>> amelia thank you. >>> it's happened again. another person has hopped a white house fence and is in custody. let's get to news 4's megan mcgrath with details about who this person is. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, with barbara, we just got new information in the last couple of minutes about the person who jumped the white house fence. he is from hayward, california he's been identified as 54-year-old jerome hunt. the latest breach happened on the south side of the white house right around 10:30 sunday night. the jumper scaled the fence but was immediately arrested. it's the latest in a string of such incidents. tourists say it's a shame. they would hate to see increased security get in the way of seeing the white house. >> i feel like the accessibility is going to continue to get worse and worse and people will have less and less access to see this beautiful area. >> i think it would be sad if we had to put a big border so the public couldn't see the white house anymore. it's a balance between safety and access to the

when it will get out of qhere. >> hey, amelia. >> good morning, aaron.ÑiÑi severe in the d.c. metro area between 5:00 and 9:00. s$iju and our temperatures trending downward. we return to spring-like temperatures in a bigfáçóxd way. wait until you see the seven day. your weather impacts this morning, lowq to ."moderate. the heavy rainçó exits us. the weather having a low impact on your qday. it's a bit humid.xd feeling like summer today with high temperatures aroundi] w380. we have that in early june. getting into the afternoon and evening hours, the weather having a mod%jeáe impact because of showers and storms. >> actually, i like summer. ig árá 8Ò that's fine. water the lawn, fine. not crazy aboute1xdçó these downpours right now. but i know that you need it now and then. biggest problem right now and s%q!%m5)u(!m, related thing. we havet( flooding here. road. three lanes are blocked because of the water. 50 westbound, approaching u;e:rñ you can see we have some volume building there westbound because it's only down to one lane. you have to stay left.áe

it's a 23-mile march from amelia springs to here. as he is moving along the confederate army is on a single roadway going across the rolling land of the piedmont or south side virginia here. as they come to road intersections union cavalry and union infantry will move uponly's wagon trains and his battle lines and there will be a hit-and-run tactics by federal cavalry which is now under general philip sheridan. that is what brings us to what happens on the evening of april 6 at sailor's creek. previous to the fighting at sailor's creek, the evening of the 6th there was another small engagement just between sailor's creek and farmville. that engagement was for high bridge. union troops stationed in burkeville realized that the confederate army is moving upon farmville at this time so general eoc ord sends a group of union infantry about 900 men of the 123rd ohio and 54th pennsylvania and along with three companies of the 4th massachusetts cavalry and their goal is to ride in front of the confederate army, move upon high bridge which i

you see amelia, like shawn kiernan, has ptsd.r case, she was a firsthand witness to an attempted murder of a close friend. >> i felt like i couldn't breathe. i felt panic. i felt just very afraid. >> you didn't expect you'd have this sort of reaction to it. >> no, no. >> a reaction that turned her into a hermit, sheltered in her house, her bed, absent from her life as a wife and a mother. >> i felt like my mind was being held hostage. >> were you suicidal? >> i can't say i didn't feel that way. >> like so many we've heard from before, the potent drugs prescribed for her didn't help. >> that's how i came across the cannabis because i felt like i had tried so many things to no avail. >> church raised and home schooled, amelia was taught that marijuana was evil. >> what do you have that helps just like during the day for anxiety? >> but now she decided it was necessary. she joined dr. gruber's study knowing they'd monitor her progress, and it gave her the confidence to buy and try cannabis for the first time in the fall of 2014. >>

let's check in with amelia segal. she's in for tom. >> yeah. you're right. rain for another few hours, drying most of the day. but then for the afternoon and evening hours showers and storms are in the forecast. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 64 in washington. 57 in frederick and gaithersburg. your drive time between 6:00 and 8:00, a shower is possible. wet roads mid 60s. 8:00 to 10:00 we're drying out. temperatures already near 70 degrees. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar, a steady to light to moderate rain. notice 5:00 a.m. this is pushing off to the east. by 6:00 a.m. airs inside the beltway should be mainly dry. 8:00 a.m. still cloudy but dry. noon we start to break out into sunshine, melissa. with that temperatures soar to near 80. our severe weather threat for the afternoon and evening hours. i'll have the timing come up in ten minutes. how are the roads right now? >> another downed tree. this is northbound gum spring road at braddock. we have lanes blocked in chantilly because of this downed tree. this rain is not making things easy this morn

