system that really needs some serious qa work. >> metro's general manager felt so strongly about shutting down that system that he says he considered resigning from metro if he did not get the support to close it. that's what a source with direct knowledge of all this metro events this week is telling our transportation reporter adam tuss. adam is at metro center this evening as that service gets back on track. adam? >> reporter: that's right, wendy. as it turns out, the general manager didn't even have to think about the possibility of walking away from metro because he got his way, and we should also add that the metro board backed his plan 100%. we talked to the gm one-on-one today. did you make the right choice? >> i definitely did. >> reporter: closing metro for emergency safety repairs was something metro general manager paul wiedefeld felt so strongly about that he told his staff, quote, it could be a short day for me, end quote, if he didn't get the support to do it. insiders say that meant he

possibility of walking away from metro if he did not get the support. >> i'm always thinking of it as, you know, my 16-year-old daughter on the train, your children riding the train, that's how i think of this. >> reporter: the gm says flatly after seeing what he saw this week and being sotold what he w being told, he could not be comfortable with the system being open in the state it was in. >> there were serious issues. we should not have been running training under those conditions. >> reporter: he says more details are needed about why the system is in such rough shape. riders with their own thoughts. >> i think the new general manager is making efforts to show he's a tough guy and wants to make it better. >> reporter: would you be okay if they shut the system down for extended periods of time to get in and fix things? >> yes, i would. >> reporter: an extended maintenance shutdown could be a possibility as we go forward. now, we also asked the new general manager if long-term shutdowns could become more commonplace for metro? hear what he has to say at

the federal government is planning a safety inspection blitz of the metrorail system starting next week. transportation secretary anthony foxx says font the federal transit administration will redirect millions of dollars that metro hasn't spent to address safety concerns. among the issues he brought up during a congressional hearing today, red light running. foxx says the fta will lts also look at emergency hand brake use. the maryland transit administration tells news4 some marc trains saw a 45% drop in ridership yesterday especially for the morning trains but the agency says the brunswick lines at shady grove, rockville, silver spring did pick up a number of riders who normally take metro. marc added some extra trains to help impacted metro riders. a grim reminder today hangs on the door at the district iii prince george's county police st

doors bear are silent testimony to the bravery of the prince george's county police officers who went into the face of gunfire to protect one and all march 13th dwix, 2016. people have been paying tribute to the falling officer killed. tracee, what does it look like there? >> reporter: well, the memorial behind me is growing, and people have been lined up to lay flowers and pay their condolences all afternoon long. there have been a lot of advancements in the investigation into what happened here. we have learned that one of the accused suspects' brothers is actually a student at bowie high school. we talked to students today who told us they can't believe that their classmate would be involved in this. michael ford, the accused district iii police station gunman is out of the hospital and now being held without bond

jail's medical unit. he's still recovering from a gunshot he sustained when police say he ambushed the district iii police station. armed with a death wish and a loaded gun. undercover officer colson was shot and killed during the exchange of gunfire by a fellow police officer. the police chief said he was mistaken for the gunman in the confusion. ford's two brothers elijah and malik were held without bond for helping their brother to pull off the shooting. elijah ford recorded a video will which his brother michael mand out the planned shooting. then malik drove michael to the police station. when he started walking to the wrong building, the brothers directed him back to the police station. police say elijah then videoed his brother on his sfen as he unloaded round after round on police. >> i was surprised because he's not that type of person. >> reporter: 18-year-old elijah ford is a student at bowie high school. his classmates sa

shocked to hear he was involved in this senseless crime. >> there's no way he could have done that but then when i heard he was like one of the ones that kind of like recorded it, i was thinking like, oh, he probably could have stopped it, something. >> reporter: bowie high's principal sent a letter to parents yesterday saying in part we realize this incident is not only disheartening to say the least but unique in how it may impact our student body. >> i don't know why he videotaped it. it was stupid. >> reporter: a source close to this investigation told me that you could hear elijah cheering his brother on as he was videotaping this shooting. he did not stop the recording. he did not call 911. that's why he's facing attempted murder charges. coming up on news4 at 6:00, this is the first full day that the district iii police station has been open. we take a look inside and talk with the commander about how the folks inside are recovering after this tragedy. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, trace

