in fredericksburg virginia news 4. >> and some big promises from d.c. mayor about the city's long delayed street car line. bouser is vowing that the eight street street car will be up and running. she made her comments during the first state of the district address. earlier this year the transportation chief suggested that the street cars may never operate. but this year said not only will it open but it will expand to other parts of the city. >> we will extend the line to downtown ward seven so that council member alexander's constituents can get from benning road to a street to union station and eventually all the way to georgetown. >> the district has spent nearly $200 million on this two-mile street car line. >> at gun point at this time. >> we need rescue. we have one in custody. >> we have several cruisers involved. >> we have at least two officers that are injured. >> those are some of the dispatch calls for that wild chase that ended in a crashing conclusion on the fairfax county parkway. this all unfolded on the same day officers were looking f

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn at the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia. family and friends remember grace mann, killed one week ago today, the emotional tribute coming up. >> thanks for joining us tonight. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm lesli foster. we start with new information out of baltimore tonight where the city's police commissioner is conceding mistakes were made several times in the handling of freddie gray. the young man died sunday from a spinal injury just a week after police took him into custody. how he got that injury has sparked daily protests in the streets of baltimore and an investigation by a police task force. six officers involved in gray's arrest have been suspended. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been, no excuses for that, period. we know our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times. >> the police commissioner went on to say dozens of interviews have been conducted and many more remain. investigators are gathering and reviewing city surveillance

now both go to the university of mary washington in fredericksburg virginia. that's where shomari stone is live tonight. what are you hearing. >> reporter: good evening, chris. students and faculty here at the university of mary washington is grieving. it's a very somber mood out here. people remember grace mann as a great student, someone the type of person you would like to hang out with because she was just so uplifting. tonight she's gone and her roommate the suspected killer is behind bars. friends remember grace mann as an intelligent 20-year-old who uplifted the student body at university of mary washington. tonight police say they arrested her roommate steven briel, for allegedly killing her inside the house they rented with two other roommates. >> it's definitely scary, and the fact that we didn't hear anything no altercation, nothing, definitely the scary part. >> reporter: heidi lives across the street. >> they were good all go to school and all roommates. >> reporter: around 3:00 this evening two of the other roommates came home and found her uncon

in fredericksburg virginia i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> way to go brandon and the boy scouts for teaching him that. good story. moving out now or is there still a little more left? >> no more left. >> okay good. >> storms are out of here. now cool air moving in here. but it won't be all that bad. temperatures tomorrow a high of 58 that comes with sunshine. that's below average but a couple of weeks ago, even this weekend, we would have loved to see 58. out there right now we're on the cooler side after a high of 73 earlier, we're now down to 49. those winds out of the north at 15 miles per hour. that's why we will see those cooler numbers and we're still dealing with a few clouds across the area. 40 degrees in hagerstown. 50 in hunting town and 51 down towards the patuxent river. some wind left but notice not everybody is seeing the winds gusting. 26 miles per hour in camp springs, 23 in manassas. manassas earlier had a 54-mile-an-hour wind gust. so we did see some very strong winds earlier. a lot of branches down across the region. storm team 4 radar, clear. so tomorrow morning we'll be

host: let's go back to call spared fredericksburg, virginia, a republican. caller: we keep hearing infrastructure and it is always roads and schools. but, in fact, we need a deeper infrastructure. we need reform of business government and this is local and state governments also it we need reform of the school system. we do need to educate people without all of the bringing the children into it, because we are the guardians of the children but the children do not have a say in education, and they should not. we are adults. what i am trying to say is, you keep talking about infrastructure. we have a moral infrastructure deficit. we neglect the small country towns in this country. we see people's boarded-up houses and boarded-up stores and young people standing on the streets and waiting for drug dealers. it is happening all throughout the country. all you have to do is take a trip down 95 to myrtle beach and you will see all of these closed places in these small areas. guest:

