headed? >> reporter: it's very possible, wendy. right after lunch jurors sent a note to the judge and it had specific requests. listen to this. they asked for colored markers and highlighters and they wanted an easel pad and they wanted some tape and they asked a judge for an exhibits list and five more copies of the jury instructions. the judge said he would give them all those things except for the exhibits list and you might look at that and it sounds trivial, but it could be indicative of how drawn out of a process this deliberation may be and they've got a lot to go through. this jury has more than a hundred witness testimonies to go through. they've got some 100 pieces of evidence to come through including 2100 pages of severance's own writings. so we caught up with the criminal defense attorney. he's very familiar with other high-profile cases. he told us this could be a while. >> you're talking about 12

people and there will be somebody who will want to see each particular item of evidence. >> so if the jurors here return a guilty verdict we can tell you their work is far from over. ahead at 6:00 we'll tell you what lies ahead for them. in fairfax i'm david culver, news 4. i'm pat collins. tonight we're back on edison place northeast. it's becoming one of our city's death streets. here now another edson place murder story. the victim 25-year-old markita cunningham gunned down at dusk near her home on edson place. tina hill is her cousin. >> reporter: what has this done it the family? >> broke them down. they're destroyed. her mother is on-- i can't even

explain of what she's going through with her oldest child. >> reporter: markita is washinging down the street and out of a sudden out of nowhere a group of men, they have ski masks on their face and guns in their hand and shots are fired maybe as many as nine shots and a man nearby is hit in the leg and markita is struck several times and she falls dead to the ground. >> i don't know why this happened. i don't have any understanding of it. i'm still in shock because she was such a beautiful person. >> reporter: if this story sounds familiar, you might remember another murder on edison place back on october 6th. that victim, muhammad washington. he was ambushed and shot in broad daylight as he was walking to the store. he ran around the corner for help and collapsed on the curb. that case remains unsolved. the violence in our city continues to take its toll.

we're averaging three murders a week. >> we have all of these senseless killings and i don't know what's going on, and i know it needs to stop. >> what's it like to live on edson place? coming up at 6:00 we'll have a first first-hand account. >> pat collins. >> you saw it first at 4:00 metro's pick to lead the troubled system. is the man from the industry the best fit? today some say neal cohen is the perfect match. transportation reporter adam tuss broke this news and he's live in virginia. >> that's right, wendy. >> think about this cohen has had to manage major projects and he's had to keep his eye on a huge project and he's had to do all of it as the public watches. that's why some think he's the right fit. running trains and busses and literally building rockets and

defense systems. can you compare the two? >> i think the aerospace industry is the most complex industry in our economy. so someone who succeeded as an executive in that business has department with a lot of moving parts and complexity. >> sterling fill since a consultant and has experience in the aerospace and defense arenas and neal cohen with his background makes complete sense for metro. >> it is a margin business that's financially challenged and having to make the capital set that's uncertain. >> reporter: he comes from atk which recently merged to becomer gettal atk. >> propullingsion systems. >> reporter: you can tell this is not small stuff. riders are happy to hear a change is coming and they don't need rocket-propelled trains and they just need a system.

listen to when we listen to this rider. >> reporter: they're always gar garbled and whatever you just can't -- >> you can't understand the announcements here. it's like what are they saying? >> yeah. it's really bad. >> reporter: let's start with the announcements and work our way up mr. cohen. oh, those announcements. coming up at 6:00, what about safety? how will cohen dive into that issue? i'll tell you about dozens of issues that face him. wendy, back to you. >> what about metro employees? any reaction from this about this choice? >> reporter: yeah. right now there is intrigue at the transit agency and there's a lot of people who don't know a lot about this guy so they're interested to see what will happen and i can tell you from talking to other people, this is not the first time metro has toyed with the idea of going outside the box and bringing this type of general manager although this will be the first of its kind, gm. >> reporter: adam tuss, thanks, adam. this is the top story on the

