diana doreen, and doug. we're going to split this up. going to kene all the way. >> dg a doreen, i apologize in advance for diana ruining this. >> pleas i've been practicing. i'm ready to go. ♪ >> swish. ah! >> i'm tweethtowhoba you are at this contest right now. all i hav d make one to beat diana so here we go. >> come on, pew! finish! >> did she make a shot? she made ot >> we have it on the record. >> it's 2-1. that's al it was. >> you weepinus though? >> i'm sorry. >> we didn't get a say in -- >> no we didn't. >>> i kept telling everyone, i was all state for three years in new jerse he was k obviously the girls in new jeey terrible but he goes you're really bad. i'll work it. >> you mad one. >> thank you. >> bottom ne jason's got game. >> he does. >> out to play with me one tim that is >> sounds like a challenge. >> i'm just saying. >> by the way, i appreciate coach trotz because there does come for all-us that day when you go along and you realize oh my god, i am just like my old man. >> yeah. >> the last thing i ever wanted to do in

i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. that recommended sentence stells from maureen mcdonnell's conviction on corruption charges. our chris lawrence reports, the defense team has other ideas. >> reporter: we got the court documents showing prosecutors asking for the 18 months but her defense team does not want maureen mcdonnell to serve even a single day. mcdonnell's attorneys argues they should be put on probation and do 4,000 hours of community service. if a sentence is handed down maureen is requesting a split term. prison and home confinement. this calls for virginia's former first lady to serve five to six years in prison. based on the 24 months her husband bob mcdonnell received they feel a year and a half is fair. even though was her husband who sold his office she eagerly participated in the conspiracy. "mrs. mcdonnell benefited from the bribery scheme personally receiving as 20ds,000 shopping free and participating in multiple expensive dinners and vacations, and as she did so she was at times exuberant." prosecu

>> reporter: hi doreen. it is not often at a hearing that republicans, democrats and the witnesses are all on the same side but that happened right here today. in washington, a rare moment of bipartisan agreement about measles vaccinations. >> that is for too serious an issue to be treated as a political football. people still die from measles. >> vaccinate your children against measles. >> reporter: the resurgence of measles inspired the hot new talking point in the 2016 presidential race. new jersey governor chris christie says he supports vaccination and a parent's right to choose. senator rand paul said the same thing but added -- >> i've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. >> there is no credible evidence to support that claim. >> do you swear the testimony -- >> reporter: lawmakers used the hearing on the flu with top medical experts as a soapbox to set the record straight. >> vaccines save lives and are the best wa

doreen? >> hi pat and jim. ever wonder what happens when we die? researchers, including some at the universities of virginia and maryland, are trying to find answers to that question. and people who have had near-death experiences have a loot to tell them. >> feeling it was surreal, it was, obviously, but it was not humanly relatable. i don't even know how to tell you how it was exponentially comfortable. >> reporter: 48-year-old kristin di domenico remembers the experience vifd i.d.ry a visit from her father who passed away years ago. >> she said i love you, and i'm worried about you. >> reporter: last october kristin was running a race here at lake fairfax park in reston when she suddenly collapsed on the trail out there in the woods. doctors say she went into sudden cardiac arrest and died here that day. >> so i ventured off -- just a little bit off the trail and dropped. >> reporter: kristin believes that when her heart stopped beating she had a near-death experience, a phenomenon s s happens to thousands of people around the world. president o

. >> reporter: hi, doreen.irefighters here at station 32 have been very busy, and montgomery county's fire chief put it best today when he said you have to know how to manage this type of emergency and what to do immediately. buckets and gallons of water coming down from a broken pipe on the second floor looked like the pipe p had just burst. the basement complete apply flooded. six to eight inches of water and rising. with the recent deep-freeze reports of broken and frozen pipes are coming in night and day across the area. a busted pipe at an apartment building in southeast d.c. left tenants in trouble. in silver spring maryland, the water wouldn't stop. pipes most likely to freeze are located on the perimeter. montgomery county fire chief says, if it happens in your home, this is what you should do first. >> we need people to be aware of and know in their home how to turn off their water, how to manage their emergency when it happens. >> reporter: more snow and more cold is on the way tonight. >> if you know

doreen gensler caught up with josh and his mother. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer when he was just nine months old. he was treated, but it came back. twice. everilyy eventually all those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant but that reeked havoc on his body. >> his heart failed kidneys failed his lungs were not working well. >> reporter: and that's when an aggressive virus took advantage of his weakened immune system. his mother amy, says their only hope was an antiviral drug called brincidofovir, but it's not approved yet which means a doctor can't pre-vibe it. so the family asked for expanded access or compassionate use to get the medication for josh. the drug's manufacturer said no. >> where there is a will there is a way and we did not let go. so many people didn't let go with us. our family was a tremendous part of this. i think they ran the best pr campaign in the world. >> for tfami social media was the key to saving their young son's life. but as we learned in our exclusive interview, the journey isn't over yet. >> coming you t

