good evening. we begin in wood bridg >> the little girl was wanted or the holding a rident there at dwupt. >> david has the rest of the story. >> reporter: when you hear the voice of this victim's you're going to notice his trembling, the fear from what happened fst outside this home and then inside. as you mentioned, that manhunt is still underway. policerying to find may who they s attacked a woman andau eventually aed a little girl. police in tactical gear and moikss. jo in on the search. looking into trash cans. on their hands and knees.

it does not apar -- >> repitter: it startedh his mother walking their dog this morning. she saw a man and a little girl. he said the girl warmed his mother, be careful. the man has a gun. >> he displayed the gun. he said if you move or talk, i will shoot you. sh c gave them keys. she said take car. just go and leave meon that's when he was like, now i have to kill. he went into the kich grown grab a knife, he went into then kitche to grab a knife. that's when i u wokep and i grabbed the sledgehammer. by the time i came out, he was o . >> police stay man took the little girl on a nearby street and sauually aed her.

>> she was trembling, crying.di 't want to talk. >> tonight both victims are talking to police. he said his mother was hit four time in the face. meanwhile, the suspect is still out there and folks to be vigilant. he said he's keeping that sledge h hammer close. turning now to hurricane michael. breaking news, this isgoow a ca 3 storm. >> people are boarding up as the orm heads toward the florida pan handle and the governor is declaring a state ofy. emerge flifs are headed south to help out if they are needed.

>> we're going to panama city beach. let's start with doug kammerer. it is expected to be ver close. 131. it is expecd to a category 4 hurrica when it makes its way onshore. you can see where it is. even around tampa. clear water beach. two feet of storm surge. even tallahassee, going to be dealing with this storm as we i ma way through the next 24 hours.

expected it to be close to a 30-mile-per-hour hurricane. 125 tomorrow at 2:00 our time. maybe evenoward virginia beach: then. will see you thank you. we're tracking michael 24/7 for you. all you have to . they were on the way to take their kids to daycare and that's when bullets started flying. itnd with a man dead, a woman injured, two kids in the back seat stunned. this was this morning on montana avenue. pat collins is tryingo figure out why.

>> reporter: what kind of man would open fire intoar a with two little kids inside? poce are trying to figure that out. bullets in the air. kids in the car. their mother shot a wounded. the car glass shattered. the car door punctured. the kid shakennd hurt. >> rapid fire. ba, bang. >> he's h a neighbor. rd the gunfire. he saw the crime scene.

you have to be some kind of evil to do that. >> once they find somebody they want or they're after, take no prisoners. they don't care who is around. >> reporter:o what could a possibly motive be? well, a guy in th know told me the murder victimot int an argument with another man right here in this parking lot. you.aid i'm going to get the murder victim said bring it on. in this parkingsh lot, gs. 126 murders so far this year in our city. that's ten more than all of last year. >> all right. thank you. a witness captured the icment p captured photos today. it was full-on take-down.

law enforcement agencies were involved. he was trying to serve a warrant last month. today police from northern virginia,an.c. and mard worked together to track him down and put him ifandcuffs. it began when he was spotted in xanld a he was then seen in the district on c street southwest and was finally captured on marlboro pike in prince george's county. tracee? >> reporter: well, it was all right here. imagine what it looked like. you have this high-speed chase. the district pice officers, prince george's county police officers, maryland police all involv and it ended right here behind me. it was a police f chasem fairfax identity d.c. and it

ended at districts heights. he was not going into custody quietly. >> he jumped out the drivers side window. when he tackled him, they got him down. >> reporter: the fairfax county police tried to serve a there was a stand-off at a hotel. he somehow escaped thetand-off and went off the grid until he was spotted in fairfax county today. he took off until he couldn't drive anymore. he was stopped with oicers everywhere. >> he's like 120 pounds and ten of them and they still couldn't it. >> reporter: a police officer in prince george's county was hurt, trying to apprehend him. >> one of thes offic was struck in the face during the wprehension process.