thanks amelia. >>> right now metro conducting full scale emergency drill at the green belt metro station in maryland. the station is still open but customers are likely seeing a heavy emergency response there. metro transit police and prince george's county fire and ems are simulating evacuation of passengers from a disabled train. this is a first in a series of quarterly drills to improve responder training coming after deadly plaza smoke incident. >> new details this morning about a situation in prince george's county. two men are now behind wars. police also reopened 8th street where the barricade situation began. last night laurel police say a man barricaded himself inside an apartment. this on 8th street. police say the suspect may have fired shots in that area. new this morning, there is a new car recall to let you know about. bmw is now recalling more than 90,000 of its mini cooper's. the problem is the airbag sensor. bmw says it will replace defective sensor that may prevent front passenger

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consequently when lee pulls out of amelia he finds the union army in front of him. he has to turn around and begins what becomes a third night march in a row. in other words, from that point on until he gets to appomattox his army will be marching day and night. so what he does with the union army here he swings around to the north of it during the nighttime and here at amelia springs he hears there are 120,000 rations waiting here in this town over by the south side depo. rations of meat and mill. taking the night march around the union army he will continue here and move into farmville. hopefully he can get there before the union army tails him. he gets to harmville, heads to supplies issued here and cuts south to keysville and reintersect the railroad at keysville and then continue his march to danville. that's what he's looking for. as he moves though, through amelia springs and making his night march to farmville, he plans to go in this direction. but late on the evening of april 6th union cavalry, pulling hit-and-run tactics -- in other words, whenever they ca

good morning, amelia. >> good morning, aaron and eun and to you.from the overnight and very early morning hours now exiting the area. clouds sticking around but as we work our way into the midday and afternoon hours, clouds break up and with that temperature soar and it's a little bit humid today. getting the kids ready for school and as you step out for work you might want to grab the umbrella, no you won't need to use it likely unless you get home later tonight. kids, short sleeves and shorts are fine today. highs near 80 degrees. here's what you can expect for the remainder of the morning hours. as we work our way towards the 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. hours, we're dry. clouds still hang on. by 10:00 a.m. we're flirting with 70 degrees. we will be warming quickly. damp at the bus stop today but again for the most part the morning rain has exited the area. after-school activities will be threatened with those thunderstorms. moving through the d.c. metro area between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. the main concerns are heavy rain and winds. that's why today

amelia segal joining us from the "weather center."sunday looking like. >> 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. a high today of about 65. yesterday our high was 84. plenty of clouds right now just allowing a little filtered sunshine for the morning and midday hours partly to mostly cloudy skies, completely cloudy this afternoon. you can see this rain down here just starting to push into virginia. this continues to move in moving toward the northeast. it arrives as early as 3:00 but holds off until about 7:00 p.m. right now 53 degrees and will remain in the 60s for the remainder of today. overall not as warm as it was yesterday. around midday hours temperatures in washington in the mid-60s. coming up angie, i'm going to have future weather show you the timing of showers and when those showers change to heavy rain and potentially severe thunderstorms. >>> amelia thank you. developing this morning out of california 200 homes threatened by a fast moving wildfire. the fire started about 10 hours ago and already burned 175 acres near the

by losing that, when he pulls out of amelia, he begins his movement. his goal was to follow the danville railroad and crossover to north carolina and to join up with general joseph johnston's army. that was the immediate goal at that point, to continue down like this. had his wishes taken place and burkeville supplied, he could have continued his continuous march. by losing that one day lead the union army swings around to the south and cross the railroad at jetersville station. when lee pulls out of amelia, he finds the union army in front of him. he becomes a third night march in a row. from that point on until he gets to appomattox his army will be marching day and night. so what he does is with the union army here he swings around to the north of it and here he heres at amelia springs that there are 120,000 rations waiting by the southside depot. rations of meat and mail. what he hopes to do at that point is to take the night march and go around the union army. they will continue to move into farmville. hopefully he can get there before the union a

