>> reporter: just within the last hour, i had the opportunity to speak to a relative of the man who was shot and killed during this exchange of gunfire. he says the family is very concerned about what happened. they are raising questions and they want a thorough investigation, which the police are promising. it's important to note that the chief came out today, held a press conference. but right now they're not laying out the exact sequence of events and what exactly happened leading up to the shooting. in this video posted on twitter, you can see some of what unfolded on holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood last night. we're not showing the entire video because of its graphic nature. in the portion we are not showing, you hear shots. you see the suspect on the ground and an officer fall. police say the video only shows a small part of what happened. >> i'm hopeful that anyone who's looking at one small piece of evidence doe d

conclusions. >> reporter: this man says he's a relative of the suspect who was killed. he doesn't want to be identified. >> because for him to be on the ground and them still shooting, that's not a good thing. that's definitely not a good thing. he was on the ground and he's shot already. >> reporter: the shooting happened around 10:40 at night, police responding to an earlier report of shots fired. they tried to stop the suspect identified as 48-year-old timothy williams of no fixed address. there's a struggle, then an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. the suspect is shot and killed. two officers are also shot. both are expected to be okay. the chief was asked if this was a case of friendly fire. >> that's another thing that we will have to determine. we don't know at this point. >> reporter: police who responded did activate their body cams. that footage is being reviewed as part of the investigation. this woman has lived in the trinidad neighborhood for decades. she picks up trash to kee

clean. she's also dismayed by the violence. >> it's horrible. nothing has never happened in this area like that. we have a little robbery, people snatching purses or something, but not no shootings. >> reporter: what you're looking at is a picture that was released by d.c. police this afternoon. they say this shows the suspect's gun that they recovered from the shooting scene last night. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i spoke to a woman who lives right across the street here. she says that her house was damaged in that exchange of gunfire. i'm going to show you some of that damage coming up. a prince george's county mother is facing murder charges. police say she admitted she shot and killed her teenage son. investigators say 48-year-old angelique chase shot the 17-year-old inside their home on in cli

the two. >> reporter: repoez -- were reportedly having an argument. that part of this story will be coming up at 5:30. a taxi driver from woodbridge will spend the next 11 years in prison for trying to aid isis. according to court documents, he drove another woodbridge man to richmond so he could nigh fly t syria to join and fight with isis. they say the two men used an app to try and hide their communications from authorities. both men were arrested last year during an fbi sting. and in what felt like at times a campaign speech, president trump addressed a crowd of,000 those thousands. he criticized

touted his accomplishments. he also said in the coming days there will be more action to keep america safe. >> we are going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. the gop will be from now on the party also of the american worker. i'm against the people that make up stories and make up sources. let their names be put out there. >> taking a closer look at the president's speech and some of his claims, on those unnamed sources, the president himself has used unnamed sources quite a bit. perhaps most nom prominently in 2012 when he led the birther movement.

he never during that time provided any evidence of who that source was. today he also said, quote, very few people are covered by obamacare, when in fact since 2010 the number of people who were uninsured has dropped by 20 million. and the president also told the crowd at cpac about a line of people six blocks long waiting to get in. nbc news crews inside found the convention center at capacity of 4,000. crews outside did not see any lines. there were peaceful protesters outside of the cpac venue. they went toe to toe with trump supporters today. but not in the way you might expect. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins live for us in national harbor to show us how the debate unfolded today. >> reporter: we were here just in case there were going to be large numbers of protesters and demonstrators. that's not what happened here. what we f

people who were very peaceful in their protests. and then some members of -- some of the folks attending cpac came out, interacted with these people. here's what we saw next. >> the middle class is being hurt the most by these. >> i don't think it's a perfect policy. >> try to repeal this. >> i'm not a politician. i'm not a policy maker. >> no wall, no ban! >> let's talk about -- i mean, i'm biassed on this for sure. >> it's definitely something -- >> brought up an anecdotal rebuttal to that. >> the thing with that was it was settled in court and he was never guilty. >> great dialogue. and some people are angry about certain groups that are here and somepe

