lot of questions. we start off at the live desk where tisha thompson has new details in the o.j. simpson case. >> that's right, chris. we have stunning new developments right now in that murder case against o.j. simpson. l.a. police confirm they are investigating a knife reportedly found at the home of the former football star. here is what we know. the knife discovery was first reported by tmz, which has said the knife was found by a construction worker during demolition of the home and handed over to a police officer who kept it. the weapon that was used in the killing of simpson's ex-wife, nicole brown, and her friend ron goldman was never recovered boof before the famous trial. police say they need to make sure the story is legit. >> we still don't know if that's an accurate account of how this item came into our possession. >> simpson was acquitted in the so-called trial of the century, but a

found him liable for the murders. he's imprisoned in nevada on a robbery robbery/kidnapping charge. later we will speak with mark fisher from "the washington post" and we will ask him what he thinks of today's developments and why it's only come to light now. now to breaking news in montgomery county. chopper4 is over the scene of a hit and run crash voflginvolvin school bus. this is columbia pike and blackburn road in burtonsville. police on the scene believe a car with three people inside hit the bus and then those three took off running. police are directing traffic away from the scene. an 11-year-old girl was hurt in the crash and was taken to the hospital. we will continue to watch this story and bring you any more information right here and on the nbc washington app. right now investigators are

responsible for a series of bomb threats at seven northern virginia schools today. they're located in arlington, fairfax county, falls church, and loudoun county. >> bureau chief julie carey is at one of the schools that just got the all-clear late this afternoon. what are you hearing, julie? >> reporter: right. well, george mason high school here in the falls church public school district was one of several schools that decided to evacuate its students after those bomb threats came in late this morning reportedly through a robocall. now, this was the scene just a little over an hour ago when finally the building was given the all-clear, a very welcome sign. students here had been taken to a nearby middle school and were kept in a gym there as emergency officials went through the school to see if there was anything to these threats. now, stone bridge high school in loudoun county and bishop o'connell in arlington, they also elected to evacuate their students and take them to nearby buildings, but at the three fairfax county high schools that were impacted,

schools, students there just went about their normal routine. fairfax county public school officials tell me that police assured them that they did not believe this was a credible threat. nonetheless, police investigators were on the scene at all of those schools to check them out and make sure that nothing was found. you might remember that earlier this week on monday mclean high school was evacuated after it received a bomb threat. so this was its second bomb threat of the week. coming up on news4 at 5:00, you will hear what these george mason high school students had to say about this most unusual day. back to you now in the studio. >> julie, carey. thanks. a former prince george's county elementary school aide has pleaded not guilty to federal child porn charges. it happened just a short while ago. scott macfarlane was in the courtroom in greenbelt. scott? >> reporter: deonte carraway was wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and said very little during his first appearance here at federal court in greenbelt. he's now formally charwi

dozen counts of sexually exploiting children to produce child pornography. caraway did formally plead not guilty. he asked for a trial by jury. he's facing a minimum of 15 years in prison. inside the courthouse, a number of the relatives of the victims, they wanted to watch this in person. many of the victims students at judge sylvania woods elementary school where carraway served as a volunteer aide. he, his attorneys, and the judge agreed he will remain behind bars pending the neck scheduled court date in this case. we're not sure when that is. we do know deonte carraway has pleaded not guilty and wants to go before a jury. coming up on news4 at 5:00, the relatives of one of those victims tell us what the community thinks about seeing deonte carraway finally before a judge here in federal court. live in greenbelt, scott macfarlane, news4. now to the race for the white house. this weekend a handful of states are

cusses. on saturday voters will have their say in kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, and nebraska and then come sunday democrats will caucus in maine with the republicans in puerto rico. candidates are scattered across the country this afternoon trying to target voters in specific states including right here in our area. we'll get an update later in the hour. under any circumstances would you be a part of this presidential race as a candidate? >> there are no circumstances i can foresee where that would possibly happen, but let me say something else -- >> i can foresee. >> no reasonable scenario i can imagine. >> just slam the door on it. close the door. unambiguous. you will not run for president. >> i'm not running for president, and i won't run for president. >> there you have it. former republican nominee mitt romney who was on the "today" show this morning and said he has no plans to join the race. romney got a lot of people speculating after his scathing speech that called on republicans to select an alternative to donald trump. we now know when the supreme court will hear former virgi