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn at the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia.family and friends remember grace mann, killed one week ago today, the emotional tribute coming up. >> thanks for joining us tonight. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm lesli foster. we start with new information out of baltimore tonight where the city's police commissioner is conceding mistakes were made several times in the handling of freddie gray. the young man died sunday from a spinal injury just a week after police took him into custody. how he got that injury has sparked daily protests in the streets of baltimore and an investigation by a police task force. six officers involved in gray's arrest have been suspended. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been, no excuses

surae chinn is live in fredericksburg, virginia, where the little boy lived. >> reporter: neighbors say that children would be playing in that man's backyard all the time on that play equipment you see behind me, but they say they never saw a baby who was so badly burned he was taken to the hospital and died. 33-year-old david marcussen has been charged with scalding his 11-month-old foster child while giving the boy a bath. it happened new year's day at the home where the little boy ka'ron mason was living with his foster parents in the 600 block of village parkway in the fredericksburg area of stafford county. the little boy was taken to the hospital with burns to his face, torso and neck. he was then airlifted to the burn center in richmond. he died a month later on february 1st just after he turned a year old. >> me and my friend baby-sited his kids a few times. i never even knew he had a foster child. >> shocking that it's in your own backyard. >> reporter: marcussen was in died friday. he turned himself in. he's been charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of cru

as well as one in gum trees and fredericksburg, virginia. anchor: let's turn our attention to the weather today. nice and a bit windy. it but it's beautiful. leon: doug hill delivered. you sure did come through today. doug: strong gusty wind but temperatures in the lower 70's. the pollen is very high and the strong wind, having a miserable day. looking at things. just a few high clouds but beautiful early april weather. a beautiful afternoon, indeed. over them mountains, i think it will be tomorrow. the story is the gusty wind transporting in the warm temperatures. the 26 mile an hour gust at washington and ellis airport. we will keep our eyes to the north. partly sunny and breezy and warm as we drop into the 60's this evening. an isolated shower before sunrise. a couple lines of showers probably a thunderstorm thrown in tomorrow as well. that is the highlight of what we expect. we have the whole forecast. leon: we have been watching the parting of clouds on the international controversy. president obama is praising the framework of a nuclea

. >>> we're following a developing story in fredericksburg virginia. mary washington is mourning the loss of a student. grace mann died at the hands of her own roommate. this morning police are trying to figure out why. shomari stone has reaction from neighbors in the quiet community college. >> reporter: friends remember her as an intelligent 20-year-old who uplifted the student body at mary washington. they arrested her roommate for allegedly killing her inside the house they rented with two other roommates. >> definitely is scary. the fact that we didn't hear anything no altercation that's the scary part. >> reporter: she lives across the street. >> they were good at school. >> reporter: two of the other roommates came home and found her unconscious. police say they called 911, tried cpr and steven took off running before officers showed up. police found him at this church parking lot on the other side of town. >> any reason why had he would do this? >> don't have information about this at this time. >> reporter: they were both students at universit

in fredericksburg, virginia julie carey, news4. >>> with no clear motive in her death, news4 is working for you to learn more about the man charged with killing grace mann, 30-year-old steven vander briel. he had just returned this spring semester to the university after leaving the school back in 2007. friends say mann and her female roommates didn't know him before he rented a room in the house she shared. a search warrant reveals mann was bound and was not breathing when her roommates got home. briel was there but took off and was later arrested. >>> the medical examiner says mann was estrange elled. >>> the man who shot president reagan battling for band time? why john hinckley jr.'s attorneys say he should be allowed to get out of a hospital and jam. >> reporter: i'm jason pew live at the verizon center for game three between the wizards and the raptors. coming up in just a bit, i'll tell you why the players want to turn this place into a true home court ad >>> for a few hours this afternoon, the statue of liberty was trending on social media after a report of a suspicious package