>> i think a lot of people have a lot of questions, you know. i think everyone generally loves the country and people just really have questions that they don't necessarily have the answers to. >> reporter: folks on both sides say that the dialogue that they had out here, outside of cpac was an interesting one. while many minds didn't walk away changed, they enjoyed the conversations they had with one another. cpac ends tomorrow. veteran journalists are saying they've never seen anything like it. the white house blocked multiple news outlets from an informal on the record white house briefing this afternoon. news organizations including "new york times," cnn and politico were barred from that briefing today. a number of major news organizations were allowed in. and that group included nbc, abc, cbs and fox

several conservative outlets were also allowed in. heading outside, a lot of people ditching their winter coats for their shorts, their flip-flops today. >> the calendar says february, we think. but you wouldn't know it from this weather out there. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is keeping an eye on some of the changes on the way. doug, are you indoors? or are you smart and out on the weather deck? >> this warm weather ushering in an early allergy season. >> reporter: if you've got allergies, we've got tree pollen. if you've been waiting for our face to face ch famous cherry blossoms, this is one of the first cherry blossom trees to pop. it traditionally comes out at the end of march or early april. it's a month early. throughout our area trees are beginning to bud, which means trouble for

the trees are beginning to bloom. pollen is in the air. people with allergies who expect to suffer in the spring have gotten a february surprise. >> the weather has just been so hot that i've been -- my nose has been running, my eyes have been watery. it's been pretty bad. >> reporter: the temperatures in the 70s, it's time for a drive with the sunroof open, a family walk, lunch outside soaking up the sun. >> and i think i actually got a little bit of a suntan in that 30 minutes. it's amazing. >> reporter: but our warm february comes at a price. if you have allergies, you're probably feeling them today. >> my head is always stuffy. the heat makes it stuffy, makes it hard to breathe. >> reporter: in rockville dr. ready says he has seen an increase in allergy patients this week. i asked what

can do. >> flonase which is very benign on the body and works reasonably well. one of those nasonex, flonase, over the counter now. if they can't tolerate it, take claritin or zyrtec. zblrge >> reporter: ahead, advice on what to do with those over the counter medications and remedies don't work. a lovely night tonight for walking the dog here in bethesda. we're not the only ones out in it. doug kammerer is on our news4 weather deck with the insight on what's going on outside. >> is that your wife behind you? >> reporter: yes. and this is debbie and this is buddy. >> i know where you're going after this show. i see what's going on here.

out there right now temperatures in the 70s all across the area. high temperatures today -- just look at these numbers, 76 d.c., near 80 down towards warrenton. that has made the pollen explode. tree pollen extremely high. not just for this time of year but extremely high for any time of year really but especially for the early spring. everything else on the low side. a great night tonight, expecting storms tomorrow. coats tomorrow night. it gets a lot colder starting tomorrow night right on through the day on sunday. i'll take you hour by hour with the future weather showing when those storms move in coming up in just about ten minutes. we want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey today about your spring allergies. have they kicked in yet? head to the nbc washington facebook page and let us know.

>> reporter: i'm julie carey at northern virginia community college where these young women are coming together for some special training on how to run for office starting with student government. it's called elect her. coming up, how the current political climate impacts their political ambitions. plus, he was a legend in maryland basketball whose life ended far too soon. coming up the piece of memorabilia that is now on the auction block. they are living legends. how the city of alexandria is planning to honor three men who have been making a difference in the lives of area children for more than 40 years.

>> reporter: she learned important lessons about how to reach voters. >> you have to understand people who are different than you. >> reporter: annandale campus treasurer had this tip about how she over came her fears. >> the friez faphrase fake it u make t

really. >> reporter: in the wake of the women's march she says she has lots of ideas. she kwcame here to find out howo convey her ideas. >> i'm not getting out there and i need to know how to actually use that voice, use those great idea and put it out there to people, get everyone collectively together and try to spark some change. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, a local woman who's first run at the virginia general assembly has unexpected momentum thanks to the women's march. the democratic national committee is meeting in atlanta as it tries to determine a new leader and figure out its way forward. the democratic party struggling right now with republicans controlling the white house, the congress and 33 state governorshi governorships. tomorrow members of the dnc will vote on a new chairperson.

among those, tom perez and minnesota congressman keith ellison. three alexandria men will be honored this weekend for their decades of inspiring the city's youth. >> the three men are former employees at alexandria's rec department. they are still as active as possible with the city's youth. all worked for more than four decades during some of the most difficult times after integration. lawrence elliot, traverse gray and jackie mason were coaches and mentors for thousands of children. many of those children went onto become professional athletes, successful businessmen and are themselves now mentors to youth. >> this year we chose to recognize three legends who we believe were worthy of recognition. they're widely recognized as individuals who made significant contributions to the children and youth in this community. >> their work came during some of the most