the news 4 iteam and doreen gensler are teaming up to learn more about a special team of officers on the front lines when it comes to cases involving mental illness. >> they're often working behind the scenes as made of the region's biggest crime scenes. we're talking about barricades or missing children, murder-suicides. tonight on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00 we take an inside look at the region's crisis intervention teams and the community they're helping. kristi gallagher and her daughter, meg, are laughing and smile today but not too long ago, she had to call the police on her own daughter. >> she could get very violence, very mean. it's hard but i have to keep her little brother safe. and i need to be safe. >> reporter: meg has been diagnosed with bipolar and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders which can cause rages, tantrums that turn suddenly violent. kristi says that's when police send the crisis intervention team officers specially trained to handle mental illness. >> often they're just here to calm down and make sure that she's okay to stay in the home. >> doreen and

>> no as a matter of fact doreen if we do set a record today, it will be a record in the metro d.c. area. the old record 8. i think we'll get down to 6. that's the first time we have set a cold record in the month of february in a hundred years -- 1970 rather but that record has stood for over a hundred years. this is historic cold air. we do have snow approaching parts of the area this area of snow very heavy. when it comes in it drops a quick coating to a half inch right now around the camden springs area up to marlboro. look at the wind chills. 3 below in d.c. 13 below in hagerstown. that's why we have that wind chill advisory for wind chills between 5 below and 20 below overnight for the area. we tell you all day long not to be outdoors in this cold but we sent shomari stone outside. i just heard you, man, talking about it. you are freezing. >> >> reporter: i am freezing doug. i have on layers right now. to be honest with you, i still feel like i'm cold. i'm here at macarthur boulevard and arizona avenue. you look right here doug 11:02, and it is 11 degrees. a lot of folks are c

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. heavy smoke poured from the train after it crashed near white plains new york tonight at the height of the rush hour. kristin wright has the details. >> they're on their way to the crash site which has become the deadliest in the history of the metro north railroad. here's what we know so far. the train was about 45 minutes into its trip from grand central station in new york city when it slammed into the suv. investigators say the suv was on the tracks because a crossing gate came down on it at a railroad crossing at valhalla in west chester county in new york. the driver got out of the car to look at the car and was about to drive away when the collision happened. the train pushed the jeep more than 800 feet down the tracks and both burst into flames. the driver of the suv was killed along with five people on the train. we are hearing from some train passengers tonight about the frantic effort to get out. >> somehow, some of the people in the head car got out. it seemed maybe they b

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. for an awful lot of people in the area this is the biggest snowstorm of the season. you're looking at springfield, virginia right there. 395 and 95 i think. the roads, the interstates, all roads covered in snow. >> so much snow federal government offices are closing tomorrow. we also have a long list of school closings. d.c. prince george's county montgomery county fairfax and prince william county all planning to close tomorrow. you can see the full list of school closings at the bottom of your screen. >> team coverage tonight. we've got crews all over the place, but we're going to begin with doug. doug as i understand it heavy stuff hasn't really come down yet. >> no i think we are going to get some o of the heavier snow through the overnight hours tonight. we did have one heavy band that brought one to two inches of snow quickly. that moved out. then we've seen a lull in the action. we still have that lull back towards the west. it was over d.c. earlier but now starting to fill in

hi tom. >> hi doreen. let me show you, this is one of the largest salt domes in the whole region here. mayor bowser so declaring a no parking snow emergency at 7:00 a.m. and people all over the city were reacting to the bitter cold and the coming snow. the city's fleet of salt trucks were suiting up for the snowy night. more than 200 trucks getting ready to go. >> i am also declaring a snow emergency in the district effective at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: other officials were checking encampments around town for any homeless people needing aid. this camp was empty. >> we're asking residents if they see someone in need to call 211. >> reporter: mayor bowser facing the most serious snow of her short time in office pledged the city would be ready and all eight boards. meanwhile, at the office of personnel management a spokeswoman had no early word for the 700,000 federal workers on-in the region on what to expect tomorrow. on the national mall tourists were putting up with the cold for souvenir shots. one person

doreen? >> thank you, scott mcfarlane. >>> a developing story in ukraine tonight where a cease-fire deal has been reached after 16 hours of negotiation. but there are many doubts that the agreement with russia will hold. the deal calls for a cease-fire beginning on sunday with heavy weapons pulled out of eastern ukraine within two weeks. tonight, though there is still disagreement over the status of a key town under rebel siege and whether rebel groups will be given autonomy. >>> the senate today voted to confirm ashton carter as the new secretary of defense. the vote was overwhelming. 93-5. carter's first pressing priority will be to win support for the plan to expand the fight against isis. president obama's request for war powers is meeting resistance from both republicans and democrats. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on that. steve? >> reporter: the request that president obama sent to the hill strikes a middle ground. he wants a limited number of u.s. ground troops to go

. >> reporter: hi there, doreen. we are starting to feel temperatures drop, a lot colder than just an hour ago. the side street, the neighborhood roads, the parking lot, folks worried that an icy commute awaits them tomorrow jay is hoping to get his business back open without an icy parking lot tomorrow. how much more do you have? >> probably another -- looks like a good hour or so. >> reporter: it's the street right in front of his shop that he hopes to see cleared soon. >> 95 was good, but the side roads are still needing a little attention. >> reporter: we drove through many neighborhoods that will go into the night still covered making the job tough for this letter carrier. >> couldn't make it through street or sidewalks. >> reporter: we'll walk with you. she said the roads were so rough she had to abandon her cart. >> people don't clear the sidewalks but the side streets are the worst. >> reporter: when we caught up with norville he told me he'd been shoveling for six hours trying to keep ahead of the refreeze.

