the evidence that took d.c. police and the fbi to a construction site in the search for relisha rudd. and the word of the day, warm, but it might as well just be hot. that's the kind of weather we've got moving our way. >> but we begin first at 4:00 with breaking news today. arkansas state university is on lockdown as police have surrounded an armed man on campus. the university says the man drove a truck to the center of campus and rammed through a barrier. one of our affiliates says he then got out of the car with a shotgun and a gas can. that man surrounded now. no shots have been fired. there are some reports that he has been taken into custody, but we have not confirmed that yet. we will bring you updates on the situation as they come in. developing right now. employees at the center for american islamic relations are being let back in after a suspicious substance scare.

an employee opened an envelope that contained a white, powdery substance. that powder is not dangerous. cair gets threats on a daily basis, but this was treated as a serious threats. noah leotta just 24 years old, just two years on the force. his coffin draped in the flag today as fellow officers salute. leotta's passing is especially difficult because many officers watched him grow from an intern to a full-time employee. news 4's pat collins joins us now live from wheaton. pat, such a sad day out there. indeed, jim. this is leotta's police station, the 4th district on randolph floor. above the front door in his honor the black crepe. in his honor, a police car draped in black. the flags here at half-staff. you can see some of his family members just leaving now. they've been inside talking to police officials being consoled

by police officials. the sign in front of the station says in loving memory of police officer noah leotta, end of watch december 10, 2015. i've got to tell you this. i've known police chief tom major for more than 30 years. i have never seen him as impassioned as he was today. we begin our story now with the chief. >> the residents of this county lost a great cop. lost a great cop. exactly the kind of police officer that you want patrolling your streets. >> it was a day of hugs and tears and salutes. an outpouring of high honor for montgomery county police officer noah leotta. his body removed from suburban hospital and with a police escort, the procession stops at officer leotta's home station on

randolph road. there, the officer's family was consoled by chief tom major. >> reporter: there, more salutes from his colleagues. officer noah leotta was working the holiday alcohol task force last thursday. he stopped a car in rockville. as he was tending to that he was struck by another car driven by a man who police say was under the influence. officer leotta was taken to the hospital that day. he died there this morning. >> this officer was killed serving the public, trying to prevent the exact crime that killed him. >> officer leotta was just 24 years old. he's the 18th montgomery county police officer to be killed in the line of duty. he was a hometown boy. he was a graduate of sherwood high school.

we will hear from his high school principal coming up at 5:00, now back to you. >> pat collins. thank you, pat. to the disappearance of relisha rudd, the 8-year-old who vanished more than 21 months ago. right now the new search for answers. we just put a time line on this case in our nbc washington app. it will help to underscore the surprise of this new search in northeast today. all these months later. news 4's mark segraves is there. mark? >> reporter: yeah, pat. it's been months since we've had activity in this case, chief lanier stood here and said the search had resumed and the focus of this search, this abandoned construction lot right across the street from the police station. relisha rudd disappeared while she was living at the d.c. general hospital, the homeless shelter there. one of the employees there, khalil tatum became the prime suspect after his wife was found shot to death and later his body

found dead in ken worth park of an apparent suicide. since then police have searched the anacostia river, kenworth park and the campus of d.c. general to no avail. last summer, divers went into the anacostia river, still no more clues, but today search teams including fbi agents and the office of chief medical examiner and d.c. -- we have more breaking news right now. divers are searching a small lake in san bernardino, california. it's not clear what they're looking for or what if anything has been found, but nbc has learned the search is related to the mass killings. the lake is located in a san bernardino park about seven miles from the site of the shooting. we'll keep you posted on that. >> for the second time in a year the same house has caught fire and this time it killed someone.

