>> announcer: the news4 at 4:00. a terrifying scene unfolding as we come on the air today. a baby gir kidnapped when a thief -- >> the baby was found safe just -- >> reporter: let me show you what it looked like after that 1-year-old was found in northeast d.c. this is video of the child being taken from the location where the child l wasated to be reunited with its mother after being takenn the mother's vehicle. now the mother was parked outside the gas station and -- here in seat pleasant and the child was in the car, somebody stole that vehicle. as we speak right now seat pleasant police are still oking for the vehicle, working along with d.c. police to try and figure out what exactly

happened here. now initially they were going to put out an amber alert but the child was found so quickly somebody was abl to call into seat pleasant police and tell them they found a child over there who fit the descriptionf the child that seat pleasant police were looking for. prince george's county police also working along in this investigation. again it appears that the child is safe and the mother is okay. both on the scene being checked out in the ambulance as we speak. and policeay this was the community that helped to make the difference in finding this young child so quickly. reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in thetudio. >> we'll let you get back to the press conference. we'll stay on top of this sto as it develops through the evening. if you can't follow theer ce on your television, we'll update you on the washington app. let's turn to another developing story this afternoon,

a social media sexting scheme in a high school. >> this involvestu ps of underage girls found on several snapchat accounts. >> the investigation started at robinson high school, but spread to several more cory smith has a look at how a open.nt broke this case cory, tell us about that. >> reporter: another student was postg naked photo of underage girls in a snapchat grouth e are multiple suspects in this case, and potentially multipleea victims s out across campuses here in fairfax. this allegedly happened two weeks ago, a school resource officer was the first to be notified. police have identifiedthe studho runs the account according to sources. the other students also had access to it. all of those students are now

being considered suspects. we kno at leasne victim has been identified, but there could be many more because according to police a message was poste to the group asking for pictures of other female student from at least four other high schools in fairfax, including west springfield and lake braddock high school amongthem. police are looking at a dozen different snapchatac unts. a lot of parents we spoke to at robinson high are just learning about the investigati buthey are not surprise d that something like this could have . happen >> it infuriates me. i would a be all over that in second and i'd be trying to hunt down the kids doing it and talking to e parent >> anything you put out there, will be out there forever. it'll never g away. you never want to share anything like that. >> reporter: police tell multiple students have turned over their cell phones and have been questioned. but right now know chargesave been filed. we also reached out to fairfax

county public schools, they would only saywa they are of the investigation. we'll have more at 5:00 and 6:00 but for now we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, cory. we're learning more about the man killed in a hit and run in tyson, theic v altiasg w leesburg pike. police have not yet identified the man but we spoke to an employee at a gas station nearby who said the victim was one of his workers. >> he's very nice. you know, he's very gentle man. he's a very gentle man. my heart is broke. >> the driver did not stay on the scene but so far there's little information on what type of vehle may have been involved. while the man's body was found inside the crosswalk it's unclear whether he was inside theines when stuck. more questions than answers

about the human remains found during the evening commute yesterday. a woman made the discovery yesterday just outside the beltway. chris gordon talked with her and he is live at the scene this evening. what did she shave to say, chri? >> reporter:ehe told m it was shterrifying. agreed to speak with us. she found the b at her bus stop across from where i'm standing. sh asked that we not use her name or show her face. >> i was terrified at firs it's not something that you want to see. as calm as i could, and i knew that i needed to call the i police. lt in my heart that it was the right thing to do. d i just -- i couldn't walk away. >> reporter: shealled 911 from the j 2 bus, they asked her if

she'd return and answer their questions about how she discovered the body. >> it s a black tarp or bag of some sort. it was some type of covering, andt had the draw string on it. and it -- it wa kind of open. so that's when i pulled it back legs. aw the two >> you saw two legs? >> um-hum. >> any clothing? >> no. >> could you tell if it was a man or woman? >> no, i could not. >> see any oes? no, not that i could see. >> reporter: detectives on the scene did not remove the bag from the body because it was windy ao they wanted preserve the evidence, sending the bag to the medical examiner's office. >> we want to determine the identification of the per we can make the appropriate notifications and we want to find out what happened, what's going onhere, and any evidence that might point to who may have done such a thing. >> reporter: i just received new information indicating that the victim, the body found in the i ba that of a man.