of his corruption conviction. the court will hear arguments april 27th. mcdonnell and his wife were convicted of doing favors for a virginia businessman in exchange for gifts and loans. mcdonnell says the definition of bribery is too broad. a court decision is expected by june. whether or not you like snow, it sure makes for a lovely landscape, doesn't it? take a look at this. our news4 viewers sent us these photos of the snow that fell across the region overnight. most of us just got a dusting. flakes only stuck to the grass and to the trees, and the roads were clear, but folks in southern maryland got about four inches. so, doug, now that the sun is -- snow is out of here and the weekend has arrived, what's next? >> got to tell you, i was happy. i was very happy. i just wanted enough to cover my grass, even made a little snowman, pat. >> you got it

air. it's not going to come right away. we still have some cloud cover around the region. take a look at what's happening out this right now. you can see the clouds continuing as the storm system moves to the atlantic. very strong storm right now. as predicted this storm has wrapped itself up. if we were here, we would be getting a ton of snow but that's not the case. look at all the cloud cover we have behind this. we'll see a lot more cloud cover during the day tomorrow. temperatures behind this storm on the cold sightede. only 41 in d.c. our average is up to 52 and 30s back to the west. we're going to see a fairly cool weekend but then everything changes and we're talking about 70s for an extended period. i'll show you that forecast coming up in a bit. thanks, doug. it was ripped right off a local man's porch and every second caught on camera. where neighbors say they're taking matters into their own hands. a police officer goes above and beyond the call of duty. the quick thinking that saved a

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new details have emerged about the baltimore city police officer under investigation for slapping and kicking a teenage boy at school. the incident was caught on cell phone video. court records show anthony spence was fired from the sheriff's department back in 2003. he and another deputy beat and tased an innocent man who they thought was a bank robber. the city paid $200,000 to settle that man's lawsuit. spence was also the focus of a domestic violence case in 2011 that led to

against him. he's now on paid leave. a funeral service is set for tomorrow for a woman from woodbridge who was killed in a domestic violence incident. this is the same one that ended with the death of a prince william county police officer. police say crystal hamilton was shot by her husband after she called 911. three officers arrived, including ashley guindon. ronald hamilton allegedly opened fire and killed guindon. crystal hamilton's funeral and burial will be in south carolina. i'm meagan fitzgerald in the bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest d.c. where many folks here say crime and theft is becoming a big issue. though some folks say they're taking matters into their own hands. neighbors say for the last few years packages have been disappearing off their front porch. they say the thieves were relentless around the holidays. but one man set up a camera to try and catch the criminals in the act and sure enough, it worked. coming

are doing to solve these crimes and the advice they're giving to neighbors. some white house hopefuls are here in our area this afternoon. let's take a live look. these are pictures from c pac. one of them could make some big news. we wanted to ask supporters is there turmoil in one political party? and he just spent the last 11 months of his life in space, but now astronaut scott kelly is talking about his experience publicly for the first time.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. a man who escaped from a mental health facility is back in police custody this afternoon. police say michael marshall is known to exhibit violent behavior, but they picked him up yesterday in leesburg and he's now being held at the loudoun county detention facility. right now some of the republican presidential hopefuls are in town. policy, not politics taking center stage at cpac. the meeting is under way at the gaylord hotel. ted cruz is expected to address the crowd soon as will ben carson who will speak for the first time since announcing his campaign has no path forward. ohio governor john kasich had his turn earlier this afternoon and spoke to defense and budget issues. he talked about winning over all types of

members and minorities during his time in congress and continuing that as governor. this sunday arnold schwarzenegger will join kasich for a campaign event in columbus. the governor says he's going to win his state's primary on march 15th and ohio is winner take law. some of the republicans at cpac say it's somewhat refreshing to talk about policies again instead of all that name-calling and insults. >> our own chris gordon is down at the gaylord right now. he's talking to rank and file conservatives about the tone of the race so far as well as the strategy to get trump out. >> reporter: at the cpac conference, conservatives from across the country come to hear the candidates. i asked some of them what they think of the drama of the past week in the republican party. the name-calling and the snarky comments. >> mudslinging like last night, it's been horrible. >> i think it's pretty bad. it makes the party look bad. it needs to stop. we need to come to the consensus that this is one party.