>> reporter: telt it was like. >> i don't have all the details but i know that he was tased by a u.>> park officer. eporter: it took a taser and a number of officers after he jumped out of the window. quite a spectacle here. he is looking at a number of charges aft he was expedited. he was looking at burglary charges, credit card theft and also, fraud. one of the most high profile women in the trump ministration is leaving. why there deparnd why you now? it will be at the end of the year but her depart you letter was dated last wednesday. she wrote in part she believes o rotation inice benefits the

public. >> we dealt with the hurricane, the flood, t come in and two do years of russia and iran and north korea. it has been eig years of intense and i'm a believer in miterm , no, i'm not running for 2020. i can promise you wha i'll be doing is camigning for this one. >> she did not reveal any specifics about her next move. the president said he plans to name a successor in the coming weeks. brett kavanaugh officially toog his seat as an appropriate justicef the u.s. supreme court. a small group gathered yesterday. his first case is related to prison sentences for repeat offenders. about a dozen questions, he replaces justice kennedy. it solidifies the conservative majority essentially for a

generation. only on 4, emotional testimony in the stencing phase. in the trial of a cop killer. just ahead at 5:30, what this mother told the judge as she confront the manho kille her daughter. plus, a scary scene as teen are hit while waitinghe for school bus. school bus. hurricane michael and the in thei'm tim kaine.kei helw keep all virginians safe. our navy to 355 ships and increased troop pay. but corey stewart said this out that budget bill... stewart: it's just an absolute nightmare and a disaster.

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hurricane michael upgraded to a categor 3. now florida is under a tropical storm warning. on thursday flags in new york willower a half-staff in honor of the victims of that horrible limo crash. today this somber parade of

hearses left for the funeral home. two newly wed couple four sisters, two brothers and many close friends. they were on the way to celebrate a birthday. her husband hired the limo so everybody could celebrate . safely >> i want to believe it was stan instant. >> they say the stretch limo failed the most recent inspection. ntsb invesgators say no skid marks where the limo ran a stop scene and careened into a rav e ravine. four teenars are covering after a crash. they were on the sidewalk waiting for their school bus when a o car veered the road and hit em.

cory is live t talk about the story. >> reporter: one of those students suffered life threatening injuries followira a car that actually happened right before their eyes and that is what sent one of those cars barreling towd them. if you live along georgia avenue, you know it can be treacherous. when kids are involved, they are saying enoughnds enough something has to change. a woerttt , backpack, athletic jersey. n mal high school thrown into chaos. fouren high schoolers f innocent by standers to victim. the force of the crash pinning the volkswag, barreli toward the kids. >> reporter: her daughter goes toy. kenned she walks this stretch ofve georgia anue for exercise with her 2-year-old son always in

tow. she knows how dangerous it can be. >> they run the red light. i had to tap somebody's car one time because they're on the phone. it is scary. >> reporter:tr pedesian accidents are not uncommon. just ask mom. years.been here nearly 50 >> in the last six months we've seen more accidents than have any ten years. >> reporter: whateeds to be done? >> is there some way? to put into the t pavement make them slow down? >> reporter: simply put,here is no quick fix. for now,arents just have to hope drivers will be more careful. >> you can b late for a few minutes. it is worth everything. >> reporter: in mony county, news4. michael is not messing around of the it is gaing strength. >> we saw the path of it. that's not good for them. >> no.

these are areas hit extremely hard by floren. they lost power. now they could lose power again because of the winds from michael coming in. and this is going to be a storm surge. there is the live picture. you can see the dark skies. that is michael, still way o into the gulf. u can see the bands and the surf. we've had storm surge flooding from down around ft. myers. that's already during. you can really see it is getting itself together.