nbc washington app right now but we want you to stop and take a look at your tv screen. howard county police need to know if you know this woman. they found her near a gas station off snowden river in park parkway. that's in columbia tuesday night around 10:00. she didn't have any i.d. and police say she was disoriented. she is safe now but police haven't had any luck locating family members. if you know who she is you're urged to call howard county police. the school district in frederick county is asking instagram tonight to take down an account purportedly showing fights at schools. this is the fourth time this school year a site claiming to show fights at frederick county schools has popped up. we questioned the district about the problem today and a spokesperson told us they regularly monitor social media. any questionable pages or accounts are usually taken down within 48 hours. the spokesperson says most websites have policies that restrict or prohibit content related to cyber bullying or

violence. we checked and it does not appear the site is still active. >> the runaway blimp is not a problem in pennsylvania and they're trying to figure out a way to get rid of it. it was 120 moithiles away from aberdeen. the mile-long cable dragged down power lines, knocking out power to 30,000 people. earlier today crews fired shots at the blimp deflate it. it will now have to be removed in two chunks. >> as far as the helicopter, they're looking at recon of using the helicopter to pull some of the equipment out. that blimp is about 243 feet long about two-thirds of a football field. military officials say it could take more than a week to remove it because part of it is in a steep ravine.

>> we're starting off today on a beautiful note. we have a breeze, but that was coming out of the southwest and that helped temperatures to get into the upper 60s and even the low 70s and we had 73 earlier, but then notice what's going on here and there's the sun and look at this, the frontal boundary coming through and the clouds associated with the front as it makes its way through here and boy, earlier 73 and now near 68 and still near 80 but only 55 in pittsburgh and 53 in columbus, ohio and that's the cool air that will be making its way in toward the region and these are the kind of temperatures that we'll be dealing with tomorrow only in the 50s and yeah, that will be a nice day with some sunshine and we are talking about a rather cool day. falling temperatures throughout the afternoon and a very cool friday night and wait until we see the temperatures and if it's cool on friday night, saturday must be cool as well and i'll take you hour by hour for the halloween impact coming up in my full forecast.

>> thank you, doug. it's been three years since super storm sandy slammed the east coast leaving behind a major path of dedestruction, the jersey shore, connecticut. sandy left hundreds of thousands without power for days and the red cross says 117 people died. fema says so far 60% of the 17,000 who were entitled to money for repairs have received it. still ahead, we'll look at the recovery in one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. you've probably seen that video all over the facebook feed since we showed it to you last night and now the president is getting in on the d.c. cop dance-off. president obama tweeted today who knew community policing could involve the nae great example of police having fun while keeping us safe. we still don't know the name of that officer, but we caught up with the teenager in the danceoff aaliyah taylor. she tells us she started dancing after the officer helped break up a fight and then the officer challenged her to a showdown.

>> and then the cop was like i could do better and i was, like, okay. she gave me a hug and she said what's your name? and i was, like, we need more cops like you. it helps her friends see that not all officers are bad. >> still ahead, a plane fully loaded with fuel catches fire with over 100 people onboard. >> passengers on other jets caught the dramatic scene on the tarmac and why jerry sandusky may be going back to trial on new accusations of child sexual abuse. a word that closely resembles the n-word was written on a shirt worn by two stafford county high school the washington

post endorses democrat jeremy mcpike for state senate. applauding mcpike's "ideas about getting traffic moving." the post warns republican hal parrish "holds rigid positions against medicaid expansion and common-sense gun safety." and parrish was the deciding vote to restrict women's health clinics in manassas forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. jeremy mcpike is the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate and i sponsored this ad.

and we have an update in fort lauderdale where things are starting to get back to normal at the airport. just hours after a plane caught fire on the runway. 20 people were hurt when the engine on the boeing 767 went up in flames just before takeoff on an air dynamic flight that had been taxiing. it was heading to caracas, venezuela. pilots from another plane saw they saw fuel leaking behind the jet before the fire, but no word yet on what caused it to ignite.