one person died on old camp meade road in seve earn overnight. this was engulfed by the time firefighters arrived. the same house caught fire when it was in the process of being repaired. fire investigators believe that fire was accidental and has no reason to believe it's linked to today's fire. in the republican race for president, donald trump is once again in the lead. in a new poll from "the new york times" and cbs news, trump has 35% of republican primary voters. ted cruz is in second place at 16%. ben carson has dropped to third place with 13% and he was dropped back in october and marco rubio is in fourth with 9%. the poll was taken largely before trump's proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering this country. trump just scrapped his trip to israel. he was going there later this month and he took to twitter today to announce the canceled trip. he said he will reschedule after

he becomes president. benjam benjamin netanyahu criticized trump for his proposal to keep muslims out of america. let's get storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. doug, this is really unusually warm for december. how long is it going to stay like this? it will stay like this for quite some time, pat. we're talking about the potential for the record-breaking heat and it's not very often in december we talk about heat. temperatures 20 to 25 degrees above average in some looks and temperatures today, well above average and 61, baltimore and 61 camp springs and the average high is 49 and we're close to 15 degrees above average. if you're heading out, it will still be cool and we are on the cooler side and 57 by 5:00, 50 by 9:00, but for this time of year this is straight balmy and look at this, the next couple of

days and we're talking about breaking records, and i do think we'll break one record in the next coming days and how long can it last? i know it could last through the weekend and my entire forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, doug. the strain leaves the station without an operator. >> why police say it was tampered with. >> another toll road project in

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someone manipulated the controls of a boston-bound train this morning causing that train to depart the station with the passengers, but without the operator. charlie baker says today someone messed with the main controls that drive the train. the third rail was cut off after the train left, but the momentum of the train caused it to coast through several stations before finally stopping. monday marks three years since the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary. this anniversary is generating fresh calls for tighter gun control. dozens of people when lost loved ones to gun violence went to capitol hill today. many of them were sandy hook families. they urged lawmakers to take action to curb gun violence including expanding background checks for gun purchases. >> you have failed to keep us safe. we are sick and tired of your

inaction. too many families are torn apart by senseless gun violence. >> it was december 14, 2012. dozens of children and educators were killed at the school in newtown. today connecticut's democratic senator richard blumenthal says the inaction of congress is partly to blame for the continued gun violence. more tolls coming to a commute near you. adam tuss breaking down the proposed changes. why he left his post. army sergeant bowe bergdahl opens up in a popular podcast. how the movie "the martian" wound up in the comedy category. we are going live to southern

right now at 4:15, a somber day in montgomery county. hundreds of men and women in blue came out to salute fallen officer noah leotta. he died after being struck by a suspected drunk driver a week ago. u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl opening up today for the first time. we're hearing from bergdahl about his mysterious disappearance any dramatic rescue in afghanistan. what he hopes to show in a new podcast. more protests today in chicago. this time a group of medical students staged a so-called die-in to protest police abuse. >> 16 shots and s ans and a co.

the students marched to city hall this morning and then laid down on the sidewalk. the die-in lasted 16 minutes representing the 16 times laquan mcdonald was shot and killed by a chicago police officer last year. it's the latest in the a string of protests following several high-profile police shootings and beatings. another road you can use now could have tolls soon. i-95 in alexandria looked poised to be the next corridor to get those so-called hot lanes. >> adam tuss has the story for us. adam? >> reporter: at this point it's pretty clear that virginia is pushing all its chips on the table and betting on high-occupancy lanes in a way to ease congestion. the proposal along 395 and from the belt interchange on i-95 all of the way to the 14th street bridge and that current hov system will be transferred into

an h.o.t. system meaning high occupancy toll lane and that gives drivers the option to pay and they get a speedy trip in return and carpoolers still get to use the lanes for free. we talked about it with the operator of the 495 and 95 express lane who is getting picked to lead this project. by converting it to expraise lanes, we're allowing folks the new opportunity to pay a toll and get a faster trip during rush hour. >> coming up on news 4 at 5:00, arlington initially opposed this whole ban. now they're willing to accept it. back to you. >> prince george's county police are trying to figure on the what happened at a car crash after highed atsville. the car burst into flames.