right around the eye, it is up to 120 miles an hour and movin to the north at 12 miles an hour. florence was traveling two o three miles an hour. not moving fast at all. you take that. just 12 hours. that's 150 miles. that means this rain won't be nearly as big of a factor ashe storm surge and the winds. 3.ssibly a category a high end category 3. ssibly even a category 4. this is going to cause some major havoc. let's talk more about it. i wanto show you, that's under hurricane warnings and that extends. tropical sto warnings all the way down, close to tampa. all the way toward macon, georgia, salve an, a charleston under a tropical storm warning

and then the tropical watches. maybe up to 60 miles per hour all the way along this path and of course, this was the are hit by florence. so yeah. they'll get some bignd time eight to 12 feet. twice as high as i am. trees down everywhere. a lot of forest here. the impacts would be as the cold front sweeps h.thro we've got showers on thursday and then the cold front moves through. breezy conditions. 64 for a high.

most of you in the 40s. 42 for some of y on saturday and sunday morning. >> his best selling book turned into video games, a couple of movies. very nice for arthur r.l.stein and for good reason. >> reporter: coming up, we'll ow you how one bird with a broken wing was responsible for broken wing was responsible for populating a nearly

he turned around the ncp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped growwenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a plan to lower prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better jobs, on education, on healthcare. but iben jealous.e got to believe in each other. governor. i'm jennifer wexton, and i approve this message. seen barbara comstock's fake ad? jennifer wexton backed a deal leading to massive tolls on 66. nonsense.ex jennifer wton fought the tolls on 66. and let's call this plan what it is, i the way ths been rolled out. it's highway robbery. there's also healthcare robbery. v it's highway robbery. barbara comstooted th sabotage the healre market,

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have dedicated their whole careers. >> and they've had a lot ofcc sful in 1942, there were only 16 whooping cranes in north america. nowe here are man 500. >> these birds are still highly endangered. >> reporter: while there are hundreds living in the wild, the st majority were conceived here at the patuxent researchce er. and it all started with one whooping crane who broke his wing and was rescued by scientists in canada back in 1564. that crane was brought here where he lived for more than 30 years because he had a broken wing, he wouldn't mate. >> the male has to have two wings to balance. >> so the scientists developed a method of artificial insemination for birds. >> he was the father and grandfather andaybe great grandfather of 30 or 40 of the birds in our collection for many

years. >> after 50 years, they are eming the whooping crepe program. for the doctor who has been caring for the cranes for 30 years, it a bitter sweet time. looking back at the success while having to sayoodbye to some old friends. >> i miss him. there are a few that are characters. >> they'll be flown to their new homes by the u.s. coast guard. >> they were supposed to fly out tomorrow but hurricane michael has even delayed their departure. f e feathers make fine birds. finding acceptable childcare can be a barrier to the sucofss women in the workplace. rbw staks is trying to fill

the gap. and emotional testimony as the mother of a police officer who was killed on the job confronts the man who was found guilty of killing. if you're just now joining ne, doug has an update on this monster hurricaichaeleaded h

i continue toook at the computer models with this. winds are now 120-mile-an-hour category 3. now they are specking this to become aclose toy a categ 4. between mexico beach and keaton beach, this is the area along what is the big bend offlorida. they're now expecting a storm surge of 9 to 13 thfeet. best news here.

this is not extremely populated. most is par area but there are some towns, once you get crossover toward mexico beach and the panama city area, you ha a lot more people in this area. toward the tallahassee region. we're looking at an historic storm. just over month after hurricane florence. we'll take you live in 10 to 15 minutes. her police officer daughter was sho o and killed her first day on the job, responding to a domeic call in prince william county. >> today her mother had a chance to confront her daughter's killer and news4 was the only station in that courtroom. as ashley's mother testified about the devastating impact of losing her daughter, bureau chief julie carey has her story. >> reporter: we last saw her in prince the embrace of william county officer as she entered the memorial service.

