city council on the d.c. statehood green party has a ten point program that could radically transform the district he joins me now to discuss why a voice like his is so needed in this city eugene amazing to have you on this place very excited about this campaign let's talk about number two point a campaign where you're pushing for minimum wage increase to fifteen dollars an hour why push for fifteen when this country can't even get on board for ten well if people can just go online to the mit living wage calculator and see exactly why for a single person there's a living wage it's about thirteen dollars for a single parent with one child it's about twenty six dollars so we can see the cost of living in d.c. which is massively skyrocketed over the past decade is extremely high so we're calling for fifteen dollars an hour is the minimum wage level so that people's work really pays that when they go to work every day they're able to lift themselves out of poverty that continually going in and working hard and sl

and outside of d.c. and how can people find you on social media we have about forty five of course where people can go to w w w dot eugene puryear dot com check this out and everything's on there and if you're outside of d.c. you can definitely donate to us if you're inside of d.c. you can sign up we're going out all the time to work hard we're really going to need to move that shoe leather and get those people power movement to have a d.c. that is truly for the people on twitter were at eugene for the number for d.c. and facebook at exactly the same eugene for d.c. well eugene you're one of those brilliant people i've met i think that you do an incredible job and i can get more on board with what the campaign i hope people really get on board and help you out d.c. city council candidate appreciate it thank you so much. that's our show you guys. going to break the set all over again. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no h

before d.c. and facebook at exactly the same eugene for d.c. well eugene you're one of those brilliant people i've met i think that you do an incredible job and i can get more on board with what the campaign i hope people really get on board and help you out your gene carrier d.c. city council can it appreciate it thank you so much. that's our show you guys join me again tomorrow when i break the set all over again. a little. bit of the. pain of the young girls camel for the future hunter. between two and three hundred million guns in united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the plaza sound is a long term you know i mean this teaches them a lot of for a responsibility and simply come to think through the eyes of children if we can do it for our children for our future what is the country will fall. winter is when the sun comes to life. always is palm trees are being harvested. people are waiting for the biggest event of the year. the desert festival. this is true it is very out of that in this race leadin

d.c. police department. a veteran officer, accused of stealing on the job. we'll tell you how they figured it out. >>> forget sitting in traffic. gondolas could soon help you get from d.c. to virginia and back. a look at the idea that is getting a lot of attention tonight. >> "news4 at 11" starts now. first tonight, gunmen masked. they robbed a carry-out restaurant and the customers inside. >> it happened a few hours ago off 12th street northeast near catholic university. and shomari stone is at the scene live with the report. shomari? >> reporter: right now police are searching for the gunman. they found their getaway minivan not too far away. as you can see, the restaurant is closed, the bars are up. and the owner hopes police catch the crooks and put them behind bars. crime scene tape surrounds authentic mexican food restaurant on 12 street northeast, just seven blocks from catholic university. d.c. police say around 8:00 tonight four to five men wearing black masks, black jackets, two

or because d.c.ate or what her confusion was. >> reporter: brant says the agent asked for her passport which she did not have with her. luckily the confusion was short lived and brand made in the time to board her flight home. >> she literally yelled over to another tsa agent and said "do we accept a d.c. license?" and he yelled back "yeah, we take those." and i was able to move on. i air, spokesperson for the tsa tells news 4 a valid washington, d.c. driver's license is an acceptable form of identification at l checkpoints. in a tweet, brand's boyfriend theorize it had license was questioned because passengers didn't have statehood. passengers say they don't know what to make of the incident. >> i've never heard of that actually. >> that's very surprising. >> i think it's ridiculous. how is that even possible? >> reporter: brand did not file a complaint with the tsa but she hopes that what happened to her will serve as a lesson to them. jackie benson, news 4. >>> there have been several high-profile

the d.c. office is trying to decide what to do next, accept the resignation or discipline her and reject the retirement request. cecil mills suffered a heart attack across the street from the rhode island avenue firehouse last saturday. his daughters screamed for help and others ran across the street but were told they needed to call 911. we caught up with d.c. in aor -- mayor vincent gray earlier today. are you pleased with the action taken so far? >> deputy quander i know is doing an excellent job as he always does. i'm awaiting his report to see what findings there are and what recommendations he will make and we have to do this quickly. >> kellene davis and another firefighter have been placed on paid leave. a cadet firefighter has been reassigned to another firehouse. >>> now to a story only seen on wusa9, a child just 2 1/2 years old able to walk out of his daycare center and no one even noticed. a lot of people talking about this tonight. this happened yesterday at bright eyes in german

