from holy hospital. montgomery county fire and rescue tell us that this is not the only house that is looking like this today. in fact, they say they responded to hundreds of calls today. there was damage like this all across montgomery county. this man watched as a tree fell on his neighbor's house here on damron street in silver spring. >> a big gust. when the storm came through, it was probablyir i bet y-- i bet 506 miles an hour. i saw it go down on the house. >> reporter: not far away another house crushed bay tree. >> a couple of down in the germantown area as we speak and dealing with that.jywy firefighters are having tough access getting there, but the electric meters are smoking and trees and wires are down. >> reporter: heavy rains and strong wind pounded our region. on canal road, a tree fell on a car near fox hall road and causing the dri t

8ú[5jjy the driver of the car was transported to the hospital. in montgomery county, despite the large volume of 911 calls, no one was reported injured. >> i'd say within an hour period we handle hundreds of calls and went on condition red. you know, we were on condition red for a little while. but the good thing is i'm not aware of any serious injury that occurred in any of this. >> reporter: you're looking live at this house in silver spring. goes without saying these people have to find somewhere else to live. montgomery county fire excuse me told them they are not allowed to go back into this house. coming up at 6:00, we are going to tell you about a case where a truckdriver was actually trapped inside of his vehicle when power lines and trees went down all around him. that is the latest. back to you in the studio. this damage and there was a lot to survey. >> check it out. this is the view from above in

gaithersbu gaithersburg. crews are using a chain saw to chop it up and get it out of way. thousands of out oochs from gaithersburg ©/tto. >> this ripped off glass windows were blown out. >> at least one person was taken to the hospital after being hit by falling debris. let's get more on this weather and what is coming up next. doug kammerer is back in the storm center. >> some of the stuff looked so bad. i remember when a microburst hit chevy chase 20 years ago and looked this tangled. >> a lot of people say this well over 600 miles and this was back in illinois earlier this morning but not the 60,

entire period. we did see strong winds and 50 and 60 for the most part. however, we did see 78 around m quanti quantico. this moved through so fast. i want to show you this. going back around five hours. look at that racing on through the area. it made it from winchester to ocean city in less than two hours. amazing. and with that came the wind. look at these. every single one of these little circles here is wind storm report and we saw storm reports all up and down our area and winds gusting 60 miles an hour that have been hit and trees down in our area. right now watching rain in our southern counties and we are going to continue to see some showers through the evening. we got a lot going on over the next couple of days. we hit 80 today. there could be snow in the forecast on friday. we are going to talk much more about that but any time you want to do this download the nbc washington app and we will take you hour-by-hour and you get our weather report on our phone.

detective have been scouring two separate parks in fairfax county for hours. they are looking for human remains after they received a tip last night. megan fitzgerald joins us from one of those locations near the park lawn pool in alexandria section. >> police don't know. >> reporter: the latest information we are getting from fairfax county police they have suspended the surch heearch her tonight and resume tomorrow morning. officers are going up and down leaving the area here. we do expect this crime scene tape to be lifted. we don't know if the remains that they are searching for are connected to any of the missing cases we have been reporting on. more recently, you'll recall the woman missing fromd+j gaithers and her body was fou

police are telling us they believe this is gang-related. >> there police sitting out here all night last night. >> reporter: since tuesday, fairfax county police, along with fbi agents and search and rescue crews, have been scouring this park. >> late last night, detectives from the fairfax county police department got a tip that there may be human remains in the homes run park. rcx in mcclain. th know but they believe this could be gang-related. >> we don't know if a crime is committed. we are working off a tip there may be bodiesnil in the park. >> reporter: neighbors have been paying close attention to the police activity that isi,ññ jus yards away from their home. many say they noticed that this tent went up last night. it is surrounded with crime scene tape and appears to be guarded by police but investigators insist they haven't found anything yet. the kids, you ow

