steve from hear from goldsboro, north carolina on the republican line. hi, steve. caller: hi. how are you doing? first time i want to start up by saying i am a water expert for a global company. i travel probably 80% of the time. locations,ultiple nuclear energy size, pharmaceutical companies, beverage plants. i have access to a lot of chemistry associates, shall i say. i have also been in a pain management program for about 16 years with the opiates. i havemy time period, been able to stop and start. extremely exhausted from the roller coaster rides that you can get sometimes, but in the last couple of years since aim at theent took opiate addiction, i decided to do a little bit of research that goes along with part of what my job is, which gives me some access to certain things like , and iomatography tests actually had a couple of my .ills tested for example, a 15 milligram oxycodone pill had less than five milligrams of active ingredient in it. porous, the ferocity on was quite a bit higher than a different drug store. between milligram have seven milligrams and eight mill

inbound river road and goldsboro all the way up to the whole foods there. 395 south between king street and semseminary, that has clear. 95 south to 175, the right lane is getting by. >> this is what happens when aaron comes back, i'm just saying. all right, we have to get back to the news. >>> it's not what you'd expect to higher chance of becoming addicted to prescription drugs. and the area program that hopes to help. >>> and a heads-up, if you're planning on doing takeout for dinner, the popular restaurant that is up in prices. >>> and the confusion, a lot of people doing it >>> for the fir shows how the opioid epidemic impacts women differently than men. the cdc found that between 1999 and 2010 drug overdose deaths increased more than five fold in women. in addition, women are more likely to be prescribed painkillers, to be given higher and longer doses and maybe become gent more quickly than men. the director of a treatment programe arundel knows first hand how opioid addiction can destroy a life. >> i was homeless, i was running from the police. i just wanted to die. >> how you s

in bound river road at golds goldsboro, you have to stay left to get by the paving project. beltway inner loop and outer loop, no big problems. the green showing you where the rain is falling. between adelphi and metzerott road, other lane closures. >>> back on the job. why a metro worker fired after a deadly smoke incident is being rehir rehired. >>> the d.c. woman who vouched to give a military veteran a proper burial and how you can help. >>> you might want to rethink packing a soda with your lunch today, even if it's diet. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> a federal court has ordered metro to rehire a senior mechanic who was fired after the deadly plaza smoke disaster. the worker was fired for submitting maintenance lost indicating he conducted inspections near the lenfant plaza even though he didn't. the fans mall funked after the tunnel was cleared. an arbitration ruled the mechanic should have been suspended for six months rather than terminated. >>>ow woman's termination to honor her long-time neighbor. clarence decarlos merchant was a gay army veteran. he died

again, river road at golds borrow, we have that with the left lane getting by between goldsboro and the country club. getting by on the left. northbound 301 at 5, left lane getting by. don't have to worry about that one anymore and 66 at waples getting along just fine. >>> a teen on trial for sharing explicit pictures. the premise is real but the prosecution is fake. how officials hope a mock trial could keep your kids out of trouble. >>> it is the day most people dread. tax day. but we are working for you. don't worry, if you haven't filed yet, there are options. the four things you need to know if you still need to finish your taxes. >>> ahead at 5:00, talk about a free ride. when and where >>> welcome back. tax day. here are four things to know if you are one of the 450 billi0 b americans who hasn't filed. as long as your tax return is postmarked by april 18th, the internal revenue service will consider it filed on time. for help with that, the postal service has a list of locations that will be open postage. if you don't, your tax forms will be returned. that's really important to r

