dozens of parents, even celebrities charged. >> this scandal stretching to georgetown university what we uncovered today about how the alleged seme worked here. >> we start this after what federal investigators are calling the largest admissions scam they have eve prosecuted. >> some of the country's most privileged people and families dishing out millions of dollars of bribes to cheat their kids way into colleges. >> agents calling it oration varsity blues, dozens charged and even two hollywood mark se with a report on the local connection in georgetown. but we're going to begin with jay gray. >> reporter: today federal agents in the u.s. attorney's office announced charges against

50 people in what they nay described as the largest college admission scam in the history of the agency. >> we're talking a ut deception, fraud, fake test scores, fake >> all at the hands of this man, rick singer, seen inhis video. 1vestigators say singer charged parents between and $75,000 forto someone elsake college t tance exams or correctesons sw or daughters. and others paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to designate their children as athletes. agents say singer used somef the $25 million to bribe college officials,coaches, a test administrators. >> it reported to be a

charitable organization but it was actually a front singer used to launder the money parents paid him. >> reporter: 33 parents face charges, including actresses lori loughlin and felicity ffman. >> these parents are a catalog of wealth and privileg >> reporte the operation dubbed varsity blues continues. and there's a local hose ction here, among named in the probe, the former head tennis coach at georgetow university. >> we're going to bring in mark segraves. mark, this coach is accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes. what's the word on campus >> reporter: good afternoon, the former head coach of the men's and twomen'snis teams here is accused by prosecutors of het ingast a dozen students to falsify theirio admi applications. gordon ernst coached women's and

men's tennis at georgetown for years. according to prosecutors he was one of several involved in the scamhere parents had their students' tests gra falsified wed approved. parents paid b 200,000 and $6.5 milimon and then c that money as charitable ri butions. ernst would tell the university's admission office he was offering the students a spot on his team, despite knowing the students were not competitive athltoes. accordinharging documents, ernst took $2.7 million in bribes, helping at least 12 students falsify their applications town george including some who did not play competitive tennis. one family paid $400,000. prosecutors sayheir investigation is still ongoing. >> based on the charges unsealed today, all of them knowingly conspired to help their children

either cheat on the s.a.t. or a.c.t. and/ot. and/orad bssion through fraud. >> reporter: a spokesperson for georgetown issued this statement, georgetown university is deepl disappointed. georgetown cooperated fully with the government's we are reviewing the details of the indictment and will take appropriate action. now ernst is currently the head coh of rhode island's tennis team, he's been placed on administrative leave there. as how parents were able to take a tax deduction, a sham nonprofit was set up, the parents wld give the money to the nonprofit, the nonprofit would pay out the bribes to the test administrators and the coaches. back to you guys >> this thing has so many players. >> unbelievable. >> and one of the layers is the figure who was apparently taking the s.a.t. and a.c.t. for some of the students able to score

whatever wasneeded. what do you know about this person, mark? >> reporter: this is one of the most remarkable aspec of this story.ha yo about 50 students most who had their test scores ealsified by having someone e taking the test for them. it was one man in florida took all of those test prosecutors said this guy was so smart and so good atin t the s.a.t. you could tell him what score you wanted to get and he would be able to take the test and get that exact score so as not to draw attention to . he was paid about $10,000 for every test he took. >> if only people could use that power for good, not evil. >> i was going to say. smart.uy is >> you can read more about this case in our nbc washington app. ere you can also see all of the court documents related to this scandal. let's go to breaking news coming i from the uk this afternoon, a last ditch effort

to pass a brexit agreement failed. the vote failed by nearly 150 votes the theresa may has been tryingo broker an agreement for months but hasn't been able to gain enough support in parliament. theresa mayas now called on parliament to vote on a series of measures whether to extend negotiations or leave the eu without any kind of deal. the lack of a deal could cause a lot of prlems. that would also put maynd the o could be calls for her to resign. new hints from former vice president joe biden that a white house run may be in his future. he spoke today in washington. >> i appreciate the energy you show when i got up here. save it a little longer, ine ma it in a few weeks.