today sheeturned from her new hampshire home to iestifythe sentencing hearing of the man who shot and killed her daughter. the jury already found him guilty of capital murder. f it wasruary 27, 2016,lehen he kild his wife, crystal hamilton. en officers arrived, he opened fire on the killing ashley, her first day on the street, and wounding two other officers. >> we have three officers who have been shot. y sat in the cord room amidst two dozen other officers. she said i have an emptiness inside me due to ashley's death that will haunt me every day of my life. she recalls getting theerrible call, learning her only child de was ad. with tears in her eyes today she turned squarely to look at her daughter's killer saying ronald hamilton, you not only killed my

daughterhat night. you killed me too. i don't know where i belong anymore. i have been handed a death sentence. hamilton buriedis face in his hands. jurors heard from crystal hamilton's mother and sister. said mom takery murphy, i'll broken. my life will nev be the same again. >> reporter: the prosecution rested its case. now defense is calling its witnes4.s. ne but the start of sentencing deliberations is still a couple of weeks away. three candidates wanto the ne next. they faced off in a debate and it is one of the most hotly conteste races in maryland.

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the i-team found out this person has been on e rad of police agencies for a while. scott m?cfarla >> reporter: law enforcement officials say theyom keepg face to face with a man named darrell shark. he has accused leaders of the catholic church of havingfi ncial misconduct issues and he's been getting arresipd mu times including in the house majority leader steve scalise. he was accused of claiming to be u.s. secret service. also for using office suites machines.used copying he served a brief sentence. a man with the same name and same age was jdt arr outside the vatican's u.s. embassy in northwest d.c. accused of making threats outsidehe embassy grounds, including saying there would be

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he didn't start out wanting to write scary stories. >> you miss me? >> does that make you laugh? or did you get goose ask the man who writes this stuff and he'll say -- >> horror and humor are very close together. very closely tied. >> he will tell you some things can start off funny and then scare the dickens out of you.re >> ts an incredible scene with gummy bears. you won't believe it. they turn evil. >> he's written more an 62 goose bumps books, selling more than 4 million copie to people around the world, started off as a 9-year-old himself wanting t write comics. >> i had a super hero named super stooge who is a really dumb super hero. i bring him into the school and they say it's stashl.

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his brother started reading the books and he said, he really did set off a whole new twrenrend w boys reading books.>> the strategy worked for him. >> thank you. >> let's turn to the weather. >> another major hurricane that could track to the remnants that could be hitting theca linas. >> this thing hits the florida pan handl the hardest. it was devastated by florence a ago.eeks this is going to be one we're talking about now for weeks. . it has been intensifying quickly. the current wichblds 120 ailes an hou you can see just how fose it is to florida. the cloudsm this storm, you can see them rotating around and they are makayg their into the panama city area.

t is a very strong category 3 moving at 12 miles an hour. on this track, it is supposed to go due north and turn toward the northeast at 125 miles per hour. tomorrow at 2:00, we're going ta ma city right now. laura rodriguez has been there all day tracking the storm to show us what it will mean over the nex 24 to 48 hours. >> reporter: tropical storm force winds are expected to arrive tonight. however, rightow it is the calm before the storm. i'm at the county pier where the water is visibly choppy as hurricane michas pus closer to the panhandle. >> reporter: in panama city some residents are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> hopefully we'll get through it and we'll look back and llerything will beright. >> hunker down and ride it out. >> reporter: hurricane michael is expected to intention identify before making landfall.