police can't tell how many people were in the car because of the severity of the crash. it shut the roadway down for hours. right now everything is open again. >> if you're some place where there's an active shooter your options are run, hide or fight. this afternoon the emergency management team in arlington are holding a special award for their effort to get out that word. the group produced this video dram advertising a situation and responses to it. today the staff from the oem was given the county manager's award for excellence. it's part of an education effort that's been under way for two years in the county now. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and just another beautiful day in the month of may. okay, december, but that's the kind of warm temperatures we're talking about. look outside right now. you notice the sunshine across the region? we saw the fog early and that left us with plenty of sunshine and temperatures that got into the 60s. currently, we're at 59 degrees and nice, calm winds and just a

beautiful, beautiful afternoon and that will be the case through the evening hours and leesburg, 61 and 60 in kull pepper and right now the cool spot 53 along the water and the annapolis area and the radar continues to be dry and we are dry all up and down the east coast and once again, no real storms anywhere. we're watching one storm system move our way, but the actual storm is way up toward wisconsin and because it moved so far to the north we want to get in on that warm air and that warm pattern will remain temperatures will be dipping down to the south and coming back in from places like the pacific ocean and all of that warmary coming or way and we'll set some records and many areas will be in or near or booch 70 degrees. warm, all of the way through

next week and i do mean very warm. 67 in d.c. 67 fredericksburg. 65 in leesburg under partly sunny skies. we're talking a fantastic friday. if you have plans to go out, no problems there. simply wow! that's all i can say here. temperatures going up by 1:00 in the afternoon so if you want to get out and do that job, no problems doing that. 69 on your saturday and 70 on sunday and 71 on monday and i think we'll set records over the weekend, too. >> amelia is in here does she'll see and we'll let you earn at 4:45. >> for the first time we are hearing from army sergeant bowe bergdahl. he left his military base because he wanted to bring attention to what he considered was a leadership failure at his post. he spoke in a podcast. he was released in a prisoner

swap. he's charged with dissertion and misbehavior with the enemy. big surprise and some raised eyebrows at the golden globes nominations. they were announced today. joining us live from qwest access hollywood". >> many say the biggest surprise nominee was "mad max fury road". >> absolutely that was a huge surprise. this movie came out back in may. big action movie, special effects and it's a two-hour car chase. i enjoyed it a lot, but no way did i see it coming. "mad max fury road" nominated for best picture drama and george mriler and this was just a few days after george miller got nominated as best director and won by the l.a. film critics and the movie came in as runner-up for best picture. mad max is on a roll and didn't see it coming. it's a great movie. a move that raised eyebrows "the martian" as best comedy.

>> what's up with that, indeed. the martian had humor in it, but no way is that a comedy. no way should that be in the comedy or musical category. matt damon got nominated for a comedy. here's perhaps. fox has a bunch of comedies called the revenant. they thought it would get a chance to get nominated for best picture if they put it in the comedy category. >> i'm with you. no way is the martian the comedy even though it is one of the best movies of 2015. >> stra teeningry on that entry. it is gaining momentum. this one has steve carell. >> steve carell and christian bale both got nominated for supporting actor and it was

nominated for best musical or comedy. it opens up tomorrow in l.a. and new york. it's a fantastic movie and an exhilarating move they takes a look at why the housing bubble burst and it does so in a way that a lot of people are going to understand why it happened. the movie co-stars ryan gosling and brad pitt who co-produced the movie. it's directed by adam mckay who has done a lot of comedies and this is his first serious movie and there is a lot of humor in it, and i think this movie will take and it reminded me a lot of "the wolftaf wall street," but not as long. >> who was the biggest snub today? >> there were a lot of snubs. i thought "danish girl" should have been nominated for best picture drama and same thing with "steve jobs," but the biggest snub of all is johnny depp not getting nominated for "plaq "black mass". >> this is the best performance he's done in a really, really

long time as a gangster and it is a very good gangster movie and one of his best performances in a decade or two and a day after he got nominated for best actor at the screen actors guild awards and he was snubbed by the hollywood foreign press and this was the biggest snub of all. >> scott, thanks so much. >> there's been much made of donald trump to keep muslims out of the country and those calls may be provoking a business backlash. why he doesn't seem to care. plus what's it like to live in america when your name is isis?

