now at 11:00, gathering in prayer for the safe return of a woman missing now for nearly a week. she's a firefighter, a tri athlete, and she may be somewhere inside shenandoah national park.

metro responds tonight to a scathing report about safety defects across the rail system. what metro says it's doing about it. and the investigation not over yet. who could end up deciding whether the man who shot two prince georges county firefighters will face charges? news 4 at 11:00 starts now. good evening. tomorrow will mark six days since anyone saw a 31-year-old firefighter and tri athlete from woodbridge. >> authorities found her car on saturday at shenandoah national forest. despite searching until sundown again tonight, there's still no sign of her. >> news 4 is live at the church where family and friends gathered to pray for her safe return. >> reporter: nicole has many people who care for her very much. and they can't rest until

found. ♪ 'twas grace that taught >> reporter: family and friends of firefighter nicole mittendorf gathered tonight. they lit candles and prayed for the safe return of the 31-year-old who was last heard from via text on april 13 and reported missing after she did not show up for work on april 15. >> tonight we're just coming to the to cry out for nicole's safe return and just a loving support of her family and friends. >> reporter: virginia state police released images from the search conducted today that focuses on several miles of federal parkland surrounding the white oak canyon trail in madison county, they found her mini cooper at the parking area at the trail entrance shortly before 8:00 saturday. she's described as a

athlete and runner. friends theorized she may have gone there to work out. >> the stresses of the job are really, really difficult. so sometimes she likes to get out and run and challenge herself and get away from the stress. and we're hoping that she's just there needing our help now. >> reporter: a facebook page called "find nicole now", has been created. her husband posted on facebook over the weekend, thanking everyone for their efforts. live in woodbridge, jackie benson, news 4. le here at the live desk we just got our hands on a letter that was sent to metro's gm that may worry anyone riding the rails. empty fire extinguishers have been discover and lights all over the tunnels that don't work. the shutoff switches are supposed to cut power to the third rail in an emergency, and some of them are broken. the

administration just wrapped up a so-called safety blitz in which they investigated safety concerns across the entire system. they also found filthy emergency signs and piles of debris blocking emergency exits. the letter says in combination with one another, these defects create a systemic safety condition that significantly limits metro's ability to manage a fire or a smoke emergency in the tunnel. now our transportation reporter has been tweeting a lot of this. he just alerted this to metro's response. officials are saying they're conducting employee safety briefings this week and all the critical items are receiving priority attention. jim? >> thank you. it will likely be up to a grand jury whether the man who shot and killed a prince georges county firefighter will face any charges. friday two firefighters forced their way into a home in temple hills maryland after the homeowner's brother called 9

medical emergency inside. when the firefighters got inside the house, the man opened fire, killing firefighter paramedic john you will maniy schnyder. and the man could appear before a grand jury as early as tomorrow. >> there are any number of pieces of evidence that have to be analyzed. ballistic tests, witnesses that we have not had an opportunity to interview at this point. but when are able to reach that point, we are likely to present that case to a grand jury. >> he said i thought the firefighters were intruding and feared for his safety. police are searching tonight for the person who killed a transgender woman in a hotel room in rockville. investigators say 22-year-old kiana mo

she was born in upper marlborough, lived in d.c. and worked as a makeup artist. police believe she may have been working as a prostitute. police want to know anything that may have something to do with her death. i'm standing at fourth and hamilton street. police have blocked off the intersection behind my and put up yellow crime scene tape. a man was shot in the stomach. he is conscious and breathing and was rushed to the hospital. meanwhile, police are talking to people in the area, going door to door, asking people did they hear anything, did they hear shots fired, screams, anything whatsoever. police are gathering details, and we'll bring you updates as they become available on our nbc washington app. no word on any suspects. news 4. the death toll in that

has grown to 413. we've also learned that at least one american is among the dead. the state department says u.s. officials have been in touch with the family, but they have not released the person's name. the quake's magnitude was 7.8. apartment danger isn't over yet. more than 200 aftershocks have rattled area making rescues dangerous. now to a story you saw first here on news 4. an active shooter training exercise during roll call is under investigation. a d.c. police sergeant had an officer unload his gun and pretend to be an active shooter in a room filled with 10 to 20 armed officers. that officer pointed the gun at another officer and then pulled the trigger on the unloaded gun. that's according to sources familiar with the investigation. police chief kathy lanear says it's too soon to make a conclusion.

