now baltimore police are giving credit to the owner of a south carolina motel. they say his use of social media helped find kate lyn virts and her father. the motel owner saw the amber alert on facebook, recognized the two and called police. officers took the father into custody, but kaitlin appears to be unharmed. no one knows why her father took her to that motel in collier county. >>> up next, what happens when even though they didn't pass a budget, and protesters hit the pavement as they try to save a centuries old home from the wrecking ball. . >>> residents in a chevy chase neighborhood are de -- 100-year-old home in november. today neighbors stood outside of the home on morrisson street to protest the planned demolition. morrison said he still plans to tear the home down and just received a permit from the city. >>> hundreds of women showed up on the mall in force to honor international women's day. they wanted to call attention to a pretty long list of issues, including economic equality as well as problems around the world this event was mainly focused

tonight for a missing maryland girl. 11-year-old caitlin bursch was found safe in florence, south carolina in a motel with her father, timothy bursch. tonight, he's in police custody, facing a first degree murder charge in the stabbing death of caitlin's mother. police say he abducted their daughter from their home thursday morning. an amber alert was issued for the pair. an observant motel clerk somehow recognized the two and called police. >> when i see a grown man and a young girl come up, you know, first thing you think, i'm trying to think is something going on here. >> police tonight say it's unclear why he took caitlin. he remains in south carolina tonight, awaiting extradition back to the state of maryland. >>> violence erupts at two different locations in the metro last night. three people were hurt, one critically. tonight, police are looking for those responsible. nikki burdine is outside the stadium army in southeast. >> reporter: bruce, the second one of those fights happened at this metro station last night around 11:20. police say two people were stabbed, one in the back several times.

caitlyn and her father timothy virts were located in a motel in florence, south carolina, a city right on i-95 about an hour east of the capital columbia. it appears they were headed straight down i-95. police say caitlyn was abducted by her father after he murdered her mother early yesterday morning. the mother was found dead inside her home in dundalk, maryland, but caitlyn was nowhere to be found. an amber alert was launched and was soon expanded to a nationwide amber alert. investigators say that was the key to finding the two, the nationwide amber alert. timothy virts is in custody awaiting extradition back to maryland and detectives are expected to travel to south carolina as soon as possible to continue their investigation. the department of social services in baltimore county is also working with dss in south carolina. caitlyn is expected to return to maryland as soon as possible. >>> now our other breaking story tonight, news out of marlakey why. china state news agency says via -- malaysia. china state news agency says signals have been detected on the missing plane. the sear

police say 11-year-old kaitlyn burks was located yesterday at a south carolina motel.o death. >>> and number three -- was oscar pistorius a paranoid gunwieldi inin ining killer? the 29-year-old model reeva steenkamp he later shot to death. the defense denying many of the allegations. the trial will continue monday. >>> and the paralympic games in sochi. as a symbolic protest, ukraine's team sent just one of their 31 athletes to carry the flag into the staid yul. the te stadium. they receive add huge cheer. they originally threatened they will drop out, but they warned they will if rush escalates the conflict. >>> and take a look here. police are still investigating what exact lly happened in this video you see. the chaos erupted after two girls began fighting over french fries. at least seven students are charged with disorderly conduct. another charged with resisting a police officer. >>> international voices are growing louder over russia's military intervention in crimea. pressure mounting on moscow to change course or face consequences. so far, president putin seem

police found them two days later at a motel in south carolina. >>> right now a blood spatter expert is on the stand in the oscar pistorius murder trial. earlier today, a police ballistics expert testified that pistorius' girlfriend was standing in the bathroom when she was hit in the right hip by the first of four bullets fired by the athlete. pistorius says he killed reeva steenkamp by mistake thinking she was an intruder in his house. prosecutors argued he killed her intentionally after an argument. >>> still plenty of questions this morning about what caused a news helicopter to go down in a busy downtown seattle area. the crash happened shortly after the chopper refueled at the helipad near the space needle yesterday. the two crew members on board died. the ntsb on scene investigating what may have caused that crash. seattle also reviewing its helipad regulations. the city does not track where or how many helipads there are. but it's not clear whether those regulations had anything to do with yesterday's crash. >>> new this morning, the white house announced it will unveil its plan

authorities say they found timothy and his daughter katelyn at this south carolina motel. more than 400 miles from her home in baltimore county. police say the 11-year-old did not look hurt. we're told the amber alert for katelyn helped police find the pair. the fbi and the alexandria police are working together to solve three high-profile murders, possibly connected. the law enforcement agencies working together to investigate the deaths of nancy dunning, and ruth ann ladado. bullets used at each crime scene had similarities. detectives say there was no larger threat. now some question if police jumped to that conclusion too quickly, alexandria police set up a special tip line for information. here it is. the number 703-746-6864. we posted that number on nbcwashington.com. >>> the d.c. fire department will enforce the new requirement in the wake of more than a dozen firefighters arrested. fire chief ellerby says he'll do background checks on firefighters that live outside the district. firefighters are required to report any time they are arrested or charged with a crime