admissions cheating scandal. a monster storm. moving ea >> we'll show you what that storm means to your friday and more importantly to your weekend.we talking big temperature swings. a d.c. employee accused of trading sex foroodstamps. we're live outside of court with his reaction today. we come on the air with a couple of breaking stories. chopper 4 over crash involving a montgomery county school bus and three other vehicles. a total of six people are injured from this. you can see tt white car smashed into the front of the bus and the red truck on the corner severely damaged. we're told two people from those vehicles were seriously hurt. fourn others board the school bus went off to the hospital, but that was just a precaution, that included two students. we'll update you as we learn more. als in fairfaxcounty, a

man doing tree work has died. police first responded to reports that a man was unconscious in a tree. we're working to learn what happened. and nowe go to that shocking bribery case a d.c. government employee. he admitted today he handed out nearly $1.5 million in fraudulent payments. >> pleading guilty to accepting sh and sex in exchange for food stamps and other social nefits. mark segraves broke this story first last night. he's joining us live from superior court with a look at case. this is a crazy one, mark. tell us about it. >> repter: he pled guilty before a federal judge today. he worked for the human services as a case worker for more than 13 years without any problems. but in four months last year he cilitied hundreds of payments to beneficiaries who didn't

deserve them. in court today, demetrius mcmillan stood before a judge and pled guilty to taking hundreds of bribes as a case worker, he had the power to authorize payouts up to $2,000 without a supervisor's approval. took utors say he advantage of that power in order to get cash and sex from nearly 300 women.ed >> i'm sicke over it. i'm sad and i'm angry, and ial literally makes me feel sick at the pit of my stomach. >> reporter: theirector at the o departmef human services said new safeguards have been put in place in order to k from happening again. he facilited nearly 80 fraudulent payments toorit00 , totally nearly $1.5 million i food stamps and cash benefits. he's facingp to 15 years in prison, he'll be sentenced in

june. now according to prosecutors, mcmillan took in more than $150,000 in bribes and s had with as many as 20 of the women who he was providing fraudulent food stamps to. that's the latest. mark segraves news4. you say 300 women? what's lnely to hap to them if they paid these bribes andpt ac those fraudulent payments? >> reporter: that's a great question. as a matter of facar prosecutor able to tell the department of human services because the investigation is over who women are. heo the 300 plus people are who actually got fraudulent payments. then it will be up to the department of human services to determine whether or not to take action. they could suspend benefits from them or prohibit them from collecting benefits in the future, they could also face criminal prosecution. >> who had any idea that situation was that big. mark segraves nice work breaking

that story. thanyou for that report. if you know about a possible case of fraud involving soc l benefit programs in the distri, there's a way to report it anomalously. ak we have bg new developments in the college admissions scandal. the first federal lawsuits have been filed by a student and parent in california. the parent claimser son who grade point average was not admitted to schools because other parents implicated in the scheme, quote, cheated their children'say into a good college. and a current stanford student filed what she's hoping will beco a class action lawsuit against the school and other universities. she claims because of the scandal her degree will not be worth as much as before. now to the congressional smack down in the president's

border battle. the senate just passed the declaration terminating his national emergency declaration. he plans to veto the measure, though .bl t'ndsleneoi bxaecause there are already a number of challenging this emergency declaration with more lawsuits certain to come. so the t factt the senate and house are nowth orecord on opposing this emergency declarion that could bol ster the legal arguments on the other side. president trump made it clear, and he did it a f minutes ago, he's going to veto the resolution. but lawmakers say it's about sending a message. today, president trump a special guest on capitol hill for the annual friends of ireland luncheon. the president of the united states. >> reporter: visiting congress on the same day the senate votes on a public rejection of his national emergency declaration

over money for the border wall. >> he's stealing that money from the department of defense, from our war fighters. >> reporter: the senateassing resolution blocking that emergency declaration. 12 republicans s on publicly opposing the president despite ht efforts to keep his party in line. >> it's a vote for border security, no crime. >> reporter: presiisnt trump prg a veto. his first. >> never before has a president for funding, the congress has not provided it, and then as the president used the national emergencies act of 1976 to spend the money anyway. >> reporter: in the house, members there sending a message about special counsel robert mueller's rsia investigation, overwhelmingly passing a resolution urging his report be made public once finished. >> the yas are 42r:

