let's go right to pat collins. what have you learned? >> reporter: jim, it was a violent crash that took the life of a 53-year-old woman and police say the driver who caused it didn't have a valid license. the man who was in this truck, the truck that triggered a nine-car crash. the crash that killed a 53-year-old woman. that man, police say was driving on a suspended license and had a warrant out for his arrest to face a driving under the influence charge. that man has been identified as 34-year-old juan sanchez. according to court documents obtained by news 4, sanchez was arrested on new year's day 2014 and charged with speeding, driving under the influence, driving while impaired and when he didn't show up for trial a bench warrant was issued for his arrest.

>> reporter: so the driver of the striking pickup truck had a warrant out for him before this happened? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and that warrant was failure to appear. >> in court. >> reporter: in a case where he was charged with drunk driving. >> that's correct. >> reporter: it was a bone-chilling accident with deadly consequences. the scene, the intersection of landover and lottsford roads. the time, around 9:00 this morning. witnesses say this black truck plowed into the side of a red gmc truck hit with such force it knocked the truck bed off the frame. that led to a chain-reaction crash involving nine vehicles. a number of people taken to the hospital for treatment. the woman in the red truck was pronounced dead. sharenay chapel was a witness. >> and started hitting the guardrail and the curb or whatever and once he got right here he hit the curb and hit

airborne into the car and standing at the red light. >> reporter: sanchez is being held in jail tonight on that old dui case. he hasn't been charged in connection to the crash today. that investigation's still ongoing. more about that coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins. developing right now, prince george's fire and rescue just wrapping up a news conference on the large condo fire in adelphi yesterday afternoon. the crews that rescued residents spoke at the news conference about the challenges they ran into as they fought that blaze. we are also listening to the 911 calls and bureau chief tracee wilkins is working that story right now and you'll see her live report from adelphi in 30 minutes. a man is being held without bond in connection to a murder along a trail in prince george's county, marvin vasquez charged in the death of catherine alvara

alvarado. they found her dead along the northwest trail in hyattsville. the victim and suspect used to be in a relationship. old, corroded parts were one of the causes of that deadly silo collapse that occurred in the summer in loudoun county, killing a teenage employee from front royal. federal investigators released the results of a five-month review of the incident. scott macfarlane broke the story on the nbc washington app and joins us with what the feds found. >> u.s., mine and health and safety administration, failed to replace parts and failed to ensure enough inspections were done to keep that quarry safe. they gave us this image of the silo collapse with their report today. it killed 18-year-old daniel potter of west -- of front royal. potter was outside the silo when he was crushed beneath tons of material. news 4's review of the federal investigation showed a 2012 inspection site and an area of concern and recommended changes be made and annual checks be

conducted, but the feds say the recommendation was never acted upon and they found bolts inside that were corroded. the u.s. health and safety administration had issued a citation against the company and it's luxe stone corporation of virginia. it hasn't been revealed yet and we do know the company has the right to appeal it. in a statement to news 4, the company said if anyone in our company had any idea that a failure like this could occur we would have taken steps to correct it immediately. their full statement now posted right now at our nbc washington app. we did speak with daniel potter's father. he said he's reviewed the report and he said he's not ready to talk publicly about the investigation or about his son's death. jim? >> thank you, scott. no word tonight on whether the day care at fort meyer will reopen tomorrow following what's being called a carbon monoxide incident and an announcement should be made in about the next hour. the child development center was

evacuated today after someone there reported a suspicious odor. several people were evaluated and none taken to hospitals. children were relocated to another part of the base until their parents could pick them up. the source of the odor is still under investigation. >> just a day after news 4 broke the store after metro station managers accused of stealing from the transit agency. the head of metro says he's embarrassed. the station managers were selling fraudulent smartrip cards. adam tuss was at a metro board meeting today and has new information from metro's gallery play station. >> reporter: when the new general manager took the position he knew he would have to deal with the bad stories at some point. today gm paul wiedefeld talking about the smartrip story as well as other troubling issues. >> i'm mad embarrassed, you know? i mean, that's -- you know, again, it reflects poorly on the agency. so i'm mad that they did it and i'm embarrassed for the agency.

