roz plater, abc 7 news. >> news of henry dent posture arrest comes as the z's fire chief faced tough questions about his department. personal shortages were addressed at today posher oversight hearing. councilmember tommy wells raised questions about the recent death of cecil mills. who are right across the street from him at the time ignored their pleas to come help the 77-year-old man who later died. some firefighter say that now is the time for a new leader. >> a lot of bad blood here. it is time for a change. councilman wells has called for the deputy mayor. the decision will lie in the hands of the next mayor of d.c. get ready for springlike temperatures this weekend. steve rudin is here now. change on the way. just in time for the weekend. take a look at temperatures outside the belfort furniture weather center. 33 at dulles, 32 gaithersburg. frederick is at 38 degrees. as we show you radar, that is the coastal storm that impacted southern virginia early today. not much across that region except some showers. all that moved north and east. here's a peek at your weekend forecast

investigators say henry dentfield filled a fake prescription at a pharmacy in st. mary's county. police arrested dentorm, and then discovered dozens of pain kills and 18 fake prescriptions. investigators say they don't know if he intended to sell them. >> we do search and seizure warrants on some items we recovered from the vehicle, electronic items. i think it's going to give us a good idea. >> dent is the 13th d.c. firefighter arrested in the past six months on everything from dwi to assault. firefighters required to notify the department if they're arrested. but the chief is now running background checks to make sure nothing is going unreported. >>> that's not the only problem that fire chief kenneth ellerbe is facing tonight. at a d.c. council hearing today, a retiring deputy chief accused ellerbe of creating a culture of fear and intimidation in the department. kevin burn blamed that culture for contributing to firefighters' failure to help a man who had collapsed outside a fire station and who later died. burns says they are afraid of being disciplined for breaking protocol. chief ellerbe says

firefighter henry dent with prescription drug fraud in st. mary's county. he's the 13th d.c. firefighter arrested in the past six months. chief ellerby is taking heat at a council hearing yesterday. a retiring deputy chief accused him of creating a culture of fear and intimidation. the culture contributed to firefighters failing to help a man who collapsed outside a station and later died. burn says they are afraid of being disciplined for breaking pro to come. protocol. he says he was taken aback with the comments. >>> happening today, the conservative political action committee wraps up at national harbor. newt gingrich and ben carson are among those who will address the group this afternoon. the conservative group will hold a straw poll on who they want to run for the white house in 2016. >>> today is supposed to be the last day of virginia's legislative session. however, virginia governor terry mcallife wants to pass a bill. he wants them to return home to hear what their constituents think. most opposed medicaid expansion. he plans to bring them back to richmond on march