you have to stay the right lane right now is open starting from goldsboro down past the whole area. >>> let's go back to erika gonzalez at the live desk. a launch into space, kaerk? >> yes. this happened a few hours ago. 3:00 in the morning. >> the engines firing. now building up to flight speed and liftoff. jack fisher -- >> these are always so neat to watch. i know that you enjoy these, aaron. that ship has two people on it joining the crew on the i.s.s. it's american jack cosmonaut theodore juorkin has been there before. they're still flying but we understand they should be there by noon. they are going to spend the next four months in space. cool. back over to you. >> cool stuff for sure. erika, thank you. >>> he's already accused of trying to abduct two children. now police want to know whether there are more victims. where one man was supposedly targeting young children. >>> and they're known as zombie homes. neighbors in our area say they're attracting crime. what's now being done to keep forgotten f >>> welcome back. this morning there is a new push montgomery and prince georg

goldsboro road has cleared out of the way. >>> pat cummings is being extradited to virginia. he took 15-year-old elizabeth thomas to live in a remote cabin in northern california. an amber alert was issued for the pair on march 13th. they were found yesterday after the caretaker for the cabin says he became suspicious and called authorities. thomas's father says he's relieved his daughter has been found. >> we're going to have to figure out what kind of state of mind she's in, of course, and probably get her some help. it may be a long road but, you know, at least we got her back now. we got her back. >>. >>> covering prince george's after a former prince george's county teacher is arrested. >>> this time a substitute teacher and basketball coach is fatesing child pornography charges. news 4's megan mcgrath is outside the school where he was around elementary kids for nearly a decade. megan? >> reporter: certainly the allegations are disturbing. he's accused of uploading child pornography from his iphone to a drop box account. 34-year-old christopher spate was charged. invest

river road at goldsboro, looking good. 66 to 95. 270 to the top of the beltway. remember to look to wtop 105 fm when you hop in the car today. >>> less than two minutes, fresno california police said that is the amount of time it cock muhammad to kill three men yesterday. police say he was wanted in the kill of a motel 6 security guard last week. during his arrest, police say mohammed admitted to the killings. but despite that, police say the shootings had nothing to do with terrorism. police say all of the victims were white. >>> an incredible new video how police tracked down a murder suspect on the run. >> we're talking about steve stephens who police say killed a man in ohio and uploaded the take a look here, police in pennsylvania say that stephens in that white car, with officers right behind him. he's spotted at a mcdonald's in erie, pennsylvania. state police say employees there tried to stall them while he called 911. after that chase, they say stephens killed himself. >>> a violent explosion rocked oklahoma city 22 years ago today. 168 people were kille

in bound river road at goldsboro do have the work zone with just the left lane getting by there. >> melissa, thank you. >>> developing right now, take a look at this picture that could help solve a murder in manassas. police say this man is one of two suspects accused of brutally murdering a ma a gentleman walked out of a restaurant yesterday. surveillance video shows him walking by a white suv. two people inside followed him. they shot and stabbed him. the men ran away. police believe one of the suspects was in that photo. the other is a teenager as young as 15. >>> today a team of u.s. army investigators will be in southern maryland to find out what caused yesterday's tragic helicopter crash. the uh 60 blackhawk slammed into the ground. the injured are in a baltimore hospital this morning. you're looking at new video from southern maryland news net. it shows the scene moments after the helicopter came down at the bretton bay golf and country club. news 4's justin finch will be live this morning where that trainings flight took off. >>> 5:03. amazing news from the supreme court coming in o

jim is in goldsboro, north carolina, republican. hi, jim. caller: hi. how are you today? host: good morning. caller: i try to buy american every chance i get, obviously, but it's very hard to do when it comes to electronics or even appliances and stuff like that. the gentleman's comment earlier where he said all his stuff's made, all the content of cars and whatnot is made in japan and whatnot. i'm retired from general motors. i used to work at g.m. parts warehouse and i would walk around and look at my boxes. sure, there are a lot of products in our cars that are made overseas when it comes to small electronics and control modules and stuff like that. but the bottom line is that's true with everything. the other gentleman said something about harley-davidson. a lot of their small components are made overseas for sure. you can't buy 100% american, i don't think. i just don't think you can do it. host: because? because we live in a global market? because why? caller: well, because the cost of manufacturing is cheaper overseas. i mean, that's all there is to it as far as mo