? arkansas the faa is looking into a small plane crash that killed four people just after takeoff today. the plane took off from the regional airport 70 miles northwest of little rock. it went down in a rural res deshl area and all four who died were on the plane and investigators say the plane was bound for knoxville tennessee. they don't know yet what went wrong. >> and a former student at an elite prep school was just sentenced to a year in jail for sexually assaulting for younger classmate. owen lebree's conviction made national headlines. s his attorney argued for probation instead of time in jail saying the student had suffered enormously already. the trial exposed a ritual in st. paul's in new hampshire. it's known as the senior salute. that's when seniors try to hook up with underclassmen. former penn state assistant football coach and convicted child molester jerry sandusky was back in court today.

sandusky is appealing his child sex abuse conviction on grounds he received ineffective council and was rushed to trial. the judge ordered pennsylvania's attorney general to provide any details about possible leaks in the case by prosecutors or the grand jury judge. sandusky is currently serving 30 to 60 years after a jury convicted him on 45 counts of sex abuse back in 2012. some call it death with dignity. a california man visited lawmakers up on capitol hill to help pass legislation that would give the terminally ill the option to end their lives. he says doctors gave his wife less than six months to live. california recently passed legislation that would give individuals like her the option to peacefully end their lives. diaz hopes to make that an option available around the

country. >> there are certain diseases that do not allow a person to pass away gently, certain diseases that will torture a person to death and brittany's case the brain tumor she had was one of those. >> diaz says the law would provide an option. he says people would have to allow and qualify to get a prescription to life. some patients and school officials are finding part of a homecoming celebration among students unwelcoming. those students at mountain view high school made shirts that contain a word that is very close to what many people consider to be a racial slur. news 4's meagan fitzgerald explains and has more on the response. >> reporter: one of the events high school students look forward to is homecoming. >> it was homecoming week and everyone is wearing crazy stufr. >> reporter: homecoming at mountainview was last week and some of the things students were wearing went viral like this picture of two girls wearing a shirt that reads n16ga we made

it. >> it looks like the n-word and not appropriate at school or anywhere. >> lee says the shirt reminded her of racially insensitive experiences her daughter when when she was a student in the district and she had to push for disciplinary action. >> it took fighting to get the consequence to the other student. >> reporter: the stafford county school district didn't corroborate lee's experience and said they don't condone the shirts either. superintendent bruce benson issued a statement which reads in part, quote, our current strategic plan indicate very clearly that in stafford county public schools we believe in diversity and this is not reflective of those beliefs. they say the phrase on the t-shirt came from a popular song and it probably wasn't intended to be offensive. >> it was the song basically

and instead of putting the g-g-a they put the 16. >> the n-word in any form is hurtful and shouldn't be used. >> whether it's coming from african-americans, white, spanish whoever it's not okay. >> that was news 4's meagan fitzgerald reporting from stafford county. the district out there says this incident has been investigated and disciplinary action has been taken against those studenteds. hey, looking for a new house? how would you like a room like this one solely for growing marijuana. it's an interesting amenity you don't see often. what the folks who bought this house say they plan to do with it. >> as we count down the days until halloween [ female announcer

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>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. a beautiful day across our region today. we saw sunshine early. we saw 70s and then we saw a cold front come through and that cold front has left us with much cooler air and it's left us with cloud cover too, but i love this shot. this is the reston live camera and just look at the colors that we have here. the deep reds the oranges and the yellows and it is a beautiful time of year across our region and all across the mid atlantic and take a look at this, right now, this is peak the red and that does include over portions of western montgomery county and over to the west at least the peak color