family, but others, like steve barrett, say they have experienced ahj!hj similar situ before. people and burying bodies. >> reporter: he remembers back in 2013 and 2014 when police say ms-13 gang members buried two people along holmes run park after the victims were brutally murdered. >> we don't know of any connections from the previous cases we have been recently investigating. >> reporter: but nevertheless still a concern for at least some of the people who live here. >> i'm scared because, you know, i'm home all day. >> reporter: now-)fairfax count police tell us they have concluded their search of that park in mclean. they will us no humanvs@ remain were found there but they will be back out here tomorrow morning searching here in alexandria looking for possible. coming up at

you why neighbors say what they heard last night and several nights ago is giving them even more concern for their safety. back to you. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. police in fredericksburg need help to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman inside a restaurant bathroom. this is the man they are looking for and happened notice the capital át"?ale house on caroli street. police say a man walked into the restaurant and struck up a (5ñ friends and allegedly followed a woman into the bathroom and sexually assaulted her. this happened at 1:00 a.m. on sunday. february 19th. the suspect said he was from miami and was in the area to do contract work at a nearby military base. president trump says he expects tremendous success more measured tone. president hosted a working lunch with republican, house and senate leadership. his address to congress appeared well-received by those who watched.

trump to be, quote, presidential. >> 69% of those who washed told: it made them feel more optimisti optimistic. one of the most talked about moments last night, that nearly two minute standing ovation for the wife of navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens who died during that raid in yemen last month. this evening, new reaction to the president's speech from people in our area. here is news4 chris gordon. >> reporter: president trump began his speech to congress with a clear warning. >> we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. >> reporter: this lady is one of the leader who speaks for the local jewish community. >> it's important to

communal understanding and a strong statement that anti-semitism is just not acceptable in9ígxx our society. >> reporter: the charles e. smith day school in rockville was one of three local targets that received bomb threats earlier this week. >> i think that the jewish community is very focused on apprehending whoever is responsible for all of these bomb threats and for all of these attacks. >> reporter: the greater washington jewish community relations council is hosting jewish leaders from across the country at a hotel just a block from the white house. in the past week, one of the oldest cemeteries in st. louis was vandalized and followed by one in philadelphia. >> i think the statement was a good first step. i think that people needed to hear from this administration and they needed to hear from this president that they condemn any type of attack against any person and that there is no place in this country for hatred. i think that if it stops with those words, then it was't

of the american legion from across the country meeting here in washington have to say about president trump putting a priority on veterans and military spending. in northwest washington, chris gordon, news4. new at 5:00. for thec are learning about apparent threats to a muslim center in our area. this one in fairfax county. police responded to this mosque in falls church yesterday after an employee received a letter with prejudice language in it. investigators say the envelope had a postmark that appeared to be from another country. earlier this week, police responded to threats at an islamic education and muslim óñ in silver spring. a maryland man who admitted to his part in a wild chase in prison. he led the police on a 115-mile ride before crashing

>> reporter: a wild incident late at night on the gw parkway last year after he led u.s. park police in ai@hç high-speed chase crashed his car into a guardrail near 395 south on ramp there. he managed to elude police in nearby woods afterward and then stole the u.s. park police cruiser and went speeding off again and crashed it at the ramp off the 11th street bridge in d.c. he struck an officer in the process. the injuries in that case were minor. that incident happened nearly a year ago but the photos of the crime scene just released to the news4 i-team under the freedom of information act. a judge noticed him to a federal prison in north carolina and we have learned he is schedule for release in december. his uncle told us overton ran from police because he was

scared. this is one of a series of extreme speeding cases handled in the parkway the last few months and several are prosecuted by the feds. in the newsroom, scott macfarlane, news4kocr i-team. there is so much gunfire in congress. one woman who has lived here 20 years says she is scared to come out of her house! her story coming up. i'mrz tom sherwood at the tidal basin. all of this warm weather, what does it mean for the cherry blossom trees and the festival? the story is coming up. the king of beast. i will take you into the mouth of luke, the lion, at the national zoo. >> can't wait for that one. plus, media mogul oprah winfrey considering a white house run? that story is getting a lot of shares today on our social media accounts. check it out

