health care plan is not happening today after all. this afternoon we heard from a number of lawmakers that there may not be enough votes to pass it. >> the white house said it was confident that it would and senior republicans are already saying they will have those votes by tomorrow. let's go to blaine alexander live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is something that the white house and house republican leadership really wanted to pass today, in part because of the symbolism. today is seven jeeyears to the since obamacare was signed into law. the president and his team are trying to drum up support, but in the end the bill just didn't have enough. after an all hands on deck effort from president trump and republican leaders, the gop health care bill is a no-go, at least for today. >> he was on the phone last night well into the 11:00 hour with members on annd

basis. >> reporter: this morning a tweet from the president, contact your rep and tell them you support the bill. the president got a standing ovation during his white house meeting with freedom caucus members, some of the most vocal conservative holdouts. >> the president was very gracious, but nothing new came out of it. >> we want president trump to have a successful agenda, but in order to get to yes, we have to bend the cost down. >> i'm hopeful that we can find a way to yes. >> reporter: the day began with an uphill climb. 30 republicans decided or leaning no as democrats are digging in. >> he may be a great negotiator. we clearly are not ready. >> reporter: for the white house, there is no plan b. the only focus, sell this bill. theyd

debate will continue tonight as planned. they're saying that they hope they'll have enough votes to go ahead with a vote on the house floor, but no guarantees when that will take place. we're still learning new details about that deadly attack in london, including the suspect and his victims. >> this afternoon we know an american was among those killed in the attack. his name is curt cochran. he and his wife were visiting london to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. the cochrans lived in utah. they were on their last stop during a tour of europe and were supposed to return to the u.s. today. a police officer and mother of two also died in the attack. >> the attacker is khalid masood, a 52-year-old man who was born in britain. masood wasn't part of any current terror investigation but he did have prior drcriminal

convictions. british prime minister theresa may say police once investigated masood for extremist links but determined he wasn't a threat. police think masood was inspired by isis but acted alone. d.c. police want you to take a close look at the man in this surveillance image. he's considered a person of interest in the murder of an artist who had been visiting our city for work. officers found corrine neil bound and stabbed in an apartment on h street. take a look outside. you walk outside for lunch and you see that beautiful, beautiful sunshine, those blue skies. look, don't be fooled. it is chillier than it looks out there. let's go to tomorrow team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> it is brisk. definitely a little bit on the cool side.

you may have needed the jacket. right now up to 47 degrees at the airport. 50s back into west virginia, 60s even farther back to the west. that's the warmer theirs coming in here. ocean city maryland only 36 degrees. we've got the cooler air. that's finally going to start to move out, though. that warmer pattern starts to move in tomorrow as a warm front comes through. couple of chances for showers, but no big storms and staying on the warm side. right now the ten-day forecast, the warmest ten-day forecast we've made so far this year. that will make a lot of people happy. more threats are coming into rockville high school by phone and e-mail. >> and the debate is intensifying over how immigration officials handled two students accused of raping a classmate. chris gordon is live with new reaction from the governor in

maryland. >> reporter: rockville high school has put into place strict new security procedures to track each student throughout the school day. montgomery county public schools is undertaking a comprehensive review of its security procedures for all of its schools. it says it has good reason. >> we've had hundreds of calls that are hate filled, racist . d now they're saying they're going to shoot up the illegals in our school. >> reporter: this follows the rape of a 14-year-old female student last week. two male students are charged with rape and sexual assault. sanchez was stopped crossing the border from mexico into texas last august. he was released before a hearing was scheduled. rockville high school has received telephone threats to shoot what the caller

to as illegals and burn the school down. today maryland governor larry hogan reacted to the threats. >> we can't condone any hate speech like that. it's terrible. it's not something that should be allowed to go on. >> reporter: now, ahead at 5:00, we'll hear what one of the lawyers representing a defendant in this rape case has to say about the charges facing his client. back to you. first at 4:00, dueling protests today outside the bethesda school hosting education secretary betsy devos and governor hogan. a small band of supporters believes voucher programs, which the secretary and governor support, will open up opportunities for disadvantaged students. but a larger crowd carried signs condemning those programs as a step toward privatizing public schools. >> i don't believe in using public taxpayer dollars to fund private schools. >> we have more

let the children in poor neighborhoods have access to good schools just as we do here. >> governor hogan and devos visited carter rock springs elementary in bethesda where they read to students. they took turns reading aloud dr. syracueussseuss. we learned just a few minutes ago what about what happened in a quiet neighborhood. imagine worrying your home could flood every time it rains. why some relief could be coming to a very concerned neighborhood. plus the way to try to beat