here and this is beyond peak in parts of west virginia and very close to peak in the d.c. metro area and we see peak season as far as fall colors go. now temperatures have been coming down 73 earlier and now down to 68 degrees and we are dealing with those cloud cover. the cloud, however, not bringing any rain. we don't have rain on storm team 4 radar. one thing you may need is the jacket as we head into the next few days and sunset tonight 6:11 64 degrees and it will be nice and a little cool though. down to 59 degrees and maybe a jacket and look at noon tomorrow. rather breezy and cool. temperatures only around 56 and we're in for a very cool friday and i think a cool weekend, as well. high temperatures tomorrow into the mid to upper 50s and 56 gaithersburg and 59 in pawtuxet

river and 15 to 20 miles per hour will make it feel each cooler especially when you're in the shade during the day. so the impact forecast will be on the low side and weather will want have a huge impact on the day and just breezy and cold and make sure you do have a jacket early in the day and once the sun goes down tomorrow night we'll cool off quickly and overnight low temperatures tomorrow night 45 in the city and that puts you into the upper 30s. saturday with a temperature of 60 degrees and 66 on your sunday. we'll see a chance of showers on sunday and not upon anyingexpecting a lot of rain and we're only talking about a 30% chance and sunday and monday into the mid-60s, but it's saturday. saturday is a day to look for halloween and we'll start with sunshine and then we get cloud cover during the afternoon and by the evening, we are talking about cooler temperatures. by 5:00, lots of clouds and it is cool and dry.

then by 9:00, this is the time when the jackets come out and maybe the sweatshirts and many of you in the suburbs will be in the upper 40s and halloween for the most part looking pretty good across our region as we make our way through the next couple of days and don't forget, saturday night. sun goes down at 5:00 on sunday. yikes! we're following some breaking news here at the live desk. chopper 4 is on the way to a scene in montgomery county. a 7-year-old boy has been hit by a montgomery county school bus. we are being told that he is conscious, but he has an injury to his foot and doesn't look like he has any life-threatening injuries. again this is around the area of bellpre road and we're taking a live look from chopper 4. again a 7-year-old has been hit

by eye school bus and chopper 4 on the way to the scene. new information just in on what is driving up the homicide rate in prince george's county. we'll tell you what the police chief revealed. >> recovering that billion-dollar runaway blimp. why police are running into more trouble tonight. you see it so clearly wherever you come from, whatever you rbl we are all in the same boat. >> paul ryan takes the gavel as the new speaker of the house. like lots of new homes this one has a walk-in closet and a luxurious shower. i'm mark segraves.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico for your boat. see how much you could save. i'm jill mccabe, candidate for state senate and i sponsored this ad. all the mouthwash in the world won't help dick black. because what comes out of his mouth is just offensive. black said gays and lesbians lead "lifestyles that are harmful to the culture of this state." he dismissed rape in the military, calling it "as predictable as human nature." black opposes the use of birth control and voted to force women seeking abortions to have intrusive transvaginal ultrasounds. dick black. so extreme, it's dangerous.

wow! could this be a sign of the times? it's the latest amenity for new homes in the district. marijuana grow sclosets. >> our mark segraves checked out a new townhouse that sold for well over $300,000. it came with a high-tech closet designed for growing plants. >> that's right, wendy. not just for marijuana, but the legalization of marijuana is what gave one developer the idea to capitalize on an extra closet on a new condo he was building and the idea proved to be a good one. >> if you had to go and retrofit this it could cost thousands of

dollars. >> this condo in the park view neighborhood in northwest is one of hundred says of new across the district. it has features you would expect to find like a wetbar and wine fridge, but it is one of the new homes in d.c. to have one of these. >> i had to put up a little sign here because people looked at it and said what the heck is this? >> reporter: it's a marijuana grow closet. >> the initiative had just passed and initiative 71 had just passed, and i kind of got thinking that this would be a perfect opportunity to put in a grow closet since it's now legal to grow marijuana if your home. >> reporter: the closet is equipped with power water drainage and an exhaust fan. over at let's grow d.c. where they teach customers how to grow their own marijuana as well as other plants and veggies, they're not surprised. >> whether it's people looking to grow legal cannabis or organic gardeners who want to be