closer and we are talking about snow. >> say it ain't snow, but, doug, that's not all that unusual for this time of year around here. >> no, we get snow really the month of march is not a bad month of snow around our area. just two years ago we picked up over a foot for the entire month of march. so, yeah, it can happen for sure and i got some proof of that coming up in just a little while. right now though tracking some shower activity, just some rain showers and they are all very light rain showers around our region. we're not going to see much at all this evening. you may see a couple sprinkles but that's really going to be about it. you can see most of those in portions of maryland. the next couple days we are going to be watching a few thing. first tracking the showers tonight. not a big deal. cooler temperatures as we head into the weekend. much cooler saturday and sunday and there's that possible weekend snow. it would start late saturday night into the day on sund. much more on that and who could see some accumulating snowfall coming up in just a couple minutes. >> all right. well, right now a popular

still closed off after an explosion. no people, no animals were injured but investigators have been at the zoo all day long and so has news4's meagan fitzgerald. she's at the zoo tonight with the latest on what happened there. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, wendy. d.c. fire officials left the scene not too long ago, but this is still a very active and ongoing investigation. it all happened just behind us here just below the valley. that's where zoo personnel tell us that environmental folks are down there along with smithsonian officials. they're still actively investigating trying to determine how this happened and how they can avoid another explosion from happening in the future. there's always so much to do and see when you visit the national zoo. >> the pandas. >> snakes and frogs. >> we're just visiting from california and thought we would stop by the zoo. >> reporter: but this wasn't the sight many tourists had

firefighters were taping off the entrances leading to the american trail so they could investigate a chemical explosion. while fire alarms rang out. >> we had an incident in the mechanical room that houses the equipment that handles the water filtration for our beavers and otters. >> pamela baker says an employee was doing his usual routine this morning when he realized something wasn't right. >> a contractor smelled chlorine, left that area per safety protocol, and following that there was a loud bang. >> reporter: fire officials examined the contractor and say he's doing fine but the big concern was the elevated levels of chlorine that remained in the air. tim wilson with d.c. fire says that's part of what made the explosion so dangerous and why fire crews spent so much time on scene. >> chlorine can be dangerous but, fortunately, we're dealing with low levels. >> reporter: and fortunately zoo officials say no one was hurt and all the a

okay. no, this certainly isn't the site these tourists expected to see, but most say it wasn't enough to ruin their day. now, the american trail will remain closed for the rest of the day. zoo officials tell us it will reopen again tomorrow morning. coming up at 6:00, we spoke with a woman who just left the trail moments after this explosion happened. jim? >> meagan fitzgerald. thank you. a spotsylvania county man is charged tonight with murder after his wife died of an apparent drug overdose. investigators tell us william moore admitted to giving his wife ashley a lethal dose of heroin. this happened late last month at the couple's home. moore initially faced child endangerment charges because their young kids were at home at the time. those children are now staying with relatives. a woman in utah has filed a sects abuse lawsuit against the chief federal judge in the

the same day as judge richard roberts announced his retirement. this suit alleged roberts sexually abused the woman in 1981 when she was 16. in a starment to the post, roberts' attorney acknowledged there was an intimate relationship but he calls the accusations categorically false. utah's attorney general's office did investigate these claims in 2014 but found roberts did not break any laws because the woman was old enough at the time to consent under the state's law. >> the district is now banning some chemicals found in household products, kids toys, and furniture upholstery. muriel bowser signed the carcinogenic flame retardant chemical prohibition. the mayor says the new law will protect families and firefighters. she says the department lost two firefighters to the disease

>> our firefighters often enter burning buildings without fully knowing the dangers on the other side of the door. some common household items are manufactured with carcinogens, materials that can lead to long-term health defects. >> this new law allows the department of consumer and regulatory affairs to request and obtain a certificate of compliance for manufacturers. a disabled teenager in virginia allegedly tied up, locked behind a dead bolt door. why his mother is defending her actions and why the police say this wasn't their first visit to that house. plus, we grew up with shamu, but today seaworld will stop breeding their killer whales. find out why even peta is still not happy about these changes. i'm darcy spencer at adventist rehabilitation in rockville where these men who are refugees from war are not only taking their first steps, they're als