. >> reporter: definitely doreen. right. and rudy made it personal. here on capitol hill senior republicans are demanding that president obama say that our enemies are islamic terrorists. but he's refusing saying that to use that terminology would help isis in its recruitment. under fire president obama doubled down. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. >> reporter: for a second day at his summit on violent extremism, the president argued the problem is not islamic terror. >> and all of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative. >> reporter: american muslims rushed to praise the president. >> we will defeat the ideology of groups like isis together and railly wanted to commend him for making this big step and for calling us his partners. >> reporter: but after isis beheaded christians in libya and isis sympathizers murdered jews in france and in denmark, critics charge not calling that islamic terror means pr

. >> doreen gentzler joins us with one man's powerful story. hi doreen. >> hi jim and pat. question is can faith help us heal? well some doctors are saying yes after a local pastor who was very close to death made a miraculous recovery. >> i try not to go back there a lot simply because i thought i was asleep for a night, and here it was three to four weeks later. >> reporter: when michael freeman, pastor of spirit of faith christian center awoke in his hospital bed, he says he had no idea he almost died. >> and you kind of wake up and they tell you you're in a different month, you're in a different hospital. >> reporter: but what he thought was a common cold turned out to be an aggressive pneumonia that was attacking his lungs. doctors at their local hospital said there was nothing more they could do for him, but his wife, delores, didn't give up. >> i was never frightened. i was never worried. i was never concerned. >> reporter: at the suggestion of a family member they reached out to medstar washington hospital center where they have a program called ecmo short for extra

doreen gentzler caught up with josh and his mom to see how they're doing. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 9 months old. he was treated but it came back twice. eventually all those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant. but that wreaked havoc on his body. >> his body just started to freak out. his heart failed his kidneys failed his lungs were not working well. >> reporter: that's when an aggressive virus took advantage of his weakened immune system. his mother amy, says their only hope was an antiviral drug called brincidofovir, but it's not approved by the food and drug administration yet, which means a doctor can't prescribe it. so the family asked for expanded access or compassionate use to get the medication for josh. the drug's manufacturer says no. >> where there's a will there's way pip said that once and we just didn't let go. and so many people didn't let go with us. our family was a tremendous part of this. i mean i think they ran the best pr campaign in the world. >> reporter: for this family social media was the

the hope was to give an experimental drug to a sick virginia boy who was dying doreen getsler recently caught up with josh and his mother to see how they're doing now. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer at just 9 months old. he was treated but it came back twice. eventually all of those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant but that wreaked havoc on his body. >> his body just started to freak out. his heart failed. kidney failed lungs were not working well. >> reporter: and that's when an aggressive virus took advantage of his weakened immune system. his mother amy says their only hope was an anti-viral drug. it's not approved by the food and drug administration yet. which means a doctor can't previbe it. so the family asked for something called expanded access or compassionate use, to get the medication for josh. the drug's manufacturer said no. >> where there's a will there's a way. i said it once and we just didn't let go and then so many people didn't let go with us. our family was a tres part of this. i mean i think they ran the best p

the whole nine yards. >> that was doreen gentzler reporting. in the virginia senate lawmakers are considering a bill inspired by josh that would make it easier for terminally ill patient to be approved for experimental medication. >>> we know snow makes parking difficult. but where there's a will there's a way. take a look at this parking job in new york city. the driver of the jeep took advantage and created their own parking shot. i think the next question is how do you get down from there? >> four-wheel drive. >>> here is a pretty cool way to show how much it snowed in your neighborhood. this viewer tweeted this time lapse video. this was taken in frederick, maryland. you can see as the snow keeps falling, you're seeing less and less of the bottle of wine there. by the time it was all said and done i'm sure that wine was nice and chilled. we hope it was white wine right? >> can't treat your reds like that. >> you can chig your red for little bit, but not an extended period of time. >> it seemed like everybody who went to the grocery store an