>> reporter: after mitt romney's attack how is donald trump doing with the conservatives gathered here? i'll have that coming up on news4 at 5:00. back to you. >> thanks, chris. it's funny, i think we all woke up this morning, a beautiful coating of white on the trees and the grass, and thenat, just like that it was gone. >> doug, it's the kind of snow we like. so, you know -- >> some of us like that. >> kind of snow i like. >> i could have dealt with another foot. >> oh, gosh. >> i tell you, it was a beautiful picture this morning. just like we said we would not have any problems on the roadways. the roads were just fine. most of the schools were on time, but it was a beautiful, beautiful shot as we made our way out this morning. winter wonderland is what it looked like across our region. temperatures though right now with all the cloud cover, we're still on the cool side. 41 degrees, winds out of the north at 16 miles per hour. that puts our windchills down into the low 30s. so it's a chilly afternoon for sure. 37 in gaithersburg. 42 in culpeper.

right now 40 in patuxent river. our average high temperature is up to 52. we're more than 10 degrees below average and that trend will continue i think through the weekend. no rain, no snow to talk about right now on the radar. this is what's going on. we have a lot of cloud cover here. here is the storm. it really has intensified. look at this, nice little area of low pressure. you can see that right there. a lot of rain and snow associated with it. the only area seeing snow is up towards nantucket seeing a little bit in the way of some snow but that's it. the storm has now cleared the area, but we still have all these clouds. we're going to see these clouds overnight tonight in through parts of tomorrow morning as well. and that's something we're going to continue to watch. now, something else with that is going to be the chance for some showers, maybe some more snow tomorrow night. here we are tomorrow morning around 6:00 in the morning. some sun, some clouds, and again more clouds than sun tomorrow. but a dry day. saturday is going to be a dry day but a day very much like today. maybe a few degrees warmer, a high in the mid-40s tomorrow but with plenty of cloud cover, it will be chilly. saturday night we're still gin.

night, don't worry too much. watch what happens early sunday morning. here comes our next little system. we have rain for the most part and snow to the north. a little bit more of this might be snow. it's not going to amount to anything. we're not worried about this at all because by 9:00 look how most of it is out of here, by 10:00 actually, and by noon it's all gone and by afternoon we may even get some sunshine on sunday afternoon. most of sunday is going to be dry. that little system is not going to last long, maybe up to six hours. that's something we'll be watching for early sunday morning. high temperatures tomorrow into the mid-40s. 48 manassas, 49 down toward fredericksburg. laplata coming in at 47 degrees and over to annapolis along the water about 43. still a little bit of a chilly day outside but not bad across our region. we will see a little bit in the way of sunshine. your impact forecast going to be on the low slide. p.m. clouds, showers develop during the evening possibly but mostly this will be a sunday morning event as far as those showers are concerned and we do have that on the seven-day forecast. there's the chance for showers

then 60 on monday. 70 on tuesday, and guess what, guys? it gets even warmer. veronica will have the rest of the seven-day forecast coming up in just a bit. >> all right. an injured bald eagle is on the road to recovery. wildlife officials discovered the eagle was hurt and skoond fly so they bundled her up and took her to the owl moon raptor center. she's resting there and when she's a little stronger, they will move her to an animal hospital. it's against federal law to disturb bald eagles so if you ever see one in distress, do what that neighbor did and call the police. they are some of the most popular cars on the road, but now the government is looking into whether one very important safety feature is working. and here is one way to get your local grocery store to change its product. a nationwide -- they're pulling out a product all because of social media backlash. >>

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this is breaking news first at 4. >> news4's jackie bensen has just arrived on the scene of

>> jackie, what is going on in southeast d.c. where you are? >> reporter: chris, an alarming sight here at united medical center on southern avenue. behind us you can see d.c. police down there investigating what was an alarming development about 3:00 this afternoon. we are told a man and a woman drove up to the emergency entrance and requested medical assistance. they had both been shot. we are told that the man is in very, very serious condition, described as grave condition from his injuries, and that the woman's injuries are less serious. now, what we're told is that the shooting did not take place here at the hospital. it took place some distance away from here on 23rd street in southeast d.c. so there are detectives at that location also, but investigators here at great united medical center and they have an entire section of the emergency room entrance cordoned off.