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life is looking a lot brighter today for a group of liberian amputee soccer players in washington. us? was there when five men walked on two feet today for the first time in a long time. our darcy spencer has their story from rockville tonight. >> reporter: in some ways these men are taking their first steps in many, many years. they were just fitted with new free prosthetics. samuel eastman lost his leg when he was 14 years old. >> it's like a dream come true because we couldn't afford it on our own. >> reporter: the men are refugees from liberia. they lost their legs in war. bomb blasts, shootings, and machete attacks. they didn't have any way to get new legs. these guys are part of an international soccer team for disabled players. up until this point they played using crutches. this is a game changer today. it was through

that they came to the united states. they're living a at homeless shelter in d.c. as they apply for permanent asylum. catholic charities got the ball rolling for them. adventist rehabilitation made it happen. >> it's just amazing. they are so skilled in fitting prosthetics and these gentlemen are so appreciative of being able to have a leg and then as you watch them and see them get up and moving, it's more than heartwarming. >> you will see with some of the guys, they're above the knee amputees and those have to control the prosthetic knee joint and they require more rehabilitation to get on with those devices. >> and no crutches. >> reporter: the men feel the new legs will open new opportunities for them to get work and take away the stigma of having to walk with crutches. do you feel like you have been discriminated against to some degree in the past? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. very much, yeah. now this is going to change. >> reporter: in

spenc spencer, news4. a major shift at seaworld will mean the end of that popular shamu show. it will no longer breed orcas and will phase out its killer whale shows in the next three years. this move comes after several troubled years including a trainer being killed by an orca and, of course, the highly critical documentary "blackfish." seaworld is partnering with the humane society for these efforts. >> we grew up with that, but still i think like we should be like more conscious about their nature. >> but peta is calling this new policy a stunt to sell more tickets. seaworld says it's unable to release these orcas they do have in captivity into the wild because they have not been trained to compete for food and they would be exposed to diseases. it drew a large crowd. some supportive, some

first and only public hearing on the mayor's plan to move homeless families to new shelters all over the city. news4's tom sherwood is outside the wilson building now where that meeting is still going on. hi, tom. >> reporter: hey, jim. nearly 100 people signed up for talk about the homeless shelter. the only real agreement, something needs to be done. in a rapidly changing city, family service nonprofits like edgewood brookland help hundreds of struggling and homeless families find sell ter, health care, and other services. >> i don't think this city has done well by low-income families as a result of the economic changes in the city. >> ms. williams runs edgewood. she was among dozens testifying today on mayor muriel bowser ambitious plan to open eight smaller shelters for 50 families each

bowser then will close the old d.c. general hospital that now houses more than 250 families. williams and others warn that more permanent housing must be found or the new temporary shelters will fail too. >> there's no place for these families to go from the shelter so we are going to create shelters that are supposed to be temporary and they're going to end up being long term. >> the packed council chamber heard witnesses praising the bowser shelter plan and others questioning their long-term costs, locations, and management of unstable families. but it seemed the council was trying to figure out how and not whether to approve the complex plan by an april 7th deadline. >> d.c. general is an unacceptable place to house families. it must be closed. >> reporter: now, coming up at 6:00, we'll hear mayor bowser react to the critics of her plan. tom sherwood, back to you. >> some of those

there's been a lack of transparency in this process. they have questions about the developer and broker, how they were selected. and they also point to like some astronomical rent, some in the neighborhood of $5,000? >> reporter: well, there are all of these things. the mayor says her plan is trant and available and that's why they had the public hearing. they're also saying the construction costs, the leasing costs to providing the various physical facilities for the services to these families are all well within the reason of all the government buildings that the city either builds or leases. yes, it's very expensive, bowser said, but she also said d.c. general is also very expensive. >> tom sherwood on the story for us. we'll see you back here at 6:00. thank you. and across the potomac, fairfax county officials are saying that the new efforts there have actually resulted in a decrease in their homeless population. county officials and volunteers went out just a few days

a thousand homeless individuals. that's down 145 from last year. and that is a 42% drop from 2008. one area that the county saw an uptick is homeless adults who are over the age of 55. too lazy to bend down and tie your own shoe? no problem. a new high tech sneaker is paving the way for the future of footwear. >> and sucker punch penalty. someone else is in trouble after a trump supporter assaults a protester at a rally. and we've been talking about snow this weekend. doug's tweaking his full forecast for you. >> how are you feel being that pocket of snow on first day of spring. call or text your response. we'll show you the results next.