but right now the d.c. metro area goes from a little bit of rain over the a lot of ice potentially, and then ending with accumulating snowfall. if you're north and west, frederick, hagerstown, you may see another big snowstorm. we'll continue to watch this storm over the next couple days. high temperature tomorrow only 28. that could be a record low high temperature for the day. 43 degrees on saturday. we rebound. look at this. 54 on sunday before our next storm system moves in. then the rain showers move in late sunday. the cold air starts to move. in a high of only 35 degrees on monday with that mix again. rain, snow, athlete, depending where you are. we're going to hone this forecast in over the next couple days. and on tuesday, that arctic air, it's really in place with a high of 29 on tuesday. 34 on wednesday, going up to a high of 45 degrees on thursday. so we are talking some -- not just bitter cold, but we're talk about the month of march starting off, what do they say? it comes in like a lion. and

gaithersburg. 16 in d.c. 12 right now in morningside.skies throughout the with lots of sunshine. most areas will struggle to make it out of the 20's. a little bit of cloudiness will move in for the overnight hours tonight. i think we will see the 20's in d.c. clouds will be thicker on saturday. our next storm system moves in on sunday night. exchange file for bankruptcy protection this morning. a big portion of thelet me take. still tied. bradley beal shoots and scores at the buzzer. the buzzer beat him. let's go to three overtimes. the transition three ball. yes, sir. he had 20 points. wall had 31. john wall with the bucket. the wizards: to be toronto by five. the cap speak the panthers and stay in the playoff hunt. there is a look at sports. have a great day. >> great day for d.c. sports. this was yesterday. they have their sixth annual martin luther king jr. tribute concert. students were there at george washington university singing along to some great file. pretty significant delays. coming ins on 66 toward the beltway from route 50

where a d.c. council member, tommy wells, is calling for the resignations of the city's deputy mayor for public safety and the fire chief. wells says the fire department suffers from mismanagement and a record of failure and if he is sworn to the case of cecel mills. mills had a heart attack and collapsed across the street from a d.c. fire house. he died at the hospital and an internal investigation said firefighters knew he needed help, but none came out to do it. a spokesman said councilman wells is pulling a shameless political stunt. wells is running for mayor and mayor gray, of course, is running for reelection. >> and they are two in a very crowded race for d.c. mayor and it is about to enter the final month and last night, no candidate emerged with the coveted endorsement from the metropolitan labor council. that group represents 45,000 union households in the district. bruce johnson reports on why union leaders could not agree on a candidate. >> d.c. incumbent has doubled the union endorse

outside, it's cold. 35 in d.c. dropping to 32 at 7:00, all the way down to 19 by early tomorrow morning. a very cold start to your thursday. on the radar, nothing to talk about. we did see that storm come through earlier and did provide us with 1-2 inches of snow early on in the day by 10:00, 11:00 and the snow was out of here and we saw melting in the forecast. 32, bethesda and 34, gaithersburg and 35 in alexandra. we will be seeing windchills tomorrow between 20 and 25. windchill on friday morning will be near zero, a very cold start to friday morning, low of 14 and high of 28. 43 degrees saturday with a chance of flurries and snow showers, not a big deal. sunday chance of shower activity with high of 48 and watching our next system monday. we talked about it yesterday, cold air to the north and mild air to the south. where does our storm bring? the cold air? the cold air, we're talking about a substantial winter storm, moderate to strong storm wintry mix is likely for this and storm 4 watching this close. if thi

they want the residents of d.c. to get behind them on this. they say it is time to overturn a d.c.t basically makes -- that public officials -- firefighters, police officers -- does not hold them responsible if something goes wrong, or if they don't provide the proper care. they say that is unacceptable. and what happened here last week at the fire station, engine 26 here on rhode island avenue, when medrick mills, a 77-year-old man suffering a heart attack and the daughter went to the fire station to get help, the firefighters refused to come across the street to ep had. the family saying that is unacceptable, that is negligence. when asked if they were planning to file a lawsuit, they did have legal representation with them, they were specifically asked if there are any plans to file a lawsuit against the district. they say right now, it is too premature to discuss that, but mills' son did make a very powerful plea. >> it is extremely painful to think that my dad could still be with us if he had been given the proper care by firefighters when he suffered a medical emergency. he w