i was just told that moments the woman who found the body did not know, as you heard, but we are told now that the victim inside the b located here at the bus stop was a man and police are asking anyone who travels along old georgetown road, a heavily trafficked road, call.ve them a coming up we're getting our first indication of the time line, how long this body may have been thave. i'll that information for at 5:. wendy, back to you. >> chris gordon, thank u, chris. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill right now. the house of representaves is expected to vote down president trump's national emergency claration to build hiswall. these are live pictures from the house floor. the vote expected sometime in the next hour. this measure is expected to pass in the house. and today it appears there are enough republican senators to vote with the democrats to pass the bill ithe senate.

that bill would then likely head to the president's desk where he is expected to issue his fir presidential veto. president trump's former fixer,co michael n, on capitol hill for a marathon session of congressional testony. >> he's talking behind closed doors with the senate intelligence committee today, ut he'll testify in public tomorrow. >>le a knowledgeab source is telling nbc news the testimony will include what con considers to be criminal conduct by the president since he has taken office. ahead of that potential seectacle, the white h is trashing cohen as a disgraced felon and a convicted liar. this taking place as the presidentravels overseas. blayne alexander is standing by to break it all down for us. blayne? >> repor r: michael cohen worked for president trump for a decade. so over the course of this week, lawmakers will a lot from the president's former attorney, but the white house says that michael cohen has

congress before, so there's noli reason to bee him now. michael cohen, the man who once declared he would tak a for president trump now prepared o tell all about his one-time boss. the president's former attorney giving three days of capitol hill testimony, the first one behind closed doors with the senate intelligence committee. >> this was the man who was in the room withonald trump at some of the most consequential times when he's running for president and after 's in office. >> reporter: public testimony comes tomorrow. a source tells nbc news, cohen is expected to discuss everythi from hush money payments to crimes the president committed while in office. >> what intend to keep focussed on is untangling t very complicated financial arrangement between donald trum and russia. >> reporter: but republicans eager to discredit cohen who is headed to prisonec in partse of lies he admitted to telling the last time he was before the mmittee. the white house slamming cohen as a disgracedfelon, saying

it's laughable anyone would take him at his word. >> i don't know how you separate fact fm fiction with mr. cohen. >> you expect him to tell the truth this time? >> no. >> reporter:ommittee members expected to grill cohen on the previous lies during this round of hearings. so closed door today but tomorrow we will see thosere rks in public. michael cohen will testify before the house oversight e, commitleon. and a source says that cohen is expected to detl what h claims to be lying, cheating, and racism by theen pres all ears are going to be perked up for any kind of sign we hear. thank you, blayne. president trump is now in vietnam and getting ready for another high stakesummit with north korea. the north korean leader, kim jongn arrivedn hanoi first. the leaders will be meeting for a private dinner sunday nig

and summit meetings take place on thursday. >>. singerlly had to surrender his passport yesterday to get out of jail.ea which he has to cancel his concerts planned forny germa and the netherlands. kelly is accused of aggravated assault involving four females, thref them minors. in addition to taking his passport, the judge told kelly to stay away from minors. the singer is one of the best selling music artists of all time. it is a little bit warmer today and spring is goi to be here before you know it. >> doesn't it feel like it? itoe feels different't it? >> yes. >> we're working for you to help you get fit for spring. the simple exercise you can do to tone up for the warmer months. hree ways to save money if you are looking to upgrade your cell phone. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you. look at this, we ha 53

