pushing for legislation that's really going to make some long-term change. >> reporter: in baltimore, derek ward news 4. >> thank you, derek. in maryland governor larry hogan is calling for tomorrow to be a day of prayer and peace. he's going to attend morning services in baltimore at a church called saint peter claver. we'll be following the developments and invite you to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage on those protests. >>> we're also following a developing story in new york city. tonight a plain closed police officer is in critical condition after someone shot him in the head. this happened earlier in the night in queens. the officer and his partner were talking to the suspect when someone ran up and shot him. >>> back here at home work crews called it a a night after sifting through the water of the parking garage. even though the firefighters are gone the street closures are still in place on montgomery avenue. they sent recovery teams to help search for potential victims and a cadaver dog discovered a possible hit inside the complex. >>> a renown doctor dedicated his life to help

derek ward has more on what made this ride special. >> reporter: you'll find other stories.s vietnam vets snow. it gets the point across. they call his bruce in honor of a comrade who died too young highlighting the aftermath of jungle warfare and those who survived it. >> it was 47 years ole. >> reporter: the thunder subsides giving way to contemplation at the wall. the executive director says the event attract more and more people every year especially younger veterans. >> they get up and down here and talk to these veterans and understand. >> reporter: here on constitution avenue when the thunder rolls by no matter how many times you've seen this it doesn't get old. it doesn't lose its impact. >> think about the memorial, think about the wall. think about the soldiers that made sacrifices for the country. it's good. it's good to see all walks of life out here today. >> the camaraderie. make sure the holiday is remembered. everybody come down here and we know exactly what we're here for. >> desert storm's covered. the cold war is covered. vietnam is covered. we're all here

and you go and you come home. >> derek ward, news 4. >> thanks. tonight we are getting details about the services for d.c. fire fighter who dieden the lean of enin the line of duty. lieutenant mcrae died after he responded to a fire. it will be held at d.c. armory followed by his funeral. both events open to an one who wants to pay their respects. >> a chance to see prince live in concert. had nothing to do with -- thousand of people packed a baltimore arena for the rally for peace. part of a call for calm after protests and violence sparked by freddie gray's arrest. the rock 'n' roll hall of fame inductee asked his fans to wear gray clothes in honor of freddie gray. >> wearing gray to support the cause. >> i'm wearing all kind of gray. my purple for prince. >> part of the money from tonight's show will go to baltimore youth charities. >> well the carolina beaches were a washout on mother's day. tropical storm ana downgraded to depression. it made landfall in south carolina generating rough surf with its 35-mile-per-hour wind. ana dumped 2 to 6 in

derek ward. news 4. >> speaker of the house says when it comes to the relationship betweench ari african-americans and police officers we are in a quote, national crisis. >> if you uh look what has happened over the course of the last year you have just got to scratch your head. when you hear about -- these charges having been brought. >> charging homicide for freddie gray. >> public servants should not violate the law. now if these charges are true it's outrageous and unaccept unacceptable. >> speaker boehner says eliminating failed programs and reforming the education system would be a good starred to solving some of the problems. we'll keep watching what is happening in baltimore as the night continues and send along any updats ones. >> at 11:00. police reopened 30 3epwepened 301 in waldorf. the bike was speeding when it slammed into a pickup truck and caught firement both on the motorcycle were killed. >> a teen ij ear maryland died after shom one shot himdied -- teenager in maryland died aft

news 4's derek ward was in baltimore for the rally. >> today to all who can hear my voice, i declare i am a candidate for president of the united states. >> the declaration was met with enthusiasm. o'malley chose the city that put him on the political map as a two-term mayor in which the state went to announce his most ambitious effort yet a run for the white house. it am cans at a time in which he said realization of the american dream is at the most precarious. >> that is the urging calling for us to rebuild the american dream now. >> blaming them and turned to a land of inequality. >> tell me how you can get pulled over for having a broken tail light but if you wreck the nation's economy you are untouchable. >> zero tolerance practices put in place while he was mayor. they blame the policies for the police custody killing and he said there was a broader issue at hand. >> extreme poverty breed conditions of violence. # he sought to end things on a positive note which will carry him from the coming election science. >> it's not found in a history book because this generation of amer