>> reporter: doreen, i just want down to the platform for the second time today to update the latest information. the station is open. trains are running on time. this is a very different situation than the one we encountered when we arrived here just a few hours ago. smoke filled the lower level of the courthouse station. it was another incident that shakes the confidence passengers. >> before i put my children on i would like somebody to tell me, hey, i can trust my children getting on the metro and being safe going from one place to another. >> reporter: fire crews responded from arlington county, falls church and the metropolitan washington air airports authority. the station was still opened when we arrived so we went down the escalator to the platform for the orange and silver lines. first we smelled the smoke, and then we saw it hanging in the air. >> there was an insulator fire on the track bed between courthouse metro and roslyn metro. our units responded. when we arrived we found that metro personnel had already extinguished the fire with an extinguisher. we went down to co

but as we learned in our exclusive interview, the journey isn't over. >> coming you tonight, doreen'sew with josh hardy and his mother including more on the cont them get the d save his life. >>> bhonry county school buildings are running out of space. nearly half of the school buildings are face a space shortage in the next five years according to the school board president who told maryland state senators there is quote no he said it in sight to the growth. sichbs since trowel2007 they have had 27,000 new students. they are lobbying for funding for new school construction. >>> in just a few hour the superintendent of arlington public schools will present next year's budget propose. school board asked for small pay increases and more instructional time at four elementary schools. today's meeting is at 10:30 a.m.. >>> in honor of black history month, faculty and students at howard university will research and rewrite black history related entries on wikipedia today. the edit-a-thon will be held at the research center at 10:00 a.m. and will last until 4:00. >>> we're seeing the damage

jim, doreen?arbara. >> thank you for sharing that story. >>> doug is back with a recap of our weather. what are we looking at tonight? >> i'm waiting to be a popular guy again. hey, we got 70 on saturday sunshine -- >> it may take a while. >> yeah because nobody's liking the forecast. i asked and twitter page what is you think about the weather. most said get it out of here. the cold is here you know that. current temperatures at 28. dropping to about 23 degrees by 9:00 19 degrees tonight by 11:00. once again, i do think we will set a record at dulles. the old record, 14, i think we'll smash that getting down to about 4. look at this. we've already set a record. 11 degrees right now. that's the current temperature right there. as long as we stay below that 14-degree mark in the next few hours that's the way it's going to be. these are windchills so not quite the record yet, but we'll get there. 13 towards camp springs. not talking act any rain or snow over the next couple days. the next chance we

. >> reporter: hi there, doreen. after two sentencing hearings and what was a vigorous six-week trial, today judge james spencer admitted that he was puzzled by maureen mcdonnell's defense. paraphrasing here he said first they throw mom under the bus, then they throw mama off the train. but today the defense did a 180 compared to what their trial defense to portray a different maureen. the maureen mcdonnell walking out of court today with a child at each arm was described by her eight character witnesses as loving and naive, a change from the nearly vilified former first lady both defense ls painted during trial. >> only today to do this almost 180 and call her a very simple person who is happiest whes sitting at home with sweat pants. >> reporter: judge james spencer agreed telling the court, "mrs. mcdonnell's behavior was puzzling and even at times bizarre. it was difficult to get to the heart of who mrs. mcdonnell truly is." in her own words today she said she was sorry for letting johnnie williams into their live

. >> reporter: hi doreen. thanks. some megaonline companies like facebook are not jumping to join this presidential initiative. they're upset a lot of their data which is actually our data that they have was taken by the nsa with the president's permission. but everybody agrees that hacking to steal has got to stop. at the big bear cafe in d.c. most of the coffee drinkers were online and worried about having their identity stolen. >> yeah, you definitely see and hear more on the news and read nor in p papers about incidents. >> i also don't feel like my habits have changed that much because i don't really know what i'm supposed to do. >> reporter: it's government and industry that need to do more said president obama at the cyber summit in silicon valley. he signed an executive order urging companies to join in hubs for joint cyber defense. >> it can help make it easier for companies to get the classified cyber security threat information they need to protect their companies. >> reporter: hack attacks set a record las

. >> reporter: school counselor doreen hogan says providing more opportunity for students to recover and get credit during the regular school year has made a difference. >> night school was almost $500. summer school was $500. a lot of students cannot afford that. that's what would break down and cause our graduation rates to be so low. >> reporter: hispanic and latino students experienced the highest increase with more than 4% in the graduation rate. african-americans more than 2%. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> what's the ultimate reward for a student bound to inspire here students. maggie hawk was given the award considered the oscar of education. she has been teaching at yellow spring elementary for 12 years. it's the same school that she attended and where she found her inspiration for teaching despite struggling with dyslexia. >> this is the reason that i wanted to go into teaching. i loved all my teachers. they gave me that passion that drive and i wanted to instill that in my students. >> reporter: the . >> the award will go towards her son's college fund. >>> arie will open

you can watch doreen's full report on news4 tonight at 11:00. we'd like you to post your comments. >>> gps can get you home. it can even pinpoint your location in an emergency. new at 6:00 tonight, a virginia company is using (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not honda. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set of eyes, every time you drive. >>> new details on a shooting at frederick high school. mark segraves has tweeted out the updates. school officials say neither of the students wounded in the shooting last night are students at frederick high . they're students at other schools in frederick county. we have not been told how old they are. investigators are looking into the possibility that the shooting may have been gang related. >>> it is one of the greatest mysterie