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the fcc promised to investigate the 911 outage that impacted a lot of at&t customers this month including folks right here in our area. now we're getting new details on just how widespread it was. on the night of march th more than 12,000 subscribers could not reach 911 on their cell phone. that outage impacts callers across the southeast, northeast and central parts of the country. at&t says it recently changed networks and that is what caused the problem. in fairfax county every time it rains folks who live in the huntington area of the county get anxious. that could change soon. ground was broken on a new levee and pumping station. many homes along

were built before there were floodplain regulations. those are susceptible to flash flooding and tidal surges. criminals running drugs through your mailbox. the news4 i-team shows you how dealers can move load of pot through the u.s. mail. the immediate measures investigators are taking. the father of a local woman died while he was waiting for the medical equipment he needed. we stepped in to help her get r money backhe.

i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we have some new information on the case that involves the trump hotel. a federal agency rules that president trump's election does not violate the terms of that lease. that lease for the trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue prevents any federal official from being involved in the project and ethics experts questioned whether the president violates that lease the moment he took the oath of office. but the general service administration today ruled in the president's favor. gsa oversees trump's lease for the luxury hotel. it is just blocks from the white house. the president says he has transferred control of his entire business empire to his children. following some breaking news right now. a prince george's county police officer is charged

after wrecking his cruiser overnight. our bureau chief tracee wilkins has been following this story all day and broke it on twitter. she joins us with some disturbing new details. >> reporter: we've been talking with prince george's county police about this officer throughout the day after we received word from several sources that it appeared that he was drunk on the scene of this accident. let me show you what the scene looked like earlier this morning. we now have word that the officer who was behind the wheel christopher brown has been suspended and also facing a number of dui, reckless driving and speeding charges associated with this charge. this happened in the southbound lanes of the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. he clipped a tractor trailer, spun out of control and hit a guardrail there. no one was injured in this incident. what is most

some point he walks away from the crash. the first officers who respond to the scene was actually the district heights department. when they got there, they could not locate the officer. he eventually returned to the scene and was taken into custody. coming up, more details into this investigation and also more information on the fact that this was not the first time this officer had a dui. a image seizure at the us postal service's mail processing facility in d.c. news4 has learned that postal inspectors are investigating at least 37 parcels suspected of being used to traffic drugs through the mail. >> montgomery county police and customs agents were using canine dogs and they caught a scent of narcotics in those packages. federal agents tell us they have recovered thousands of pounds of drugs includie ining marijuana shipped through the u.s. mail this year. a lotf

homeowners who are getting caught in the middle. an investigate by scott macfarland and the i-team reveals a new surge of local cases and how you might end up being caught. >> reporter: drug deals no longer relegated only to the street corners but possibly on your block. inside a mailbox, like the case a drug runner paying her $50 a parcel to deliver marijuana to his home. he'd leave her an envelope with cash in the mailbox in return. >> it is difficult for law enforcement to deal with. >> reporter: former maryland state police narcotics investigators neil franklin says it's not only common, but dangerous. >> a lot of times the package is left right on the porch, right at the front door. >> reporter: it is illegal to mail marijuana and other

across state lines. it's the u.s. postal inspection service that investigates these cases. we pulled dozens of their search warrants. they look for certain states of origin, arizona, california and colorado and washington. they look for heavy taping of packages and they look for these us postal service click and ship labels often used by businesses but also used by drug dealers to make drug shipments look lick legitimate business shipments. the feds launched more than 2,000 investigations into drugs in u.s. mail last year alone and seized more than 35,000 pounds of marijuana. they caught permission to seize more than 100 suspicious parcels in the d.c. region just since october. >> that's clearly something that we're interested in prosecutor

virginia. the top federal prosecutor in alexandria dana boente think it could be smarter for the dealers to use mail. >> they view it as safer, less of a chance of get caught. >> reporter: federal search warrants said marijuana by mail dealers often use invalid addresses, some times a vacant or make home from which the recipient can make the pick up. >> it may have been just been like this is a good spot. >> reporter: that's what happened. dealers listed his wife's name and their home address in an effort to ship illegal drugs to prince george's county. there are weaknesses in the federal safety net against mailed marijuana. internal auditors found postal auditors near d.c. failed to properly secure and lock up parcels suspected of