more self-sufficient. >> it's taken off. >> the legal cannabis movement and initiative 71 spurs all of that well and we're hoping that people that learn how to grow cannabis with us will keep gardening as a passion for the rest of their lives so maybe one day they will buy a condo with a growhouse built into it. >> he plans on including grow closets in all of his new homes. >> most definitely, we're doing the project next door and i have a proper ney mount pleasant i'm working on and another property that will definitely have these. >> the couple who bought the condo do plan to use the grow room, but not for marijuana. they're avid gardeners. it will cost you $500 to get set up with everything you need. coming up at 6:00, what the developer's attorney advised him before he put the grow closet condo on the market. >> residents of one alexandria condo complex are on high alert after police say a man tried to rain a woman inside one of the

buildings. we are told a man tried to attack a woman as she walked through an underground laundry room between the buildings. this was at the kanterbury square condos. the attacker tried to pull down her pants but she fought him off and he ran off. >> you have to have a key to get in there. how did they get in? are they a tenant or ex-tenant, maybe? or -- you don't know. >> police released this composite sketch yesterday of the man that they are looking for. >> new tonight at 5:00 we're hearing from the virginia state senator who says he was threatened by the father of allison parker that roanoke television reporter shot and killed during a live broadcast. we all saw end parker's grief after the shooting and he has since become an outspoken gun control advocate appearing on commercials end up on capitol hill. republican state senator says parker is threatening him. a facebook message says parker

sent him read in part i'm going to be your worst nightmare and it goes on a bit and we blacked it out and the state senator supports gun rights and today spoke with the affiliate at roanoke. >> it's the respect of a person's opinion and the right to have that opinion that matters that allows us to have civil discourse. this is beyond the pale. this is unnecessary and as much as i know that mr. parker is grieving and i feel for him, this was something that he should not have done. >> senator stanley reported the alleged threat to capitol police. calls to parker were not returned today. >> there are plenty of differences between the republicans who are running for president but one thing most of them agree on, they didn't like the way last night's debate was handled and today as they jump back on the campaign trail, they're demanding some change. iowa frontrunner ben carson wants to end what he calls gotcha questions and other candidates complained the debate focused on the personal rather

than the issues in the country. >> the speaker of the house, congressman and honorable paul ryan. >> the first game of american football between two american colleges was played. ulysses s. grant was the 18th president and women began -- >> paul ryan was sworn in as the new speaker and he was acknowledging the challenges that were with john boehner. >> the speaker of the house -- the house of representatives it is a house divided with

republican factions battling each other and even as they fight democrats. >> let's be frank. >> the house is broken. we're not solving problems. we're adding to them. >> those problems were the downfall of outgoings unable to break the legislative gridlock that had lawmakers from one political showdown to the next. >> i leave with no regrets and no burdens. if anything, i leave the way i started as a regular guy humbled by the chance to do a better job. >> ryan the house budget guru and 2012 vice presidential nominee emerged after weeks of political uncertainty as boehner announced his resignation and republicans searched for a candidate palatable to the party's staunchest conservatives. the new speaker opened with an olive branch to members of both parties. >> i am not interested in laying blame. we are not settling scores. we are wiping the slate clean.

>> reporter: a clean slate and some serious challenges ahead for speaker paul ryan upon. >> under the constitution speaker ryan is now second in the line of presidential succession right after vice president biden. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> you don't have to wait until after thanksgiving to start christmas shopping. one of the busiest or biggest department stores macy's announced it will open at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day this year. that star is sparking a many trend of chains like staples and gamestop will close on thanksgiving day and rei will close o and macy's first thanksgiving opening came two years ago. >> right now a husband and wife busted by the feds. how one duo flooded the new york streets with over $10 million worth of illegal drugs. >> germ-killing paint. it's a new product that one paint company claims can actually save lives. >> and online retail reviews,

what happens when a company the washington post endorses democrat jeremy mcpike for state senate. applauding mcpike's "ideas about getting traffic moving." the post warns republican hal parrish "holds rigid positions against medicaid expansion and common-sense gun safety." and parrish was the deciding vote to restrict women's health clinics in manassas forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and birth control. jeremy mcpike is the better choice. i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate and i sponsored this ad.

