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from where he was last seen. frantic rescues and incredible pictures from southern california. heavy rain and mudslides claimed even more lives. news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. chaos in the district as a man is shot just steps from george washington university hospital. good evening, i'm jim handly. >> i'm doreen gentzler. it's near the foggy bottom metro station where a lot of people are constantly coming. >> that's where jackie bensen joins us live tonight. jackie, what have you learned? >> reporter: jim, sources tell us that the shooting is not believed to be random or the result of a robbery attempt. instead, investigators preliminarily believe it resulted from a dispute between the two men involved.

witnesses say the shooting happened right in front of the doors to the george washington university hospital entrance in the 900 block of 23rd street northwest. it was just after 8:30 p.m. the streets were filled with people walking from the gw foggy bottom metro station a few yards away. crime scene technicians documented the scene and placed evidence markers near numerous shell casings on the ground. police say bystanders, it's unclear whether they were hospital staff, helped the man get inside the facility. officials confirm that the hospital was briefly placed on lockdown. officers blocked off the lobby with crime scene tape. the dashboard camera on a passing metrobus may have captured images of the shooting. metro transit police officers held the bus in order to down load those images. the gunman was last seen running up 23rd street towards washington circle. live in northwest, jackie

the search for a missing father is over. prince george's county police tell us someone out for a walk tonight found daniel dehaven dead. he had dementia, you'll recall. he disappeared a week ago today and was last seen at the costco in beltsville. over the weekend, police told us dehaven may have been picked up along route 1 and dropped off in anne arundel county. he was found off dorsey road near bwi thor good marshall airport. the last day and a half have been stressful on frozen pipes and water mains in our area. it caused many to burst and break across our region. water seen flowing today down brantley boulevard in potomac. route 1 in college park even inside from a broken pipe of the historic dan by's tavern museum in alexandria. >> after the freeze comes the

that their pipes are frozen and that's often when we find out that some of our pipes belowground have failed. brittle and may be cracked. if you see an outage, don't assume someone has called it in. let us know. >> two closings to be aware of in virginia tomorrow because of burst pipes. the loudoun county courts complex in leesburg will be closed along with george washington middle school in alexandria. we can expect to see a lot more breaks with these wild temperature swings and fluctuations. hey, we'll take 50 degrees after the start we had to this year. >> my gosh, it was balmy today even though we still needed a coat. >> it really was quite nice, guys. you know, tomorrow not quite as nice as it was today. but don't worry. the warmth is coming back. we had high temperature of 51. the warmest temperature since december

ago. what we're going to be watching for, not much going on across area. we are cooling. most areas well below freezing. a cool overnight period. even cold. could be ice in the morning to watch out for. late week, thursday, friday we need the rain. how much rainy expect and what it means for your weekend. be back here in a minute. leon harris at the live desk following a desperate search for survivors in southern california where rain is the issue today. this as the death toll from the mudslides is rising. tonight we know now 13 people are dead. many others are hurt and a baby, among those pulled out of the mud today. >> a little baby. got it out. got the mud out of its mouth. i was hoping it's okay. >> doctors not commenting on that baby's condition out of respect for the

are still missing. hundreds of first responders will be searching for them through the night. conditions are extremely difficult. >> looked like a world war i battlefield. a carpet of mud and debris everywhere with huge boulders, rocks, downed trees, power lines. >> new tonight, flooding on california highway 5. the powerful thomas wildfire beared down on the same stretch of road just a few weeks ago. you may recall that. a 30 mile long stretch of highway 101 in montecito is going to be closed down for another four to eight hours at least. doug mentioned on news 4 at 6:00 that that system hitting california is heading east. in fact, you're looking at new video tonight. these are water rescues in las vegas. forecasters in california say they expect another storm to move in next week. but for now, dry weather is on the horizon. i'm leon harris, back to you in the

thank you. breaking news from the caribbean. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.6 magnitude earthquake just struck north honduras. a tsunami advisory was issued not only for the coast of honduras but also as far away as puerto rico. the warning center september out an update that there's no threat to puerto rico or the u.s. virgin islands. the epicenter is not heavily populated. a silent protest in the works for president trump's first state of the union address. some democratic women in congress plan to wear all black to the speech in solidarity with the me too movement. we saw the same thing on display this past sunday at the golden globes in hollywood. the biggest stars protested sexual harassment in hollywood. the state of the union is set for january 30th, three weeks away. the me too movement

women sharing their stories of harassment or groping while riding the transit system. a group has advice for women tonight about what to do in those situations. news 4's shomari stone is live with that story in silver spring. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. the me too movement helped prompt this meeting. a woman who knows a lot about metro offered some suggestions. >> it is horrible. it is sad and scary. >> kristen jeffers describes how it feels to be sexually harassed on metro. >> you want that face to be there with you. to hang out with friends and get to work and school. you shouldn't be violated. >> tonight she tells people about how women can deal with sexual harassment on metro at a community meeting in silver spring. >> for your feeling of safety, yoan