more on that barbara, in less than 10 minutes. >> amelia, thank you. right now top security officials are explaining to lawmakers how they determined that a small gyrocopter was not a threat to the nation's capitol when it landed on the lawn of the capitol. the hearing is taking a short break right now but secret service director jim clancy is there. the news 4 i team uncovered several startling details about the response that day. you can find them on nbc washington's app. >>> now we go bang to shinzo abe giving an historic speech to congress. abe looking for support for a pacific trade pact. he's trying to convince skeptical u.s. lawmakers of the need to break down barriers with japan and other pacific nations. before he went to capitol hill abe stopped by the world war ii memorial. he spoke about the more than 4,000 gold stars on the freedom wall. each star represents 100 american fallen troops. >> it was a place and calm that struck me as a sanctuary. i believe those gold stars are a proud symbol of the sacrifices in defending freedom. [ applause ]

amelia >>> welcome back. four members of the british navy charged with a sex assault in canada are out on bail right now. prosecutors say these military members were in nova soesh i can't taking part in a hockey tournament with local armed forces. they also took part in a group sex assault in army barracks there. >>> allegations that argentina's president meddled into the investigation of a jewish center bombing. the allegations were first made by a prosecutor who was found dead in his home the day before he was supposed to present them to the court. prosecutors say there was a lack of evidence that fernandez did anything wrong. >>> it's 11 minutes after 5:00. we've cleared out the rain and lightning and hail and all that madness that happened late last night. >> i think we might be in for a spring day. a pretty one too. we have your weather and traffic here. what do you say, amelia? >> plenty of sunshine throughout the day today and it is going to be a little bit breezy at times for the entire day. winds at

amelia segal will join us live with your walk to work weather. now a look at the commute this morning. we had an accident on 270. >> that's right. 270 again southbound as you're passing buckeystown pike. right now at this point this morning, it is a little bit slow, but looks like it's off to the right side of the roadway. taking a look at south of there, 109, pretty clear. just seeing the normal slow downs as you kind of turn left through hyattstown. 66 into town, no real problems. and the slowest spot is at dale city nothing happening just some typical volume there this morning. overall a look at prince george's county looking quite good. had a couple of crashes in prince george's county that have cleared out of the way, so that's great. i'm back at 6:11. i will see you then for weather and traffic on the 1s and with we'll have some travel times for you. >>> the death toll from the massive earthquake in nepal now topping 5500 people. police there say 8 million people have been affected. international aid finally being distributed in remote area

. >> see you in a little bit, amelia. thank you. >>> today senator bernie sanders will officially announce he's running if the democratic nomination for president. senator sanders does not have the name recognition his opponent hillary clinton has, but he says "i am running in this election to win." he will hold a news conference on his decision at noon today. right now, though we're joined by nbc news political writer carrie dan to talk more about this. carrie i guess the question is is the senator running against hillary clinton or is there some other message, a bigger message here? >> politics is unpredictable. we don't like to make sweeping predictions. it's safe to say bernie sanders won't be the president of the united states nor beat hillary clinton as the nominee for the democratic party. but it's important he's running and here's why. he really represents the voice of the liberal progressive part of the democratic party. he's going to be talking about issues like expanding social security a health care plan that

amelia is "weather center." amelia what are we looking at a little bit of sunshine? >> a little bit of sunshine filtered sunshine for the morning and midday hours. clouds definitely winning out and temperatures a good 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. you can thank easterly components of winds for cooler temperatures today. overall the weather having a relatively low impact on sunday. just not a picture perfect 10. i think showers will hold off until the evening hours. if you're going to the nats game as they take on phillies this afternoon, first pitch at 1:30 you might want to bring jacket or sweatshirt to the game. temperatures will be in the mid-60s. unless the game is extra long or goes into extra innings, i think you'll be able to get it in without any rain. you might want to bring the poncho just in case. i think the rain will hold off until the game wraps up. overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning, we are looking at rain. it will be heavy at times. i'll be timing that out, angie, with the latest future weather in just about ten minutes. >> thanks ameli

we've been hearing amelia talk about this all afternoon. weather is to beautiful it's only getting nicer. you might be thinking about home improvement projects. don't say yes to the first contractor that ridges your doorbell doorbell. frederick county put out a warning be cautious of contractors wanting to repair your driveway, your chimney, the roof, especially after that harsh winter we just had. all homeowners should take the proper precautions. you want to make sure that the business or person is reputable and licensed, and make sure that all of their credentials are up-to-date. next, washington consumers checkbook says shop around. there are big differences in quality of contractors. checkbook looked particularly at roofing companies and warns there can be even more striking differences when it comes to price. >> we've had prices ranging from about $5000 to about $20,000, even though they were quoting on exactly the same work. >> can you believe that? >> wow. >> same job. >> unbelievable. >> that's huge! massive. another red flag, bewa