so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. ever write a negative review about a company? >> well it could land you in court if you don't read the fine print. erika gonzalez is here to explain. >> we do it all of the time. you comment on this or that what we like and what we don't like and you don't expect to post a review and have the company retaliate but one company did just that.

it sued some of its customers for posting negative comments or complaints about its product in the public eye. >> and if i want to post negative feedback i should be able to post negative feedback. >> a lot of people think that, right? the federal government is now going after the company. tonight at 11:00, we'll explain what customers unknowingly agreed to that landed them in court. homicides are up in prince george's county this year. coming up on news 4, it tells the county council what's driving that increase. >> as breast cancer awareness month comes to a close now, the story of a doctor who found herself in the unexpected role of patient. >> up next, your trick-or-treat forecast, storm team 4 already looking toward election day. i'll have your weather and a nice surprise for next wee narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales.

hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.

if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. all right veronica the rain was behind us yesterday. we're about to take a big dip. >> yes, we are. the temperatures will go up again and a bit of a roller coaster ride in the next couple of days and it's all about what will happen this evening as well as the weekend where halloween functions are taking place and the parades and neighborhoods going on this evening and sunset

at 6:11 and that temperature after 6:00 will dip down into the mid-60s after a warm one today and it will be a couple of days before we see the temperatures back up above 70. so cooling off and cooling fast especially with our sky clearing and make sure you cover up like this guy and make sure the arms are covered. you can see it. we've had it today and it came in during the afternoon hours and that's the weather front moving through and on the other side of the front we'll cool off and temperatures get pretty low by early material morning and a few of the outlying suburbs will have the early part of our day and by afternoon the wind will start picking up and first thing, heading out the door, make sure you have a nice jacket on and a nice, warm being. >>et for early tomorrow morning and with sunshine across the area, yes you can pull the sunglasses right back out. for the kids at the bus stop the

sun is up at 7:43 and when it comes up it will be around 50 degrees and still jacket weather, and by the afternoon kids can start to lose that jacket, perhaps, but breezy sunshine, and at least we'll have the green light for the parades taking place. lots of sunshine and each as we get into the late afternoon hours, a pretty good day and the high temperature you can see it here about 1:00 in the afternoon and the mercury will start falling. as it gets breezy mid to upper 50s and for any games friday night lights it's friday night football for high schools and the temperature is 54 and 48 degrees, and under that clear sky. sunday we start moving back in the other direction and we talk about rain for sunday and this is the halloween forecast and long sleeves needed under those costumes. we're at 55 degrees when the sun sets and 6:09 and 53 by 8:00 and then the cloud comes in and showers for sunday. the other thing about sunday, don't forget to turn the clocks

back one hour. at 2:00 a.m. as we go ahead and see our sun starting to set earlier at 5:08 on sunday, make sure you check the batteries in your fire detectors as well as smoke detectors. 60 degrees we're cool but dry on saturday and mainly afternoon showers and not a bad weekend and kind of a 50/50 weekend, but not much in the way of rain and rain continues on monday and 65 degrees, the temperature. of course it is election day on tuesday for virginia and we'll be between 68 and 72 degrees and that is mild and the nice surprise that i mentioned look at this temperatures going way up into the low to mid 70s by mid part of next week and a bit of a surprise for us ask doug has more coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> thanks, v.j. police body cameras have become a hot-button issue. today the top cop in prince george's tackled his body camera