breaking news just in after five years as top cop in prince george's county, chief mark mcgau m mcmagga is expected to announce his resignation tomorrow. he will now serve as the director of all county public safety under the baker administration according to one source. he served more than ten years with the prince george's county police department. tonight is your chance to see changes in part of alexandria's shoreline. the city council will be discussing the living shoreline plan. final designs are in the works and public comments are invited. construction would start some

time early in 2017. that meeting takes place at 6:30 tonight on city hall on king street. donald trump's controversial comments have sparked an international backlash, but he insists he's winning. >> the seoul sole survivor of a has just one wish for>> a day of

tears in montgomery county where police are mourning a loss of one of their own. the procession took the body of 24-year-old noah leotta past the station where he worked. pat collins will have more coming up in our next hour. >> over the next few days, d.c. police and the fbi will search two new locations looking for clues about what happened to relisha rudd. she's been missing since march of last year. rudd was last seen with a jan ter at the homeless shelter where she lived with her family. police chief cathy lanier said new information about today's movements led to today's search. >> reporter: this is chris gordon with an update on the developments in the baltimore trial of police officer william porter charged in the death of freddie gray. today charlottesville police chief timothy longo who has a second job as a consultant on police procedures testified for the defense. longo concluded that even though officer porter disregarded

general orders requiring him to seat belt freddie gray in the van and called for medical help when gray asked for it. longo testified i believe his actions were objectively reasonable given the circumstances he faced at the time, but that porter told the van drivers that gray needed medical help and the safety of passengers is the van driver's responsibility. >> the only thing they need to do is to convince the jury that there's a, reasonable doubt. >> reporter: all new at 5:00, what a prisoner riding in the police van with freddie gray says he heard gray doing during the ride. that's the latest from baltimore. back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. donald trump's call for a ban on muslims sparked an international backlash and now it's sparking protests right here in washington. steve handelsman outside the trump project on pennsylvania avenue where protesters are accusing him of racism. steve? they're on the sign up there a

little while ago. code pink, the leftist organization had a big sign that simply said racist, but here's the point today. this is one of the biggest construction projects here in the nation's capital, donald trump's international hotel project and so it's a symbol of donald trump the candidate who today is bigger than ever. donald trump's new poll number is as huge as the sign on his hotel project near the white house. a trump best, 35% support, more than double his nearest rivals in a cbs new york times national poll of republicans. >> i believe donald trump is trying to do something for america that no one's ever done. >> the poll was done after san bernardino as trump demanded a ban on muslims entering the u.s. a political move that was risky, but paid off, trump said today on "fox & friends." >> i understand that the new polls that have come out are even higher because a lot of

people agree with me, but i certainly didn't do it for poll numbers. >> trump is getting hammered. his name on a golf course in dubai taken down today, a push to do that in canada and demand trump from great britain. >> trued cruz is opposing the moratorium. >> marco rubio is writing off trump. >> i believe the republican nominee can be someone who can win the general election and i don't believe donald can. >> oh, yeah, says the gof front-runner. >> i'm getting criticism from people running against me that have no poll numbers. they're doing very poorly. >> trump is doing better than ever in a firestorm that he is fanning. >> reporter: donald trump could be in trouble, though, in the state of iowa where ted cruz is getting strong support from christian evangelicals for the first in the nation republican primary contest on february 1st.

