virginia, there were also threats in ten other states. most of them were along the east coast. >> the jewish federation of america says that before today some 60 jccs and jewish schools had received at least 70 bomb threats since early january. mark segraves is in rockville this evening at one of the schools that was threatened. >> reporter: you know, we're just getting word now of a third school in our area in annapolis that also received one of these bomb threats. here at the charles e. smith jewish school that call came in just as students were getting ready for their early morning classes around 9:30. the head of school here tells us today that because of all the threats around the country, they were prepared for this. >> the political climate in the country is such right now that it leads to this type of situation. i know that the president denounced

week. i'd like to see more of that and an emphasis on finding out who's behind these calls. >> reporter: the threat to the charles e. smith day school in rockville was phoned into the upper school campus about 9:30 this morning. >> they said there was a bomb on her premises and that jewish souls would be destroyed. >> reporter: police were on the scene within minutes. a similar threat forced the evacuation of the gesher jewish day school in fair dpfax this morning. there have been nearly 70 threats to jewish schools and community centers across this country so far this year. just this weekend, more jewish cemeteries in the philadelphia area were vandalized. >> it's terrible and it'svoking families and the people who work here and for the students. it's a terrible situation that exists right now that we have to field these kinds of

>> reporter: police in montgomery county and fairfax countys and the fbi are investigating. >> i'm certain those facilities and the people who work and attend school there have already been advised to be aware of surroundings and if they see anything suspicious, report it immediately. zblrgets n >> reporter: that third school in annapolis, that was the jewish day school on spa road. according to the timeline provided by local police in maryland and virginia, that threat came in just after the threat here in rockville which came in just after the threat to that fairfax school. that's the very latest here in rockville. also in montgomery county there is growing concern tonight for a missing teenager. no one has heard from angelica rivas since she left work over the weekend. the teenager is related to another girl whoan

to be discovered dead. pat collins is in montgomery village now with the story. >> reporter: she's 18 years old. she dances here for tips but last saturday night she left early. not one dance. and then she disappeared. do you know this woman here? >> she is the dancing girl. >> reporter: the dancing girl? >> only for night. >> reporter: on weekdays the wok express is a restaurant. on weekend nights it's a disco. 18-year-old angelica worked here dancing for tips. now she's missing and there's concern. you see a couple months ago her cousin 15-year-old alexandra reyes went missing from montgomery county and ended up dead in fairfax. police have charge ad a number gang members in

her murder. now angelica's disappearance. the owner says she left before it was time to dance. so she came in saturday at 8:00. >> 8:00 and left at 9:00. >> reporter: did she seem like she was in a hurry? >> no hurry. she was all the time on the phone. i don't know what she do. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her leaving about account. the surveillance video also shows a man nearby with a cell phone in his hand giving her the eye as she passes. now it's unclear as to what, if anything, he might have to do with all of this. where did angelica go? and is she all right? police are working the case. so what do the cops csay? we're going to hear from the police coming up at

a maryland mother imprisoned last year while she was visiting her native gambia is coming home. she will return home on thursday. she is a naturalized u.s. citizen who lived in frederick, maryland. she and 17 others were sentenced in july to three years in prison after they were arrested during an anti-government protest in april. she says she was simply a bystander. a shakeup in leadership in gambia helped clear the way for her return home. tomorrow night president trump will deliver a prime time address to a joint session of congress. when we expect to hear his initial plans for a budget. now, details of that budget are still being finalized at this hour. but the "new york times" reports the administration is predicting growth of 2.4% through tax cuts. the plan is expected to add $54 billion to defense and security spending. that money will likely come from cuts to other government agencies like

state and the epa. bloomberg reports the epa work force could be slashed to a third of its current size. for now we do not expect cuts to social security, medical care o medicaid. they don't expect to include money specifically for the president's border wall in a supplemental budget proposal. watch the speech live here on nbc 4 after a new episode of the voice. we are giving power back to the states, that promise from president trump to some of the nation's governors as he met with them at the white house today. >> among them virginia governor terri m

of the governor's association. >> julie carey joins us now. >> governor terry mcauliffe has repeatedly expressed deep concern since he learned about our report about a group of latino men detained outside a group hypothermia they are. several were arrested. yesterday he addressed that issue face to face, first in an hour long private meeting with homeland security secretary john kelly. and again today governor mcauliffe spoke directly to president trump warning him at the fear being created by a belief that i.c.e. is not just targeting criminal undocumented immigrants. mcauliffe says he got the assurances he was seeking. >> i told the president there is a chilling effect going on. people think they're going to be deported. if they're not, we nd

