in those hh winds and freezing temperatur 120 feet above the ground. let's listen to their press second.nce just for a >> having a medical emergency, his need was to bess ated and not necessarily providing care. there wasn't even real frustration with him. this is one of the things we have to deal we're going to operate safely. once we identified he was not in a medical need to be removed from that position immediately for care, we knew that we could -- this may not sound appropriate to people outside of our business, but we realized that we could slow things down a little bit and operate in f safehion to where we could bring him off of that tower in a safe manner and nrm cause any ecause there was none in aiace to begin with. >> reporter: so you're hearing from the firefighter who

was actually on that ladder and conducted that rescue earlier this afternoon let's tak a look at what was going on just about 30 minutes ago here on georgia avenue. again, i just want to let you know that man stayed up for there about three hours. he went up there at 10:00 this lorning. he was an ee of the company that maintains this radio tower. he was up the at 10:00 a.m. this morning working. at abouten 1:00 he into distress realizing he was too cold to get himself down fely, so he called for help. that's when d.c. fire arrived on the scene. again, he s 120 feetbove the ground. d.c. fire ladders g only up 100 feet. so there was about a 20 feet gre from we was and where the firefighters could get to him. it took, again, about three hour tuesday get him down. they finally didet him down

safely. once he was on the ground he was evaluated by paramedics. they wanted him to be trmted to the hospital but he refused to be taken to the hospital. he made it down safely again after dangl20geet above ground for about three hours, and a d.c. firefighter rescue crews made their way to him to safely get him back down on the ound. that's the very latest here. >> just hincrediblecould actually move hez limbs coming down and they weren't just numb after all that fri weather. >> andf course with this rescue taking plaes on the coldest day we've seen in a long time doug kammerer continues our team coverage. what were conditions like up there with the wind and the wind chill? >> the winds were gusting over 30 miles an hour at times. if you go upt 120 f that adds up 30% to that total, which means that wind gust would have been close to 40 miles per hour.

the wind chill would have been 15 to 20 degrees. s you coul why there would be hypothermia or even some frostbite issues. and if you've ever climb adladder you know what you need, your fingers and your toes to do that. those arehe first things that start to go numb. 25 in annapolis, 23 right now in camp springs, andin 2 martinsberg. still, the wind chill 15 in gaithersburg, 25 in annapolis. it is frigid day out there for march. in march this is cold, and it's going to actually lead to some snow on friday. look at this movg on in here. notice by north and west. our we're going to talk about the potential for accumulating snow as well. we'll see you back here in just a couple of minutes. >> first on news 4 m, that

principal under fire for using he n-word during a black history month program will meet with parents and students on wednesday. she is principal of new hope academy, a private school. she tells news 4 her words might have been poorly chosen and her approach might not have been the best, end quote. a montgomery county gym teacher is facing child pornography charges and he has been released on bail. and news 4's chris gordon spoked to concern parents and neighbors. >> reporter: no onewered the door of the german town, maryland home of 54-year-old

daemon. he was living alone at the time. detectives seized evidence that resulted in his arrest this week on ten charges of possessing child pornography. i spoke with a neighbor of his. >> he's very quiet. he stays in his house. i didn't have any indication of that. but it makes me feel a little creepy. >> reporter: the students called him m d. he worked as a physical education teacher for 28 years. he was placed on administrative leave in january of 2018. the school priipal sent a letter home to parents and guardians this week saying a support tea of school psychologists and counselors would be available for students upon request. >> i heard that and it was obviously shocking. >> i saw the news and i didn't know what happened with the

teacher exactly, but it's just disturbing information. >> reporter: i spoke with a number of parents who didn't want to appear on camera. one mother told me, i find this distasteful, she said, but i guess it could happen anywhere even at the begs st of schools. >> and he is free tonight on $5,000 bond and he did promise to appear at all future court proceedings. the republican party of anginia appears to be takin unusual step tonight offering cash for what might amount to a political hit job for one of the commonwealth's top officials. attorney general mark hearing, a democrat apologized last month you'll recall for wearing blackface to a party as a 19tuear-old collegent. his admissions came as a vegovernor faced questions a racist photograph in a yearbook.

