night. multiple reports say he spoke with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign and then denied having those contacts during his senate confirmation hearing. as soon as the news conference starts, we will bring it to you in an nbc news special report. while we're waiting for that news conference to start, we take a look now at the latest developments in this story. president trump says he has total confidence in sessions. >> he also says he doesn't think the attorney general needs to recuse himself from the investigation into russian hacking. earlier today, sessions himself spoke to nbc news. >> i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaigns. and those remarks are unbelievable to me. well, i've said that whenever it's appropriate i will recuse myself. there's no doubt about that. >> some republicans are calling on sessions to recuse himself, most

>> some democrats say sessions needs to resign. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> some lawmakers are defending the attorney general today. house speaker paul ryan says sessions should only recuse himself if he ends up being part of the fbi's investigation into russia. >> sessions lied. he's got to go! and there were new protests in washington this afternoon. many of those saying they want sessions to resign. it's important to note that the attorney general has acknowledged that he spoke with the russian ambassador last year. but he says those were routine meetings and that he held tohos meetings as a senator on the armed services committee. breaking news from prince george's county where a teenager has been shot in oxon hill. >> this happened on

street. what condition is the teenager in? >> reporter: our understanding is that this teenager is in critical condition. a serious gun wound to who we're being told by multiple sources is a 14-year-old male who attended potomac high school. shot after school here in the apartment complex. down the way there, you can see prince george's county police are quickly coming onto the scene. that 14-year-old victim has been transported to a nearby hospital. we are still waiting for the latest update on that teenager's condition. but our last reports were that this is a severe shooting that has happened here, possibly a life threatening injury. i talked with one witness who heard the shots, told me that she heard two to three shots here. now prince george's county police working to sort out what's going on here. the chief of police is on the scene as well tn

finding. this happened just a little while ago, so this is all just beginning. reporting live in oxon hill, i'm tracee wilkins. police have a man in custody after he threatened to blow himself up today in montgomery county. >> his target was a local choil support office in rockville. he's also accused of threatening his own family and a judge. news4's mark segraves is live with the new developments. >> reporter: good afternoon. those threats were directed at a judge here min the montgomery county circuit court house in rockville as well as that child support office just a block away. police took him into custody not far from here on falls road. police have been searching for the man for hours before they spotted him in wheaton. police followed him before

deciding to pull him over in an ayear away from homes or buildings. >> he was very angry based on the call taker who actually spoke to him. this was one of those situations that you can never assume what his motives were. >> reporter: law enforcement says the man had called in a threat to the maryland child support hotline, saying he wanted to hurt his wife as well as his 3-year-old child. he also threatened an unidentified judge. he said he had a bomb. some employees at the child support office were told to shelter in place, while others evacuated. the montgomery county bomb squad was called in to search the car, forcing the closure of falls road for a few hours. at this moment detectives are still investigating. the

he has not been charged. so police are not releasing his name. we can tell you that the montgomery county sheriff has provided additional security to his ex-wife and child. coming up at 5:00, we'll tell you what law enforcement sources say sparked the man's anger today. that's the very latest here in rockville. mark segraves, news4. this is an nbc news special report. here's lester holt. >> good afternoon from new york. we're coming on the air to bring you a news conference from attorney general jeff sessions, who is at the center of a firestorm today. it's been revealed that sessions had two conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. last year during the campaign while serving as a senator and as a policy advisor to the trump campaign. conversations that he did not disclose under oath to congress. now sessions is facing growing bipartisan calls to recuse himself from justice d

interference in the presidential election, as well as calls from democratic leaders to resign all together. let me bring in justice correspondent pete williams. pete, walk us through what's happening here. >> reporter: we've just gotten a statement from the attorney general. this is the one that he'll deliver in which he says he will recuse himself from any involvement in the investigations of russia's influence in the election. he says he's had several meetings to talk about whether he should do this. therefore, he's decided to recuse himself. we expect to hear shortly from the attorney general as well as his chief of staff. the justice department has strict rules on recusal. one of the things it says is to avoid conflict of interest. there's a specific part of that that talks about officials who have had a close involvement with someone or an issue that's under investigation. this puts sessions in a different situation beca h