scene technicians down here at this time investigating the double shooting of a man and a woman earlier this afternoon. live in southeast, jackie bensen, news4. more now on that head-spinning discovery related to the o.j. simpson case. police say they've received a knife that was allegedly found sometime ago at simpson's former house in los angeles. a construction worker supposedly found the knife when simpson's home was being torn down. he gave it to a now retired police officer who just recently turned it over to investigators. yeah, it's been a little over 20 years since a jury acquitted simpson of murder trials after his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman were stabbed to death. mark fisher was one of "the washington post" reporters who covered that trial. mark, i want to thank you for joining us. having heard so much of the evidence presented during that trial, what's your take on all this? >> well, this is another bizarre turn in a case that was bizarre from the very sta

back to that slow-motion chase that captivated the nation back in 1994, and it continued on through the trial. this is just one more twist, perhaps this will be of interest to the conspiracy theorists out there, the people who are obsessed with this case, but the timing is awfully curious coming right as a tv series drama at thisization of the trial is airing on another network and the meaning of this is really unclear. the police today were very parsimonious in details about what actually happened here. we don't know when this knife was found. we don't know where it's actually been through all these years, and we certainly don't know what it may prove even if it does prove something about o.j. simpson's involvement, it has no legal bearing because he cannot be tried again for a crime he's been acquitted of. >> mark, speaking of that knife, it's been described as a buck knife. so police are examining it and testing it, but from your rec

which is a small knife, bear any resemblance to what police couldn't find back in 1994? >> well, it's possible. it depends entirely on exactly what it is involved here. there was a knife that was found and brought forward by the defense during the trial, and it turned out to have really no bearing on the meaningful evidence in the case. it is one of the continuing mysteries of the o.j. srcimpson case, that the murder weapon was never found, but it's kind of a bit far-fetched to think that this is suddenly it and that it will have material on it that will be -- that will prove anything after this length of time and without any secure chain of custody involving where this knife has been for all these years. >> so, mark, one last question. i mean, i know simpson is already serving time in prison for a completely unrelated case, so what happens next in terms of the lapd and investigators and maybe the prosecutors out in california?

>> well, simpson is eligible for parole as soon as next year on that nevada case, but most lawyers we've been talking to say that he cannot be held accountable for the nicole brown simpson murder even if there were to be, say, his dna on this knife because he's already been tried and acquitted, but the police and the prosecutors do consider this case still open because there was never a conviction of anyone. >> all right. mark fisher, thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. >> thanks so much for your insight, mark. the simpson murder trial is the focus of sunday's dateline nbc. josh mankiewicz will sit down with prosecutor marcia clark as she describes how she felt when the jury delivered the verdict. >> i thought of ron and nicole and i thought this is wrong, it's so wrong. >> do you blame yourself for this? >> you know, i always do. i do. i mean, i was the one trying the case, but at the end of the day we really -- there was no way to reach that jury. there was no way to make them believe. >> this

special features other key players from the trial. it airs sunday night at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. i think we're close enough that if we made the choice, hey, we're going to do this, we're going to set a goal, we're going to set a time, yeah, i think we can do it. >> that is astronaut scott kelly sounding pretty positive on whether he thinks humans will be able to travel to mars anytime soon. >> that's right. kelly held his first news conference in houston this afternoon since his return from a year-long stay on the international space station. he said it's been harder for his body to recover from the mission compared to a previous mission that kept him in space for 159 days. kelly says he's got more aches and pains and that his skin is very sensitive now. and while he says he's glad to be back here on earth, he shook off questions about being too homesick. >>ou

at home, but i wouldn't characterize it as like having the blues or something like that. >> before his news conference, kelly took a call from president obama who congratulated the astronaut on his successful mission. the president asked kelly what the ride back was like. kelly said, quote, like going down niagara falls in a barrel that's on fire. i'm mark segraves. if you're like me running up a few flights of stairs probably leaves you a bit winded. well, try doing it wearing 70 pounds of gear for 69 flights and try doing it in about ten minutes. that's what thousands of firefighters from across the country will be doing this weekend and they're not doing it to fight fires. they're doing it to fight cancer. it's the 25th annual firefighters stair climb challenge in seattle, washington, and we'll introduce you to a team of local firefighters who have b