herring previously said he did not believe there are any photos. on capitol hill house democrats are p facingssure from republicans and some progressives as they way a resolution that would condemn anti-semitism. she's a democrat from dminnesot, she apologized for attributing support for israel to political donations. critics say that remark and other comment by omar about support for israel have invoked anti-semitic stereotypes. >> they should remove her from the house foreign affairs committee. they should stand up to her, stop empowering her disgusting hatred. >> she's apologized, she's moved a on. >> the leadership says language is still being workednd out they're moving for a vote later this week.

>> dhs secretary kier stn nielsen says the president's emergency declaraon is not a manufactured crisis. her testimony before the house y homeland secur committee today comes as the senate e prepares to vn the measure to block the president's declaration. meanwhile border officials say agents encountered about 76,000 migrants at the southern border last month. 200 is the highestince when crossing through 100,000 per month. nielsen fac questio about family separation. she told lawmakers. the u is preparing to form a contract with center american countries. members of the congressional hispanic caucus spoke before that hearing with democrats now controlling the house. they're planning to introduce new measures that wouldlerotect so-c dreamers and individuals under temporary protecte status or tps.

well, it was bitterly cold and windy today, and spring is just two weeks away. so here in the district that means we are on che blossom watch. and now we know when we might be seeinghe famous flowers in their glory. news 4's cory smith live at the title basin with the peak bloom y.te we're waiting for, c hit it. >> reporter: wendy, first off what is this spring you speak because it is bitterly cold out here. but the national park service says in a month's time it'll be a lot wmer and these cherry blossoms will be in peak bloom. >> this is almost christmas as far as we're concerned. >> and the projected dates are april 3rd thrgh 6th. >> reporter: in a months' time the district will once again lookretty in pink that is 'ssuming the national weather service pa prediction is correct. >> if you can tell us exactly what the high temperature is

going to be every day in pk ooom, we'll hit it exact the nose. >> reporter: it's clear cherry blossom fever is alreadypi sw through d.c. >> each year the team woeaed hard allround to create new and exciting innovative fresh events and programming. >> reporter: more than as a japan has passed since gifted the u.s. with its first cherry tree. now there areore than,0 a planted across the district. the annual bloom is a tie tt bonds the two together. >> as a kind ofymbol of the coming of the, you know, spring. >> reporter: andn the cit where we spend so much time following the man made drama of politics, it's nice for some naral beauty to steal the spotlight. >> there's just something ing in about l washington and being able to experience this. >> reporter: now, as far as the weather is concerned, we're actual told the colder it is the better.

when temperatures heat , the blooms will look even more beautiful than ever. i cannot wait to see this for the very first time. cory sm news i'm scott mcfarland at the live desk. breaking news. announcednty has just it's issued violation and possible fines against the president's golf course inli st. the trump national golf course saying the golf course improperly removed trees from a floodplain without a permit. putting voters at risk of taking theg trees, cuttem down and dumping them into the potomac river. theyom received aaint from a school that teaches kayaking. if it holds it'llace a fine of of each un a fine of $200. after a privacy scandal that

led some to delete their account facebook wants to change the way it does business. s saying company's ceo about the future of the social media jeent. and breaking news. r&b singer r. kelly back in custody this evening. new developments in this case, and he breaks hisilence on those sex abuse charges he's facing in what was an explosive interview. and a mother's search for answers after her son was found

breaking newsow r. kelly back in custody this evening in connection to unpaid chil support. e singer failing to pay more than $160,000 inhild support. >> but this is unrelated to the felony sex abuse charg that became the focus of an explosive interview with cbs this morning.

