the latest psychiatric report indicates catherine hoggle is still incompetent but improving. she has not revealed where she left her children three-year-old sarah and two-year-old jacob. they've not been seen since september. their father tells me he spoke by phone with catherine hoggle who's in a mental hospital just a few weeks ago. >> she's been saying since before thanksgiving she's ready to bring them home and things like that and that's why i was just explaining to him is that i'll believe it when they're in my car. >> reporter: catherine hoggle's attorneys say prosecutors have not given them discovery of the evidenced in the case does catherine hoggle want to reveal the whereabouts of her children? >> i can't speak to that. i don't know if she knows the whereabouts of her children. >> reporter: the judge says when hoggle is declared competent he will put her on trial for if misdemeanor charges of neglecting minors be he says she's already been in custody seven months which would exceed the sentence he could impose. i asked the prosecutor where the case goes from here.

in the van was fred -- with freddie gray believes he tried to intentionally hurt himself. >>> catherine hogglewoman accused in the disappearance of her two young children sarah and jacob will appear in court in just a couple of hours. we'll be in the courtroom to see bhaption. catherine is charged -- to see what happens. catherine is charged with abuse, neglect and hindering the investigation. although there have been multiple search parties throughout the area, still no sign of little sarah and jay cok. back to you in the -- jacob. back to you in the studio. >>> the fight over closing sweet briar college is headed to virginia's supreme court. a circuit court judge refused to issue an injunction stopping the private school from closing after spring classes. the judge's ruling prevents the school from selling any assets for six months. >>> amal clooney in washington speaking at the national press club. the international lawyer is appealing to the united nations. she believes the. of maldives is being illegally imprisoned. he was convicted last month on terrorism charges in what amal clooney say

does catherine hoggle want to reveal the whereabouts of her children? >> i can't speak to that. i don't even know if she knows the whereabouts of her children. >> reporter: the jung of judge said when hoggle is declared competent he will put her on trial for the misdemeanor charges of neglecting minors, but she said she's already been in custody seven months which would exceed the sentence he would impose. the top prosecutor anticipates he will seek additional charges against hoggle. >> we remain sort of in a holding pattern because that's the right thing to do to allow us to have the maximum options for exploring other lead that's may develop in this case and having the availability of using the grand jury. >> reporter: police conducted a search earlier this month. based on tips and because the foliage has changed. but they tell me it resulted in no new leads to help them find the children. reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon news4. >>> a first 4 traffic alert for you tonight, a busy road along the national mall will be closing in about 45 minutes. you won't be able t

their mother catherine hoggle went missing at the same time. now, she turned up a short time later without the children. however, she hasn't been able to tell them anything other than they are safe. so a massive search ensued immediately after that on weekends and periodically right after that there have been massive efforts like this volunteer and police. this will be an official police effort. capital catherine hoggle you said psychiatric care. police pursuing murder charges. they are asking folks in the clarksburg areas to check their property to see if they find anything unusual that would lead to a break in the case. fairfax, loudoun county canine volunteers and professionals from as far away as pennsylvania participating in this effort today. we hear more about what their goal is from officer nicole gomaard. >> our goal is to find hoggle children. we want to bring closure to that end of the case. that is why we're doing another search today. this is one of several dozen we have done since the children were last seen september 7th and cath

we do know police are starting to pursue murder charges against catherine hoggle the mother of the twoldren. the certainly will go on through the day, hopefully find more on these missing kids. >>> what we're learning by quick action by an off-duty cop when >>> i think it's pretty safe to say we're already in full presidential election mode. from chipotle road trip to new hampshire, no shortage of fuel to the fire already. >> joining us to talk all about it moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. i want to start with republicans. it's been a big weekend in new hampshire. the one thing we saw between those presidential hopefuls they weren't going after each other. >> not yet. they will they will. they have a new target hillary clinton. it's interesting, attacks on hillary clinton were among those to distinguish in the field, attacking as a candidate of the past. every attack on that is effective for going after jeb bush. >> they should have retired could be y doo. when it was the same schtick when she was running for senate. by the way, there hasn't been a scooby doo in a while. do yo