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people. i'm with you there. doug, how bad is it going to be on the ground? >> it won't be too bad. you know, it's going to be kind of similar to what we saw a couple weeks ago in the month of march. i'm not anticipating a big impactful storm. i don't think it will impact most of your day. however, if you have outdoor activities on sunday, those might be canceled. take a look outside right now. we have cloud cloud covover acr region. temperatures now down to 63 degrees. winds out of the north at 14 miles per hour. temperatures all across the area have been in the 60s. 60 degrees over annapolis. 71 in fredericksburg and 63 in leesburg. so, yes, we're a little cooler than we were yesterday but still very nice for this time of year. another great day. now, a few showers across the area. we're seeing some of the showers coming through now. most of them -- actually all of them have been extremely light all because of a big storm up to the north and we just got a little trailing front coming through with shower activity and some cloudiness. we're not goito

than that as we make our way through the rest of the day today. tomorrow we're not talking any clouds or showers. mostly sunny skies and a pretty nice day. highs upper 50s to low 60s across the region. nice, a little breezy at times but not a bad friday. if you're going out friday night, looking good too but then back to winter. yeah, really. area of low pressure that's going to form along the coast. it will become a coastal low, could become a nor'easter. for us it will bring snow, but just exactly how much still looks to be determined. snow looking likely. i think we will see some snowflakes from this but hard to accumulate in the month of march. in order to see that, you need a really strong storm. that's what we had back in 2014. 2014 we had seven inches of snow on the 15th, 16th, and 17th. there's the snow on your right from march 17th of 2014. and then just two weeks ago notice the snow we had there. snow on the grass, on the trees. remember it was a pretty snow but the roads were

so it can snow. i think this time we'll get one on the left. notice on the left once again the roads were okay. on the right, not so much. but once again i don't think this will have too big of an impact. future weather taking us through saturday. by saturday 11:00 we start off, it may start as rain and transfer to snow. look at 5:00 a.m. there's our rain/snow line. very close to d.c. so does the snow get down here? how long does it snow? all of those questions still remain to be answered so we'll continue to watch it for you. 63 tomorrow, ratherbreezy. a little more on this coming up at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. open vehicle recalls. >> some car owners say it's taking too long to get a fix. consumer reporter susan hogan looked into it for us. her story is coming up. i'm julie carey in woodbridge, virginia. boards across a booedroom windo.

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you're watching news4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, a mother arrested for chaining her teenage son to his bed and she's getting some support tonight from those who know her best. her daughter and a house mate. >> tey say the woodbridge woman was just trying to protect her disabled son to keep him from escaping from the house and running off. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has our story. >> reporter: boards across the bedroom window, just one measure a woodbridge mother took to try to keep her son from sneaking out of the house. there's a dead bolt on the bedroom door that locks from the outside. 40-year-old paulette weston is also accused of chaining her son's ankle to his bed, tying his arms with a rope. >> everybody believes my mom is a monster. e'

she just tried to help my brother out, tried to keep him in the house to keep from harming himself. >> star weston says her 17-year-old brother born with spina bifida is paralyzed from the knees down but in recent months the teen has been leaving home, sometimes climbing out a window, sometimes rining off without the wheelchair. >> 50% of the times the cops will find him, the other time someone takes him to the hospital. >> earlier this week the women said a therapist contacted child protective services. they called police. now, weston faces charges of felony child neglect and abduction. the 17-year-old boy is in foster care. weston's house mate says she was only trying to protect her son. >> he escapes from the home and gets in cars with strangers and she's just trying to protect her son. no mother wants their son to leave the home and get in the car and be raped and thro