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a man in critical condition this evening after a brazen day time shooting normally a school in the district. this happened around wheeler road in the southeast and that part of city has seen a series of violent crimes the past week. >> reporter: jim, if shooting victims were more forthcoming and cooperative, police say they c

shooting suspects off the street. i want you to listen carefully to what the police chief has to say in this story. they paw portable crime camera up in the 3500 block of wheeler road today. not a moment too soon for this woman. you see, she was here in her house when it happened. she asked that we not show her face. >> i heard six gunshots and immediately got on the floor. the gunshots were so close to my home, that i proceeded to go to the front door after the gunfire stopped. >> reporter: it happened in the mid-morning in broad daylight, in front of the eagle charter school. a burst of gunfire. this buick car hit at least eight times. the man inside rushedth

the neighborhood. >> that's right. and we are very concerned about it, as is the metropolitan police department. >> reporter: indeed. in the last week, there has been a lot of lead in the air in congress heights. at least three people shot here along wheeler road. on the scene today, police chief pete newsome. he says some of the shooting victims have been less than cooperative. >> many of the victims in our recent shootings have not cooperated with regards to information surrounding the shootings so it makes it a little bit more difficult to get to the bottom of it but we will get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: now back to the woman we talked to at the beginning of the story. she's lived here 21 years. she says it's not easy. >> the older people over here in ward 8 who actually own their homes are scared to come outside. >> reporter: now comin

some parents of some of the kid who were on lockdown here today. i'll see you at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. a bill that would require paid sick leave to maryland workers cleared a hurgeedle tod. the democratic controlled house could pass it as early as friday. it would require businesses with more than 15 employees to provide paid sick leave. x one that republican 9 wants. his measure requires paid leave with a company with 50 or more workers. hogan says his burden eases the burden on small businesses. it is ash wednesday. the beginning of the lenten period of reflection in preparation for easter. one historic church is offering a unique service today. the alpha street baptist str

distributed ashes curbside. parishioners lined up in their cars to receive the ashes outside of their church. it is a assemble of penance and conversion. >> it is almost that time of the year. ta early. it's becoming quite early this year, tom. whatr/0ñ are they doing about t festival? >> reporter: the weather is not so hot out here right now. but, soon, this will be the center of tourism here. high school band. it was there early at the museum this morning to help the u.s. park servicewnm%í announce high anticipated peak blooming dates for this season's cherry blossom festival. the blossoms will be early too. >> the projected dates are march 14th to 17t

officially to begin days later. the festival planners scrambling to move up some events. >> what does that mean for the festival this year? the festival will now start on march 15th and the presenting events and programs and tours will all continue as scheduled through april 16th. >> reporter: the festival is the city's premier tourism event and attracts a worldwide audience. >> to get themnd how unique our museum community is, how enriching the monument experience and memorial experience is in washington, d.c. when people are asking where should we go, what should we do when we are considering coming to washington in the spring? it's phenomenal for us to start off with the cherry blossom festival. >> reporter: now the record for early blooms is march 15th. back in 1990.

>> thank you, tom. here is hoping. chopper 4 is checking out the damage left behind after today's round of quick storms. this is in kensington where a tree cut this home in half. we saw several trees down this afternoon as we flew over montgomery county. dowelling is coming up with a look at what is heading our way next in his forecast. also, a major headache is ahead for those who ride metro in northern virginia. how this is going to impact you even if you don't take th train. e