>> reporter: mad and embarrassed. nine metro employees arrested in a scheme to take paper fare cards from riders, let those riders leave the system for free and load up the remaining value of those paper fare cards on a mar trip card and resell it. >> i wish the road was perfect and it's not. i wish organizations were perfect and they're not. >> reporter: he says the vast majority of metro employees are doing the right thing. a green line train actually separated while it was in a tunnel outside the navy yard station. it didn't have a definitive cause and says issues are being ruled out and he said nothing was wrong with the coupler that holds the trains together. >> it was not broken or anything of that sort and the cars were aligned incorrectly. >> he did say there was extra moisture around the train and that's being studied right now and the tracks are also being studied and he says he doesn't believe it was an issue with the operator of the train and how he was drive of course the train.

>> reporter: now coming up at 6:00, guys, some board members propose slashing fares and coming up i'll tell you why it turned into much more than a debate upon. >> adam tuss and new tonight, isis claiming responsiblity for the attack in indonesia in jakarta. it was in a major shopping and business district close to the u.s. and united nations offices. five of the attackers killed and 23 others wounded and there were no americans among those victims. a new development tonight in an open murder case in falls church. police tell us the man seen in this photo coming up identified as juan figueroa has fled the u.s. and may now be in honduras. police say figueroa stabbed a woman named glenda aviles in 2014 and figueroa was her boyfriend.

the tsa discovered a loaded gun at reagan national and officers stopped a man after spotting the gun on an x-ray. they cited him for a weapons charge. we are told he had a 9 millimeter caliber handgun. tsa officers also found a gun at dulles earlier this week. we now know many of you have worried about your 401(k) in the past few days and wall street rebounded as the dow jumped 230 points on the day. there was an early slide, but then all three indices shot up. of course, this all follows that huge sell-off of the first nine days of the trading day. it's been driven by fears of an economic slowdown in china and plunging oil prices and the impact of all of that on u.s. corporations. no new billionaires in our area, but maryland lotto says three people purchased the

million dollar powerball, and the 711 in blatensburg. in the district, for tickets purchased at dave brown wine in northeast and our personal favorite here at nbc, the tinnily mini market on northwest on wisconsin avenue. ahead in our next half hour we'll have a live report from one of the stores that sold one of the three jackpot winning tickets. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> i almost bought at tinnily. hey, let's take a look and show you what's happening outside today. yesterday the cold of the day of the year. high temperature of only 32 in the city and look at where we were today, 53 degrees and those winds shifted around from the south and boy, did that warm air come in, too and 55 in martinsburg and 52 in hagerstown and an area that only hit 28 degrees for a high temperature. so what a difference a day makes and it started off quite chilly and it ended up quite nice.

it will be cool, but not bad. dropping to 43 by 10:00, 11:00. it will abe chilly night, but not a cold night especially compared to where we have been. >> rain moves in tomorrow night and some of the rain could be heavy and we'll talk about that and a colder weekend and one day colder than the other and another arctic outbreak colder than yesterday's and that one, we'll stick around for a while and we'll have that coming up in a minute. it involves a virginia-based space company and nasa announced three commercial companies to resupply the international space station. >> orbital, atk and dulles, space x and sierra nevada will all fly six missions a piece. the missions are expected to begin in late 2019. no word yet from nasa on just how much those contracts are worth. >> right now the reflecting pool by the lincoln memorial partially iced over and in the

coming days it's going to be empty. the national park service has to drain it for its annual cleaning. that process could take up to two months. two murders just weeks apart committed by members of the ms-13 gang according to police. coming up at 5:00, what is the ms-13 gang and why is it having such a disturbing impact on our community. new crisis for the cruz camp as republicans get ready to debate in south carolina. a pregame ceremony honoring ovi. what's on his mind after scoring career goal

a developing story from alexandria where police have officially charged a second suspect in the murder of a man in a playground at beverly park. >> 21-year-old alvarado castillo was extradited from another state. police say he's got ties to the dangerous ms-13 gang. news 4's meagan fitzgerald in alexandria now with what we know about the infamous gang and the impact it's having on the community. meagan? >> reporter: like i told you this morning, another gang

member that police say killed a man back last year was in court this morning just behind us here who was arraigned and charged with first-degree murder. now this was the murder of a man in the four-mile run park and the examples of the gang members that have just been arrested contributes to the fact that there is an increase in the area of this gang activity. >> law enforcement officials say the ms-13 gang is known for committing violent murder, robbery, sex and dug trafficking. while experts say the gang started in los angeles and it has quickly spread across the country and central america. >> el salvador is considered for many their hub or where they're most active at this time. >> reporter: this regional gang task force expert works alongside active gang members and has asked us to conceal his identity. he says the latest crimes we've seen in our area are just an