doreen gentzler caught up wi josh and his family to see how he's doing now. >> hi wendy, jim. josh hardy recently you can see he's an 8-year-old so full of life. he's got a great sense of humor, loves to have fun with his three brothers. but he and his family have been through a long struggle to survive a series of medical problems. as we learned, the journey isn't over yet. when the camera turns on josh hardy can get a little shy. lots of people want to know how you're feeling, josh. >> good. >> reporter: so it can be tough to see just how far the 8-year-old has come over the last year. that's because when the world first met josh he was dying. >> he is gosh 100% from where he was this time last year. i mean just he couldn't even sit up. he couldn't eat. he could barely stay awake. >> reporter: josh was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 9 months old. he was treated but it came back twice. eventually all those years of chemotherapy took a toll and josh needed a bone marrow transplant. but that wreaked havoc on his body. >> his body just started to freak out. his heart fai

>> reporter: jim and doreen, that's right. the white house, the pentagon, the fbi all cannot confirm what isis is claiming. still, there is great concern that this may be true. isis is claiming that jordanian fighter jets hit a building killing an american female hostage identified as kayla mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from arizona. while there is great concern u.s. officials say they have no evidence yet mueller is dead. >> i can not confirm those reports in any way. >> reporter: mueller's family says kayla was taken captive by isis in august 2013 while leaving a doctors without borders hospital and was devoted to helping war refugees in syria. jordan's fighter jets have been pounding isis targets since an isis video surfaced showing one of jordan's captured pilots being burned alive in a cage. but if muler is dead it's unknown if the air strikes or isis militants killed her. >> i would not put anything past isis. it could be possible that they strategically moved her in the form of a human shield to buildings they knew

the game for an all new episode of "the black list" followed by news 4 at 11 cooke with jim vance doreenug kammerer. >> doug will have the latest after the game for what monday morning will look like. >>> that will do it for "news 4 today." "meet the press" is next. >> go >>> this super bowl sunday mitt romney gets out just as he was being pushed. >> i decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. >> with romney out, the republican field is now set. which candidates benefit from the romney departure? i'll be joined by mitt romney's 2012 running mate, congressman paul ryan. >>> plus, isis executes a second japanese hostage. former defense secretary robert gates joins me on the fight against the terror group. >>> also, are the big hits the fans love jeopardizing the future of football? >> i wasould forget things, i would forget places. i would have this erratic behavior towards my child.

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with breaking developments in the killing of a jordanian pilot. news4's handle hand is tracking new information from the white house and he's at our live desk with the latest. jim? >> doreen and jim, the king of jordan is meeting with president obama right now before he leaves to return to his grieving nation. king abdullah was in d.c. for a scheduled trip today when we learned that isis had executed a jordanian pilot they were holding hostage. we just got new pictures from the video isis released today. it shows the pilot on the day isis says he was burned alive. nbc news is not showing that video. his execution has led to public outrage in jordan angry crowds gathering in the capital of oman today. the jordanian army has vowed to avenge the death. meanwhile, the u.s. military says the execution just hardened its resolve

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance.im by isis that american hostage kayla mueller was killed today in an air strike has not been confirmed. but u.s. intelligence community is working hard to learn more about this. nbc's jennifer johnson with more on this from capitol hill. jennifer? >> reporter: jim and doreen, that's right. the white house, the pentagon, the fbi all cannot confirm what isis is claiming. still, there is great concern that this may be true. isis is claiming that jordanian fighter jets hit a building killing an american female hostage identified as kayla mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from arizona. while there is great concern u.s. officials say they have no evidence yet mueller is dead. >> i can not confirm those reports in any way. >> reporter: mueller's family says kayla was taken captive by isis in august 2013 while leaving a doctors without borders hospital and was devoted to helping war refugees in syria. jordan's fighter jets have been pounding isis targets since an isis video surfaced showing o

>> reporter: doreen this fire department draws many volunteers from the ranks of local college students often pre-med students who want to serve the community even though the job does have a great risk involved. when an ambulance rolls out of the fire department station on massachusetts avenue in bethesda there are often volunteer emergency medical technicians on board. sidney marshall who just turned 20 and tom, were onboard responding to a car crash on the inner loop near river road. the weather was terrible and winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. still pictures from the scene show the catastrophic aftermath of what happened as the four-member ambulance crew tended ps from the original crash. a white toyota car role la on the shoulder. the driver of a red ford f-150 pickup truck lost control and collided with the toyota and marshal and shriver. one of the other emts called for help. >> we were on the right shoulder and there are two member who is are down. >> reporter: john witherspoon is president of the board who runs the fire department. the injuries are de one of them has what i

. >> reporter: that's righ doreen. multiple sources tell news 4 that fairfax county police detectives that are charged with investigating in-custody deaths here at the coun det center have been troubled getting access to the facility. a spokesman for the sheriff's office says that is not true. fairfax county police are now investigating the death of 37-year-old inmate natashia mckenna of alexandria who suffered what is described as a medical emergency after being tased by sheriff's deputies at the fairfax county adult detention center last week. she died sunday. sources tell news 4 that police detectives who routinely investigate such deaths have been denied access to the facility. the detention center has numerous surveillance cameras. it's been nationally recognized and was recently the scene of filming for msnbc's "lockup" series. the journal of the american law enforcement center which compiles information about court cases involving the police notice that tasers are commonly recognized for use in involuntary cell