>> kelly let loose becoming out raged at times as he adamantly deni the allegations against him. >> it was quite a spectacle. in an ierview at cbs that lasted an hour and a half kelly let loose. he claims the women from a recent docu series had been lying and blamed social media for their similar stories. kelly also blamed two women and he became extremely emotional at times. >> how stupid would it be for me been through, oefltht r now i ve think i need to be a monster and holdga girlsst they will. i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. >>

>> what kind of father, what kind of mother would sell their daughter to a man? how come it was okay for me to see them't until they wa getting no money from me? >> now, the family of one of the women who's now staying with kelly claims he was holding her against her will and was not going to allow her to contact them and has been keeping them apart. joined by an attorney they adessed this today. >> at no point did the savage family sell or prode their daughter. >> that is clear indication to us ands a mother that something is definitely wrong. >> before today kelly had bee o out bail after pleading not guilty to felony sex abuse char ss. prosecutor three of the alleged victims in that case had

en under age. >> how calm and composed was gale king there? >> she was amazing. >> leon, thanks so much. >> the ceo of facebook tonight insays he's l out a new vision to keep your privacy private. mark zuckerberg says he wants to shift the focus away from public posts to encrypted messages he wants to combine messaging services that will allow you to chat on messenger, instagram and whatsapp in private. he did not say how it'll affect the companies who revenue comes through ads. zuckerberg says the transformation will take several years. all right, we made it. we were jt talking and it's like 27 degrees right now. so we've made it. now we're over the hump. and we're heading tos 60 degr on sunday.

>> this is why hump day is called hp day because way back when it was really cold on a wednesday we just had to get through thursday and friday thaeft that's a fact. yes, it is cold. the coldest day we've seeil in around here. temperatures only in the 30s. 32 degrees right nowt the airport. many of you stay below freezing all day todayat the kind of cold air that we've seen. and right now look at the wind chill. do 15 in gaithersburg, 15 in martinsberg, and 27 degrees along the easternth shore. g on the radar right now. we're going to stay dry tonight, dry tomorrow. it's really into the day on friday we starto see something different, and let's show you what we're looking at. not much ross the east. but look at the clouds off towards the west, towards st. louis, towards kansas city, that's the first sign of the next stosystem, and it will bring us some snow on friday. some rain, too in some

locations. it is not a big storm, but that's something we're watching for you. here we are 11:00 a.m on friday, some snow showers making their way across thend area a warm front moves to through t north here. but to the north still seeing some snow. and rghht on thr the afternoon there's that rain-snow line. what do you know, rain snow line around d.c. things don't always happen that way, y it does. could see some accumulating snow farther north. we're not talking about much at all, only on grassy surfaces. roads should be ne, and after that temperatures start to warm a little bit. and if that got you thinking it ng because this map does here. but if you need to think spring, let's go to amelia who's about as bundled up as i've ever seen her before. that scarf has got to be abo 30 feet long.

the coolest thing about this scarf, this accesry here, my cherry blossom pin for 2019. the national park service did stop by the storm team 4 by 4 and gave it me so i thought i needed to complete my look here. we were down here because yesterday the national parid servic state the cherry blosnms are nowtage one. and you can see that here on this cherry tree. it's not reay noticeable. you have to look kind of close and you'll start to see little buds coming out. again, this is the first stage out of six stages. now, to make our peak bloom , projectie look back at 2004, 2005 and 2007 when they had a similar stage one start date right around time in march. temperatures are the number one variable in determining when the blossoms come out, especially daytime highs. once you g 65 or higher, the blossoms are absolutely going to

explode. but looking at the numbers, doug, we really saw cold air hanging on, at least chilly air through into early april. so we're thinking we're going to see the blossoms -- drumroll -- come p outk bloom between april 4th and the 8th. so last year we had peak bloom right around april 5th. it's cold, and now we're going to warm up a little, but it's going to sta chilly for the rest of the month. >> yeah, we've only got a couple of warmer day over the next few weeks or so. can you tell amelia gets excited about the cherry blossoms, guys? she has been giddy today, absolutely giddy. stay warm out there. 42 degrees on friday. that's the chance for rain and snow around the area. 50 on your saturday, still below average. 60 on sunday. sunday actually lking like a nice day. set the clocks forward oneour.

