most have been d.c.olice commander chanel dickerson reached out live on facebook to address what has now risen to a national worry. catherine came home. things are complicated. there are issues. her mother says she's run away many times before. catherine won't say where she was but says many of the missing teens in d.c. simply want out. >> they're leaving. they don't know what they're looking for. they don't know what they're trying to find. >> that's all paraphernalias want is for them to pick up a phone and say, hey, i'm all right. >> reporter:trina is the first u she and her daughter have a long road ahead, but at least they are together. >>> late today mayor bowser's office announced six any initiatives. the changes include boosting the number of officers assigned to those cases and expanding the local missing perso is too many, the truth is more complex than one photo or one number. in the nbc washington app we look at what's true and what's not about the issue of missing girls in d.c. >>> some new

and how you can plan ahead. >>> we're keeping d.c. safe and new concerns about more hate crimes and how the district plans to stop a rising trend. it's 8:40. good morning, you're watching news4 today. >>> good morning. a return to winter on this saturday morning. windchills are in the teens. temperatures in the 20s but we're all dry on storm team 4 radar. just a few clouds floating through. so dress for a winterlike day here on this early spring morning. need your warmest winter gear throughout the rest of the day. and a snow shovel maybe on monday night into tuesday. we'll take a look at the latest for that. maybe a rather large storm. potential impact coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. thank you, tom. >>> we have this of baltimore. police say that a 4-year-old boy will survive after being shot in the chest by his 6-year-old brother. police say that the two boys, they found the handgun in their house. they started to play with it, it accidentally went off with a bullet piercing through one boy's chest. the father rushed him to

the d.c. chapter of the american civil liberties union is representing here. >> in d.c., it's unlawful for the police to arrest someone without a warrant, for a misdemeanor that they didn't see, unless the person is likely to escape, to harm someone, or to destroy evidence. >> reporter: hunter says the gathering was held the night before she and several other guests were to attend the final obama administration event, centered on issues important to >> as a black transgender woman i'm dragged out of my home and thrown in a jail cell. >> reporter: a spokesman per the d.c. police department have said, we can't comment on pending litigation, but we remain committed to assisting and building relationships with historically underserved groups, including the lgbt community. the issue of warrantless entries into homes was identified as a problem by a civilian oversight agency in 2014. jackie bensen, news4. >>> new tonight, hours after the president of howard university met with president trump yester

d.c. united opened the season.s looked asked continue their winning ways at home. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by local toyota dealers. scott: the washington capitals love playing at home. the numbers don't lie, my friends, winning 14 straight games at the verizon center. the caps have not lost in regulation at home since december. orlov fires, dmitry the slapper, lights the lamp, tied at 1-1. er time, nicklas backstrom ends it, a beautiful wrister, his 24th goal of the season. the caps comeback to beat the flyers, 2-1. season has arrived for d.c. united, their final season at rfk stadium. today, the season opener at home against k.c. th in the 17th minute on a penalty kick. denied by the goalie, but the rebound stopped as well. finishes in a 0-0 ti. here is been olsen after the game. -- here is ben olsen after the game. : we still have a bunch of chances. still stack up the legitimate chances in this game. i still think we had the better ones. on a different day, maybe we get out of here with

it is all number one in d.c. and seems to be around the world. >> reporter: despite the bitter cold, steady stream of visitors flock. most hoped to be here during peak bloom which has been moved up weather. >> we are from oak ridge, tennessee. all four elementary schools and we came here on spring break to see the sites and do the touring. >> from where? >> honolulu, hawaii. when we left it was about 90 degrees. >> reporter: did you come here to see the cherry blossoms today? >> i did. frozen toes and fingers. >> reporter: the park service says presence of nearby water can make a difference and increase the temperature maybe a degree or two. fingers crossed. jackie bensen, news 4. >> here is hoping. >>> new tonight a bitter cold assignment for about 65 firefighters in montgomery county. they put out a fire at this house on blue meadow road in potomac. fire officials tweeted these pictures from the scene not far from wooten parkway. they believe the blaze began in the chimney. no one was hurt. place to recover. >>

.- d.c.'s comment needs a real stephen joins us with the latest. >> edgar welch pleaded guilty to two counts, admitting that on december 4 -- and we have video from that day -- he drove from north carolina to upper northwest d.c. to comment pizza, entered the establishment with an assault rifle and handgun. customers and fled, find child to molesters from a fake new site he read. he shot up the restaurant, never found anything, and then surrendered. today he pleaded guilty to transporting firearms across state lines, and assault with a deadly weapon for pointing a rifle at an employee. he will be back in court on june 22, at which time he will be sentenced to between 18 months and 60 months in federal prison. jummy: thank you. it is now do or die, not too far away on capitol hill. to gop's health care plan replace obamacare expected to be voted on sometime this afternoon. you are taking a live look inside the house for, president trump already demanded the vote be made today. high-stakes decis