cruz polling three points behind trump in iowa. live from pennsylvania avenue, i'm steve handelsman, news 4. and the temperature right now at 59 degrees. our high today about 63 and what a difference a day makes. beautiful sunshine after some thick fog this morning and temperatures noticeably warmer. here's your evening planner heading out this evening and walking the dog. 7:00, a cool 53 degrees. clouds do move back into the area overnight tonight and at 9:00 p.m. a jump around 50 and we are dry and not tracking any rain tonight on storm team 4 radar and the temperature around 11:00 p.m. around 49 degrees and tomorrow for friday as we close out the workweek, what to wear. you'll need sunglasses and long sleeves expect you as well as the kids can leave the coat at home. coming up in my forecast, i'll have the hour-by-hour forecast for tomorrow and just how warm

it will get and warmer temperatures will make their way into the area for the weekend, pat. president obama signed a sweeping bill that rewrites federal education law and changes accountability for 50 million schoolchildren across the country. the bipartisan bill replaces no child left behind. the new law shifts power to the states and changes the way people are evaluated and encourages states to limit the time students spend on testing. the president says the law holds everyone to high standards and dedicates resources to the most vulnerable children. bullying is becoming a major issue in new mexico and it's all because of her name. the 17-year-old is named isis. her mother says the school is not doing enough to stop the constant bullying by her classmates. >> watch out, ice ssis is comind if the teacher says my name they start laughing. >> her mother says she chose the

name after a character she saw on a tv show before the islamic state militants became known worldwide. chipotle's ceo says he's sorry about the customers who got sick. can his company come back? >> and the first lady raps. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ outside chicago we all know we had to do overtime ♪ ♪ that could be you ♪ >> first lady michelle obama rapping for college education. she teamed up with "saturday night live" comedian jay farrow and the website college humor. it is urging students to attend college and it touts the benefits of going to school. this campaign is part of the first lady's reach higher, make better room initiative which encourages young people to make a commitment to being better by starting with higher education. now a touching story about a little girl and her christmas wish and the kindness of strangers. >> she lost her family during a house fire that was deliberately set. her one wish for christmas, to get cards from people all over the world. sapphire terry's aunt posted her

wish online and things took off from there. in addition, the cards and gifts pouring in from around the floeb she globe. relatives in new york are now caring for the 8-year-old. despite all that she's been through, she still wakes up every morning with a smile on her face. damage control for chipotle. what impact you'll see because of efforts the company is making after people get sick in several states. plus the medical potential for some puppies born at

we are working several stories this afternoon. it was a powerful show of support for a montgomery police officer. hundreds of fellow officers saluted his body as it made its way to the police station where he worked. 24-year-old noah leotta was critically injured this month when a suspected drunk driver crashed into him during a traffic stop. ahead in the next ten minutes, the police chief's emotional message to the public. in the days since his former neighbor syed farook carried out deadly attacks in california, 24-year-old enrique marquez has become the focus of a huge federal terror investigation. why did he purchase those two semiautomatic rifles for farook and his wife. pete williams joins us on set in

just about 10 to 12 minutes to talk about the latest developments in the investigation. ♪ ♪ ♪ imagine all the people livi living ♪ ♪ >> madonna staging an impromptu mini concert to honor the victims of last month's paris attacks. fans rushed to the republic plaza in paris last night when madonna tweeted that she'd be heading there after her sellout show. the group sang john lennon's "imagine" and a few others. her son david took part in the sing along and plaza has been turned into an informal memorial service since the attacks. a profuse apology from chipotle's ceo today and major promises to do something about the outbreak that has made so many people sick. nbc's chris clackum has the

story. >> reporter: this chipotle mexican grill in boston of the closed thursday with the restaurant chain's founder and ceo going on today to apologize for causing so many to get so sick. >> they're having a tough time, and i feel terrible about that. >> reporter: nearby boston college now says more than 140 of its students became sick with a gastrointestinal illness after eating at the restaurant that led boston health officials to order its closure monday. >> our goals is to make sure this establishment is safe. >> reporter: safe from the norovirus that's a fast-spreading airborne bug that causes gastrointestinal distress with most people recovering after a few days. ceo steve elles is promising a thorough scrubbing. >> we reopen, the restaurant will be completely sanitized and every single employee would have been tested and assured that they do not have norovirus. but elles has more than just boston on his mind with an e.

