. i believe then, and now, that i am not either of the people in that photo. >> breaking tonight, a defiant governor northam refusing to step down after this arrestist picture in his school yearbook. >> news 4 was the first station to interview lieutenant about the controversy. an early morning crash kills five children in prince georges

county. the person i was is not the man i was today. >> that's governor northam admitting to past mistakes. tonight he issking for forgiveness. but what he is not doing, is stepping down good evening, you many erika gonzalez. releasing a statement saying it is no longer possible for governor northam. david? >> reporter: you are going to hear from lieutenant governor fair faxn a moment. when we first heard in a press

conference, we thought this ignation his res cig snag all of this as the calls for him to step down are growing longer. standing in the chilled shadows of virginia's executive mansion, calling forim to step down. >> i am insulted that black people are used like pawns in thisarticular party. >> reporter: the first time nce a racially charged photo. with his wife pam by his side, offering no resignation. >> if we t getthe point that we are not efficient, we will revisit this and make decisions. >> reporter: it comes asem mrs of the governor's own party echo the call for resignation. >> how do you bring them back

over? >> it starts to correct the record and to let them know that i am not the personn this photo that caused this story yesterda o >> reporteside the mansion, a few supporters of the governor. >> he made a mistake clearly, however, he deserves a right to be forgiven. >> reporter: saying virginia should be what northam considers possi positive policies. . hers saying it is time for lieutenant governor to rise to see >> a black man stands behind you. step away so he can step forward. >> reporter: you have had a lot of supporters, what do you say to them who want you to take the position. >> take what position?

>> reporter: they want y to be governor. >> you know, i have been fortunate to serve in leadership capacities, and i think there is more to ce. but right now, we have --ep >>ter: and you heard there, that was lieutenantrn go justin fairfax. and he goes on to s that he pes the leader wille one who unites. >> why would the governor come out and apologize yesterday if he saw that photo and knew that's not me.o why would heat? >> reporter: in that 45 minutes of a press conference,d it was asver and over. why apologize if it wasn't you. eemed to fall into this cloud into fusiconfusion. heid say there was an incident

that i dressed up in black face, nt e though he responded that it wasn't him, he realized that it caused a lot of pain and a lot of hurt and he wanted to bring healing. >> i think at one point he even tried to clarify and say listen, i'm apologizing for it beimy on page, but that wasn't me. >> reporter: right. >> still a developing story. david thank you very much. they talked about the close relationship they have with one another. here is a little more about what northam said about fairfax today. >> i have spoken t him in person for a good period of time yesterdayte oon, after this story broke and i believe at leasty three types b e,phon have kept him apprized of what is going on. heee has b supportive. >> also saying that lieutenant

governor needs to take over as governor, he will do so. the pressure for him to resign has intensified. protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion calling for him to step down. they held signs begging for the go in their words do the right thing. >> if there i a remorseful bone in your body, resign today. now. >> he has no plans to resign. and he remains firm that he was not the person in that yearbook. the calls for him to resign, arm coming foth democrats and republicans. >> what else has northam done that we don't know about to include the pictures that he has taken in heaook dressed up in a black suit this is

ridiculous. >> speaking at today's anti abortion rally. we are going to goo more i that story coming up later in this broadcast. ay with news 4 for continuing coverage on this story. reaction to t racist photo and the governor's news conference is still coming in. all right, we are going to switch gears. in other news tonight a i horrific crash in bowie kills fivehildren and leaves two adults fighting for their life. >> i am tracking warmer weather >> i am tracking warmer weather on t choosing my car insurance was the easiesaved hundreds.r. i swd

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an unthi dabledly crash in bowie early this mornin five children killed. we have team coverage tonight on the crash that has devastated friends and fily. the crash happening on route 301 near pointer ridge drive. and that's where we find derrick ward. >> reporter: it was a different

scenes t morning. a massive investigation which has moved to another phase w, but doesn't take away from the tragedy that happened on this o stretc road. five children died. a horrific scene before 5:00 this morning p maryland staice say this 2005 chris ler was northbound when it left the road. the result wasdevastated. >> it went off the roadway and struckeveral trees and began to spin. >> reporter: a passer-by called the accident in. seven people in the vehicle, and five of them thrown from the >> car. the occupants that were ejected were five children. the children range from ages from five to 15. >> reporter: state police say related.in the car was

all of the children died at the scene. >> everyollision we have where we lose life is a tredy. when children are involved, it is more of tragedy. >> the t adults survived. the driver is a mother of two of the children. the adult in the front passenger seat 23-year-old was the father of the other children. state police also say none the children were properly restrained. they caution, it istill early in their investigation. >> at this time, we have not ruled out any possible cause or circumstances that contribute to >> reporter: now, we are told that it was a passer-by that aled 911 and reported the crash. but maryland police want tofr hr anyone else who might have seen anything leading up to this investigatio this has got first responders

shakp. we are also told that some of the firshe responders from prince georges fire and ems, they cundergonseling after. that we are live here in bowie. >> we are working to learn more >> we are working to learn more about