example of the resurgence of the dangerous organization. >> there's been reported uptick, maryland, d.c., virginia. >> reporter: on wednesday, alexandria police say they arrested four people connected to ms-13. investigators say three of the suspects killed a man in beverly park and another stabbed a man to death in the four-mile run park at the end of last year. police say the cases aren't connected, but residents still want to know why gang violence is increasing. our gang expert says it's about the numbers as more arrests are made there's even more pressure for the organization to recruit. >> their mode of operation is to commit acts of violence. we know gangs typically operate in communities based on fear. >> reporter: now law enforcement officials tell us that this ms-13 gang recruitment is starting as early as elementary school and coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what police are trying to do to combat this issue. back to you.

>> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >> virginia republicans will have to sign a pledge of sorts when they cast a ballot in the upcoming presidential primary. a federal judge today rejected a, and the so-called loyalty oath. >> that requires voters to sign a statement affirming they are, in fact, republicans. the oath violates their civil and their free rights to free speech. trump is not directly involved in this lawsuit, but has criticized the pledge. >> trump will once again be front and center when the gop candidates square off in their sixth prime time debate in south carolina, but much of the focus will be on ted cruz along with trump's allegations that's not a naturally born citizen because he was born in canada. cruz could face questions over a million dollar loan from his 2012 campaign that he failed to report. that loan included money from

goldman sachs where his wife works. the other candidates making the main stage for tonight, marco rubio, ben carson, chris christie and john kasich. he'll be joining hillary clinton and bernie sanders in the final debate for the democrats before the iowa and new hampshire caucus and primary. they're hosting sunday's debate at 5:00 on nbc 4. and we'd like to know why you watched the presidential debates. do you skip them? do you watch them to learn about the candidates or you just tune in for the entertainment value? text the number on your screen or to facebook or washington.com and we'll share the results for you later on. tonight's visa's major new cybersecurity center is operating in ashburn. top state officials were among those who helped cut the ribbon today on the new facility this morning. the center brings together all

visas, cyber operations. governor mcauliffe used the occasion to encourage young people to consider a future in cybersecurity. >> we have about 17,000 cyber openings in the commonwealth of virginia and the starting pay is $88,000, so we are going to do everything we can to make sure we're building that pipeline and the workforce development going forward. according to estimates cyber crime costs the u.s. up to $120 billion every year. he's not just a superstar here. he's a superstar across the world. now alex ovechkin part of an elite club. >> oh, he is, after scoring his 500th nhl gel this past month and the caps are celebrating that milestone and carol maloney joins us live and you talked one-on-one with ovi this week. what did he share with you? >> he was as honest and open as ever and ovi sharing that he's relieved it's over and the countdown to 500 and now it's on to the ultimate goal.

. >> just play the game. >> alex ovechkin's life is a game and he knows how to play it. >> rips and he scores! in a flash! welcome to the club number 500 for the great! >> coming off a huge milestone on sunday. career goals number 500 and 501. ovi shelved this moment and moves on. >> it's in the basement. >> you have a basement. >> all of my pucks and pictures. >> is there a big hole or is it just in your heart? >> it's in my heart. >> that hole is for lord stanley's cup. milestones are nice, but it's a ring the great eight seeks and you can forget about the all-time gold mark by wayne gretzky. >> 334 more goals and we're talking on eye know, you're

talking, like, oh, it's a lot. are you on track? do you think it's possible? >> i don't think it's possible this year. in this life, you know? >> yeah, but i don't think it's possible. >> the single biggest reason for optimism, though, for this season is -- >> is i always have a chance. so we have a chance to do something special. >> and this will be most likely his best chance to win a cup out of all 11 seasons and the hands down favorite the caps are to win the stanley cup and coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we'll hear from a voice that's been around this team for a long time and he'll say it's time to get fired up about the washington capitals. back to you guys. >> thank you, carol. we have an update tonight over battle about paid leave in the district and why the bowser administration believes it's too expensive and too difficult to

enforce. >> a new tour for store owners to help them identify synthetic drugs and stay out of jail. >> more than 100 residents are making plans after a massive fire in adelphi. i'm