>> police say parents facing struggles have better options. >> no matter what circumstances you may be handling or facing, a course of appropriate action would be to seek help if you're facing a situation like that. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, i will tell you one place parents of disabled kids can turn when they're at their witt's end. >> julie, thank you. we have learned the identity of the man shot to death inside a car in the district. police identified him as darnell richardson from cheverly. police found him last night on benning road in northeast d.c. they tell us he had been shot more than once. no word on a motive or who may be responsible. on capitol hill today a heated exchange about the lead contaminated water in flint, michigan. lawmakers took turns pointing fingers calling for the resignations of several people including the governor rick snyder and epa administrator gina mccarthy. >> you need to take some responsibility because you

screwed and you messed up 100,000 people's lives. >> you cannot be trusted, and i got to tell you, you need to resign. >> each took some responsibility but they did shift the blame to the other. but what the people of flint are looking for is simple, clean, safe, healthy water. a historic agreement today between automakers and transportation leaders, and it's aimed at keeping you safer behind the wheel. 20 car companies agreed to make automatic brakes standard in most cars and light trucks within the next six years. automatic emergency brakes will come standard in heavier vehicles over the next eight years. the department of transportation demonstrated this brake technology in mclean today. it uses cameras, radar, and sensors to see objects that are in the way. the car slows or stops if the driver doesn't react. because it eats up so much of our time, nike has done us a favor and has unveiled its first self-tyinoe

rechargeable battery power operated laces so when you step into that shoe, your heel hits a sense dwror, and the laces tighten. two buttons on the side let you adjust them for comfort. the shoe also lights up and it's going to come in three colors. nike hasn't said how much the shoe is going to cost but just imagine. and they will be available in time for the holiday season. >> and somebody has got a birthday coming up i think. wendy rieger. it's the first big day of games in the ncaa tournament. right now the maryland terps are on the practice court getting set for tomorrow's game against south dakota state and news4's jason pugh is here now with more on that. >> jim, so far in this tournament there haven't been many surprising upsets for lower seeds. the terps, they'd like to keep it that way. today maryland held their first practice out on the west coast getting set for the big dance. the tournament journey begins tomorrow for maryland. they're scheduled to tip off

4:30 against the jack rabbits. today a little light practice session for the guys. a lot of pressure on this group. terps haven't made it out of the first weekend of play since 2003. they're ready to prove though they have what it takes this year. >> our team constantly talks about, you know, our mission, our goals that we set from the beginning of the year, and, you know, now it's all on the table. it's either win and advance or go home. i know everyone is focused and everyone is ready to get things rolling. >> it's a big tournament. we have a chance to do something special. everyone is excited. so we're just ready to play. >> we're happy to be in this moment no matter what happens. we're happy to be here. we just want to compete. we feel like we got a run in us. >> it's our second go-around for myself. i feel like we have the personnel on this team to go far in this tournament and i do think it's time. elsewhere, virginia taking on hampton. a scary moment when virginia head coach tony bennett collapsed on the sideline late in the first half of this game.

he believes the incident was caused due to dehydration. he did return to the game and he coached the entire second half. i will have highlights from that game and we'll get you caught up on the rest of the action from today coming up later on news4 at 6:00. >> thank you, jason. it's politics, protests, and violence. there is new fallout after fists started flying at that trump rally. now there are new calls for this sucker punch to be investigated as a hate crime. knock the hell out of that big mouth. he deserved it. it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us.

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for the first time today we're hearing from house speaker paul ryan talking about donald trump's riot comments. trump said on wednesday that people will riot if he isn't chosen as the republican presidential nominee. ryan, who will be the chairman of the cleveland convention, ac

open convention. today he scolded trump for his rhetoric. >> nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. >> ryan says he does not anticipate having to denounce the front-runner as a candidate, but ryan says he will continue to speak out if any candidate distorts conservative principles. right now we are on eagle watch out at the national arboretum where we have seen the first signs of a baby eagle ready to hatch. here is a live look. this is the bald eagle camera. last night we got our first glimpse at piping where the little hole is poked in one of the eggs. we have seen one of the adult birds moving around the egg but experts say it could be while before we actually see an eaglet. >> that can take a long time. even up to 48 hours. so last time i looked at it, a pretty good crack t

so we're getting close. he or she is trying to get out. it's a tough exercise. >> and there's also a second egg and that one should hatch in the next few days. we're told the baby eagles should make their first flight sometime around june. and the parents will likely return to use that same nest for the next 15 to 25 years. very cool. >> it is, indeed. millions of vehicles have been recalled and in some cases the part to fix it isn't available. coming up, consumer reporter susan hogan explains why automakers are allowed to recall without a remedy. and you have heard about police having body cameras. what about school principals? it's happening in some schools in virginia. why principals say it is a necessary alternative. not bad today but who is ready for a little bit of snow to kick off spring? yep, it's coming this weekend. we'll tell you about the accumulation we could see across the aa andre