>> reporte the resolution will not change justice department policy. it comes amid growing signst t ha ercompeletion. nbc newsrn l that a top prosecutor on mueller's team is leaving his post soon. back to the senate resolution that's blocking the president's emergency declaration. it passeday t with 59 votes but that's short of the 6 needed to override the presidential veto. connecticut supreme court advances a lawmaker against gun maker remington. they're being suededbout the way it marketed its bush, they said remington glorified the weapon marketing it to young people. the court did allow the adrtising claim to stand. hundreds of local high

school students moved class outside. >> they went to capitol demonstrating against gun violence in schools. megan mcgrath reports. >> reporter: classes were just getting under way for the day when students at spring brook high school walked out andd bo bus bound for the metro st tion. thens are calling for tougher gun control laws, u specificallyversal background checks they want an end to the school violence that has become all too familiar to their generation. >> i'm a kidup growing always looking at the tv seeing other kids atdieing. how i feel. i'm just hurt we've gotten to the point where lot of people don't care because it's become the new norm. we have to make sure we do everything we can. we have a moral obligation to speak out and do the right thing. >> reporter: the first school walk out happened last year following the deadly parklan

shooting. organizers hope it happens every year. this video shows students leaving mont gumry blair high school, they hopped onto the metro and into the city. >> we're trying to show the studen movement has staying powehe >> reporte teens made their way to the white house and observed 17 minutes of silence for the parkland victims. they then marched to the capitol. the message, no more student deaths. how important do you think gun control is? >> very >> why? >> because it impacts so many people every day and it could ange people's lives. >> is my school next? am i next? will my face be on the news next? will i bo shot because i wanted to go get my education? >> reporter: many of the students w spoke to today said it's important this movement not fade they want their voices to be heard and they plan to

participate in this march every yearct in the dist megan mcgrath, news4. a sad update after last night's dramatic bald eagle rescue. officials say after multiple x-rays and tests, the bird's injuries were tooe sev and the eagle has to be euthanized. many of you were glued to your tvs as police in maryland and department of natural resources office used blankets and towels to safely catch the bird last ght. unfortunately the eagle's wing had multiple fractures that couldn't be fixed. we don't know how the bird was hurt. >> that's so sad. we were hoping for the best. speaking of thingshat aren flying. boeing max 8 jets are not ying. they're still grounded in the past six months two deadlyav crashes happened with this particular plane. it's supposed to the future of flyi a lot of respects but

could the fact that they are a different style of plane be the problem. transportation reporter adam tuss is live at reagan national airport with that 737 max 8 that was turned around last night. adam? >> reporter: that's right. it actually just took off out of here. breaking news here because some of those planes, those 737 max 8s and 9s that were grounded yesterday are now being repositioned and sent back to hubs for further investigation. that's what happened here with the southwest plane that'sre be ince yesterday. we were here as that plane was turned around on the tarmac and the runway yesterday. a lot of passengers who thought they weref getting out town, that did not happen for them. about theentioning max family, the 737 max family. these are supposed to be high-tech new planes from boeing. they only started flying about o years ago, but already with some traveler they are getting a bit of a reputation. take a listen. >> i would be a li ile, ifas