nearly half of the post offices last year failed to do the same. by october of this year it will create better guidelines for handling of suspicious packages. >> takes a lot of resources and man power. even with that, we're only intercepting a small portion of it. >> reporter: some cases are harder to stop than others. takisha cole was a letter carrier herself until she was convicted of distribution. in news for your health if you suffer from allergies you know that medicine can help ease your sniffles. but a thorough spring cleaning can go a long way toward keeping your allergies in check. you should switch out your air filters on a regular basis, clean out the inside of vents if possible, wipe d

using anti-bacterial solutions. make sure the vacuum cleaner bag is empty when you use it. follow the house cleaning system, start from top, go to bottom, then go from left to right, then back to front. >> if you follow that system you're going to make sure you're going to clean everything in one shot around the room and do it in the right way so that you maximize your time and make sure everything gets cleaned accordingly. >> and they recommend you clean your floors last and if possible keep your windows closed especially on windy days in order to keep all that stuff out. well, it's the news that a lot of us knew was coming but still hoped it could be avoided. metro will charge you more for less. we'll give you the when and the how much. and the first full weekend of spring is almost here. doug's on his way in to tell us

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per car. for information on what you can and cannot bring open the nbc washington app and search community shred. >> such a good project. doug, can we put our heavy winter coats away and when? >> i think we can. i think we can. i think we finally can. i want to say thank you to you. you've got the storm team 4 app open on your phone right there. >> of course. >> you can download it too. thank you very much. the nbc washington app. i need to thank you as well because before the break you said you won't need your umbrella. how do you say it? >> umbrella. >> i say umbrella too and everybody gets mad at me. i want to thank everybody else for being a part of this great day. it's a beautiful day, plenty of

bit on the cool side, 47 degrees. temperatures dropping tonight. it's going to be another cool night. rather chilly at 9:00, about 39 degrees at 11:00. temperatures below average. our average high is up to 56 degrees. we're close to 10 degrees below average right now. along the patuxent refer only 39-40 degrees there. on the raradar, nothing to show you. notice the drought monitor. it's changed a little bit, taking d.c. out of the severe. still montgomery county, fairfax county, prince william county down towards fauquier still severe drought. we need rain. we do have a warm front makes its way our way. behind this warm front it is very warm, into the 70s. this will pass through our region during the morning hours tomorrow.

fayetteville, arkansas. that is all coming our way. so we are going to get much warmer the next few days. that pattern looks like it wants to stick around as well. notice by 8:00, some sun, but here come the clouds. with that warm front, could see some showers associated with that and a lot of cloud cover. still chilly to start off our friday. by noon, clouds all over the area and then we start to break out. by this time the winds start to shift and temperatures start to go up. at the bus stop, 36 and chilly. 63 in the afternoon, rather breezy. look how far temperatures climb on saturday. up to 76 degrees. a beautiful afternoon on saturday. sunday, only a 30% chance of showers. not a washout with a high of 66.

73 on monday, 72 on tuesday. look at this, guys, 60s and 70s the entire ten-day forecast. >> you said we could put away the winter coats. looks like it. >> love it. this certainly is not helping with the nation's divided political atmosphere. did a lawmaker muddy the waters by talking about someone possibly listening in on the president? it's sort of a hard and fast rule of riding an escalator. you stand to the left and walk to the right when you're on it. but is metro

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you're watching news4 at 4:00. starting this summer, metro riders will be paying more for less service. >> the board voted today to raise fares and cut service. starting in july, you'll pay anywhere from an extra dime to a quarter for bus and rail trips. the time you rawait for trains will be longer. transportation reporter adam tuss will have more on all of this ahead in our next hour. we really want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. will the metro fare increase make you less likely to take metro? so far a lot of you say you already avoid it.