. >> thanks amelia. >>> a story we broke at 5:00. a family is looking for answers tonight after a 102-year-old woman was found dead in her home and she was huddled next to her radiator. her son says it happened after her gas heat was turned off. new at 6:00 news4's mark segraves with word that washington gas is now looking into this. >> reporter: beatrice harley's family tells us they've been looking for answers for weeks ever since they found the 102-year-old grandmother who's lived in this house for 25 years, dead covered in blankets near her radiator. they say the heat had been turned off. outside they found her gas line had been excavated and exposed. and they say washington gas is refusing to answer any questions. the forecast was calling for snow. the temperature was in the 30s. paul bowman came to check on his 102-year-old mother. >> she was found in her night clothes. she had taken as many blankets as she could find pillows, rolled herself up and got as close to the hot water radiator as she could. and that's where she was fo

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storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking it when it arrives. and when we could see a big bump in temperatures. . >>> pulled from a burning building. this afternoon, hear from the man who barely escaped with his life after huge flames surrounded him. his first words after he was rescued. >>> fixing one of our area's biggest bottlenecks. first at 4, how you can help decide the future of a street noth for gridlock. >>> right now, storm team 4 is tracking those showers headed our way. >> so when is the heaviest rain going to fall and when could we see some rumbles of thunder or hear them, amelia? >> well, we expect rain to be moving through the d.c. metro area mainly between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. tonight. no severe weather in the forecast for tonight, but there could be an isolated thunderstorm and maybe a bit of heavy rain. as far as the severe weather is concerned, we're focusing on friday. i talked about timing earlier. mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. here are your weather headlines. tomorrow, thursday cloudy cool, damp once again te

meteorologist amelia segal -- >> speaking of consistent good stuff, amelia segal. >> yeah i was thinking that. i wasn't sure if i was the appropriate to say it. >> i'll say it. >> thank you, guys. it is nice out here, just a little bit of a chill in the air but the winds are calm. you can hear the birds and in fact somebody out here mowing their lawn here in northwest. temperatures in the 40s and 50s for the most part. 54 in washington, but manassas and warrenton in the upper 30s. we are in for a beautiful day, no rain in the forecast, plenty of sunshine. highs in the mid 70s. so drive time looking good. morning, midday and afternoon, you just need the sunglasses. today is going to be the warmest day for the remainder of the workweek. temperatures will cool through friday. coming up in ten minutes, tom will have more on that when the warmer weather returns. for now we send it over to melissa. how are the roads looking on this wednesday morning? >> overall pretty good. we have this problem outer loop of the beltway at forrestville road. a two-car crash on the shoulder right now. still tho

amelia everybody going to see rain around here tonight?ybody's going to see rain but there will be breaks in the activity. if you're heading out this evening, have your umbrella no you might not need to use it. here is the latest on storm team 4 radar, only tracking showers across the area. a very low thunderstorm threat. we could see a bit of heavier rain moving through later tonight. right now, that's just not the case. some activity in southern maryland up into frederick county and back toward the luray area. this storm system will be moving through. this is all ahead of a cold front and that brings much cooler air for tomorrow. here's my latest rain time line. scattered rain until 10:00 tonight. then the best chance for steady rain will be from 10:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. there could be some heavier rain at times as well. some scattered showers until about 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. coming up temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the 40s and 50s. i'll let you know when the suburbs will make it out of the 50s. >> thanks amelia. >>> a

amelia what do you think?ll i think that the breezy conditions are going to have more of an impact on the cherry blossoms than any rain that would be moving through the area, through washington this evening. so your cherry blossom forecast for tomorrow it will be breezy especially around the midday and afternoon hours. of course that's bad for the flowers. might want to grab a light jacket if you're heading to the tidal basin tomorrow pap bit of a chill. as long as you do that though it will be just fine. sunday warmer almost the perfect time to check out the blossom, monday still gorgeous temperatures eve an little warmer and the national park service saying peak bloom will be sunday through tuesday. so this is the weekend to go. now, here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. i'm tracking this line of rain developing. no lightning right now. impacting reston at 5:25 and fairfax at 5:43. this is a cold front that moves through. more on the timing of this coming up in a little bit. >>> the speculation appears to

