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today, but storm team 4 says a big weathers chang just hours away "empire" actor jussie smollett faces 16 new felony counts for an alleged hate crime attack. rosecutors say he made it all up. tonight, the actor's attorney is firing back at the indictment. and it's going to get a litt more complicated to travel overseas. what you'll have to do before you enjoy a european vacation. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. > a conviction for a rapist who evaded police for years. >> camtas cau him following a teenager into her montgomery county workplace, then he sexually attacked her in the bathroom a gunpoint. >> new at 11:00, news 4's jackie bensen explains how evidence preserved f a long time helped solve this cold case. >> reporter: this is theth s wesson handgun the attacker shoved against the back of the 18-year-old's head as he forced her into a restroom of what was then called the asbury nursing

home in gaithersburg. security camera footage from that day in 2010 is chilling. sealking into the rec center to work an early-morning catering job. behier with the hood pulled up on his jacket is se man about ject her to a nightmare. years passed without justice for the victim, then last spring montgomery county police received news about a manehind bars on a felony drug charge in virginia. his name, devon gray. >> they entered his dna into ths database system and notified us our open rape case with dna samples taken from the victim with a rape kit that day came back positive. >> reporter: gray now 31 is facing decades in prison at his sentencing in y. >> it's important we seek dless offor victim reg when the crime may have happened. felonies don't havetu a s of limitations here in maryland.

>> reporter: we're told the victim, now almost 30, gave powerful testimony, even though her attacker would not let her see his face, her words and the physical evidence told story. in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. let's turn to the weather now. all that snow gone. that's the good news. we're looking ahead now, though, to potential rain. >> and that's not all. as storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper shows us now, the temperature -- before this weekend's over. elia? >> yeah, we're looking at a big temperature warm up, especially compared t the work week for our weekend, but before that we have some more rain and some f ou there to deal with. now, right now, no rain tonightt m team 4 radar completely dry. here is some of the falling i was talking about. sibilities at or under a mile in areas like baltimore, gaithersburg,ulpeper and back near stanton. patchy fog out there tonight into tomorrow morni. theemperature right now, though, 36 degrees. we start off 7:00 a.m. right

around 33 on your saturday morning. it's cloudy and it's dry. not only throughout the morning hours tomorrow but throughout the entire day. tomorrow enight, though, s rain moves in. i'm going to be timing that out with futureweather, when it exits on your sunday and just how warm we can get on sunday. that coming up at 11aj8. a break in a shooting se called a mistaken identity. tonight three people are in custody charged with intent to kill while armed. the police chief says he's thankful detectives are helping get justice for theictims. >> i you think about this 14-year-old boy since a couple of days after christmas have to be spending his time rehabbing injuries from a gunshot wound when the only thing he was doing on that day was going to enjoy a sporting event with his dad and a friend, you know, it is satisfying to bring them to

closure. it would be more satisfyingf the violence would stop. wtopur news partners at tell us the father was shot in the hand. his son was shot multiple times in the body and in the head. >> and tonight we know the names of two people wand for a ooting caught on camera inside sd.c. club. surveillance vidhows the terrifying scene from late januar a gunman firing in a crowded room on h street northeast. detectives say the suspected gunman, diegoon be is still on the run. so is tamara williams, the woman police say is seen taking the gun away from that scene. police want you to call them if you know where to find either one of them. a third person is already in custody and already facing charges in this case. > and we're following some breaking news from florida. a deadly plane crash about a ho outside of west palm beach. a twin engine piper went down in lake okehobee while

approaching the airport. divers eventually found the plane's fuselage. there were five bodies inside. that plane departed from tampa international airport an investigation into the cause continues. officers are trained to face unknowns every day, but how do you handle a threat that's invisible? only on news 4, northern b virginiaeau reporter reveals officers are being exposed to a potentially deadly danger. >> reporter: when fredericksburg police officers hit the streets, they are focused on the seemingly obvious dangers. >> we're trained to watch the hands and watch go a threat. >>eporter: but in april of last year, officers added a new threat to that list, one you cannot see. it started as they responded to a call for help from this molt. dialled 911, saying her husband jamesug was sing to breathe, an apparent drug overdose. >> at the time, i didn't even think there was a risk to me. i thought i was just there to

