but we begin with chris gordon at the scene who can tell us what's been going on there in the past couple of minutes. chris, i see a lot of police ambulance activity firefighters behind you. what's going on there? >> well there was a collapse here at 2600 virginia avenue and if you look over here you'll see a lot of the construction workers doing renovations inside. there was a collapse in a garage garage. we had some still pictures to show you of what happened in the garage. three stories collapsed, pancaked one on to another. at least one car flattened. they are looking to see if there was anybody either trapped in the garage or for that car we can tell you there is one injury confirmed. i talked to chief tim wilson communications for fire ems from d.c. he told me there is one person injured, he could not tell me who it was or the extend of the injuries now behind me you see there's been a mass evacuation here at the watergate complex. these are construction workers who have been doing renovations to this 50-year-old building and i talked to one of them who's an eyewitness. let's hear f

chris gordon is on the national mall with that story. hi chris. >> reporter: good evening. well the suspicious vehicle was parked right here on 3rd street right across from the u.s. capitol. police on patrol detected the smell of gasoline coming from it and immediately called the bomb squad. police smashed the rear window of the suspicious window. destroying them both with explosives the rice cooker and propane tank. police closed streets, some people delayed getting the west lawn of the capitol for the evening memorial holiday capital. the man who owns the car i spoke with him by phone. >> i apologize for the inconvenience all those people to enjoy the festivities that you know i delayed it because of something stupid that i should have thought a little bit more about it. that's it. >> reporter: he says he runs a food truck and needed space and removed the rice cooker and propane tank and put them in his vehicle parking it near the capitol. you can still see the debris from the rice cooker and propane tank as well as the site of the explosion. israel shimles who brought th

news4's chris gordon is live in waldorf where police say this all started over a custody dispute. chris? >> reporter: well, these are the police booking photos of a police officer and his mother of mother. he is officer richard conway of the prince george's county police department, and tonight they both face first degree murder charges for the shootings that happened here last wednesday at the mcdomd's in waldorf. police now say one person did the shooting but she had help. caroline conway was arrested last week now charles county detectives are also charging her son, prince george's county police officer richard conway with first degree murder. he's the father of two children at the heart of an ugly custody dispute with his ex-wiech krystal who remarried. krystal and her new husband robert mange, who served active duty in the u.s. navy until last settlement, drove to the mcdonald's to pick up the children last wednesday. instead of delivering her grandchildren to the couple caroline conway allegedly shot them both, killing robert mange. now it appears her son helped her prior to

reporting from ho chi minh city in vietnam, chris gordon, news4. >> really great reporting there by christch part two of our story monday night at 6:00. chris has actually written about his trip and posted some exclusive videos in our nbc washington app. all you have to do is search vietnam. >>> well today you can see and hear a sneak preview of the memorial day concert. tonight there'll be a full concert dress rehearsal starting at 8:00 p.m. gates open to the public at 5:00. the concert will be on the west lawn of the capital on sunday. gloria estefan is the headliner and pbs will broadcast the show live as well. >> i didn't do it. >> no. >> angie loves it. >> i do love that song. >> and what an entertainer she's been. that conga song is 20 years ago. >> she's considered an icon in a lot of eyes. >> quick question. the sun is up early now. >> it was up at 4:00 in the morning. or was that the moon. >> these are the earliest rises. the sun was up at ten minutes before 6:00. there is color on the sky. even my way into work already the twilight starting to appear. but 5:50 was the official s

reporting from ho chi minh city in vietnam, chris gordon, news4. >> real powerful stuff there from chrisdon. and you can watch part two of our story monday night at 6:00. chris has written about his trip and posted exclusive videos in our news4bc washington app. search vietnam. >>> today you can see and hear a preview of the memorial day concert. tonight there will be a concert dress rehearsal at 8:00 p.m. gates will open to the public at 5:00. actors joe montigna and gary senise will host. gloria estefan will perform. pbs will broadcast the show live. if you don't want to watch it just watch angie. >> get a live camera at her house. >> we loved the miami sound machine. >> you cannot help but get up and get moving and shaking and it is saturday morning. it's going to be a spectacular stretch of weather we're talking about through the holiday weekend. all courtesy of this man. >> courtesy of me? >> how about that. >> make those checks payable. >> some might say mother nature had a hand in this. >> some might. but we've seen it comes for a couple of days and what's important for us is when