and several people have said that involvement in and of itself should be grounds for recusal. he said that he has taken no actions regarding any matters. that's the news we expect to get here when we hear from the attorney general in just a moment. his people have been saying all day, lester, that when he testified before the senate in his confirmation hearing -- and i keep looking over my shoulder to see if he's coming -- that he was specifically answering a question in the context of whether any trump campaign officials had contact with the russians. and when he denied having any contact with the russians, he says he was thinking of it in that context of people talking about the campaign. since the justice department has confirmed that he did talk twice with russia's ambassador to the u.s., once during the republican convention and a group of ambassadors that came up to him after he spoke to some ambassadors at the convention site, and then again

meeting in his office. he says that was not to talk about the campaign. when he answered the question from senator al franken, that meeting wasn't even on his mind. obviously he has no intention of stepping down. some members of congress have called on him to resign. clearly, he's not going to do that. this is an unusual start to jeff session's very young term as attorney general. i can't think of an attorney general that i've covered in the last 24 years that hasn't been asked to recuse or step down. it is a little unusual to have that happen so early in his term. >> let me see if i can quickly get to hallie jackson. hallie, the administration has stuck by him and does not believe a recusal is in order. is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: correct. it's coming from the president himself, lester, telling reporters he has total confidence still in his attorney general,

he needed to recuse himself. >> it's good to be with you. welcome to the department of justice. jody, thank you for being with me. he is my chief of staff. jody has been almost 20 years in the department of justice. let me share a few thoughts. first, about the comment that i made to the community that have been said to be incorrect and false. let me be clear. i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. and the idea that i was part of a, quote, continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is tl

that is the question that senator franken asked me at the hearing. and that's what got my attention as he noted, it was the first -- just breaking news. it got my attention. and that is the question i responded to. i did not respond by referring to the two meetings, one very brief after a speech, and one with two of my senior staffers, professional staffers with the russia ambassador in washington. where no such things were discussed. my reply to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at the time. i appreciate that some have taken the view that this was a false comment. that is not my intent. that is not correct. i will write the judiciary

tomorrow, to explain this testimony for the record. secondly, at my confirmation hearing, i promised that i would do this. if a specific matter arose where i believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, i would consult with the department ethics officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed, close quote. that's what i told them at the confirmation here. i have been been here three weeks today. a lot has been happening during this three-week period. i wish i had more of my staff on board, but we're still waiting for confirmation for them. much has been done, much needs to be done. but i did and have done, as i promd,

officials shortly after arriving here. we evaluated the rules of ethics and recusal. i have considered the issues at stake. in fact, on monday of this week we set a meeting with an eye to a final decision on this question and on monday we set that meeting today. so this was a day that we planned to have a final discussion about handling it. i asked for their candid and honest opinions about what i should do about investigations, certain investigations. my staff recommended recusal. they said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigations. i have studied the rules and consider their comments and evaluations. i believe those recommendations are right and

therefore i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. the exact language of that recusal is in the press release that we will give to you. i've said this, quote, i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating ting in any way to the companies for president of the united states. i went onto say, this announcement should not be interpreted as confirmation of the existence of any investigation or suggestive of the scope of any such investigation. because we are in the department of justice resist confirming or denying the very existence of investigations. so in the end, i have followed the right procedure, just as i promised the

just as i believed any good attorney general should do. and a proper decision, i believe, has been reached. so i thank you for the opportunity to make those comments and would be pleased to take a few questions. okay. >> to clear up any confusion over this, could you just explain a little bit about the september 8th meeting, who on your staff was there and what was discussed with the russian ambassador? >> the russian ambassador apparently sent a staffer to my office. i did not see him. and asked for a meeting as so many of the ambassadors were doing. and we set up a time, as we did, as we normally did. and we met with him. two of my senior saffers were there and maybe a younger staffer too. and they both retired

we had a -- we listened to the ambassador and what his concerns might be. >> for what? >> well, it was normal things, such as i started off by saying -- i don't remember a lot of it, but i do remember saying i had gone to russia with a church group in 1991. and he said he was not a liever himself, but he was glad to have church people come there. indeed, i thought he was pretty much of an old style soviet-type ambassador. we talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall. and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. i had had the ukrainian ambassador in my office the day before. and i listened to him that rua