rain early on sunday and then clearing and sunny in the afternoon. 64, and sunday afternoon looking great. and then back down belowxt avere uesday and wednesday, and we'll go up and down as we move onhrough next week. but no real warmth besides sunday. maybe next frid, but mostf the day looking a little bit on the cool side. and news 4 is working for your money tonight. susan hogan will be explaining susan hogan will be explaining why some are pushing our area

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bless his heart. all righ thank you, erika. ra> we're going to take you out to the city of snto that's bracing for more protests. becaus of that decision not to bring charges against the police officers involved in dl deay shooting. that is the cousin of stephon clark who stoodn a podium and began chanting. clark was shot in confrontation with police who say they thought he had a gun but it turned out to be his cren tone. security is goingo be heightened attb a baskel and concert that will be held in sacramento later this week a tonight 5:00 how the brother of pamela butler is trying to bring healing to another family. and a mother's search for hanswers after son is shot to death on a local bike path. >> took my son's life for wha

what would you take from somebody who's got nothing? >> what we're learning tonight abouthehe victim and t mystery that surrounds this dth. empty seats on metro rail cars. the transit agency dealing with a ridersphi

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today. a dramatic r acue highve the grounds of northwest d.c. as a utility worker is tapped o radio tower. >> he went up there 10:00 f thi mornin maintenance, hours later called 911 for help sufferingrom hypotherm in all this bitter cold. >> it wasn't until just about 4:00 or after 4:00 the creo were able get to him and rescue him. that worker did manage to walk do a ladde to safety and decline today be ten to a hospital to be checked. >> boy, that was tough to watch. well, he's determined to keep his sister's killer behind bars. toerght pamela butler's bro derek is on a quest for closure. >> but it's just for his family. he's takingis plea to stafford county prosecutors. >> reporter: der butler's trip to stafford cnty is aission for justice. e>lhey won't tel me anything

other than we having. >> reporter: he wants a opce-to-face meeting with the attorneyg that prosecutors will fullty investigate the 1989 disappearance and death. we went with der as he went to pursue answers. we were told to waits outside derek seemed to meet with olson. it took more than eight years for pas one time boyfriend to be charged andconvicted. dt it was jose's own son who toldectives he believes his father also killed hisother marta. and like pam allegedly duchld r body in stafford county. >> a case that we very much hope is brought. >> they've got to d that thing we all call justi. they've got to.

>> they understand i'm not going anywhere, and they are investigating the >> he updated martha's very grateful son by phone. >> he has been a great ally, and i really can't say how valuable hes to this part of mylife. when i think about getting justice for my mother, it's a n juut her, it's also about derek's sister and whatever other victims are out there. >> reporter: derek's determined quest to bring another family closure will not bring back his sister pam, but it is another step forward in a lifelong journey of healing. in stafford county, virginia, vid colver, news 4. >> now joseodriguez cruz is serving a 12-year sentence for pam's murr. if charged with martha's killing he might spend the res of his

life behind bars. a teej ager is gunned down monday evening as he was walking home from a friends house. and tonight we hear from his mother. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he was shot in the streeed he ep dead here on this bike path. a teenager murdered in waldorf and tonight the otvictim'sr had some words for that killer. >> why did you take my bab d wh he do to you? >> reporter: shana foster has four sons. walter eugene thomas was her baby. he was 18 years old andua grd with honors from high school last year. he and his mom were close. when she fought off breast cancer walter was there for his mom. he had a pink shirtnd words of

support and love. >>e's always with me. >> reporter: and for himo die this way. >> can. oats it's in believable. >> reporter: this is where i ppened, a quiet residential street in waldorf. tuesdayfter midnigh walter was walking home when all of a sudden, well, his mother tells the story this way. >> somebody drove up on him and told him don't run, and he ran and they shot my baby. and he ran, and noby wasn't even with my baby. left him there to die by himself. >> reporter: no motiveere so