this is chris gordon. how police training has changed after ferguson, new york, and right now verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data and reliability. so you never have to settle. now, also get $200 when you join and buy a new smartphone. stop by or visit us online. and save without settling. only on verizon. >>> the virginia health department wants to make sure no one came in contact with a cat suffering from rabies. the cat was found wednesday near the intersection of sudley road and shelter lane in prince william county. the cat had gray fur with a tan or white spot over left eye. if you came in contact with this cat, animal control wants to hear from you. >>> in the wake of high-profile police shootings, a lot of departments are changing their policing strategies. as news4's chris gordon reports those changes begin

reporting from vietnam chris gordon, news4. >> you can watch part two of chris' story monday night at 6:00. chris has written about his trip and posted exclusive videos in our nbc washington app. you can find them by searching "vietnam". >>> turning to weather now, doug out there in ocean city having a good time. >> reporter: no, jim not at all. not going well. there's nobody here. can i get that ice cream? >> what a shame. >> reporter: vanilla and chocolate swirl. it's what i got for you guys. >> that's my favorite. >> reporter: is it really the swirl? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's my favorite, too. and you can even dip it into chocolate. i'm sorry, did you want this? i've got to tell you guys i am so excited to be down here. you guys know i love it down here, i feel like a little kid all over again. i've been coming down here just about my entire life. it looks about the same. they've got the same rides. they've got some of the coolest stuff out here. i've got to tell you the weather is going to be absolutely perfect. today has been fantastic. tomorrow will be a little on the cool side

our coverage on news 4 midday begins there with news 4's chris gordon. chris? >> reporter: this is chris gordon at the scene. this is 1330 seventh street northwest, a high-rise apartment fire. we want to show you that fire truck four still has a ladder extended to the ninth floor. that's the apartment where this fire occurred. we want to show you video shot at the height of this smokey blaze. it happened about 8:00 this morning. it's a two-alarm fire. additional fire ambulance and medics all this equipment was brought to the scene. we were told a firefighter was transported priority one, that means critical condition can life-threatened injuries. we later found out he died. also we were told about other serious injuries. >> the second firefighter was transported serious but non-life threatening injuries and another reported serious with non-life threatening injuries. >> all i know i work to an alarm going off in the building. i came to look outside my door there was smoke everywhere. >> now, ira evans lives next door on the ninth floor, in ex-door to the buildi

chris gordon news4. >> tuberculosis symptoms depend on where in the body has been affected. it can include cough longer than three week chest pain coughing up blood, fever and chills. we've posted more information about the facts and fears of tuberculosis on our nbc washington app. >>> a child beaten on a school bus as others watched. coming up the drastic life changes that 9-year-old girl has made since that attack. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer in waldorf. this house went up in flame after a holiday weekend barbecue. >> i think if he had stayed in there just another couple seconds. that would have been it. >> reporter: i'll tell hue is being credited with kicking in this door and pulling a man out. saving his life. >>> and there's no break in sight. some families right now verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data and reliability. so you never have to settle. now, also get $200 when you

chris gordon news4. back to you. >> thank you. now homeland security keeps a tab on the number of firefighter deaths every year. 106 active firefighters died on the job in the country. more than half died on scene of a fire and 56 had fatal heart attacks. >>> now local parents are calling outrageous. a teacher was charged with sexually abusing a student who was 9 years old. the reporter the outside the school. pat? >> reporter: what police say happened in that school to a 9-year-old boy has parents here enraged. >> just completely unacceptable and i don't like that. that just ruined my whole day and has me thinking i need to change his school. >> reporter: this is prince george's county police video of 39-year-old irwin. he is charged with sex abuse of a minor. he is a teacher at the william paca elementary school in landover. >> you can't feel safe in sending your kids to school anymore. it is sad. it really is. >> reporter: police stay victim is a 9-year-old boy. one of his students. >> i think it is outrageous. >> reporter: acc

recently news4's chris gordon visited vietnam.scovered an amazing story about one-time enemies who are now close friends. >> reporter: this giant pagoda overlooks the city of de nang. buddhism is one of many religions in vietnam along with christianity and ancestor worship. it's a clean city. we found a dozen employees cleaning the front of this five-star hotel. the people are friendly here. >> they are happy. welcome all the people come. >> reporter: denang was the site of a u.s. base. inside the mountain there's a cave where the vietcong built a secret hospital. they claimed to have shot down 18 u.s. helicopters from this perch. beneath marble mountain is marble beach. that's what the vietnamese call it. we know it as china beach made famous in movies and tv shows. the vietnamese have removed many references to china since the war. the war here has always been a battle for hearts and minds. this is the story of enemies who became friends long after the war. it begins with brigadier general van cherry. on april 16 1972 he fired a