on that max 8 -- i've been flying a long, long time, but two crashes like tha that seem to be related make you wonder. >> reporter: the investigation is just beginning into what could possibly have caused the grounding of the airplanes here in the united states. a lotf the chatter has been that there could be a link between the ethiopi crash and the indonesia crash and there's going to be a lot more scrutiny on these planes, guys. >>back to you. hank you, adam. if you want to find out more about the boeing jets and the airport, check out the nbc washington app. the race for the white house growing wider today. >> you heard brrk eto o'rourke throwing his hat in the ring. a look at the 13 democratic hopefuls. new video of severe weather damage out west. th system that did this is

going to affect us, is that >> yes.doug? we're tracking severe weather making its way country moving our way. this will provide big changes for your weekend. much more on that, see you in a juminute. a local widow's warning about her husband's end of life care. >> i walked in and saw this doctor, they had

we are back with a look at our cherry wblossoms, tod learned metro will suspend weekend work from march 23rd to april 14th so you canet down to see the cherry blossoms for iyourself. do tracking temperatures that will affect our trees. we'll have his update minutes away. to story you'll see only on news4, a four of two was hours away from losing his battle with cancer. but h t family said process he went through to be cleared for hospice shouldn't happen to anyo else. was just clicked -- nick the most kind, caring, genuine person i've ever known. andeporter: nina says she her husband nick were soul mates. >> he had testicular cancer. >> reporter: he beat the odds and their daughter was born but beforein could turnd 2, nina

foick passed out. he was ready to go to hospice to die peacefully. >> i was able to ask him if he knew what was happiding. he yes. i said, are you okay with this now? he said, yes. >> reporter: but no one in the family had power of attorney. so nina was told nick would have to sign a do not resuscitate form >> it was a nightmare of a poor ime connection to a sighky tryst. >> reporter: the psychiatrist couldn't be there in person so they had to use a remote connection like face time. the entire process took 35 minutes. shet saids agonizing. the ceo of several hospices said this shouldn't have happened. we reached o to the hospital and they said, quote, due to

paa regulations we cannot comment on specific patients or care received but we do utilize tell medicine in certain locations. for the sake of her husband, nina wanted to share her experience tohopefully create change. >> i hope there's a realth reflection i medical community about the ethics of these teledoctors. >> megan fitzgerald news4. >> nick was able to be released from the hospital, he died a few hours latern hospice with his family by his side. they have created a gofundme page they need help with the children's education. you can find out mor about that on our washington app. 73 degrees doug joining us at the desk. beautiful day, enough for aew of u to take a quick 10-minute break outside. >> you guys went outside?

>> yeah. >> thezi a thing about it is we have a blizzard to thank for this. >> how weird is that? >> right now it's in the middle part of the country, the same storm that brought the blizzard to colorado, brought us warm temperatures. for us it is this nice. ov're looking at some cloud coverg through. a lot of sunshine. current temperature 73 degrees. the warmest temrature so far this year. winds out of the south at 16 miles per dur. look aro the area, 75 culpepper. 75 in frederick, maryland. the warmth is there today and going to be there tomorrow, too. a high of 73 degrees. mostly cloudy, few showers, not a washout but still very warm. it's goingic to be a looking friday out there, although we'll deal with more cloud cover. you can see the clouds making their way in ahead of the cold front back to the west. that's prompted some severe we

her, five tornado reports earlier today, numerous tornado warnings, severe weather around chicago. here'she storm that prompted all of this moving to the north and west o chicago. look at what this is continuing to do. these are t current watches and warnings. look how much of the country this is. tornadoe watches here in yellow. we have high windwarnings, blizzard warnings back to the est, flood watches, wind advisories. nothing over our area, isn't that good news? this is not going to affect us nearly like it did back towards the west. it's bringing us the warm weather. 73 here, 73 jackson, atlanta. so we're in this mode temperature wise. even the 30s will bypass us to the north. it will getooler over the weekend. it's not going to be rain eit r either.

tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. showers back to the west but not much. by 11:00, 12:00, by luntime we se on the milde. starting to see sunshine in our western zones a lot o clouds to the east. by 4:00 we willwe see s develop along the i-95 corridor as the cold front moves through. behind this sunshine. you'll see a beautiful afternoon west of i-95. d.c. and south and eastward, thc bence for rain. by 7:00 it's all out of here. i think we even see sun in d.c.n before the goes down. if you have dinner plansht ton no problem across our region. the next couple days, 73 mo ow, 54 on saturday, 56 on sunday. st. patty's day looking coo but nice. cooler next week but we have a couple warmer da, too. the ten day forecast coming up at 4:45. a new law will protect more than a million local students. >> it comes after a news4

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collins. the redskins safety officially introduced today. the three-time pro bowler signing a big deal thisye week, sis, $84 million. he grew uprooting for the burgundy and gold, we he spoke about. >> excitement, honestly a lot of i see it as a home. that's how i see it. >> coming up at 5:00, collins explains how receiving this jersey from dan snyder brought him to tears. long-timend fans willstand why. trouble brewing for the beer industry. >> as we approach st. patrick's day weekend research shows the cost of your cd one could double. we'll show you when. >> say it ain't so, >please. scramble after the white house grounds those 737 max planes. we learned todayow long safety checks may take. we talkk live with mar

if you're just joining us as we cross:3p.m. let's get you caught up with four things to know. >> theirst federal lawsuits have been filed in connection with the massive college cheatichea cheating scandal who claims her son was not admitted to schools becausepa

nts bribed their way into a college. aurnt stanford student also filing what she hopes to be a class action against the school. he claims t vue of degrees will be diminished because of the allegations. in the district a government worker pled guilty today t accepting cash and sex in exchange for authorizing benefit payments. prosecutors say demetrius mcmillan facilitated nearly 300 payments totaling just under $1.5 million. he'll be stenced later this year. hundreds of students in maryland left school a travelled to the white house and capitol ll to demonstrate against gun violence. they're calling for tougher gun legislation, including tougher background tests. this is the secondea in a row they've taken their message to lawmakers. beto o'rourkennouncing his presidential bid this morning and traveling to the critical state of iowa to kick off his

campaign. he says he is running f all americans. >> i couldareless your party, your religion, anything other than the fact that right now we e all americans and we are all human beings and we'll do everything within our power for one another, for this great country and for every generation that folls. >> he's aiming to have a crossover appeal to moderates and progressives but he's facing a tough field. and even steeper competition if er president joe biden decides to jump in the ra. joining us is nbc senior political corspondent mark murray. >> mark has a great piece out right now, that i tweeted. tell me how does beto o'rourke stand out from 12 other democrats? >> he has the ability to raise a

tremendous amount of money, he raised $80 million again t cruz in 2018. that kind of ability would get you a seat at theable if the cash is coming in. as you saw in the clib p he's a good retail politician. and oure reporters on ground in iowa have noticed the generational influence. he's 46 years old, younger than most of the can field and has the ability -- i stress the word ability and potential -- because we have a ng ways to go of a message and newness. anhave to see how the message is received. but those are at least the three type of potential qualities he has. >> he represents the newness but there's an older name still circling around in conversations, joe biden, lots of expectations about him jumpingnto the race eventually.

the question for you, do you think he will and are there any more candidates out there? >> he was in d.c. earlier this week and heikounded l a presidential candidate. of course, you're not in until you're in. the expectation is he's going to get in. he's leadingn the polls and he's still well liked among democrats. for me beto o'rourke versus joe biden is interesting. because with joe biden you have the experience. and beto o'rourke you're younger but doesn't have the experience like joe biden. you throw those two candidates in a big field, it's so a open so diverse. i can't wait to see how the first few g contest starting in iowa next year. >> one thing is for sure,tt woe boring. we can count on that. >> it never is. >> thanks, mark. nbc news will have more on the 2020 race and therong field of candidates. tune in for nightly news with

lester holt tonight at 7:00 here on news4. overseas now, ieestigators continuing to search for answers in the ethiopian airlines crash and another crash involving that same style of boeing jet. nbc news jay gray reports now on why it could take months to get those planes backn the air. >> reporter: the jets remain on the ground right now, six dozen in the u.s., hundreds around the world. >> it's frustrating, butafy should come first. >> reporter: investigators in paris are working to pull dgha from f recorders recovered from ethiopian air flight302. the second crash involving a boei37 max 8 in the last five months. >> until we understand what went on with these two s,accide don't think anyone can say how long the airplane is going to be on the gteund. >> rep analysts predict it could be three to six months.