>> reporter: well that's a very good question doreen and actually a question that a lot of the civilociety here in yemen, particularly those opposed to the coup are asking the united states. what is your next step going to be? because a lot of them have lost faith in the process, because they believe that these negotiations as long as they have taken place, all that has really been consistent with them is the houthis have gained more and more power as these negotiations have gone along. so a lot of people are looking for more direct strong action from the u.n. not just strong word, and sympathy with the -- with the president, but also some sort of action that could empower those in yemen who are opposed to the coup particularly that they don't have much power in the face of the military might of the houthis and militia. >> and it is a very unstable situation on the ground is it not? and especially with the threat of al-qaeda as well. it just seems to be growing now. >> reporter: it is. i mean the violence is just multi-layers wherever you look really across the country. not only the

. >> reporter: doreen i spoke to the head of the park police union this evening. and he says it's only a matter of time he thinks until terrorists target one of our national monuments. and he says that's an attack that the park police aren't ready for. >> our staffing right now is lower than it was five years ago. >> the low staffing levels are impacting security at monuments here in the washington region as well as popular tourist sites across the country. in a letter to the director of the national park service glick warned recent attacks in other countries are clear indicators terrorists want to attack landmarks. >> our staffing was so short that in some of our field offices we're pulling detectihorseback officers to respond as patrol officers. >> reporter: the shift of other investigators to patrol duties is impacting the department's ability to thoroughly investigate crimes like the recent fatal hit and run on bw parkway. another budget issue hindering park police is the lack of surveillance cameras particularly in places like the parkway. >> if we had camera

doreen and jim, back to you. >> chris gordon thank you. >>> new video tonight of the man known as the black hat bandits. the fbi says they robbed seven banks in northern virginia and maryland since january 2nd. this video shows the men holding up the essex bank in arnold maryland. investigs say the men are growing more violent and brazen holding a gun to the head of a custom at one bank in virginia. reward for the arrest and convicti of the men has also been raised to $30,000. >>> police are trying to figure out who killed a 95-year-old man. a navy veteran who was a reside in a senior living complex in montgomery county. the propert manager found the man dead in his apartment at the randolph village complex in colesvil yesterday. he's been identified as daniel lauren bellvin. so far police will only say that belvin had suffered trauma to his upper body. police say they have leads but so far nobody's been arrested. dangerous and distur day on the roads in virginia for virginia state troopers bad crashes in a 12-hour span have two troopers injured and other members on the force shaken s

. >> go ahead doreen. >> oh okay i'd like to thank director moyer and the entire staff for coming up with that opportunity i think this has shown a need for this type of opportunity address i'm really extremely happy 25i9s a perfect process we had a difference and qualified we had great applications, great interest and we came up with a great restaurant for this opportunity site and so it's just perfect so it shows our need for more opportunity like this and i really want to congratulate troy and daniel for putting such a wonderful proposal together i know you're going to have nothing but success on the other hand i hope we're able to negotiate a sustainable long term lease so they'll be here for years to come thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. well i think commissioner brandon said a lot of the right things so i want to add my personal element number one great to hear we had so many qualified mraksdz and had the successful opportunity for the l.b. opportunity wanted to personally say i love the caging even food i give a party myself once a year i practice what i preach i looked forwa

vance, doreen? >> thank you. >> people 75 floors below were at risk. >> we'll report how a mirror at a trendy manhattan restaurant landed one person in a hospital. >>> and black ice nearly cost a worker his life. this... is the best part of the day. when we sit down together and talk. more and more, we're having conversations about the food itself: how good it is for us. how good it is for the planet. at monsanto, we're working with farmers to make balanced meals accessible to everyone. while using natural resources more efficiently. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com >>> a massive fire lit up the night sky in the heart of dubai tonight. forcing one of the world's tallest apartment buildings to evacuate. the fire climbed multiple stories of the 79-floor skyscraper known as the torch tower. flaming debris fell to the street below and kept on burning. fire is out now and there have been no reports of injuries. >>> this massive mirror came

. >> reporter: doreen is valerie's mom. >> when she died, two top mountain sports foundations took on that same motto. >> reporter: that makes 100,000 vertical feet of inspiration. at the white tail resort, scott broom, wusa 9. >> check out all those heroes there. that event is just finishing. today's challenge raised more than $90,000. >>> still ahead at 7:00, the frozen freakout. >> we're going to introduce you to a young fan of the hit disney fan. and when it comes to her passion, well, you'll have to see it to believe it. >> plus three mondays. three winter storms and boston is buried. we'll have the latest from bean town but nothing like that coming our way. >> we do have winter weather advisories and a little bit of a mixed precipitation north of town. we'll show you how much colder it is right now than it was 24 hours ago. make us stronger. when a girl connects with a science mentor... her confidence grows. when schools connect with technology... a 5th grader's world opens up. and when a worker connects to online degrees... his opportunities multiply. the at&t aspire initiative