and the tick up in homicides and how he plans to roll out the program. >> as prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins tells us this comes with a twist. >> there is a discussion about body cams and what will happen with them in the future and that's part of what the chief talked about when he sat down in front of the council, but the first thing they wanted to discuss was the uptick in homicides. >> the two pieces that erupted and the most significant piece is the homicide and shootings. >> reporter: mark mcgraw briefed a committee on the county's crime rate. while overall crime is at an all-time low. >> known of anyone else who is down 17% in crime across the board. >> reporter: there have already been more homicides this year than in all of last year and the council wanted to know why. >> the fact is we look at the homicide rate a lobe and it's going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: according to police data, the leading motive are

homicides. >> one resulted from someone spitting on someone else. another one was about -- over a parking space. >> reporter: followed by domestic disputes. >> we've had on channel 4 news and was just shocked and so saddened to see that the last one i know of was actually a county employee who was murdered at the hands of her husband. >> another major driving factor at prince george's park in d.c. and its fight against synthetic drug. and in prince george's, the major issue is marijuana. >> the shootings, 50% are marijuana-related. >> at times they were stumped over house budget cuts impacted the decisions. that is something that they took issue with. >> we are now a pawn in the conflict between the county countsil and the county executive's office. the citizens have a right not to be on that chess board. our safety is of utmost important. >> reporter: chief mcgau says he has a plan to tackle each one of

these driving factors in the crime rate but he could not get into those specifics in this form. he wanted to talk to the council about that one-on-one because he is talking about policing and he doesn't want the criminals to know what he's doing. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we were just discussing the body cam. prince george's has decided to roll out a trial program in march and we'll tell you how that's going to look and who will be able to do it. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. a federal prosecutor says they r recovered one of the biggest pill mills in the city. a pharmacist, her husband and another man illegally sold oxycodone out of a pair of small pharmacies in brooklyn. in the past five years, prosecutors say that group sold $500,000 tablets for a street value of between $10 million and $15 million. an audit revealed that they had requested at least a quarter of a million more pills than any

pharmacy including the national chains in that same zip code. >> a new paint could help stop the spread of infections but it would cost you. sherwin-williams says it has developed an antibacterial paint and the so-called paint shield was certified for its ability to kill more than 99.9% of bacteria including staph and mrsa. the thought is to use it in hospitals and schools and the cost about $85 per gallon. with october nearly behind us we thought we'd remind you that breast cancer aware business month should not be limited to just october. news 4's barbara harrison joins us with a story with how important these self-breast exams could be for all women. >> there is anec pregz from the bible, physician heal thigh self and however you interpret that counseling it's never easy for the doctor to become the patient. ♪

♪ >> it's a dress that may have saved her life. ♪ ♪ >> as a surgeon, dr. randy walker spends most of her days in scrubs. on this night in october one year ago she dressed up as chairwoman for the knock out abuse gala in a smashing red, strapless gown under cl she wore one of those new-fangled glue-on bras. >> when i came home and i went to take off the dress i noticed they couldn't get it off and the glue from the stick-on bra didn't come off. that was a week before finding a lump in her own breast. >> she appeared on news 4 midday offering free breast check-up ands lessons in self-examination, but her own reaction to finding a lump was of that of most women. >> about the first week i ignored it and thought it was nothing and i kept comparing it to the other side. >> the hardest thing about getting women to come in is conquering the fear of coming in

and what they're going to find out. >> there was nothing in my family to suggest that i should have breast cancer. i'd been healthy and i had children. >> as the week went by it was her family she was worried about. >> was i going to be able to be alive for my children? that was one of the my biggest fear. the second one, would i be able to work. would the treatment be so bad they couldn't work and support my family. >> she contiperating schedule, but continued to fear what might lie ahead. >> as women, our breasts are very important to us as part of our identity and part of our femininity. >> dr. walker finally decided to have a mammogram. on the screen, a tumor was visible. >> it's terrifying to have breast cancer. it's frightening and you want to maintain your composure. you want to rely on your medical background, but there are times you just break down and it's very, very hard. >> a biopsy would reveal the type of tumor and then surgery and then breast reconstruction. >> today, we think a good result

