a suspect suicide by police mission ends with the family of a prince george's county officer planning a funeral and the suspects alive. fellow officers stood by the parents of officer jacai colson as the police chief detailed the events that led to their son's death. colson tied after being accidentally shot by another officer in a sootout with suspect michael ford on sunday. ford's brothers recorded the shooting as it was unfolding. >> that image is of one of the ford brothers standing by taking no action on a video recording device taping this, his brother, shooting at prince george's county police officers. >> michael ford was also shot during the incident and is still in the hospital. he and his two brothers are charged with 21 counts including second-degree murder. this morning we're learning what officer colson meant to his loved ones.

stoot st foot steps in law enforcement. >> my wife was screaming and screaming. i don't know what to do. he was a great kid. >> he did it the way we want our students to do things. graduated from high school, went to college, he did everything the right way. >> officer colson grew up in philadelphia and went to college in virginia. he just celebrated four years with the department and would have turned 29 years old this week. the police chief says he died a hero drawing fire when the shooting began so other officers could get in position and stop the shooter. time is 4:31 on this tuesday morning. let's get a check of traffic and weather together on the 1st. chuck bell here with a look at our tuesday morning forecast. >> four things you need to know about the weather today to make you successful. a wet start here first thing

umbrella. dry and milder later will this afternoon. hooray for hump day tomorrow. tomorrow going to be the nicest day of the week by far. much cooler weather pattern returns late week into the weekend. for now just a lot of clouds and a few passing showers. temperatures stuck in the mid to upper 40s here for most of the morning long. but later it afternoon, just a little sliver or two of sunshine take. should put most areas up into the low perhaps mid-60s. warmer south and west. melissa mollett, tell me there are no troubles. still have two problems that will be hanging around. outer loop at bw parkway, still have that crash and southbound bw parkway at powder mill road. report of a problem on the beltway in prince george's county that we'll talk about once we get more information on that. outer loop at ritcma

it is hanging around. we found out right lane getting by the work zone there. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. 270 looking good. same thing 66 and 95. again, take a look at this potential new problem on the beltway and be back in a few minutes. don't take a picture. don't take a picture. >> public property, sir. >> a confrontation good a fairfax county father and reporters after learning his son was captured in iraq and accused of fighting alongside isis. kurdish fighters say 26-year-old the 26-year-old surrendered to them. he had crossed the turkish border and joined isis. the kurds say he was carrying a big amount of cash, cellphones and multiple i.d.s including a virginia

>> he's my son, he's a good person, he is a good son. >> u.s. law enforcement if i recall tells nbc news that khweis was not in a u.s. database of suspected isis members. man chargeddeadly shoot wil court. schlonsky was shot last august. prosecutors say proctor was on court supervised release at the time of the shooting. he's charged with second-degree murder. today a virginia woman will be sentenced for her part in her own mother's murder. elena mercer and her wife pleaded guilty to killing nancy mercer in 2014. prosecutors say both women knew about the murder plot but each claimed the other did the actual

medstar washington at the time of her death. we're getting new details this morning into what convicted murderer jesse matthews was doing when he went on the run. unsealed federal court documents reveal matthews' aunt told him to talk to detectives so they could find hannah graham. she was the student who disappeared in 2014. but matthews fled to texas. police traced a phone call he made to his father and he was eventually spotted by someone who saw his picture on it tv. matthews is in prison for life for killing graham, morgan harg top and trying to kill a fairfax woman. let's turn our attention to decision 2016. it's a make or break day. voters in five states head to the polls this morning. missouri, illinois, ohio, north carolina and florida. for the first time this primary season, second place won't matter in two of them. whoever gets the majority of

delegates. winner take all. florida voters control 99 gop delegates, the most of the republican contests today. the most recent polls put senator marco rubio in a distant second place to donald trump. if rubio loses in his home state, we could see the end of his campaign. similar stakes for ohio. john kasich is leading trump in the buckeye state, but not by a lot. we'll have live updating results of all the primaries in our nbc washington app. and turning to the democrats, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders attacked donald trump. sanders said trump was nothing less than encouraging his supporters to beat people up while clinton called trump's actions offensive and dangerous. she said every politician deals with protesters and trumpg's response to this week chbd's violence comes short of

calmly and peacefully and don't tell people, hey, do something to him, take will him out, beat him up. you know, that's what leadership requires. >> when he says that he's prepared to pay the legal fees for somebody who sucker punches somebody, what he's really essentially saying is go do it, supporters, go beat up people. >> senator sanders trails clinton in all of today's primary contests. it's unclear whether he will continue his campaign if clinton sweeps up all of today's delegates. tracie potts joins us at 4:55. today there will be a neighborhood meeting to educate you about the zika virus ahead of summertime. the meeting is tonight at 6:30 on georgia avenue. officials say while there is no zika threat in d.c. right now that could change. many people already know the risk factors included with traveling to

virus, but the advisory neighborhood commission also says you need to be aware that mosquitos here at home could be a big problem. >> mosquitos do carry other diseases, encephalitis, for example, to be aware of where mosquitos breed and discourage that breeding. >> in our nbc washington app, we have an updated list of countries with travel warnings and what you need to do if you must travel to an eninfected area. depending where you are this morning, you could see some hit or miss showers. but will the kids need an umbrella? chuck bell has the answer at 4:41. and tonight a prince george's county medical technician may pifinally get a good night's sleep. hour his mission in fnt is gettli in you can't predict the market. gettli but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price...