this is washington, d.c. it's snowing once again. they've got here in the d.c.undersnow as well. this storm is wreaking havoc across the east coast leaving 700,000 customers. that's probably around 2 million people. without power. grounding over 6,000 more flights today alone. another major story, though, we're following right now, we'll have a lot more on the thundersleet and the snowstorm coming up. but the obama administration has now released new obama care numbers saying 3.3 million people have now signed up for obama care. the numbers may be a mark of progress that's unfolding now. a breakdown shows that enrollment actually slowed a little bit in january. the administration only has six weeks to hit its original goal of 7 million. more than a million did sign up in january alone, though. let's dig deeper with our chief political analyst gloria borger. these new numbers are encouraging for the obama administration. >> they're not about to jump for joy because they've been through too much since october to do that. he described it to me as sort of falling fl

d.c. to stop denying coverage to transgender residents who want sex change surgery. mayor vincent gray says gender identity disorder is a recognized medical condition and patients should not have to pay huge out of pocket expenses for a medically necessary treatment. gray says the city's policy will put a stop to healthcare discrimination against the transgender community. >>> with d.c. mayor vincent gray leading in the preelection pops bruce leshan reports his owe -- polls, bruce leshan reports his opponents are looking for an opening. >> reporter: another d.c. mayoral debate and the incumbent and frontrunner poignantly ignores continuing sniping from his challengers on ethics questions. >> i believe that you cannot have a culture of corruption when we have this growth in our city because the 1 thing that will kill off that kind of economic development in d.c. is a corrupt government. >> reporter: the mayor said repeatedly that he knew nothing about a shadow campaign that may have helped

this is the washington, d.c. metro area, by the way. by 8:00, there is some light rain in d.c. and by the middle of the morning, it will dry and the 39 degrees. graduallyear throughout the afternoon. we expect sunshine and 46 degrees at 4:00 will stop will give you a timeline for the northwest -- 4:00. we will give you a timeline for the northwest when i see you again. been closed in multiple locations due to accidents in the overnight our. -- hour. >> we have been getting problems along 70 and 270 by frederick. we are looking into that and icy conditions. i want you to be prepared for the difference in conditions. this is 95 in virginia. you can see the low visibility and it is definitely wet. it is a little slick out there. that is 95 in virginia. you at to 70 in maryland, can see that to 70 in maryland as icicle hanging, literally, in front of the camera and there is a glaze over the roadway and the grass. those are two different areas. keep that in mind as you are traveling. i-81, as jackie mentioned, will be an issue in the morning commute. by new crashed in virginia along

it's the full d.c. -- if the full d.c. council passes the measure today, washington would join 15 states and a handful of cities that have decriminalized marijuana use. as you said, there is agreement on the basics here. the mayor, a majority of council members, they agree there should be no criminal penalties for smoking small amounts of marijuana inside your home. after that, the chairman of the d.c. council phil mendelson thinks smoking pot in public should still be a crime. >> the first concern has to do with whether we're going to treat the open use of marijuana in public spaces differently and more leniently than we treat alcohol. >> reporter: council member tommy wells sponsored today's bill. he wants criminal penalties eliminated. instead he wants the act of smoking pot in public to be treated kind of like a parking ticket. $25 for foe saying less than an -- for possessing less than an ounce. $100 for actually smoking pot. right now it's a misdemeanor carrying up to six months in jail or $1,000 fine. the other issu

in other words, d.c.silicon valley, so we talk the metro area o d.c., it is living high on the hog, and i'll tell you something, when you have a permanent state of emergency in d.c., that creates incentive. >> quickly? >> a sigh and today w have a hundred million dollars of lobbies. same thing. >> our sigh. pan am. take your pick. >>> coming up,despite this week's up > we are back. informers have stocks set for a comeback. >> this might turn. i might put a bit of money in . cancer fighting inflammatory disease fighting company. i kind of like it. >> taking investor money 17 years. how many lives saved? >> chesapeake energy? >> coal is dead. long ling live natural gat. >> buy it only on a dip. >>> that's it for "forbes on fox." have a great weekend. keep i the number one business spot continues with eric bolling and "cashin' in." >>> equality or opportunity? the president insists, the biggest threat to america. >> a dangerous and growing inequality. >> new jersey's governor chris christie begto different.

the first concert in america right here in d.c. on february 11, 1964. >> that is very funny. >> yes. >> at the washington coliseum a girl named naomi banks lived right across the street, a huge fan dying to get tickets, but it sold out. fortunately they managed the arena. th