else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. it got to be a little bit of a testy conversation at that point. it wrapped up. he said something about inviting me to have lunch. i did not accept that. and that never occurred. [ inaudible question ] >> i don't recall. but most of these ambassadors are pretty gossipy. they like to -- this was in the campaign season. but i don't recall any specific political discussions. >> do you recall meeting with the ambassador any other time? >> i don't recall having met him. it's possible. i'm on the armed services committee and things happen. but i don't recall having met him before. >> on the sanctions, why do you think he stopped the meeting for

representative of the trump campaign? >> i think ambassadors are always out trying to find out things and advance their agenda. most of the countries that ambassadors i met with, they would layout the case for you -- ukraine laid out his case, latvia, japan, hungary. >> did you consult with the white house about your decision? and just to follow on the last question, with hindsight do you believe that this is a coincidence that the russians asked you for a meeting? or do you believe you were targeted because it came at the height of russia's interference and at the same time then-candidate trump was giving an interview saying he didn't believe there was anything to the reported

a sense of any connection whatsoever about that. i'm not sure i even knew -- when we set up the meeting, what was going to be going on in the world at the time. so i can't speak for what the russian ambassador may have had in his mind. >> have you met with any other russian officials or folks connected to the russian government since you endorsed trump? >> i don't believe so. you know, we meet a lot of people, so -- >> from those two meetings you discussed with the ambassador -- >> i don't believe so. >> the white house press secretary and the president himself both said today they think you should not recuse yourself from these investigations. >> i did share with white house counsel, or my staff has,

the chance to recuse myself this afternoon. they didn't know the rules, the ethics rules. most people don't. but when you evaluate the rules, i feel like that i am -- i should not be involved investigating a campaign i had a role in. one more question and we'll wrap this up. >> two questions, if i may. one, you were already considering recusal before today, is that correct? and secondly when you answered senator franken's question, were you just not thinking of the meeting with the russian ambassador, or did you not consider it relevant? >> i was taken aback a little bit about this brand new information, this allegation that a surrogate -- and i had been called a surrogate for trump -- had been meeting continuously with russian officials. and that's what i -- it struck me very hard andt'

focused my answer on. in retrospect, i should have slowed down and said, but i did meet one russian official a couple of times. that would be the ambassador. thank you all. take care. >> attorney general jeff sessions in a brief news conference there. the headline is that he is going to recuse himself from any government investigation into a potential russian hacking of the u.s. election. but he stands by his denial that there were no discussions with the russian officials about the election, none as a representative of the trump campaign. though you heard him say he acknowledged meetings with rush officials to discuss other issues. let's go to pete williams. where does this go from here? what's the practical effect of his recusal? >> from now on attorney general sessions will be a stranger to this investigation if he follows the recusal rules. he won't be briefed on it,

won't make any decisions about it. the logical person to take over would be the deputy attorney general. there is no confirmed deputy attorney general. the acting attorney general is dana boente. we assume -- we'll have to wait and get some clarity on this from the justice department. we assume he will now take over the role that senator sessions would have had had he stayed on it. attorney general sessions. it's a hard habit to break. >> i understand. let's go to hallie jackson at the white house. he mentioned late in the news conference that he had notified the white house counsel's office of his decision. but do we know rwas there any pressure from the white house itself to make this move? >> reporter: we don't know. we also don't know the timing. of when the attorney general's office notified the west wing that he would be recusing himself. it was only a couple of

asked whether sessions should recuse himself and the president responded that he didn't think so. that is one of the questions we will try to run down. you heard the attorney general say in retrospect, i should have slowed down in answering that original question during the confirmation hearing, the one that has led now to the story that has been dominating the news really since last night when it broke. remember too that the president had said he was not aware of the conversations between the attorney general, then a senator, and the russian ambassador. that was reiterated by his press secretary just moments ago on air force one as well. the administration questioning if there is fact a "there" there when it comes to this story. >> there was a legal decision made with this recusal. but then there's a whole political issue still left to be dealt with in terms of these calls for his resignation that came from democratic leaders today. any indi