what an afternoon we have had out there, doug. >> the party is over. >> it came through so fast. to go from not seeing much wind to a lot of wind out ahead of this 40, 50 miles an hour and 60, 70-mile-an-hour wind. >> very large trees uprooted. >> massive. even though the storms are out of here we have a cold front to deal with and that will come through later tonight. behind it when things change again. why we have a wind advisory in effect for about everybody in our area. you notice most of northern virginia, all of maryland, the entire state of maryland, the only exception over towards parts of the eastern shore]nás toward cecil county but all of our

until tomorrow morning. pour outages? the case too. please be ready in case. . }c0=i in case your power goes out. this is going back four or five hours. look at the storms racing off to the east. now we are just dealing with some shower activity. those showers now lining up down to the south but these were the storms. here is 1:30. look at this line of storms that develops. we saw 60-mile-an-hour winds with these storms and 60-mile-an-hour winds with these storms. this storm here was the big one. 78-mile-an-hour wind in quantico and came across southern maryland and a lot of trees down across into portions of the delmarva. right now dealing with rain to the south. let's show you this and zone into the southern areas. waldorf. cal vert county seeing rain and st. mary's county and moderate rain here. if you know somebody traveling down i-95 to the south it's going to be rather wet. we saw the area of stormsnoo m

southern zones. even more storms farther to the south. we are done with the storms but i'm tracking this. a cold front. look at the storms developing along the cold front. also colder air here. we have seen a couple of severe storms into

good news is temperatures should stay above freezing so roads i bi. we are going to be watching this one on friday very closely. right now we have got a 40% chance of rain or snow. could be snow north of d.c. the weekend not looking bad but a lot cooler than it's been over the past couple of days. amelia draper is in with a >> we will check back tonight. we are checking out the damage from today's fast moving storms out there. a lot of you have sent us pictures of whath/j happened in your neighborhood. continue to share qkxnñthem. instagr instagram. tonight the obamas sign a very lucrative book deal. today, we are lorearning what ty will]7 be writing iñabout. it is supposed to be a save track route but will slow down the commute for thousands of you.

sure you have a big bottle. metro riders could be in for weeks of headaches. safe track 13 impacts riders a

longer times between trains as much as 24 +ó+bminutes. david culver, our bureau reporter, is at the huntington station to tell you how to get around this surge. >> reporter: starting march 4th and running for 36 days. that is how long this is going if you ride on metro through arlington and alexandria, fairfax county, listen up. >> reporter: a mid-morning rather peaceful ride to work for susan easley. paper in hand, going from alexandria to federal triangle. but she is about to experience major commuting change. >> basicall"vég need to figure out the best way for me to]-k: e from my house. >> reporter: susan tells me already random stops on the line have caused her long delays. >> an hour commute for me has turned into an hour and 45 minutes or sometimes evñ two hours. >> reporter: she is now about to add another 45 minutes to that because ofc5. safetrack, surge . sounds like a movie.

for some riders, a drama. >> we are building our system back to what it should be. >> reporter: northern virginia and metro leaders warning you to prepare. >> to either van pool or carpool, slug line and by all means take bus service. >> reporter: several free operating. another option. they will be single tracking and long delays along parts of the yellow and blue line but officials say look forward to april 9th. >> for those riders in virginia who have long experience issues on the blue line, whether it's reduced service, unreliable service and then the previous surge and the current surge i have a message and excuse the rail reference, but the light is at the end of the tunnel. we are almost done. >> reporter: will all of the half be worth it for riders like susan? >> yeah. absolutely. i think it's necessary. >> reporter: so you may see this disruptions? that's where our digital team are working for

head to the news4 washington app and search metro alternatives. this is surge 13. what comes next? 14. who is that going to impact? we will walk you through that ahead÷eí4h at 6:00. >> within the past few minutes we learned the name of the fairfax county man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a daylightzhfk1 assault. he is identified as burnank==bñ ahmed. the victim in the process of moving out of her apartment when the attack happened. police say a man walked through the building through an open door and implied he had a knife and sexually assaulted the woman inside of her apartment. another woman ran to help after hearing the victim's screams. robbery, falsifying records and fraudulent overtime just some of the accusations against seven police officers in baltimore. now facing federal charges of racketeering. those officers p