. >>> d.c. councilmember and as tom noted tommy wells is calling on the city's fire chief and the deputy mayor for public safety to resign. this comes 24 hours after a hearing on the failed response to 77-year-old medric mills, who died after suffering a heart attack right across the street from a d.c. fire station. councilman wells sent a letter to mayor vincent gray, urging fire chief kenneth ellerbe and deputy mayor quander to step down. >>> in maryland, the battle lines are being drawn over legalizing marijuana. like gambling, legalizing pot could lead to 10 to million dollars a year in additional tax revenue. but local law enforcement officials say it would come at a cost. the maryland sheriffs association publicly expressed their concerns in indianapolis today. >> legalization is not the answer. and we will fight it until the very end. >> in maryland, we're spending $100 million a year on arresting and prosecuting people for marijuana offenses. basically, ruining a lot of people's job pros

we'll meet the local woman who shows us why the fab four chose d.c. to host their first american concert. first today we are looking into how some pet owners are finding a way to trick the system. people who want to take their dogs everywhere even where the dogs aren't allowed are turning their pets into phony service dogs. liz crenshaw explains. >> let's go. >> reporter: dog nev leaves her side. but there's a difference between arkin and other dogs. arkin is a service dog. >> he's trained to work for me. >> reporter: she has multiple sclerosis and relies on arkin to help her with everyday tasks. from retrieving food from the fridge, picking things up from the floor, and even when she shops. >> i love him like a pet, but he is my working dog. >> reporter: that's why arkin is permitted to go everywhere with her. >> restaurants, stores, retail stores. the movies. we were just at the ken der center. >> reporter: the americans with disabilities act allows service animals to accompany people with disabilities wherever the public is allowed to go. but she s

. >>> the d.c. city council could be a step forward or step closer to decriminalizing marijuana. >> the council is expected to vote on the measure to make the possession of small amounts of pot punishishable by only a fine just like a traffic ticket. jessica doyle is in our newsroom with a preview. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, andrea, mike. needless to say, there are a lot of opinions when it comes to whether or not you should be locked up if you're caught smoking pot on the streets in d.c. now that is the issue that's going before the full d.c. council for the very first time today. there is some agreement on the basics. the mayor and eight of 13 d.c. city council members agree there should be no criminal penalties for smoking small amounts of marijuana inside your own home. after that, the chairman of the d.c. council thinks smoking pot in public should still be a crime. >> the first concern has to do with whether we're going to treat the open use of marijuana in public spaces di

. >> tonight the d.c. police say the case could be connected to three other crimes over the last week. jackie bensen with new developments. >> reporter: these cmes stretch from northeast to northwest. the ruthlessness in what you would almost describe as a precision is what leads police to believe they may be connected. tonight we talk to a man who survived the frightening robbery. he says the four masked gun men entered last wednesday night in a terrifying way. >> one guy tried to open. >> reporter: the employee who asked whee not identify him says one man stood guy while another asked for the money. the lookout waved away incoming customers by showing his gun. >> they opened the door and left. >> reporter: dc police believe it could be the same group of men who terrorized during a robbery on 12th street and a similar robbery at a domino's may be the work of the same suspects and on january 28 a group fitting the same description robbed a metro access facility. in each case four to six suspects and lots o

d.c. inspectors from the u.s.ervice responded to a parking lot off of north capitol street in washington was just after 4:00 a and spokesman for the postal service did confirm that a letter carrier was robbed and assaulted, but not clear what was taken and it is not clear where the letter carrier's van is, because it is not here at the scene. short time ago we spoke to a neighbor who arrived home after work shortly after it happened. >> i just got home from work. >> they robbed the postman. >> you have to watch your surroundings. >> reporter: and he was just doing his job. >> i am hurt by that. i am. >> reporter: how now as we mentioned the postal carrier was taken to the hospital by ambulance and informatio t

how goes it down in d.c.? and i did do washington journal c-span from the comfort indoors of the studio at the corner but now i am outside and thanks to "the cycle" team for asking me to do this as a weather hit. i did have some meetings on the hill today. i was in the senate and house side. and it was a ghost town. there was almost nobody there except for a few security staff and a couple of legislative staffers and a couple of offices. d.c. is definitely shut down, which might be good news to some people who don't think d.c. gets that much done anyway. let me give you some weather stats, cyclists. it's about 8.5 inches of snow here. >> do you have a ruler, ari, for that? >> i don't have a ruler but what we have now is more akin to freezing rain. it's not a technical rain but that's what it feels like coming in sideways to my face. >> it is a technical term actually, ari. >> i'm being told by control room it is a technical term. it's water and close to freezing cold. >> you're doing a great job,