now your storm team 4 forecast. from the coldest day of the season yesterday to one of the warmer days that we've seen so

far this month is temperatures got into the mid-50s in many areas across the region. take a look at what's going on right now at this hour. 50 degrees last night and we were in the 20s, but that's not the case with these south winds and winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour and it will continue over the night tonight and not nearly as cold overnight and still in the 40s and 50 degrees down towards kull pepper and around 50 in annapolis. >> virginia, near 60 earlier today and now we're tracking something else and it's not in our radar in our area just yet and it is in the radar down to the south. you can see clear skies around our region now and here's the storm system and not up here and they have a lot of clouds and down to the south that's where a lot of moisture is located and look at big-time showers and big-time storms and the new orleans area and very heavy rain for them and this system will continue to progress overnight tonight and right on through the day tomorrow. here we are tomorrow at 8:00 in

the morning with future weather and even through 11:00, we see sunshine early and we get back into the upper 40s and low 50s and here comes 5:00 and you will notice starting to see the showers coming in from the south. by 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and that's when the rain could be heavy at times. take the umbrella if you're going to be out and tomorrow could be a very wet night. it's looking wetter than it had been over the last 24 hours. so watch out for this and maybe a half an inch to an inch in some looks now and it's a quick mover. by 1:00 it's just about out of here and continues to exit the region and by saturday we're looking at a much better day as far as sunshine is concerned and temperatures not too bad on sunday, or saturday, rather. take the big umbrella and we're looking at steady rain and even if it's not super heavy and you'll definitely need that umbrella and temperatures

tomorrow into the 40s to low 50s and 52, d.c. and 46 in martinsburg, and more clouds to the west and sun early and then the clouds move in everywhere during the afternoon tomorrow. here's the next couple of days. 52 tomorrow, and 50 on saturday and that's deceiving and saturday will feel cooler late in the day and on saturday a high temperature of 42 degrees and a chance of a flurry as another little system moves on through. that system brings in another round of arctic air. look at monday, a high of 30 degrees and that puts most of you into the 20s and that's not even the coldest day in the forecast. coming up at 5:45, veronica has the seven-day forecast and she'll let you know how long that arctic air will stick around. >> right now at 5:00. a new report out tonight is a suspiciously low number of rapes reported across the country around the u.s. >> the church of scientology is

claiming victory today after a judge rules in their favor. i'm mark

we have several stories developing right now. we just learned from prince george's fire about the dramatic rescues at that apartment complex. >> and it has the club. the teardown of the mansion in the district where those people were brutally killed. we're working on that for 6:00.

with just two weeks until the vote in iowa, he's fighting tonight with the lead. >> we asked you earlier why you watch a presidential debate. so far those of you that weighed in on the nbc washington flash survey show that 44% don't even watch debates and 24% watch to learn more about the candidates. and 29% watch for the entertainment value. >> and we have new information this evening on a controversy that involves the church of scientology and acres of pristine woodlands in maryland. today a judge issued a ruling on a case brewing for more than three years. news 4's mark segraves has that story. nestled in the foothill his of the mountains just outside of frederick, maryland, sits trout run. a fishing lodge that's played host to presidents and movie stars. in 2013 the church of scientology bought the land to

build a drug rehab facility called narcanon. it faced opposition from those that didn't want it in their community and the only plan to block the plan was to have it designated as historic. the frederick county council voted to do just that. the church sued the county and today the judge ruled in favor of the church, ordering the county council to provide facts and conclusions of law supporting their vote. >> i would have preferred that the judge would have ruled in favor of the council's decision to back that up. i understand the rationale for what the judge is doing and, and certainly the county council should have justification and that should be clear. >> social betterment properties and the real estate arm of the church issued a statement applauding the judge's decision. the county council has provided a factual and legal

justification for their decision and something they've been unwilling to do so far. council member billy shreve the only member voted in favor of the designation tells news 4 he believes the council vote was illegal and should the matter go back to the judge, the county would lose. a spokesperson for the council said the matter is still being reviewed by the county's attorneys. coming up at 6:00, a surprise move by the frederick county council that could result in another lawsuit. in frederick, maryland, mark segraves, news 4. >> you can open the nbc washington app about the roots of this controversy, search scientology. new at 5:00, convenience stores, bo deg as and small business owners now have a new way to learn how to keep those synthetic drugs out of their stores. the d.c. office of the attorney general and the dea launched this new webinar today. so store owners across the country can learn what the drugs look like.