that from the president. today at the white house, i reiterated what i talked to him about last night. you will not be deported. the only individuals to be deported are those who have been involved in a criminal enterprise. >> he says he was also assured there will not be any random raids with ice agents approaching people out on the street. >> he's a close friend of hillary clinton as we all know. there were some friendly gestures and a toast last night. >> people were eager to see how that would turn out since he activity worked for donald trump. but he did have to handle that toast. i guess you could say he tried to find some common ground. he toasted president trump by saying the governors, both republican and democrat, wanted to work with him on common goals like jobs, education, quality healthcare and infrastructure improvement. i asked one of the governor's aides today to characterize the conversations between the governor and the president.

professional. the democratic party's new leader says he wants a grassroots effort in all 50 states as he focuses on rebuilding the party. tom perez named his challenger minnesota congressman keith ellison to be his deputy chair. perez served most recently in the obama administration as the labor secretary. perez has several ties to our area. under former governor martin o'malley perez served as maryland's labor secretary. prior to that he worked as a civil rights attorney for the department of justice. he ran for attorney general in maryland but he had to drop out for not having enough legal experience in the state. in our area some may remember perez from the montgomery county council. he spent his final two years with the council as its president. a family of six and their pets will have to stay somewhere else tonight after a fire inside their home in potomac. the blaze began in the ben

road. the housekeeper closed the door after finding the fire in a supplies room, a move that may have helped contain that fire and the damage. investigators tell us spontaneous combustion of home construction supplies is likely to blame. the i-team found spontaneous combustion leads to 14,000 fires a year. for the second time in a week a child has accidentally started a fire in his home. the most recent happened in annandale. a 6-year-old boy was playing with matches in his bedroom. his mattress caught fire. everyone got out safely but five people have to find another place to stay for a while. there is at least $250,000 in damages there. last tuesday you may recall this 5-year-old boy died in a he

he had been playing with a lighter in the garage. smoke and flames spread to the house. to help prevent these tragedies the fairfax county fire department reminding residents that it offers ongoing fire safety classes for children. to schedule a session for your child, call 703-346-3801. almost felt like winter today. we had a chilly start this morning. it got into the mid 50s this afternoon. a lot of clouds around. just some very light sprinkles now in the central shenandoah valley. as they advance to the north, they're going to be drying out. just a small chance of a few sprinkles coming in 8:00 this evening. reagan national now at 54 degrees. rest of the evening going to be

through mid evening. then back down to the upper 40s by late evening until midnight or so. warmer weather moving in. up we go again tomorrow as we finish off february into the first day of march. storms on the way too. the spring-like weather hasn't been good for the local ski resorts. >> it's very hard to ski on grass. wisp announced it's shutting down its slopes for the season. also, a mother charged in the death of her 5-year-old son. the warning signs the father says the court missed when they awarded her custody. and the story getting a lot of shares right now. fitness guru bob harper recovering from a heart attack that left him unconscious for two days.

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a commercial flight to the moon is happening. spacex just announced two private citizens have paid the company a deposit to book a flight to the noon. the flight is scheduled for late next year. they plan to launch from the kennedy space center in florida. they'll orbit the moon and then come back. they won't actually be

on the moon. elon musk did not name the passengers or tell us how much they paid. a mother is going to spend the next 50 years in prison because she drugged her 5-year-old son, locked him in her car and then set the car on fire. news f derrick ward is live with the emotional reaction from the boy's father. >> reporter: it was an indeed emotional day here in court. one of the most emotional that even the prosecutor said he's seen in some time. the father could barely speak. he had a prepared statement, broke down a couple of times. again, this was a trial that had a lot of people running high with emotion. today the woman behind it all who's now convicted of killing her child learned her fate. it was june of 2015 when this scene occurred in montgomery county. but investigators determined this was no accident. they say the driver narges shafeirad had poisoned

giving him enough of the over the counter cold medicine to kill an adult. she placed him in the car, purchased gasoline, doused the interior with gas and set it on fire. she survived by authorities say the child was already dead when she placed him in the car. narges shafeirad and her husband were in a divorce and custody battle. the father said in court today that his life is now meaningless and after today's sentence of 50 years in prison the state's attorney and a family friend also talked about how heinous this crime was. >> this crime is a crime against nature. it's unspeakable. and it was evil. the facts of this case are almost too horrific to contemplate that this young child was forcibly fed medication to a point of death. leaving bruises on his