the city. >> i think everyone recognizes that the remember the titans movie, the 1971 football team here, many of the players on that team and certainly players on subsequent high school sports teams here were mentored by these individuals. they were ahead of their times with respect to the idea that they were providing great services, providing one on one and group mentorship, working with families to make sure their children were well taken care of in the alexandria communities. >> the three men will be honored on sunday at a banquet at the lee center richard kaufman auditorium on jefferson street. search alexandria recreation in the nbc washington app. and want to let you know that each year the alexandria does a black history month. this is the first year they are recognizing legends for

some fifth graders from d.c. got a chance to recreate history today. >> boy, was this a big day for them. they took a field trip down to the lincoln memorial and stood in the very spot where martin luther king, jr. gave his "i have a dream" speech. >> we have come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. >> the children were so excited to be there. that little boy had the honor of reciting both the first and the last part of dr. king's speech. the students are from watkins elementary school in southeast washington. they took turned today delivering parts of king's iconic speech back in 1963. d.c. schools stepping up efforts now around middle school students. still to come, the multimillion dollar investment that may have em

different light. a new mother faces desertion charges for not returning to

while we're enjoying this unseasonably warm weather, parts of the midwest are having this, a major blizzard. this is what it looks like

sue ci sioux city, iowa. it shattered a snowfall record set in 1924. eight inches of snow and the snow there is still falling. this has to do with the jet stream, right? >> oh yeah. doesn't that look glorious? >> no. >> from afar, it does. >> from 74 degrees here, it does look dplglorious. >> the jet stream is moving into california bringing them all the rain and snow and moving up towards the great lakes. for us, we've been nothing but warm for the month of february. and if our forecast holds, this will be the warmest february ever in our region. you didn't need me to tell you that. look at the numbers. right now 69 degrees. temperatures dropping through the 60s by around 9:00 tonight. around 62, 63 degrees by that time. a great night to get out and about. the river and the bay, notice the temperatures alonghe

only 60 degrees right now patuxent river. 74 down towards culpepper. no rain right now, but we are going to be seeing some rain during the day tomorrow. again, tonight, dry. if you're thinking about getting outdoors maybe you're going to eat outside. great night to do it tonight. after 7:00 looking perfect. sun goes down by the way just before 6:00. really going to be quite nice. saturday, sunday, no, probably not going to be eating outdoors on saturday or sunday. much colder weather moves in, rather windy weather too. you can see where the jet stream is going here, right up across in towards canada. that's why we're so warm. any time you see a line of storms here -- and there is a good chance for severe weather today in ohio -- then you see snow back to the west, we're in store for a strong cold front. 6

40 in chicago. much cooler temperatures moving in after a very mild start. tomorrow morning starting off very nicely. really even through the 9, 10, 11, 12:00 hour, most of d.c. still looking nice. if you want to get things done outdoors, do it before noon. i-81 around the blue ridge around that noon hour. watch what happens around 2:00. very close to the d.c. metro area. toward the chesapeake baby around 4:00. this had been a hard hitting and quick hitting storm moving on through. may only last a half an hour but may pick up a quick quarter inch of rain. as the rain moves on out tomorrow, it just gets cold and windy. watch out for that too. tomorrow night going to be much colder. forecast tomorrow, 72 degrees early. then storms rolling through, turning windy

a lot of you have been calling and asking can we fertilize. i just talked to speepeople froe local nurseries. they said don't do anything just yet. maybe next week, though. 50 degrees on sunday. 58 on monday. 65 degrees on tuesday. slight chance of showers tuesday. not a big deal. 68 on wednesday. could be showers, maybe another thunderstorm as a another strong storm moves through. wi behind that we're a lot colder, 46 of saturday. then we jump right back to 60 degrees. winter hasn't been doing very well lately. spring is kicking its butt. you would think it would be clean, but your sink may actually be harboring and spreading germs. the surprising studyb

that's happening. another eagle egg in the national arboretum nest. that couple not the only pair expecting this spring. a look at what's behind the resurgence in the district's bald eagle population. >> reporter: a teen is dead, his mother was charged with his murder. i'll have