they explained how clerks and landlords alike face massive fines and jail time by using real-life examples of what happened to store owners here in the washington area. they also warn they're seeing a growing number of synthetics sold in liquid form which the dea says is sold in e-cigarettes. if you're a store owner go to the nbc washington app to get the webinars link. for the first time, colleges must provide data on stalking, dating and domestic violence and rape statistics and some are calling the question into information that has just been released and news 4's chris gordon explains why. >> reporter: they don't believe it. the american association of university women is casting doubt on new data from the department of education that 91% of college campuses reported zero incidents of rape in 2014. >> many women are sexually

assaulted during college and research shows that one in five college women experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse or threats of physical violence at the hands of an intimate partner during college. >> reporter: for the first time ever because of new reporting requirements that went into effect in 2013, college campuses must provide information on dating violence and rape, but the american association of university women believes that rape has been underreported. >> i think they see it as a public relations problem. they're worried if they're too up front about it and too vocal about it that it will discourage people from coming to their university. >> i spoke to women that describe an atmosphere that encourages drinking and it can lead to an incapacitated state where potential victims can't say no. >> we're drinking at a party and

they'll think it's not rape if they drank too much or something. >> i think in general women are hesitant to report rapes themselves. being a victim is very complicated mentally and the women themselves may not even report it. >> reporter: ahead how students are taking the lead trying to prevent rapes on college campuses. that's coming up at 6:00. this is chris gordon. news 4. >> the department of education does have an onlinné)kz that you can use to find out how many crimes are reported on campuses that you care about and we posted a link on that tour and search campus safety. there are new concerns about plus tonight at the site of the olympic games this summer after thousands of dead fish washed ashore. this was the scene in rio de janeiro. it's not clear what caused the fish kill, but it's the third one in the past year and an independent report last year

found there were dangerously high levels of viruses in bacteria in the waters near rio. there are concerns in brazil and other latin american counties that could be linked to severe birth defects about the zika virus, fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes and women who had the virus while they were pregnant were more likely to give birth to babies with severe brain damage, abnormally large heads. >> often leading to deaths on the part of the baby soon after birth or a serious difficulties of brain function and cognitive function. officials in brazil normally see about 100 cases of this defect each year. last year they had more than 3,000. there's no proof that zika caused it, but experts it is

likely and there is no current vaccine for the zika virus. children who experience trauma in their early years could be at higher risk for learning and behavioral problems at the end of kindergarten. that's according to a study by the robert wood johnson foundation. it looked at experiences like having a parent in prison as well as physical and psychological abuse. it hopes the findings will help highlight the link between health, academic and behavioral skills. we just received word that the deadly ebola epidemic in africa is over for now. we'll tell you just what this means. professional athletes often bigger, richer and more athletic than the rest of us, but they share many of the same hopes and dreams like winning the powerball.

this week's wednesday's child was a little shy when we first met, but it didn't take long for 11-year-old veon to loosen up. we spent some time at a place called art jams where he had a chance to explore his artistic side. deon told us he loves trying his hand at all kind of creative endeavors. >> i'll introduce you guys to sean and he'll be your art teacher. >> what do you want to paint? >> the whole body?

>> the mask. >> he decided on an iron man mask. his social worker says deon is a bright boy who tries very hard at whatever he does. she says he really wants to do well in school. >> what's your favorite subject at school? >> science and math. >> he's doing very well in school. he just moved schools in october and he transitioned wonderfully. >> reporter: deon took some time out from his painting to tell me a few of his favorite riddles. >> what do you call a bear with no teeth? >> a gummy bear. >> he has a great sense of humor with a better smile. >> deon wants to study engineering in college. >> those that know deon say he tries hard to be perfect in everything he does. >> he is a perfectionist to the tee and wants to make sure he's giving you his very best work. >> deon is hopeful an adoptive family will come along for him.