far, but sunday there was another shooting notoo far away. a young man injured and wounded in thatpo one. ce are trying to figure out if thewo incidents are somehow linked. >> such a tragedy. pat collins, thank you. the man who tried to assassinate president ronald reagan back in 1981 says he is, quote,appy as a clam. john hingly, jr.'s comments are a mental evaluations that have just been released. hingly was released from a psychiatric hospital three years ago now and lives with his mother in williamsburg. he now sells items at an antique mall and says he has never been happier. a home invasion h h above the d.c. police academy in southwest d.c. thisne raccoon s on the eagle cam in the nest of justice and liberty. e eagles were not home at the

time. the raccoon wasating the eggs in the nest, but officials say that's a good thingheecause eggs went bad when liberty flew the coop, and the eggs got cold. let's take a look. there it is empty now. it looks le the couple not home again. the nest has seen more drama this year than atela novella. and justice and liberty first they went theirarate ways, ctd then the suitors came around trying to get then with lishlty and finally they got back together and who can kee up. but they're off tonight on a ve romanticng on a sunset cruise. >> down the pomac. >> they' eagles. they can handal it. >> you never know what can happen by 11:00 tonight. working for your money susan hogan. coming u next she explains t eush to force some local gas advertise prices.he way they

and the players some caps fans are calling bird man g -we're doing karaoke later, and you're gonna sing. -jamie, this is yose? h -i know, it's not much, but it's home. right, kids? -kids? -papa, papa! -[ laughs ] -you didn't tell me your friends were coming.

-oh, yeah. -this one is tiny like a child. -yeah, she is. oh, but seriously, it's good to be surrounded what matters most -- a home and auto bundle from progressive. -oh, sweetie, please, play for us. -oh, no, i couldn't. -please. -okay. [ singing in spanish ]

andiv we're here where it's only about 32 degrees, but when y i factothe winds feeling about 20 right now. that being said the cherry blossoms alrea in stage one, so how does this cold impact t blossoms and what can you expect

tomorrow, doug and i are breaking down the forecast coming up in aut ten minutes. goals ing the caps score is always a lot of fun. seeing the celebration after g thosls brings an even bigger smile to fan's faces. >> and now the team is paying an even bigger tribute. >> for the fans the celebration is part of the excitement of watching their teams score a goal. own for having one of the more creative celebrations. the caps star is being honored with a bauble head fans can take home on march 26th and we were there as he got his first look at his new hardware. >> coming down the middle, shots, hescores. >> a birds celebration, one of the signatu of the stanley cup and taking flight this season.

always imitated, never duplicated. the celebration a one of a kind until now. >> honestly he's a lead player so he's the only one that can get away doing something like this. a i think they gave him little bit more of a beard than he deserves. at least he's got all his teeth. >> first impression? >> the fans like it. >> will your daughter enjoy this? >> i think she'll play with it a couple ofays and forget about it like any kid. >> your head looks great in that

bobble head. over heret some gel for sure. that.er use >> will kuzy score a goal tonight? there you go. >> that's great fu >> that's pretty cool. well, a catch-22 sietation ors row as efforts to min tain the system pushes riders away from it, and how it's impacting the commuteeven if you drive to work. the university of maryland is working to improve its sports program after the tragic dneth of of its football pla

metro losing some of its nustomers. down more t 100,000 trips a day compared to just a few years ag if you go back ten years or 11 years 750,000 people were riding metro every day. last year that was less tn 600,000. that means metro has hit itsoi lowest in almost 19 -- almost 20 yea transportation reporter adam tuss live at the vienna metro station tonight. ewhy won't people t metro? >> reporter: well, yeah, those that s are troubling for reason, wendy. right now the metro system is so important for so many reasons. and one of the biggest is that iteeps people off the roads. if all of those people aren't riding thain they're likely driving or in an uber or lyft, and that likely contributes to