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>> reporter: a mother and son have words. there's a struggle and then a shot rings out. police were called to thisme

night. there was a report of a shooting. when they got here they found the victim, 17-year-old christopher perry. he died later at an area hospital. >> our responding officers were able to arrest the victim's mother, who our detectives have determined was the one who shot her son. >> reporter: 48-year-old angelique chase is charged with first and second degree murder in connection with the shooting. police say she admitted her role in her son's death. one neighbor did describe a very protective and often stern mother. >> a nice young man, very respectful. he tried to do everything she asked. >> reporter: yet another mother says chase lived for her children and everything she did whiz do was done for christopher and an older sister. there was a nephew of the victim in the house at the time of the shooting. >> the argument was over a brief period of time, which

led to the suspect retrieving a gun. >> reporter: christopher perry was a senior at grace brethren christian school. he played soccer and ran track. according to his father, was applying to colleges at the time of his death. now, his school was just up the street. you can literally see frit the front yard of their house. we're told some students from that school visit the home earlier. a letter has gone out with students telling parents that there's no threat to the school overall and that grief counselors will be on hand to help them deal with the loss. coming up, we'll talk to the prince george's county state's attorney who has made domestic violence or fighting domestic violence a hallmark of her tenure. she says this case just highlights the issues they still have to deal with. d.c.

mendleson gave his personal assurance that benefits under the district's new paid family leave act will not be cut. now, supporters of the ground breaking benefit law are alarmed that mendleson has agreed to reopen debate on how the city will fund the program. it only passed in december over intense business criticism of taxes involved. mendleson told our tom sherwood the financing may change, but benefits won't. >> would you guarantee that would not vote to cut the benefits? >> yes, yes. because the bill has been refer, i can also guarantee if the benefits are going to change, nothing's going to move out of the committee. i control that. >> that bill was debated nearly two years before being passed in december. if you live in arlington and want to have a pet chimpanzee, a pet lion, petal gu

nothing stopping you. now the county is considering a change to that law. the board wants to prevent injuries to humans and protect the animals from mistreatment. it's considering a proposal that makes it illegal to keep wild and exotic animals as pets. keeping pigs, chickens, turkeys, poisonous reptiles, that's already illegal in arlington. talk about making an entrance. last season in his first year with the nats daniel murphy did it all and was a full-timie is the most valuable player in the national league. he talked with news4's carol maloney in west palm beach. >> hope springs eternal this time of year for every ball club. i don't think it's any different here in west palm. guys are excited to see each other. we're excited about what the so

if we can put ourselves in position to win the division. >> how is your backside? people are always watching your shake your tail feathers and wondering how you're feeling. >> it was able to get really strong after the postseason run against the dodgers. i feel completely that he wi ll now. >> i always giggled like a teenage girl with the butt reports. >> that was the skipper. that's all the skipper's fault. >> he's the one that said the butt injury. >> the buttocks. >> it sounds like from what i've heard that you enjoyed yourself. how are you inspired in the off season pitching to your son? >> loved it. little man likes to pretty much hit anything. so we did hockey, golf, baseball. so it was a lot of fun. he's a man after daddy's heart. i love sports. i feel spoiled rig

he really enjoys going outside and playing. we had a lot of fun. >> is he a coachable kid? >> when my brother gets him. but i think that's kind of the way it's supposed to be, right? you never listen to your father. my brother and i have already decided -- he has a son about 5 months old. i get his son and he gets my son and we're just going to chris cross. >> they'll listen to the uncles. tomorrow, the nats play murphy's former team the new york mets in their spring training opener. len bias was an icon at the university of maryland. his death knocked the wind out of that community and anyone who loved watching beautiful basketball. well, now fans have a chance to bid on a piece of history that he left behind. heritage auctions is hosting a sale for bias's 1984 acc championship ring. he led maryland to victory over duke with 26 points in

and became the second overall pick in the 1986 nba draft. but he died two days later from a cocaine overdose. bias's ring could fetch more than $10,000. when we come back, this is a story getting a lot of buzz tonight. >> a 24-year-old sailor based in virginia charged with deserting her post after she had a baby and didn't return. what the navy is now saying about this case. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in northeast washington. mayor bowser and the new city cool chancellor antwan wilson announced new programs to courage more studeennt

a navy sailor based in virginia is being accused of desertion after having a baby and then not going back to work. ana lucia is under a military hold in florida. she had a baby in august and was supposed to report back to work at the naval medical center in january. she was arrested yesterday at her parents' house in hollywood, florida. she does not say why she is refusing to go back. she's being held without bond until navy officials pick her up. a spokesperson says all efforts were made to get her back to work and her arrest was a last resort. nbc 4 is committed to raising awareness about domestic

initiative. tonight, erika gonzalez introduces us to a local abuse survivor who's now teaming up with d.c. police to help other women. that mika bradshaw was just 17 when her boyfriend first put hands on her. she eventually found the courage to leave. living on people's couches until she got back on her feet. bradshaw is now dedicated to ledding youled i letting young mothers know there is hope. >> i'm sharing my story to inspire others to get out while you can and tell them the signs, what to look for in an abusive relationship. to dos, the don'ts, the pros and the cons. >> please join us tonight. you can sethe full story at 11: this evening. we have a list of phone numbers

another busy week, another few thousand dollars recovered. >> susan hogan has the friday tally. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves along the anacostia river. coming up, guess who's having