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>> well, yes, it is. depending on where you live. we do have a few showers hit and miss this morning. a couple sprinkles from leesburg to hagerstown, also out towards culpeper and charlottesville. but by later on, things are improving. so your school day forecast then a couple showers away, kids need to be umbrella ready for this morning. recess going to be cloudy and cool in the 50s, recess gets a d today, but some clearing later this afternoon and temperatures should get back above 60 degrees. could be 70 or better tomorrow. that comes up in ten minutes. for now trouble on the beltway. >> trouble on the beltway. inner loop at central avenue, this is a weird one. call reporting debris across the roadway. didn't say what kind of they are saying it's between central

so just be careful. outer loop at bw parkway, that crash now on the shoulder. southbound bw parkway at powder mill road, that crash is now gone. beltway at river road, looking just fine. the candidate field in decision 2016 could narrow in just a matter of hours. what some of the candidates must do in today's contests in order to stay in the race. and it's something metro hopes will make your morning commute a little easier. e new app thatth w

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an impact than all 13 super tuesday states. people in five states goes to the polls this morning. ohio and florida are the first winner take all primaries of this election season meaning the winning candidate takes all of the state's delegates. among the democrats, hillary clinton leads senator bernie sanders 1194 to 569. hits need nearly 24 delegates to qualify for the nomination. to the republicans, donald trump has 456 delegates, ted cruz with 363. and then there is marco rubio with 153 and governor john kasich with 54. gop candidates need more than 1200 delegates to qualify for their party's nomination. tracie potts is live on capitol hill. governor kasich and senator rubio are trailing right now. even if they win their home

states, can they remain competitive? >> reporter: they can make it harder for donald trump to get the nomination. that's probably the easiest way to look at it. take a look at the numbers. these are the delegates that are at stake. today florida and ohio as you noted winner take all, the big prizes for the republicans. but then total north carolina, illinois, missouri, they have more delegates than florida and ohio combined. that's why today is so important. for donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio and john case i gka. yes, rubio and kasich have to win their home states to remain competitive. probably won't get them much closer to the nomination, but it could slow down donald trump. if it's a good day for cruz, he certainly gets much closer to donald trump. he's not that far from donald trump in terms of the delegate count. >> and focusing on the democrats now, will today change anything for hillary clinton and bernie sanders? >> reporter: it certainly could. most of the more than 1100

delegates at stake today are going to the democrats. there is a commanding lead by hillary clinton, she's leading in all of the states but some of them we could possibly see an upset. her lead is very thin in illinois, single digits over bernie sanders. one of the reasons we've seen them both this chicago in the last 24 hours. and then ohio, it's very much like michigan where sanders pulled off that upset, the polls show a commanding lead 20 points for hillary clinton, but even clinton's team admits they position it will be a lot closer. she said last night she just doesn't trust the polling anymore. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. time is 4:48. and neighbors want answers about their safety after ap-83-year-old was shot at his fairfax county home. johan de leede was shot and was found in the backyard. he died at the hospital. neighbors will sit down with

on the case. and today lede leede's death wa homicide. and this morning miles could be sentenced to life for shooting 23-year-old mark taylor in you will any in march last year. police say miles and a group of armed burglars broke into the victim's home, miles was found guilty of burglary and armed robbery. families from flint will attend a hearing. the city manager will testify about the decision to switch the city's water supply to the flint river which exposed thousands to high levels of lead. he said he advised relied on experts to advise him. today prince george's county fire department will put cases of

michigan. the idea began when a volunteer medical technician wanted to help families in flint. donations were collected across the country. it's 4:50. the american man who spent typhoon years in a cuban prison speaks out today. alan gross will talk about his time behind bars in cuba, this is just days before the u.s. is expected to announce that it will ease travel and trade restrictions between the u.s. and cuba. we expect to learn more about those restrictions on thursday. >> something new is going up in ward 8. bright beginnings, a november profit, hopes a new child development center will make a big difference in the lives of homeless families. a ground breaking ceremony will be held today for the new center on 4th street in southeast. the center will offer early childhood education and assistance to those families in need. 32 new jobs will be created when the center opens next year. wizards dough he natured about