e0yl guns. federal prosecutors say the reason. then ripped them off. sometimes taking thousands of dollars. some are also., fake records in order to make nearly double their salaries and overtime. >> there is a new study that reveals a wireless patch can be a simple way to reduce the pain of migraines and it may be just as effective as the drugs. the study comes from the american academy award of neurology. you wear this patch on your arm and it produces electrical estimation that disrupts the pain signals before they reach your brain. and this is my favorite part. you can& control this patch usig a smartphone app. researchers say there are no side effects. but studies are needed before the device does become a treatment option. so who doesn't love a comeback? well, you

rendon does after struggling in 2015. he reemerged last season. carol maloney sat down with the man all smiles down at spring training. >> your temperature on this year and what it could be. >> oh, man. i think we are always driving for the end. if we are not up here and trying to win every single game and try to be the last one standing, there is no point in us coming out here to play. z for? >> reporter: what do[7ó#ó you g for the jumbotron? what face? this is important. >> for me, it's like school photo. your mom says, give me a big smile at school so you have to give a big smile. >> reporter: your mom is in your head while you're smiling? >> always. >> reporter: do you have a straight face? >> i do but don't like to bring it up. >> reporter: comeback player of the year? >> i didn't know i left! >> reporter: i said comeback player? >> yeah. but i'

>> reporter: what is going on at your house? do you have kid? >> no kid! i got dogs i got in the me and my lady go to get this dog from my buddy whose neighbor found eight of them in the ditch. >> reporter: puppies? >> yeah. they are five weeks old when we took them to the vet eventually. i said, all right. i picked up this guy. he ran up to me. i'm messing with him. all right, let's take him. of course, she is on the other side of the patio, oh, i want this one! next thing you know, we are bringing home two dogs instead of one sh! >> reporter: two dogs? >> her dog is a bad one. my dog is king. >> rescue the dogs left in a ditch. good. is getting

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thew)t0ñ dow jones picking up p today. stock change has been faring quite well since the president took office. >> during his address last night president trump stuck closely to a script but some cases he trade from the fact. looked into it and found some false claims. >> america has spent approximately $6 trillion in the middle east. all the while our infrastructure at home is crumbling.m ó with the $6 prtrillion could ha built our country twice. the united states has spent an e

on war-related activities. where did the $6 trillion figure come from? >> a report from a boston university professor which looks at the long-term costs and interest on borrowed money and those kinds of things and that gets into the territorial number that donald trump is talking about. >> reporter: fact check.org said because the $6 trillion hasn't been spent yet it's not accurate to say it could have been spent on rebuilding our country. to jobs. >> 94 million americans are out of the labor force. >> reporter: fact check.org says the number is accurate but the statement is misleading. >> the vast majority, 88.5 million of those people are parents and people who said they didn't want a job. >> reporter: according to the bureau of labor statistics the people who are unemployed are 7.6 million. president trump said his ad

members of both parties to promote clean air and clean water. it's important to note hours before the speech the president made a move that could signal something different. >> he signed an executive order that rolls back clean water rule that allow federal regulators. >> cut the budget by 24%. and perhaps 20% of its work force. >> he is the king of the jungle. . national zoo. why was luke the lion wearing mittens? i'll explain on the other side of the break! after record highs today around 80 degrees, take a look what you're dealing with tomorrow morning. feels like temperatures in the 30s. and maybe some snow sh

94k)v i was just asking amel when she came in, is it still 69 degrees outside? it is. air moving in tonight,v];ñ by tomorrow morning we aredélq in 30s. this wild weather continues. happy meteorological spring. the warmest on record as we close out february.