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we have more now on that tragic crash in prince george'snt c the family of five young children grieving tonight. sdarcyncer joins us live in bowie with more on the children taken far too >> reporter: that's right, there is really no other way to o describe thier than being absolutely tragic. maryland state police telling us earlier today that everyone in the car was related.s this a huge loss to this family. losing all of the childre at e time. they range in age from five to 15-years old. we want to share with you their names right now. lice identified these young victims haves london dixon 8-years old. paris dixon 5-years old. zion beard14, rickel ricks 6-years old. and damari herald 15-years old.

all five were ejected from the car when it crashed. they were not properly restrained in the back st of e suv. the driver of the c ishe mother of two of those children. she remains in the hospital here in prince george's county this evening. this investigation is continuing. and we are waiting to find out why police believe she crashed. >> we are working to find out more. tragedy. for updates open u our washington app. governor northam also made headlines this week. that bill response.

amy cho has more from a rally outside the events. >> reporter: that meeting was postponed due to safety concerns. thes protesters tell me they still wanted to be here. majority of virginia find late term abortions reprehensible. >> reporter: braving the cold to stand outside with signs on hand. a bi that would have loosened restrictions from trimester abortions. many of the protesters calling on delegate cathy tran to step edown. >> any who has sponsored this bill and can s with a straight

face we should resign. >> there is oneng that units us, and that is life. >> i have done nothing tchange that. what i have done is try to make shoo you are that women are able to make these decisions and access these services in a timely matter. anti abortionctivist telling us today they plan to continue raising awareness. >> we asked tran for comment today and she referred us ta statement online. well, we are on the other side ofcold, not right now, but ro are going to be warming as we head through tom and the week to come. temperatures right now

degrees. a pleasant evening out there. dry. and temperatures are going to be dropping over night to below freezing. now tomorrow afternoon, we will read them. and we are headed to about 50 degrees in the afterno where we see a lot more sunshine, that is whe we can be a tad warmer. in the afternoon, i am going for high around 52 degrees. conditions will also be pleasant. partly sunny, and dry, just warmer. if you are planning to get the car washed, no rain until wednesday. unless you live farther west of the district, you could see rain sunday night. as far as errands, getting a walk, tomorrow will be dry. we are looking at a temperature

60sd all the wayp by tuesday we see the surge. by wednesday, we are back down the upper 40s. the norms for this time of year is as you saw last week, we dropped below that. it is nice to see this warming trend on the way. and to think, it is only going get warmer then. looking at the xt four days notice how mild we are. we g a chance of showers. you may see spotty shors and it may be brief. we are expecting another through.ce to roll we see a dip down in temperatures on wednesday, notice how every rebounds here and we could be in the upp upper 60s. chances for rain do increase towards the end of the week and

we are tracking our next snow chance next week. >> roller coaster continues. thank you so very much. >> there is great basketball being played by virginia schools. we are going to update you on those games and you won't believe

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talking about a little basketball with george here. >> march madness. a top 25 match up twelfth ranked virginia tech was held to 47 points and they still won the point by 23. w playinhout point guard. but their defense smothering in his absence. it is only a two-2 game. later in the first half, walker finishes at the rink.

second half defense even better. end.s get a steal at one and alexander walker slams it home to extend the lead to 12. nc state finishes nine. virginia didn't ha their best day. win it 47-24. number three virginia cavaliers always stellar in defense. only up five when slipping to the basket. early in the second half, hitting the triple to cut the leado four. the sophomore from bowie led all scores to 16. that is as close miami would get.

cavaliers win it 56-46. let's head to colle park.nd i would recom sun screen of spf 0 for that guy. send quarter finding logan. 4-2 terps. he scores the h sophomore four goals of the day. terps win their 26 straight even opener. eight new members of the hall of fame football class. >> george, thank you so very much. the nt to go back to breaking news that we had. governor ralph northam saying he will not resign. he admitted to past mtakes

including a party in texas saying he darkened his facng du a michael jackson themed party that same year. but thate s not the person in question. lieutenant governor justin fairfax has not. we are going to have much more on this developing story. til then, have a good night everybody.

tonight, the democratic governor of virginia changes his story, sayingac at photograph in his med school yearbook is not him. >>f i had dressed up like that and stood beside a costume of the kkk, i would remember that. >> ralph northam defying calls to resign but admits he did wear blackface at a separate event. hungd of thousands in the streets of venezuela protestin against government of nicolas maduro as a top general he opposition. the crackdown on sex trafficking as crowds pour into atlanta for the super bowl. > protests south side, where inmates and workers say they're freezing as parts of the jail have no heat during the coldest