etiquet etiquette. stand on the right? metro's gm manager is sparking a stir saying riders should stand on both sides and not walk up the escalators at all. here's part of what paul wiedefeld said yesterday when he unveiled the new escalators at the bethesda station. >> we do not promote obviously the walking on the left. these are very sensitive pieces of equipment and you can imagine this one would be a rise of almost ten stories. >> transportation reporter adam tuss is life at metro's headquarters. are you getting any dl clarification? >> reporter: this is an interesting one. for so long we've all thought stand right, walk left. on the metro website it actually says to do just that. but we talked to the general manager about all of this today,

what he really was trying to say is that you need to be safe on the escalator, that if you stand you are likely to be safer. metro found that slips, trips and falls on escalators were increasing, so he's talking about safety. >> my point is you've got a ten-story moving escalator and if you fall, it's not going to be good. so that's what i was trying to get to. i mean, just look at those escalators. there's no landings. once you fall, you're going down. so that's what i was suggesting. >> reporter: so metro says that they understand people will walk up and down the escalators, but they say they cannot promote you doing that because of the risk of potentially falling down. it's actually an industry-wide issue. and there is the wear and tear issue as well. if you stand on one side and walk on the other, that could lead to some problems as

there are some other transit experts who have found if you just stand on the escalator you get to the top quicker. so we'll see. >> i'm thinking about those dirty looks when you're blocking that left side. >> reporter: yeah. that's kind of the way it works around here. everyone wants to get where they need to go. developing right now, we have learned the republican chair of the house intelligence committee has now apologized to other members of the committee, this after he publicly stated that members of the trump transition team were included in fbi surveillance reports. as nbc's jay gray reports, the chair's statements are threatening to undermine bipartisan efforts to investigate russian tampering of the election. >> reporter: 24 hours after sharing information first with the press, then the president -- >> i know. i know they're concerned. >> reporter: republican s

nunes say president trump and his team may have been inadvertently caught up in surveillance. >> how did he get that evidence? and why exactly did he go around our committee? >> reporter: nunes apologized to members today. >> sometimes you make the right decision. sometimes you make the wrong one. >> reporter: the investigation is clearly on edge right now with democrats and a growing number of republicans calling for him to step aside or for an independent counsel to take over. >> he knows full well that there is grave question about his objectivity. >> reporter: the president says he feels somewhat vindicated after accusing the obama administration of wiretapping. today the national republican congressional committee send a fund-raising e-mail that says denounce the surveillance and stand with president trump. but members of the intel committee point out there is no new information to support the president's allegations. >> donald trump's deceitful claim in no way has been

produced yesterday. >> reporter: the panel received another classified briefing this morning. as for now, their bipartisan investigation continues. jay gray, nbc news, washington. when it comes to spending, christmas is getting a run for its money. why you could expect to pay more for easter stuff this year. and it's one of the biggest stories on the nbc washington app. an artist visiting washington found dead in an apartment. now we're getting new

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for the most part, the weather having a low impact on your friday. take a look here. the commute to and from work is going to be dry for most of us. however, recess for some kids, i can't rule out a shower. outdoor exercise, go tomorrow afternoon. it will be warmer and if you're having dinner out tonight, a light jacket. we will keep it dry for the evening hours. coming up, i'm going to be walking you through that shower chance tomorrow hour by hour, letting you know who's likely to see some light rain and who's likely to stay dry. today is national puppy day. lots of folks took the opportunity to post pictures of their pooches on social media. we want to remind you that there are a lot of dogs and cats as well looking for a forever home. you can see more of the pictures on the nbc washin

page. nbc is once again working for you in the community. and we're teaming up to clear the shelters this summer. last year, you may remember, more than 1400 pets in the area were adopted in a single day when adoption fees were waved at area shelters. clear your shelter date is august 19th. >> i can't get over the goalie dog. the easter holiday is turn into a second christmas? when it comes to spending, americans are expected to shell out over 18 billion bucks this easter on things like clothing and food and candy, decorations, greeting cards. >> according to a survey by the national retail federation, that's 6% more than last year. averages out to about $152 a person. most of that is spent on a new outfit. the federation says consumers plan to celebrate in a variety of ways. most will visit family and friendnd

go to church. about a third of families plan to have an easter egg hunt. >> a lot of easter eggs and bunnies and bonnets. >> we love that time. we love going to church. nbc 4 responded to a local woman whose father never got the medical kwiequipment he needed. so we got her a refund. >> that was just the beginning. now we've heard from more frustrated families calling with the same problem. >> that's my mom, you know. you can do things to me that i may l you get away wietth