>> i hope it's going to be for a short period of time. , they have -- lo to find out what it is. the biggest thifi they have to out what it is. i'm not sure they know. >> reporter: faa investigators are learning more from satellite data from ethiopian air 302 tracked at this command center in virginia showing it experienced wild and erratic takeoff speeds before crashing. the pilots reported struggling to control the plane, similar to the lion flight last october.f one othe primary reasons the decision was made to ground the 737 max 8 in the u.s. we have breaking news now, detectives have just identified a teenager found dead in a remote field in stafford county. we showed you an image of this tattoo on the murder victim over the weekend. investators say the victim is 16-year-old jackson chiccas.

police say he was killed at home in landover hills and then driven to stafford county, olprince george's county pe are now taking over the investigation. ahead for us a rare look inside a local program to help inmapas. one partite opens up to david culver about his son and how he thinks the program can keep him out of jail. new video of the dame from a line of storms tour west. with st. patrick's day on sunday you may have beer on your mind, but why may the price of be

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patrick's day weekend. it's one of the times of theye that you might be able to have not just a beer but areen beer. >> i don't know if people drink green beer any other day but whatever. research says climate change is brewing trouble for the beer industry and it could drive up costs this year. >> we could potentially see our cost of beer going up and the taste of our beer changing as we start to track warmer temperatures and more extreme droughts. people are saying why, even here in the studios, the three main coonents that climate change is impacting making beer, barley, hops and water. with barley, it's sceptible to heat and drought for much so and we're seeing farmers like in the northern rockies and upp midwest are preferring to plant

more cash crops so they're not planting it. farmers in montana in 2017 planted 23 less barley for beer producing than they i did 2016. also it's more profitable crops replacing barley, like the corn and soybeans. 99% of the hops in the united states are grown in washington, oregon and idaho. i p othe drought monitor, a lot of them are under severe or moderate drought, these are long term drought conditions out there. irrigation depends on ground water. hten you have these dro conditions this is why we might see the taste changes. when youet the snow melt, it's said to have a better tte than getting it from the ground.

because the ground water has the more minerally taste to it. so we could see the and prices go up. >> so they're not joking when theyalk about the mountain springs. >> absolutely. there's truth tothat. >> i love that you got to talk about beer today. >> is all related, right? >> i love this. ist day at leas my book for you in the weather department. >> thanks, amelia. oming up next, susan hogan is here with an update to a stnews4 consumer ination. >> the new law to protect more than a million local enst. tonight only on news4 we take you inside the

here's a live look outside right now. pretty nice out there, but doug and amelia say don't get used to

it. it's spring like right that's going to change. f rainng for chances tomorrow and a swing in the temperature. locked up andord into sobriety, that is a reality for inmates who battle addictions. and many return to drugs or alcohol when they get out of jail, but that is changing in fairfax county. only on news4 northern virginia bureau reporter david culver takes us inside the jail where the sheriff is taking a fresh approach to rehab. >> reporter: out of their cells and gatred around, this group of fairfax county inmates or participants as they prefer taking notes from a man who once wore the same jump su. >> i'm training my replacements now. >> reporter: he hopes they realize there's an ability to overcome drugsal and hol.