metro has a new app, a tool that might make it easier for you to catch a bus. bus eta debuts next honesty. you can check it out on their website now. you can see real time bus information that is updated about every 30 seconds. it will show the next three buses at each stop. local celebrity chef expected to pay thousands to settle an over-9/time lawsuit. about $30,000 in total to three workers, plus about $16,000 in legal fees. they say they were required to show up early but could not clock in until their actual start time. the restaurant owners have denied any wrongdoing in the case. judge still needs to sign off on the settlement. ravens are back in the district. take a look at these amazing

not the football team. >> confused me for a second. >> it's exciting because ravens haven't nested around d.c. for more than 100 years. they found a nesting spot under a local bridge. a local biologist spoke to news 4 about why the ravens may have ventured so close to the city. babies are expected to arrive in three weeks. we agreed to say not exactly where the nest is because wildlife experts say they need privacy. quote the raven, never more. >> edgar allan poe. renaissance man here. >> when aaron isn't here, i try to class it up a bit. >> we were giving them privacy and we had the eaglets camera, so we're watching them for hatch. >> you said you're expecting babies. does the stork deliver raven

>> you're the sign test. >> supposed to be a baby pun. why would the stork deliver the raven? >> you got it. >> you're killing me. killing me this morning. >> it's 4:53. >> you've been up for hours, we all know that. i've been properly caffeinated, i assume you have been, as well. >> i have to drink my coffee, you're right. >> outside this morning, a little trough of low pressure, will will be lifting on out and it will take the rain chances along with it, but this last little scoop of moisture here promises at least a chance for hit and miss showers around here first thing this morning. nothing all that heavy, but it will be enough to make you mad if you don't have your umbrella, so be umbrella ready. a couple showers near culpeper and they will be coming up i-95 during the morning commute. so everyone needs to take their umbrella here first thing this morning. if you don't have to be anywhere

probably have a little better weather to deal with. we'll give you the yellow light for cool and wet conditions this morning. by this afternoon, though, back to green lights, clearing and milder. and tomorrow really looks nice. here is future weather. showers around by 11:30 this morning, most of the rain will be gone. could take a little while longer to get the crowds out of here. so don't expect much sunshine until after 2:00, 3:00. but temperatures will respond nicely. but later today with a break or two of sunshine, up to the upper 50s and low 60s. tomorrow is the day to get out and enjoy. hit and miss shower chances on thursday. but most of the rest of the week will be rain free. next really good chance for rain shows up on sunday. and you'll notice after a 73 tomorrow, much cooler weather just in time for the weekend. >> i like the 73 tomorrow. we'll just stick with that. inner

still have debris being reported across the roadway. sounds like crews are on the way to clean that up. right now a live look top of the beltway at colesville, no problems there. reminder that outer loop at bw parkway, that crash now on the shoulder. no lanes affected. and southbound bw parkway at powder mill road, that crash now completely out of the way. prince george's county overall looking quite good here this morning. and of course we're keeping an eye on metro for you when they reopen here in a couple minutes. it was a crime and trial that captivated the country and now a captivating tv show. this morning one of the victim's families is speaking out. what ronald goldman's family has to say about dealing with the death of their loved one. and people living near an area airport can expect to hear explosions during the next several days. but officials say didn't worry. what the blasts are actually expected to help.

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we're waiting to learn the latest after crews worked overnight on metro because of a fire that broke out in the tunnel outside of mcpherson square station yesterday. molette green will join us with an update. and a lot of you are seeing hit or miss shower, but chuck says you might not need the umbrella at lunch.

shaping up. the new show about the o.j. simpson trial has a family reliving some painful memories. simpson was acquitted for killing nicole brown and her friend ron goldman horn 20 years ago and now goldman's sister and father are opening up about the trial and the show. fred and kim goldman sat down with steve harvey to share powerful stories. >> i had a man offer me a high powered rifle, he said that was not traceable that i could take him out. and i said you're talking to the wrong guy. >> steve also talked to kay dough kay lcado kalen. you can catch steve harvey right here at 2:00. a gut wrenching scene

a pastor's wife was there and the pastor's young are brother shot him three times in the church office. today the pastor's brother is expected to appear in a courtroom on murder charges. the public defender says his client had a history of mental illness. he stayed at the scene waiting to be arrested in his brother's death. in "news 4 your health" this morning, americans are spending more for prescription drugs. spending went up 5% last year according to a report by the largest prescription claims processor. brand name drugs are also costing more with the average price increasing more than 16%. the report projects spending to continue to rise through 2018. making way for the silver line near dulles going to get a little loud this week. all this week you will be hearing explosions along route 606 near the horse penn river. crews are clearing rocks out of the way. the