this pressure? >> reporter: you heard calls from some republicans, not all of them by any means, for jeff sessions to do exactly what he just did, that is to recuse himself from any investigation into not just the trump campaign but into russian interference with the u.s. election. the prediction is likely that this will satisfy those republicans, like for example, congressman jason chaffetz who is one of the first to call on sessions to recuse himself. democrats by the dozen in both the senate and the house have asked sessions to resign, have demanded that he resign. obviously he didn't do so. this is not likely to bring any consensus, if you will, between both sides of the aisle on capitol hill. >> thank you. again the attorney general, the headline, he says i feel i should not be involved investigating a campaign i had a role in. and so he is recusing himself from any further government investigation of russian

here. we'll have the late-breaking developments this evening on "nbc nightly news." i'm lester holt from new york. good day, everyone. you've been watching the nbc news special report. we did hear some very important details that we didn't know before now about that meeting with the russian ambassador. jeff session saying that several of his staffers were present, they talked about terrorism and then that the conversation got a bit testy when the subject turned to the ukraine, suggesting that jeff sessions did have a fairly good recollection of this conversation with the russian ambassador. >> we also learned that the russian ambassador requested that meeting in september and that sessions got invited to lunch. he said he denied that. whether he'll silence his critics remains to be seen. >> nbc news obviously is going to have a lot more on this tonight. we want to turn now to storm team 4. we hav

changes on the way in our own weather. >> when you consider the fact that we hit a record high temperature yesterday of 80 degrees and tomorrow's windchill at this time will be in the 20s, that's a pretty dramatic swing. today it's just the wind. take a look at the winds outside. winds still gusting upwards of 40 miles an hour. 40 in d.c., 30 in camp springs, 30 towards gaithersburg. it's going to be a rather breezy next 24-48 hours here. we're at 50 degrees right now. without the wind, not all that bad. but the wind does make it feel quite cool. 45, rather breezy at 7:00. dropping to 42 degrees at 9:00 and 39 at 11:00 tonight. again, a very chilly night. temperatures already in the low 40s. a cold day tomorrow. now, nothing on the radar in our immediate area. watch what happens when we widen out here. we're watching a clipper system and it does have some

risk m mixture of rain and snow to the south. it will not be much, but it will also bring in much colder air. 50 in d.c. right now, but only 33 in pittsburgh. that's the colder air that will move in. tomorrow, just a cold day. we should see some snow showers overnight even into tomorrow morning. then watch what happens, just little snow showers coming through parts of the area. most of this will be as snow. this will move through fairly quickly. they'll be briefly heavy, maybe last five minutes. that's about it. little chance of accumulation. this is not a big deal for your friday but we will see passing snow or rain showers during the day. high temperature around 44, but windchills in the 30s all day. and tomorrow night it is going to be a cold friday night for you and a ld

high temperatures close to 10 degrees below average. saturday and sunday, definitely on the cold side. 42 on saturday, 43 on sunday. we get right back into the 60s as we make our way toward the beginning and middle of next week. this is a story pat and i were talking about on facebook live right before the show. if you're having trouble catches some z's, your job ma fios is not y cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios get the best. get fios.

back now to the political crisis rocking president trump's administration. attorney general jeff sessions, who just spoke, is under fire. >> he told congress he did not have contacts with russian officials during the campaign, but he did. the attorney general just defended himself at the justice department and said he will recuse himself from any investigations that are connected to the campaign. let's get right to tracie potts to put all this in context. >> reporter: that's the important point, that he is going to step down from overseeing any investigation involving the trump campaign, especially the ongoing questions about ties between campaign aides and russia and russia operatives. the other thing that he explained in that news conference is that he very specifically thought the question that he answered referred to r

political advisor in the campaign, not his role as a senator. as a senator, no problem with him at all meeting with an ambassador. but the issue became one that democrats and republicans weighed in on after he answered that question under oath. >> jeff sessions must resign! >> reporter: demands from protesters and democrats today for attorney general jeff sessions to step down. >> the fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the american people is grounds for him to resign. >> reporter: sessions is under fire for saying this at his confirmation hearing in january. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: but his office confirms sessions did meet with russia's ambassador twice during the campaign. >> this is pretty suspicious. >> the underlying meeting is a nothingburger. it's what senators do every

attorney general today. >> i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign. >> reporter: president trump touring an aircraft carrier today, told reporters he has total confidence in sessions, but did not know about the meeting. >> when were you aware that he spoke to the russian ambassador? >> i wasn't aware at all. >> reporter: now, the president also said during those comments that he didn't think sessions needed to recuse himself and a senior administration official says nbc that the president has not spoken to sessions since this information came to light. >> thank you. we have more breaking news right now. we've just learned the teenager shot in oxon hill has died. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins was on the scene at the top of the newscast. this happened just over an hour ago on

