a former d.c. police officer and church pastor finds out his punishment today for sexually abusing two girls. darrell best pled guilty to child pornography and sex abuse charges. best was the head pastor of a church in southeast washington. he's accused of abusing a 16-year-old girl inside his church and a 17-year-old girl inside d.c. police headquarters. best faces up to 18 years in prison at his sentencing this morning. the mtv star who made threats against d.c. metro stations, buses and trains will be sentenced in a few hours. coleman, also thoep known as ki cole, appeared on he shot catfish. he made 300 calls to 911 a year ago. he faces up to ten years in prison, but a plea deal calls for 27 months. long awaited street car set to make its debut. the system will start

passengers tomorrow. rides will be free for a while. city officials have not decided yet what the fares will be or how they will be collected. coming up at 5:00, molette green will have details about what we may expect. 4:31 your time right now. want to get a check with weather and traffic on the 1s. >> good morning, everybody. you know what today is, friday! you made it. pretty much doesn't matter what the forecast is, but it will be cold and windy outside today. northwest winds keeping it cold and a frigid start tomorrow morning. everybody way below freezing tomorrow morning. it will be dry through the weekend, so that is some good news there. and spring like weather is not far away. we're still dealing with winter. cold northwest winds could have an occasional snow flurry or snow shower northern maryland. current windchills back done into the teams and 20s this morning. 19 the feels like factor will gaithersburg, only 31 in culpeper.19 the feels like fact gaithersburg, only 31 in pe

more sunshine than yesterday. only near 40 this afternoon. some ten degrees colder than average, but we will be heading toward spring time soon. "7-day forecast" at 4:51. let's check on the friday morning commute. taking a big look at things overall, no major problems on beltway or any of the main routes in or out of town. a little bit of road work, 395 south after seminary, two left lanes getting by the work zone. also the ramp from seminary is blocked here. that is that ongoing situation. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, have the two left lanes getting by that work zone there. also westbound university near new hampshire avenue, the right lane getting by it that work zone here. so a couple of slowdowns here. no problems the

let's keep our fingers crossed everything remains just like this. the air force launches an unarmed nuclear missile, a message to potential u.s. adversaries. this happened late into the night at the vandenberg air force base in california. it's the second this month and the latest in a series designed to confirm reliability of the cold war era missile and all its components. back to you. it's 4:33 now and a form are teacher's aide accused of sexually abusing children in prince george's county may have had wide access to students. prosecutors say deonte carraway abused 17 children in glenarden. a lawyer representing six victims claims carraway could do what he wanted when he wanted at judge sylvania elementary. >> he had the run of the school. he could pull kids out of classrooms, pull them out of the library. he ran what was a called the walking home club where he would have access to various homes in the community.

pornographic videos were actually shot in the homes of students. carraway faces life in prison if convicted along with several civil lawsuits. it is 4:34. five people have now died from this week's storms and tornadoes. search and rescue teams found a woman's body in woodstock last night p. she was driving during the storms wednesday when her car was swept off a bridge. there are early reports of up to 23 tornadoes up and down the east coast on wednesday. 13 of those reports came from virginia. the national weather service has confirmed at least six importants in virginia. tears and prayers for a man found murdered in his fairfax county apartment this week. more than 100 people gathered last night to remember 35-year-old tunde admanuensis. he was discovered by a maintenance crew on tuesday. >> we thank you for him being a blessing to us. >> police say that he was shot to death and they're still looking for suspects this morning. while the community tries to come to grips with

they can also asking for the person responsible to come forward. >> i hope that whoever did it, whoever you are, turn yourself in. give his family some peace. give us some peace. >> police say reviewed surveillance video and conducted several interviews. . if you have any information that might help, give police a call. and police used the find my iphone app to catch him, and now a thief will spend nearly two decades behind bars. quentin battle was sentenced for an armed carjacking and robbery spree. state's attorney believe battle is behind at least a dozen crimes. investigators tracked him down with the app after he stole an iphone. battle pleaded guilty last november. 4:35 thousan. a bipartisan gun deal heads to the governor's desk. governor mcauliffe signs the bill this afternoon. the b

to give up hair guns or face a felony charge. it also puts state police at gun shows to do volunteer background checks. conceal carry permits issued by other states will stay in place and be expanded. in an effort to combat anti-islamic sentiment, congressional members will reach with people from the largest muslim organization this morning. they have launched a campaign called true islam. the campaign is working to bridge interfaith understanding and build a united front against extremists. a local lyft driver is out of a drop after one woman did not make to her destination. the woman tells us the driver wouldn't stop. >> the door is open because he won't stop. >> desiree taylor caught it all on camera. she said she caught a lift wednesday night and her friends got out of the car after the drive are refused to take that friend home. taylor stayed in the car hopin

she said she was scared and opened the door while the car was still moving. >> i wanted to get out. i mean if the door was open, i was hoping he would stop at some point. >> taylor is eventually let out near a stop sign. news 4 caught up with the driver, too. he says he did not pull over right away because taylor wouldn't close the door. you can hear more of what the driver has to say coming up at 5:00. take a live look outside. it's 37 degrees right now, but the windchill, that is making it feel much cooler. how many layers y s you might to put on the kid. forget the days of candy bars and potato chips. the law that would make it mandatory to put healthier snacks in vending machines. and why police want you to take you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price.