they're meeting here in washington, d.c. and the next session is about to start in seven minutes, scheduled for 11:00 eastern time. we will be hearing from jeffrey ofelt, the ceo and chair general electric. later today about 3:00 eastern time, the homeland security and public safety committee will talk about defense in the states with some of the representatives from american red cross and a general of the national guard. before this first session of the day begins in about six minutes, we're going to take a look at president obama's remarks to the democratic governors who met here in washington. he spoke with them in the white house as they gathered in d.c. this week. >> all good? it is wonderful to have america's governors in town. hosting with their spouses, our governors reception here and dinner. it is always a great opportunity to exchange ideas and hear what is happening at the local level. today, we did bring our democratic governors to the white house to spend some time talking about a couple of issues to oure criti

at last check, d.c.e saying they are still talking to the persons of interest, as well as witnesses to the shooting. they are hopeful that they'll be able to make an arrest in the case. reporting live from northeast washinon, darcy spencer, news4. >> thank you, darcy. >>> it has been five years now since a woman disappeared from her home in northwest d.c. but her family refuses to give up on getting this case solved. chris? >> reporter: pamela buttner's family is going to hold a vigil tomorrow. it's partly to pray and remember her. but this is less about looking back and more about renewing their promise to find out how she vanished. >> we just want some closure. if anybody know anything, please contact the police. >> reporter: last year's vigil. they're still no closer to getting closure. pamela was supposed to spend valentine's day with her mom but never showed up. she was an analyst at the epa and had cameras mounted at her home. they captured her going into the house, but not coming out. what they di

d.c. police, and they are confirming that the little girl is 8 years old, and lives right here in the neighborhood. she was shot and wounded just after 3:00 this afternoon, and police say that right now she is in surgery clinging to life. let me tell you what her grandmother told me a few moments ago. she says that little girl was walking from this building here to her aunt's house from this building here to her mother's house this afternoon just after 3:00 when the shots rang out. the d.c. police at the briefing said that when the shooting happened, there was a group of people running from the scene. now, this is a gated community here there. is a gate that you have to go through to get through, as well as the fencing here, so it is not an easy place to get into and out of unless you in fact live here or are let in. d.c. police saying that at this point they have no lookout information, and no suspect ss d no description to give out, and they are asking for help from the community. if any

another 23%, well, they went to a d.c. public school, but they just didn't go to their neighborhood school. they went to a school outside the drawn boundaries of where they live. and the question is, is that a good thing? is that a good system? is it good for the students here of the district of columbia? it was 1968, if you can imagine. that was the last time that the school boundaries here were reviewed. and so, now the district is taking another look. a lot has changed since then. they're taking a look at the system, trying to see if it's in the interest of the children, if it's the best system in place. they're going to be looking at the school boundaries. they're also asking questions about school choice. do parents like it? do they want more of it? do they want less of it? do they think that it hurts neighborhood schools by offering all of this choice? these are the questions being asked, and they're going to take a look at those boundaries. and in a few months, they'll come up with a plan. >> many families are choos

actor seth rogan is also in d.c. he's speaking before the senate for the national alzheimer's association. >>> this week there is a special touring exhibit at the national museum of the marine corps in northern virginia, a memorial of one of the hardest hit counits the iraq war. >> reporter: they are the faces of the american marine corps, summer of 2005 they were part of the huo-based lima company reserve unit sent to western iraq. >> we had 22 marines and one navy kormcor corpsman. >> reporter: life-sized photos from an artist who never knew any of her subjects, from photos from the families and 20 two years in dramatic detail. >> the gear is rough but the face is not rough, perfect. >> reporter: the eyes of freedom is meant to draw people in to the gaze of each marine's eyes, to the smiles on their faces and sacrifice of their lives. rar lance corporal richmond was just 25 and this one the same age. >> reporter: driving to see chris, she found the whole display moving. >> actually, i didn't know chris, i just know

