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southeast washington. police on scene here after a police cruiser was fired on. i'll have details. >> a university puts out an alert about sexual assaults. i'm shomari stone. more about it all new tonight at 11:00. and thanks for joining us. i'm jim handly. >> i'm doreen gentzler. tense moments tonight after a man opened fire on a dc police cruiser. jack i ben sen is off martin luther king jr. avenue in southeast with how it all went down. >> reporter: this happened in broad daylight. people were walking down the street at the time. a dc police cruiser sits at an angle in the 600 block of mellon street southeast surrounded by yellow markers indicating shell casings and evidence. officials say it happened fast and unexpectedly. about 5:45, a man began shooting at the passing police vehicle. >> this was an unprovoked attack between the subject and the officers. >> the officers drew weapons and returned fire. in the chaos, a

to avoid the gunfire threw her car into reverse colliding with a lexus suv behind her. the officers were able to locate and arrest the man who fired at them. >> there was an apprehension of the subject. he was wasted shortly thereafter and two firearms were recovered. >> there were no injuries, not even the two people involved in the crash. in southeast washington, jack i ben sen, news4. the paris attack suspect arrested just days before the brussels attacks will make his first court appearance tomorrow. >> and now we're learning that salah abdeslam play add i key role in the airport and metro bombings in belgium. team coverage of the developments starting at the live desking with chris lawrence and the search for american survivors. >> we just learned the state department has not accounted for all-american workers in brussels or their families. right now they're trying to track down both government employees and other uz citizens. agents in brussels are in the middle of a

one suspect who they think went on the run after the attacks on tuesday. now word from turkey that they warned belgium about one of the terrorists nearly a year before he died in tuesday's blast. ibrahim bakraoui and his accomplices detonated several bombs at the airport and train station allegedly killing 31 people. one of the bombmakers they thought got away but now think he died in the blast, as well. if they can place the bombmaker at the scene it helps connect the dots between belgium and france last year. richard engel is digging into that connection from brussels. >> reporter: it unfolded like this. back in paris amid the shootings and bombings, one of the attackers salah abdeslam made it away. he made it to belgium where a senior official said he rebuilt what was left of the cell and started to plan for new atrocities.

three suitcase bombs in the airport attack weighed as much as 44 pounds each and belgian authorities today uncovered a huge stock mile of explosives the terrorists left behind. >> what does that say to you about what they found? >> we found detonators and material to produce them. we know how they operated. >> thomas is a counter-terrorism expert who advises the belgian government. >> the question one is whether that factor was used for other operations for making other bombs that might still be out there. so that is something we need to be very careful with. >> reporter: this is yet another house police have raided as they follow the evidence trail. we don't know all the details what they found inside but what is clear they are very much playing catch up. >> they found ibrahim's will on a computer left in a dumpster. he said he felt hunted

end up in jail. >> an arlington woman fought off two men who tried to abduct her while she was walking last night. those two attackers are still on the loose. the victim was in the 200 block of north columbus street when one of the men put a bag or shirt over her face while one of the men covered her mouth, the other assaulted her and touched her inappropriately. last summer, there were a number of reported assaults in arlington but it's not clear if this attack is connected. there's a new alert tonight on the campus of george maven university. police are warning students will sex assaults that happened in campus residence halls over past week. shomari stone talked to students today who say they're being more careful since the alerts went out. >> i'm astonished by it. >> reporter: blair is concerned after receiving an alert. it said two of students reported being raped. >> i

else. if not, i'll be more aware of my surroundings. >> reporter: one student reported to police a man she knows raped her in a student residence hall or in an off campus apartment last thursday. the she says she may have unknowingly ingisted a drug before the assault and in three other cases, police say students reported being sexually assaulted by men they met on an online dating app. at least one rape allegedly happened in a residence hall on the fairfax campus. students we talked to tell us they feel safe at george maven. >> i feel safe on the campus. i've been attending for four years. >> reporter: they like that the university sends out alerts. >> i am very impressed about the university's response. you constantly hear about universities covering stuff like this up. but george maven is very forward about any incidents that happen on its campus. >> reporter: tonight police are investigating the alleged sexual assault and urge anyone with information to c

maven police department. in fairfax, see marry stone, news4. new details now on a double shooting in waldorf, maryland, just moments ago, the charles county sheriff's office told us one of the men who was shot has died. the case is being investigated as a homicide. it happened just after 6:00 this evening on giddings court not far from the st. charles town center. the second victim is expected to survive. police still looking for a suspect. >> scary moments for passengers on a flight into reagan national. there wasorablely a call for smoke in a cockpit of a southwest flight arriving from chicago. firefighters checked out the plane after it landed and allowed it to taxi to a gate. everyone got off safely and the plane was collected again by firefighters. it is unclear if they found anything significant. >> we're days can away from the district rolling out a third party ambulance service. >> news4 obtained a special order from the fire chief