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>> reporter: so we should be expecting baby eaglets and ravens. here's your daily trivia answer. in addition to designated wildlife areas along the rivers, that also designates d.c.'s official fish. that is the shad. jc penney is going to close up to 140 stores and offering buyouts to 6,000 workers. the company is just one of several department stores struggling to keep up with the

[000:49:00;00] online retailers. in march we're going to find out which jc penneys will be shuttered. well, it has been a busy couple of weeks, again in our consumer unit. >> susan hogan is here with the recap. >> you wrote in or your called us and we definitely heard from our viewers from a megawater bill blunder to a fridge to a stove top on the fritz. nbc 4 responds to a fridge on the fritz, a virginia woman says she's fed up after numerous failed attempts by the company to fix the ice maker that never made ice. she turned to us to heat things up. we contacted the company and days later she got a refund of

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you need help solving just call us at >> you'vunundated with calls. >> well, amelia joins us now with a forecast that has some of us indoors today. boy, it was nice out there for most of it. >> beautiful. high temperatures near 80 degrees. now this was about the seventh warmest february day on record. >> am i hearing doug? >> the voices in my head -- >> this february day we hit 77 at reagan national. it's about the sixth or seventh warmest day ever reported in february in the district. as we look to tomorrow, we are going to be tracking changes. jim was right, a beautiful day to get outdoors and enjoy. check out these youngsters

taking advantageof farm park just outside of herndon. a sure sign of spring, the baby farm animals, pig lets, calves, lambs and twin rams were born just yesterday there. we are going to have a period of rain and thunderstorms moving through tomorrow. by tomorrow evening windchills will be in the 30s and 40s. it's breezy and cool throughout the day on sunday and then as we look to next week, there's the chance for some rain showers on tuesday, wednesday and friday as well. it's a nice start tomorrow morning and through the midday hours it's still really nice outside. we start off the day at 58 degrees. around 2:00 p.m. this is when we'll be tracking rain and thunderstorms. high tomorrow of 72 degrees. our normal high now about 50.

so we're degrees above normal. then by 7:00 it's windy and turning colder. 53 degrees with the winds, feels more like 40 degrees. here's the timing on the rain. it's going to be dry during the morning hours. this line continues to move towards the east. at 1:00 it's in frederick. notice the brighter colors on future weather. that's the potential for some quick downpours and thunderstorms as well. we have this line moving right through the metro area around 3:00 p.m. and then it's in southern maryland by 4:00. and by 6:00 we're already dry across the area. again, tomorrow a high of 72 on sunday. and then monday we have highs in the upper 50s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. a success story for a local high school once known for trouble.

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depend on us for more than energy. >> i just saw that the mayor was going to be here today and very interested in her topic. >> reporter: carson carr told news4 her family has a history with city schools. >> all three of my daughters are d.c. public school graduates. i have six grandchildren in the d.c. public school system right now. >> reporter: mayor bowser made improving middle schools a campaign issue in her 2014 election. she says she'll gladly take her

school improvements to voters in the 2018 campaign soon underway. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. cell phone video captured the chaos, a suspect dead, two police officers wounded after a confrontation in the trinidad neighborhood of d.c. last night. >> hours later we know the gunman's name but there are still questions about what sparked the shooting and what was captured on the officers' body camera. darcy spencer has been working this story all day and she joins us from northeast with the latest. >> reporter: we learned today that both of the officers involved in the shooting out here last night did activate their body worn cameras. that footage is being reviewed. the chief telling us today that he supports its release when that's appropriate. now, he also cautioned people not to draw conclusions about that short video that's been posted on social media.

you see here where a stray knocked out her front porch light. she tells me it happened last night when there was a deadly exchange of gunfire between police and an armed man right across the street. >> i wish that the shootings would stop and people put their guns down. >> reporter: in this video posted on twitter, you can see some of what unfolded on holbrook street in the trinidad neighborhood last night. we're not showing the entire video because of its graphic nature. in the portion we are not showing, you hear shots. you see the suspect on the ground and an officer fall. police say the video only shows a small part of what happened. >> i'm hopeful that anyone who's looking at one small piece of evidence doesn't draw any conclusions. >> reporter: this man says he's a relative of the suspect who was killed. he doesn't want to be identified. >> i want to see justice.