the congestion. empty streets, quiet station. is this them new norn metro? well, take look. a lot of metro rail cars look like this at this pnt right lenow. not a sierson onboard. but is there a bigger explanation for why people might be staying away? >> it does surprise me a bit since the roads aren't any better. >> reporter: that' true. traffic is still bad, and a drop in metro ridership could actually make matters worse. more on that in a secon they show between july and l decemberast year there were only 595,000 tridu on average ng wek dekdays. ncompare that whe metro regularly topped 750,000 trips. >> every day i'm paying like $ to get back and forth. >> reporr: he takes m all the time, but letly he's been switching to uber and lyft

especially late at night. >> after a long day at work, it's kind of -- >> and this is where the problem orcould get worse f the entire reejb. study after study has shown more ride share vehicles only contribute to congestion especially in big cities. for what it's worth metro disputes some of the lowerrs ridep numbers here saying they came at a time when major maintenance was shutting down and seriously impacting lives. just fyi, there's also more major construction coming this summer to the blue and yellow lines. >> the bottom line here is what can we do to get riders to come back? >> reporter: and the gm has laid out plans to get riders back to the system and believes that will happenwi but i also take time. jim and wendy, metro leaders do tell uy expect the ridership to increase in the spring. blossom time ry coming up, and that should help as well. back to you.

>> all right, adam tuss, thank you, adam. it>> are we done the plummeting temperatures after today? >> yeah, very rarely do we see a day like today in the month ofm h where we talk about temperatures barely making it into freezing. our average temperature this time of year 52 degrees. degrees below avageerage. we've only seen it a couple of times this season. 32 degrees with temperaopres ng over the next couple of hours down through the 20s. t remember we've got a little wind, too. winds still gusting5 miles an hour. and we will through the next few hours once the sun goes down here we will start to see those numbers down a bit.

18 camp springs, 20 irk college and 22 in manassas and frigid afternoon and frigid evening, too. the best news is n going to see nearly as much wind. take a look, radar not seeing much until friday. here's friday during the day. now, watch, 8:00 a.m. we're all dry, but here comes the snow making its way in. this iactually a warm front. taking that warm front to the north but as we move on through, look at this afternoon. and this is expecte everywhere. we've got snow right here and rain down to the south and eout. wouldn't know, that's about what we tend to see here. by friday evening still seeing some scattered shower activity whether it be snow or rn at's out there right now. i am watching, amelia, and i am watching you. i have a big old monitor here. i'll re-create it for you just because i know youon't want --

there you go. i know you're a little bit on th chilly side, huh? >> especially now that the sun is going down, the wind when it tes really cold. doing live shots out here for a long time i kind of gets hard to talk. i have many layers and movement is the secret to staying warm. so yeah i bouncing around out here behind the am scenes. as we talk about temperatures warming , doug, we're going to feel about 10 degrees warmer each day going into the weekend. so tomorrow with the temperinures and the it's going to feel about 30 degrees out there. by friday aft noon feeli about 40s. and by saturday feeling ability 50 degrees. now, check out our average temperature. i would love 52 degree out here for sure right now. and we're not going to get thert until a saturday. we're above normal on sunday and mondays, and look at the the tom of that graph. i put 68 degrees.

that's the temperature that the cherryll blossoms r love. so you want to stay well below degrees until we get to the end of the month to keep these blooms, these blossoms protected before we get those warmer temperatures, and they stayrm we don't want a repeat of 2017 where the temperatus warmed p, we cooled back down and we saw all those blossoms fall off. we're going to be talking about more how the weather pla a factor coming up at w 6:00. >>re taking a look at some of the past years where the cherry blossoms have come out during the month of april. and it's looking very much like that because of the fact we're going to stay on the cool side. ave got 64 on sunday aft little bit of rain and snow on friday, not a bad day but cool with cloud cover. sundaykis l like a really nice day, by the way. set those clocks forward one hour s sunday a.m. rain, and then some