d.c., 28 state college, 62 in richmond. hich way are we going next and en do we have a chance for snow? it's in the forecast. i'm back in a few minutes. staying on top of breaking news, a baby girl kidnapped in a stolen vehicle in good news is she's been found safe. the other concerning news is the thief and the car still on the loose right now. back in 90 seconds with

we have breaking news if you're just joining us, police in prince george's county say a man stole an suv with a baby girl inside. officers tell us the little girl is now safe,e but they still looking for that man and the stolen vehicle. stay tuned for updates right here on news4.e nt to warn you in advance the video we're going to show new this nexttory may be a bit disturbing. surveillance cameras capture an attack in a d.c. nightclub. the fac a of three suspects are visible, look at that and take note. mark segraves explains that police hope these images help them catch the shooter and his accomplic accomplices. >> reporter: security video capture much of what happened. it started with an exchange of words. then you can see as people tried to separate the t men who were arguing. then the first suspect pulls out a handgun and fires one shot. then he pushes his way through

the crowd firing four more shots as the victim is laying floor.e the victim is seen laying on the floor bleeding from his le th suspect returns at one point beating the victim chair as two other suspects watch. the victim is sthen seen lungin at another suspect. later the female suspect wearing aackpack comes back looking for the fun which she fis. she's seen putting the gun in her backpack and heading toward the door. today police are asking for help identifying these suspects. >> it's horrible offense, which is why we have that video out there. we're asking the community to come forward and assist u i identifying these suspects.

>> reporter: the shooting happened january 27th. in dhetrict mark segraves, news4. so often wget video from these seens-- scenes -- >> it was so clear you could make out who they are. >> here >> here's hoping the video helps out. >> and speaking of clear -- >> 53 degree right now. 63 down around roanoke, three hours north, 28. >> that's coming, right? e> i think right now we're going to be right in middle of both of those the next couple days. to the north really cold air, to the south warm air. the cold air eventually wins out as we make our way towards the weekend and as we've been talking about, the first week of

march. that first week of march is looking coldnd stormy. right now looking good, sunshine, blue ies, cloud cover. current temperatures at 5de ees. countries out of the south at 8 miles per hour. take a look, i mentioned milder air, 62 in charlotteslle. 59 in fredericksburg, 54 in huntingtown. cooler to the nort hagerstown only 43 degrees. a big difference between d.c. and hagerstowny 10 degrees because that colder air is just to our north but n it's able to get down here. tomorrow has a little better chance. out there right now on the radar picture, nothing to show. storm team 4 radar, all it stays that way tonight and the next couple days. we are in a drystretch. we need it. we have been so wet the last year we need dryer weather. eeu can the mid to high levelud c streaming through

the region. there's a little storm coming through pminneapolis,ts of wisconsin, towards parts of the great lakes. this moves just to our north, another just to the south. so we are just in the middle between the rmer air in the south and colder air to the north so we have average weather .or your wednesday and thursd school day forecast tomorrow, 33 degrees, starting chilly for sure. more cloud cover across the region 45 at recess, 49 by the time we'rehe picking up kids. then we have move into march, the first day of march jt a couple days away. this is the pattern as i mentioned, the cold air to the north, the warm air just to the south. i'm calling it mild because it's not all that warm. watch what happens here, that cold air plunges down across the entire eastern half of the nation. not just that we have storm

after storm coming through the region. a couple of those storms look like coastal stormsni m a chance of snow in the first and cond week of march. that's something we'll watch closely. next couple days, 49 degrees, average day. same deal on thursday. both days mostly cloudy.'s hehe first chance of an a.m. mix. i have an a.m. mix, although most computer models giving us snow. this is fridaymorning, 1:00 a.m., here comes snow back to the west. notice by 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. we have snow around the area. what does fhat mean the morning rush? by 8:00 it's gone. this is a quick nsystem. i' expecting much from this on friday. but the timing of it overnight, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. could lead to some problems. that's what we'll watch for friday. saturday it's all rain,h a h of 53 degrees. but that storm comes through and sets the stage for colder