they're pursuing a homicide case against catherine hoggle.er children have been missing since last september and feared dead now. she has a hearing at 9:00 this morning. >>> today, senator bernie sanders is expected to officially announce a presidential bid that makes him the only declared candidate to challenge hillary clinton for the democratic nomination. sanders is an independent from vermont. he is known for fighting income inequality and the influence of the wealthy on lawmakers. clinton remains dominant so far in those polls. >>> the apple watch apparently is not for everybody. the smart watch doesn't work properly if you have a tattoo on your wrist. the watch reads your heart rate by flashing green and infrared light at your skin. tattoo ink can prevent that light from penetrating your skin. tattoos seem to negatively affect apple pay, placing calls and certain apps too. >>> fasten your seat belts it will be a wild second round between the caps and the rangers. they start a best of seven series tonight. new york took the last two seri

kimberly: catherine hoggle, the children's mother, was the last person seen with them. she is undergoing psychiatric treatment after being declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. covering metro tonight. the transit agency preparing for the worst in case it happens again. they teamed up with prince george's county police for a large-scale drill outside of the greenbelt metro station, three months after heavy smoke in a tunnel your the l'enfant plaza metro station left one woman dead. no timetable for rebuilding the pedestrian bridge in berwyn heights. a crane knocked part of the pedestrian bridge onto the tracks below. nobody was hurt, no trains were passing at the time. metro should have a better idea of when repairs will begin and how long they will take sometime later this week. honoring lives lost. inside the somber ceremony in oklahoma city today, 20 years after one of our country's deadliest attacks. but first, a defiant pilot speaking out. what is on doug hughes' mind as he settles into house kimberly: the mailman who delivered his gyrocopter onto the west c

the report from the mental hospital indicates catherine hoggle shows improvement but is still mentally incompetent. hoggle is charged with child neglect. her children 3-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob have been missing since september. she has not said where she took them. in court the rest of the children's family watched hoggle closely. >> today to me she looked a little more softened maybe. i don't know if it's the medication or what but we hope she comes around. >> reporter: troy turner, the children's father is frustrated. >> there's a lot more emphasis on the case and the conviction or acquittal than finding my actual children and finding what's going on with them. that's probably the biggest problem i have with everything. >> reporter: the judge says if kron lidge hoggle is found competent, he will order an immediate trial of the misdemeanor charges against her and if she's convicted her sentence might be time served. after court, her lawyers explained it this way. >> the judge was emphasizing that if and when ms. hoggle is found competent that because of the time she has sp

their mother catherine hoggle has been jowndz going treatment -- undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital. >>> a man charged with a deadly crash on the bw parkway will be in court. 27-year-old anthony lamont payne of district heights, maryland allegedly ran another car off the road on march 20. 19-year-old wow we state university student terence lagrue was killed. payne is facing a maximum life in sentence if convicted. >>> d.c. police are searching for a person they believe shot a man in northwest washington early this morning. this was around 4:30. officers responding to the 1200 block of m street when they got there they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. police say the victim and the suspect did know each other. >>> there have been two more robberies at 7-eleven convenience stores in northeast washington d.c. to stores on hawaii avenue -- two stores on hawaii avenue were robbed. no word if they are connected to a recent rash of 7-eleven holdups. >>> it is now official. vermont senator bernie sanders is running

hoggle disappeared in december. police believe the children are now dead but they aren't able to prove if that's true. the toddler's mom catherine was last with them. she's in police custody right now. even though officers are searching for the kids today they do say they don't have any new leads in this case. >> if you're heading to the green belt metro station this morning, you may notice a heavy emergency response there. metro transit police in prince george's fire and ems have a full scale emergency plan today from 8:00 a.m. to around 1:00 p.m. the green belt station will remain closed for customers -- will remain open actually. teams will simulate evacuating passengers from a disabled train. this is the first in a series of quarterly deals of responder training after the deadly incident. >>> we knot name of a man stabbed to death in the district. 23-year-old joshua steel was stabbed once. this happened friday night alabama heavy and randall place. d.c. police offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to a suspect and arrest. >>> dramatic new video already generating a lot of reaction and praise for one police office