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two of president trump's cabinet picks have cleared confirmation. this morning retired neurosurgeon ben carson was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development. this afternoon another former white house hopeful, former texas governor rick perry was confirmed as energy secretary. the attorney general jeff sessions is promising to recuse himself from any investigation related to the 2016 presidential campaign. he just spoke about 30 minutes ago in a special report we brought you near the top of the show after reports surfaced that sessions spoke with the russian ambassador twice during the campaign and then didn't disclose those conversations during his confirmation hearing. if you thought winter was behind us, not so fast. some of us could see snow between now and tomorrow afternoon. the annual charter day celebration at howard university is always a big deal, but this here it's

milestone, the school's 150th anniversary. and meagan fitzgerald, a howard alum is there. >> reporter: it was 150 years ago today that the charter for howard university was signed. so many people on campus celebrated at a ceremony this morning, while others looked back at the school's rich history. prominent figures like the first associate justice of the supreme court, thurgood marshall and presidents who grace the campus hang inside founder's library. but the day wasn't all about ale obama administration f -- all about celebration for everyone. some protested the visit by betsy devos. the president's office says not only has the president been hearing the concerns of students, but he has an open-door policy where he's been meeting with all the student groups who are interested in meeting with him as he

understand their concerns. it is a busy afternoon here on news4. we are' we're working for you. hey guys. from the breaking news about the attorney general jeff sessions to that teenage tragedy going on right now in oxon hill, we're gathering new details for you. >> that new reaction for you tonight at 5:00. plus, a local homeowner noticed something wasn't right on her water bill. and she may not be the only one. as it turns out, your water meter could beracki ining up a large bill without you even knowing it. and a big retailer just announced it is closing about a dozen stores in our region. it might just mean a good deal on a big tic

>> who's not ready for a big ticket appliance? >> never a bad time for that. thank you. most journalists would tell you that coffee is one of their favorite things. and tom hanks apparently did his homework. nbc news reporter peter alexander fwetweeted this pictu out this morning. the actor apparently gave the white house press corps a brand new exprespresso machine. >> pretty classy. much appreciated as well. >> yeah. and we need it to be a little warmer than it was today. >> yeah. so we were only around 50 degrees this afternoon. temperatures tomorrow, though, through the weekend, guys, going to be in the low 40s. we're definitely in for the chill as we begin march. before we get into more about the weather today, read across america with it being dr.

i was so honored to go to st. elizabeth catholic school up in rockville. i have my own dr. seuss hat. i read to miss lawrence and miss gardener's class. not only was it chilly out there, it was blustery as well. i'm starting you off here with the wind scale. tomorrow morning you can see the winds not a problem. but by the afternoon hours tomorrow, it's windy, gusts around 30. it's feeling like we're in the 20s and 30s throughout the day on your friday. saturday you still want the warm jacket and it's also going to be a little bit breezy throughout the day. we start off our friday at 36 degrees and a high of 44. we hit that, though, right around the midday hours and then our temperatures actually fall into the 30s during the afternoon hours with

blustery winds out there. in addition to that, some scattered rain and snow showers are possible at times throughout the day. just conversational though. you're going to have work, the kids are going to have school. we're not talking about any accumulation. temperatures just not cold enough. so the weather having a low impact on the commute to and from work for the most parking lot. -- part. outdoor exercise tomorrow, i think it's one of those days where it would be much more enjoyable inside. it's going to be cold during the morning, windy during the afternoon. dinner out on your friday night, well, it's a friday night, that's always a good thing, but it's definitely going to be quite cold out there. temperatures in the 20s. we continue our bloom watch. this is the stage the cherry blossoms are at right now in the tidal basin. they're already in stage 2 of 5. before they hit peak bloom, national park service saying