summary of it. an official sergeant who was trying to do a training exercise, and there was some confusion about the training exercise, and i haven't even seen a preliminary on it yet. >> no one was hurt, but at least one officer is on medical leave due to stress. [ chanting ] >> hundreds of families rallied outside the u.s. supreme court today. they want the high court to uphold president obama's executive actions on immigration. texas is leading 26 states that are challenging programs that could allow about 4 million immigrants to stay in the u.s. and receive work permits. the justices appear split on the issue, and questions from chief justice john roberts indicate he could be the swing vote. philadelphia is feeling some pain tonight. the caps put a stranglehold on their playoff series with the flyers. >> they're celebrating a big win tonight, and carol, we noticed

twitter in philly. >> reporter: that doesn't surprise me. so much fun is another way to describe it. you know how it sounded towards the end of the game for the caps as i'm standing on the bench? silence. that's exactly what they love to hear at wells fargo center. it was a beat down, but it didn't start that way. the turning point was in the second period and came with alex ovechkin coming off the bench. and a laser shot past the goalie! after trailing 1-0, the caps put up six unanswered. they lead the series three games to none, now determined to keep it going. >> they're going to have to win four straight now. we don't want to let them off the hook. and i think our guys are, we've got good maturity in our dressing room. we've learned from past experiences, and guys are growing, and we'll be dy

historic sweep. we're going to tell you what it means to the franchise to be up three games to none, coming up later in sports. a new poll out shows donald trump maintaining his lead in the national polls over senator ted cruz and governor john kasich. the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows trump with 40% from gop primary voters. cruz follows at 35%. kasich gets 24%. the margin of error about 5. 5.5%age points. tonight, a bunch of people had to be escorted out. cruz is focussing on states like maryland who vote next tuesday. hillary clinton is pushing back against claims of improper

fund-raising by bernie sanders' campaign manager. her campaign says sanders is resorting to negative campaigning because he doesn't have a clear path to the nomination. sanders spent the day campaigning on long island. he says polling has consistently underestimated his campaign, and the real poll happens tomorrow. the u.s. is sending 200 more troops to iraq to help in the fight against isis. ash carter made the announcement in baghdad today. lester holt was in iraq with carter and talked with him about the plan. >> how do you respond to those who say the incremental approach just doesn't get the job done? >> well, we going to accelerate this campaign every time we find an opportunity to do so. i'm very comfortable that our operational approach is the right one. >> the u.s. will also send more mobile rocket launchers and apache helicopters to iraq.

john geer reacts to a plea deal. plus, get ready to vote, not just for president but to name the eaglets nesting in washington, d.c.'s arboretum. 85 degrees, near 20 degrees above

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>> d.c. native owen danhoff competing on "the voice." america's choosing who gets to move on to the next round. we talked to owen about the support he's been getting here at home. >> i am absolutely blown away from the support i've gotten from everybody in d.c. every venue that i've played at. everybody really is rooting for me, and i'd just say thank you so much and keep voting so i can stick around. [ laughter ] >> you heard it. now you can vote for owen until noon tomorrow. we'll learn who lands in the bottom two tomorrow at 8:00 on nbc 4. getter will save one and the other will head home. after almost three years of investigation and police reforms, the former fairfax county officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in 2013 may spend only a few more months in pris

adam torres faced a second degree murder charge in the killing of john geer but madpled guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors will seek a one-year jail term. >> he has admitted to at least a felony and that is, that helps the situation as far as i'm concerned a little bit. >> prosecutors say they were prepared to argue that torres was the only officer to point his gun at geer during a stand off with police and that geer's empty hands were visible. torres has already served eight months of his sentence. hey, when you get your pepco bill, you may notice

little smaller. the credits will be reflected on your next bill. maryland rate pairs got their first $50 credit last week. the so-called forever loyal bandit strikes again at leesburg pike. he passed a note saying he had a weapon and dedemanded cash. this is his sixth robbery since 2014. the nation's fourth largest city still crippled tonight by floodwaters. at least five people are dead in houston, texas after what officials are calling an unprecedented rain. right now there's a state of disaster in nine counties. major highways look like lakes. tens of thousands of homes flooded and without power still. public