helpsomebody. >> reporter: this detective and officer among t the first arrive. >> we didn't know until the end of this there was white powder over almost every sur that room. we couldn't see it. it was dark inside. >> reporter: after securing the scene at the motel, the officers stayed there all the while unknowingly breathing in what was likelyentanyl, a powerful and potentially deadly send thingio . >> you felt under the influence of something. >> very light-headed. i began to feel really, really hot. i was sweatingy. profus >> this is something that's kind of a new frontier for us, thatoi officers are to be threatened by something that they don't even see into two of the four officers were treated with narcan. >> all you have to do is tear the back off. >> reporter: the department has no issued every patrol officer and detective two narcans, one for druus s, the other to use on themselves or a fellow cop. >> you have to wator out your co-workers and your buddies. you've got to make sure that

yey're okay and're okay so everybody gets home at the end of the day. that's the number one goal, we all g home. >> reporter: in fredericksburg, virginia, david culver, news 4. >> one other note here, because thua drugs can ay linger on clothing, officers have gotten narcan to takut and in their own homes because they could actually affect people who live with them. fredericksburg police are working together putting a aining video together o this. they want to make this available to law enforcement nationwide. that video will teach officers how to avoid that hidden narcoticen danger. do two of president trump's former employees are about to go to prison. on new 4 at6:00, we talked with nbc news political director chuck todd who said it could be dangerous for the president to even talk about potential pardons for paul manafort and michael cohen. >> the president self-admitting that he's talking pardons with people after fbi raids happen is something thatis, ithink, i'm sure going to be of interest to either prosecutors in new york or the specialounsel. i do think it's politically risky for him, anywhere down

there, because paul manafort, one of the things people got to remember, the weirdest interactions between the trump campaign and russia all took place after paul manafort was in charge. >> on sunday, chuck speaks wdeh cratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. democratic congressman adam schiff and gop congresswoman liz cheney. "meet the press" sunday morning at 10:30, right after news 4 today. european countries are beefing up security, and it may impact riyou, ans will soon be required to have a travel visa to visit most european countries. >> news 4's shomari stone spoke with frequent flyers tonight about the likely effect. he joins us now live from dulles ional airport with a look at this new requirement. shomari, what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, leon. hello, doreen. tonight, well, y let me te, we talk to travellers who go to europe quite frequently here from dulons interna airport. most of them tell us they are not looking forward to this new travel visa.

baggage clai arrivals, departures, the hustle and bust of dulles internati ual airport. ally people are traveling all the time. >> reporter: this woman often flies out of dufoes to europe business and vacation. >> i love going there. it's beautiful. it's got rich history. great food. and it's easy to travel to. d reporter: easy because she doesn't have tve to an embassy to get a travel visa. all she needs is this passport to go to europe for 90 day or less. >> i travel all the time. it's so much easier for me to justrab my passport and go. >> reporter: but the easiness is about to change. in two years, most european union countries including fran, aly, portugal and spain will require u. citizens to get a visa to enter. >> just going to make it more challenging and kind of annoying. >> reporter: now,ou may ask yourself why the change? well, according to the visa website it's aecause of concern over illegal migration

d terrorism, but some people who travel to europe tell me that it's not a big deal.>> f that's what it takes to go to europe, i'm sure it's not that cplicated to go through the paperwork. >> reporter: the rule is scheduled to beginn january 21st 2021. >> anything that adds additional hassle andravel to my time is going to be pretty annoying. >> reporter: now, this ntr el visa would be valid for three years. and we looked on the visa website, and it doesn't list how much it's going t cost, however, the european commission says it's around 8 now, in case you're wondering that you will not need this new travel visa if you pla onel trg to the united kingdom. live here at dulles international airport, shomari stone, news 4. >> all right. good deal. thanks shomari. a grand jicy its "empire" star jussie smollett on 16 counts. prosecutors say he faked aate crime attack. tonight why the actor's attorney

says smolletttt is g robbed. new at 11:00, a virginia woman promised a california couple a baby. but she was never pregnant and th planned adoption was all a hoax. >> i don't feel what i did was criminally wrong >> tonight she's learning whether investigators agree. i'm melissa -- southbound express lanes on the beltway shut down from 5:0 a.m. saturday until 4:00 a.m. monday. here it is, lanes are oing to be blocked near the jones branch connecter. the ramp from the easound dulles toll road to the southbound express lane will also be shut down because this. follow the detours. ramp to the connecter will remain open. that is a bit of good news. on metro, red line single tracking between van ness and pont circle. pentagon city and arlington city. as for the yellow line, single tracking between pentagon city -- as far ashe restf the