how many times have you been incarcerated? >> tell you the truth, too many to count. >> reporter: this most recent incarceration started 11 months ago for drug possession a intent to distribute. >> in my head i would victimize things. >> making yourself a victim? >> right. trying to point the finger at other people, never looking at the part iye pla in situations. >> reporter: that began to change in november. he signed up to be part of the star pilot program. the sheriff brought the program to fairfax county's adult detention center. >> we have the program for the right reasons not because somebody wants to get o time their sentence or they're forced ething that's not going to work. >> reporter: it's not a judge telling these participants they have to be a part of it, they have to join. instead, they have to apply, they have to want it, it t has be self-motivated and it's

self-volunteer. it aims to go deeper. >> we all come from different walks of life but all have the goal.common >> what is that? >> we want to live a happy, productive life. and at the same time being sober. >> reporter: a path to sobriet and recovery beginning from the inside. in fairfax, david culver, news4. good health is on the minds of this young man right here, which is why you're seeing these things here. >> world kidney day. this is great opportunity for uu to shosupport for it. i'm on the board here of the national kidney foundation in the d.c. metro area, so i've asked my friends to join us. if i had one of the, i guarantee every one of these people on this desk would support with me. thanks for doing that. verys, obviously thank you much. you can find out more on my

facebook page but 30 million people go through kidney disease in america alone. >> it's anbj important t. >> it is. >> less salt more water. that's the mantra fortoday. >> that's the part of the body dealing with the chemicals eve day in your body. right now what are we dealing with?ce >> very >> beautiful out there. >> 100%. the blizzard is causing the warm temperatures to the east and t causinnados in the middle part of the country. it's amazing the difference in the variance. thesere the high temperatures today. ihink tomorrow could be warmer in some spots. even though we will see more cloud cover across the region because warm air moves up. here's the front back to the west. i was just online looking at a monster torna making its way through western portions of kentucky re. we are noing to get in on

the severe weather. theti storms spinning north and west of chicago. this moves well to the north and west by tomorrow afternoon there won't be enough energy togive us str storms. i think we'll see a couple showers buthe big thing it brings us is thearm air. not quite into the 80sew orleans or orlando at 80 degrees right now. we'll take the 70s. however behind it weet gnificantly cooler. as i toss to amelia, today it's 73, st. louis is 56. isn't that interesting? ayat's exactly what we've got for satu >> absolutely. so tomorrow another mild day and cooler air moving in for the weekend. 00 on saturday, 45 degrees. 56 on sunday. this time sonal for of year. we're just being spoiled today and tomorrow. on sunday it' a cold start, 36 degrees in washington. low 30s in theuburbs and chilly for the afternoon with a

high of 52. it's going to be noticeably breezy on sarday, win not an issue on sunday. and sunshine on sunday. but a w coolerkend overall. this is 8:00 a.m. saturday, we have wind chillemperatures in e 30s to start the day. throughout the day it's only feeling like weere in the u 30s and low 40s so a chilly d when we compare it to today and tomorrow. heading out on your saturday night, wind chill temperatures in the 40s and starting sunday morning it's only feeling like we're in the 20s. even low 20s at 8:00 a.m. despite that if you're heading eut this weekend, grabbing the warm coat you'll fine. >> hard to believe by sunday morning we'll feel 45 degrees colder than where we are rht now. tomorrow 73 so enjoy it. s anwers late in the day. as we make our way through the next couple days, what are we

expecting? the weekend looking dry, temperatures in the 50s, 53 on monday. and look at next week. cool for the most part until we warm nicely heading towards next weekend. >> good looking patternthere. thanks, doug. preventing deadly accidents in schools, virginia's governor hasigd a new bill into law that aims to do that. >> this comes after the tgic death of a third grader. and susan hogan is here with this important update for us. you've been following it for a while. >> i sure have. this signing of the bill is remarkab. there are 1.2 million children who attend public schools in virginia a this law will help protect them from the large motorized partitionshat many of our schools use. last may 9-year-old wesley was killed while helping a teacher operate a motorized partition.