>> let's talk to amelia.we're happy that we've cleared out the rain and the craziness from yesterday. >> yeah we talked about severe weather yesterday. it took a little bit to get going but then we had absolute downpours moving through the area. including the district today, total 180. spring is back. that's why we're using #spring returns. i think today is going to be the perfect spring day. a bit of a breeze throughout the day, sunshine temperatures near 70 degrees. traveling, you'll need the sunglasses after these early morning clouds break up. driving range. nearly perfect weather, just contending with that breeze heading out and about. you might want to grab the light jacket but for the most part long sleeves going to be just fine today with temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s. 63 in washington. 57 in leesburg a high today near 70. by noon temperatures in the mid 60s, a bit of a breeze not bad to head out and grab your lunch. 7:00 temperature around 66 plenty of sunshine at that point. perfect weat

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking rain on the radar. >> tracking sleet and rain and seeing this activity into the evening hours. rain will continue to overspread the area. but it is not going to make it to baltimore so that game will get in just fine. here is the latest with future weather. 7:00 p.m. notice everybody is seeing this showery activity and continues overnight and when it comes to an end tomorrow chris, in my full forecast. >> thanks amelia. >>> the caps had a chance to end their series tonight but instead we're all going to get a game seven. jason is at the live desk with the latest. hey, jason. >> the capitals did have a chance to close down nassau chris um -- coliseum in style. they are 1-3 in game seven since 2010. let's look at how things went down today. plenty of banners at nausea cos ileum. tafres and gets steam rolled by ovechkin and sending it in and he beated braden holpy, they did add an empty net goal and beat the caps forcing a game seven on monday at verizon center. now coming up in sports we'll have more from new york plus the wizards also

really nice stretch of comfortable weather. >> love to smile. >> thanks amelia. got sports coming up. he's decided richmond or maybe further west. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >>> we've got breaking news and crushing news for vcu fans. shaka smart has decided to leave for the university of texas. he led the rams to their fifth straight ncaa tournament this season. he's averaged 27 wins during his six years at vcu. smart met with officials from the university of texas earlier today then called a team meeting about around 10:00 tonight. players leaving that meeting were escorted by the vcu media relations staff and they weren't allowed to comment. they'll have to replace one of the best coaches vcu basketball has ever had. shaka smart moves on. and the face of the caps. since i got this job, it's on my desk. there we go. the face of the caps tonight set a franchise record for goals. he might be on the road but still getting love from the fans. he deserves it tonight. second period game tied at 1.

right now, let's talk to amelia. >>> aaron, here's your afternoon planner as we work our way toward 2:00 4:00 p.m. temperatures will warm to a high of 76 clouds increase a little bit but all in all plenty of sunshine really beautiful, spectacular evening. 6:00 p.m. temperature around 75 degrees, 8:00 we're still in the 70s. great night tonight to go for a run, walk the dog, future weather tomorrow morning, 7:30 mainly dry but some clouds already in place. notice by 11:00 a.m. some showers start to pop up mainly back over the mountains. 2:00 this activity starts to push toward the east as we get into the afternoon and evening hours, some thunderstorms are possible mainly well west of washington. cooler tomorrow as well barbara. a look at the temperatures in about 10 minutes. >>> just a few minutes ago we were talking about japan's prime minister addressing a joint session of congress. there was more glitz and glamour at last night's white house state dinner. president obama hosted prime minister shinzo abe and his wife last night.

. >> thanks amelia. >>> a huge rink, big changes coming for diet pepsi. >> the popular drink is ditching aspartame because of pressure from consumers. the new replacement and when you'll notice the different taste. >>> plus, what sparked an all-out evacuation at the statue of >>> everything is clear at the statue of liberty right now after some nervous moments earlier today. the nypd was initially called because of a suspicious package. then around 11:00 someone called the national park police threatening to blow up the statue. hundreds of visitors and personnel were evacuated on ferries. park police and the nypd's bomb squad checked the area and gave the all-clear this afternoon. >>> and check out this video from our sister station up in philadelphia. on scene when flames engulfed a bus overnight. the fire burned so hot, a nearby utility pole melted and dropped onto the bus. this happened near the hockey and basketball arena in south philly. the driver was on a break when the fire began so no one was on board. you may have noticed something different about your diet pepsi. you may notic