so, d.c. policeig letting us know if any shootings are connected but all happening in the same ward same area. that's the latest from south eat. back to you in the studio. >> thanks annie, 5:34 the latest in a string of slaets tlaringeting jewish centers and mosks, two separate movks in silver spring were late nest our area. islamic education society of maryland and muslim community center received two letters one note including crude drawing of violent act and these notes came the same week three different jewish community centers in virginia and maryland received bomb threats via telephone calls. >> the search continues for the culprits that vapdized howard university campus. walls and sidewalks were defaced with mess amounts reading welcome to the trumen foundation. pred rick is howard's president. vandalism came the same week president trump met with leaders of black clems and university. >> "fox sports" a kirk cousins gets slapped with franchise for second year in a row. they negotiated w

wes d.c.a getting the first fir snowfall of the season. >> if you are just waking upg u depending on where you are, when we look outside it's a whitete slushy mess out there.. dozens of schools are canceled.. but d.c. public schools areoo a holding out for now. they're on two hour delay. >> take look at the snow totalsw around the area this morning. mr inches reported at the nationall zoo. up to 8-inches up in frederick,, maryland. let's keep it in the city. holly jepoins i us now live frof northwest d.c. outside of the t fox5 studios with more.h mor of course the big question is, , good call or not for kids to goo to school today?to school to >> yeah, i mean, you know, we'r' not the ones to make that call,c but i'm just going to give you u snapshot of what it looks like,k and you form your own opinion.pn we're getting everything wintern has to offer. the wintods really whipping upwp now. here's what a main road lookoo like this is wisconsin avenue. saw a plow go southbound about t 15, 20 minu

d.c. police now conducting on the 1900 block of naylor road in southeast. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:03 now and president trump has a strong message for his fellow republicans. vote on the gop plan to replace the affordable care act today or it stays. >> it was delivered by his budget director in a meeting with house republicans last night making it clear that if there is no vote, the president is ready to move on to other priorities. right now that vote is expected to happen at some point this afternoon. it comes after republican leaders postponed the vote last night, but the big question remains, do they have enough votes to pass it? new changes were made to the bill overnight to both get moderates and conservatives to back it. tracie potts will have details in the next half hour on this issue can change at any moment. we will have continuing coverage of this vote all day on the nbc washington app. just search health care. >> acting dc police chief peter newsham will get a hea

erin fox d.c. on twitter. >> coming up, communities in four different states battling wildfires burning nearly 1 million acres of land. >> and first they went off and were back on. why did the lights go out on liberty island. >> as we head to break a live look across the d.c. region, 55 degrees. we live you with more reaction to prince george county schools and late decision to close today because of day without a woman demonstration. cynthia posted this on facebook and said teachers and staff get paid leave as part of job and free to use that leave and exercise amendment rights as they choose. we want to hear from you. what is your opinion hit us up on facebook fox news morning back >> 7 of injured are in city cam condition and victims were senior citizens orgition toed about you a senior center near austin texas. it was on its way to a casino. >> it's a terrible tragedy and i know a lot of families will be impacted. >> hovrping and the bus looked like it bottomed out oaf the hill and when it bott

however, d.c. police say there e isn't a spike in missing people but they are usinga social media more to helpore locate them. lo >> happening today, bipartisan lawmakers will introduce a bill recognizing parentalnizingl bereavement called the sara a grace farley kluger act.e fa kle the bill would add death of a of child as a life event thatt that would qualify for leave under ur the family medical leave act. a. it's allowing a grievinggr parent up to 12 weeks to dealweo with the trauma and thenh return tthoe work. wor >> the whole foods store in in grover park due to reopen thises afternoon. it was given the all clear by ab the health department afterrtmer being shut down twice in two int months due to a rodent problem. problem. now, this location is on the 2300 block of wisconsin avenueoe nowest.st. grocery store voluntaryvolu technological closed during ancs inspection due to their failti 82 your to minimize rodentsonts and >> ♪♪ >> 4:34 is the time right now.gh let's talk to mike thomas t about

at xx time f winter storm warning in effect for d.c. and areas west from 7pm through 2pm tuesday. winter storm watch in effect for prince george's, anne arundel, stafford, and orange counties. - dry to prepare for the snow today (before 5pm) - snow likely tonight through tomorrow - highest accumulations north of d.c.; rain/snow line critical for totals - long melt/refreeze process following the storm with continued cold weather today: sun early, clouds late. snow develops this evening. highs: 43-46 tonight: snow, mixed with rain east of i-95. windy. lows: 29-34 winds: se to ne 10-15 g 30+ tuesday: snow, mixed with rain southeast in the morning. snow tapers off around 2pm. windy & cold. highs: 33-37 winds: n to nw 10-20 g 30+ washington. we have complete stormwatch coverage.. as a winter storm heads this way. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 150 megabits per second more companies, i

d.c. she was there watching others >> we truly loved her like a sister. >> reporter: iyana was home for spring break. the shooting happened around 8:40 monday night. the shooter is still on the loose. >> i am forgiving whoever killed my baby because it's not going to bring her back. but what i am saying is if you're dealing with guns, if you got a shady lifestyle, i'm going to need you to do something with your life. >> reporter: this is the second shooting death in the family in recent months. iyana's cousin was killed in capitol heights in december. her parents say stories about her daughter are helping them in the healing process and they're relying on their faith to keep them strong. darby spencer, news4. >>> investigators are still looking to see what to kill his daughter before killing himself. he kill ed his daughters and thn themselves on thursday night. investigators say goodwin shot his wife but she managed to escape and get help. he didn't have a criminal record or history of do