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developingtonight, we are getting some new reaction to "empire" actor jussie smollett's 16 felony counts. he was indicted today by a grand jury in chicago. smollett told police two men attacked him screamingho phobic slurs and put a noose around his neck, but the man that -- say the men involved

here say he p ad him staged the whole thing. police claim smollett was upset about "empire" salary, but his aorney says they'reoing to fight these charges. >> their ability to do whatever they're going to do and we will push back against it. >> after taking a closer look at theindictment, geragos was not happy. hessued a statement tonight calling the charges vindictive and a desperate attempt to make headlines. geras accused authorities o robbin his client of the presumption of innocence. >> a couple was overjoyed about the baby coming into their lives. they were set to adopt from a woman from southwest virginia. only problem, that woman was never pregnant. >> tonight the womans facing nine felony charges. christian kwan has the story. >> reporter: calornia residents matt and laura trait were devastated when they found out afteronths the baby they thought they were going to adopt wasn't real. >>somebody, another nurse came walking up and she said, well, that must be a common name

because there is somebody here named elizabeth jones, but she's not pregnant. she's here for lower back pain. >> reporter: elizabeth jones from nicklesville, virginia admits to tricking the couple into thinking she wpo pregnant. we with her back in january. >> are you sorry for what you did? >> if i could take it back, absolutely. >> reporter: jones said she never took a dime from the traytes. >> i never asked them for anything. >> reporter: now prosecutors disagree according to an indictment obtain b news 5, nine felony larceny charges. >> our office worked with the sheriff's department, they investigated and worked with folks to determine whether there was a crime. they sought the indictments and now that the indictmen have be issued, our office will be prosecuting it. >> reporter: the indictment says jones took money and other property from t traytes these ng money spent on professional photos they took announcing the adoption. >> she'll have an arraignment at

some point in the future and the court will assign a trial date. reporter: jones says she's sorry for what she did but doesn't think she should beni ed. >> no, i don't think so because i don't feel what i done was criminally wrong. now, morally, was it? yes. i mean, but i've never seen anybody behi charged for som orally -- >> that was kristen kwan nicklesville, virginia. jones has been convicted in the past of larceny involving credit card fraud, but she doesn't believe she should be punished r these alleged crimes. time's running out for businesses and restaurants in d.c. to get rid of plastic straws. there are lots of alternatives to plastic fros strawade of metal to straws made from hay. city inspectors hav been handing out warnings, notices and informational flyers to help get every business into

compliance. since january 1st, about 70 businesses have been inspected. about 1/3 of them were in compliance. starting july 1st, inspectors will start >> have you ever used a straw made from hay? >> i'd be willing to try. because the paper ones kind of se on you. >> i'll have a diet coke and a spli ier, please. reminded me, though, of when you were a kid and you'd bite off t twizzler on each end. you'd like that was the greatest thing in the world. we think most of the time can probably do without straws. >> yes, absolutely. i want you to answer th question for these folks at home that you just answered here in the studio, is it safe to wash the car? >> yes. sunday. later in the day. >> boy, do they need it, too. >> yes, i know, right? it's been so gross out there. wis weekend, thougre finally warming up. near 50 degrees on saturday and in the 60s on we are going to have some rain, though, over the weekend. the good news, that rain mostly on your saturday night whenost

ofs are indoors in bed. it's going to move out of herey. early sun when i say early, i think the rain's out of here by 07:00, 8 a.m. on sunday. also, don't forget daylight sang time begins this weekend. we spring forward. we lose that hour of sleep. we enjoy later sunset times. also a great time to check the batteries in your smoke detecters and your co alarms as ll. currently our temperatures coming in generally in the 30s right now. 36 in washington. 32 in gaithersburg. 33 in dulles. s from earlier are out of here but i can't rule out some isolated slick spo especially north and west of the metro. mainly on the secondary roads if they haven't been treated or areas like your driveway and sidewalks. so something to keep in mind morrow morning. for "new york post" of us, not going to be a problem at all. 7:00 a.m., already above freezing at eg33es. so it's chilly but it's not frigid like it was this week,pe ally on wednesday when we had wind chills in the single digits and teens throught the day. by lunchtime tomorrow, 43