the metro car. you can also always sit near the driver on a bus. >> she says make sure you report it. >> don't be afraid. >> she's the founder and editor of the black urbanist blog. some women have had uncomfortable experiences with passengers. margaret takes metro every day. >> men who stare at you and might harass you. it's terrifying. it's really scary. >> a metro spokesperson released a statement saying, "metro is regarded by the advocates as an industry leader in this area." metro partnered with several groups, such as the collection action for safe spaces to raise awareness. >> they've been doing some of the best work of transit systems across the country. >> reporter: metro officials say that they are committed to safety. again, they urge anyone with information regarding sexual harassment or if you come across any suspicious incidents on metro trains or

metro transit police. in silver springs, shomari stone, news 4. >> shomari, thank you. new concerns about safety in loudoun county to report as deputies search for a man who assaulted a young girl on a popular walking path. it happened wednesday afternoon on wright wood place here in sterling. the girl was walking home from her middle school when she was grabbed and touched inappropriate inappropriately. she screamed for help and got away. police say the biggest clue is home surveillance video captured from a nearby house. there's a sketch of the guy they're looking for. if you recognize him, you're urged to call police. the lines of more than a thousand workers at the discovery channel are about to change. the company announced it will move headquarters from downtown silver springs to new york. discovery made that decision after planning to merge with scripps late last year. it will impact 1300 jobs here. the headquarters will be sold with closure of the sale expected next year.

the ripple effect could have a big impact on the economy of downtown silver spring, including nearby bars and restaurants on georgia avenue. >> i remember how we languished with no development and a lot of boarded up buildings. so development was brought here by the arrival of discovery and i just wonder, will we see some sort of downturn again with them leaving. >> montgomery county and the state of maryland tried for months to keep discovery in town. county leaders won't speculate about who might be interested in buying that building. tomorrow, back to work for lawmakers in virginia. terry mcauliffe will give his farewell address tomorrow before governor-elect ralph northam is sworn in on saturday. danica roem is one of ten democratic women joining the assembly. the gop holds a slight margin in the house after the random drawing named david

winner of district 94. in maryland, lawmakers outlined a proposal to create an individual health care mandate at the state level since federal lawmakers got rid of it in the gop tax bill. also on the agenda, the democrats pushed to override larry hogan's veto of a bill on paid sick leave. and a vote on expanding the number of licenses to grow medical marijuana. news 4 is working for you with team coverage tomorrow. julie carey will be in richmond. chris gordon from annapolis. that's starting tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00. she lost her son to an especially addictive and deadly form of heroin. >> what addiction of an entire generation. >> next at 11:00, the news 4 i-team talks to this mother about the opioid crisis. digging into where the drug that killed her son is coming from and what's ing done to keep beit

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a new target in our area's battle against opioids and it's thousands of miles away. an investigation by scott macfarlane reveals a fast rising of cases in which the deadly drugs were shipped here from overseas. >> reporter: what happened one december night four years ago is still a blur to beth schmidt. >> a police officer came to the door. >> she was worried they were there to report her son was arrested she had been struggling with drug addiction. she was wrong. >> it was basically immediately

fentanyl overdose at 23 years old. fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic form of heroin and april cheap one. >> i can go down and spend $6 and walk away with heroin. >> $6? >> six bucks. >> less than the cost of a pack of cigarettes. >> fentanyl deaths have soared in our region. >> the fentanyl in fairfax county, montgomery county, in d.c., coming from overseas. >> that's correct. >> deputy u.s. attorney general rod rosenstein says sbirnl production has spiked. >> increase demand here. >> yes. the thing you need to recognize about a drug like fentanyl, it's where the supply creates the demand. for people to get hooked on it, they have to have it. >> the drugs are entering our area, our country right here through the airport at dulles. with the luggage with international passengers. customs and

officers and canines posted at international screen bags in a large industrial space beneath the terminal. they also sift through passengers' bags at the arrival checkpoint looking for things like this. nine pounds of drugs concealed in bags labeled oatmeal powder. we also found a case in which drugs were found inside a greeting card and found drugs inside lollipops arriving in a bag at dulles. on this day, our cameras caught officers flagging a suspicious suitcase, pulling out everything from inside. even cutting open hard candies with a knife to see if anything illegal was hidden inside. supervisor chris downings, say they try to fool them. >> we're more creative in stopping them from being creative to bring it in. we're always one step ahmed. >> these two men were convicted of smuggling