when he gets to amelia courthouse he expects to find ration trains waiting for him there through some mixup they are not there. he decides to spend a day in that area asking his troops to go out and ask the local people if they have any surplus food items if they could provide for the confederate army. because he spends the day here he loses the one days lead he had on grants army, which does not pull out of the richmond petersburg area until the next today. by him losing that, he begins his movement. his goal was to follow the richmond danville rated -- danville railroad and crossover to north carolina and to join up with general joseph johnston's army. that was the immediate goal at that point, to continue down like this. had his wishes taken place there would have supplied with any continuous march. by losing that one day lead the union army swings around to the south and cross the railroad at cheers bill station. he finds the union army in front of him. he becomes a third night march in a row. from that point on until he gets to appomattox his army will be marching day end tonight

time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> amelia segal is out on the weather deck.ood day to be outside today ah nearly perfect today. plenty of sunshine right now there is no wind. completely still this morning. and not a cloud in the sky. there's a bit of a chill in the air, but we're going to warm up very quickly during these early morning hours. 55 is the temperature right now in washington. 43 in college park. and your drive time forecast for today is looking good. morning, midday and afternoon, only thing you'll definitely need, the sunglasses. plenty of sunshine. melissa, you're tracking lots of volumes on the road this morning. >> yeah and speaking of is up glasses a lot of sun glare. this has picked up quite a bit on 66 east at nutley street. not as slow as it was approaching nutley. right now chopper 4 over the issue we were talking about near wisconsin earlier. this is the outer loop. you can see vehicles off on the ramp. doesn't seem to be causing any sort of a major problem. 270 south germantown to the beltway, 20 minutes. slowest spot is 95 north from

spring is here. >> thanks amelia. we are continuing to follow breaking news one week after a missing virginia boy was found dead. his parents have now been arrested. noah thomas' parents face charges of abuse and neglect. the 5-year-old boy's body was found in a septic tank in southwestern virginia last week. police say the cause of his death is still unclear. >>> now some story ls we're working on in our newsroom this afternoon. we've all heard it before. slow down when you're passing roadwork. but police are taking it to the next level. we'll tell you about the plans to step up enforcement so that everyone stays safe on the roads. and it's something that many of you will soon be talking act, the new bug going around. and why there's not much doctors can do to stop it. >>> towing trouble in arlington. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey gets a firsthand account of a scary situation. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in arlington. last friday afternoon, these two kids had quite a scare. their fuad dadd was inside th

coming up amelia segal will have your walk to work forecast. we're driving live on 95. >> first 4 tracker right now headed northbound before dale city. looking for that crash that i can show you a live picture here of in a moment. take a look here off to the right side of the roadway. that is why we're seeing these kind of unusual slow downs, 95 northbound at dale city at least for this time of the morning. georgia avenue at norbeck road, a report of a crash here. you can see the reflection of those flashing lights here in that sign right there. just looking the wrong way. wide look at things, overall no major problems as you look at the beltway this morning. no major issues. the earlier road work at colesville road has cleared and "m" street northwest at 12th the road is closed there. back in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> 5:04 is your time right now. new developments from the protests in baltimore. protests over the death of freddie gray are now spreading nationwide. people are marching in new york, minneapolis and boston. you can se

amelia will show us what to expect. >>> an early morning fire destroys a local hotel. i wi >>> guests at this hotel in northern virginia heard several loud booms in the middle of the night and thought they were under attack. a few minutes later, the building was engulfed in heavy smoke and flames. in fact firefighters were still trying to put the fire out hours after those initial explosions. this happened at the quality inn in the alexandria section of fairfax county. news4's darcy spencer is live on richmond highway. and darcy, this seems like it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: it certainly could, if you think about it. this happened at the worst possible time 2:30 in the morning, with the hotel filled with 200 guests. there was a possibility for massive loss of life. fortunately that did not happen. as it turns out, there were some air force cadets staying here from new york city and i'm told they went door to door inside here and told everyone to get out. now, there were some reports of some explosions here inside the hotel. what i can tell you is the fir

hi amelia. >> good evening, doreen. that's exactly right. i'm tracking showers on storm team 4 out ahead of a cold front. this cold front clears our area early tomorrow morning. right now rain is impacting areas of southern maryland including charles county just starting to move into prince george's county. fauquier county showing the steady shower activity areas south of washington along i-95 also dealing with this rain. this continues to move into d.c. over the next 30 to even 45 minutes. here's what you can expect at midnight. still tracking showers across the area. steady rain comes to an end by 2:00 a.m. after that hit or miss showers. most of the area is dry by 5:00 a.m. everybody is dry by 8:00 a.m. temperatures right now in the 60s and 70s but tomorrow will drop to the 40s and 50s. i'll let you know when the temperature change happens coming up in ten minutes. >>> new and disturbing details tonight on a child neglect case that would infuriate any parent. a spotsylvania couple locked up their children and fed them through a cage. thre