mouth as he was force fed medications that led him to a coma and ultimately to his death. >> the bigger question which goes beyond just the dana family is whether this could have been prevented or not, whether the domestic violence laws and standards have to be looked upon. >> reporter: now, what that family spokesperson was getting at were allegations of a longer pattern of abiuse from the mother. the judge and the poerosecutor said that's often heard in divorce cases and there's nothing there that would warrant any arrest or action before this heinous crime occurred. coming up, more on what happened in court today. the car that tupac was riding in when he was shot and killed is up for sale with an asking price of $1.5 million. suge knight was behind the wheal of that black

when the car was riddled with bullets in las vegas back in 1996. it is the first neighborhood you enter as you cross the key bridge to virginia. arlington is one step closer to revamping part of roslyn. that includes a new school for some 800 children. also a new fire station, some parks and new retail space. there will also be new housing that includes about 250 affordable units. they should open up around 2021. >> we have officially broken ground! >> we went digging today in southwest d.c. important people in hard hats can only mean one thing, an official ground breaking. a ceremony this afternoon marks the start of construction

home, audi field. tom sherwood is live at the new soccer site in southwest washington with the story. >> reporter: d.c. united opens its new season at old rfk stadium this saturday. but come late next year, they'll have a new home here. there's still lots of industrial noise here on buzzard point in southwest washington across from the nats ballpark. but it's giving way to this. after more than two decades of starts and stops to find a new home, the d.c. united soccer team broke ground for a new 19,000 seat stadium for its fans who have been putting up with the old and outdated rfk. these three long time fans came from suburban

county. >> world class cities have world class sports teams and facilities. and i just want to say vamos united. >> reporter: you might be wondering exactly where is this soccer stadium. over my shoulder here, that's nats park right off of south capitol street. the new soccer stadium will be across the street. soon next year this will become a whole entertainment and sports complex where they expect to draw people from the entire metro region. virginia gives the go-ahead to another section of toll roads. this time it's going to be along i-395. this project is supposed to be benefitting, however, all drivers.

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system. >> the birds are confused. >> flowers are confused. >> the birds were sort of meekly chirping their spring songs. it's not spring quite yet. it certainly was feeling almost like winter today. a lot of clouds around. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera over looking friendship heights. in the distance there is bethesda. we've got the low clouds with us here for another few hours, maybe produce a few sprinkles for our southern suburbs. near 50 by 9:00. by 11:00 tonight dropping back down into the 40s. right now radar showing a few sprinkles here. shenandoah valley just about to come up 81, right near winchester. a little bit of light rain near front royal and south of there. does like like a drying trend as it moves or

charles county and calvert and saint mary's also getting a few sprinkles right now. reagan national now at 54 degrees. we're going to see temperatures bottoming out, low to mid 40s by down tomorrow with a partly cloudy sky. soaring into the upper 6 by 3:00 and back down to mid 60s by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. warm coat tomorrow morning and long sleeves tomorrow afternoon. but you're going to need an umbrella for the evening hours on tuesday. this is 6-7:00 p.m. right through the region. after that, tracking off to the south and east. drying out temporarily, but then some more showers and storms coming in on wednesday. all this area in yellow, damaging winds, lightning, hail and heavy rain. 70s before that. there's the roller coaster ride. back down into the 40s end of the week. weekend back into the 60s. then it gets chilly again after that. stay tuned. you have to.

you park in our city's busiest neighborhoods. the new rates you'll have to cough up to park in chinatown. and the heart felt message from the mother of a local police officer killed on her first shift a year ago today. >> reporter: coming up on news4, new information revealed in court today in the case of the mother who's admitted to shooting and killing her 17-year-old son inside of their clinton home. what part mental health could have played in all of this.

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first at 5:30 now new information revealed in court today about the mother ak iccus of killing her teenaged son. police believe there was some sort of physical altercation between the two. but the woman's mental state was a big focus at today's hearing. tracee wilkins is live in clinton, maryland, with more. >> reporter: after the sisters of the mother spoke in court today, the state's attorneys office is now saying they may have to reevaluate charges in this case. >> we're seeking to get to the right answer on this and to do what's fair. >> reporter: today in court it was revealed that 48-year-old angelique chase has a history of mental illness and was prescribed numerous medications. her

during her bond review hearing. >> her family really raised the concern around her mental health. >> reporter: the judge decided to held chase on a no bond status. meanwhile, the state's attorneys office is investigating whether chase's mental history played a part in her shooting and killing her 17-year-old son, christopher perry. >> there was a very serious mental health illness that the mother was suffering and we moo believe we'll have to investigate and see how this contributed to the crime. >> reporter: an argument resulted in the mother retrieving a gun and shooting her son once in the chest. his mother is now facing first and second degree murder charges. >> we're going to take our time. there's no rush to it. we really want to make sure we understand the complexity of this case before we file chs.