it's on the chilly side and blustery as well. about everybody under a wind advisory now and run until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and cherry blossoms, the bloom watchñ[íeh and more on that-j-ç coming up. here is a look at the radar. tracking rain in southern maryland into the eastern shore. for the d.c. metro area, we are mainly dry at this point. 69 washington and 66 gaithersburg and 68 leesburg. plenty of sun tomorrow as the skies clear out tonight but notice the winds from start to finish. 7:00 a.m. the 46 feels more like 36 degrees. by lunch time'fvú we are near 5. tomorrow afternoon and keep it dry the entire day. weather having a low impact on your thursday. the morning and evening commute only concerns really winds and the sunglasses. recess for the kid and o÷goaout exercise and long sleeves probably a good

take a look here. 5:00 a.m. we are dry. but look at what happens as we move throughout the morning hours. 8:00 a.m. snow showers across mid-day hours and rain mixing in. by the afternoon and evening hours. we are looking dry but mostly cloudy. with all of our storms this winter, it just hasn't been cold enough to support snow and it's looking like the same case on friday. stuff falls it can't stick to áground but something will, obviously, keep a close on. on to the cherry blossoms and the state they are in right now. stage one of five stages before they hit peak bloom. we see the green color on the bud. peak bloom forecast between the 14th and the 17th. look at the average 6ñ peak bloom. about april 4th. almost÷1é+ a month above averag. and

not only will we have rain and snow showers potentially around but it's cold. highs in the low 40s. the weekend kind of chilly. in the 40s both days and upper 40s but keep it dry saturday and sunday. a little bit more cloud cover around on sunday. monday, we start to warm back up. 61 u"y0degrees. tuesday, the chance of showers later in the day. 64 for a high. we are then windy next wednesday and then the chance for some more showers in the forecast on friday and saturday. but, again, tomorrow it's going to be blustery and chilly with afternoon temperatures around 50. you definitely want to grab at least a jacket as you head out the door. >> thank you, amelia. lion you can stroke his mane and feel hisfot%t chest rise and fa he breathes. and look deeply into his mouth at those giant teeth. i got to do that recently when luke, the alpha male at the national zoo, went into the dentist and, imagine, being the doctor who mak

beast say ah.÷÷1 ♪ >> reporter: luke was in fine form recently as he roamed the big cat house at the national zoo. luke is clearly the king of his castle. but the big guy wasn't looking so royal when we found him konked out on an operating table earlier. his massive paws kept warm by colorful mittens. >> the root of this tooth is about up here where my finger is. >> wow. >> reporter: this ismwnhl veterinarian dentist barren hall doing a regular checkup on luke to make sure his teeth are healthy. >> since they are wild animals and you can't -- >> reporter: you have to knock them out which is why leak hasoa team of medically technicians

[000:49:49;00] animals and he's so rare he is in demand at zoos around the country and sanctuaries around the world and been in the mouth of some fierce beasts. >> i've worked on black bears, grizzly bears, ground bears. pretty much every cat. a hippo, i haven't done. polar bear on my bucket list. >> reporter: wild animals need mental work because an unhealthy mouth can make an animal sick. also alpha males like luke can have a bad tooth, be in pain and they instinctively hide it because pain is a sign of weakness and can get them killed in the wild. luke is quite special. he came to the national good when he was a year old. >> luke was brought in to our facility from facility in south africa which mean his specific genetic like was not represented in north america at s5hmñall. >> reporter: that gave breeder a fresh gene pool to expand the lion population in this country.