d.c. mayor vincent gray is strongly defending his fire chief today despite calls for his resignation. several recent incidents of poor service are fueling those complaints including the death of a man who collapsed near a fire station and was ignored by firefighters. d.c. councilman tommy wells a candidate for mayor is calling for the chief and paul quander to resign. >> during the news conference, he supported both men and said wells was just playing for the primary >> i think it's a political trick. i'll be glad when april 1st comes and goes and then people will come back to some kind of santi with how they behave. >>> coming up , reaction to the mayor's opinion poll showing two-thirds of democrats think it's time for a new mayor. >>> getting ready to ease overcrowding on trains, today we learned there will be an additional $75 million in funding. d.c., maryland and virginia plan to give $25 million each. some of that money will be used to pay for longer trains and funds also used to pay

maybe up to a 10th of an inch in the d.c..ndget into loudoun montgomery county, we will likely see between a 10th to a quarter of an inch of freezing rain. winchester, a quarter of an inch to a third of an inch. inch.nd, up to half an a 10th of an inch of ice will cause slick spots. ridges, overpasses, sidewalks become hazardous. that is what we are expecting for d.c. meanster inch of an ice dangerous travel. when you get up to the half inch or more, it becomes extremely hazardous. scattered power outages that could last 12 to 24 hours, tree limb damage becomes more widespread. that is what we are worried about to our friends -- for our friends up north. this storm is going to be impacting millions of people. travel will be difficult in the nation posner section. i know that at least at the dulles airport, many flights have been canceled. look at all of the states under winter storm warnings because of this. this spans more than 2000 miles across the country. a lot of folks getting in on the storm. today, partly sunny skies, m

the snow in d.c. out of here. but right now it's through howard county, montgomery county, right on down through prince georges and anne arundel in calvert. that's about it as our storm system finally, finally begins to move out of here. we will see drying conditions. however, things are going to get a lot colder tonight. your friday forecast, waking up on a cold side as we are snow covered on the mall. temperatures 28 degrees early. ice in the morning. a very chilly day tomorrow and then guess what i got for you? more snow tomorrow night. >> and so it goes. thank you, doug. the federal government will be open tomorrow. but on a two-hour delay. in the meantime, most of the major school systems in the area already made the call. they will be closed on friday. we'll have the latest closings at the bottom of the screen, and the fullest updated throughout the night on nbcwashington.com. >>> there is no doubt this storm affected all of us. it's the most snow to hit our region in four years. >> conditions downright dang

the d.c. council chair, and phil mendelsohn sat down with pat lawson muse for the "viewpoint" program, and what did he have to say about all of this? >> well, he says he is just as horrified as everybody else about what happened to medric mil mills. it is up to the board to decide the facts of the case, but i asked him if he beliefs that the family of med rric mills is rig that the city should be held responsible for the death. >> well, the fact is that the city is often sued and one does not have to go far into the archives of newspapers to find large settlements of the district. but that is not the case here. i think that the issue is that the first responders who should have responded first, should have responded first. now i don't know all of the facts so i don't want to sound judgmental yet, but the situation as we know it is hor rib. >> and mendelsohn said that the people who need help should get help wherever they need it. i asked him if he thinks that the firefighters who failed to pro

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we cannot escape it, we have more snow coming down in the d.c.. >> and check out the mess it is creating out in western maryland right now. this is in cumberland, the snow making it difficult to see the road out there this morning. >> chuck bell is tracking how much snow we could see today. chuck, good morning. >> richard and angie, good morning to both of you and welcome to your weekend, everybody. 52 degrees and sunny yesterday to start the meltdown, but just as you guys mentioned, as soon as we start to melt down blob number one, we have a chance for sweat snowflakes. it does include carroll and frederick and washington counties and northern maryland as well as the panhandle of west virginia and right down through the shenandoah valley. strasburg, page county, all under the winter weather advisory that goes over the next couple of hours. here's radar this morning. this is all just light rain in the washington area. though, there may be an occasional snowflake or two mixed in. the bulk of the rain and snow should be coming to an end about lunch