>> and everyone agreed deon did a great job and they have some gifts for him to take along including a shirt that says he is a work of art. >> and if you have room in your home and your heart for deon or another child that's waiting please call the special a dopgdz hotline and the number is 1-88-to-adopt me and we have all of the children featured on the website washington app, that is and search wednesday's child there. >> great kid, thank you, barbara. >> we brought it to you yesterday at this time. multiple people rescued from this huge fire in an apartment complex in adelphi. we're getting brand new information right now. one firefighter talked about rescuing a woman who just had both hips replaced. and an unprecedented $1.6 powerball jackpot divided among three winning tickets and what we know so far about those lucky people. and it just warmed up a little bit. did you like it? check this out, it will get cold

again, really cold and i'll have more on that, the arctic air and a little on the showers

developing right now on news 4 at 5:00, we are learning more details about this dramatic fire at a prince george's county apartment building. >> a veteran fire fighting team teamed up, and the flames broke up on the 9200 block of new hampshire avenue in adelphi and

you saw it play out live on news 4. >> reporter: bureau chief tracee wilkins was at that news conference that wrapped up about an hour from now and joins us with new information. >> reporter: more than 100 people who live in this apartment complex has been displaced because of this fire. folks looking for another place to stay and most of them have found shelter at this point. the investigation into the absolute cause of this is ongoing, but what we learned from the chief today is that this fire is actually what the firefighters train for and while they train for it, many of them have never experienced a fire like this, even a veteran firefighter. they pulled out one of their tallest ladders that they have to use. that's something that they use to help with training and confidence building when they're preparing to become firefighters, but in this fire they actually put it up and the chief said he was absolutely taken aback and proud of all of the work that the firefighters were able to do out here and their work to save lives. there was a couple trapped on the top floor that could not

make it out of the apartment building on their own. one firefighter described what it was like as he attempted to rescue one of them. >> she was telling me she had both hips replaced, that she was having trouble getting up and i ended up picking her up on to the ladder and she told us she couldn't do much and i ended up carrying her down a few wrungs down the top of the ladder. >> you guys remember the freezing cold temperatures they were dealing with and the elements fighting against them as they were bringing people down the ladder. her husband was also taken out, as well. there were difficulties with all of that and what was really touching about all of this is that the end of the rescue the firefighter told us that the husband said to him, this is part of the reason i came to this country. we don't have these kinds of services in my home country. i am so thankful you all saved our lives today and that was an amazing story. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, the 911 call from inside the apartment where the fire started. reporting live in adelphi, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4.

>> that was something. >> it really was. veronica, we had a fairly lovely day today. >>exactly. weather wise very different type of day. the cold, the wind yesterday, today, pretty calm. we had sunshine across the area and not too bad at all and temperatures topped out in the low 50s. it was way warm thanks to the southerly wind. if you're going to be going out, just chilly, you can get by with a nice, warm jacket and temperatures in the upper 30s by 11:00 p.m. and there will be very few clouds around also for this evening and even tomorrow morning. we start the date, in fact w sunshine for your friday. temperatures again in the 30s anywhere from 34 to 37 degrees and it's a light wind by early tomorrow morning. by the afternoon, a lot of clouds and rain moving in after 6:00 and it's moving right over our area. 52, i think it will be the high temperature again tomorrow and it will be nice and mild again

for the afternoon hours. out the door, too, for the kiddos in the morning they can get by with a warm jacket, as well as the temperatures will be warming rather rapidly. just a warm jacket for tomorrow. look at the clouds and you can see them on the skycast 4 and by the time you get to the evening hours and 7:00, rain and pocketses of more moderate rain that will be coming through after about 7:00 and there's your wet weather starting at 7:00, if you'll be out late take the umbrella. you will need it. our heaviest rain 9:00 p.m. until midnight for tomorrow and we'll start after 6:00 and as soon as it ramps up it shuts off and moves out of here by about 1:00 a.m. saturday and that leaves us with a nice weekend and the totals that will be impacting the greatest and culpeper and fredericksburg and annapolis. no issues with any flooding and it will be coming down pretty good for just a brief period of

time. the weekend, we've got a green light for everything from driving, walking, exercising. of course, for driving, we're also expecting some flurries late in the day on sunday. not a big deal at all and 48 degrees your high for saturday and 42 for sunday and not a big deal on sunday and i want to stress that the flurries coming up, it will be a small event and even the last one that brought the light snow showers to the area. cold weather, though, the next big change you will notice right here and that is flurries and just after midnight for the early part of the day on monday. breezy. we get wind behind it and windchills that will be in the single digits again and early monday morning and it's martin luther king, jr., day and there's your warmth and friday, saturday, sunday and 42 degree the high temperature and cold air all of next week with the temperatures that will be in the teens and very low windchills and doug has more on that on news 4 at 6:00.