march 14th and 17th, possibly the earliest peak bloom on record. not only that, guys, with the warm weather we've had really dry conditions too. so this just out today. the u.s. drought monitor putting most of the metro area under a seve severe drought. i have a really great article about this on my facebook and twitter pages. it is a cold weekend, low 40s. then we warm up next week. with that dip back into the cold weather, a lot of folks already thinking ahead to summer. if you were counting on a good concert at the carter baron amphitheater. they recently tested the stage and found it could support the weight of equipment. you can still go to concerts in the summer theater in ft. dupont park. this weekend

have a chance to take a journey into the riveting life and times of harriet tubman and the underground railroad. >> kelly chauncey is director and kchoreographer of the show. he explained why this version of tubman's story is different. >> it follows an arc over the course of time of harriet tubman's life from the moment she had her first planning meeting to escape all the way to we found out when she fell in love with john tubman and we kind of cover the whole gamut with that production itself. the powerful thing about that is that in the midst of all of that violence and inhumane treatment there was still love, there was still yearning, there was still family. while we do have some very powerful scenes that depict those moments, we do balance it with the making sure that we keep true with what was possibly going on wit

family and relationship at that time. >> you can catch the production this saturday at 3:00 at the atlas performing arts center on h street in northeast. there's one show only. maybe some other good kind of pet, another kind maybe is what we should get. >> good old dr.seuss. that's me of course reading "what pet should we get" to the children at windwood center. it's part of read across america day. it's motivation for kids and teen agers to pick up a book and build a nation of readers. i wasn't the only one out there. you saw amelia's pictures just a couple of minutes ago. our news4 team was spread out across d.c., maryland and virginia for read across america day. we had such a blast with the students. the kids

wynnwood, they knew the stories. they'd all say the word drop. they knew the word. >> you had their undivided attention. >> i got three kids so i'm reading dr. seuss every night. they were awesome, awesome, awesome kids. >> looks like a good time. it is as surprising as it is confusing. former vice president joe biden and his family weigh in on reports about a relationship between his son and his deceased son's widow. we're going to sort this out for you. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row.

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no one saw it coming. former vice president joe biden and his wife jill expressed their support for the romantic relationship between their son hunter and the widow of their son beau biden. >> reporter: this morning new revelations from the biden family, still reeling from the death of the vice president's son beau from breast cancer in 2017. now beau's brother hunter and his widow have confirmed they are in a relationship saying hallie and i are incredibly lucky to have found the love and support we have for each other

we've been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way. the vice president and jill biden offering their support, telling the post we are all lucky that hunter and hallie found each other as they were putting their lives together after such sadness. hunter biden separated from his wife kathleen in october 2015, five months after beau's death. the vice president cited the death of his oldest son as the main reason for not running for president in 2016. it was an emotional time for the vice president, who along with hallie, shared a memorable embrace with president obama after he delivered a eulogy at beau's funeral. beau and hunter biden shared a close bond throughout their lives, both surviving a car crash that killed their mother and 1-year-old sister just weeks after senator joe biden was first elected to office back in

general of delaware, even named his son after hunter. beau and hallie also have a daughter. now a family still in mourning, moving on together in a new direction. >> hunter and kathleen biden have three daughters. news4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. in fact, two breaking stories we're following for you this evening on news4 at 5:00. attorney general jeff sessions stepping aside from investigations into whether the trump campaign had ties to russia during the campaign. and locally in prince george's county a teenager shot and killed this afternoon, not far from his school in oxon hill. good evening. we begin tonight with that shooting, turned into a murder investigation in prince george's county. thank you for joining us. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. details are still coming in, but we know the teenager was shot in an apartment complex shortly after the end of the school day o

potomac high school. tracee wilkins live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we have it confirmed by multiple source that is the this teenager attended potomac high school, was shot here in this apartment complex. if you look over there, you can see detectives are starting to bag evidence left here on the scene. let me show you what it looks like here just a little while ago. prince george's county police called to the scene just before 3:00 p.m. for the report of a shooting. when they got here, they did find that teenager suffering from gunshot wounds. i had one neighbor tell me they heard 2-3 shots. that young man was transported to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. prince george's county police say they are now looking for a motive and suspects. >> hoping someone did. right now we're still hunting down witnesses and speaking to witnesses. we've already collected as much information as we can get.