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>> have to think about about what you're going to do with the kids. send them to grandma's house. get out there and get to school. low to moderate impact on the weather day today. not really an issue for crowd cover or rain, it will be a gri day with plenty of sunshine. but that cold northwesterly wind means there is a really bundle up factor this morning. bus stop weather temperatures near freezing this morning and quite the breeze, as well. pretty chilly on the way home, as well. temperatures only up to 40 degrees. you'll needed warm pants, coat and hat. milder days just around the corner. "7-day forecast" in ten. we do have wind warnings that just went into effect on the bay bridge and the governor harry nice bridge as well. it is a little blustery out there. no vehicle restrictions, but again the wind warnings that just went in to effect. big look at things, no major problems. we have road work 395 southbound after seminary with two left lanes getting by therk

and the ramp from seminary to 395 southbound also blocked here this morning. outer loop at new hampshire avenue just got word that all lanes are now open, so a little bit of a slowdown there on top of the beltway this morning. taking a look at prince george's county, no major problems. we'll it do a live look in a couple minutes. it is one of the biggest of decision 2016. >> and part of our area will take center stage. what candidates will do to get the virginia vote.

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screen time. five gop hopefuls were on the stage in last night's cnn debate in houston, but all of the attention turned to the center. edward lawrence is on capitol hill. edward, good morning. the big question, did either senator marco rubio or ted cruz gain some traction? >> reporter: good morning. it was a slugfest last night with everybody taking jabs. but, yeah, mainly senator ted cruz started off the jab and then marco rubio joined in in a tag team. rubio is actually lose to go trump if his home state of florida by almost double. and last night he decided to at that time take the gloves off. >> you acknowledge that you're the only person on this stage that has ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. >> reporter: he's referring to a case that happened 36 years ago that trump settled. trump turned around and said he's the only person that has

somebody who was on that stage >> texas offers the most delegates, ted cruz's home state. does he have an advantage there? >> reporter: at the moment, he does. ted cruz is winning 38% to 33% over donald trump and then the rest of the field there. however, that is about the only state coming up on super tuesday that he is winning in. donald trump is winning or stre absolutely winning in every other super tuesday state. so this sets the stage. at stake on tuesday, 600 delegates in 12 states that are voting. they need some 1200 plus delegates in order to become nominee on the republican side. >> edward, thank you. and a moment of consensus last night, all the candidates agreed apple should help the fbi unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. the tech giant has defied a cap he will. in a few

doing today that could change the course of the conversation. and to the democrats now in their last full day of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's primary in south carolina. hillary clinton has a double digit lead. she turned her fight toward donald trump instead of attacking senator bernie sanders. the vermont senator is targeting minority voters right now. he spent yesterday in flint, mitch, a retomorrow napredomina african-american city. and of course this all leading up to super tuesday, the day virginians will be among the millions who will weigh in on the race for the white house. >> who are you voting for? >> that's my business. >> okay. today republican ted cruz will be in virginia beach or in that area. sunday senator marco rubio is set to make four stops from roanoke all the way up to northern virginia. donald trump targeting southwestern virginia in a rally at rad ford university on monday. and virginia governor terry mcauliffe tes

in the area monday. download the nbc washington app and search candidate tracker. metro hopes you will feel safer riding trains and buses as it increases security. they will begin to assign more officers on trains, buses and platforms. it also plans to add private security. all of this is happening because of recent high profile crimes including this week's shooting on the green line in a violent attack on the red line. the suspects in the red line incident have been banned from riding the rails. >> we're very encouraged by that. we thank the judge for that. i think our riders thank the judge for that. being able to ban these individuals from using our system says a lot. >> metro says it will continue to ban riders w s whs who misbe. she was 0 yea20 years old w she died back in 1982 and detectives are asking for your help to solve a murder. this new sketch was put

this man. they believe he was her last serious boyfriend. this is what he would look like now. police are not say willing he's a suspect, but they want to find him. it is 4:49. the fine has nbi has not sgied would build their new headquarters. three sites are competing. millions of road improvements will be had if they xwhoe go to greenbelt. virginia is about to get a state snake. >> what? >> yeah. okay. that is all that left for the governor to do is to give the go ahead on this. the eastern garter snake made it through both the virginia house and senate, although there was some debate. this is all according to the

debate about it. >> maybe they didn't want a different kind of snake. >> paper says an 11-year-old first pitched the idea after attending a science case and now there a debate. got it. >> i think there was somebody according to the richmond times it is pat dispatched if a rattlesnake would qualify. >> eastern diamond back lives out in the mountains. but i think they want a friendlier snake to represent the state. >> you process that statement. >> well, a rattlesnake -- >> are other states going to follow through and everyone has to have a state snake? >> there are more important things to discuss. >> why am i here? here's what we're thinking with. winter to spring. i was ready to lead in you to a

