jackie benson is live outside of the white house tonight with some details. jackie? >> reporter: tonight we've been told that president obama has been made aware of these allegations. the two agents are said to be senior members of the law enforcement agency that protects the president of the united states and his family. as first reported by "the washington post," the march 4th incident happened after a gathering at a downtown d.c. bar to mark the retirement of a secret service spokesman ed donovan. they activated the flashing lights on a government car and showed their badges to get through an area that had been closed off due to us a special shous suspicious package. sources tell news4 that uniformed secret service officers at the barricade wanted to perform sobriety tests on the two but they were told to let them go home. the secret service said, "if misconduct is identified appropriate action will be taken based on established rules and regulations and director clancy has been briefed on these allegations and has been directed that this investigation be turned o

in northwest washington jackie benson news4. >>> a maryland man has pled guilty for an online romancerist koranteng convinced his victims to send him money, including men, women and even elderly people. the 33-year-old will be ordered to pay up that $1 million in restitution. >> the prince of wales seem to be enjoying their third official visit to the u.s. together. they ended their full day at an evening reception. earlier, the royal couple visited mt. vernon and stopped at the lincoln memorial and toured the martin luther king jr. memorial. tomorrow it's off to the white house for a meeting with president obama and vice president biden. >> now we can confirm that even though they arrived in warmer weather, they brought their warmer coats. >> they are used to it. they are from the uk. >> exactly right. it's cold there right now and cold here. actually i don't know what it is there. i haven't looked. they are going to see a little snow here on friday for sure. the critical time is 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. guess what time that is. it's chilly but not bad. 47 degrees. windchill, 45. we're

in northwest washington jackie benson news 4. >>> breaking news now. news has just confirmed that the secret service is tightening its rules on drinking. the new policy will prohibit staff from driving government cars within ten hours of drinking alcohol. that change was first reported by "the washington post." the new policy was put in place on monday. it follows an incident earlier this month when two agents drove through a bomb threat scene after a party at a nearby bar. >>> a man's day went from bad to worse when he drunkenly destroyed an atm machine. surveillance video caught the man known as lee smashing the machine with a crowbar after it took his card. apparently he had accidently put his credit card in the atm and then entered the wrong password. lee told police he was having a very bad luck day. when he sobered up, he surrendered to authorities and paid the bank nearly $3,000 in damages. >>> new at 11:00, a night over social media led to passengers on a bus being hit with pepper spray in ohio. this happened back in mid-march in columbus. the

jackie benson is more in northwest with what they discussed. jackie? >> reporter: one of the questions put to the panelists is how to regain the trust of entire communities and the a ens answers were surprising. the panel was made up of former police chiefs including cathy lanier and brought to be by the associations of chiefs. this is an effort to address the crisis in community law enforcement agencies after the unarmed shooting of michael brown. audience members submitted questions, including one that asked, what could do you in the 90 days to re-evaluate trust. >> when you're evaluating your recruits for the job, one performance measure that you rate them on empathy. >> do you incentivize on low-level offenders? >> the audience included many american university students. >> i want to hear from our law enforcement to hear what they have to say about how they are bridging gaps between the community they serve. is within the community. we don't need to go to the university or even these panels. the solutions are in the communities themselves and to he

and our own jackie benson helped to emcee the event.year's hot topic, dating and social media. experts were on hand to talk about how dating violence can play out online through cyber bullying and sexting. about 400 students teachers and parents attend the event every year. >>> local arts leaders are now getting involved in the fight over the franklin school in d.c. the vacant building on 13th and k streets was slated to become a contemporary art museum. but just a few weeks into office mayor muriel bowser scrapped that citing financial risks. according to "the washington post," dresktirectors of the smithsonian and other museums want to meet with bowser to urge her to reconsider. >>> bad news for drivers. aaa says $2 gas is now but a distant memory and prices are expected to get even higher this month. right now the national average is $2.46 for a regular gallon. that's 29 cents more than a month ago. here in the dmv, the average is around $2.54. experts say we are not expected to pay more than $3 a gallon this year. thank goodness. >>