>> all right, then. biden has topped several recent polls of favorite democratic candidates. developingn the district this afternoon, that gunman wanted inhat grazen barroom shooting is in custody. the suspected shooter and a second second accomplice turned themselves in this morning. the video showed him shooting into a crowded room in late nu january. a third person is already in custody and charged in this case. police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found this morning in a busy seven coer shopping area near the target. a shopper saw the bod near a gas station and called for help. investigators focussed the efforts in the alley behind the businesses. the gas station has sveillance

cameras. detectives have canvassed the neighborhood looking for witnesses. they've identified the victim and police are telling relatives before tells us. a s.o.s. is going up in southeast d.c., it stands for save our school. megan fitzgerald explains what the school is doing t to keep doors open at a struggling charter school. >> reporter: it was less than two years ago we told y about national collegiate prep, a charter school thatent all of their students to college. today they're fighting to safe their school. >> they said we needed to be demonstrated awe low graduation rate. >> reporter: the 'sschool ceo is referring to the d.c. charter public school board, the board voted to close the school in 2020 because they said it had performance issue, like low test scores, enrollment ndrate,

graduation rate. >> we found we had some err in our processes, wend f what the graduation rate really accounted for was 17 students over a four-year period we have not accounted for. we have since found 11f those students. >> reporter: ross says the class of 2018ost several students who moved to different areas and schools and they didn't keep track so it looked like theyd droput of school, when she said that wasn't the case. the schoo has support from the community leaders, they say their next plann of act is try to encourage the board to reverse their decision. >> i don't know how you close a school in a disenfranchised community when they made eight of nine goals. >> megan received a statement from the chairman of the school board saying, quote, we closed

this school because it was the lowest performing public charteo high s and had declined year after year. nd we have breaking news this afternoon, the mounting pressure here in the united states for the dfaa to gro all 737 max eight aircraft. >> this comes as more countries temporarily suspend that aircraft involved in the ethiopian airline crash. >> to the the eu and uk decided to ground the planes as a precaution. in the uk, anyone overflying the puntry's airspace cannot be infausa says there's not to any strong conclusion. today, u.s. aviation experts arrived at the scene of the crash to lend support to the investigation. officials from the ntsb and faa are on the ground, along with representatives fromboeing. they can provide specific details about the boeing 737 max

8 involved in the crash. that same type of plane was involved in a lion air crash last october butser ie nt'ot similar. today president trump weighed in on plane safety in a tweet. this morning he blamed modern technology saying, quote, airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. pilots are no longer needed b rather computer scientists from m.i.t. doing on he said often old and simpler is better. nbc did research and the number of airline accidents per million flights is down considerably since the 1970s. we are working tot get you for spring. news4 molette green has aen taking hng the mission to lose 20 pounds. we're just watching >> having f watching too. today her training goes to the next l.leve >> you can't outtrain a bad

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back wit a live look outside. beautiful out, it's a day. starting to feel a little more like spring. doug is tracking a warmup, any chances we might have had for ra this week, he has an update in a couple minutes. a consume alert for more than million honda owners. takata air bags installed in previous recalls could be sdangerous and c have to go back to the shop. it's hdas 2001 to 2016. hundreds of people have been injured because of this issue. if you're among those affected, expect a letter in the>>mail. something not good for any model car these things here, the massive potholes we've been keeping an eye on these the bw parkway, and the situion hasn't changed much since crews were out there y.

yester >> reporter: another day, another dollar here on the bw parkway, that's for the mechanics and tow truck drivers who have been helping out vehicles like this one.ri t now this one stranded on the southbound side of the pw parkway you can see theront tire destroyed and no doubt some rim damage as well. this driver had to leave their vehicle on the side of the road. right now the bwkw par just a nightmare for drivers between 332 and 197 in both directions. 've been traveling over this route on a dailyas ais b all th giant potholes that are causing tire mage, bent rims, damage to suspension and possibly worse. so we are going to continue to follow this as we work ahead of the major resurfacing project scheduled for later this year.

if lington's proposed budget cut becomes a reality,th arts programs can can take a hit. shomari stone saw how eeore sts trying to rally to stay afloat. >> the arts is my life. the arts is probably hannah's life. >> reporter: emly and her best friend like to perform at encora stage studio in arlington, virginia. >> i love singing and dancing and i love encore. >> i love acting and the experience of singing. >> this is a devastating cut to the arts. >> reporter: they don't love the 2020 proposed budget cuts to the arts in airlirlington county, i cuts staff positions ande most f technical support programs. >> it would really destroy thet

arts commu because it's big cuts for a small program that affects thousands and tusands of citizens each year. >> to take something away like this children -- >> we love encore so much, i don't want them to cut this down. i want to do anything to stop this 37. >> arlington county board members are expected to discuss the budget in their next meeting later this week. let's discuss what's got everybody sniffle. around he i heard you a second ago. >> there allergies going to be picking up as they do this time of year and temperatures are picking up as well.e we talking about 60s moving in here. today below itaverage, but sunshine not a lot ofac wind, is ally a pretty nice day out there. we have tons of sunshine, bright blue skies temperatures right now 52 degrees.