down, and schools are closed for 1 million students. >> and they got like a foot of rain? a -- >> yeah. >> all at once? >> some areas saw 18 inches of rain. there was over 1,000 water rescues today, 1,000. >> you can't prepare for that kind of rainfall. >> you really can't. they knew it was coming, and they had the flash flood watches up, but the interstates, we always say don't drive through flooded roadways. there were a number of people driving through, and the roadways literally came up as they were driving through. they didn't drive through them, the roadway swallowed them. as great as our weather has been, the weather has been nasty across the country, even out towards colorado, 2-4 feet of snow over the last couple of days, but here, nothing like that. 85 degrees was the high. and here we are at 11:00 at 68 degrees. that's the average high for today. look where the numbers are, still at 72 a

and down towards clinton, maryland. and waldorf at 58. the biggest concern is the allergies. trees on the high side for sure for that pollen. pollen is going to be a big-time factor over the next couple days, and a lot of you are talking about that. no rain, we do need rain, not just because of the pollen, but we've been fatherbeen fairly dr. we've got high clouds streaming on through through our region. our area of high pressure starting to break down a little bit. you've got the big storm out west. look at the huge spin here, that's what brought the snow back toward denver, they may see more tonight back towards the mountains and more rain towards the houston region, fortunately, the heaviest rain has ended. for us, a mix of clouds tomorrow morning.

82 degrees. another fantastic afternoon. 79 degrees in gaithersburg. win chester coming in at about 78 degrees. what can you do tomorrow? get the car washed. get the pollenff of there. you wake up with a nice little yellow film on your car. it will be back after another day or two. but at least you'll have a clean car for a day or so. next couple of days, notice the change here. 82 on tuesday, down to 71 on wednesday. that's cooler, but we're still a little bit above average, then we go right back up. 75 on thursday, 78 on friday we are tracking ha chana chance fo showers on friday. that will cool us a little toward the weekend. high temperatures on saturday, 72, sunday around 75. this will be the first time in a long time that we have back to back weekends that are very nice, warmer than average and don't have rain. >> got to be happy abt

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lead, but eventually, it was talent that took over. the most telling stat of the night, the flyers, converted five of their power play opportunities. alex ovechkin looking to go 3-0 for the first time in franchise history. early on in this game, down a goal, they get it right back. john carlson has been on fire. that one deflected in by marcus y joe hanson. watch alex ovechkin. the caps go up 2-1. they don't look back from there. insurance goal coming. justin williams firing hard off the glass here. steve mason can't handle the rebound. watch it settle down, nice goal there. the caps go up 3-1. and midway through the period you see flyers fans leaving the arena.

they're leaving the arena. caps go on to win this one easy by a final score of 6-1. with that, we bring in carol maloney who managed to survive at wells fargo center. i know the fans were pretty rowdy there. some key shots by both teams, most notably by ryan white of the flyers, what was the focus tonight for the group? >> reporter: i think the key to keeping their focus was keeping their composure no matter what happens, it's that simple. and the capitals are up 3 games to one. the last time they were up to three games to none in the best of seven series, never. dominating performance tonight. you'd never know it by the measured tone in the locker room afterwards. >> we didn't get away from our game. focussed on what we were supposed to do, and, you know, that's all we're here to do. and it's a b

in philadelphia than obviously, in washington. they came with everything. yeah, we're okay, i think we're a bigger team than them, physically, but, you know, we're more concerned about winning the series. >> i think we played a really good season, but, you know, we want to win. they're going to come even harder and stronger and faster the next game, so you know, we got to up the level, too. >> reporter: one win away. can they do it? well, we don't know about the fans, but we will be here wednesday night as the capitals go for the historic sweep. jason, back to you. >> thanks so much, carol. game four wednesday night. we're going to move on and talk baseball now. nats and marlins from the sunshine state. four games set between these two teams. first inning, tanner roark already having some trouble. plenty of green grass in that

the marlins go up 3-0. the nats left ten runners on base in this game. the final score 6-1.

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