we will amend those if it makes sense to do that. >> reporter: coming up, the christian school that her son attended, they have been dealing with his tragic loss, how they're working through that. the family of a rookie police officer who was killed in the line of duty has written a thank you letter to the public as they remember her one year after her death. ashley had just been sworn in as a prince william county police officer. the very next day, february 27th, 2016, she was shot and killed as she responded to a domestic violence incident in woodbridge. this was her first shift as a police officer. two other officers with her were also injured in that shooting. her family wrote a long thank you letter published in inside nova. it reads in part, quote, as we quickly realized, ashley's

but a community tragedy as well. words cannot express our gratitude and sincere appreciation for such a wonderful, caring community of people that whole heartedly provided their friendship, kindness, sympathy, prayers and generosity, all of which will remain with us forever. we have an immigration scam that you should know about this evening. a loudoun county woman says she fell victim. she says a man called her saying he was from 911 to tell her her immigration paperwork was missing and that the department of homeland security was about to issue a warrant for her arrest. so she did what she was told, not knowing it was a scam. she followed a series of steps that ultimately led to her paying money to a bail bondsman through itunes gift cards. after a long series of delays, hundreds of millions of

dollars, d.c.'s streetcars have hit a major milestone. service began one year ago today along the eighth street corri r corridor. the cars run seven days a week now between union station and oklahoma avenue northeast. that's just a two-mile stretch. but the rides are free and there are no plans to charge fares any time soon. and more than 900,000 people have used this streetcar in the first year. there's also been talk about extending the system into georgetown. changes are now in effect to parking meters in two of the district's busiest neighborhoods. chinatown and penn quarter. that includes variable prices based on time and demand. parking will cost between $1.50 and $3.25 an hour. this is part of a pilot study with the goal of increases turnover and less time searching for spots.

well, you know what they say, you can't judge a book by its cover. perhaps none of the nats proved that more than tre turner. he still looks like a teenager but boy did he make an impact for the nationals last season. as carol maloney reports the team is hoping for a repeat performance in 2017. >> reporter: what you did being in the conversation for rookie of the year last year surprising a lot of people with your numbers. you want seconds, i imagine. >> yeah. i think i put a lot of pressure on myself. any other outside expectations are probably going to fall short to me because i expect a lot and i expect to compete at a high level. that's what i'm going to try to do is compete and see what happens. >> reporter: what's fun about watching you is that you don't have anything to prove but then you're playing a new position so you do. >> for the sport you've got to kind of prove yourself every day.

that doesn't mean the next day you're going to do well. that's why i try to break it down to each individual situation and try to win each one. because nothing is given to you. i'm playing against guys a lot older than me. they're a lot wiser and have played a lot more baseball. that's hard to do, to play against guys that are very experienced. you've got to bring it, you've got to be prepared. >> some of the older guys used to call you the bat boy. >> yes. >> reporter: they said your uniform was falling off. >> it. happens. >> reporter: no one's mistaking you for the bat boy right now. >> you'd be surprised. i think that's something i had to deal with my whole life being little and looking very young. but i just compete and guys respect that no matter what age if you can compete and put in the work, people respect that. and hopefully along the way i get a few less bat boys here

there. >> turner tells carol he'll appreciate the young looks when he's 50. >> turner hit his first home run of spring training today. we'll show you at 6:00. this is a tactic used by some gamers when they're trying to get ahead. but it comes with a risk. s susan hogan has more on the pitfalls of paying to play with someone else's account. toll lanes coming to our area highways. details of the expanded network.