>>> in the news d.c. policenewse stepping up patrols in an upscale d.c. neighborhoode after a woman claims that shed.e was and sexually assaulted andld robbed inside her own home.hom >> it happened in the kaloramaaa neighborhood blocks from where o the obamas now live.i melanie alnwick is live inve n northwest with more.with mr mel. >> reporter: hey, goodheyod morning, guys. guy that secret service protectionon is something that folks in folkn this neighborhood have becomeboh used to butoo now there are morm d.c. patrols going on becauselsg of this incoiident that happened friday night.ight. it startd from what we we understand in the police report around 7:30 p.m. fridayrd but police became aware of there incident when they took the police reports at the home onorn saturday afternoon. afternoon. now, for three hours fridays riy night, the victim told police that she was tied taped tuptiedp sexually assaulted and robbed.r. police haven't given out a ton n of information about theion abte investigation. the assault happening inside a multi-million dollars

in and around the d.c. metro area, seeing heavier snow coming in through prince george's county, through the woodbridge area and downtown as well. we'll continue to watch that. all of this making its way in as our storm system continues to develop. notice that rain/snow line across parts of our area. out there right now, we've seen snow on the grass. lauren rickets out there now. the grass is one thing, the roads something else. >> the roa area right now. that's what we're seeing as we continue with the snow falling. you were talking about the snow and doug was talking earlier. he went outside. it is a very wet snow. the roads are going to be wet to areas south and east and in the d.c. area. side streets, especially by mid tomorrow morning. i think the main streets will be okay. just to the south and east we'll see the rain and a little bit of the mix. north and west, where we could have the major totals, that's where we're going to see major delays on all roadways. side streets, secondary roads and we'll w

live out front of "fox5" on d.c. mike is got the only one braving the cold out there. >> no good morning mel. >> good morning, steve, allison. ordinarily this is the time reporters like to make snowballs and throw them 22 camera. you cannot do it it's ice crystals like crushed ice out here. it's been going leak this with heavy hev sleet for several hours probably 1:00 in the morning and it's had effect of really bringing snow totals down. you maybe about 2" of heavy sleet coughing roads. it started snowing earlier and then that sleet came and compacted it all down. take a look this way you can see equipment out here now working to clear the parking lot in some of these areas. and we're fumely seeing them putting nows down. that's normally they have to wait until you have" opt ground that's the plan in montgomery county to get those plows down. montgomery county made the decision just a short time ago good to close government which we talked with montgomery country fire and rescue spokesperson pete perringer thaiz pro

yet another gun store in the d.c. area. they tried to break into a fredericksburg gun shot yesterday morning only this time did not get in. but, their attempt was all caught on video. sarah simmons is here with more on what police say is a growing trend. >> tony, it's third gunshot in less than a week targeted by criminals and it's not clear if it's the same suspects that hit all the sports and atf is involved in the cases as gun store burglaries in the country are on the rise. here's attempted break in of sg tactic nal fredericksburg. video surveillance shows the u-haul pull up outside of business 5:40 tuesday morning two men in hooded jackets out of the van carrying large storage binns and then using a tool to shatter front door glass and trying to break lock on second cameed door. unable to geted in they took off. >> this is similar to two other break ins watch as two hooded thieves break into this gun store 50 west armory in chantilly and security cam range footage shows it took 48 seconds for the suspects to brea

today the d.c. police tried to clarify why it appears that there is an increase in the missing persons cases in the district. sam ford is here to express the fear and the frustration. sam? >> police have been criticized not taking it seriously enough as when black people and white people are missing. so they came one a policy. anybody under age 15 or above age 65 who turn up missing, she would put out a critical missing persons report. the result made national news. today they talked about the missing girls from d.c. on "good morning washington" to tmz. the missing girls in d.c.? >> the commander chanel dickerson on facebook today explaining that the vast majority of missing leave voluntarily and show up back home later but the girls are not getting the message. >> we can't go anywhere by ourselves. we worry about someone trying to take us. >> they tried to organize an emotional town hall and says with the up in of the missing and no report when they return wants better information. >> no you have a

d.c. police released another clue, a photo of a man taken from surveillance cameras at what police called an establishment on garrett avenue in beltsville, maryland. police are calling him a person of interest in the murder of karena mill. they're also asking the public to look out for karena's car, a blue 2004 toyota prius with kentucky plates. the bumper has a yellow diamond shaped sticker directly beneath the car tag. it was tuesday, 4:19 p.m. d.c. police were called to the row house for report of an unconscious person. once inside they discovered the body of karena mill. she had been bound and stabbed multiple times. neighbors say they believed a young couple had rented the apartment and had never seen or heard anything unusual. now, karena apparently was last seen at the corcoran museum on sunday and had been reported missing and we can also tell you that she is from north carolina but she was here in d.c. because she had al short term contract working with the corcoran on a childhood

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