and they'll be competing this weekend. coming up, you'll meet them and hear what motivates them and why fighting cancer is so dear and near to the hearts of firefighters everywhere. and now your storm team4 forecast. >> it's been chilly today after the morning with the snow on the ground. it looks to pretty. our temperatures currently throughout the area, upper 30s, low 40s. so, yeah, warm jacket or a coat you're going to need stepping out. 41 degrees in leesburg. we're 41 right inside the beltway. 43 in fredericksburg now. let's talk about what's next for us this weekend. get a little closer to that 50-degree mark and look what happens next week. wow. 70 degrees and better. it's going to feel like april and may around here. so a lot of warmth coming our way as we get a pattern change that will take place the early part of the week. for your evening if you're going to be stepping out, generally in the 30s. again, chilly, and it is looking dry here for the

35 to 39 degrees as we go through the rest of the evening, and then saturday night if you have plans to go off, not quite as chilly. it looks as though the rain will hold off until late. we'll take a look at your afternoon and track that rain for you on sunday morning in just a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. getting those weekend plans, getting them done, getting to them on time could be tough if you're taking metro. where you might be delayed and the big permanent change coming. plus, social media calls this a shoplifting fail. the unbelievable surveillance video

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i'm melissa moll lay with your first 4 traffic. we have some issues for the rails this weekend. some weekend track work. silver line every ten. blue line every 20. same thing on the orange line. green line and yellow line we'll talk about those more in depth because we have bigger changes there. red line, single tracking between friendship heights and grover in and farragut north and silver

orange and blue single attacking between eastern market and stadium armory. silver line, trains every ten minutes between boston and wiehle-reston east only here this weekend. yellow line regular service there only between huntington and montana vernon square and green line buses replace trains between navyyard and congress heights. have a wonderful weekend. we'll see you next week for news4 today. in addition to that track work, you have about 36 hours left before a huge change on metro. the system is not going to accept paper fare cards starting sunday morning. you will only be able to use the smart cards to pass through the gates at the rail stations. the switch from paper to plastic has been a long time coming and if you're worried about losing any funds, don't worry. you will still be able to transfer those balances from any paper cards you may have left to a new smart trip card. now that his daughter's autopsy results have been made public, singer bobby brown says he hopes it will lead to indictments and prosecution in the case. bobbi kristina bn

facedown in the bathtub of her home in atlanta a year ago. she died in july. according to the medical examiner's report released today, the brain damage she suffered from being immersed in water along with drug intoxication led to her death. but they could not determine if it was intentional or accidental. bobbi kristina's estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her partner. kristina, whose mom was whitney houston would have turned 23 today. there is no question that this presidential election year is different from any other we have seen. the political revolution on social media and why everything posted online might not seem as off the cuff as it seems. the weekend is almost here. weather is changing. v.j. is going to tell us when we might see some rain. "first at 4."

we're taking you live to national harbor and the conservative political action conference and the news that donald trump has canceled his speech there to stay on the campaign trail. he was supposed to speak tomorrow. right now senator ted cruz is on stage and dr. ben carson is expected to follow him in just a little while. >> dr. carson kipp skipped last night's debate after he said he sees no path forward with his campaign. the question is whether he plans to suspend the campaign. we'll be watching. we'll keep

in the meantime, the deeply divided republican party is dealing with the fallout from last night's chaotic debate. brian mooar is live with new reaction to that right now. brian? >> reporter: yeah, pat. this fight is not over yet, but it might be headed for a dramatic turn. >> breathe, breathe. you can do it. you can breathe. >> reporter: picking up where he left off on the debate stage -- >> whether it's little marco or lion ted -- >> reporter: donald trump insulted his rivals in michigan, one of nine states on the line between now and tuesday. >> if you get laid off on tuesday, i still want you voting. i'll get you a new job. don't worry about it. >> reporter: while mitt romney is giving voice to the establishment movement to dump trump at any cost, marco rubio and ted cruz pledged during the debate they'd support the billionaire if he's nominated. >> i'll support the republican nominee. >> yes, because i gave my word that i would. >> reporter: they took another step back today saying they're not angling for a convention floor fight. >> look,