>> okay,. >>> d.c. council member tommy wells says heads must roll in the wake of the death of cecialmost mills, the long time said worker who collapsed and died last month, just yards away from a northeast d.c. fire house after nobody would come out and help him. tonight wells sent a letter to mayor gray demanding the resignations of the deputy mayor for public safety and fire chief. wells says there's a problem of systemic missmanagement all through the department and he's worried because he says there's no plan to restore public confidence. we've got to keep in mind however that wells is running for mayor. >>> well derrick tonight the university of maryland wants to be sure anyone affected by that massive security breach gets five years of free credit monitoring. not just one, but they even set up a deal with credit monitoring service experience for staff and students to call that number on your screen now. 274-3891. the problem is that system has been overloaded all day, so perhaps you can try tonig

today the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to a bill that would eliminate jail time for anyone caught with less than an ounce of marijuana. instead, people would get a $25 fine for possession. police could still lock up anyone who is caught smoking marijuana in public. a final vote is expected in the next few weeks. supporters are pushing for a voter referendum to completely legalize pot this november. >>> a way to reward students is under fire in montgomery county. eastern middle school in silver spring held a pizza party today for straight a students. students with b and c averages were invited to join a dance party later. but more than 300 students who had grades lower than a c were left out. some parents say that could alienate the students who are excluded and lead to bullying. others say it's quite fair. >> so i think they should be rewarded for it. but on the other hand, it very well may seem to leave other people feeling as if they have been excluded because their grades aren't necessa

which they own and operate thanks to the d.c. circuit court ruling though and the potential takeover of time warner comcast is well on its way to being able to discriminate between web sites and make the owners of competitor websites pay more money to run their websites at higher speeds and to reach millions of american consumers in an easy direct fashion it also means that comcast can jack up internet costs back in two thousand and nine read it user quick created a graphic detail in what internet prices might look like without net neutrality since last month's court ruling the graphic has gone viral and does a great job detailing a world without net neutrality the graphic talks about a fictional internet service provider named telco the telco in this new world we are in now with out neutrality they can set it up so you get basic internet service for twenty nine ninety five a month with a big. catch the catch is good luck finding any websites that you can access with that plan that's because in a world without net neutrality inte

d.c. superior court judge. and the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia which means he was the top prosecutor of all criminal cases in washington, d.c. that's the latest. i'm chris gordon news4 back to you. >>> it was cold out there today. and the wind made it feel even colder but this was just an appetizer because the main course is heading our way overnight when it will be the coldest day of the month. doug kammerer? >> last day of the month. last day of the month of february looks like it will be the coldest and as we enter the first couple days of march we could be talk about another big storm. let's take a look. right now the winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour across the region. 25 in d.c. right now. 33 in gaithersburg. 28 manassas and 30 in leesburg. with cool temperatures the wind chills are way down across our region. wind chill down to 19 in gaithersburg, 17 in martinsburg, 13 in hagerstown, 33 in patuxent river. very cold afternoon and cold evening and colder overnight t

of d.c., probably 15 miles south of d.c. sir? >> yeah. >> what just happened? >> i can't control the car coming over here. it scared me when you can't control the car. you can't do nothing. there is too much snow. it's danger. >> reporter: we hooked up a tow line from his car to our suv and pulled him around and out of the snow. three drivers, three examples of how treacherous the conditions are with thick snow falling all morning and hard pack on the roads. and these aren't the only ones. if the passing emergency vehicles are any guide, we see plows and spreaders at work. but it's a lot to keep up with. one thing we didn't see, monster traffic jams like in atlanta two weeks ago and north carolina on wednesday. one reason, not a lot of people reporting for work in the nation's capitol. not a lot of people out on the highways. another reason, warmer temperatures. and spreaders and snowplows like this convoy near baltimore. by nightfall, conditions worsened quickly again along i-95. we came acr

federal stimulus has a washington, d.c. address. every voter would visit here so they could see how well we're living off of thest of the country. governme has no resrces so when government towns thrive, that means they're taking it from the rest of you. >> sabrina, i grew up in washington, d.c. my family e mostly demrats, but i've got to tell you, they're getting fed up wi all the spending going on. renovations of buildings. the post office museum. things like that. stuff we don't need. >> critical, ofourse. you know, what i think washington represents is the critical problem of a progressive state today. right? so we have a state inhe business of rewarding sam and taking away from others. there's a lot of people who want their interests protected. you have all sorts of people on industry of communication firms and lobbying firm and contractors and lawyers, all who are there to hlp represent different industries. that means a lot of money. >> and quickly. short on time. go ahead >> listen, silicon valley has less per capita income