average high 54, so a little below average but not bad. northwest winds a 15 miles per hour. we have a little bit of a wind chill out there in the areas to the north and west, 52 in frederick, 47 gaithersburg you may nee a jacket, but that's about it. it's the day lou canve the jacket unzipped for the most part. tomorrow, sun and clouds less wind, high temperature 59 degrees. my only concern is the cloud cover, right now looks like sun than clouds but we'll waite and see borecause mwe're trackg storm system back to the west. you can see where the clouds are coming from, a big storm from the west making its way here with but the big storm is in the southwest part of the country. look at this spiing around the phoenix area. this is going to become a major storm from denver towards parts

of the plain, talking about record low temperatures. blizzard warnings from denver up to parts of the dakotas. high wind warnings, winter storm warnings, flood watchinewatchese way. and it will make its wayur way. right now it's east of denver. this is going to be a monster storm we'll talabout for a couple days. here's tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., notice the snow around denver area. big time thunderstorms down to the south and severe weather tomorrow into places like memphhi me arkansas. this boundary moves our way, does not get here until late thursday into friday. look at thursday nightill on the dry side here and we're on the warm side. cold front back to the west allows warmer air to make its way in, so thursday looks good.

friday with th same system, making its way through our region early friday morning, dsat l to a nice afternoon on iday, too, depending on the cloud coverage. t behindt we do get a little bit colder. 59 tomorrow. 67 ahead of tha on thursday with more cloud cover. 69 degrees on friday. a chance of showers. now there could be some thunder coming in that early, it's tough but it's something we'll watch. we are cooler for the weekend, not bad, nice saturday and sunday. sunday a carbon copy of today, 52 with sunshine. a chance o showers on monday. and cool as we head towards next week. all in all not a bad coupleays before chances of showers friday morning. a big shakeup for students at a local high school. >> at a sto you'll see first on 4:00, why the school is relocating f a year as some parents tell our prince george's county bureau cef they are not

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into meal planning as she continues the quest to get fit for spring. >> reporter: feast your eyes on healthy options for breakfast, lunch, a snack and dinner. in the gym four days a week with leona brown, who alwayss s -- >> you can't outtrain a bad diet. >> reporter: a bad diet can stand in the way. so like me anisa wilson has a hectic life with a job, family, and social obligations. >> at my heaviest, it was fast food that sustained me. >> reporter: we spent time goioo over options with conversion fitness nutrition specialist lydia ell, she herself gained weight after becoming a mother but says clean eating is a lifestyle. >> most people at the beginning ofhe year says i going to change my diet, no you need to change your lifestyle.

roast it on 450 for 40 minute the key is being prepared, having the food ahead of time, thinki m what is day going to look like. all that in mind, here are four things to know as you eat healthier, drink lots of water, subsitute swe for healthy snacks, eat lean ptein d choose deep colorful foods and dark, leafy greens. we have more tips for you on the nbc washington app. molette learns a work out that targets two spots women worry about the most. >> the right side of our butts, the left side of our butts.vi >> i'm l that alone. >> i know you are. smart prman. g allergy alert. >> amelia draper has the latest on who could be getting the worst. countri the model aircraft of the boeing

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this is scott macfarlane at the live desk. breaking new we'll showou a rescue happening right now in

germantown, afiording to the department, there is a rescue worker in that ench, buried up to his chest in the trench. it's been an ongoing construction pduct near wisteria lane off german town road, there's a shopping plaza there. they've been doing workor quite sometime on a steep hill, the trench is in the hill and the rescue teams are there now. you see them uses shovels, there's a collapsed trench unitd the fireartment has and they're there now. we'll keep watching it and keep you updated. today u.s. aviation experts joined a gloam investigating the ethiopian airline crash and the ifaa still resisting calls to ground the boeing 737 max 8 flying in the united states all t aircraft in the u.s.

but today a bipartisan group of senators joined that pressure to ground those planes. >> the 737 max should be grounded immediately. >> i think out of an abundance of caution and frankly common sense it makes sense to ground aircraft that's beennvolved in two very tragic accidents in six months. >> as sarah harmon reports, a growing number of countries have decided to take the precaution until they getome answers. >> reporter: today the family of those onboard the flight of 302 were allowed to view t crash site for the first time, the impact of the plane leaving a massive crater in the earth. belongings strewn acros the area the size of a football field. ethiopian airlines said it'll take five days to id the bodias.