coli outbreak linked to chipotles in nine states over the last two months forcing him to retool all of his restaurants. >> how we prepare the food and how we cook the food and how we serve the food and we've had a team of epidemiologists and food safety experts to raise our standards. >> reporter: and raising the restaurant's reputation to where it was. chris clackum, nbc news. the governor of washington state has declared a state of emergency after multiple landslides and flooding. officials don't know when the state's busiest roadway, i-5 will reopen after a sland slide happened there yesterday afternoon and that landslide was triggered by heavy rain sending debris and rocks on to the interstate. traffic was backed up for miles still and some trucks have been stranded since yesterday. >> back here at home, we've got unusually high temperatures for mid-december, folks. meteorologist amelia segal has

the latest in the storm center. boy, almost cooking out there this weekend, right? >> this weekend, temperatures running from 20 to 25 degrees above normal and quiet weather continuing here and our biggest concern is some fog and there could be patchy fog around tomorrow morning and it's not looking as big of a problem as it was this morning and we're focused on near record warmth, and wait until you see the seven-day and we'll be dealing with showers on monday and more on the timing in just a moment and after the showers move through with the cold front and our temperatures still stay above normal and the average at this time of year is 67 degrees. it's mild tomorrow, temperatures tomorrow warmer than it was today. here's a look at visibility tomorrow right around 7:00 a.m. and you can see everyone just over a mile so fog shouldn't be too much of an issue, but there

should be a potential there and something to keep in mind, maybe impacting the bus stop or that morning commute, but not by much. otherwise the temperature of 46 degrees during the overnight tomorrow giving recess an a-plus. mostly sunny skies and a temperature around 60 degrees and the dismissal, that's where we hit our high of the day at 66. beautiful weather, heading out tomorrow evening for your friday night. it's a cool, light jacket kind of weather and it's not cold by any means and on friday, a high temperature of 69 degrees and mostly to partly sunny skies and make sure to tune in for our tracking winter special. a high of 70. here's your plan or sunday. for breakfast, temperatures comfortable 50 degrees and maybe you're heading to the golf course and all you'll need is a fleece or light jacket by lunch and we're flirting with the 70-degree mark with the temperature by 67 and by dinner time on sunday evening our

temperature for 64 degrees and if you hit 71 that will be a new record and showers are likely later in the day and otherwise breezy and after that, temperatures still stay around 60 degrees, pat? >> amelia, sounds good. a new political battle is shaping up for virginia's tenth congressional seat and democrat lu ann bennett says she will challenge barbara comstock last year. she owns a real estate management business and she's the former wife of jim moran, the former congressman of northern virginia. >> some babies were born at cornell university that have the potential to help prevent diseases. nbc's erica edwards explains. >> reporter: behold the world's first litter of puppies born through in vitro fertilization. cornell university's dr. alexander travis beams like a proud father when recalling the day of seven pups were born five months ago. >> very nerve-racking until you heard those first cries and saw

them wiggling around, and then it was really great. >> reporter: it was a moment scientists had been trying to get to for 40 years. that's because without getting too heavy into the science behind the birds and bees of dogs, reproduction is much more complicated in ed id in canines is in other mammals. so why do we care about the first litter of ivf puppies besides the fact that they're just so cute, the technology opens the door to ways of preventing hereditary diseases like cancer in certain breeds. >> invittio fertilization itself can't prevent disease, but it gives us a way to generate embryos and we can use new technologies to hopefully go in and fix certain genes that cause those diseases. >> instead of treating genetic diseases in dogs some may be able to prevent them. >> erica edwards, nbc news.