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here at the live desk, we're getting some sad news out of woodbridge. firefighters have just discovered some human remains at a townhouse that burned down yesterday. the fire started on ponderosa court. three town homes in the row have been deemed

look inside and that's where a man was unaccounted for. today they were finally able to get in there and they found remains in the home. they're still working to confirm if that's the body of the missing man. going to stay on top of this and bring you any updates on the nbc washington app. >> chris lawrence. it's like driving around in a ticking time bomb. that's how a reston man says he feels after he received a vehicle safety recall notice alerting him to potential problems with his air bags. >> but the parts to fix them not available. he turned to news4 consumer reporter susan hogan who investigated to get to the bottom of it. susan? >> that's right. it is one thing to wait a few weeks but over a year for a part? this reston car owner says that is totally unacceptable. >> we've got about 140,000 miles on it. >> reporter: every time skip milwaukee gets into his car he feels anxious. >> that's what we're doing right now is taking our chances. >> reporter: that's because of

toyota sent one year ago. its own wording described the recall as urgent in bold red letters because of an electronic defect air bags in certain model toyotas could inadvertently deploy. even without being in a crash or impact. in fact, according to toyota, the air bags have deployed when a car was stationary and reported numerous injuries. but the parts to fix the potential defect not currently available. and haven't been for a year. even if skip wanted to sell his avalon, he says he wouldn't. would you even be able to have the peace of mind to sell it now? >> no, because if i'm selling it to someone else, i would have to in good conscience tell you if you want to buy it, it has a recall you can't get fixed. >> for the consumer, that means you have a safety-related defect that can injure or kill you and you have to continue driving the vehicle until

somehow gets around to getting you a part. >> reporter: the national highway traffic and safety administration tells news4 there's no time frame a manufacturer must have parts or a remedy available when it issues a safety recall. however, the federal agency says it must be within a reasonable amount of time. nhtsa told us it's aware of challenging issues toyota had regarding the replacement parts for this particular recall and was monitoring it closely. last year nhtsa took enforcement akts against fiat, chrysler automobiles for how it handled 23 safety recalls, specifically taking too long to offer effective and timely recall remedies. nhtsa says it's also been working to speed up the recall repairs for the millions of car owners with takata air bags. the agency using a phase-in process as evident in this letter sent by toyota to a local dealer and obtained by news4. it shows the dealership will only get one to

takata air bags. >> in the interim we have consumers driving around in vehicles that have potentially deadly air bags in them. >> reporter: as for skip's recalled toyota avalon, toyota tells us parts have just been made available to dealers and affected customers will be notified any day. by the way, skip did get his car fixed. nhtsa tells us customers can file a complaint if it feels it's taking too long to remedy the recall. we have the information you need right now. just go to our nbc washington app and search vehicle recalls. >> thank you, susan. if you're planning to run in this year's marine corps marathon, online registration starts next week but you have to open up for the loterry. open our app for information on how to sign up. the 41st ma

sunday october 30th. will we be out of the snow zone by then. >> that's a good question. on this st. patrick's day meanwhile, traditional irish music filling the streets of downtown d.c. today. check it out. ♪ >> bagpipers, irish dancers greeted parishioners outside st. patrick's catholic church today. inside the church cardinal donald wurl celebrated mass. all right. talking snow. >> uh-huh. >> a little bit. >> and cherry blossom festival. >> day one. >> yeah, yeah. even if you were to ask snow lovers, they would probably say, no, don't want it. just too late in the season. we

second half of the weekend. so we're going to transition into that colder pattern starting late tomorrow. let's take a look at conditions out there right now. we've been tracking a few showers, light showers. storm team4 radar. you can see them there. now down through areas of anne arundel county, south towards st. mary's and calvert. very, very light. annapolis and calvert beach area making their way east and out of here. right now middleburg, a few more of these light showers. eventually maybe westminster, you might get a little wet with a shower coming through. evening impact forecast. we drop to the upper 50s by 8:00. not too bad. i think probably mid-50s by 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. it will start to get a little cool. as far as tomorrow goes, another mild day. our temperatures not quite as high as they were today. we'll have a little bit of a breeze too once again coming to our area during the afternoon but the weather will have a low impact on our area throughout your day tomorrow. so at the bus