our chris gordon has been on the scene since it happened this morning. chris, what's up now? >> reporter: well, this evening d.c. mayor muriel bowser toured this portion of the watergate complex near the area where the garage collapsed, and she was briefed by d.c. fire authorities. then she came over here and told us that no one is trapped alive inside, but she added something that could be cause for concern. >> all construction workers have been accounted for. earlier, as part of the response, three dogs that are trained to search for human activity found no evidence of human activity on any of the three levels. a cadaver dog was also sent into the scene and that dog made a possible hit on one of the three levels. the operation has now transitioned from search and rescue to a recovery operation. >> reporter: d.c.'s deputy fire chief says that doesn't necessarily mean that there has been a fatality. >> we are searching based on what the canine indicated. there are some reason that's the canine might not mean it's a fatality. >> reporter: the three levels of the underground ga

they just held a news conference, and chris gordon is there with the latest. chris? >> reporter: well, the mayor says that this rescue operation here at the watergate has become a recovery effort. here's exactly how she put it. here's what she said. >> all construction workers have been accounted for. earlier, as part of the response, three dogs that are trained to search for human activity found no evidence of human activity on any of the three levels. a cadaver dog was also sent into the scene and that dog made a possible hit on one of the three levels. the operation has now transitioned from search and rescue to a recovery operation. >> reporter: d.c.'s deputy fire chief says that doesn't necessarily mean that there has been a fatality. are searching based on the reasons that the canine indicated. >> reporter: the three levels of the underground garage at the watergate must now be shored up so d.c. firefighters can go in and look. the collapse created a hole 100 feet by 75 feet. the cause of the collapse is not known at this point. one construction worker was tran

and news4's chris gordon reports what bowers will do to help keep the schools on track. >> reporter: the interim montgomery county school summit larry bowers as he arrived for the special school board meeting. the room was packed with school employees who watched as the board voted on a resolution extending him as the interim school summit for one year. >> it is unanimous. congratulations. >> reporter: bowers is abandoning his plans to retire june 30th. >> we'll be focusing on literacy and mathematics. we'll focus on closing the achievement game but maintain very high standards. >> reporter: the board announced last thursday that they had selected dr. andrew houlihan but on single they were surprised when he with drew. >> the letter says you know for family and professional reasons, and he did not feel that he was the right fit for us. >> reporter: the search for new summit began in february when former summit joshua starr lost the support of the board and resigned. the president of the montgomery county council says he is a good working relationship with bowers. >> casting a wider n

this is chris gordon. back to you. >>> rebuilding businesses and homes damaged by last month's riots in baltimore will take time and it will take a lot of money. the government released the first estimate of damages. it puts the cost at $9 million. the estimate comes from the small business administration. it found 284 businesses and two homes were damaged during riots following the death of freddie gray and the funeral. >>> a burglary suspect is under arrest this afternoon in fairfax county but police are warning residents that three others may be out there now. jan parchewski are accused of taking jewels. they watched their victims to strike. then someone distracts victims while others commit the thefts. police fear the thieves may be responsible for other jewel thefts that haven't been reported yet. >>> our coverage of the deadly train crash continues. next we'll hear from a passenger who was. >>> of course the ripple effects of last night's derailment go beyond the crash. hundreds of trains behind trai

chris gordon has a look at the new training. >> reporter: all around me you can see visitors from all over the country and around the world gathered here at the memorial in northwest washington for a candlelight vigil tonight to honor the thousands of police officers who died in the line of duty. now tonight, i would like to introduce you to some young police recruits who are learning new techniques to deal with the dangers of their job. these police recruits are practicing keeping dangerous could not frontations from getting out of air traffic control. using alternatives to deadly force, they will serve on 17 local police departments once they complete their training weeks of training here at the northern virginia criminal justice training academy in ashburn. >> unfortunately we've experienced some things nationwide which has cast a shadow on law enforcement. i want to reemphasize the importance of training and addressing those things. they don't fall on deaf ears. >> reporter: the day after these police recruits saw the baltimore riots on tv they came to class and the lesson was how

coming up chris gordon reports on what is being done to protect those who are still at the school. >>> the family of a little girl beaten up on her school bus is now suing prince george's county. this cell phone video appears to show kids slapping and hitting the 9-year-old girl. it happened three weeks ago in landover as the bus left the elementary school. the family says the bus driver told the kids to stop heckling the girl but he didn't actually step in. today they filed a lawsuit against county, the school board and administrators. >> i'm still concerned this type of climb that allowed this type of bullying exists. and we hope to address that through this lawsuit. >> we'll hear from that little girl when prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us. >>> first at 4:00 the play ground fire in maryland. a howard county teenager is now charged with arson. firefighters arrived at the huntington park in columbia around 5:30 yesterday. the team is standing nearby with black soot on his fingers. they're now trying to determine if he is linked to several other play ground f