everywhere else too. >> and if the washington dealmakers try to steal the nomination from the people, i think it would be a disaster. >> reporter: john kasich says he will support trump too but a brokered convention may be his last best hope. on the democratic side hillary clinton turned her attention to michigan and its 147 delegates. bernie sanders took aim at an even bigger prize, illinois, which votes march 15th. >> democracy is not about billionaires buying elections. >> reporter: two races still up for grabs, but that could all change in the next two weeks. clinton and sanders will be going toe to toe in two debates in the next week, one of them on sunday night in flint, michigan, and then again on wednesday in miami. pat, back to you. >> brian mooar. thank you, brian. the presidential hopefuls are putting in a lot of resources behind the scenes to try to sway

media tweets and posts that seem off the cuff are often deliberate and targeted messages crafted to go viral. tech experts say candidates' marketing teams are using information bought from big data brokers to drive activity online. >> particularly donald trump, he has people who are crafting messages that are really honed in on what his audience wants and more likely to make people retweet them. most voters have no idea what type of information is being sold about them, and to the best of my knowledge, there really isn't a way of opting out. >> and tech experts say the mining and messaging will only get more intense leading up to the election. more than 100 veterans and their families have taken advantage of the new legal clinics being set up a i cross the commonwealth. the free clinics are helping them with estate planning and advanced medical directors. the attornene

clinic at northern virginia community college. >> 750,000 veterans here in virginia, we're home to the pentagon, the world's largest naval base. so we're really proud of everything that they've done for us to protect our freedoms and it's one way we can help give a little bit back to them. >> all the clinics scheduled for this month are full but if you go to the attorney general's website, there are applications for other clinics down the road. and now your storm team4 forecast. >> it's chilly but we've got some fairly benign weather out there right now considering our little snow event last night, early part of the day today. for tomorrow some early day sunshine. we hit the afternoon with lots of clouds that will be racing in and the plus here is that now it looks as though that rain is going to hold off until late. so we should have a pretty good afternoon and even evening if you're going to be going out. the weather tomorrow will have a low impact on your day. it will change as we get into

so it's going to be cold to start on your saturday. we have chilly conditions for the afternoon hours. we'll be starting out in the upper 20s to low 30s. we'll hit temperatures around 40 degrees by 11:00 a.m. and we'll stay there in the low and mid-40s for your afternoon, a little higher than today. we topped out at 42 today. a few degrees higher for your saturday, then a few degrees higher than that for sunday. here is a look at saturday. 47 degrees d.c. closer to 50 in fredericksburg and stafford. also around culpepeculpeper. not bad but we're still looking at our temperatures this weekend cooler than average. on sunday second half of the weekend, look at that, showers early part of the day. 6:00 a.m. that's the green. the white up across northern maryland east of frederick, maryland, up across areas of northern baltimore, up i-83, harford county too, that's a little snow. there could be light snow and flurries for a brief period of time early sunday morning. showers start to move out by 10

get some afternoon, late afternoon sunshine on sunday. so again it's the book ends where we have the sunshine. there you can see the showers falling on our sky cast at 9:00 a.m. sunday. wanted to show you as we make our way through the day, the sunshine we're going to get toward the tail end of the day, the clearing skies. 48 degrees at 3:00. that's your hourly look here at sunday. morning rain, afternoon sunshine. 43 by around 6:00 to 7:00. so, yes, it's going to get chilly again. if you plan on getting out, if you want to wash the car, i say yes, but wait until sunday afternoon. then once the rain moves out. then get out there early saturday especially if you're going to drive the car. as far as the next big change for us, i really think that's on monday. warming trend starts. 55 degrees at 1:00. 60 degrees by 3:00 p.m. it starts and look at this, guys. chris and pat, we move from 60 degrees on monday, 70 to about 75 degrees next week with a chance of rain coming thursday. pat, i

weather. >> well, not mine alone. >> pat can take 80s, 90s, even 100. don't sell her short. >> i hear the sound of cherry blossoms bursting. >> exactly. and, of course, that means the tree pollen is going to start coming up again. >> there's that, but i'll take it. >> thanks, v.j. police are still looking for an accused shoplifter who was caught on camera making a pretty big blunder. >> you can say that again. he managed to run away from a store in south carolina but it was far from the perfect crime. police say the guy stole some meat from a walmart. you can see him run out of the store. he's looking over his shoulder, but maybe he should have been looking ahead. into this suv that pulled up right in front of him. he tripped and fell face first into the vehicle's door, but that didn't stop him. he still made his getaway. >> wow. well, for many it's a way to quit smoking, but for one man it was the beginning of a nightmare.