. >> thanks amelia. >>> well it's been nearly three years since a massive shooting in a colorado movie theater. opening statements begin tomorrow in the trial of james holmes. prosecutors are expected to argue that holmes planned the attack for weeks. he opened fire during a midnight showing of "the dark knight," killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. he's pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. his lawyers say he was in the middle of a psychotic episode. >> we're learning startling new details about a recent cyber attack on the white house. "the new york times" report when is russian hackers got into an archive system in october, they were able to access some of president obama's old e-mails. the hackers only saw unclassified communications but that doesn't tell the whole story because even those files can contain sensitive information, like the president's schedule. mr. obama's personal e-mail account was not breached. >>> on tuesday the supreme court will hear arguments on whether state bans on gay marriage are constitutional. earlier tonight, people of all different faiths ca

amelia is here now with more about our weekend weather. anything outside i guess we better hurry up and get it in in the morning. >> yeah, exactly. an okay weekend. temperatures on the chilly side and only near 60 degrees both days. the one good thing about the weekend. we won't be dealing with the winds. it's been breezy to windy at times. not an issue this weekend, but here's what will be an issue. frost and freeze concerns overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, mainly for those of you north and west of the district. i'll be showing you the map in just a second. rain moves into the area later in the day tomorrow and likely holds off in washington until 5:00 p.m. and then it will continue into sunday. exactly when it comes to an end, that's a little bit tricky. i'll be showing you that on future weather. temperatures overall not just this weekend but on into next week remain on cool side. we should be talking about highs in the 70s at this point of the year. right now we're in the 40s and 50s. manassas is all the way down to 35 and

next on the list is a biography of pioneering aviator amelia earhart by doris rich. and also the story of actress mary francis thompson who as a representative of the chickasaw nation provedor at state dinners for a president roosevelt and was named oklahoma's first state treasurer in 1987. next is this million more, managing martians, by donna shirley who spent 35 years as an arrow space engineer in which she led the team creating the sojourner mars rover, and finishing all the list is a look at the life of cleopatra. so see what another book congressman coll has recommended, visit coal/house.gov. >> here's our primetime lineup. tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern the argument that's first amendment was created to protect the democratic process. not individual rights. at 7:30 princeton university's patricia kelly talk about how poor people in baltimore are created by the government. then at 8:00, the cargoment hat china is not overtaking the united states as the supreme global power. followed by author john ronson's take on public shaming at 9:00 p.m. eastern. on "after wo

the temperatures are going to dip into the 30s tonight, but amelia will show us how soon we'll be warming up. >> reporter: they provide access to our streets for some of those most in need of it but some of them don't even make a livable wage. you might be >>> fight back! [ chanting ] >> well those are metroaccess bus drivers, and they are fired up tonight. the drivers say they'll keep protesting until officials give them better working conditions and wages. now, the drivers' union says some of them barely make enough to survive. today they held a rally for respected hyattsville, and news4's derrick ward has more on their demands. >> reporter: they provide an important transportation service. you can say that this is where the rubber hits the road for the americans with disabilities act. they're the paratransit drivers, metroaccess, and their union says they barely make a living wage. >> most of our paratransit workers, they're on public assistance on some form whether it's food stamps, they're getting assistance with housing. >> reporter: about 100 drivers and other employees of the serv

>>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. here are your weather headlines for tomorrow.ficantly warmer. 30 degrees warmer. fog in the morning. and then thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. now, it will be a line of storms that are moving through the area and that will be brief. only lasting about 30 to maybe 45 minutes. but some of those storms could be on the strong to severe side. so you do tomorrow. tomorrow will be a weather alert day. after that that sets us up for a spectacular weekend and even into next week. the weather overall is still looking nice. here's your forecast. tomorrow areas of fog, showers possible but no storms. midday some limited sunshine. it's warm and there's a chance of a shower. from about 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the potential of when we'll be dealing with storms that could be on the strong to severe side. hail damaging wind gust an isolated weak tornado can't be ruled out. on storm team 4 radar, the area is try right now but there's a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of western virginia ohio up into pennsylvania allegheny a