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the federal government is open tomorrow on time. d.c. schools will start on time tomorrow. but the dangerous conditions mean another snow day for thousands of area students on wednesday. fairfax, prince william, loudoun, falk wire two hour delay for prince george's anne arund el. >> we'll begin with doug. i heard you say earlier, it will get really cold again, huh? >> all right. you got me now? it's been on there, buddy. i'll tell you. the temperatures have been on the cold side for sure and they're going down and down big time. we'll be talking about that during the day tomorrow. the outdoor impact tomorrow temperatures start off at around 15 degrees early. will rise during the day tomorrow. 27 by 11:00, 33. then another chance for snow. another compact system that will move through and give us a huge wallopg the evening hours tomorrow night. so your wednesday headlines, cold but nice early. most of the day tomorrow not bad, but here comes the arctic front, here comes some snow here comes wind chills below zero. we're talking way below

. >>> doreen in her words -- >> we've got winners to talk about tonight. >> that's right. people are asking me what do you do to help women get more sports coverage. i say nothing, not when you have a team like maryland. they deserve it. that's what sports are about. why we watch. we want to see something extraordinary, o be ato be amazed and marvel. the women, impressive displays off the court public display of dancing. yep, tonight as penn state came to town, maryland up 10-2 early. lexie brown with the steal. brionna jones contact. the tough shot. she gets it to go. terps leading by 21 at the break. this one well in hand for maryland. lexie brown with a little shake six points for her. maryland cruises past penn state. a perfect 16-0 in the big ten. >>> immediately after the game the maryland women gathered at center court tonight for a well deserved trophy presentation. yes, they still have two regular season games to go but they clinched the big ten regular season title. they get to take home the hardware. head coach brenda frese embracing this special moment. >> to b

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. don't expect it to change either before you wake up tomorrow. chief meteorologist doug kammerer starts us off. slap you upside the head? >> i heard that so much when i was a kid. my cad used the exact same line. i don't think he ever did it though. you walk outside, your body will feel it your head your body your feet everywhere. let's show you those numbers right now. notice 11 the current wind chill in d.c. we're at 5 in gaithersburg 2 in hagerstown, 7 in manassas. now we're talking about the cold air. our next storm system coming in sunday night to monday part of the weekend. i'll let you know what that storm system brings and how cold things will be tomorrow. shomari stone will let us know how cold things are outside and how people are dealing with this cold air. shomari? >> well doug let me tell you first off the bat it is awful. you're talking about smacked upside the head. my body is snacked edsmacked up and it's bone chilling. hello. this woman just went like this indicating how cold it is. normally this is one of the busiest intersectio

. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, doreen gensler will have what doctors say helped the pastor make the miraculous recovery. >>> today there is a presentation you can see at the smithsonian honoring the first black graduate of m.i.t.. the u.s. postal service will dedicate a stamp to robert robinson taylor this morning. it's happening at the national postal museum at 11:00. taylor saw the design and construction of the muskogee institute. today you can commemorate the 206th anniversary of abraham lincoln. the birthday celebration ceremony will be held at his memorial today. it will be hosted by the national park service. you're invited to take part. there will be live music and guest speakers there throughout the district. >>> a special lon or forhonor for an nfl player who doubted his caught's fight as he battled for a spot on the bengals roster. last might he received the tracy's kids courage award. comcast sponsors that world and the executive vice president was there to present to still. he explained why tracy's kids is so important. >> it's art therapy for kids undergoing cancer tre

i'm doreen gentzler with doug kammerer here in storm center 4. jim vance is with us as well.en the confetti started falling. >>> meanwhile, the northeast is getting ready for more heavy snow to fall. this is what's headed their way from chicago. hundreds of monday flights already canceled and now amtrak is preparing for possible delays on the northeast corridor tomorrow. doug how about us? what are we looking at tomorrow? >> right now, snow in parts of the area up toward half an inch to an inch in some locations, especially across montgomery county and howard county frederick county too. the rest of it is changing to rain. we even had snow around the d.c. metro area an hour ago. that's all changing to rain. the rain/snow line continuing toward the north. this is a very big system. it's continuing to move our way. you see the rain and snow. but even toward the west we have more rain to go. we're going to see a rainy night tonight and a rainy start to your monday. tomorrow morning, winter weather advisory in effect until 8:00. it now includes all of montgomery county as we have

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. that wind sent a tree crashing into a home and had heavy construction equipment swaying from a high rise tonight. it's also causing our temperatures to dip. let's get over to meteorologist doug kammerer. it is cold out there. >> we're talking wind chills in the single digits. they were really gusting and, boy, they brought down the temperatures quickly. look at the wind in gaithersburg. up to 56 miles per hour. the highest i saw in this area. wintergreen, the ski resort 65 miles per hour there. but closer to home annandale 54 miles per hour. so we did see some damage out there. we also saw power out ajs throughout the evening. now starting to see those a little bit better. hagerstown look at the wind chill, 5 degrees. that's how it feels. 16 towards washington. now, tomorrow morning the actual temperature will be around 21 degrees. it will be windy, it will be cold wind chills in the single digits to teens. we'll talk about how fast we'll see a warm-up here and what our next chances f