luke proved to be >> he'zíp been an outstanding breeding animal for us. he's produced five liters, four of which have all survived, you know, it'sd1jñ been -- he's had great run for us. >> reporter: luke is now 11, slowing down a bit but he can live into his twenty. staring into the business end of a lion, one has renewed respect for this king of beast, especially when dr. hall tells you this. >> you can extract every tooth in their mouth. the pour of their muscle, will still pop their head like a grape if they wanted to. >> reporter: fortunately, luke can still bite your head off. he left the exam with teeth intact and mouth cleaned up and ready to -- you know. he's a good kitty! it's amazing what you can learn looking into the mouth of a lion. dr. hall provides his services to the zoo for free and a member

of something called veterinarians without border and they provide free health care for animals in sanctuaries care for the creatures around them. luke is amazing. he is also one of the few lions >> unusual. >> he is gorgeous. really something. and he is very, very big! >> about wanting to protect themselves by not showing fear or pain. >> because male betas want to take over from an alpha. so if you're in the wild and beta will move in and kill you. >> lizñwow. this grape ain't getting anywhere near that. >> pop your head off like a grape! >> cool story, wendy.9]b8 barack and michelle obama have signed book deals. both books estimated between 30

and 35 million. they say mr. obama's his presidency and the former first lady plans to write inspirational work for young people that will draw upon her life story. no word yet on titles or release dates. a consumer alert concerning your car's gearshift. new sdinds could put you in danger and tonight one is taking steps to protect drivers. susan hogan, consumer reporter, joins us for the important safety information for you. >> reporter: recently we reported on aúb@ recall involvi gearshift confusion. fiat chrysler recalled more than is million cars and suvs because the gearshift makes it too easy for drivers to put the car in park before getting out. gearshifters use to be intuitive but many carmakers are adding style and design elements to

their interiors. they might look on better but confusing and potentially dangerous. >> i'm right now in a mercedes-benz glc. the shifter is a )da]ñmon or st tr -- mono or stableul0shifter. putting it into park is a small button at the end which completely blocked by the steering wheel.s3i >> reporter: consumer reports believes so strongly that these confusing gearshifts can be so dangerous the now doing something about it when it comes to rating these cars. we will have more on that. plus, we will reveal some of the most dangerous shifters consumer reports found. >> see you at 11:00, susan. it is all hand on deck. those words from maryland's heroin epi his state. what his declaration of a state of emergency means. a woman's body was discovered near this

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♪ in maryland, deaths involving heroin and opioids doubled in the last year. >> the state's governor says it z more aggressive on tackling this problem. our sister station in baltimore reports that governor hogan is going to add $50 million in funding to fight this crisis.

>> i will be signing state of emergency and the response to the rapid escalation of the heroin and opioid crisis in our state. >> reporter: we usually associate states of emergency with weather events. governor hogan says he considers the heroin opioid epidemic in maryland a natural disaster as deaths involving the drug have doubled in the state the last year. >> with this continuing threat, increasing at such an alarming rate, we must allow for rapid kroon coordination with our state and local emergency teams. >> reporter: the governor issued the state of emergency to cut through red tape to give local emergency agencies more flexibility for treatment and enforcement efforts. the lieutenant governor who head the governor's heroin and opioid emergency task forces says this will help his efforts. >> the fact of the matter is

that people, all across maryland, and across our country answers when it comes to this heroin and opioid epidemic. >> reporter: the governor is also pledged an additional $50 million in funding from the state and will continue to seek federal funds. former mema director clay stamp who will lead the emergency coordination around the state says it's all about saving lives. >> we have people dying every day in the state right now. there is probably no more important endeavor that i've been involved in in my career in emergency management than what we are facing. tonight, strong storms have moved out. now the cleanup begins.:qzm high winds knocked down trees and left thousands of people without power. this is some of the damage on the ground in montgomery county. across the region begin to survey the damage.$o)ux tonight, we have team coverage to show you the areas hi the

hardest and what is coming next cl snow. first, here is where things stand right now. thousands are without power thanks to this storm. pepco has 8,000 customers with outages. domini dominion, virginia, more than 6,000 outages and bge has 1,000 spring where neighbors are dealing with both. >> reporter:s841q0ahoh good eve. we are across the street from holy cross hospital. take a look at the house behind standing in the fraredont yard pickipick ing up sticks when the storm happened.