in the letter, fire and ems chief gregory dean said the private ambulances will help increase the availability of ambulances, provide more training and allow more preventive maintenance. the agency has come under fire for delayed response times and other problems lately. about 35 private ambulances will hit the streets on monday. tomorrow in prince george's county, family and friends will pay their final respects to detective jacai colson shot and killed by a fellow officer accidentally in a shoot-out. tomorrow the viewing is in beltsville from 2:00 to p.m. friday another viewing in upper marlboro. you can search colson on your nbc washington app for details on times and locations. one day after enjoying temperatures in the 70s, people in colorado were suffering through a spring blizzard that has shut down the

and some major highways out there. the snow was blowing in heavy and fast. driving conditions, drivers were sliding on the roadways and many got stuck in minnesota up to a foot of snow is expected in some spots. this monster storm prompting advisories from the rockies up to maine. >> our spring weather on the other end of the spectrum, our picture perfect weather made it a great day to see the start of the peak of the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. peak season is when there is 70% of the blossoms in full bloom on the trees. right now we're at 50 to 60% across the region. chief meteorologist doug cameron got a look at the blooms at the basin today. you looked like you were having a lot of fun. >> i did not want to come back. it was that nice down there. not where you go down and you're like i'm ready to go. it was so nice. so many people out there, as well. look at the numbers. when you get numbers like this, you just want to stay

75 degrees. low humidity. 76. that was the high in richmond today. 71 in hagerstown. warmer tomorrow. we get windy and a chance for shower activity. i'll track that shower activity and your weekend forecast all in a few minutes. >> . >> it's one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the country. doctors seeing more and more cases can of what some believe to be an older person's disease in young people. >> it's very vague. unwell. things were just different. i was fatigued. i wrote it off because i was a new mom. >> news4 your health. what you need to know when it comes to getting screened for colon cancer. >> if you live down south or know somebody who does, you probably heard them gush about publix. now it appears they're ready to open up shothop shop in our are >> it is washington's biggest race. we're talking about the marine corps marathon.

join us in the morning. we'll tell you everything you need to know to get registered for the race and, of course, it is easter weekend. coming

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brush fires look the marked tracks today could cause major headaches for you tomorrow. service on the camden line will be severely limited tomorrow. just three trains will run. the 610 and the 8:05 departures from camden yards and the 8:00 a.m. departure from union station. trains were held for hours between the laurel station and dorsey station tonight b

that cut into federally required rest time for the engineers. now, mark tells its computers could take the penn line or metro instead. >> news4 your health tonight. we all know about colon cancer. it can be deadly. but most of us think it's something for people over the age of 50 to worry about. now more and more cases are being diagnosed in younger people. and the uptick has doctors very worried. >> so it came out of the blue. i just had this terrible pain. >> abdominal pain became so severe i ended up in the er. >> two women under the age of 50 got the same surprising and terrifying diagnosis. >> and the doctor said, honey, we weren't able to complete the colonoscopy. we found a pretty significant tumor. >> she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer just a few days after her 27th birthday. >> i'm young and everything

i have zero family history of cancer. >> reporter: but cases can of colt lon cancer seem to be on the rise among younger people. doctors can aren't sure why. >> i learned that colon cancer was an old person disease that the didn't really start until you were about 50 but what we are observing is a shift, younger and younger folks getting it. so now we have patients in their 20s, 30s and 40s with colon recollecting cancer. >> reporter: dr. john marshall is the chief of hematology and oncology at med star georgetown university hospital. more than 100,000 cases of colon cancer are diagnosed every year. it's the second leading cause of cancer diegos in this country. the american chance he society recommends first time screening at age 50 unless there's family history of the disease. >> so the big trick here is if 50 is the line when you're supposed to be screened are, these people who are younger than 50 would never be

happened to austin. >> they did every single test imaginable. it's not your gal bladder, not your appendix. >> excruciating pain sent her to the hospital two summers ago but the cancer wasn't diagnosed till months later. and by then it had spread to her liver. doctors operated immediately and after a year of chemotherapy she is now disease free. 36-year-old amanda feigel was always tired but thought she wasn't feeling well because she was a new mother. >> my maine symptom was abdominal pain. >> doctors thinking it was an ovarian problem did exploratory surgery and found nothing. >> they recommended the colonoscopiy. that's when we figured out there was such a large tumor they couldn't complete procedure. >> reporter: they removed the tumor but some of the casser had spread to her abdominal cavity. au though she is still considered stage 4, her latest scan showed no evidence of disease. >> so the challenge

is to determine should we change the rules. should we in fact, begin screening at an earlier age to detect these folks. >> both amanda and austin stress the importance of paying attention to your symptoms. and both are feeling grateful about their second chance. >> it just gives you a different perspective on life. >> every minute, every day that i have with her and my husband seems just more colorful. and anmore precious. >> doctors don't know why more young people are getting diagnosed with colon cancer but stress that paying attention to your body and your symptoms getting checked out is something feels not quite right. for a list of colon cancer symptoms and testing go to the nbc washington app and search colon cancer. >> people have been sharing this story all day on our facebook pages. the grocery store chain publix says it is ready to open stores in virginia, including northern virginia. store officials won't say