d.c. police are hoping a surveillance image will help them solve a murder case involving an artist here in our city for work. >> now we are hearing from the man who owned that apartment where the victim was tied up and stabbed to death. >> derrick ward is live at the scene in northeast. >> reporter: we can tell you that this is still a crime scene. investigators have been in and out of this apartment all day. it's a basement apartment in a row house here at 14th street northeast. of course this is all about solving the murder of corrina mehiel. she was bound and stabbed in the basement apartment here. theyai

forced entry but we are learned more about her supposed actions and travels on possibly the last day of her life. she was supposed to be going to north carolina to work on an exhibit and then travel back here to washington to help another artist work on an exhibit. that's why she was here. we spoke to that artist mel chin earlier today. he talked about the last time he talked to her. he was possibly the last person to see her alive. >> we had dinner together on sunday night and she was ready to prepare to go back to the studio to help arrange things and get things together to come back again to work on the project with us. as always thoughtful, she said don't worry, i'm not just going to leave like this. i'm going to come back and see you. >> reporter: of course that surveillance video and a picture of a car that we've been showing you with that distinctive yellow diamond bumper sticker on the rear are some of the best leads

we are told they're going to be releasing some other information later, perhaps some video and more information about that surveillance video which was taken at a convenience store in beltsvil beltsville. we'll have more on this story as it becomes available. again, police with a mystery on their hands and this neighborhood is really worried. a burglar caught in a quiet local neighborhood all thanks to help there neighbfrom neighbors >> jim handly and wendy rieger are in the newsroom with more about this. this app takes protecting your home and your family to a whole new level and it's absolutely free. >> it's like facebook but for home security. some of your neighbors are swearing by this. we're going to tell you how it's already helping to keep communities in our area safe. also new at 5:00, cocktail parties, costume parties and now

yes, there is such a thing. >> we need this too because i've forgotten since college when i last took it. a lot's changed. a local mom came up with the idea after her young son had a serious health scare. we'll introduce you to her and she'll tell you why it could save someone you love. those annoying robo calls could soon be a thing of the past. >> we'll break down what all that means. see you at 5:00. >> i just got two calls this afternoon. i can't wait to see that story. nbc 4 responded to a daughter's disappointment. >> her dad desperately needed a stair lift and the company took too long to deliver. you may remember the story from earlier this year. unfortunately her father died before he ever got that stair lift installed. but we were able to get her money back from the company. >> right after we aired her story, we heard from several other

company never delivered their medical equipment either. susan hogan has our follow up. >> we have heard from five people who say they paid thousands of dollars for life saving equipment and to this day the owner has repeatedly missed promised refunds. so tonight we're getting answers. lola lee is waiting for her handicapped ramp. she and her son ordered it four months ago. lola, uyou want to get out? >> yes, i do. >> fred franklin paid $1200 for a special chair to lift him up. he's in excruciating pain, still no chair. >> i've been hoodwinked about six times. >> then there's bob philanders, an amputee. he spent $3500 for a stair lift that was never delivered.

and judy roth never received her stair lift either. all four of these seniors have one thing in common. >> sign says open. >> and we're helping them get answered. they all ordered their medical equipment from access mobility in fredericksburg. however, when we got there, the doors were locked. customers telling us the owner promised them refunds but some of those promises falling short. >> i still, you know, thought, well, sooner or later he can produce the chair. >> he constantly kept giving me dates and the dates were getting further and further apart. >> he never did. for lola, that ramp would have meant freedom. >> i can't do anything that i want to do. >> after leaving clur num ruero messages we finally heard from him. in a statement he said affected customers have been contacted and have agreed to a repayment plan that will be completed. he also told us he hired a

coordinate this process. so far some refunds have been trickling in. fred received a full refund march 8th. judy received 50% of her refund and will get the rest in april. bob flanders was promised half of his refund this week but only got $250. he's still out more than $3,000. lola got $1700 and is still waiting on 2700. until she gets it, this is as close to the outside as she can get. her son willie is heart broken. >> that's my mom, you know. you can do things to me that i may let you get away with, but that's my mom. >> now just this week we heard from several of the customers who tell us that the consulting firm hired by jim clur has actually dropped him now as a client. we reached out to that business. so far we have not heard back. in the meantime we will continue to stay on this story and hopefully make all of these om