. >> reporter: in fredericksburg virginia news 4. >>> it could be key in the fight against cancer.up the new test that's helping doctors fight the disease earlier than before. >>> and a major change is coming to macaroni and cheese. >>> and we're watching strong thunderstorms out there right now. nothing severe. take a look at the latest radar. one thing the notice. a storm just to the south of d.c. right now making way in through prince georges county. the lightning, a lot associated with this storm moving right towards the clinton area and monitoring the storm right through national harbor area right on down towards southeast >>> watching two pretty strong storms. no severe weather just yet. two storms. one to the south of d.c. and portions of st. mary's county. this is moving to the north and also to the north. this is right now right over national harbor. the heavy rain over i-95. oxen hill area. watching it move in towards southeast d.c. and prince georges county and posting you as the night goes on. >>> say good-bye to the orange cheese powder in the blue box. kraft foods wil

last summer a burger got caught in his dad's throat in fredericksburg virginia.nks to brandon's scouting skills, he noousknew just what do. >> brandon came over and he was able to clear the obstruction. >> i got to save my dad's life and i get rewarded for it. so pretty cool. >> that is cool. brandon says he wants to be a firefighter to continue to save lives. >> good work. >>> this dog is named brutus he is from colorado he suffered frost bite as a puppy and lost the ability to walk with you his current family paid for surgery and a special prosthetic paw. you can see him wearing it now. it allows him to get around and run and play like any other dog. how cool is that? >> and when it comes to pets we all talk about a lot of us who have pets you can name the price, we'll take care of them. >> and how loving. >> $12,000 for that. little brutus. >>> time is 5:26. still ahead, why isis is calling a politician a key enemy. >>> and plus new hope for the streetcars. a promise from mayor bowser to keep the embattled project alive. >>> plenty of cars going over the wills

that's where we met alma, a fredericksburg virginia mother who produced too much milk after her baby was born and instead of throwing it out posted an ad. >> i don't drink alcohol. i don't smoke. i eat very healthy. most of the food i eat is organic. almost everything. so, yeah, i'm sure my milk is on the top-shelf quality. i hope. >> she told us after she posted her ad she got a lot of responses but not all the kind she was looking for. many of them were from scammers trying to get her personal information and some from men who wanted her breast milk for sexual purposes. we'll have a lot more on this story tonight including how this is helping some new mothers and why others say this whole practice can be dangerous. that's mother's milk for sale tonight at 11:00. >> thanks doreen. >>> she's the wife of a famous civil rights leader. >> but she hasn't seen her husband in three years now. >> continuing to pray for him daily and hope that he's doing okay. >> straight ahead, dorothy fauntroy talks to news4's tom sherwood about the mysterious disappearance of her husband walter. we'll be

. >>> in fredericksburg, virginia, they're just coming to grips with the loss of a -- investigators believeshe was killed by a roommate. here's more. >> reporter: students laid plowers and cry at a memorial to 20-year-old grace mann. she was the daughter of fairfax juvenile court judge thomas mann and active student here. this small campus is stunned by her murder allege lid by one of her house mates, 30-year-old steven -- police arrested him near a local church shortly after grace mann was found by her two other house mates unconscious at their off campus home. police say there was no romantic relationship but they're not saying much else about her murder. here at the memorial that displays happier times, students were so distraught they did not want to talk about her death. >>> a man and his children have been laid to rest. they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. a funeral was held saturday at the university of maryland's eastern shore campus. the family was discovered dead in their princess ann home two weeks ago. family members thanked the community for their support and for the donat

the fredericksburg, virginia marine jason hague is a hero. issues dog axle as well.nikki is here to explain. >> reporter: axle is going to be named the national hero dog of the year. i met jason and axle to hear their story about how they saved each other. >> good boy. >> reporter: this is how captain jason hague's day starts now with his best friend axle. >> sit. >> reporter: he is a marine who served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. he was awarded the purple heart. >> i was wounded in 2003 and 2008. i was near a couple ieds. >> reporter: his toughest battle is yet to come. >> i came home from then and basically just shut myself off. >> reporter: jason was diagnosed with ptsd. he had flashbacks and blackouts. he was living in his basement abusing prescription drugs, 37 pills a day. the wife and children reached a breaking point. >> he she is like you got to find something to get over this. >> reporter: he found that something on a trip to the mailbox. he ran into his neighbor who also suffers from ptsd and his service dog. >> i said like three words to h