derek ward tells us how police tracked him down all the way in alaska. >> top montgomery officials joined in announcing the big break in the case came as detectives revisited crimes on the same street where the victims and suspect live. >> one lead associated with an earlier break-in that occurred on ridge drive, the street where the vallardos lived. one month earlier. >> police say he tried to pawn stolen goods from the burglary at a different home. the other lead stems from a burglary 17 years ago when a teenaged scott tomazewsky was house sitting for the victims. >> he was not a suspect. he had information. >> he was arrested in alaska saturday while there on a cruise. police believe they were killed after midnight on murts'sother's day. >> they left for their cruise to travel cross-country very early morning hours on mother's day. >> police say searches revealed evidence linking him to the murders, including bloodstained money in his wallet. >> to think some one down the road could do something horrific. >> they moved to the neighborhood days before the murder. they joined long time r

news 4's derek ward is live on benning road in northeast with more on this.rick, good morning. >> good morning, we are at 26th and benning. this is the langston area. take a look. what you see behind me here is momentum. this is how far they're getting with this streetcar plan. this will be the car barn. you can see there's a temporary building up now that's already housing a couple streetcars on the property. but clear to the other end on third street northeast there's another effort under way and while this streetcar system is about changing the way people get around in d.c., the effort is about changing the way they think about getting around. the d.c. streetcars are coming. maybe not at the pace many expected but with much of the infrastructure in place and test runs under way, the d.c. department of transportation is launching another effort this time to build inroads into the collective psyche of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians along the h-street corridor. it's a share the road campaign stressing good old common sense rules like not crossing in fron

coming up at 5:45 derek ward joins us with what we are learning about the little boy and how the neighborhood is reacting. >>> well, last spring a slope collapsed and left neighbors stranded and without a home. now residents in ft. washington say they are facing a mountain of debt. >> fema was supposed to pay them to move out. but as tracee wilkins tells us homeowners on piscataway drive say that's not happening. >> so all of this was walkway here. >> reporter: someone stole part of the flagstone walkway from the front of tracy's house, keeping this is hard since she is not allowed to live here anymore. >> it's tough. it is tough. >> reporter: last year tracy and four of her neighbors here on piscataway drive were told their homes were uninhabitable after a slope failure. to date they have no water and sewer but still are paying the mortgages here. >> it's like there's two of me. i pay to live here and i pay to live some place where i can't live. >> reporter: county offered to pay for the homes with county and fema money but -- >> they're probably $8,000 short of paying that mortgage off, and

ward news4. >> their own neighbor. thanks derek. >>> police haven't made arrest in the case of a family murdered at home in northwest d.c. but now a better idea of who they are looking for. on thursday someone killed the husband and wife along with their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper. late last night, police released some surveillance video of a man running through a parking lot. it looks as if he stole the couple's blue porsche 911. firefighters put out a fir at the family's home near the naval observatory and that's when they discovered the four people had been killed. >>> the beltway is back open but a lot of drivers got caught up in this mess in alexandria. traffic came to a standstill this morning when a utility people caught fire in van dorn street. our news partner, wtop tweeted to you the a picture of the smoky scene. some of the electrical lines were in danger of sfulg police had to shut down the beltway in both directions as crews secured them. about 2,000 people in that area lost power. >>> right now, you are looking

derrick ward is in northwest this morning joining us now before the ceremony begins. good morning, derek. >> reporter: well good morning. as you can see there are several events going on here. what you see behind me right now is the finish line for the police week 5k. it is indeed police week. but if you look over here just adjacent to the finish line area here at the national law enforcement officers memorial a more solemn event. they're preparing for this now. this is sponsored primarily by the corrections chief committee. and it will be an annual wreath laying ceremony for fallen corrections officers. this year the ceremony will include a tribute to carolyn cross. she is the former director of the d.c. department of corrections. she was found dead september of last year in her apartment in alexandria. the person has been charged with that murder and tried. but she had spent more than 35 years in the local corrections area and worked her way up through the ranks. at one point became the warden of the reformatory. she had come out to help the agency. today they will be paying tribute to