>> in this we need to find some identify, until the dna, some reminders otherwise if we will not find, the person will stay missing the rest o their life. >> reporter: pressure now mounting on plane maker as a growing number of countries eld airlines temporarily ground this m of aircraft, the 737 max 8.to faa investi and officials from the ntsb are at the cra sight assisting with the investigation. it's not clear what caused the ash but it's the second deadly accident for this model of boeing in just five months. what is clear, some people are afraid of flying on this aircraft and with the black boxerom the plane now being examined, families say thean ers can't come soon enough. sarah harmon nbc news nairobi. we have profiles of the victim of thethiopian plane

crash including several of those who have ties to our area, just go to the nbc washington app, and search ethiopia plane crash. if you're just joining us a we hit 4:33, let's get you caught up with four tngs to know. >> federal prosecutors indicted 50 people in what the doj is calling their largest admission scams ever. they say people paid huge sums of money t guarantee their childrens' admission to elite schos, which included stan darized tests. >> among those accused, the former head tennis coach at georgetown university. he allegedly took $2.5 million in bribes to hel a dozen students falsify their ol.lications to the sc in a statement georgetown university says it is deeply disappointed a is reviewing

details of the ntindictme two more suspects in custody in connection with this bar january.in late surveillance video shows the whole thing happening. diego bellton and tam williams are charged with intent kill. students, parents and teachers fighting to keep collegiate prep. school op the students at one maryland tohigh school are preparin move to another high school next year while their school gets repaired. some central high school parents and a school board member for the school sayot it's a good idea. bureau chief tracee wilkins has been looking into why there are concerns. she joins us live from capitol heights, a story you'll see first on 4. >> reporter: parents are going

to be meeti here at 6:30 p.m. they're going to have a conversation with the school system and hear more about what's going on at central high. the parents we're talking to a saying there are so many problems at this school they're ying if they're going to relocate the kids it needs to br more than an hvac. this is an old school that hasn't had repair work done in decades. now we're hearingre students going to be leaving and relocating to forestville high scho. right now it's being occupied by district heights elementary because district heights has mold issues.ig forestville h is a swing spe sincehe school closed down some time ago. but parents are concerned since a lot of studes walk here, seniors spending their senior year at another school, we heard from the assistant superintendent who's at ere

propty here, and also the school board member who happens to have a kid who atends central high school. >> the size and scope of this project call for us to have t relocate central for one year. that's the goal, to move them out, t project is going to require a lot of abatement. the's no way to phase this project. >> prince george's county as a school board member we haveit issues our buses already where they're not picking the kids up, now they're talking about putting more kids on a bus. >> reporter: $20 million program and that parent and school board member saying i you're going to move kids out of here, bring them back to a new school because it needs the work. tracee wilkins. thank you. a lessoll in life s ahead. >> the new local program encouragingur youngest students to learn from older members of the community.

julie carey has the story. we told you that nancy pelosi does not think impeachment is the way to go. the split reaction today among the democrats. al sprinrgy season is under way. the pollen counts are g ng to continue to increase, coming up i'll let you know what the main culprits are plus what you can -guys, i want you to meet someone. this i. you're going to be seeing a lot more of him now. -i'mot calling him "dad."

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it's not like everything is coming up roses yet. but we're getting close. doug and amelia tracking spring-like weather coming in for the rest of theweek. >> there's something in the air with the spring like temperatures,t's the return of our allergies. >> we have mold spores comwg in ut it's not the mold, it's the trees. range mped into the high today. check it out. here's your latest report. weeds and grasses are still absent. but if your allergies areg bother you likely due to the tree pollen count. i talked to our micro biologist today and she said what it means is most allergy sufferers are experiencing symptoms when it's in the high range and some of them severe. the main culprits are your cedar, cypress, june per, elm and m trees. we're right on track for this time of year, not seeing

allergies coming out earlier than usual or more explosive than usual. in fact, susan was saying the cold nap we'n b having have kept the counts lower than ermal. but continue to track springs getting warmer when we look back to 1970 and compare it to present day here in washington our spring season has warmed by almost a degree and a half and what that means is generally a longer spring allergy season and that can mean a more intense allergy season. >> therere some of us that can tell you what kind of pollen is out there. i'll let you know when the oak comes out. >> you can do that pollen report. the nation's top democrat saying she is not necessarily for impeaching president trump. >> we told you that breaking news yesterday now there is mixed reaction to speaker nancy pelosi's remarks. the white hse bounced on that divide. >> >> reporter: i'm julie carey where a program is bringing

seniors and schoolids together. i'll tell you thef benefits both groups. >> reporter: layda gaga concerned about the mental health of today' youth. a lot of people have been pitting wonder woman and captain marvel against each other this week. and gal gadot said don't do that, s posted this fan art done by a7-year-old young lady showing nothing but love between the two superheroes. and then there's this fan art showing the two superheroes nothing but besties. jennifer hudson has been tapped to play aretha franklin in a bio movie. lady gaga is talking a abo new study talking about teenage mental health.