>> reporter: this is darcy spencer in temple hills where people are looking for the driver of an illegal atv who ran over a police officer right here in this parking lot on sunday afternoon. the atv driver pulled into the business parking lot here on old branch avenue with some other riders, and when the officer tried to stop him for illegally riding an atv on a county road, he ran over the officer. that officer had to be hospitalized overnight with leg injuries. coming up on news4 at 5:00, we'll have surveillance video of these bikes you will only see here on news4 and hear from the owner of the business about these bikes taking over. in temple hills, darcy sfens spencer, news4. a man's life changed forever when the e-cigarette he was smoking exploded. >> oh, my god, oh, my god, i grabbed a rag and put it on my face. as he was putting it on my face, i noticed below meth

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two men are under arrest after federal agents foiled an attempt at human smuggling. this happened tuesday along the mexico/california border. customs and border protection officers were inspecting an suv and found a man stuffed in a modified gas tank. he's from brazil and the agents arrested him and the driver. well, by now you may have seen this video online. a man's pocket

fire all because his e-cigarette exploded. apparently it's something that can happen relatively easily if you load the batteries incorrectly. just this week the department of transportation announced it's banning the use of e-cigarettes on commercial flights. now nbc's stacy pinot brings us the new story of a man whose e-cigarette exploded in his face. >> i should have stopped using the electric cigarette. there was no nicotine in it or anything. >> reporter: so when he went to take an inhale of this milky white smoke, he never expected this to happen. >> oh, my god, oh, my god because i grabbed the rag and put it on my face and as i was putting it on my face, i noticed below me there's a pool of blood. >> reporter: the e-cig exploded with such force he said it broke a piece of the steering wheel off giving him second and third-de

over 50 stitches on his nose and cost him his left eye. >> the night before they took my eye out, i was at like a 15. i was literally crawling up the walls in pain. >> reporter: a month and a half after his three different surgeries, chris says he's still getting used to some things, but it has changed his perspective. >> i have friends that are missing limbs and stuff like that, and they're not limited to anything, and losing my eye is not going to limit me to anything. >> reporter: but he does have a message to anyone who is about to take a quick hit from an e-cig. >> for people to be aware that not everything is safe about it. there's harm in it as well. >> harm chris didn't even see coming. somebody seen something, somebody know something, something need to be .

her son had been shot. he was a star at d.c. high school basketball and he was an innocent bystander hours after winning the biggest game of the season. police are testing a knife discovered at the home o.j. simpson lived. and that little bit of snow is gone now. we'll tell you what you can expect for the weekend and when some spring-like temperatures are coming our way. we begin with classes disrupted and schools evacuated. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim vance. investigators working to learn the identity of whoever it was responsible for a series of bomb threats today at high schools in northern virginia. the police in fairfax, loudoun, arlgton counties, and the city of falls church all responded to those threats. none were found to be legitimate, but it created a huge mess. bureau chief julie carey joins us now from falls church to explain how all of this

unfolded. >> reporter: well, seven schools in all received those threats. george mason high school right across the street one of the three that decided to evacuate students. now, all the buildings were checked out as you mentioned and nothing was found, so now police are hoping to track down the culprit so this doesn't happen again next week. a welcome moment this afternoon at george mason high school. the bomb squad truck pulling away after the all-clear has issued. it was late morning when seven northern virginia high schools received bomb threats through recorded phone calls. at george mason high, the decision was made to evacuate immediately. >> they told us to drop everything and evacuate immediately. >> reporter: students, teachers, and staff went to a middle school and spent the rest of the day in the gym there. >> handled very well. got the students out, got them over to the school, and we just waited. nothing. no chaos, no excitement. got us lunches. everything was orderly. >> reporter: students tell me very few were fearful. >> like as soon as i heard it was a bo