host: let's go back to call spared fredericksburg, virginia, a republican.aller: we keep hearing infrastructure and it is always roads and schools. but, in fact, we need a deeper infrastructure. we need reform of business government and this is local and state governments also it we need reform of the school system. we do need to educate people without all of the bringing the children into it, because we are the guardians of the children but the children do not have a say in education, and they should not. we are adults. what i am trying to say is, you keep talking about infrastructure. we have a moral infrastructure deficit. we neglect the small country towns in this country. we see people's boarded-up houses and boarded-up stores and young people standing on the streets and waiting for drug dealers. it is happening all throughout the country. all you have to do is take a trip down 95 to myrtle beach and you will see all of these closed places in these small areas. guest: i am from a small town myself in wisconsin. my district is rural. it is harder for sma

you notice most of the activity in through northern virginia, fredericksburg, down toward the south around the charlottesville area, then more showers through fairfax county and back down towards the west. take a look at northern falkier county around marshall right along 66 that drive through 66 never good at this time of night, doesn't look like the rain will help with it either or the shower activity. down toward the south even farther, we've got fairfax down toward the city of fair tax seeing those. in and around the springfield region we're seeing rain, too. we'll continue to see this across route 1 or just south of mt. vernon into parts of prince george's and charles counties over the next hour or so. dining out? most areas looking good, 70 to 75 degrees, again, south of d.c. you may run into a few showers, but north of d.c. no problems. and i think even in the city we should be okay. tomorrow's forecast, warm, lots of afternoon sunshine, low humidity. 76 to 81 degrees tomorrow going to bl fantastic. and not just fantastic. tomorrow will be the nicest weekend day we've seen since sep

the greatest impact in yellow in charles county southern calvert, northern neck of virginia and over toward fredericksburg and shaur lotsville. these neighborhoods here these zones likely could get the greatest risk of some small tornadoes, high winds hail and maybe even enough rain to cause isolated flooding. a look at the hour by hour timing on those storms updated one, that's coming up at 6:21. how is the commute? >>> college parkway and stacey lane all lanes blocked. northbound 95 near route 32, right shoulder blocked. taking a look at travel times, outer loop between 95 and 270 will take you about ten minutes. and when you hit the road tune into wtop 103.5 fm to get more traffic information. >>> a toeching situation at this hour in northeast washington. take a live look at the scene right now. police still on the stretch of h street where it is off-limits. police are searching for evidence following that kidnapping situation that left a guard dead and ended with a smooth shoot-out. >>> plus another violent arrest caught on video causing a stir.action being taken in came cal after this video went vira

virginia. most of this is 35szpassing well south of fredericksburg.etting a little bit of light rain in prince george's county, saint mary's northern neck. that wave will don't cross the bay and move away. behind that clouds around maybe a little bit of drizzle between now and 8:00. between 8:00 9:00 10:00 the next wave of rain in southern virginia may take a bit of a turn to the northeast. come into fredericksburg leonardstown by around 10:00 this morning. by noontime a few spotty light sprinkles in southern maryland and fredericksburg and the northern neck and the eastern shore. the metro area a few sprinkles or drizzle. the rest of the afternoon a few spotty showers will be popping up. might get an isolated thunder shower in the mountains late afternoon and passing north of the metro area. just a little rumble of thunder there. you can track the radar on your mobile device. temperatures are mild now. in the 50s to around 60 degrees. we'll hold steady through about 8:00 this morning and jump into the 70s this afternoon with the chance of a few more

across northern virginia from loudoun county down to fredericksburg spotsylvania culpeper prince williamquier. and near the bay, not quite as warm. breeze off the waters keeping it cool in annapolis. inland up near 70 as well. along the pennsylvania border contis there should be making it into the upper 60s later this afternoon. shenandoah valley into the mountains, gorgeous spring day there as well with temperatures around 70 degrees, with increasing clouds coming in ahead of rain that's going to be arriving late tonight and into friday. >>> big news out of indiana this morning. republican lawmakers will amend that controversial religious liberty law that sparked massive outrage. let's get right to indianapolis and nbc's jay gray. what's the reaction been? >> reporter: hey, very good barbara. lawmakers changing wording in the law removing some parts of the legislation as well. making sure that it protects against any discrimination from businesses regardless of sexual orientation, religion race et cetera. there had been as you talk about, a tremendous backlash as result of the initial l