pretty good start. 46 degrees expected inside the beltway. other locations about 40. then again 60 to maybe 65 degrees for high temperature tomorrow. again, sunshine we're expecting throughout the day tomorrow. if you're going out friday night up until about 9:00, 10:00 or so, still a bit breezy. we'll be dropping through the 50s and then saturday, saturday morning, our temperatures will be in the 40s. you can see still looking dry. there's your sky cast behind it there with just a few clouds. we'll be partly cloudy. jim handly has been asking me about this, will it still be dry for the day saturday. it looking like yes through the daylight hours. there's some snow that come in very late, 10:00 p.m., maybe midnight as the temperatures drop under 40 degrees, upper 30s. exercise, lunch outdoors around town for saturday. the only thing that gets the red light is for lunch outdoors. wait until next weekend.

get into the 30s and snow is falling across the area. right now it looks as though roads will just be wet with kind of a slushy mix coming our way. more conversational than anything. as far as the temperature, 40 degrees early part of next week in the 40s still and into the 70s, low to mid-70s by midweek. more on our sunday snowfall coming up on news4 at 6:00. well, nothing but positive feedback from about administrators wearing body cameras at a virginia high school. this week the school board voted to accept a donation of old body cameras from the police so in a few weeks the school leadership will be wearing them. they'll be worn at all times but will only record when necessary. the principal says body cameras work better than cell phones in some situations. >> it still allows us to have our hands available, you know, sometimes

the child. that can be relieving to them not to have a cell phone or a larger device. >> the school is still working to come up with the rules and regulations for using these cameras. now at 5:00, a possible hate crime is being investigated in connection with a donald trump rally. and then new at 6:00, a d.c. landmark comes back to life as

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there is even more fallout after that protest eer was suck punched at a donald trump rally last week. >> the deputies who were escorting the protesters out have been disciplined. adam in north carolina has more on their demotions and suspensions. >> reporter: it's the video that's been seen all over. 78-year-old jon mcgraw throwing an elbow to the head of ra kem jones, a proprotester being led out of the rally. piggy lives next door to

because he usually don't mess with nobody. he just stays in his trailer, does his work, and he don't mess with anybody around here. >> reporter: he's known as quick draw mcgraw. neighbors tell me in his younger days he was a soldier, a cowboy, and a golden gloves boxer. >> he's really, really good, floyd patterson, trained with sonny liston. he gave a scenario and a list of good fighters he used to train and spar with. >> reporter: now the spotlight is on this elbow to the head of jones and his comments to inside edition that have the naacp calling to toughen the investigation. >> knock the hell out of that big mouth. he deserved it. the next time we see him, we might have to kill him. >> we take this very seriously and we are calling that based on those statements this must be investigated not just as an assault but as a hate crime. >>

up with this kind of action at any place whether it's a rally or a public get together, whatever. >> well, three deputies were demoted and suspended for five days without pay. the other two received a three-day suspension. >> the reprimand is for unsatisfactory performance and failure to discharge their duties. all of the deputies will be on probation for a full year. now at 6:00, an alleged gunman is released from the hospital and held without bond. this as condolences continue to pour in for an officer ambushed and killed on the job. metro back open after an unprecedented shutdown, but could long-term shutdowns become more commonplace? a contractor detected a strong smell and then heard a loud bang. >> we did an initial testing and that testing revealed that there was chlorine in the air. >> reporter: tonight, the search for a cause after a chemical explosion hne

national zoo. right now a memorial is growing outside prince george's county police headquarters. >> the community is coming out to honor the officer who was ambushed and killed on the job. this is part of the tribute to officer jacai colson and the department put up a sign on the station door to mark the tragedy. as people mourn the loss, we're learning more about the man who allegedly started the shootout. bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: we know now that that man is being held without bond. he will not be getting out of jail anytime soon, if ever again. and behind me here, this police car has been loaded up with flowers, people have been coming by to pay their respects to officer colson. today is the first full day that the district iii police station has opened since sunday's shootout that killed officer. >> kay colson. >> we're just trying to process our grief as best we can while still doing our job. >> reporter: six officers responded when police say gunman