. >> news 4's doreen gentzler tells us the unique procedure that helped save his life. >> i try not to go back there a lot, simply because i thought i was asleep for a night. and here it was three to four weeks later. >> reporter: when michael freeman, pastor of spirit of faith christian center awoke in his hospital bed, he says he had no idea he almost died. >> you kind of wake up and they tell you you're in a different month, you're in a different hospital. >> reporter: what he thought was a common cold turned out to be an aggressive pneumonia that was attacking his lungs. doctors at their local hospital said there was nothing more they could do for him, but his wife dolores didn't give up. >> i was never frightened, i was never worried, i was never concerned. >> reporter: at the suggestion of a family member, they reached out to med star washington hospital center where they have a program called ecmo short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. it's a machine typically used for patients whose hearts won't pump. but some hospitaltion use it for patients like pastor freeman whose l

>>> good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. one of the u.s. allies is pulling out of the operations against isis tonight. it follows that gruesome execution of the pilot from jordan. the united arab emirates suspended air missions over iraq and syria. the country says those missions will not resume until search and rescue teams are moved closer to syria in case another pilot is shot down. it's unclear if one of those teams might have been able to save that pilot. jordan has called for the middle east to unite against isis and has promised retaliation. with the battle against isis in mind, the senate confirmation hearing for president obama's selection to lead the defense department. that nominee is ashton carter. he was grillsed about how he would fight isis. we have more from capitol hill. >> ashton carter sailed through his nomination hearing today but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed their nr the slow-going fight against isis. >> reporter: ashton carter the pentagon insider nominated to be defense secretary gave a sober asse

that is going to be followed by news 4 at 11:00 with our all-star team of jim vance, doreen gentzler and doug kammerer. >>> 6:09. coming up, not again another major recall involving the most popular vehicles on the road. if it sounds familiar, it's because we've been down this road before. the safety risk putting you and your families at risk while driving. >>> watching for rain, chuck is putting his final touches on his forecast and is timing out when the rain will hit your neighborhood, plus how it's going to impact your technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. i was not aware of how much acidity was in my diet. i was so focused on making good food choices, i had no idea that it was damaging the enamel o

i feel great to be alive. >> reporter: doreen gentzler, news 4. >> great story. dr.olina tells us most hospitals in our area don't have an ecmo program because it's complicated and requires a lot of training and experience. >> guess what? it's frigid outside, really cold. >> dangerously cold outside this morning. people who were somehowr blanket and a space% heater. that's the kind of morning it is. about the only place that doesn't look cold, the moon. it's mild here by comparison. if you've got a great picture send it in instagram forecast for you on twitter @chuckbell4 and i'll share as many as i can. near record colds, records for tomorrow morning it's 5 at national airport. i don't know that we can get all the way down to 5 at national airport. but dulles international airport, the record is 11. that one is as good as dead in the water already. bwi march shel shall's record is 5. that one is in jeopardy. what to expect? dangerous windchills, windchills running 10 to 20 now, barely above zero today. lots of icy flashes. that flash freeze has a lot of black ice ou

doreen gensler has the story of a maryland pastor who made a miles per hourraculous recovery. >> reporter: michael freeman, pastor of the spirit of faith christian center was lying unconscious as an aggressive pneumonia was attacking his lungs. when he finally woke up, he had no idea that his recovery was something some are calling miraculous. >> i tried not to go back there a lot simply because i thought i was asleep for a night. and here it was 3 to 4 weeks later. >> coming up tonight on news 4 at 11:00, what doctors are saying helped the pastor make a miraculous recovery. >>> when you are thumbing through facebook later this morning -- >> actually want to tell you about a huge show of support for kids if prince george's county. the school district hosted its second annual fatherhood forum last might in springdale. school board members sent us photos from the event. 198 fathers were honored for their commitment to education and to their children and it also featured a discussion about active positive father figures in student lives. they have been pushing really hard to make sure father

. >> doreen and tisha thompson will introduce us to the officers who handl every day. >>> it is 6:25. we told you about a "washington post" report the other day that said metro knew about computer issues before that underground emergency last month. metro is now pushing back against those allegations. the post wrote that before the incident metro knew it needed to upgrade computer software that handles smoke emergencies. the upgrades would make it easier for metro's control center to pen point smoke in the system and coordinate ventilation fans. metro wrote a letter saying wmata is working to improve training and operating procedures with respect to the ventilation. metro says the current software works properly and upgrades must be funded by local jurisdictions. we've posted metro's entire letter to the editor on our website. >>> a new national study says germantown maryland is the second most diverse city in the country. jersey city took the top spot. they looked at diversity of race and ethnicity, language and region of birth. billings montana was the least diverse city in the coun