. >> news 4's jackie benson is live on the scene for us tonigh jackie, what are you learning? >> reporter: well, very string, and right now there are more questions than answers. the gruesome discovery was made t 5:30 p.m. by someone at a metro bus stop on the southbound side of old georgetown road near bethesda.rive in >> they saw what appeared to be a body just off the side of the road over there in a tarp or some sort of covering. we responded and we did find a deceased body. >> reporter: the sectionf old georgetown road where the diovery was made has no houses close to theroad. it's not clear how long the bag or tarp was there before it was noticed by someone police descbe as thpasserby. police response, which included homicide detectives, required the temporary closure of one southbound lane of the road. >> right nowt is an undetermined death. we're still very early on in this, so we're going to say undetermined death forow. >> reporter: the cause of death will be determine by the medical examiner. we expect to hr more fro montgomerie county police after that. live in bet

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jackie benson speaking to a n retired d.c.officer who after his third day at the police academy goes undercovne with of the biggest and most dangerous drug gangs in u.s. history. ha if you would have told me back then we would still be talking about this now, would i have told you you've got to be. kidding >> reporter: for safety we're not showing the face of the man that members of the drug empire knew as jimmy. >> i got asked after tifee days wanted to do undercover work. >> reporter: he was 26 when he began living undercover as a cocaine dealer. unarmed and using only his wits orked his way close to the top of the cocaine wholesale operation that's estimated to have netted edmund . $1 million a day in the late 1980s and 30 murders were tie to the organization. >> reporter: you knew it was an organization that enforced discipline wh murderer. >> yes. >> reporter: he witnessed shipments of cocaine by the truckloads. >> a guy sitting on the back with two uzis. >> reporter: and then there was the face for face confrontation wit

news 4's jackie benson explains this mo the picture coming out as northam was catching heat om recent comments on abortion. >> reporter: loudoun county resides and other gathered at the claude moore recreation center in sterling for a program titled, aplay and con rrsation one relations. many learned before the 7:00m. program that ralph northam had become the focus on a national conversation on c.e same to >> i think because of his thoughts and ideas on abortion, perhaps interfered with some folks, and somebody let t out of the bag. >> reporter: some we spoke toon questi the timing of the story about the image from 1984 that appeared on northam's page of his medical school yearbook. one man is seen in blackface. the other in a ku klux klan robe and hood. the story appeared o "big league politics," founded by former breitbart employees. it was commented after northam's comments about abortion, which rsovoked a backlash from conservative lawmand others. >> we want the government not to be involved in these types of decisions. we want the decision to be made by the mothers and their prov

jackie benson working the scene for us.ve youne le >> reporter: well, i can tell you that residents here in columbia heights certainly concerned by this broad daylight homicide. this is what we know according to the police chief who spoke a short ago. we have a group of young men in their 20s who were having some type of gument, some type of disagreement. there were at least three of them. at one point we are told one of the men went somewhere, got a gun, came back and sho one of the other men. and we understand he has now died of his i can tell you that this area, the 1400 block of m street northwest, several blocks around there because some of this took place inhe alley in that block, several blocks around their block, there are very streets people are having to turn around and do u-turns. you defitely want totay out of this area right now. live in northweste jac bensen, news 4. >> keep us posted with whatever you learn new from there. >> for the first time the federal trade commission has fined a companyor fake online re

. >>> now, many people are questioning the timing of the photo's release, as jackie benson explains, the picture comes out as northam was tching heat from recent comments on abortion. reporter: loudoun count residents and others gathered at the claude moore recreation center isterling for a program titled, a play and conversation on race relations. many learned before 00 p.m. program that ralph noham had become the focus of a national conversation on the same top. >> i think because of his ou ts and ideas on abortion, perhaps interfered with some folks, and somebody let the cat out of the bag. >> reporter: some we spoke to questioned the timing of the story about the image from 1984 that appeared on northam's p of his medical school yearbook. picture shows one man in blackfac the other in a ku klux klan robes and hood. thstory appeared on "big league politics," founded by former breitbart employees. wo was published days after northam's comments on late-term abortion during a interview on wtop radio, answering a question from news 4's julie carey, provoked a strong backlash from onse

news 4's jackie benson tells us tonight about increased calls for change after a number of deadly crashes, including one that killed three children. >> reporter: the picture of 5-year-old twins alexandra and rosalie mejia and their baby brother was on their minds as they sat with somber faces. residents along 210 in prince george's county griev for the loss of the three children the most recent victims of the collision on the highway. their main street as if the ttle ones were family. >> it is a culture of death. we've called it and described i to the most dane be druce road in the washi metro area. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering, 60 plus deaths on route 210 in prince george's county in the last decade, 134 crashes with injuries. a grassroots effort begun in 2017 has resulted in the placement of a fixed speed camera. community activist ron weisses beliore are needed and they need to be movable >> you don't typically put speed cameras at traffic lights. .ou put red light cameras at traffic lights >> reporter: the horrific crash that kled the mejia children in december was caused b

jackie benson, news 4. >> lawmakers trying to avoid land minesn a deal to keep the government open. >> some negotiators are pushing hard to get back payorederal contra contractors. will it blow just 54 hour tuesday the ea uadlineh.p he>>> d aitl hig wh schooloa foh ng leave accused of sen inappropriate text messages to a female student. why he's not facing any charges. >>> and the woman cleaning up after that icy tueay killed in a tragic accident. neighbors talk to us tonight about the woman killed by a branch.tree >>> we begin with the effort to reach a deal to prent another government shutdown friday night. >> and while we're hearing a lot of optimism president trump will sign the deal reached by congressional negotiators, we're also learning of a potential wrinkle. federal workers got their back pay after tferaonto d n d ttwo dn paychecks like everybody else. democrats and some republicans are pushing for a provision that provides those contractors with at least some back pay with what was lost. and president trump is pushing back tonight. >> here to explain why some republicans

. >> reporter: jackie benson with that story there. not stop selling drugs when sohe went to p and it was a plea deal from that conviction which led to him becoming an informant which has the u.s. attorney's office in d.c.di recomm a reduced sentence. >> incredible story. >>> all right. you are taking a l livek outside. it doesn't look like a nice day but apparene'y about to be hitting 68 degrees today. but winds will be coming in and will be gusting. lauryn ricketts will be back in ainute to m here's your buick sir. actually, that's my buick. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. me too. i was actually talking about that buick. i knew that. did you? buick's fresh new lineup is full of surprises. get great deals on our expectation-shattering lineup. pay no interest for 72 months on most buick models. dearest britain. we love you. maybe it's your big hearts. your sense of style. welcome to ba100. (ba100, you're clear for take-off). how you follow you