today a minnesota police officer plead not guilty for the shooting death of a black man. officer jeronimo yanes is accused of shooting philando castile after castile told him he was armed. castile's girlfriend streamed the aftermath live on facebook. authorities later covered castile did have a permit to carry a weapon. attorneys for the officer, who a latino, have argued that their client feared for his life. when comedian bill cosby goes on trial for sexual assault, the jury will be pulled from another county. the judge made that ruling today during a hearing that cosby did attend. his attorneys argued that

trial in montgomery county, pennsylvania. they wanted the trial moved out of state. the judge said no to that but agreed to pick the jury from another part of the state. cosby pleaded not guilty to charges that he drugged and molested a former temple university employee back in 2004 at his home. a consumer alert for those of you who play video games. buying another player's account is risky business. susan hogan joins us now with a warning every gamer needs to hear. >> every gamer knows the frustration of getting stuck on a certain level or trying to acquire a new character. what many do is actually buy an account from another player who can get you there faster. doing so can actually put you in jeopardy of getting scammed. here's how the scam is working. search online message boards for someone selling the account you want. you exchange contact information, pay the sl

in exchange you get their account information. sometimes the seller provides fake account details. and before you notice, the scammer files a support ticket with the game manufacturer to change the account details. now, most game manufacturers forbid selling game accounts and will deactivate your account if they find out you did this. bottom line, don't share account information. don't pay users to play for you and don't share personal details in games and use unique passwords. we have a lot more information for you right now on how to monitor your kid's gaming. this information is available on your nbc washington app. just search gaming alert. millions of children suffer from food allergies but is this little girl one of them? >> the test being used to tell if she's allergic. the results as she tries eggs for the first time. >> reporter: here in northern

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in case you're just joining us, one of the big stories we're following that's still developing at this hour, at least three jewish schools in our area received bomb threats this morning, forcing evacuations. this comes on the heels of more cemeteries in philadelphia being

desecrated and now so far this year as many as 70 schools around the country have received similar threats. police are searching for a missing teenager in montgomery county. no one has heard from angelica barahona-rivas since she left work saturday evening. earlier this month her younger cousin was found dead from suspected gang violence after she'd been missing nearly two months. construction officially begins on d.c. united's new home. a ground breaking today for audi field. that project more than two decades in the making. $300 million stadium in southwest d.c. is going to seat 19,000 soccer fans. sailing along your commute at 55 miles an hour sound like a fantasy? you could have a new option to do that in northern virginia. even more express lanes are coming to the area along i-395. adam tuss joins us live from alexandria with details. >> reporter: that

pay to play, that is the name of the game here in northern virginia as new express toll lanes are coming to alexandria and arlington. in northern virginia, the idea of using the regular highway lanes and hoping the traffic isn't too bad, that's in the rear view. nowadays paying to get around traffic with express toll lanes, that's in. >> whether we are kpieexcited a them or not, they're part of our reality now. >> reporter: the head of the northern virginia transportation authority sees promise with the network that will expand the biggest roads in northern virginia like 95, the beltway, 66 and now 395. >> i think what the toll road projects provide is more choices. there are some people for whom toll roads will never make sense. but having the toll road there puts more options on the table. >> reporter: again, if you don't want to pay the toll, you can start a carpool and ride in the lanes for free or you can just use the regular

solo drives that's become enticing. >> i love it. >> reporter: why? >> because i'm in a hurry and i have to go and get to certain places and there's always congestion in certain spots. when you do the toll roads, you don't have to wait. >> reporter: not everyone's sold. some don't have a choice. >> my company doesn't even have an easy pass for me to travel. i've just got to deal with the traffic. >> reporter: for now, another change coming as express lanes get the go-ahead through alexandria and arlington on 395. coming up next hour at 6:00, i'll tell you why some say even if you don't use these new lanes you are going to see a benefit with your commute. some 15 million americans suffer from some kind of food allergy and a lot of them are children. how do you keep your kids well fed and safe? doreen gentzler here with more on that. >> a report from the cdc shows

jumped by 50% over 14 years. as any parent knows, it can be a huge challenge to try to police a child's diet. that's where a different kind of challenge comes in. sasha welter's 18 month old daughter gabriella may be allergic to eggs. >> we brought her initially because she had eczema. i was told kids with eczema tend to have allergies. also they said the allergies can be hereditary. i have allergies to food too. >> keeping eggs out of her little girl's diet has been difficult. they're taking on a challenge at the allergy and asthma center in rockville. >> we are back here today to do the egg challenge and see how she does eating eggs. hopefully we pass. >> that just involves taking small amounts of the food of concern and introducing it

15-20 minute intervals and watching for any kind of reaction. >> gabriella will get one whole egg in increments every 15 minutes. she'll be watched for reactions. >> things you look for is hives, wheezing, difficulty breathing, swelling of the lips. some people also vomit. >> so how did gabriella do? >> this takes a load off of my shoulders. we can eat eggs. >> that food challenge was exhausting from the looks of things. that's the way to do it with medical super vision. don't try to do that on your own at home. the benefit of these challenges is that since they're performed in realtime, they're pretty conclusive and the child's diet can then be safely expanded. good news for that family. worth a try if your