>> thanks amelia. now to a deadly shooting in prince george's county that apparently happened during the shooting of a music video. wendy rieger has details from the live desk. >> the arrest was made this morning in the district after the shooting happened on wednesday night. and police found 21-year-old kewaye ivy of southeast lying dead in a parking lot in southeast. this is ivy in a recent video. police say he died making another video outside a strip mall on eastern avenue. darcy spencer is working to get answers from investigators. >>> new details first at 4 about the charges against virginia parents whose 5-year-old son was found dead in a septic tank. barbara harrison has details on their first court appearance. >> these parents, paul thomas and ashley quite, appeared in court by video today to be arraigned on charges of felony child abuse and neglect. according to the roanoke times, both face a charge of reckless disregard for human life but the mother ashley white, also faces a more serious ch

he targeted amelia courthouse on the railroad as the concentration point for no fewer than four threads of his scattered army fleeing west from richmond, chesterfield, petersburg, and western dinwitty. lee kindly but perhaps unwisely had given permission to his trusted walter taylor to get married. meaning that lee acted without taylor's competent assistance. and this probably had something to do with the trains that they met in amelia courthouse containing equipment. but not the needed rations. again, time does not permit us to examine the appomattox detail. the decision to wait at amelia courthouse on april the 4th, squandering a one-day lead that his brilliant evacuation gained him was not borne so much of a desire to compensate for the missing rations but to wait for a large portion of his army, yule's command to catch up to the main body a delay caused by more logistical failures for yule to cross the appomattox river. on april 5th, lee opted not to test the defenses southwest of jeetersville but to shift directions and head for farmville to be supplied by the south side railroad.

he targeted amelia courthouse on the railroad as the concentration point for no fewer than four threads of his scattered army fleeing west from richmond, chesterfield, petersburg, and western dinwitty. lee kindly but perhaps unwisely had given permission to his trusted walter taylor to get married. meaning that lee acted without taylor's competent assistance. and this probably had something to do with the trains that they met in amelia courthouse containing equipment. but not the needed rations. again, time does not permit us to examine the appomattox detail. the decision to wait at amelia courthouse on april the 4th, squandering a one-day lead that his brilliant evacuation gained him was not borne so much of a desire to compensate for the missing rations but to wait for a large portion of his army, yule's command to catch up to the main body a delay caused by more logistical failures for yule to cross the appomattox river. on april 5th, lee opted not to test the defenses southwest of jeetersville but to shift directions and head for farmville to be supplied by the south side railroad.

. >>> amelia's trucking rain on the storm team 4 radar, she'll show us when things will dry out and whent get a warmup. >>> and he spent more than four days in what he calls a concrete coffin. tonight in >>> our team coverage of that deadly earthquake picks up in ashburn. a local man spent four days in the rubble when another earthquake hit india in 2001. he made it out alive and shares his story. >> lie down. >> okay. okay. >> reporter: the man emerging from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in india is vira. he was 25 years old. he spent 4 1/2 days in what he described as a concrete coffin unsure if he would ever be rescued. >> i was in total darkness. i didn't know where i was. >> reporter: it happened in 2001. he was staying in an apartment with relatives, and he heard thunder. >> the sound of thunder was coming from beneath the ground. >> reporter: then everything began to shake. >> it was 8 to 10 inches i had no control over myself. >> reporter: he remembers looking up and the ceiling was cracked all the way across. >> collapsed like that and then toppled over. >> report

amelia amelia ahhart flew one.on the gyro copters, they are used forregular mail delivery in parts of the country until the 1940s. yesterday was not even the only time a gyrocopter made an appearance on capitol hill. get this. this man was an avid aviator who liked to take trips around the nation's capital. the rotors are not under power, the vehicle gets a thrust from the back. they are lighter and cheaper than helicopters and you yes, you, you can spend a lot of time perussing those online. and you can convect one to a motorcycle from almost $400,000. and first, don't fly your gyrokopter in restricted air space. it will freak people out. and the people in charge of the air space, let's work on keeping it more secure. and while it was a bad pr day for the post al service, it was a good day for the gyrocopter. what i really want though? one of these bad boys. ♪ >>> the new "star wars" trailer next. e bladders. it makes me feel secure, confident. i feel protected. i mean i feel comfortable to move in them, they move