is when a person could be naked and bright lights and have attractive-looking breasts that she can have self-esteem and even a little bit of vanity. >> there was chemo for dr. walker and the possibility of losing her hair. >> most women cry more about losing their hair than losing their breast. there are ways we can get around that with a penguin cap or ice cap to minimize the hair they lose. >> dr. walker suffered through the cold cap treatments through chemotherapy and she managed to keep her hair. >> it's shorter now, but that change is not the main one. not the one she appreciates most. >> it's made me a far better doctor. it's made me a far better listener. it's made me more compassionate and more understanding. i always thought i was a pretty compassionate and understanding person with my patients before, but i think i have a better in-depth understanding than i

ever did. >> dr. walker continues her work as a plastic surgeon and is still undergoing periodic chemotherapy. she counsels all women to remember self-breast exams and they really can save lives and we thank the hospital for giving us such wonderful access. >> great story. thank you, barbara. now at 5:00, it's been three years since super storm sandy destroyed the jersey shore. tonight, how some of the victims are starting to feel forgotten as the recovery continues. this is chris gordon. right now in the newsroom only on news 4 ahead video of detectives questioning university of virginia lacrosse player george hughley about the murder of his ex-girlfriend yardly love. it was scene in the murder trial. that's coming up. she's dead?

>> no i do not. she's dead? >> you killed her, george.

some new video was coming into the live desk from california where a wildfire is burning through the hills right

above santa barbara. so far the fire has burned 70 acres most of them uninhabited but the concern here is the santa ana winds tend to kick up this time of year and that's why firefighters have multiple planes and helicopters hitting this fire hard with retardant. so far homes are not threatened. these are wind-driven fires and they can move quickly so some communities have been evacuated and we'll keep an eye on this and bring you updates as they come in. >> thank you chris. a tennessee man is charged with murder and his 2-year-old daughter was saved after the two vanished and authorities arrested him in ohio. an amber alert went out yesterday after enix's wife was found dead in their apartment. they've seen him drive away from the scene in his wife's car. he had previous charges for domestic assault and false imprisonment. new jersey remains a work in progress three years after super

storm sandy devastated some coastal communities, leaving thousands without electricity for days. >> nbc's ted greenberg with an update. >> it's very time consuming, very strenuous. very depressing. >> exactly, three years after sandy slammed his hometown, robert saleri is still in limbo. >> very much up in the air. >> and dealing with red tape and renovating it a second time since the storm. >> it's very frustrating because this is the third appeal and each time the paperwork takes so long and in the neighborhood, the houses are abandoned and others have been rebment and lifted to comply with stricter flood insurance requirements. >> it's still not restored to what it was. >> reporter: but the sound of construction is still everywhere with homes in the process of going up. >> i would have never have thought years later there are still people out.

still people out of their homes. it's sad. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the state department of community affairs says the agency does not know the total number of people who remain displaced by sandy but she says in an average week, dca distributes $7 million directly to homeowners. >> the agency says of the more than 8,000 homeowners enrolled in the largest recovery program over 7600 have received at least one payment to rebuild, reconstruct or elevate their homes. 2,000 have finished construction. >> a lot of rebuilding is going on there at the end of the day but the work isn't done that and we know that. >> the whole bureaucratic process. >> robert solari says it could be another year before his family's home is finished. >> it is frustrating and it wears on you. >> now at 6:00, our team of reporters are gathering new leads to the day's top stories included the heated ded

deliberations as a murderer stands trial. >> a city has seen its fair share of violence and we're preparing for a temperature plunge as a cold front moves in. >> new leadership at metro, perhaps the biggest issue a new general manager will face is safety and a man has faced his share of safety issues before and adam tuss broke this story yesterday and he is live from the dunnlori metro station. >> neal cohen's back growth fund is in aerospace, defense and aviation. those industries quite frankly demand safety. you are aren't going to launch a rocket unless you feel it's safe to do so and you are going to give the military technology to keep them safe. this is the kind of focus the