>> that ivf technology developed at cornell also has implications for endangered species. scientists can freeze and store semen and eggs of rare canine breeds and they'll reintroduce that genetic material into the gene pool. pat? for the past 40 years the salvation army has provided christmas gifts for children in our area who otherwise might not have anything under the tree, but there could be some sad faces without your help this year. the group still needs gifts for some 500 children and they only have a week left to collect them. all of the toys are donated through the annual angel tree program. the salvation army says your generosity will make it all possible. >> it's gratifying to be able to make sure that no child that is being served will wake up on christmas morning without anything. >> if you'd like to make a donation, simply download our nbc washington app and search angel tree. i'm julie kracarey in princ

william county where a teacher at this school has been indicted on child porn and solicitation charges. this is the mug shot from loudoun county where he faces similar charges. a sheriff's office spokesman says the investigation there began when the father of a teenage girl noticed inappropriate pictures and texts on her cell phone. he had allegedly developed a relationship with the teen who was younger than 15 at the time. >> ahead on news 4 at 5:00, i'll tell you the status of his teaching career in the wake of of the investigation. struggling with how to respond to a potential gun attack on campus and one university's plan is catching heat from students now and the city's mayor.

take a look at this fire in alabama. an 18-wheeler exploded. the driver stopped the vehicle, smelled an odor and called 911. the tractor trailer which contains hydrogen peroxide, sodium hide rocks ide and sulfuric acid. residents within a half-mile hateius had to be evacuated, but there were no injuries reported. protests over police-involved shootings continue to ignite across the country. hundreds of people in san francisco staged a protest last

night in city hall, and they're upset after police shot and killed a man last week in the city's bay view district. the group stormed a police commission meeting and many called on the police chief to resign and said the officer behind the shooting should be criminally charged. the gun violence debate raging now across the country has made its way to a boston university and northeastern university police have never deployed semiautomatic weapons on employ qaa us before, but as reporter glen marshall shows us officers there are on the verge of changing that policy. >> there is a question going around boston, is there a need for semiautomatic rifles on northeast and university's camp us? >> i would find that very threatening, you know? i think there would need to be accountability before i would become cool with it. >> if it's only during high-security issues and like really big concerns i feel like that's a little more warranted. >> reporter: students are split on whether semiautomatic weapons should be used on campus. northeast university says the police force has had the guns

for a while, but after recent shootings across the country they have decided to deploy them during high-level threats. the school's out of boston jurisdiction and pushes for the school to reconsider using the guns. >> i have concerns about having -- not just this university, but any university polices have having long rifles on the campus. >> northeastern stands behind wanting to keep the students safe and believe using the semiautomatic weapons will increase their chances. >> i can see why they would say it's for my safety, but if they were trying to protect me and accidentally hurt another student or something that would also be scary. >> reporter: glen marshall, necn. he wanted to go out and make a difference. >> a tragic turn in the life of a local police officer. >> the residents of this county lost a great cop. exactly the kind of police officer that you want patrolling your streets. >> a 24-year-old hit by a suspected drunk driver while he

was out doing his job. >> this county is worse because officer noah leotta is not out driving around his patrol car. >> officers from across the state out in full force today to escort their fallen brother. >> god bless officer noah leotta. god bless the leotta family. god bless the montgomery county police department. now at 5:00 tonight, a community in mourning over a lost officer. frustration is boiling over about the number of lives being taken by drunk drivers. first to the tribute today to 24-year-old noah leotta. a young man who died trying to stop the very thing that took his life. >> hundreds of officers lined the streets in montgomery county today for the roaming tribute to officer leotta. the procession of his body left the hospital where he was taken a week ago to his home police station in wheaton. news 4's pat collins witnessed what's known as an end of watch

ceremony there. pat? >> reporter: this is the station where he served. the station on randolph road. in front, his police car draped in black. on the hood, his picture and bouquets of flowers. on this day, a county day of honor for officer noah leotta. a trail of tribute today for montgomery county police officer noah leotta. an honor guard at the hospital when his body was carried from the building. a fire engine with a big flag hoisted high as the procession moved down randolph road and at his home station here in wheaton, a final salute from his fellow officers. words and hugs of consolation for the leotta family. >> noah leaves behind a family that is