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we have breaking news if you're just joining us. chopper over the scene of a trench rescue in progress. montgomery county fire andre ue on the scene trying to get a worker out of a hole after he was buried up to his chest in dirt. not clear how this happened, we're going to keep you updated on any progress they make. >> their missi is ambitious, changing the world one child at a time. >>lhat's the g for dozens of senior citizens in fairfax county who spend time every week lunteering at elementary schools. the program is called grand involved. julie cay tells us the seniors tell her they may be benefitting

as much as the kids. >> reporter: dorothy is 92. and for the last three years she's been coming to park lawn elementary once a week. launched five years ago, grand involved is matching senrs th children in 18 schools, a primary focus s helpingond language lerners some of whom live a worldy a from their own grandparents. dorothy herself is a first generation american. >> i'm working with a cambodian girl who was practically mute, she was so quiet. now she's a ball of fire. >> what does the area measure? >> the inside how many square -- >> reporter: on this morning four volunteers o helpingut with their assigned classrooms. jean has been coming for four years now. >> i know they tal to me things they don'tbo talk to him

about. i know i'm coming to fill a neem iny of their lives. >> the program gets no funding, but w started when leaders wanted to find a way to attract and keep retirees in fairfax county. >> one's depend on having a purpose in life. >> as she reads a book, mary takes time to show the girls the bird's big wingspan. but the kids will tell you it's the relationships they value as much as the learning. >> i think it's fun to have ms. bacon come over because we have nice conversations. >> mr. fox is a nice and kind man. he likes working with kids ec individually bse he likes to know them better. >> reporter: youngnd old, once strangers now connected. d both groups the better for

it. in fairfax county i'm julie carey,news4. >> that's beautiful. something special about the tenerational bonding there. if you wo learn more about the program ohow to rovolunteer yourself, open up the nbc washington app and searcnd g involved. >> i want to go tell that woman things i don't tell anyon else. >> i can't imagine what that is, you tell evyone, everything. >> i overshare. what do wegot. nice weather today. temperatures in the low 50s. below average. >> we survived two weeks ago when it was 4 degrees. >> when it was 20 degrees below average, yeah. plenty of sunshi, a really nice afternoon. for this time of year it is below. but again we'rebo talking mid march here. 52 degrees the current temperatur dropping into the 50s, down to the 40s by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. we're seeing windsusng to 20

miles per hour. that will continue to fall. 47 ingaithersburg. 50 in camp springs. we're watching a couple things here. not much on the radar now. but there's a storm we're west.ing way back to the when i say back to the west, this isn't the storm i'm watching coming thr gh s louis, iowa, chicago. the storm i'm watching is going to hit the plains tomorrow and bring blizzard conditions to area like denver. that moves our way friday. and it's going to have an impact on our ather, talking about temperatures and then ae cha for shower activity coming up friday, maybe even a rumble of thunder. >> here's what we're looking at, it's going to be mild, temperatures in th mid to upper 60s. well above normal on infriday. is likely but dry time as all. it's not going to ash out of a day, and depending on when

the front moveshrough the area we could see some thunder, especially if it's later of the day. but it's not a huge concern. we'll be dealing with some gusty winds out there as well f our friday. here's a look at future weather. this is 5:00 a.m., notice some showers are already in place. right now it loos like the most likely time period for rain are going to be the morni and midday hours. this rain pushing off to the east in the aftnoon hours. likely dry for your friday night.e and ld front cools us down for the weekend. we go from near 70 on friday to 54n saturday,hich is normal for this time of year. day, we st. patrick's have a high of 52. the weather having a low impact on your weekend, we have seasonal temperatures on saturday and sunday. most importantly, it's breezy on saturday but we're going to be completely dry both weekend days out there. >> we have not seen that muc at all over the past year and a

