simple, they're a smooth talker. >> today i sat down with allen butler from e.p.i.c. it's a classic case of divide and conquer. find a weak point and get one thing to later get another, and if a high school student is, in fact, behind the hack, he says that person sweet talked their way to solid information from

somebody else. >> at the end of the day you have a human on the phone who is sitting in front of the computer that has all of the information in front of them so it's the social engineering attacks is sort of a trick of convincing that person to give you more information than they're supposed to give you. >> so when keeping private information private butler says keep two things in mind, and use two factors of authentication to prove in it's really you. you type in a password or p.i.n. code sent to your email. don't make the answers to your security questions real answers. say you're born in d.c., and it says that on your facebook account, don't put that as your answer to a security question. make up a city and remember it. pat and barbara, back to you. >> good advice, erika. thank you. an announcement from actor, comedian and director chris rock had him trending on twitter this afternoon. he announced that he'll return to host next year's oscars with a tweet that read look who's

back. rock made history in 2005 by becoming the first african-american man to host the academy awards. the ceremony will take place february 28th with nominations announced january 14th. we are working several developing stories in the newsroom including new accusations against a man who assaulted a metro rider. the suspect is in trouble again and this time for an incident on a metro bus and police believe he's behind a string of very public assaults. could relief be coming to the more than 30,000 drivers who use the congested american legion bridge every day? news 4's adam tuss reports leaders in montgomery and fairfax counties are open to talking about repairs. that story at the top of the hour. and we continue to follow a developing story in new york and police officer killed in a gun battle with a career criminal. battle with a career criminal. people who witnessed

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i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. right now people in northwest mexico are evacuating over fears of the drug lord known as el chapo. the mexican government are working to capture joaquin guzman. the focus is now el chapo's hometown. marine special forces came close to capturing him over the weekend in the state of durango. guzman escaped from his prison in july through a tunnel. another flight disrupted by an unruly traveler.

passengers say a man who appeared to be drunk got really loud and then threatened flight attendants by pointing his finger at them as if it were a gun and he had to be restrained and it happened onboard an american airlines flight and the plane was diverted to phoenix and that passenger was taken into custody. the family of a man killed in palm beach county, florida, are planning a protest as they wait for the results of an independent review. officer norman raha shot corey jones on sunday. raha was in plain clothes and in an unmarked police car when he approached what he thought was an abandoned car. he said he was suddenly confronted by a man with a gun. officer raha shot jones killing him and both the police department and the family say they hope the investigation brings peace. >> i firmly believe that the family, along with the public and our police department deserve answers to the multitude of outstanding questions that can only be obtained through a

thorough and independent investigation. >> we are pleading to you for help, help our family and we thank god for this privilege that we get a chance to speak. >> the man shot corey jones, was a popular musician of churches in the area. the officer is on leave. this is the first complaint against him. now to the latest on the arrest of a so-called career criminal for the killing of a highly regarded member of the nypd. >> police say the man accused of shooting officer randolph holder had been in jail 12 times before. nbc's tracy strahan talked to neighbors who saw and heard the shootout that took the officer's life last night. >> reporter: we went into an apartment building facing the fdr for a closer look at the activity on the foot bridge where officer randolph holder's life was cut short in a wild shootout. >> i'm watching tv and next thing i was in a tv movie. >> reporter: the chaotic scene started at 8:30 tuesday night

when holder and fellow officers from the anti-crime and housing division responded to a call of shots fired stemming from a gang fight at 102nd and first avenue. after witnesses reported seeing four men flee that scene and run toward the fdr heading northbound, a report of a man who says his gun was stolen at gun point at 106th street. there was an exchange of gun fire between the two men and officers. during this exchange, officer holder was struck in the head. >> at first we were, like, that can't begun shot, but it turned out it was. all hell broke loose. it was pretty crazy. >> reporter: officer holder was rushed to harlem hospital where he later died. the alleged gunman now identified as 31-year-old tyrone howard of harlem was shot twice, but didn't stop until officers finally nabbed him near 124th street as the search continues along the fdr for the murder

weapon, they're looking for the weapon that claimed the officer's life. >> i feel very bad for that officer's family. i'm keeping them in my prayers. news 4 at 5:00, begins with breaking news. >> now at 5:00 tonight, two breaking news stories, a woman murdered in her own home. minutes ago police released new details about an arrest after this disturbing discovery. >> plus we just learned that a truck driver who ran over a woman and left her in the street will not be warminged, but first to the arrest in the murder of amanda jones, the woman who was found dead inside her home in an upscale prince george's county neighborhood. >> let's get right to chris gordon. chris, what have you learned in just the past few minutes? >> sources close to the investigation tell me that a male acquaintance murder victim amanda jones has been held all day undergoing questioning. police will not identify him, but did make this announcement.

just an hour ago, live on news 4. >> we'd like to announce that we do have a suspect in custody who will be charged with first-degree murder in the homicide of amanda jones. >> just a few hours earlier, the daughter of murder victim amanda jones came back to the house where her mother was killed and spoke publicly for the very first time. myisha golway says she and other family members told detectives immediately that they suspected the man who had been an acquaintance of amanda jones and had a violent nature worried them. >> i thought that she was not involved with this person anymore. i did not know she was in contact with him. i think that person was want a good person. >> reporter: the perrywood neighborhood in upper marlboro is still gripped by fear. >> it doesn't help if it's someone she knew. >> it hurts even more, i guess. someone that she knew especially the