>> they're saying the same thing with peanuts as well. they're in everything. >> if i'd only be allergic to french fries and pizza. many of us may have a sixth sense when it comes to guessing people's names. let's give it a try here. >> does this guy look like he's nathaniel, dan, kim or joseph? researchers with a hebrew university of jerusalem asked hundreds of individuals to match a photograph with a list of four or five names. they picked the right name about 35% of the time. experts believe this accuracy could have something to do with cultural stereotypes. tim, joseph, nathaniel or dan? well, dan's

i thought it was joseph. as we continue this afternoon, we're saying good-bye, farewell to february. it's been a fond farewell. we've loved you with your identity crisis. >> we don't have a -- february's not tomorrow as well? >> yeah, i said 30 hours. and we have a look at the radar now. we have some light sprinkles coming down across parts of northern virginia. as they advance to the north, they are sort of drying out. getting a few sprinkles here in southern maryland. all this moving north and east over the next couple of hours. reagan national is at 54 degrees. post your pictures like this female

blossoms. they're delicious. overnight we'll be bottoming out in the mid 40s. by dawn tomorrow, dry commute. your lunch hour up near 60. heading back down, dry roads. right after that likely some rain showers beginning to move through. around 5-6:00 p.m. rain showers crossing the shenandoah valley into northern virginia into our western and northern suburbs and southern suburbs as well. into the metro area around 7:00. then it tracks off to the south and east by late evening tomorrow. then on wednesday, that's when we have a chance of some strong to severe storms. this yellow zone includes maryland, the district, even west virginia. damaging winds wednesday afternoon and evening, maybe hail and heavy rain. stay tuned. before then it

upper 70s. and the roller coaster ride, right back down we go on thursday into saturday. then sunday gets mild again. following monday, up near 70 degrees a week from today. then it gets chilly again after that. it's that time year as we say hello march. >> and this warm weather is having an interesting effect on the local economy. >> maryland's only ski resort closing the slopes early this season because it's gotten more rain than snow and it not the 'so

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we're enjoying this unseasonably warm february, but it has taken a toll on maryland's single ski resort. >> wisp announced it is now closed, ending its season earlier. >> if you just go over the line to pennsylvania, you may have some luck finding a little more snow on the slopes. >> reporter: it's been a tough go for area ski resorts this winter. while round top here in pennsylvania remains open, there are others that are either closed or are thinking about closing. >> it was actually nicer today than i thought it would be. it's not as sloppy and mushy, slow as i anticipated. >> reporter: a handful of skiers enjoying the slopes to themselves at roundtop ski resort. >> it was good for a while. it's just been up and down all year. >> reporter: right now roundtop has 16 of 21

average base of less than 21 inches. surprisingly the season is better than last year because they managed to establish a base earlier. >> things are looking pretty good at the moment. it's not going to be one of our gang buster years but it will end up being a decent year. >> reporter: at whitetail much of the same story. at liberty they are temporarily closed due to poor conditions. liberty's marketing manager told us they will be making a decision later this week as far as whether that will be a permanent move. she went onto said our sister resorts roundtop and whitetail are currently open and we would much prefer that the focus of any coverage would be the fact they are still welcoming skiers, snowboarders and tubers. at wisp in western maryland bad news. they decided to call it quits sunday with this message on their website. due to the historic unseasonably warm, rainy weather, conditions ha

that wisp is closing for the season. >> you can always hike those slopes. if you're fine with driving a bit farther, virginia's wintergreen report and snowshoe in west virginia are also still open. now at 6:00, a mother poisons her son, then stages an elaborate coverup. the little boy's father opens up about the warning signs before the murder. a wave of threats at jewish schools all over the country, including three in our area. we'll tell you what's being done to beef up security even before today's threats were made. president trump prepares for his first speech to congress and his focus on terror. all this as questions swirl about his campaign's ties to russia. news4 at 6:00 starts now. first at 6:00 tonight, new clues in a teenager's disappear.

18-year-old girl leaving work this weekend in good faith erai. >> her family fears for her safety after a relative was recently murdered. >> reporter: she's 18 years old. she dances here for tips. but saturday night she left early, didn't dance. and then disappeared. 18-year-old angelica barahona-rivas missing now since saturday night. last seen around 9:00 as she was leaving the wok express in the montgomery village shopping center. on weekend nights the owner says the wok express goes from restaurant to disco. he says angelica would dance here in return for tips from the customers. do you know this woman here? >> she's the dancing girl. only for nights.