half. we need a dry weekend. speaking of tomorrow, dry da no problemthere. but it will be chilly at the bus top, 37 degrees. 48 at recs, 58 by the time we're picking up the kids. a nice afternoon on your thursday. 69 on friday with o a chance showers, especially early in the day. 54 on saturday, 52 on sunday. another chance of showers on monday but that oneooooking like a small system, so not a big deal. 're dry into next week and we're on the cool side but at least we're above 50 each and lumberly we day or thes is going to be paying $33 million for lying about the amount of fermall doe hide in flooring made in customers. this is for lying to investors. they'll dismiss the charges so long as it pays the settlement

and makes changes that address the fermald hide issue. verizon tweeted out about a text mesge outing in their system affecting east coast customers, verizon said the issue wasun fixed a 11:00 this morning. scott macfarlane a the live desk, monitoring our breaking news out oferman town, a rescue of a construction worker trapped off germantown road. you can see the worker has progressed here. the rescue has certainly progressedee the worker to be moving his arms, seems to have a mask onis face. and the rescue workers with montgomery county fire and ems have put down the shovels. the worker in a treh in a steep construction area cliff. theeescu nearly complete of

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this hour. the battle over impeachment, one day after nancy pelosi made her strongest statements on the subject the white house is firing back.

blayne alexander keeping track of it all for us. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi has made it clear she does not believe president trump is fit for office. but she say unless democrats and republicans agree on impeachment, the process is too damaging to the country. today stron reaction after house speaker nancy pelosi made clear she is not for ngimpeac president trump. >> divides the country, unless there'some evidence thatakes us to that place. >> reporter: pelosi tellingth washington post" magazine of the polarizing process, president trump is just not worth it. the nation's top democrat getting key support from within her own party, including the chair of the houseel intgence committee which is already investigating the president. >> i see little to be gained by putting the country through that ssperience. >> reporter: the polarizing. pelosi's comments seen as trying to reign in other members who have been pushing for

impeachment. >> we have a duty to impeach when we see crimes havbeen committed. including congresswoman ta l talib. >> i think nancy pelosi is starting to lose control of her. >> reporter: saying president trump is dng a great job so they were never concerned about impeachment. as for hatupcoming report from special counsel robert mueller. >> if there's no conclion that there's a bipartisan message to the president, so be it. >> reporter: keeping the door open for the end of mueller's investigation. today we're als hearing from top republicans weighing in on those comments from house speaker nancy pelosi specifically the senate's top republican who was weighing in nancy pelosi saying that impeachment is just not worth it. she told -- lear mcconnell told nbc news simply, i agree. >> we'll see where it goes. thank you, ayne. keep in mind all of this public argument hedges on

speculation that the special counsel robert mueller's sent to haven't been congress yet. >> it's possible his report will cause newave of political calculation. >> we'll keep an eye. on stay right there, news4 at 5:00 begins right now. right n at 5:00, scheming and dirty dealing. >> they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense to cheat the system. >> celebrities and wealthy parents accused of cheating their kids into college.y >> socould set their children up for success with the best education money could bu literally. >> new details of how the alleged conspiracy worked and the ties togeorgetown. safety concerns mount. >> the 737 max should be grounded immediately. >> what's next in the united states a a growing number o countries ground the aircraft involved in a second d crash.

we begin with liv pictures from that breaking news out of montgomery county that we've been t ling youabout. there is a trench rescue going on right now. >> this is happening right now on germaadown this is the area of wisteria road. you can see the man there isd trappe up to his waist now in dirt. medics gave him oxygen to help him breathe. it appears he's going to be okay. >> this picture is live. it's unclear whataused that dirt around him to collapse. a ladder has been placed in th ho so he can climb out there. we're monitoring this storynd closely we'll bring you an update when the man is freed, but they are s makinge definite progress. it's about to happen any minute. meanwhile,s, insidi selfish and shameful, that's what federal investigators areg call the largest college admission scam they have ever prosechyed. >> wea individuals accused of paying big bucks to guarantee theiet kids a spot in some of

our country's most elite lleges and universities. >> the feds are calling it operation varsity blues. so far more than four dozen people have been charged in connection including two hollywoods ac-ttresses, coachesd an administrator accused of tang bribes. >> in some instances this involved fraudulent college entrance exams while others faked credentials for athletic >> leon harris starts us off. >> federal investigators say the parents being charged are among the most privileged in the country, ceo, real estate and law executives, even lori loughlin and felicity huffman. in all they allegedly paid some $25 million to sure their childrens' admissi to top schools, it went