degrees. notice pronty of clouds start to finish tomorrow. i don't think we're going to see any sunshine. despitethat, though, we hit 48 for a high. a few degrees below normal. normal a now atut 53. tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m., i still think we're dry with a temperature of 45.er you'll see on futureweather, this is 6:00 p.m., we're dry. it's not until about 9:00, 10:00, p.m. when we see showers. 8:00 a.m., though, the rain already pushing out to the east. we keep plenty of clouds throughout t day sunday as well. some peeks of sunshine, but it is looking mild. now, temperature of 68 degrees i think i a little optimistic. i wouldn't surprised ie hit maybe 64, 65 out there on sunday based on the latest formation, buregardless, we're warming into the 60s on sunday. the mo sunshine we see,he warmer we will get. that being said, the weather having a lown impact your weekend. hit the slopes. they're all still open. i'd go tomorrow when the isn't as slushy as it's going to

be on sunday. the other outdoor activities, i think a lot of restaurants are ing to open up their outdoor seating. go sunday afternoon, going to be really nice. bring still a light jacket. get your car washesu on ay, you can finally wash all of that yuck off of it. as we take a look at our storm te 4 ten-d forecast, we're at 62 breezes degrees on monday with skies becoming mostly sunny. nice on tuesday, low 50s. warm to near 60 on thursday, maybe some showers on friday soy we don't haveore snow in our ten-day forecast. temperatures for the most part, you know, not all that bad. >> and dining outdoors. when's the last time someone talked about doing that? >> i know. just talkiin about it of puts a smile on your face. >> it does. >> distant memory. all right. the caps and the wizardsacoth in on tonight. the caps looking to extend the s wintreak to six and the wizards fighting for that final playoff spot in the

this is the xfinity sports desk. the washington capitals have put on quite the show t since all-star break. to be one of the hottest teams in the league, winning 12 of 17.

more impressive, they've only lost twice in the last month. contributions from everyone including the two new additions at therade deadline. braden holtby seems to be stopping everything he sees. welcoming the devils tohe arena.ne red-hot caps hosting those struggling new jersey devils. capitals off to a good start on the odd-man rush. travis boyd who finds andre bwie open. capitals on te power play in third. defenseman johnarlson thr the puck at the net a nicklas backstrom deflect it is in to give the caps a two-goal lead. the man in the net,ro aden holtby who pitched theto shuut. 35th career shutout. caps extend their winning streak to six as they beat the devils 3-0. wizards in charlotte tonight taking o the hornets. both teams battling for that last playoff spot in the east.

wizards in transition, sam dekker ahead of the pack throws it down with oned. h hornets looking to pull even. kemba walker with the step back three, is no good but marvin williams with the big put-back with the right hand. under three minutes to play. tomas satoransky in transition finding bobby portis. this game tied at 108. 11 seconds left, wizards down one, bradley beal with the chance. throws up the floater here. it comes up short. portis can't hold on to the rebound. the hornetsscape with the victory, 112-111 over the wizards. all right. here we go. nothing better than love and basketball. nior night and a great surprise for the game started. d bender getsown on bended knee and proposes to his girlfriend. she said yes. look at h teammates. they knew nothing about it. they're loving it. terps came out of the gates with tons of energy tonight.

big man jalen smith nuclearing kn king down the three ball. cowen leads the terms with 21. under a minute left,he seniors get into the game. maryland finishes out the regular season with a -60 win. over minnesota> big ten regular season champs number eight maryland taking on mhigan state the quarterfinals of the big ten women's tournament. maryland starts off hot from beyond the arc. from way downtown. >> yow. >> good for three. later in the half, blair watson nails the wide open po threter. spartans close the half on a 12-1 run, however. the second half belonged to charles and the terps. maryland only allowed ten points in the t quarter. charles scoring 16 of her game high 21n the second half. maryland improves t 12-1

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