we have details at the live desk and incredible video, barbara harrison? >> yes. we want to show you the video from chopper 4 taken in the last hour. look at the big plane landing on the snowy runway, and the engine is kicking up a whole lot of snow on the sides of the plane as it hits the brakes. you can see it there. and the crews have been working hard to get planes moving in dulles. and we saw the plows working overtime to clear all of the snow, and so that the planes can take off from dulles. the planes are flying again from dulles, but some nervous moments though. from the live desk, barbara harrison. >>> and the drivers in prince george's county are dealing with delay delays after a truck carrying toe may itos crashed. it e fell on its side near route 50 in wattsford vista area. and workers are trying to get the truck upright, and the driver were taken to the hospital, but the injuries are not serious. >> okay. chilled tomatoes. and veronica, it has stopped snowing around here, and has it stopped snowing around the region? >> well, it is really only a coupl

good morning, welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. it's wednesday, march 5th, 2014. >>> and we begin with breaking hill in oxen hill. angie goff is at the live desk for us. angie? >> in the last few minutes, barbara, we learned a lockdown at potomac high school in oxen hill was just lifted after prince george's county police say shots were fired near the school. now, this apparently happened around 9:15 this morning in the 1400 block of southview drive. this is in oxen hill. officers saying that when they got to the scene, it was clear there was a shooting, but that no one was shot. the shooter fled the scene, and because potomac high school, which is on boyd dale avenue, so close to where this happened, police say they were keeping the students and the faculty inside as a precaution the last hour and a half or so. as i mentioned before, the school is now back open. tracee wilkins is on the way to the scene. stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com online for developments in this breaking story. barbara? >> thanks, angie. >>> and it is da

i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the new developments of the missing maryland girl. the search for 11-year-old caitlin virts and her father has now expanded into west virginia. and the disappearance is believed to be related to caitlin's mother's death as she was found yesterday in dundylk. ther is driving a 1999 dodge durango and has the tag number numbers 5aj 4458. >>> 32-year-old ebony wilkerson has denied trying to harm her three kids as she was driving them into the atlantic ocean, and that is not what the children are reporting. she has also been linked to a fatal car accident in 2007 that caused another crash where a passenger was killed. >>> and some children are facing harassment charges by posting embarrassing pictures on instagram. they say a 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old boy created instagram accounts and then they obtained inappropriate pictures of female girls from surrounding counties, and then posting them. they each face a charge of computer harassment. >>> in the latest of a string o

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barbara harrison recently spent time with him at basketball camp. >> the basketball camp is in session and no one more excited about being there than darren. >> hello coach. >> hi. how are you? >> this is darren. nice to see you. >> welcome to the basketball camp. >> he loves basketball. >> at 15 now, darren loved the wall of basketball greats the coach coached in high school. he was ten when he got to meet wizards star brandon hayward. coach had tips for darren. he listened carefully to the coach's instructions and proved to have real skill at the game. those that know darren say he's a good kid who's had a difficult way to go having moved from foster home to foster home since he was only two years old. >> it's been a rough unstable life for him. >> on the court he's got good footing rarely missing a shot. he'd love to play professionally some day. coach invited him to come back for a week of training at camp. >> sound good? >> sounds good. >> big smile? okay great. >> and if you have room in your home and heart for darren or another child who's waiting, call our special adoption hotl

barbara harrison, news 4 for "wednesday's child." >> and if you have room in your home and your heart charlie or any of our kids who are still waiting, call our special adoption hotline. 1800 to adopt me. search "wednesday's child" on nbc washington.com. >>> right now protestors planning to march through one of the busiest spots in the area. >>> why going out to buy a snow shovel may not be a bad idea. it may cost you in the long run. >> buy a shovel today and prepare to use it tomorrow. snow is on the way. we're tracking the flakes as >>> welcome back. a man is waking up behind bars after police say he assaulted and kidnapped his ex girlfriend. yesterday deputies reported to a call on belfonte road. he forced his ex into a car, took off before deputies could arrive. the two were spotted by troopers two hours later. carter didn't pull over for office areas. he instead left his car as well as his ex girlfriend and ran off in the wooded area. the witness spotted him, called deputies who caught him shortly after. his ex was treated at nearby hospital, released in good condition. >>> you

i'm barbara harrison. it's tuesday, march 18th. and in the news right now we're learning more about the man police shot and kill this had morning. megan mcgrath is there now. megan? >> reporter: the union block of k street is still blocked off. it was the scene of an early morning shootout. police were trying to arrest a man for -- wanted for murder. but before they could nab him, the suspect came out of the back of the home and opened fire on polic police. >> lot of gunfire. definitely unbelievable gunfire. had to be at least 10, 15, to shots. >> shootout in the unit block of k street northwest. special fugitive task force wanted in a recent murder. construction workers saw the team staging in this parking lot just after 6:00 am. >> they were all congress fgreg talking to one another. bam, it was a war. >> police say the first shots fired came from the murder suspect they were trying to arrest. investigators say he came out of the home and opened fire. police shot back, killing him. >> we had officers in the front and around back.

i'm barbara harrison, tuesday, march 4th, 2014. >>> despite this morning's frigid weather, things are starting to get back to normal after yesterday's storm. the district lifted the snow emergency as of 9:30 this morning. federal workers are back on the job after a morning delay. let's start our coverage this morning with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. tom? >>> good morning, barbara. we had record-low temperatures this morning for not only march 4th, but for the month of march at dulles airport. it got down to 1 below zero there. that sets a new record for this date for march 4th. bwi marshall got down to just 4 above zero, brand new record for march 4th. as we got very cold this morning, it was well below zero across parts of virginia. and along the potomac river, there was enough moisture in the air to create a lot of frost on these trees, photograph near lovettsville, virginia, this morning. quite a scene there. sunshine through high clouds into the mid 20s in washington. nearby suburbs around 20 degrees, as is montgomery, fairfax county. culpepper got down to 7 below this