the 20-year-old junior from falls church, virginia was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. fredericksburgolice have charged a third house mate, stephen vander brill with abduction. police are releasing few details about the crime. vander brill is being held without bond tonight. we've got a crew in fredericksburg right now and we'll have a report tonight at 11:00 from the vigil. >>> police are combing the arlington neighborhood where a mom of two was found dead on friday. police say 42-year-old bonnie black was in the middle of a contentious divorce. neighbors called police after they saw black's 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son wandering outside in their pajamas. police are searching her husband's home and her home. they are going through black's documents right now. they say they are going to work around the clock to investigate. >>> jacob and sarah hogle have been missing since last september. but montgomery county police say they will conduct another search tomorrow for the missing 2 and 3-year-olds. authorities say they believe the children are dead and don't have any new leads

this campaign overall, if you think about the fighting in virginia through the four years of war, most of this runs from washington to fredericksburgichmond to petersburg. most of which are cities that are on the fault line of the rivers. most of the fighting is going north and south. other than a cavalry raid or to, southside virginia saw very little action through the war until that last week. consequently, since the armies had not been here until that time folks were pretty much running blind. lee did not have good maps. he relied on his army. general lee would say where does this road leads? for the union army the same thing. they didn't have a lot of good maps of this area. to contraband inside the union army could tell you go on that land, that will be dear to -- that is exactly why i enjoy researching this area. the first book i wrote, which was out of print. i graduated. it is called 36 hours before appomattox. it covers sailor's creek, farmville, and the church. the new version came out just yesterday. the only book we had at the park to learn from i was trying to figure out how the armies actually got around from sailor's

. >>> a virginia man missing since march 27th has been found dead. jerry stewart of fredericksburg left his home to catch a bus to planet fitness. today his body was found along the blue gray parkway about a mile from his home. the medical examiner's office will examine his remains. right now there's no word on the cause of death. >>> dozensover people sounded off today on the 15% property tax increase proposed in prince george's county. it comes with the county executive's proposed multibillion dollar budget to enhance safety, schools and the economy. stephanie ramirez says several people claim a tax hike would be financial disaster for them. >> the people for a change coalition held a community meeting here at largo community church. the tone of that 15% property tax increase at prince george's county one word no. >> i didn't hear you. >> no 15% proposed tax. >> wake up. >> frustration over county executive's proposed 15% property tax increase is what took over this community meeting held at largo community church in mitchellville today some blasting baker's tax hike because a lo

and taking a look at 95 here in virginia northbound here heading out of fredericksburg into stafford. not having any issues. vem de -- even past that you're all good. remember wtop can give you the latest on your traffic while in your car. no major problems on the beltway and the 95 here in maryland and the parkway into and out of town looking quite good. travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> today, friends and family will remember a security guard shot and killed at the census building in suit land. it will be held in westmoreland county. he was shot last thursday while working as a security guard in suitland. the man who shot him, ronald anderson led police on the chase that ended in the district. >>> the woman who tried to kill an 8-year-old prince george's county boy in his sleep will be sentenced today. helen newsome confessed to trying to smother her ex-boyfriend's son in landover in 2013. the boy says he used karate moves to push her off and then run for help. the boy's father believes she was angry over the breakup. she will be sentenced for attempted murder.

temperatures now 32 in frederick frederick, 3 maryland. 30 upperville virginia. 40 annapolis, 48 fredericksburglayer up springtime fleece out the door. back up into the 50 by 9:00, 60s before lunchtime and near 70 for later on today. so get outside and enjoy. the weather impact couldn't be any lower on your day today. nice as can be to be outside. picture perfect weather. have a light jacket if you're going out to dinner, another quick cooldown. satellite shows nary a cloud in our skies. clouds starting to move into western west virginia now. those will start to come in here. overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. no rain in our immediate future but next rain chances are starting to show up on the radar. showers along the gulf coast and ripple in the atmosphere headed towards st. louis, that's part of what makes our next rain chance on tuesday. between now and wake-up time on tuesday morning, though everything should be dry. future weather for today. sunny and mild nice day to be outside today. another chilly start tomorrow morning. you can get the car washed. as long as you can keep it in th