ringing strong winds and rain and a storm surge of eight to 12 feet. >> this scares me.s this ihe first one i've been through. >> many expcoss erns. but decided to stay in the florida pan handle and brace for impact. >> it is more important to stay than to go away and not long you'll be gone. >> i have my mom, a child, my f, stt is a lot to go through. if it was a 4 or 5, i might do it. but we've rden out hurricanes in the 2 and 3 categories otfore. >> others are taking any chances. this person remembers staying home during hurricane deny miss the 2005. >>at there all night and the boards were up against windows and didn't know if we made the right decision with the kids. >> reporter: h is expected to strengthen as it approaches panama city and pama city beach. right now governor of florida,

rick scott, has declared a state of emergency in more than 30 counties. news4. >> that storm will me its w through. as we talk about through georgia, under a tropical storm warning. that includes the macon, georgia area. it will be 50-mile-an-hour wi s. a lot of trees. they're going to see the power outages through florida panhandle. a devastating storm over the nextew ys. for us, we're dealing with shower activity. not much.ve we do couple of showers in and around the beltway. zoom into the d.c. area, around connecticut avenue, another one, we'll zoom in around the newington area, franconia right along 95 and 495 on an evening rush. now, our pattern has been am w one. high pressure around our area.

oh, the warm and dry air, it is moving out quickly and mike will help tosh in this cooler air. we've got a cold front coming down. and denver, colorado, 35 degrees. 35 withome snow. and the cooler air is moving our way but not tom row yooflt tomorrow. partly sunny, warm and humid. it is into thursday thatthe have best chance for rain and shower activities. some of this could be on the heavy side. we're tracking michael. then 64 on fday with falling temperatures you a day. we'll be in the 40s to around 50 saturday morning. some of you could be close to 40 degrees and we stay on the cool degrees and we stay on the cool

in them tim kaine.orked to keep all virginians safe. i helped lead efforts to grow our navy to 355 ships y. and increased troop but corey stewart said thi. about that budget bill stewart: it's just an absolute nightmare and a disaster. i wish the president had vetoed it.rg that would hurt ia. and threaten our security. i approve this message because keeping america safe has to be a top priority.

all eyes are on a strengthening hurricane michael.

it is on aat to make landfall tomorrow. doug will be he with the latest. we are in the fifth week of the d.c. mansion murders trial and today, graphic testimony about the victims. so graphic, it h t some jury visibly disturbed. we also heard from a forensic and bert some suspicious search that's occurred on the suspect's phone. news4's megan fitzgerald has the story from e courthouse. >> reporter: many were visiblyl dun the jury as the pathologist described in detail how the victi were killed. ing was out of courtte this oon after being called to the witness assistant was another forensic expert. this woman told the court that the burn injuries of the ten-year-old were sove exten that she had to use x-rays to positively identify his body. she went on to discuss the

extent of the boy's injuries but it was too emotional for amy ul saos's mother and phillip's grandmother. for most of the morning, jurors listened to special testimony. this man t analyzed phone believed to be the lone puck is daron wint. when three fily members and their housekeeper were btally murdered, he said wint's phone was used to search several topi including how to factory reset an iphone 6. and investigators never recovered the iphone of the victims. tonight e searches for evening news, fire onwoodland, and on several different occasions, in the days after the crime, wentz for local tv stations including news4 were searched to learn more about the

mansion murders. this man told jurors that wint's phone searched for ten hideout cities for fugitives and five countries with no extradition treaty. he made clear he doesn't knows who sing the phone and who searched the topics but it was apparent that the mansion murder loory w top on mind. ? l teens head south as hurricane michael closes in on the florida panhandle. >> you don't have aot of time to prepare. >> an arrest after a wild chase through three states. what we're learning about the ma w behind theheel and why he was running from police. the surprise shake-u to president trump's cabinet as questions swirl about nikki haley's next move. but first an intense manhunt after a young girl is abductede andlly assaulted on her way to school. he took him to the grass in

the backyard and said if you move, i will shoot you. >> witnesses describe it as police search for a suspect. investigators are chasing leads in that attack that has families on highalert. >> a young girl snatched off the street and sexually assaulted oy her to school. the man alsottacked a neighbor who tried to help. all culver is near where of this took place. david, you just talked to one the victims. what have you learned? >> i can tell you, i just stepped outf that home helped me where theville has just gotten back from thehospital. this is adult victim. the woman who was attacked. her face is goal sxen and