turning now to our weather, the cherry blossoms must be really feeling good and better by the minute. >> they're itching to come out, i think. as we move toward the weekend with 70s in the forecast on saturday, it's really going to bring those blooms out. i will be down at the tidal basin tomorrow during the shows. it's the best time of year in my opinion weather-wise in washington, d.c. let's talk about you and how to get you prepared for your friday. maybe an isolated showers around the midday especially north of town. for most of us, it's a completely dry friday. it's mild not just on saturday but on sunday too. we're still in the mid 60s for highs. overall most of the weekend looking dry. light rain is possible on sunday. but the morning and midday definitely lookingry

currently we're in the mid to upper 40s. 47 in washington, 46 in frederick. hoping to warm another degree as we move toward 5:00 with the later sunsets. here's that minor shower chance tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. notice some cloudiness around. washington, frederick, carol counties, maybe northern montgomery county, around 10:00 a.m. some light showers moving through with a warm front. as we move toward the midday hours we're looking mainly dry. during the afternoon it gets breezy and the temperatures really start to warm up. by tomorrow night mainly clear skies and pleasant. take a look at your hourly planner. we start off kind of cold. it's at least light jacket kind of weather. 7:00 a.m. we're at 36 degrees. by 11:00 a.m. we're in the low

63 will be our high tomorrow. it is going to be breezy tomorrow afternoon. it's a friday afternoon. that's already good news there. and it's cool, it's comfortable and we're around 61 degrees at this point. here's the latest report from the blossoms. they're in stage five of six. peak bloom still forecast to be this weekend. i want to give a shoutout to all the wonderful photographers sharing their pictures with me on facebook and twitter. this one sent to me by d.h. photography. this was taken this morning. we're starting to see some of the beautiful pink and white on the trees . pollen report, it's all still low. take a look here at the weekend forecast. saturday it's 76, sunday 66. maybe some rain around monday and tuesday. not a lot in the forecast. look at her temperatures, still in the low 70s, guys. >> looking good. >>

folks in our region. but they're having some serious financial problems. what they're planning to do about folks who visit but don't want to pay to get in.

the folks at cleolonial bursburg say they're s losing a lot of money.

paying for that experience. >> reporter: it's a place with a muskets still fire. on any given day you can find someone walking the streets of colonial williamsburg, taking it all in. >> we're going to go check out the tickets for colonial williamsburg and get something to eat and walk around the historic area here. >> reporter: but according to a memo the colonial williamsburg shared with city council many visitors aren't buying tickets. the absence of a fence or managed access is potentially costing the museum between 1.4 and 2.3 million a year. a survey estimated that more than 70,000 guests visited the area without a ticket. mark bellenger says if the foundation changed its access, it will need to sell it to visi.

math and saying if every person had to buy a ticket, that's what it would be. they've got the college here. they've enmeshed themselves in this neighborhood. i kind of put it on them to find a way to make it compelling for people to go across the street and buy a ticket. >> reporter: nothing has been proposed. all streets in the historic area are public and owned by the city. >> i feel that if folks want to feel access to the inner workings, they should require a ticket. but i think that pedestrians use this street an awful lot and that means it should continue as such. our news continues now with jim and wendy. news4 at 5:00 starts now. and right now at 5:00 we are following breaking news on the health care vote that didn't happen. what today's delay means for the bill and what's next. plus, new developments tonight in the case of the poliff

why he's now suspended and under arrest. but first at 5:00 tonight, controversy and threats intensifying over the rockville high school rape. good evening. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. capitol hill is now turning its attention to how federal immigration officials dealt with those accused teenagers. this comes as we learn more about how they got to our area. 18-year-old henry sanchez was caught crossing the southern border last year. >> after some time in detention he was released in the united states to his family here in maryland. news4's chris gordon is live outside of rockville high school with more. >> reporter: we'll hear from his lawyer in just a few moments, but first i have to tell you why the montgomery county public school system is undertaking a comprehensive review of all of its security

of its schools. extra police officers were on hand today as students left rockville high school. it has been a week since a 14-year-old female student said she was dragged into a restroom and raped. two male students were arrested. one appears to be an undocumented immigrant. today i spoke by phone with the lawyer representing henry sanchez million. >> mr. sanchez million is presumed innocent. he appears to be innocent. he will plead innocent at trial. >> reporter: rockville high school has received telephone calls threatening to burn the school down and shoot what the caller referred to as illegals. governor larry hogan got a chance to speak about the rape investigation with montgomery county school superintendent jack smith. >> we don't have all the information. this is an ongoing investigation. we kind of want to let everybody do their jobs. but i think that the school system i