news 4's chris gordon spoke to the owner today and joins us live. chris? >> reporter: it happened about this time yesterday. you see the u.s. capitol. there was a concert there for memorial day. they heard it was an explosion. this is what happened. the bomb squad detonated what's left of the pressure cooker here. this is the crater. israel of alexandria tells me he's law-awiding citizen but capitol police saw the unoccupied vehicle parked near the capitol, smelled gasoline and called in the bomb squad. they removed a pressure cooker and propane tank and disrupted them with explosives. he says he understands. they needed to protect the crowd gathered for the evening concert. >> right in front of the capitol, of course i would have done the same thing. you know? i would have freaked out and i would have done the same thing but they i understand. that's all. >> reporter: he tells me he runs a food truck saying he needed space in it and removed the rice cooker and propane tank putting them in his car and they were there yesterday. >> i just happened to be the

. >> news 4 chris gordon is following the story and live in rockville now learning more about this suspect. chris? >> reporter: scott tomaszewski is a loner, lives here in the house behind me on ridge drive with his mother father and brother. it's just up from the vilardo's home. now, most of the people who live in this neighborhood couldn't tell me a thing about the family or scott but the vilardos apparently knew him and in the past trusted him to take care of their home. here's what we have learned about 31-year-old scott tomaszewski when's now charged in the double murder of dick and jody vilardo. tomaszewski lives with his parents and brother. down from the vilardos. he doesn't work and not clear if he had any college. for those who live nearby news of the arrest is a relief. >> that the police did such a good job in finding, total shock, total shock. my heart goes out to the -- both families. >> reporter: this is the timeline that helped police crack the case. in 1998 tomaszewski house sitting and there was a burglary and helped police at the time. then this past april, a burglary ac

chris gordon is at a park in bethesda and someone spotted a coyote just this past saturday night. >> reporter: you see some of the kids at park. they're beginning baseball. but the southeastern is the latest sighting happened at a home that borders this park. the homeowner said he didn't know if it was a fox or a deer. he went to get the camera and didn't get back in time to take the picture. he looked it up on the internet and saw a picture of a coyote and he said this was a coyote. >> an i went over here. >> reporter: john marcus calling his cat lily outside of their bethesda home saturday night. standing right next to her, he saw a wild animal that was a ki know tee. >> the cat was very scared and i was able to make the coyote go away. as soon as i walked away he came back again and ran between the houses over here and probably into the park. >> reporter: his house borders ayrlawn park in bethesda. mr. marcus called animal services. >> they said that there have been sightings for coyotes and said there's nothing they can do. >> reporter: we went to the animal services today wher

he loves the cuban people. >> reporter: reporting from montgomery county chris gordon news4. >>> the home of their dreams becomes a homeowner's nightmare and it's not just one local home. new at 6:00 and only on news4, serious safety concerns surround more than a dozen local homes and the new legal actions one couple faces. >>> and we'll tell you where you might want to be tomorrow to look up and see something amazing. doug? >> that is cool right there. this is pretty cool as well. check this out. this could be our first named trop the season. it may affect your weekend. >>> you can make lots of money flipping homes and reselling them in the district but one virginia couple is facing legal action tonight because of allegations about the way they wept about it. our consumer reporter erika gonzalez has our report. erika? >> vance, buying a house is one of if not the biggest purchases a person makes. you know this i know this people know this. it's stressful. hundreds of thousands of dollars is what we're talking about. recently more than a dozen district residents discovered they didn'

i'm chris gordon. i asked a neighbor about caroline conway. >> they're always outside with their grandkids, and that's the only time we see them. they never spoke to us. >> reporter: investigators describe the shootings this way. 25-year-old robert michael mange was killed, his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff says the motive was a longstanding child custody dispute. the couple drove this jeep to the mcdonald's in waldorf from virginia to pick up her two small children. the youngsters had been staying with their grandmother, 51-year-old caroline conway. but instead of handing over the youngsters to the children's mother, conway got into the jeep. >> ms. conway produced a handgun, subsequently shot the male victim, mr. mange. the female victim tried to flee the vehicle. as a result ms. conway, the shooter, shot the female victim in the back. >> reporter: heavily armed sheriff's deputies converged on gilford drive where conway lives but they didn't find her at home. they had to search f