where yet. the chain currently has 1100 stores in six southern states. this florida native says come on in. they are big. >> i bet it's loudoun county. >> they've got wegman's. >> now they're going to get a publix. >> the more the merrier. >> man. >> so you dragged yourself back from the cherry blossoms to join us here in the office tonight. >> i was missing a lawn chair. that was really nice out there. so many people. really thousands of people down there a little bit earlier this afternoon. the blossoms starting to get in full bloom right now. absolutely gorgeous a little bit earlier. then the sunset and look what started coming up, the full moon. do i have that video? oh. >> street lights. >> trust me. >> we can imagine how beautiful it was into close your eyes right now and just look at that full moon coming up over the d.c. skyline. isn't that just gorgeous. >> it's three times bigger

right now, temperatures across the area 60. winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. that southerly wind keeping us on the warm side. look at these numbers. 64 in fredericksburg, 54 in gaithersburg, 60 in haggerstown. we are falling into the upper 40s martinsburg, 4 culpepper. nothing on the radar. we call there clutter. don't worry about it. not anything going on. we're war still seeing clear skies which would enable you to see the full moon. look out to the west. this storm is a monster storm. blizzard conditions can around the denver area today. some locations close to 20 inches of snow. now bringing severe weather towards dallas and little rock. a confirmed tornado on the ground around arkansas. that storm system moves our way. we're going to see some shower activity from it. no severe weather from that. tomorrow entplenty of sunshine. nice and warm. here comes the showers. it's actually early friday

showers starting to move in. it may affect your morning rush. 10:00 a.m. nor numerous showers during the afternoon, we start to see clearing in afternoon. maybe an isolated shower. good idea to keep the umbrella handy. cherry blossom planner if you're going to go down tomorrow, 54 at 7:00 a.m. 74 warm a little breezy around 3:00. just a beautiful day no matter what you're doing. taking the drive down, taking the bike, taking the feet, 69 on friday. 80% chance of showers. we'll see those during the day. cooler on saturday. >> upper 50s to around 60. you may need the jacket. easter sunday, high of 68. a pretty good chance of rain on monday. some of the rain could be a little bit heavier. let's focus on tomorrow. >> a lot of positive weather news to focus on for a change. >> thank you. >> coming up, home not so the

plus maryland getting ready for more madness and the basketball team not the only ones

this is the x event sportsdesk brought to you by x event. your home for the most live sports. >> dave's back from the phone booth. not a real happy time for wizards fan. >> there was a hall of fame broadcaster in baltimore that once said when the things went well for the home team had, keep the beer cold. >> the wizards had the winning script for five poob

games including monday's win over the hawks in atlanta. with the hawks and the wids opponent again tonight, the home fans were eager, you might say for an encore performance. the wizards first home game winning streak since december of 2014. instead the hawks changed the lines and the result. ran can idy whitman's team focused. only a game and a half out of a playoff spot. first quarter off the turnover, john wall, a nice pass to otto porter. 11 points for porter. wizards up five early. under a minute to play. this is a nice drive. gets him to go, 13 points and ten assists for wall. in the third though, atlanta back up two. dennis shrewder is able to get to the bucket and foul. 23 off the bench. hawks up four. hawks taking advantage of the turnovers. pass ahead to mike scott, former cavalier. that's a sla

winning streak. playoff push on a slippery slope. widss now 2 1/2 games out of the playoffs. maryland fans, you might say are dreaming i think extra sweet dreams tonight. the terrapins will tip off against top seeded kansas in less than 24 hours. but forget the rankings. maryland believes it is ready for its sweet 16 moments and even more ready the band. carroll maloney is with the team and as always with the band. ♪ >> reporter: strike up the band for practice. sweet music. new to the sweet 16. >> anything i guess to help us get going we're all for. we're glad to have the band here supporting us. tomorrow we're expecting a big crowd. >> reporter: one of the most noticeable differences to the guys from the first weekend to the sweet 16 is the number of media that have shown up to cover this game. >> the media is even bigger, more di

it's less teams. so it's almost double the media. so the assignment for the games, more people's going to be watching these games. we decided we've been waiting or whole lives for this. i know me personally growing up watching the tournament. i always wanted to be in this moment. >> all eyes on the teams that are left. that's the biggest difference. everything else is the same. what it comes down to, we're going to play basketball. so you know, there's not too much, much of a difference just a different city and more media. >> reporter: all ready to watch the terps take a big shot at a top seed. carroll maloney, news4 sports. >> i get it. big shot. carroll puts the scrum in media scrum. nit, george washington taking on florida. back and forth game. gw looking to put away. kevin larsson, pretty nice spin move put the colonials up eight. the gators kept chomping. case i hill fi

the game at 55. just under a minute to play, gw up one. taylor cavanaugh with the three-point dagger. gw wins it. first time in school history they'll play san diego tuesday at madison square garden. thanks to my getaway car driver jonathan morris because you scared me last night i won the make it back in time. >> calling the game for the radio and getting it back for the 11 news, that's pretty go

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