they're grabbing the luggage that contain the drugs hidden inside food packages. most of the narcotics are originating from china. the justice department is trying something new, going after the makers of the drugs overseas. weeks ago, prosecutors filed criminal charges against the manufacturers of fentanyl. it's shipped to the u.s. and connected to deadly overdose. >> this is the fooirs time we identified by name chinese chemists. >> we're addicting an entire generation. >> she supports boosting the number of officers and stronger prosecution. >> we're not going to stop it from coming into this country. everything is tied to money. >> she said it's up to family to keep it out of the hands of users once the drugs are here. >> we have to talk to kids younger and younger and younger and work on prevention. >> as the area's drug

scott maacfarlane, news 4 i-tea. have you seen something recently that you think they should be investigating, send them a tip and click on investigation. what a difference a day makes. >> yeah. >> our spirits are lifted. >> it was beautiful out there. >> it was beautiful. >> put away the coats, maybe. the gloves, you didn't need them. tomorrow, you'll probably need them to step out the front door. >> okay. >> won't have to cover our faces and all that. >> no. probably won't need the gloves. at least during the afternoon time. but tomorrow morning, it's going to be a little chilly. we already have temperatures into the 20s again. there could be some ice tomorrow. this after a day when we saw a high of 51. look at all the 50s. 52 in fredericksburg. 50 in leesburg. the warmest we've been in about two weeks across the area. more than two weeks. currently 33 degrees. winds out of north at 3 miles per hour. the rest of the area, the temperatures below

gaithersburg. culpepper at 24. nift melting that we saw today will refreeze. we could see slick sidewalks and roadways too. give yourself a little extra time. nothing like we saw this morning. but it could be bad in parts of the area. we have been dry here and really, we've been dry across much of the nation for this winter. we talked about how dry we were. we're back in a drought. i'm tracking this storm here. we've got a lot of stories on it because of the mudslides in parts of los angeles, towards las vegas some flooding in that region, too. this has been our pattern. this has kept all of the storms way to the south and the east. that's why st. mary's county has had more than frederick county, maryland. really quite amazing this pattern. the cold moves back, the jet stream moving in across the pacific picks up that storm system, moves it right into california and then brings it our way and brings us very warm air later

let's track it across the nation. look at the storm on thursday into the middle part of the country, chicago, st. louis. then for us, late thursday night into friday. we could be in for a good amount of rain. much-needed rainfall here friday into saturday. should be out of here by early saturday morning. but it also brings in very warm air. how warm? some of the temperatures tomorrow, cooler than today. 44 degrees. here we go into the warm air. 57 on your thursday. thursday is looking pretty nice. cloud cover and maybe rain around midnight or after midnight into early friday morning. then i think a break on friday. you may be able to get out and enjoy 62. but you'll need the umbrellas for sure. high of 54 on saturday. the cold air, that cold air, yeah. it's right back in here next week. a high of 30 degrees on your monday and a chance for some snow. very light right now. but it looks like chances of snow middle of next week. >> when are we supposed

>> march. march 25th. >> thanks, doug. >> get that salt off. get them washed. the caps stay hot at home. plus two old rivals coaching against each other.

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the capitals are at the home win streak of 15 straight. they have the longest streak in the nhl. some tried but failed.

to beat the caps at capital one arena. alex ovechkin giving the fans a gift. the canucks give them a gift during the game. watch the sequence. nichol nicholklas backstrom. it comes forward on the goalie. teammate trying to help him. but they sneak in that slap shot. the goal came forward pinning the goalie. but it didn't come off. so the play continued. the puck finds its way to john carlson and not long after that, the puck is in the net. carlsson taking advantage. tied at 1. the caps continuing the pressure. madison boughey with the pass to lars he willer. he willer shot through the leg. they take the lead. puck along the board. here comes koozie, his shot stop

the defender swats it in. but hey, a goal is a goal. he will take it. 37 saves, caps win their tenth straight home win. they have a chance for number 11 on thursday. but tonight, a big east men's basketball throwback tuesday. patrick ewing, george -- chris mullen, st. john's, a rematch of sorts, 33 years in the making back at madison square garden. a few players turn coaches led their teams to a back and forth matchup. first time back at msg against his old rival chris mullen. the second half tied at 57. back inside to jesse. he's still able to drain the shot. he's fouled. it's a three-point play puching the hoyas up three. just inside and takes advantage. cuts inside and up and under. a beauty here. 16 points for

john's back at 64 and still tied. time winding down. making things happen. knocking down the trey. puts georgetown up for good. 18 points forgo van. they beat st. john's. tony bennett and the cavaliers hosting syracuse. picking it up in the second half. four-point game. pass over to hall. buries the three. 13 for him and cavs up 7. later, though, in the half. a uva lead. down to kyle guy in the corner. 22 points for him. virginia starting to pull away. virginia wins

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