that's the latest in bethesda maryland chris gordon, news 4. >>> check this out. looks more like a bath than therapy. how it can give local pets a second chance. >>> also drunk drivers putting everyone in danger. we'll tell you when's new about the effort to keep us all safe. >>> an underwater treadmill that promotes healing for injured legs and soar joints allowing patients to make strides but this is for members of the family who walk on all fours. we have a look new at 6:00. >> i know. i know. >> reporter: it is therapy day for junoment she gt into a car accident and break her femur. >> traumatic, yep. the whole thing was traumatic. r: it can leave a dog with a limp or a chronic pain. j you no is a lucky dog. >> good girl. >> reporter: this is juno in the h2 oasis. water fills the tank to her shoulders and she begins wet walkies. >> takes the weight off the joints and the resistance helps us build muscle. >> reporter: she goes into the tank for therapy once or twice a week. >> fabulous. i think it's made a huge difference. >> reporter: it is a tool for veterina

ems personnel drive her as elderly. >> reporter: chris gordon live on the scene. back to the studio. >>> more breaking news we are just learning that a three-year-old boy from the d.c. area drowned near houston. nigel parkinson was visiting family in texas when he disappeared last night. surveillance video showed the boy walking out of the house and toward a pond. his body was found in that pond. police say nigel and his family were in texas to celebrate a relative's 90th birthday. at the live desk, i'm chriskristin wright. >> this is it folks, you've got to be ready for it. it's getting big, i have trees coming down on me and power flashes. i have to back out of here. >>> following more breaking news in oklahoma. police just confirmed one person died as a result of yesterday's storms. the victim was in a storm shelter at least 20 tornados were reported yesterday in kansas oklahoma and nebraska. oklahoma city seems to have taken the brunt of the damage. take a look at the debris from above. at least 50 homes were damage and 12 people were hurt. amelia let's talk a

this is chris gordon.the video a lesson jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. new video is in from the newsroom, a man suspected of killing a rockville couple is appearing in a court in alaska. scott tom zeus ki has waived his right to extradition, expected to return to montgomery county next week because montgomery county police are going to alaska to get him. tom zeus ki was arrested in juneau, alaska on a cruise ship with his parents. police say while there he confessed to those officers to killing dick and jody va lard dough. a retired police officer led investigate rz to tom zeus ki after recognizing si

news4's chris gordon is there live now. chris, is everyone accounted for now, anyone still unaccounted for? >> reporter: no. construction works are accounted for, but it's a public garage so they don't know for sure if everyone is accounted for. behind me d.c. mayor muriel bowser is touring the scene where the garage collapsed here at the watergate hotel 2600 virginia avenue. she will be giving us a briefing live in a few moments which we will bring to you on nbcwashington.com and our nbc washington app. she will also be joined by the incident commander here from the d.c. department of fire and ems. now, as you see behind me -- and you will see in just a few moments -- the westbound lane of virginia avenue is open to traffic but not so the eastbound lound which is filled with fire apparatus. there were some minor injuries. we want to roll some video to show you. one construction worker was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. another who was not badly hurt refused to be transported. the watergate will hotel is bein

news4's chris gordon is live at gwen park middle school in brandywine with reaction today. chris? >> reporter: well the video was posted on a popular website, world star hip-hop.com under the title -- and this is their title -- old school discipline teacher whips students with a belt for fighting. some of the students here at gwynn park middle school posted the video on twitter. the video appears to show the substitute teacher using a belt, hitting students on the floor. it happened during the sixth grade social studies class friday afternoon at gwynn park middle school in brandywine. the prince george's county public school system has reviewed the video. >> we acted quickly to make sure that the teacher was removed from the classroom and is not eligible to be part of the school district any longer. we don't condone this type of behavior. >> reporter: the school system has referred the matter to the prince george's county police and child protective services. as gwynn park middle school let out for the day, we spoke to a student here whose grandmother gave her permission to appear

that's the latest from the courthouse chris gordon reporting live.ack to you. >> back to our breaking top story. the police chief and mayor now speaking about that house fire on woodland drive. >> our fire department and police department responded to the 2900 block of woodland drive northwest, washington d.c. yesterday. 3200 block about 1:30 p.m. there we told you we discovered three of our residents who were deceased three adults and one child. and today the chief will be able to provide you with all the information we have about the identities of the persons who were deceased and give you any updates that she -- that we have available at this point about the homicide investigation. chief? >> thank you. >> thank you. so to try and give you a summary of what we knew from yesterday and update you on what we know as of today, i'll start off by saying that evidence collection is going to go on for several days. there is still a lot more that we don't know. but we're continuing to learn as we continue to investigate. we do know at this point that the fi