the snake. last year in d.c., our last freeze did not occur until large 29, so still about five weeks away from that but our first 80 glee day was just on its heels, april the 13th. so it won't be long. spring like weather just around the corner. weather will very much so impact your plans for today. breezy and cold. if you had something to do outside, you may want to move it indoors for today. but tomorrow and on sunday, other than a cold start tomorrow, saturday is looking good, sunday no worries at all. and finally after weeks of snow and rain, you can get the car washed? absolutely. going to be dry the next four or five days. so you can actually keep a clean car for a little while. traveling today, really the only inclement weather anywhere in the u.s. is right here down wind of the lakes, that cold northwesterly wind, some wintry we were advisories on the western facing slopes. and there could be some conversational snowflakes or snow flurries northern frederick county, t

but you can see a conversational snowflake. current temperatures are down into the 30s this morning, but with the wind blowing, it feels colder. heads out for your walk or jog. temperatures not going to budge much p. low 30s now, mid to upper 30s by later this morning p highs today only upper 30s to around 40 degrees. so staying about 10 degrees colder than average. gol going out for dinner and a movie, dinnertime breezy and cold, 35. just plain cold after about 8:00, 9:00. wind will lay down tonight. so breezy today, light wind tonight allows for a colder start tomorrow morning. and then tomorrow mostly sunny, looks like a pretty good day coming up. cold start, temperatures well down in to the 20s on saturday morning. but rising into the mid and upper 40s on saturday afternoon. so that is welcome news for sure. "7-day forecast," 41 today, feeling colder than that, though, tomorrow 47. sund h

and we might be able to do three 60s in a row, perhaps four all the way into early next week. so we're all ready for some springtime. next storm looks like it will be all rain and no snow. let you know how low your neighborhood would be on saturday morning coming up in ten. >> i can hear eun in the background going yes! everything looks pretty good exception is the top of the beltway near new hampshire, still a little slow as they're cleaning that road work up and getting it out of the way for us this morning. 395 southbound after systemary, te systemary, two lanes getting by the work zone and the ramp also blocked this morning. wind warnings in effect bay bridge and governor harry nice bridge. no vehicle restrictions, though. so that is good here. taking a look here up top, bw parkway 95, route 1, 29, everything rolling along quite nicely. no major worries here.

95 at prince william parkway also looking good. she had just left a metro station when out of nowhere somebody tased her. wait until you hear why. and the battle between fbi and

for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. 4:56. if you're just waking up this morning, rub that stuff out of your eyes and look at the

screen. we're off to a cold start thanks to the windchill, but will it heat up in the day ahead. chuck will explain at 5:01. nobody is safe. nobody. >> that is the raegeaction this morning from the grandmother of a 17-year-old girl robbed and tased. this happened wednesday night in the krill area. right now the search is on for five suspects in that attack. two of them women. >> the teenage girl left the potomac avenue metro station and headed out on to 14th street. that's when she was attacked. >> she told news 4 that he was thrown to the ground, it tased and robbed of her shoes and cash. the teen says it was a woman who tased her. >> it isn't like one of them tasers that keep going when they

sfwlt vehic >> the victim says she hit behind trash cans until police arrived. the woman was wearing a pink jacket, the same color as the shoes they stole from her. keep an eye out for an alert on our app. it's the deadline it for apple to respond to the court order issued by the justice department over the phone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. the fbi wants apple to help agents unlock it. the tech giant is holding a shareholder meeting this morning. in the past apple has said, quote, no connection to what data may exist on the phone. you will hear a lot about the fight over your privacy in the coming weeks. fbi wants apple to help it break into that phone of the suspected terrorist, one of the san bernardino shooters. apple says that could compromise all iphones. the company wants congress to make a decision instead

judge. several polls show the public supports the government in this case respect although one has shown people on apple's side. no matter what p has here, some experts believe this could inspire companies to start making government-proof phones. howard university students have a chance to get a cheaper ride on metro. the university is asking students to consider a proposal to get a metro pass with unlimited riding privileges. it would add about $100 a semester to their student fees. all full-time students would be enrolled p. if students vote to accept the deal, it would take effect for the next academic year. good morning, everybody. let's check in first with chuck bell. we're starting out cold and windy, chuck. >> good morning. a pleasant but wintry start.

not just for now, but really through the rest of the daylight hours. but the wind will go to bed at sunset tonight. sunday starting to feel a little more like spring. out the door this morning, layer up. and have your wind breakers on. feels like factors are down in the low and mid-20s this morning. and there could be some occasional snow flurries here northern end of the shenandoah valley, up into northern maryland, not much around town. but if you see a snowflake, send a picture @chuckbell4. feels like temperatures in the defens 20s, but air temperatures near freezing. only about 35 at 7:00 tonight, but the wind will be laying down and not much of a breeze on saturday morning, but temperatures still in the mid-20s. p so a cold start. we'll talk about the weekend warm-up coming up, but for now melissa mollett. >> 66 and 95 looking quite good. nice and green. 270 southbound here out of frederick, 70 down to the spur goin