a ticket on the virginia railway express goes up by 4% beginning july 1st. riders traveling from fredericksburg to dc will pay an extra $12 a month and 45 cents more for a single ticket. vre says the extra cash will help cover higher operational costs including a new station opening in spotsylvania county. >>> if you're planning on flying this summer, it's going to cost you a bit less. the average roundtrip ticket is down $2 from last summer. all this according to the airline's recording corporation. >>> kraft is changing the recipe for its iconic blue box mac and cheese. artificial colors and preservatives will be out but the famous orange color will stay. they plan to use spices like paprika and tumeric so it will look the same and say it will taste the same as well. >>> shopping carts will be empty for thousands of lily pulitzer fans. target will not restock the limited edition collection. the items sold out within minutes online and in stores this week for a fraction of the cost of pulitzer's luxury line. a lot of those items are on ebay selling for a lot more. >>> we're keeping an eye on t

one of her housemates at the university of mary washington in fredericksburg has been jailed for her murder. but, as northern virginiareporter julie carey reports, today the focus was on her vibrant life. >> tell me what feminist looks like! >> reporter: it was a chant shouted out in honor of grace mann from the very steps where she often helped lead marches and demonstrations. >> she came up to me just before the march and said paige, i'm going to lead this because i'm the loudest. >> reporter: mann's friends remember the passion and energy the 20-year-old poured into the causes she cared about, supporting sex assault survivor survivors the lgtb community. >> she's why i can talk about my sexual orientation in front of video cameras. >> reporter: and she was an ardent feminist. >> every time someone would walk in the door, she would stick an "i'm a feminist" sticker on them. whether she liked it or not. >> reporter: that's katherine irwin, one of her roommates who found her lifeless body last week. >> we will miss her activism and her hope. for me i will miss her footsteps above my head every morning. >> reporter: m

see the showers most live in through north virginia making their way across the potomac in through prince george's county. we'll zoom toward the fredericksburg area, around fredericksburg we have showers coming through. fredericksburg it's been raining there about the last half hour or 45 minutes. this is one area that's seen a lot of rain some of the areas to the north haven't seen rain. montgomery county, no rain. frederick not a lot of look what's happening in fairfax county, in and around the beltway right along 395. 395 always a great road to be on this time of day. they've got some rain coming down. let's zoom in just a little bit closer because this is actually the heaviest shower we have in the area just to the west of alexandria alexandria. if you're going down route 1, you are seeing that rain and it's really coming down around the dale crest area eisenhower avenue, this is 495 the beltway here. you notice some very heavy rain making its way down. these will be downpours, they will not lost long. but they will all continue to move to the east. so in through crossing over the potomac and toward the oxen hill area in the next half ho

seeing that rain waldorf and down towards fredericksburg back to the west out to culpepper, where some of the heaviest rain is and up to the panhandle of west virginia fairly steady rain. let's zoom on in and show you the rain through the d.c. metro area betz did a and gaithersburg and fairfax and falls church and down towards manassas. let's move to the north and show you the heavier rain coming into the frederick county area around charlestown right now and towards portions of northern loudon county and back towards martinsburg so we'll continue to see this rain this area of rain come right on through about the 1:00 2:00 hour and then we've got a little bit of a break but then notice what's back towards the cincinnati area. we're looking at some more shower activity making its way on towards our region. not done yet. tomorrow we will see some showers an let's show you on future weather. here's 8:00 a.m. notice not much going on a few showers could even impact the 95 corridor. again, i'm not anticipating too many problems as far as weather is concerned tomorrow morning. then around 1:00 we break out more sunny with get, the warmer we get -- the mor

fredericksburg. storm team 4 radar, this last patch of rain headed towards the lower part of the bay and southeastern virginia. there's one last little area of snow in far western maryland. even that's coming to an end. these are raindrops lew ray, fredericksburg grazing southern charles and st. marys county. light to moderate rarn in culpeper county south, route 17 where it meets up with i-95. light rain now. southern prince george's county hits of rain through hunt town and leonard town as well. this will all be working it's way out by the end of the day. we'll be done with most of the raindrop chances by 11:00 in the metro, 10:00 tornadoes warren warrenton, places like charlottesville. on the whole you'll like second half better than first. by noon clearing skies across northern maryland. by noon times everyone gets back in sunshine by 3:00 4:00 5:00 this afternoon. then we'll dry out a bit overnight tonight. then tomorrow about a 30% chance of a passing shower. storm team 4 forecast free. here is seven-day forecast. kbegt getting into low and mid-60s. afternoon shower possible but not likely tomorrow. the