d.c. inspectors from the u.s. po postal service responded to a parking lot off of north capitol street in washington was just after 4:00 a and spokesman for the postal service did confirm that a letter carrier was robbed and assaulted, but not clear what was taken and it is not clear where the letter carrier's van is, because it is not here at the scene. short time ago we spoke to a neighbor who arrived home after work shortly after it happened. >> i just got home from work. >> they robbed the postman. >> you have to watch your surroundings. >> reporter: and he was just doing his job. >> i am hurt by that. i am. >> reporter: how now as we mentioned the postal carrier was taken to the hospital by ambulance and information on the condition is not available at this time, but we are told that the u.s. postal inspector supervisor is headed to the scene to provide was more information. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you, jackie. that comes three months after a letter carrier was shot and ki

here close to home d.c. cops found one of their own allegedly marketing kids for sex out of his own apartment. >> now congressman frank wolf of virginia is pushing a crackdown on the child sex trade at a hearing on capitol hill today. our bruce leshan was there. >> reporter: the stories almost too heart rendering too tell. >> i didn't know about sex trafficking until i was in the middle of it. >> reporter: like bryanna, honor role student, cheerleader recruited into prostitution at a small town cafe. >> one guy offered me $1,000 for an hour and i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: or stephanie boot who testified about a guy pushing her to prostitute herself at the age of 13. >> there were three men that night and at the end of it i couldn't stop vomiting. >> reporter: congressman wolf said children are being sold for sex at hotels across northern virginia, in sterling, in ashburn and herndon and they are often advertised on websites like backpage.com. >> i can't believe, i don't know the people at backpage, b

d.c. council hearing of a man in front of the fire station died of a heart attack, and tonight, at the hearing, familyies are demandin answers. mark? >> this is more of a story of a man who died and a tragic death, because today, family after family testified about how their loved ones died due to the negligence of the d.c. fire department. >> reporter: family members of med r medric mills say that the problems that caused his death go way beyond this one death. >> this type of blunders have been going on for years, and they have prove n that they cannot address their shortcomings internally. >> reporter: med rric mills die after coming to the fire station for help. the 911 call was mishandled as the ambulance was deployed northwest rather than northeast. and five employees on duty that night and four at the 911 call center have been recommended for discipline. mills' death is not the only one who raises questions about the quality of service that d. dc. s provide provides. and this man di

just steps from a d.c. firehouse. medric mills' family says that the fire deparent employee who would not help should be fired, and ask d.c. leaders to change the law that protects the government from being sued in situations like this. a press conference was held in tront of the firehouse where the incident happened, and we have heard from mills' son and widow. they are planning a candlelight vigil tonight. mark see graves will have a full report at 5:00. >>> and a deputy will spend six years in jail after he wasnught. patterson was a 17-year veteran on the force when he shot 22-year-old julian dawkins in a dispute last may. the northern virginia reporter david culver was in the courtroom for sentencing, and he will join us on "news4 at 5:00." >>> and police in hyattsville are looking for two men who broke into a house on adelphi road and one stayed upstairs and another stayed downstairs ransacking the house taking cell phone and laptops and other electron electronics, but nobody was injured. >>> we could see some sn

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a d.c. fire house. they say that the fire department employees who refused to help should be fired. mark segraves has been following the story from the start, and he is outside of engine 26 on rhode island avenue in northeast where the family held the news conference today. martin? >> yis, the family today spoke for the first time, and we heard from the widow and the son of medric mills. many people expected them to announce that they were going to sue the district government, and instead, the family made a different announcement. >> we demand answers are the the d.c. fire and ems departments. and we want someone to take the blame for this tragedy and for those responsible to be held accountable. >> reporter: standing in front of n gin 26 on rhode island avenue where cecil mills died, his family and lawyers call forred for change. >> we are calling on the mayor and the council to change the laws that do not allow the district to be held accountable in situations like this. >> and the doctrin

i know him from working in the d.c. government but also know him as a friendly face and guy i talkeded to when i went to the department of parks and rec and when i went to lunch and see him on u street. >> reporter: ellerbe did confirm the status of davis who was there that day. >> i know she did apply for retirement. as i said, there is a lot of accountability still out there regarding this incident. >> ellerbe says retiring will not allow any from escaping responsibility for what happene happened. >> i will tell you this. nobody will run away from it and people will be held accountable for it. >> reporter: it sounds like somebody failed on that day. >> until the investigation is over, i can't comment. >> coming up on news4 at 6:00 this evening, the chief explains what happens next as far as disciplinary action and his efforts to restore the public's trust in his department. >>> looks like a few more days before we find out for sure what killed actor phillip seymour hoffman. tests are inconclusive and they need to do m