news4's chris gordon has been following the story since it broke. he updates us on the investigation. >> reporter: police are charging the driver of the car with negligent driving. she crashed through the window coming to a stop deep inside the office of proaction physical therapy. >> a couple people were many the office at the time. one was trapped underneath the car and the desk. they were extricated and transported to the hospital. that was the most serious injury. >> reporter: two others in the office were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. so was the drive of the car. >> ems personnel describe her as elderly. her injuries are not life-threatening. >> reporter: police say the car tame came from the parking lot in front of the building. then the drive lost control and apparently panicked. four or five others inside the office suffered minor injury ts. they were evaluated by medical technicians but declined to be take on the hospital. an investigator drove car backwards out of the building. later we were allowed inside. there appea

in bethesda maryland chris gordon news 4. >>> we're going to need to pump up the ac?that's right. a lot of folks, you know have some people who like the heat and don't like the heat. of course inside well some folks already adjusting their acs. trying to make it cooler because of the warmth today. impact forecast for tomorrow not only will we see some warmth around here but we have a chance of an isolated shower maybe even a thunderstorm so a low impact day for tomorrow. meanwhile, your pedestrian forecast should you be commuting to work tomorrow 66 between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. mostly clear sky and picking up a few clouds during the hours between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. not too many during the early part of the day. more clouds coming in for the afternoon and we are warming fast. 66 temperatures pumping right into the 70s there during the late morning hours. we're expecting to top out on the other side of 80 degrees again. today, day two and we have gotten up to 84 degrees and, yes, some folks again trying to stay comfortable. that means short sleeves, early part of the day

begin with chris gordon in waldorf. chris? >> reporter: the prosecutor tells me that the police officer richard conway is being charged with first degree murder even though he may not have been here at the time of the shooting at the mcdonald's last wednesday. he may not have even been nearby. but the prosecutor says the charges, first degree premeditated edd murder, because conway conspired to plan the smootings and may have provided the gun to his mother his police service revolver. detectives investigating the double shooting at mcdonald's found .40 caliber shell casings in the parking lot. caroline conway was arrested last week, her son's service revolver has not been located. now officer richard conway is also charged with first degree murder. prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw. >> the charges this officer faces are deeply troubling to me. but his actions are his own and not a reflection of the over 1700 men and women that serve our community day in and day out with professionalism and integrity integrity. >>

chris gordon jim, back to you. >> thank you, chris. >> in boston today, the boston marathon bomber was sentenced to death. tsarnaev was sentenced to day. the survivors are among those taking to social media with their opinions about that sentence. nbc's jay gray will join us live from outside the courthouse with that reaction. that comes in about ten minutes. >> chris lawrence in the newsroom. the ntsb wrapped up a press conference for the first time we're hearing indirectly from the crew members who were onboard. here is the new information that we just learned. this afternoon investigators interviewed three of those crew members including the engineer brandon bostian. he is described as extremely cooperative. he told investigators he didn't have any problems with the train. he remembers ringing the bell as went through the last stop in north philadelphia before the derailment. he doesn't have any memory of the crash or anything that happens after that. they also spoke with one of the assistant conductors. she said they did a full safety brief before they left d.c. and went over speed

chris gordon on seventh street northwest with more on this. >> reporter: you're about to meet miss ruby. she was kind enough to talk to us on probably one of the most difficult days of her life shelf lived up there on the ninth floor of the apartment building. fire investigators are looking for a cause. ruby morgan said she heard a loud noise and then saw smoke in her apartment. she said she thanks god she made it out alive. >> they said somebody died and all that. i'm real sad about that. >> reporter: firefighters saluted their fallen brother, a tribute to lieutenant kevin mcrae as he was driven past the scene of the northwest fire where he lost his life this morning. flame and heavy smoke shot out of the ninth floor apartment. d.c. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blaze with the help of atf investigators who interviewed ruby morgan this afternoon. >> did you cook anything this morning? >> nothing. >> reporter: for breakfast you ate? >> i ate rice chrisrispies. >> where did the fire start? >> i don't know. >> i smelled smoke and got out. >> when will you be able t

chris gordon is live now with reaction to this health scare. >> reporter: this case of tuberculosis at rockville high school was just recently discovered. parents were notified last night. we have learned that students staff and teachers could have been exposed to tb as far back as february. the case of tb is a concern for many parents. >> here i am getting my son and waiting for the doctor to let me know when was the last time he got a tb vaccine. i'm not sure. >> that's a serious disease. it was unexpected. i didn't expect rockville to be having a case. >> reporter: the school sent this letter home to parents and guardians. it says there is no risk of additional exposure to any students or staff at this time. the montgomery county department of health and human services recommends testing all students and staff who were in any class or after school activity with this individual between february and may. three tests will be given in rockville high school next thursday june 4. >> there are two types of test that's we can use. we can do a blood test or a skin test. that tells fuss a per

we begin with chris gordon in waldorf. chris?> reporter: the prosecutor tells me that the police officer richard conway is being charged with first degree murder even though he may not have been here at the time of the shooting at the mcdonald's last wednesday. he may not have even been nearby. but the prosecutor says the charges, first degree premeditated edd murder, because conway conspired to plan the smootings and may have provided the gun to his mother his police service revolver. detectives investigating the double shooting at mcdonald's found .40 caliber shell casings in the parking lot. caroline conway was arrested last week, her son's service revolver has not been located. now officer richard conway is also charged with first degree murder. prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw. >> the charges this officer faces are deeply troubling to me. but his actions are

that's where chris gordon is right now. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen i'm standing along crane highway in waldorf and less than 24 hours ago gunshots rang out here. two people were shot here, 25-year-old robert michael maing was killed, his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff says the motive was a longstanding child custody dispute. the couple drove this jeep to the mcdonald's in waldorf from virginia to pick up her two small children. the youngsters had been staying with their grandmother, 51-year-old caroline conway. but instead of handing over the youngsters to the children's mother conway got into the jeep. >> ms. conway produced a handgun, subsequently shot the male victim, mr. maing. the female victim tried to flee the vehicle. as a result, ms. conway the shooter, shot the female victim in the back. >> reporter: heavily armed sheriff's deputies converged on gilford drive where conway lives but she wasn't home. they had to search for her, figuring she was still armed. >> had the s.w.a.t. team. they had every

. >> chris gordon joins us live where he caught up with the people who frantically ran down to get out. >> reporter: here's the latest from seventh street. you see emergency equipment still blocking the roadway. the building is closed. people are out. d.c. fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of this fatal blaze and they have help. federal agents from atf. the explosives and fire investigators from atf are here. now, flames this morning as well as dark smoke billowing out of the penalty in floor of this ten-story building. we had one fatality as you mentioned. a firefighter who collapsed. another was transported to the hospital in serious condition. two residents were transported with serious but nonlife threatening injuries. for the people who evacuated and got out, they feel lucky to have gotten out alive. >> nobody can use the elevator. i had to rush by the stairways. >> you just posted some storm warnings. where will they go? we've been told they are going across the street to get out of the weather. when will they get back inside? we don't know for sure. possibly t

chris gordon is outside of the courthouse in rockville with reaction to his plea deal. chris? >> reporter: prosecutors say joins has exploited his students in his classes for 25 years now. and as a result of today's guilty pleas he will never exploit a child again. the former music teacher pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 14 young students in the classroom. ap new hampshire estates elementary school in silver spring. 56-year-old lawrence joins had been a teacher in montgomery county schools 27 years. today he admitted to taking videos of children from kindergarten to second grade and in 2013 he was arrested at his home in maryland in a federal investigation into the distribution of child pornography and served a year in baltimore county and then transferred to montgomery county. investigators discovered that joins had sex with a seventh grader at eastern middle school going back to the early 1990s. joins today pleaded guilty to child sex abuse in that case. >> this man is a predator. he's been a predator for decades. it's a shame. some might call it a disgrace he was able to

our chris gordon spoke to the owner and has a report in the next hour of. >>> the fbi's looking for a man who robbed a will call bank and said he was carrying a bomb in his box. now, this happened in hyattsville. last friday he walks into the capital one bank on annapolis road. he passed a note 0 the teller demanding cash and telling the clerk about the bomb. he took the money but left the box. the bomb squad x-rayed it and it was empty. >>> and now to the weather. very warm day with breezy sunshine and things will change by tomorrow we are hearing. let's check in with veronica johnson in the weather center. vj? >> yeah. we slide back towards the higher temperatures higher humidity as well. when you take a look at today it's been the best day. all in all what looks like out of the work week. we have some breezy sunshine today. as you mentioned, look at this. current wind gusts just over 20 miles per hour throughout the area. higher there around pax river and seeing the winds out of south. it's a southerly wind. nice toewsly and warm and blowing around the pollen today. look at this th

. >> reporter: chris gordon news4 today. >> a montgomery high school student with special needs gets a prom surprise. >> great story. and going for a run with your stroller. why these women are finding more than a great workout. >> having a live look outside. meteorologist chuck bell >>> at 6:15 today a armed forces day which recognizes many of you and your spouses. thousands expected to take part in the sixth annual semper fi race in the district. that raises money for service members who are ill or wounded. starts at 8:30 this morning near west potomac park. if you can't take part you can sign up as a virtual runner. you may be affected by road closures during the race. check our nbc washington app for any heads up. >>> even with the other half helping, parenting is tough. it is especially difficult for military spouses who often find themselves in an army of one. >> reporter: somewhere near ft. hunt out of the woods, warriors emerge. they're not looking for battle. >> it's about 60 pound difference. >> reporter: they're pushing babies. and in laurie's case new twins and a dog. >>

. >> reporter: this is chris gordon at the st.rles town center in waldorf, maryland, with an update on the shooting that happened less than 24 hours ago here. it toong place at this mcdonald's restaurant. a man was killed his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff's office is charginge inging 51-year-old caroline conway with first degree murder and other charges. they say she got into the jeep and shot 25-year-old robert manage who later died. his wife ran out of the car. she was shot in the back. her wounds are serious but she's expected to live. >> it's a long term and very nasty custody dispute appears to be the motive. >> reporter: all new at 5, neighbors here in waldorf tell us why heavily armed sheriff's deputies spent hours on their street before arresting caroline conway for murder. that's coming up on news4 at 5. >>> a baltimore woman says she plans to use her college degree to help other burn victims. 24-year-old jacqueline miller graduated this week. back in 1996 when she was just 5 years old, miller was bad

bruce gordon live in the newsroom with the story you will only see on fox. >> reporter: chris and dawn lots of phone companies participate in the nationwide lifeline program. it provides free used and refurbished cell phones for low income familiar tolls help keep them connect but connected to what? >> that's just a picture of some girl naked on all fours. >> reporter: keisha washington can hardly believe what she found on her free lifeline cell phone. >> in this one is nasty bleep. >> that's a graphic shot of her genital area. >> this is another one with her fondling herself. >> reporter: the phone she got specifically for her young daughter's safety. >> there's nothing for 12-year-old to see. >> reporter: washington went to the stand up wireless tent at lehigh and american late thursday afternoon. to see if she qualified for free phone. she did. took it home for her 12-year-old daughter middle school cheerleaders who sometimes walks home late. five minutes later -- >> she come downstairs with a look on her face. what goes through your mind as soon as you see that look. >> what's wron

. >> our thanks to chris cado for that report. joining me now, gordonllowing this story. no running water no electric fridayity, how ity how are they getting other basic necessities? >> they're kind of living off the land. some of their neighbors have in fact complained, said that they pretty much decimated the deer population around that area for food. we do know they go to the grocery, get some of their staples that way. we understand that they also grow some of their vegetables on property. but it's kind of hard to tell exactly what off the grid means when you talk about what they're doing because as we pointed out there is no running water, they have a generator that provides their electric power, what they have. but they also have a very sophisticated social media network. some of the pictures you saw even have blessed little homestead which is kind of the branding for not only what they call their lifestyle, but what will be a dog grooming business sha that she plans to open up. >> what about schooling. do the kids go to school? >> it's hard to de

chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. shocking to say the least. let's get straight to our bruce gordon who's life in the newsroom with a story you will only see on fox. bruce? >> reporter: guys, keisha washington is a working mom with four daughters. she wanted her 12-year-old a middle school cheerleader to have a phone for emergency use when she walk home late to their home in kensington. what she got well, it was lot more than she bargained for. >> this one is of the female just exposing her breasts laying on the bed it look like. >> reporter: keisha washington recoils as she she describes the photos found on her free lifeline cell phone. >> this is one a nasty bleep. >> that's a graphic shot of her -- >> this is another one with her fondling herself. >> reporter: phone keisha got specifically for her 12-year-old daughter. >> she didn't need to see that and i didn't want to see it. >> reporter: washington went to the stand up wireless tent at lehigh and american late thursday afternoon. to see if she qualified for a free phone. they're used but refurbish part a nationwide program to

gordon. and hardin has won twice this year. and carl considers this a hometown track and dale earnhardt junior. and happy mother's day to all of the great moms there. walter michael and chris we thank fox news channel to help us out. the baseball between the nationals and braves is long and once that is competed we'll go back to fox sports bon. we have to go on with the race because of the weather in the area. we congratulate the crow for winning the outstanding sports series and giving monday night football and a win for nascar. >> chris, i have been on championship teams my whole life and the 15 years spent with the fox team this has been the best time i have been on. bar none. >> i am blessed to sit between greatness. nascar hall of fame. and men and women behind the cameras. this is the most fun. >> the director. >> i want to kiss them for all of their hard work. >> speaking of successful teams and jeff gordon his wins are the most. jeff and tony ste bart, and they have all won here at least twice and now nascar's version of deflategate as we check the news. and this news the appeal that never would end finally did. ed to the crow chief for ryan newman's car. lambert w