virginia boy. stafford county sheriff's office saying they've arrested david john marcuson of fredericksburg the boy's foster father after this incident that happened back in january. we can show you a mug shot that we've been given by the sheriff's office here. we understand marcuson has been charged with felony murder and two counts of cruelty to children. the investigation discovered that the 12 -month-old baby had received several burns to his body to his face his neck, or the sew while mar marcuson was giving the child a bath. he was taken to the hospital in early january and died on february 1. since the investigation, mr. markinson was indicted and this happened on friday. kristin wright is working on this story and she'll have much more on news 4 this afternoon. >>> we have a quick look now at three developing stories. >>> starting in france where police arrested a 24-year-old computer science student whom they say planned to attack one or more french churches. investigators describe the student as islamic extreme frist algeria who already had been flagged by security officials as a risk. >>>

fredericksburg area. one of them a house in an upscale subdivision. the other is an industrial lot, no sign at the door the windows covered. he also listed this dress in glen allen, virginia we it's nothing more than a vacant lot filled with trees. this suspected smuggler one of hundreds the team has been pursuing and in this case he's suspected of buying close to $10 million worth of cigarettes in just six months. >> the fake companies have increased probably in the last like year year and a half tremendously. >> reporter: as the i-team has shown you before cigarettes smuggled out of virginia often head north, far north, to new york city where traffickers can make big profit selling the smokes for more than they paid at the virginia big box stores. we easily found and bought smuggled cigarettes supposed to be sold only in the commonwealth. >> the box stores know that there's something afoot when this is happening. >> reporter: a spokesman with virginia department of taxation who issues that special certificate they do hear from stores and know that it's part of our audit process to verify their location. they've conducted more than 1700 audits in the last five years. the

. >>> a virginia judge took matters into his own hands when he caught an intruder inside his home today. well, this happened in fredericksburgolice tell us judge james hailey pulled a gun on a stranger when he found him in his hallway yesterday. the freelance star reports the judge still had the burglar at gunpoint when police showed up. officers say the suspect was drunk. >>> a boy scout chapter makes a move that flies in the face of national policy. decision to hire an openly gay eagle scout. >>> health officials issuing a warning tonight about a nasty bacteria spreading in the u.s. why doctors say it's tough to treat. >>> two kids in a car nearly towed away while their dad runs into a store. >>> let's go final four bound, the maryland women's basketball team leaving xfinity center in just the last hour heading to tampa for the final four. head coach brenda frese flanked by twin sons marcus and tyler. boy, they're growing up shgt aren't they? the terps take on the uconn huskies sunday at 8:30 in the evening. >>> a suitland high school student is taking the local gymnastics word by storm. she captured top scores at the 2015

. >>> a virginia judge took matters in to his own hands when he caught an intruder inside his home p. this happened early yesterday morning in fredericksburglice there say that judge james haley jr. saw the stranger in his hallway. when police arrived, the judge was holding the man at gunpoint. police charged matthew rogers with public intoxication among other charges. >>> today family and friends will remember a spotsylvania county teen who died in a plane crash. ryan mccall was at the controls of that plane when it crashed this past weekend. he was 16. mccall's family is holding a funeral service at 6:00 tonight. he will be buried tomorrow morning. >>> today maryland's governor is speaking out against bullying. governor larry hogan will head to prince george's county today to speak with students. he'll tell them about the importance of standing up to bullying. hogan adds his voice to the growing concerns about bullying and social media as another way someone can be bullied. >>> preparing for the pope's visit to d.c.. the security measures you will see going up in northwest washington. >>> plus some smokers could soon find themselves bein