weather. this is the storm i'm watching here, i have it as rain or snowt we'll it closely. another one in the middle of the eek and another late in the week. look at these temperatures, we're talking 15 to0 degrees below average as we make our way in towards next week. low temperatures in the teens and 20s the middle of next week. w>> winter just hanging oh finger nails. >> something to look forward to. >> remember who said winter was going to end early? that groundhog. i'm saying don't listen to him. >> he's charming at dinner parties. >> he is. good looking guy. tonight you'll be able to watch a local dance team here on nbc 4 last week we told you about the west springfield dance team and before this most of them hadn't danced before. >> here's a sneak peak.

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if you're just joining us as we hit 4:30 let's get you caught up on the breaking news. >> a baby was ithe backseat of car stolen from a seat iteasant gas station. >> reporter: thee girl, a 1-year-old was found safe just down thetrt from where she was taken about 2:45 police were

lled to the gas station on mlk in st pleasant. a woman said she was in the store when two men took her car with the child inside and drove towards d.c. officers began issuing an amber alert when the d.c police called with reports of a baby in the middl of the street. the mother and child are both being checked out, but the thieves are still on the run. >> thank you, t. >> they got rid of the baby quickly, took her out of the car. >> thank you,cott macfarlane. tracee wilkins is on the scene talking to investigates she'll have information at 5:00. president trump and kim jong-un have arriv in vietnam for their second high stakes summit in eight months. >> the first summit failed to result in concrete steps towarding curbing kim's nuclear

arsenal. >> reporter: president trump getting the red carpet treatment as he arrives in vietnam for a second nuclear summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. the u.s. again trying to convince kim to sto all nuclear testing and eventually denuclearization his coletry. >> s recognize that kim giving up those nuclear weapons immediately is about the same chance as t mexicans paying for the wall. >> we fell in love. >> reporter: the president said he and kim are close, have exchanged letters, as experts warn the leader can't be trusted. >> the president said after the last summit that the threat from north korea had been eliminated, that's not true. >> reporter: intligence reports indicate kim is still building up his nuclear arsenal but the president is looking for a positive headline as michael cohen, the russia investigation and the border wall dominate the news. >> he needs a win on the world stage. >> reporte others are praising president trump's efforts. >> the world in terms of the

korean peninsula is safer today than the day barack obama left the white house, i think that's because of the actions of president trump. >> mike pompeo is also attending the summit. hate vandalism at an elementary school playground. a teacher found a fabric canopy elashed yesterday and one of the cuts was m in the shape of a swastika. the canopy was removedhe and t superintendent notified parents. investigators say the vandali happened sometimes between friday and yesterday. news4 i working forour health, helping you get fit for spring. today molette green shares the one moveou can do anywhere with the potential for great results. >> take a look at this lower body workout. it's quite simple. leona brown at fitness for lessh

s the trainer helping to get me fit for spri. so the basic lunge here you can t it without a trainer and you don't havebe in a gym. what are we working on? >> working the hamstrings, the glutes, the core. y'al quadsburning? hamstrings burning? glutes burning? >> the idea is for me to lose 20 pounds i'm inviting everybody to help me get fit for spring. i needed a trainer to get me going. but quickly, you don't need a trainer, you don't have tbe in the gym every day to do this? >> you do not. you can dot it a home. at work, take five minutes and do these in front of your desk if you need to. >> reporter: get fit for spring folks, that's the goal. we're doing it tngs mor at the gym. you can do it and get started right at home. >> i didn't see molette doing

it. >> you noticed that too. coming up tomorrow on news4 day, molette shares easy exercise options for moms on the go. she'll get moving with moms who getir workout in before work. >> give our girl credit, she' putting herself out there on front street. good luck molette.'l see if we catch her doing lungs in april. beginning in april, jenna bush hager going to be sipping wine with koda hotb. the reaction of her father, the former ident, it choked her up. >> what did your mom and dad say? >> my dad wrote me three words, he said very prouddad. i said, what are you proud about? i'm just drinking wine in the morng. >> three months ago, kathie lee giveford announced her plans to leave the show, so we wish them

all well. good luck. >> jenna is going to be drinking wine in the mornin >> see what she does. >> s how does feels about that. ti an i-team investi led to a new law in maryland. details on protecting your children from predators. that's next p >>s in weather we're tracking a stormy pattern, mainly dry tomorrow and thursday but friday, saturday and sunday, we have theor chance rain and snow in the forecast and more likely over the weekend. doug and i a ting a close look at this coming up around 4:50 but before that, after the break, did you know you can see five planets in the night sky, as long as the clouds cooperate? i'moing to ha i'moing to ha ve

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a treat this week for stargazers. you're going to be able to see five planets in yr ckyard. >> i love this. >> they're just going to land there. >> is that it? if you have room. amelia draper is in the studio with more onhis show. and, of course, let us know if the clouds are going to cooperate with >> looking at the latest information it does look like the clouds should cooperate. i have to say leon asked the question five planets at once, unfortunately it's notoing to be that spectacular you'll see two tonight and three tomorrow morning but still pretty cool. here's what you can expect in the nht y. our sunset tonight around 6:00.

about 30 minutes after sun set, headout, look towards the west you'll be able to see mercury and higher up, mars. to see mercury you want to look toward thend west binoculars are going to help you. mercury is going toook bright yellow, golden in color out there. and then just off theth horizon 's going to be mercury about halfway uthat is where you'll see mars. fast forward to tomorrow morning just before the sun comes up, about an hour before sunrise at 5:40 you'll be able to seepi r, saturn and venus by looking to the southwest. it's going to be really cool because the moon will kind o pass along them each morning. this is about an hour before sunrise. as we head into the morning hours, clouds build in and we're

tracking the chance for rain and snow friday morning. we'll talabout how that impact the commute and schools in about 15 minutol. >> that's . that's great you don't need a telescope. the results of your at-home dna tests in safe hands? >> how the companies are cashing in on your curiosity. news4 is finding the surprising cases dna can wind up. and crack down on background checks for teachers. all of februarye are celebrating black history month. this weekend we recognize black women breaking down barriers. >> you can watch that any time on our washington app. we're going to go to break now with these wise words from regina king. >> a the oscar goes to regina king.

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back now with a live look outside, doug and amelia say sn chances are in our future no matter how good this picture looks. there is a new law under consideration in maryland that will address weaknesses revealed by a news4 i-team investigation. a year ago this week, scott macfarlane showed loopholes in the safety n to protect maryland children from potential predators in the classroo >> now a legislature is pushing for changes in the law. >> the first couple weeks i was -- it was nerve wracking. >> how did this teacher who lost his job in florida for sexually laced texts with a stunt end

up in two different schools in maryland just months later. >> what i did wasn't really criminal at all. it was an ethical ste. >> reporter: the teacher is eric greco, we're not showing his face because he wasn't charged. he knew somehow calvert county and montgomery county public schools failed to find his troubled past. th >> why do you k you slipped through the cracks? >> i think tt some lev districts didn't do their due diligence. >> background check? >> complete background. >> the i-team found in 2016 the maryland state departmenf education for months had stopped checking names against a national data base that lists names of teachers whose licenses are revoked in other states. they said there were data c securicerns and it's up to school systems.

bothve c and montgomery county school systems said they didn't know the system w down. >> it's a state license. >> you need the state to tell you if a license has been revoked? >> that's correct. >> reporter: but both systems acknowledge they did not and often will not check with all prior ploye when they run background checks allowing this teacher to slip through until his past was discovered a year later when he was fi yd. >> when saw that report what did you think? >> it was heart wrenchingg knowin that was the only thing between possible predators and my children. >> reporter: he sponsored legislation requiring schools to do deeper background checks and inquiring with prior employers. >>anou think mar is weaker than the neighboring states when it comes to stopping predators. >> without a doubt. we don't do proper backgroun checks.

>> reporter: the law would require teachers sign a statement declaring they've t never been subject of a substantiated child abuse complaint. the house committee heard testimony and will vote in the coming days. >> reporter: maryland state teachers'nion said it's supportive of the bill. as for wilson, he said it's helped sparked change. >> i'm grateful for the teacher to step up to show us this huge vacuum. and i hope it does him justice for having the bravery mistakes he's made stepping forward. >> it's passed the full house and senate and must do so in the coming weeks. to watch our entire series on slipping through the cracks, head to our nbcpp washington and click on investigations. back to you. >> well done, scott. thank you. >> thank you, scott. we have to say well done, doug. it's been a nice day.

has been. >> really pretty. >> everybody thinking about spring. >> a day like today will make you think it. >> we're turning a corner here. then you go -- >> roll into a ditch. >>ab lutely. you're not turning a corner just yet. i don'think we turn that corner for another two weeks. i don't. i think we have a good wetw period here we're talking about below average temperatures, stormsoming through the area that will all have a chance for some snowfall as well. not today, though. today is nice. 53 and sunshine. really nice out there. and to the south it's warmer, 47 by 7:00. 11:00. again a nice evening tonight. it'll be cool but wexpect that this time of year. out there right now, satellite and radaothing to talk about. we're not dealing with any rainfall and we're going to bed boy do we need a dry period. guess when we see the next chance for rain or moisture. it's the weekend, everybody.

we've only had two dry weekends this entire year. looks like this weekend will be another wet one. you see not a lot going on in the country. here's where we are. straight west ishe normally our storms come from. we have one to the south and one to the north they're going to kind of beeline around us. so we're noteeg much in storminess for the next coupl weeks. we are on the line between cold air to the north, 28 in state college, wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, 27. 63 in roanoke and 62 in richmond. even in our area, 43 hagerstown, 53 d.c. so a.ig difference he we are going to see numbers coming down. the next couple days we stay right there around average 49 on wednesday, 50 on thursday. friday is the day to watch. a cha for snow maybe early in the morning maybe mixing with slt before changin to rain on saturday. we'll talk about that. how big of a storm i friday? let's go to the bread meter.

>> we have to bring out the bread merit whenever we're talking be about snow in the forecast. based on the timing, the bread meter is landing at the no worries. even if we do see snow by friday afternoon and evening you're getting out no problem. late thursday into friday, we're keeping a close eye o temperatures with the event it does look like our temperatures are coming a downittle bit but still a little bit difficult to support accumulating snow on eifriday. that said it could impact a fridayorng commute. anything falling from the sky, rain or snow, slows us down a little bit here, minor accumulations possible on grassy surfaces. thursday we start off in the mid 30s, we're y. no worries weather wise on your th. a high around 50. on friday, it's the morning and dday hours where rain is possible, maybe a little bit of sleet.

look at temperatures in washington 36 degrees. a littler col north and west of town. but friday night we rdrurn to conditions. talking about rain and snow and the chance forw more s sunday into monday it got me thinking where are we in the season, what's normal and not normal? here are end of winter snowfall. our average end of snowfall has been february 24th, that was two days ago. our last snowfall ever on record goes to april 28, 1898. days till spring, 28. >> what a way to usher in meet or the logical spring with chance for snow on friday. 53 on saturday a chance for rain on saturday. it would be all rain. not worried about any kind of frozen precip on saturday.

saturday is a damp day it's enough you need the umbrellas. then we getrm to the real s sunday to monday. this is a system coming up coast, that would bring snow into the area. and the line is rightlong i-95, north and west better chance of snow. look how cold we stay through the first week of march, much colder than average. on ce of rain or snow wednesday. we're keeping it in there. temperature around 32. yance fri again of some showers and maybe rain or snow again. of march, st wee guys. definitely coming in more like a lion and more like winter and spring. >> all right. >> thanks, doug. a growing crisis in the catholic church, the pope's top financial adviser now convicted of >>imes. we continue to follow the

breaking news coming in, an infant girl kidnapped in a stolen car on the d.c./prince george's county li tracee wilkins who was first on the scene will join us live with the latest on the reunion and the man hunt still under way for the car thief. pvacy concerns about those popular home dna test kits as orey lead to a new way police to fight crime. doreen gentzler joins us at 5:00 with a look at h police are using genetics and genealogy to solve cold cases. we'll see you in just about seven minutes for all thelaays te

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road for safety concerns. a former congresswoman shot seral yearsgo is renewing her push for a bipartisan bill. she joinedther leaders to talk about that bill today. eight years ago a gunmanhot her and eight other people, killing six, gifford underwe several surgeries. >> the courage to do what right, new ideas. i've seen great courage when my life was on the line. >> her husband,kstronaut mar kelly he announced his plans to run for the u.s. senate. he wants to fill the seat of tht late s john mccain. kelly became an advocate for gun control after his wife was shot. the pope's top financi adviser facing decades in prison for molesting two choir boys this is onean of m sexual abuse

scandals rocking the church. we have more from vatican city. >> reporter: in december, an australian jury found pell guilty of abusing two 13-year-old choir boys. though the verdict was reached in december, an australian court order prevented the decision from being made public until now. one voice said he expos himself a molested them in 1996 when he caught them ft swigging wine mass. a second incident happened weeks later. this was the second trial on these charges. the first jury could not reach a decision. >> there's a lot of skepticism about it again with comparison to the mccarrick case most notably. is that right? that doesn't sound like the george pellowe >> reporter: he was supposed to face another trial for molesting boys in a swimming pool in the e 1970s but tho charges dropped and the suppression order

lifted. pell fes prison time. something otherrvhild abuse ors are demanding. >> we want to sehim fry in hell forever. >> reporter:el is 77 and says he's innocent. his sentencing begins tomorrow and his lawyer is promising an i'm ann thompson in rome. back to you. >> announcer: newns at 5:00 beith breaking news. a nightmarish ordeal for any parent. a baby kidnapped when someone steals her mother's car from a gas station. >> the little girl was found a few blocks away in her car seat. carthe thieves who took the are still on the run right now. >> let's look at the map where you can see just a few blocks separate the gas station to where the little girl was reilvered. traceens was first on the scene when this chaos all began.

>> reporter: you can imagine what it was like for this mother or perhaps you can't because this was any mother's worst nightmare, her child stolen along with her vehicle. and accding to the police here in it happened when she parked here in front of this gas station, went inside and according to a worker, she went in to b candy, when she came back out, the vehicle was gonon with her 1-year-old daughter. look at the scene where that 1-year-old was located. in 20, 30 minutes there of all of thishappening, left over there on eed street in northeast. here now from the police chief. >> we had a call come in that a child was found in the area of 57th and eade street northeast washington d.c. the child fit the description of the 1-year-old left inside the car at the location here behind

me. we were able to go to scene and confirm. >> was the child in her car seat? >> yes. the child was in her car seat. when we got to the scene,at the car as on scene as well. >> reporter: now police are still looking for the vehicle, and they have a description here. it's a dark colored 2013 chevy travse. licee plate 4cm 8301, maryland plate. they are expecting two suspects to be in that vehicle. we're told by police there were multiple cameras at the gas station and around the area that helped them see what direction the vehicle went in and gave them a description of the vehicle they're looking for. told mother and the 1-year-old are just fine. they were checked out at the gas station andwa taken in an ambulance. the police are following up with them and they'll be releasedef >> what a re we will stay on top of this story for you as