the nbc 4 team that put our money together for the powerball. we won $8. we're very proud. >> what can we do at that? >> we can get a couple of cups of coffee. one cup of coffee. >> people in different states can claim a piece of the $1.5 billion prize. >> nbc's jennifer bjorklund is outside chino hills, california, outside the store that sold the winning ticket. >> what will you do? split a pack of m&ms with your $8? >> we're splitting three packs of m&ms. that's how it goes, though. you buy the tickets and you think i have a pretty good shot. it's still one in 292 million, but someone here struck it really big. the store owner got the novelty check and he gets $ 1 million for selling a jackpot ticket and he said he was at home by himself watching tv when a

friend called him and told him someone at chino hills had won the jackpot and he sees his store right there on tv and as soon as the store came out, people started showing up at the 7-eleven and it was an impromptu block party and people were chanting chino hills, cheering in the parking lot hoping they had the first billionaire in a lottery drawing and within a few hours, it cut the shared jackpot from $1.6 billion down to a measly $528 million each. i don't know how many bags of m&ms that would buy. of to keep you covered for a while. back to you two. >> jennifer, thank you. . i'm chris lawrence at the live desk and we're learning that goldman sachs is spending big money to clean up some of the shady deals that sparked the financial crisis. the elite wall street bank just

announced it's littsettled a ca that reached a $1.5 billion deal to settle some of the claims that were made by the government over some of the toxic mortgage deals. goldman sachs was accused of bringing together some home mortgage securities that they knew would likely collapse ask then passing them off to unsuspecting investors. the settlement involves a civil penalty about $900 million in cash and about $1.8 billion in relief for some of those consumers. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. we have an update tonight on the proposal that would make the district the most generous place in the country for family leave. why the bowser administration says d.c. just can't afford it. a big break in three local crime, but it came from an unlikely source. why a senat

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>> the district is wrestling with a proposal. it would require employers to give employees 16 weeks of paid family leave. today muriel bowser's administration weighed in on the plan and tom sherwood has more details. >> jim and wendy, everyone seems to like the idea of paid family leave, but who pays and how much is a big issue. advocates want the 16 weeks of paid family leave helped fill

the chambers. it means happier employees who keep their jobs. >> what is it costing me now to lose qualified workers, to have a lot of turnover who have parents who are unable to take the time to be with their kids and come back less productive. >> we can do it and our residents. >> you're making it more expensive for them to hire. >> there were tense discussions about the cost of businesses and the city government with its 30,000 employees. federal workers wouldn't qualify. >> d.c. city administrator rashad young speaking formally for mayor muriel bowser testified there were too many uncertainties and cost in the ground breaking legislation as it's written now. >> the principles of paid leave we agree with. >> what we're concerned about is the bill as it is currently structured has a lot of unknowns. >> in testimony from the city's independent cfo jeffrey dewitt he told the council that the

cost of the bill would exceed the 1% employee tax by tens of millions of dollars. if approved by the council later this year the 16 weeks would be one of the most progressive in the nation. a third hearing on the issue would be held next month. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. now at 6:00, a deadly nine-car crash in largo. the man who caused it, police say, had a suspended driver's license. four people connected to the ms-13 gang are arrested after two men are found murdered just weeks apart. officials say gang recruitment is on the rise. coming up at 6:00, what it's like for kids to go to school with the threat of gang recruitment and what police say they're doing to try to combat the issue. a debate over slashing metro fares turns into way more than just that. more coming up. we begin with a deadly accident in prince george's county. police say the driver responsible for it should never

have been behind the wheel. >> and all of this between route 202 and the lottsford area. pat? >> reporter: police believe the man at the center of this fatal crash had a prior dui arrest, had a suspended license and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. >> at the scene today 36-year-old juan sanchez and he was the man driving this black pickup truck. the truck that triggered a nine-car collision and led to the death of a 53-year-old woman. police say sanchez was driving on a suspended license, that he'd been arrested back in 2014 and charged with driving under the influence, but when he didn't show up for trial the judge issued a warrant for his arrest. so far, no charges against sanchez in today's crash.