sunshine in the afternoon with 64 degrees. that's a prettyd fran. early next week, monday, tuesda wednesday looking nice but temperatures ol, at least in the 50s. >> that's more like it. doug, thank you. we're working for your health this evening with a potential danger of those popular low carb diets. it could be bad for your heart. chinese researchers studied the health r of 14,000 people over a 20-year span. they found those who ate low carb diets were more likely to develop the heart disorr atrial fibrillation or a-fib. >> why it's important to cheat tn keto every weekend. we see all the time gas stations advertising for low prices but then you realize it's for cash only.

consumer reporter susan hogan working for your money with the ils. >> reporter: right now the law in maryland says gas stations mustdvertise below list price. but if you're not paying attention you could be tricked by gas stations o thater cash discounts. oh, no, your gas is getting low. time t start keeping your eye peeled for cheap gas. there's one, there's another and another. you pull in, swipe your credit card, pump your gas, but then you notice youidn't pay what that huge sign advertised. you pd theore expensive price for using your credit card. but where was that price? advertis oh, there it is. the smaller sign-on the ground. maryland senator wants to pump the brakes on what she says is a deceptive practice even though it's totally legal. >> my bill just says you either have to post the highest price, which is generally going to be

the credit card price or you can your choice. >> reporter: she says 75% of consumers pay for gas with credit cards, but that price is oftentimes hidden or in some cases just n evendisplayed. >> the gas station owners are worried it's somehow going to lose them business, but i don't think any of us are going to stop buying gas. we'll just feel better about not being ripped off. >> reporter: kagen saysf here bill passes it will not cost station owners anything. now, the legislation is up for hearings in both the house and senate. of course we're going t track the progress and keep you updated. back to you.ht >> all r and senator kagen's bill is set for a hearing in the senate finance committee this friday and

and finally last summer the university of maryland football player jordan mcmayor died following work outs from anre ap heatstroke. now the university is ready to make some sweeping changesac ss all sports. and as tracyor wilkins r techniques used by cirque du h soleil couldp. >> coaches have a certain mentality to say the least. t>> reporter: now coaches

the university of maryland will have to get used to the university taking greater control of the coachi environment across all sports. today the board overseeing how the university will do that met with for the first time. >> as we bring ia new coach and to sit here and say here are the expect agszs, here are the policies and procedures. >> reporter: last summer football player jordan mcnair died after an apparent heatstroke. independent consultant rob walters had prepared a o list 20 recommendations to make the athletics safer. 18 have been implemented by the university so ker. >> it look a lot of work has been done. the former umd president is chairing therd oversight b charged with making sure the university gets it right. >> in terms of our own due diligence we're going to need verification of some of these

items. >> reporter: new changes include monitoring temperatures. if it's too hotl practices w move indoors. consultants have examples of how to best keep students safe from multiple sources including the military and even cirque du soleil. >> i'm just trying to apply situations from other places and apply it to the situation re. >> reporter: this is the first meeting the board will hold int an eff to save the lives of udent athlete. in college park i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. breaking now at 6:00, rescued from 120 feet. >> how d.c. fire got a man safely down from a communications tower after he was straded in the cold for hours. a senator taking on sexual assaults in th military opens up about her own attack at the hands of aff seniorer in the

air force. >> i blamed myself. i was ashamed and uscoed. and the peak bloom predicti is here. tonight storm team 4 is live to give our forecast for the cherry blossoms. >> that's right, welcome to this busy wednesday. first to that dramaticcu r 120 feet in the air a utility worker suffering from hypothermia stuck on this radio tower in northwest d.c. >> it was really gripping stuff. he'd been up there for hours until rescue crews were able to get to him. and amazingly he still had enough strength to walk down under hiswn pow to safety. >> the good news, everyone made it home safely this afternoot or three hours it was touch and go as the man dangled