a anws4 investigation found schools in d.c., maryland and virginia did not have fmal policies and training in place. some school districts are in the ocess of changingthat. but starting july 1st, all virginia public schools will be required to take steps to protect students there. the new law bans the operation of tus dange dividers while students are in the room or adjoining rooms, unless they have an additional safety device installed with them. schools will also be required to develop formal policiesn and tr operators once a year. wesley's family fought so hard for this new legislation and they tell me they take comfort knowing that no other students will be hurt or killed and no other families will have to experience the pain and grief learning to still live with today. >> i can just imagine what they're going through. but this is a ray of light here. >> it is. wesley is looking down right now. i'm sure there's this feeling of hope. >> i can feel that.

thank you, susan. new video of a possible tornado outbreak out west. the powerful storm system doug was talking abo a moment ago moving across the region. we'll show youhe impacts. >> but a look at what's new on news4 a 5:00 jim and wendy with more. this incident that shook high school community, four teenagersed chaith sexual assault in an alleged hazin ritual. plus newnt developme in a acws4 consumer investigation. >> susan hogan ik with a twist 2349 case of a business owner accused of taking thousands of dollars from customers forip medical ent he never delivered. plus a d.c. police officer living a secret life. o build he is using it some deep relationships with the community. those ee you soon with stories starting atus

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>> reporter: across the heartland, sirens warning of danger. >> this is a tornado warning he a. >> reporteunnel cloud in kentucky. in its wake destruction. >> back there is a 60 b4 truck building. it's in the field now. this is the first time we've had this like this in this area. >> it's on th ground right now. look at the debris coming up. >> just onef several tornados to track across the state thursday. the latest punch from what meteorologists are calling a bomb cyclone. dumping hanow and rain with the power of a category 1 hurricane. as it marches across the country in colorado blizzard like conditions. more than 1,000 drivers stuck on roadways. for nebraska floodwater leaving chungs of ice and debris. in texas, wind gts blowing this 18 wheeler off the highway.

>> it doesn't take much for the storms to ramp up from an ordinary thunderstorm to s somethinere in a short period of time. >> reporter:mas the system hes across the country millions in f what could be a dangerous evening. >>it colorado was hard. parts of several interstates were closed because of the blizzard conditions, in ct. >> just astonishing. we'll keep an eye on the weather and the chang in store for us. stay right there, news4 at 5:00 begins now. right now at 5:00, national rebuke. >> the yas are 59, nays 41. >> congress votes to terminate the president's national emergency and h responds with a four letr tweet. first, sex bribes and under the table cash. >> i'm sickened by it. >> a d.c. city employee in a shocking news stamp scandal.

ith the scheme and how it came to an end. weib begin with the y case involving a city government worker i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. prosecutors tell us it involved hundreds of payouts. >> demetrius mcmillan admitted heccepted bribes in the form of cash and sex all in exchange for authorizing social benefit payments, that includes food stamps. >> the total nearly $1.5 million. ur mark segraves broke the story. he joins us live now at d.c. superior court. mark? >> reporter: good eveningtr wel des mcmillan was in front of a federal judge here at d.c.'s district court here, pled guilty this morning to ting bribes for 13 years he worked as a caseorker with no trouble at all. but over the course of four months lt year, he says that he took hundreds of bribes, helping hundreds of women get benefits that they didn't deserve.

employed as a case worker here at t. d government service center, prosecutors say demetrius mcmillan was able to approve cash benefits to people who were not entitled to them. prosecutors say he did it in exchange for cash and sex. in cou s today, heod before a federal judge and pled guilty to taking hundreds of bribes. he had the power to authorize payouts up to $2,000 without a supervisor's approval. prosecutors say he took advantagefhat power facilitating nearlyfr 800 dulent payments to nearly 300 people, theast majority women, totaling nearly $1.5illion in cash benefits and food stamps. >> i'mickened by it. i'm sad and angry and i also -- it literally makes me feel sick in the pit of my stomach. >> reporter: