new news4's chris gordon has been out there. he has our first update on how the family is going and the potential impact this is going to have on other pet owners. >> reporter: two sheriff's deputies answered the emergency call from a family friend who was watching the 8 month old baby boy. the deputies entered the house and saw the pit bull attacking the baby. they quickly decided the only way to stop it was to shoot, killing the dog. they discovered the baby was already dead. sheriff mike evans says the deputies are distraught. >> you could see the emotion, how they were upset. they felt kind of helpless that they couldn't do more. >> reporter: there are plenty of dog owners here in this quiet neighborhood where the tragedy took place. the name of the baby has not been released protect the family's privacy. >> this is one of the worst tragedies that our community has suffered in such a long time. it's almost unspeakable. it's a very, very close tight-knit community. >> reporter: pit bulls are regulated in 900 cities. according

we turn to chris gordon live with today's new news. > reporter: jim and wendy, montgomery county police tell me they are taking very seriously the threats received here today we noticed several police cruisers patrolling around rockville high cool this afternoon. then we were told that the principal requested the additional police protection after receiving several telephone threats. threats to bomb the school. and bring guns to shoot what the caller referred to as, quote, illegals. >> i understand that staff and rockville high school have reported they have received possible threats to the school throughout the day. so we have increased our presence at the school in order to really enhance the safety of the entire school community, students, staff, and visitors. >> questions are being raised about the two suspects charged with sexual assault in the rape of a 14-year-old girl here at rockville high school last week. it appears that 18-year-old henry sanchez was stopped by a u.s. boarder patrol ant

chris gordon, live in alexandria. back to you. >>> a father detained and deported, taken from his young girls while he was driving them to school. today his daughters begged for his safe return. fatima and y'all annia were on capitol hill this afternoon, speaking alongside u.s. senators. fatima cried at the podium, telling lawmakers about the man her father is. >> he has always been right beside me to help me in any struggles i had. he was a person to sustain my family. now my family and i are living day by day to see what happens next. >> the girls' father is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. i.c.e. agents arrested him last month. they say he has a criminal 2009. >>> does it feel like we're seeing more video like this, a gas station being robbed at gunpoint. in this case, the employee is struggling to open the register with a gun at her back. police say this is surveillance video from the shell station on gordon boulevard in wood bridge. they released it, hoping that someone will recognize the man. it's a little

. >> reporter: this is chris gordon in charles county. we'll hear from some residents feeling fopowerless. >> reporter: split and broken trees throughout the county after ice covers branches. >> reporter: tick enter the snow stick challenge. want to see what you're >>> as it gets darker and colder, crews are racing to restore the power in parts of the region. thousands are still in the dark, about 600 pepco customers d't have power. most of them live in prince george's county. smeco is working to restore power to about 3500 customers. nearly 1600 dominion customers in northern virginia are still without power. >>> we're going to begin with chris gordon. >> reporter: i'm standing next to route 5, leonard town road. this has been a major headache. a major inconvenience for people in charles county because it is closed in both directions for about a mile so work crews can try to restore power. crews are working to replace three utility poles that snapped overnight. the freezing temperatures coated tree branches with ice. they weighed on powe

chris gordon was there when she met the man who saved her daughter's life. >> reporter: this is what she wanted to do all week, thank the police officer who found her missing u since monday. >> reporter: 7-year-old sahara went missing last saturday. the little girl with autism got away from her babysitter and left her germantown home without a coat on a cold day. there was a massive search. montgomery county police officer jonathon pruziner followed a hunch. officer pruziner knew from his specialized police training that children with autism have a dangerous attraction to water. so he immediately focused his search on this lake and found the little girl lying in a ditch filled with about a half inch of water. >> got lucky. you know, that's all i can say. i'll go check that out. and went up, followed the pipe and there she was. really happy it turned out the way it did. >> reporter: officer lauri reyes supervises the critical incident training given to all montgomery county police. >> first th underestimating an individual with autism. we also talk about kind of going above and beyond

chris gordon is live with new reaction from the governor in maryland. >> reporter: rockville high school has put into place strict new security procedures to track each student throughout the school day. montgomery county public schools is undertaking a comprehensive review of its security procedures for all of its schools. it says it has good reason. >> we've had hundreds of calls that are hate filled, racist . d now they're saying they're going to shoot up the illegals in our school. >> reporter: this follows the rape of a 14-year-old female student last week. two male students are charged with rape and sexual assault. sanchez was stopped crossing the border from mexico into texas last august. he was released before a hearing was scheduled. rockville high school has received telephone threats to shoot what the caller to as illegals and burn the school down. today maryland governor larry hogan reacted to the threats. >> we can't condone any hate speech like that. it's terrible. it's not something that should be allowed to go on. >> reporter: now, ahead at 5:00, we'll hear what one of th

. >> reporter: this is chris gordon in charles county. why rain more than snow caused the main roadway, route 5, to be closed for most of the day. >>> and we have new developments tonight in that nude photo scandal rocki the marine corpng >>> thousands of people in charles county are still without power after the storm. we just got word there will be an overnight emergency shelter opening for those who need a warm place to sleep. it's located at the department of community services building. the address is right there on the screen in front of you. in the meantime, the news4's chris gordon drove around the county today checking out the damage from all that ice and snow. >> reporter: well, wendy, people here in charles county have been facing a major inconvenience all day long. this is route 5. it's a main roadway. it is closed in both directions just behind me. cars have been detoured around about a one mile area, long lines waiting. it's all because of the storm last night. they're trying to allow crews to restore power. last night they

news4's chris gordon was there touching reunion. >> reporter: they hugged and cried tears of joy. >>much. >> reporter: 7-year-old sahara went missing last saturday. the little girl with autism got away from her babysitter and left her germantown home without a coat on a bitterly cold day. >> no parent ever wants to get that call that their child is missing, especially a non-verbal special needs child. i was frantic. >> reporter: police searched for more than an hour with dogs and a helicopter. officer jonathan presner said his special training taught him children with autism are often attracted to dangerous water. he found little sahara in a ditch with about a half inch of water. it was so cold that he realized immediately she still faced life threatening dangers. >> she wre i suffered from hypothermia in the past. i was pretty sure that was what was going on. >> she was pale. she was shaking. she was the fofoaming at the mo. i thought she was dying. >> reporter: sahara was taken to a local hospital. she has made a complete recovery. >> that's why cops suit up in the morning, is for

in northwest washington, chris gordon, news4. >>> new at 5:00.ec are learning about apparent threats to a muslim center in our area. this one in fairfax county. police responded to this mosque in falls church yesterday after an employee received a letter with prejudice language in it. investigators say the envelope had a postmark that appeared to be from another country. earlier this week, police responded to threats at an islamic education and muslim óñ in silver spring. >>> a maryland man who admitted to his part in a wild chase in prison. he led the police on a 115-mile ride before crashing >> reporter: a wild incident late at night on the gw parkway last year after he led u.s. park police in ai@hç high-speed chase crashed his car into a guardrail near 395 south on ramp there. he managed to elude police in nearby woods afterward and then stole the u.s. park police cruiser and went speeding off again and crashed it at the ramp off the 11th street bridge in d.c. he struck an officer in the process. the injuries in that case were minor. that inci

chris gordon shows us this impressive robotic technology that's making it all possible and introduces us to the more impressive little boy. already making an impact. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you, max? >> reporter: max can't go to school, but he attends class every day. >> let's go see who's there, max. >> reporter: this is max's robot. it's called the beam telepresence robot. max and his mother operate it from their montgomery county home several miles away from school. it allows max to connect with his classmates, make friends. >> a and even join them for lunch. >> every time max comes in on the robot, they'd be really excited and yell, it's the robot. after a week or two, max is here. >> reporter: max is 3 1/2 years old. he was born with spinal muscular atrophy. it's a degenerative disease that makes it difficult for him to move, breathe, and eat. he can't be in a classroom for fear of catching a cold or flu, which for him could be life threatening. >> we thought it was really important for max's cognition to be fully impact, his social intelligence is fully impa

chris gordon is in upper marlboro where family members say this never should have happened. chris? >> well, wendy, some family members were here to support her, but others are very angry. they say the murders occurred during a bitter custody battle. that her mental health and fitness as a mother was never in question, despite the fact that she had previously made death threats. threats, they say, that were never reported to the department of social services. the father and grandmother of 3-year-old kayla thompson left court saying her murder should have been prevented. >> i know my granddaughter is in heaven and she's safe. >> reporter: kayla was suffocated by her mother. today spoon pleaded guilty to suffocating kayla a 1-year-old son, aden, in september of 2014. prosecutors say spoon then put a plastic bag over her own head with duct tape around her neck. unsuccessfully trying to kill herself. her mother found her and her children and called 911. >> say the address, again. you're doing cpr -- please come and help. >> reporter: the murder occurred just one week after sonya spoon h

in annapolis, chris gordon, news 4. >>> more on the calendar issue. classes will be required to start after labor day to comply with the governor's executive order. a prince george's county school specsperson says the system will comply wle steps. >>> nobody likes feeling stressed out. so all week long news 4 has been giving you ways for you and your kids to destress. >> this morning, news 4's amy cho has tips teens can use, part of a practice called mindfulness. >> reporter: high school can be a stressful place. at walt whitman high school, students are learning a way to cope with that stress and it takes as little as ten seconds. >> feel calm and ease in the body. >> reporter: these english students take a break from interpreting books and learn how to analyze their own minds. >> they say where your attention goes your energy flows. >> reporter: mindful until teachers visit schools around the area. >> anybody notice sensation in your hands. >> reporter: first step to shutting out stress can be simply realizing it's there. >> they have the ability to

as chris gordon reports, there's a new push to change maryland law and possibly save other children who are at risk. >> the father of 3-year-old kayla says during their custody battle sonya spoon threatened to kill her daughter and commit suicide. >> nobody helped. nobody reached out to anybody. nobody reached out to anybody to help. they just let her out two days later to kill my daughter and her brother. >> reporter: prince george's state attorney has been fighting to change maryland's law for the past three years. place that would require individuals in the medical profession, educators and others who learn of a threat against a child to report that threat not only to law enforcement, but to the state attorney's office to allow us as many opportunities as possible to do what we can to protect our children. >> reporter: kayla was suffocated by her mother. today spoon pleaded guilty to suffocating kayla and her 1-year-old son, aden, in september of 2014. prosecutors say spoon then put a plastic bag over her own head. with duct tape around her neck. unsuccessfully trying to kill herself

chris gordon is at holmes run park with the new developments. chris? >> reporter: doreen, two teenage boys disappeared last fall from their fairfax county homes. could this search be for them? or is it connected to gang-related murder or murders? what is clear tonight is that police scene in the woods behind me. detectives have found what they believe could be potential evidence. here you can see forensic technicians putting items in evidence bags for analysis. fairfax county police are not saying what the evidence is, but they say no human remains have been found. investigators spent the day here a couple of hundred yards from the park lawn pool rek center on crater place in alexandria. the search is now focused on a heavily wooded area in holmes run park. access to the neighborhood is restricted. the police activity has residents on edge. >> you never know. i worry about it. is this some body behind my house? >> reporter: recently ten members of the ms-13 game were arrested in connection with the murder of 15-year-old alexandra reyes. and six gang me

news4's chris gordon is in rockville tonight with the new measures under consideration. >> reporter: there are 190 young children who attend preschool here at the jewish community center in rockville. their parents say they choose to keep their children here despite the recent bomb threats because they refuse to surrender to ignorance. the bender jcc is now even more vigilant, because of the bo threats it received today by e-mail. parents of preschoolers here at the jcc have now had to deal with six bomb threats since january. >> i mean, of course there's always a level of concern but the school has been phenomenal at keeping us updated, at making us feel like the kids are safe. >> reporter: last monday the charles e. smith jewish day school in rockville received a bomb threat. as a result, the montgomery county council is now considering a request by county executive ike legget for a grant of $225,000 to help pay for added security at the jcc and the jewish day school. >> i certainly support spending public funds to improve security at faith institutions that may be under threat. be

news4's chris gordon is outside the trump hotel with details. >> reporter: the local couple suing donald trump individually and the corporation that operates the trump international hotel claims that mr. trump has a conflict of interest. diane gross and her husband khalid pitts own cork wine bar on 14th street in northwest washington. they say they have lost business. >> today our lawyer filed a business lawsuit on our behalf because president trump's ownership of the hotel and its restaurants constitutes unfair competition for us and other >> we know that people from foreign dignitaries to members of congress to heads of state have a choice where to dine, stay and hold events. why wouldn't they go to a place that most pleased the president of the united states? >> reporter: ahead, is this a politically motivated lawsuit? we'll hear from the couple suing president trump, why they did it and what they hope to achieve. back to you. >>> this is going to affect a lot of you who commute to work or school. your trips on metro may get longer and more expensive. today metro's board gave prelimin

chris gordon is live in fairfax with more. >> reporter: a show of support here at the jewish community center in northern virginia and early "todatoday at the jcc in rockville maryland. joining the religious leaders to protest bomb threats against jewish schools this past monday. faith leaders from across northern virginia joined in the show of solidarity, condemning monday's bomb threat against the gesher jewish day school. >> when someone attacks and threatened any house of worship, they are attacking all faith communities. respect and hormoarmonyharmony. >> threats against jccs and day schools are threats against our broader community. we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of all faiths. >> we've got to stand together. hate has no place in the commonwealth of virginia. as attorney general, i will do everything i can to keep all virginians safe. >> reporter: religious leaders stood together to say hate has no place in this community. >> we're all human beings. all wone, all of god's children want to live in peace and harmony and respect for each other. >> reporter: pol

. >> chris gordon is live with a look at where that money would go. >> reporter: jim, the day began with montgomery county bomb sniffing dogs searching the perimeter of the jewish community center here in rockville. before the start of the school day they issued the all clear, there was no bomb. the e-mail bomb threat profited immediate action here this morning here at the received since january. they do daily sweeps before the school day. today they swept the building a second time. >> we didn't close at all. we were able to keep operating as normal. we alerted the police and the fbi. >> reporter: parents of young children to attend preschool here at the jcc have been notified of the bomb threat. >> we are prepared. we do drills with the children. >> reporter: last month a bomb threat disrupted a day at the charles e. smith jewish day school in rockville. the montgomery county council began considering a supplemental community grant that would provide an additional $225,000 for the jewish community to buy more security cameras and to replace old windows in school rooms with new windows

that's where we find chris gordon. >> reporter: route 5 is closed to traffic in both directions. the problem here was rain freeze on power and cable lines, causing them to bend and actually snap the poles that >> i was upset because my phone was dead so i didn't have no way to contact nobody and i was cold because the heat was off and it was -- i didn't like it. it was terrible. >> reporter: is the power on yet? i'm talking to you at 2:00 in the afternoon. >> it's still off. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, how long will it be before power is fully restored to everyone in this area of charles county. >>> not everyone had a snow day today. we want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. do you feel your school district or your employer made the right call about a snow day today? so far most of you say you got a snow day and it was a good idea. there's still plenty of time to vote. just head to the nbc washington facebook page. >>> we are expecting a deep freeze overnight. so there are some things to do beforehand to protect your family. >>> consumer reporter susan hogan is

news4's chris gordon is outside the school with these new developments. >> reporter: there have been threats here and they have been ugly. maryland governor larry hogan says they will not be tolerated. rockville high school has received telephone calls threatening to shoot what the caller referred to as, quote, illegals and to burn the school down. >> we can't condone any kind of hate speech like that. it's terrible and it's not something that should be allowed to go on. >> the board of education and the superintendent have received many, many e-mails that are hateful, threatening, just disgraceful. >> reporter: extraol students left rockville high school. it has been a week since a 14-year-old female student said she was dragged into a restroom and raped. two male students were arrested. one appears to be an undocumented immigrant. today i spoke by phone with the lawyer representing henry sanchez millian. he says the 18-year-old is not guilty. >> nothing in the statement mentions bruising or skaccratch or evidence of a fight. >> reporter: senator ron johnson released a letter saying

chris gordon is at n.i.h. could face major cuts under the president's budget. >> reporter: one council member says he is baffled by president trump's priorities, putting all this money into defense spending while cutting funding for n.i.h., which is saving lives, working to find cures for deadly diseases. the montgomery county council says it is fighting to save jobs. 48,000 local residents work for the federal government. the county is home to many government agencies like the national institutes of health which faces a 20% budget cut. >> n.i.h., i mean, the premier institution in the entire world for research. >> reporter: the nine council members, all democrats, voted unanimously to pass the resolution to condemn president trump's federal budget proposal and to urge the of montgomery county residents. >> it is so off the wall, it is so devastating to everything that we stand for as a nation. >> reporter: council president roger berliner is calling on maryland's republican governor larry hogan to stand up ag

chris gordon is on the campus with reaction from the student body. chris. >> reporter: doreen, the school is taking extra precautions after the rape last week. and the telephone threats it received here today. rockville high has instructed staff to take attendance throughout period and keep track of how long students given hall passes are ow of class. >> do the female students feel safe? >> um, i would say yes for the most part, but there is a bit of a question, a concern, i'm going to say. >> police cruisers patrolled around rockville high this afternoon. the principal requested the additional police protection after reporting receiving several telephone threats, threats to bomb the to bring guns to shoot what the caller referred to as, quote, illegals. >> we take these matters very seriously. so what we'll do is investigate these as appropriate and if they do amount to criminal behavior, we'll hopefully be able to hold somebody accountable. >> questions are being raised about the two suspects charged with sexual assault in the rape of a 14-year-old

news4's chris gordon is outside trump hotel with the details. >> reporter: the cork wine bar is locatesd about a mile an half north of 14th street from the trump international hotel. the cuouple that owns it are suing trump saying his hotel is costing them business. they cou they're asking a court to stop him. the cork wine bar on 14th street in northwest washington by khalid pitts and his wife diane gross. they filed a lawsuit against donald j. trump individually and trump old post office llc claiming the work wine bar has lost business because of unfair competition from the trump international hotel. >> stories have come out daily about how lobbyists, government officials, those seeking to influence the government continually flock to the trump hotel and its eating and drinking establishments with their business. >> reporter: i asked the owners of the cork wine bar if their lawsuit is politically motivated. they say their politics are i irrelevant. >> i'm a democrat. i've worked in the past in local issues and such. >> i'm a registered independent. if you google, you'll find out a ran

news4's chris gordon asked lawmakers that question. >> reporter: we're reporting from nih tonight, one of county is fighting to protect. now, the council today may have achieved something that no other local government throughout the united states has ever even tried before. the montgomery county council proposed the resolution to condemn president trump's federal budget proposal and to urge the united states congress to reject it on behalf of montgomery county residents. >> all in favor of the resolution before us, please raise your hand. and that is unanimous. >> reporter: afterwards i asked some of the council members what they've achieved. >> we understand that this is not going to resolve anything. >> reporte has this ever been done before, a county council condemns a presidential budget? >> i'm not aware of it being done before. >> reporter: you think it will have an effect of any kind? >> i do think it will have an impact. my belief is that local governments throughout the country will be encouraged to fo firefighter was surprised to hear that the koim wcouncil wasg on president

as chris gordon reports no steps to beef up security. . >>reporter: additional police cruisers are now protecting the bender jewish community center in rockville. security has increased since monday's bomb threat against the charles e. smith jewish day school. >> we need a school message from the national government, the state government and local. we're expressing our views in montgomery county that this must stop. >> reporter: maryland's top elected leath eed leaders came condemn the threats against the jewish day school, jewish community centers across the country. >> we're going to use every resource we have to bring those people who are causing these crimes to justice. >> reporter: in fairfax, virginia, elected officials joined religious leaders, condemning the bomb threat called into the gesher jewish day school on monday. >> a hate crimeea and those of us, especially in public life need to speak out whenever and wherever it occurs, whether it's a synagogue, a jewish community center or a mosque. >> we're seeing more and more of this

reporting from northwest washington, chris gordon, news4. >>> we have been asking for your opinion aboutss. take a look at the results of our flash survey. pretty mixed reaction. an equal number of people, 37%, saying it was either better than expected or terrible. you can weigh in just head to our facebook page and cast your vote.-vfí >>> the president's supreme on capitol hill this morning. today on the hill, list of senators to visit included vermont senator bernie sanders. the confirmation hearing for judge gorsuch isp:t9 set for ma 20th. >> police in fredericksburg are assaulted a woman inside a restaurant bathroom and happened inside the capitol ale restaurant two weeks ago. they say the man struck up a conversation with a group of friends in the restaurant and then allegedly followed a woman into the restroom and sexually assaulted her there. the suspect said he was from miami and was in the area to do contract work at a nearby military base. >>> if you ride metro in northern virginia, safetrack surge number 13 is definitely not youréwÑ lucky number. begiaturday, service will be

chris gordon is live near holmes run park with the details on this search. >> reporter: police have identified a crime scene in the woods here behind me. today we watched as the search team gathered evidence investigation. detectives are searching for human remains based on a tip police received tuesday. they are concentrating on this wooded area in holmes run park. investigators have found and are gathering what they call potential evidence. but so far, no remains. fairfax county police are not saying what death or disappearance they are investigating. recently ten members of the ms-13 game were arrested in connection with the murder of 15 cold alex alexandra reyes. police won't say if this search resulted from those gang-related investigations. that's causing concern for residents in this neighborhood. >> i guess nobody really knows who's doing it. you know, it could be local. it could be people maryland. >> reporter: holmes run park has been the scene of two other gang-related murders. in 2013 and 2014 victims were lured here and killed by ms-13 members, who were then charged and convicted

news 4's chris gordon is following developments in annapolis. >> reporter: the mother says it will veryher to come here today to annapolis to testify on behalf of a bill that would close a dangerous maryland gun control loophole. she says that to allow a convicted felon to purchase a replica handgun could be deadly. she cites the case of her daughter whose ex-boyfriend bought a handgun online despite the fact that he had been convicted of a sexual offense previously. >> he's a sex offender, and i guess he used a loophole over the internet to get the replica montgomery county's top prosecutor says this loophole in may maryland's gun law needs to be closed now. that's the latest from annapolis. back to you. >>> new details now after a dramatic takedown in prince george's county. >>> police arrested a man after he ran into a movie theater and crawled into the duct work. wendy rieger has more. >> reporter: we have new clues about the suspect's criminal past and new video showing what he was allegedly doing the moments before that standoff with police. >>> also a surprising twist in a local

chris gordon saw people rallying for public schools saying they are against devos' push for school choice. >> new this morning, someone was just arrested for making bomb threats against jewish community centers all across the country. the suspect lives in israel. the fbi says a u.s. and israeli citizen living there was taken into custody this morning. he's only 19 and is jewish. he's the primary suspect in the wave of bomb threats against community centers and schools, including several in maryland and virginia. officials say he made all of the calls from his bedroom. >> and breaking news right now, in the last hour, we learned that an american died in the attack in his brother-in-law said he was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary and his wife was also hurt in the attack. this morning we're learning more about the man police say was behind the attack and the terror investigation. here's nbc's bill neely. >> reporter: terror outside parliament. this car a weapon used to kill and dozens others on westminster bridge. the brutal attack caught on cctv, accelerating in a cycle lane and wo

chris gordon has the developments on this from alexandria. what's the story? >> well, doreen, investigators found fingerprints at the scene of a kidnapping in iraq. the fbi says the fingerprints match one of the three r alexandria today. they are charged with concealing their relationship to an alleged iraqi kidnapper, who held an american captive. in one of the military raids carried out by u.s. forces in iraq, american contractor roy hal umz and other captives were freed from an underground bunker in 2005. hallums had been held hostage almost a year. today in court, three iraqi refugees are charged with making false statements to obtain u.s. citizenship. yousef almaj danny, had eel mass any and his wife are charged with concealing their relationship with the alleged iraqi kidnapper. an fbi affidavit said the men are his brothers. they concealed their relationship with majid almarchand danny who the fbi said admitted his role in the kidnapping. when the three citizenship, their relationship came to light. the fingerprints of yousef taken for his citizenship a

news 4's chris gordon has more on the push to close what her family and prosecutors are calling a loophole law. >> reporter: kasandra atkins overcame her nervousness to testify before the senate committee. she says she got strength from the memory of her daughter, who was murdered in 2015 by her former boyfriend. this surveillance video shows the moment she was shot in the parking lot of target in germantown. police later tound him with a gun. maryland law prohibits convicted felons from purchasing firearms but bricker was able to buy the represent lica antique handgun . >> he's a sex offender and i guess he the internet to get the replica of the gun. >> reporter: bricker admitted shooting adebayo at close range. >> maybe ten feet. >> reporter: bricker is serving a life sentence. montgomery county state's attorney mccarthy says the legal loophole must be closed that allowed the convicted sex offender to buy the antique replica. >> it fired like a 2017 manufactured modern handgun and was capable of lethal force. >> reporter: but gun advocates oppose restrict iing replicas. >> there was one

chris, many thanks. let's head to holyrood as well and join lorna gordon. la sturgeon, scotland's first minister got a mandate from the scottish parliament here at holyrood yesterday to seek the right to seek the authorisation to hold a second independence referendum. with me is mike russell who is the scottish government's minister for brexit. what's your reaction to the triggering of article 50 today? well, having read the letter, i think it is clearer than ever that scotla nd think it is clearer than ever that scotland will need during the process a very strong voice standing up process a very strong voice standing upfor process a very strong voice standing up for scottish interests and at the end of the process which and be required to make a choice because this will be a hard brexit. the prime minister says now is the time to come together. the uk is going to enter the very difficult negotiations. she is right, isn't she? this is the time to focus all the energy on getting the best deal for the united kingdom? she created a constitutional crisis in ever

hutchinson, who used to work for gordon ramsay, her two brothers, adam and chris, and her sister. access a computer system and some of the e—mail accounts of gordon ramsay holdings ltd, the company which holds the chef's business interests. no pleas were entered and the four have been released on unconditional bail. the case has been moved to the old bailey and the four defendants are due to appear on the 11th of april. the defence told the court there was a huge amount of material to go through and this was a highly technical case with a strong family dynamic. thank you. let's catch up with the weather. another mild day and tomorrow, for many will stop the best of the sunshine is in northern ireland and scotland. some holes in the cloud across the midlands. a bit cloudy across the midlands. a bit cloudy across the midlands. a bit cloudy across the west. a different story in the northern half of scotland where it is very windy. gusts of 60, 70 miles an hour in the next few hours which could cause disruption. elsewhere largely dry and very mild way you get the sunshine. this evenin

campaign national security officials spoke with kislyak at convention jd gordon and carter page,' agreed to be interviewed by chris page. >> did you meet kislyak, did you talk to him. >> i'm not going to deny that i talked to him. >> you will say. >> i never met him outside of cleveland. >> the only time was in cleveland. >> i may have met him, might have been in cleveland. >> but you're not going to deny up talked with him in cleveland. >> i will not say that. >> -- if which you were talked about the hacking going on or what the campaign would do. >> it would be interesting -- >> at category. >> categorically no. >> -- >> carter page being interviewed tonight. the press weighed in with off camera statement while acknowledging the attorney general should have been clearer during the senate confirmation hearing, the president went on to say the democrats are over playing their hand. the real story is the illegal leaks of classified and other information. it's a total witch hunt. when it comes to russia, there's no there there. >> i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i teal w

of group f ahead of slovakia who won 3—1 in malta, while chris martin scored in the 87th minute to hand scotland victory over slovenia moving gordonrth and two points away from the play—off spot. while the feature game in group e saw second placed montenegro hosting top of the table poland. borussia dortmund's lukasz piszczek with the winner in the final ten minutes for the visitors who move six points clear with romania and denmark playing out a goal—less draw meaning both miss the chance to move second. netherlands coach danny blind has paid the price for his side's woeful qualifying campaign. he's been sacked after they were beaten 2—0 by bulgaria in sofia on saturday to leave their qualification hopes hanging by a thread. the netherlands lie fourth in group a with seven points from five games. the 55—year—old who won 42 caps as a playerfor the dutch was appointed on the first ofjuly to replace guus hiddink after a poor start in the euro 2016 qualifiers. dustinjohnson has won the wgc matchplay event in texas beating jon rahm i up becoming the first player to win each of the four prestigious wgc events. the victory, which also m

meanwhile, has chris martin saved scotland and their under—pressure manager gordon strachan?ualifying campaign, and he scored it with only two minutes left on the clock, as they beat slovenia 1—0 at hampden park. northern ireland completed a winning night for the home nations. they beat norway 2—0, the first goal coming in the opening 90 seconds, byjamie ward. and the lead was doubled before the break, conor washington with his third goal in as many starts at windsor park. northern ireland stay second in group c, five points behind germany, and two clear of the czech republic in third. netherlands coach danny blind has paid the price for his side's woeful qualifying campaign. he has been sacked after they were beaten 2—0 by bulgaria in sofia on saturday, to leave their qualification hopes hanging by a thread . the netherlands sit in fourth in group a, with seven points from five games. to women's football, where fa cup holders arsenal ladies have been knocked out of the competition, after losing to birmingham 1—0 in the quarter—finals. elsewhere, chelsea beat sunderland 5—1,

chris o'connell. the flames broke out just before 8:00 this morning. homes were along sea gull drive in avalon cape may county. fox 29's bruce gordon is live there for us tonight with the very latest. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, chris, some nine hours later, the mop up continues. avalon fire investigators believe this blaze was accidental. they do not think it was deliberately set. but they don't have an official cause just yet. it may well be up to the homeowners insurance investigators to get to the bottom of this and figure out just what happened. hours after the blaze was put under control firefighters from avalon and several neighboring apartment departments were still hosing down hot spots on two neighboring homes where sea gull drive meets pelican. multi-million dollar show places reduced to rubble. long-time residents say they've never seen anything like it around here. >> quite a site, huh?! >> absolutely. i feel for these people. quite a loss here. fire is devastating. >> reporter: skyfox was on the scene shortly after the fire was reported around 7:50am. fire officials say only one of these homes was occupied at the time.

substitute chris martin scored in the 88th minute in their must—win game at hampden park. the victory moves gordonup f. northern ireland stay second in group c after a 2—0 win over norway at windsor park. first—half goals from jamie ward and conor washington were enough — it means they remain five points behind group leaders germany. and british number onejohanna konta eased through to the last 16 of the miami open tennis. it took herjust over an hour to beat france's pauline parmentier in straight sets. cs. you had a konta doing great again. what more can we say about her? —— so, yes. johanna konta doing great again. we would go to the headlines. theresa may will meet scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon later today for the first time since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. bt has been fined a record £a2 million by the communications regulator ofcom. and we will be talking about that later. all of that highlighted in green. i need to get a running order like that. you always get one. i have this really nothing that tells a what is coming up in the programme

gordon has confirmed the meeting. and here's what page told my colleague chris hayes last night. >> did you meet him in cleveland? did you talk to him? >> i'm not going to deny that i talked with him. although -- >> so you did? >> i will say that i never met him anywhere outside of cleveland. let's just say that much. >> additionally, as nbc news reported back in november, president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, is being probed by the fbi for his ties to russia. the president fired his national security advisor, mike flynn, two weeks ago for misleading the white house about a call he had with russia in december. and all of this doesn't include the president's sometimes head-scratching defense of russian president vladimir putin or president trump's denials of u.s. intelligence on russian hacking. it also doesn't include the bizarre episode during the gop convention where pro-russia language about ukraine slipped into the gop platform. bottom line here, as the president complains of a witch hunt, questions continue to pile up. i'm joined now by republican senator rand paul of kentucky who is dema

gordon is following the developments of this deeply disturbing case. he's live at the gloucester county justice sent in woodbury for us tonight. bruce? >> reporter: christhe coach in question is well known throughout the local youth hockey community. in fact woman i talked to who remembered him from his days coaching and running clinics in wilmington, delaware, said he was well liked and well respected by the kids. well tox night, he's face 11 counts of sexual contact with a minor. investigators in new jersey and delaware say 55-year-old walter tracy ferinden taught buys ice hockey and then took a piece of their innocence. gloucester county prosecutor sean dalton. >> it's the most reprehensible behavior one could imagine. >> reporter: 1990's through 2010 ferinden coached youth ice hockey and ran clinics while affiliate thaffiliated with theb in wilmington. in new jersey, prosecutors say while running clinics at the holly dell ice arena sewell during the summer of '94 far rin den coached a 12-year-old boy. >> his actions are pretty typical of someone who is engaging in this type of criminal behavior. there's a period of grooming of the individual. he id

gordon who is speaking. >> well, i actually think the most important question of this evening, chris, is finally, will brendat and condemn, that the russians are doing this and make it clear that she will not have the help of putin in this election, that she rejects russian espionage against americans, which she actually encouraged in the past. those are the questions we need to have answered. we've never had anything like this happen in any of our elections before. >> well -- >> that was a great pivot off the fact that he wants open borders, okay. how did we get on to putin. >> hold on. >> no hold on. this could end up getting out of control. >> to finish on the borders he wants open borders, people are going to pour into our country, people from syria, he wants 550% more people than barack obama and he has thousands of people. they have no idea where they come from and you see we are going to stop radical islamic terrorism in this country. he won't even mention the words and neither will president obama. so i just want to tell you, he wants open borders now we we ca talk about putin. i don't know putin. he

bruce gordon just back from doylestown and joins us live now in studio with the latest. bruce? >> reporter: chris, this death penalty decision is not a done deal. but the paper work filed today puts prosecutors in position to seek the ultimate punish many should they get a don conviction in this heinous crime. >> outside snow blanketed the bucks county courthouse on this cold wintry day. inside, prosecutors said the cold-blooded killing of grace packer may, may justify the death penalty fort woman charg charged. in laying out the aggravating circumstances it would justify a death sentence. they claim that packer was killed in the perpetration of a felony and was committed by means of torture. >> if there are certain aggravating factors that exist in a case we have an obligation to file notice to preserve that right should we decide to seek it at trial. >> is this the kind of case that screams death penalty. >> obviously the facts are terrible but we're obligated to look at this with a legal perspective. >> reporter: sarah packer is charged with murder in this case specifically prosecutors say she

voting with their feet after recent poor performances but gordon strachan hailed the first half as the best he's seen during his time in charge. chrisst two points off second place. everybody who was involved with this will go away, and anybody who was here on the night, will go away feeling good about themselves. i hope they enjoyed it. we are available for people to come along and support us next time. we welcome it and we know you will give us that support. the best that northern ireland can probably hope for is a play—off spot behind germany in their group, but michael 0'neill‘s side are two points clear in second after maintaining their brilliant home form. they beat norway 2—0. jamie ward scored inside two minutes and conor washington added another by halftime. they haven't been beaten in eight competitive matches at windsor park. their two remaining home games are against the czech republic, another strong side, and the germans. we build momentum and believe that we carried that on. we had the experience and qualifications of france and experience of the finals and it is credit to the players that we have not let our standard

manger, gordon strachan had said they must win their game against slovenia to stand a chance of reaching the world cup. to stand a chance of and with three minutes of the game remaining, chrishe same group as england. northern ireland are in second place behind germany in their group after a 2—0 win over norway. behind germany in their group jamie ward scored northern ireland's first goal afterjust 90 seconds with conor washington adding their second. lewis hamilton is aiming to win a fourth formula one world championship this year. a fourth formula one world in today's first race of the season in australia, he started on pole position but finished in second place behind the ferrari of sebastian vettel. place behind the ferrari adam wild reports. place behind the ferrari a place behind the ferrari new season, and for form start a new season, and for formula 1, the start of a new error. the cars are bigger and faster, and still some sites that may feel rather familiar... lewis hamilton's mercedes beginning at the front. that's one. staying there is the challenge that never changes. then, there comes a certain time of pressure, and for lewis hamilton, it was coming from sebas

gordon is live at the gloucester county justice center in woodbury. prosecutors sadly think this may be just the tip of the iceberg. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, they do indeed, chris. more on in just a moment. the coach in question here has been hit with 11 separate counts of second degree illegal sexual contact involving three alleged victims in a case that may well send shock waves through the local you'll hockey community. prosecutors in new jersey and delaware say 55-year-old walter tracy fear ren don taught kids ice hockey and stole their innocence. >> especially devastating when persons entrusted with the care and supervision of young people violate that trust. >> reporter: from the 1990's through 2010 he coached youth hockey and ran clinics. while affiliate the with the skating club in wilmington. he's accused of making illegal sexual contact with two boys on nine separate occasions in the late '80s and early '90s. new jersey prosecutors say he was running clinics at the holly dell ice arena in sewell in 1994 when he be friend add 12-year-old boy. >> there's a period of grooming of the individual. he identifies someone who he believes he can take advantage

gordon strachan might have been out of a job had they failed to beat slovenia last night. they left it late but chrisn in charge. all you can ask as a manage certificate go and do certain things. they did everything they were asked. they pushed themselves another level there. so, iwas pushed themselves another level there. so, i was calm enough, what will be will be. but i was enjoying their performance as a manager. the best that northern ireland can probably hope for is a play—off spot because germany are running away with it in their group at the moment. michael o‘neill‘s side are two points clear in second after maintaining their brilliant home form. they beat norway 2—0. jamie ward scored inside two minutes. connor washington added another by half—time. they haven‘t been beaten in eight competitive matches at windsor park. their two remaining home games are against the czech republic and the germans which is going to be key to them making it back—to—back major tournaments. results build confidence and momentum and belief. we have carried that on. we had the experience of qualification for france

gordon strachan might been out of a job had they failed to beat slovenia last night. they left it late, but chrisnts off 2nd, that could be good enough for a play—off. strachan said their first half was the best since he's been in charge, and they certainly deserved the win. everybody who is involved with us, they will go away feeling good about themselves. so i hope they enjoyed it. we are available for people to come along and supporters next time. they will be welcomed. i know you will give us that support. i know you will give us that support. the best that northern ireland can probably hope is a play—off spot because germany are running away with it in their group, but michael o'neill‘s side are 2 points clear in second after maintaining their brilliant home form. they beat norway 2—nil, jamie ward scored inside two minutes and conor washingtone added another by halftime. they haven't been beaten in 8 competitive matches at windsor park. their two remaining home matches are against the czech republic and the germans which will be key to them making it back to back major tournaments. we wa nt

chris hayes last night. he stopped with the campaign over a speech he gave in moscow criticizing american foreign policy and sanctions against russia. as for his meeting with the ambassador, gordonn reportedly helped change the republican party's platform at the convention regarding ukraine. during the convention, the rnc eliminated specific calls in arms with ukraine in its fight to russia and campaign manager paul manafort denied that the campaign played any role. katy tur, a lot to sift through. >> so many coincidences that keep falling one after another and lining up. now it is fair to ask everybody that is involved with the trump campaign, the trump transition, the trump administration whether they had any contacts with russian officials or have any ties to russia. nobody is -- you can ask anybody that. that is a fair question. we were just talking about this during the break. kislyak when he was meeting with jared kushner and mike flynn at trump tower in december, there is a cspan camera and pool of cameras lining that lobby. they knew everybody that went in and went out, except for those that were brought in in secret, brought in the back way. those that trump tower peopl