. >>> the virginia teen killed flying a plane this week is now laid to rest. 16-year-old ryan mccaul was buried this afternoon in fredericksburg. it followed a fupneral at spotswood baptist church. he died sunday piloting a single-engine plane. he crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in orange. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> a retail gun store in the district of columbia. there hasn't been one for decades. but police chief cathy lanier told news4's tom sherwood that the city's relaxed gun laws have not been a problem and now she would not object to a well-regulated gun store opening here. >> reporter: the district had banned guns until the supreme court said it was unconstitutional. last year the city said they could license but couldn't ban continue seed/carry weapons. on wamu's politics hour chief cathy lanier said the court ruehlings have not inundated the city with more weapons. >> it's not this surge of people coming in that we're going to see thousands of concealed carry permits. it's just not happening. >> reporter: since the courts have eased the law, 4,000 people have obtained permi

fredericksburg and chancellorsville. every one of them spectacular against significant odds. the victories brought him fame, but more importantly, they brought the confederacy hope. while lee won victories in virginiaund him, the confederate war effort stumbled. he knew well victories by him and his army stood as the only beacon of hope for the confederacy. he knew too, that the feats inflicted by him might challenge the will of the northern people to continue this war. the psychological impact of his successes he knew would far outstrip their military value. his every decision his every act was purposeful. hoping for a decisive blow that would tip the scales in the confederacy's favor. hoped and believed a soldier from south carolina declared no one can incite our enthusiasm like he does. it makes one feel better to look at him. unlike many of his opponents, lee spent little time worrying about what union generals might do to him. instead, he spent his energy figuring out what he could do to union generals and their armies. his was a mind that craved the initiative. and he was most effective when he possessed it. and that he largely did until may 1864 when ulysses s. grant arrived in virginia. >>

fredericksburg and chancellorsville. every one of them spectacular against significant odds. the victories brought him fame, but more importantly, they brought the confederacy hope. while lee won victories in virginiaund him, the confederate war effort stumbled. he knew well victories by him and his army stood as the only beacon of hope for the confederacy. he knew too, that the feats inflicted by him might challenge the will of the northern people to continue this war. the psychological impact of his successes he knew would far outstrip their military value. his every decision his every act was purposeful. hoping for a decisive blow that would tip the scales in the confederacy's favor. hoped and believed a soldier from south carolina declared no one can incite our enthusiasm like he does. it makes one feel better to look at him. unlike many of his opponents, lee spent little time worrying about what union generals might do to him. instead, he spent his energy figuring out what he could do to union generals and their armies. his was a mind that craved the initiative. and he was most effective when he possessed it. and that he largely did until may 1864 when ulysses s. grant arrived in virginia. >>

fredericksburg and chancellorsville. every one of them spectacular against significant odds. the victories brought him fame, but more importantly, they brought the confederacy hope. while lee won victories in virginiae confederate war effort stumbled. he knew well victories by him and his army stood as the only beacon of hope for the confederacy. he knew too, that the feats inflicted by him might challenge the will of the northern people to continue this war. the psychological impact of his successes he knew would far outstrip their military value. his every decision his every act was purposeful. hoping for a decisive blow that would tip the scales in the confederacy's favor. hoped and believed a soldier from south carolina declared no one can incite our enthusiasm like he does. it makes one feel better to look at him. unlike many of his opponents, lee spent little time worrying about what union generals might do to him. instead, he spent his energy figuring out what he could do to union generals and their armies. his was a mind that craved the initiative. and he was most effective when he possessed it. and that he largely did until may 1864 when ulysses s. grant arrived in virginia. >> unlike lee,

fredericksburg. these were major engagements. and they suffered heavily because of it. now, importantly, the 7th west virginia flag and also that of our first calvary, both of these flags happen to be at the court house the day that robert e. lee would surrender his army and the war would effectively be coming to an echbd. we know that approximately 40,000 west virginia fought in the conflict. woemp an equally divided state. perhaps the most divided sate in the war. now, a few more flags didn't see action during the con flikt but were made shortly there after as commemorative flags. this is one of those made shortly after the war's conclusion chlts you can see it's in pristine condition. and, also, you can read our state motto. mountaini. mountaineers are always free. we do have one captured confederate flag. this is the confederate natural flag. it's known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks will come here expecting to see the battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy. again, all of our flags are in climate controlled cases where it will live perfectly fine for many, many years to come. beg