>> now this family is dealing with a terrible loss and a horrible story they must share with joseph hardin's two children. >> the biggest hurdle is to figure out how to tell my grandson that his father is gone. >> such a difficult story. hardin is survived by his two children. spicer is in police custody and faces a murder charge. >> thank you. we are now six days away on the so-called sequester. if congress m. white house cannot come up with an agreement, billions of dollars that the spending cuts will go into effect. it could also affect our food prices. meat as bucshon workers will be furloughed and this could lead to a potential shutdown -- meat workers could be furloughed and this could lead to a potential shutdown. >> i never imagined it will come down to the meat on my table. >> president obama says any deal should be a balanced approach. republicans say they have already agreed to a tax hike and now what the president to reduce spending. >> big news will impact the daily commute for many of you. >> a government -- the governor called was a historic day in virginia. the first overhaul

the victim's been identified as 30-year-old joseph hardin. police arrested 24-year-old cedric spicer. and he's charged with first-degree murder tonight. >>> the weekend started with clouds and drizzle. let's see if we can turn things around for sunday. here's storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hey, chuck. >> hey, jim. good evening to you. saturday, pretty much a lost cause and the clouds are still in place on your saturday night. they are probably going to be there when you get up tomorrow morning as well. they have helped prevent us from the big cool off. plenty of clouds but nothing coming out of them. we will stay rain-free for the remainder of the evening. we'll be cloudy first thing tomorrow morning but yes indeed sunshine is on the way. we should be clearing out around lunchtime tomorrow. temperatures again mostly in the 30s and low 40s to get your day started. we'll talk about how nice of a finish we'll have tomorrow and the back to work and school forecast. >>> news4 obtaining a report surrounding the scandal of harry thomas jr.he's se

of gun shots and when it was all over the man was dead on the street that man is identified as joseph hardinf alexandria. police arrested 24-year-old cedric spicer and charged him with the murder. police say spicer was still near the scene and officers who responded were able to arrest him quickly. unclear what went -- led up to the deadly shooting. some in the area who i spoke to say they believe this was a result of a fight that began inside a nearby bar and spilled on to the streets. for those of you who know the history of the neighborhoods and efforts to clean it up, you can understand why this shooting is coming with so much concern. >> i thought that it was improved. now i see again back to where we were. we see all kinds of new -- it's not the people that are in the area. people are from somewhere else. >>> reporter: of course, at the time this happened the streets were packed. we are in northwest d.c., wusa. >>> ahead, frightening final last finishes in the nascar race in daytona. and a pilot makes a dramatic escape >>> nascar race in beach -- date beach florida a frightening last l

shot and killed 30-year-old joseph hardin from alexandrea,stra virginia. the second shooting happened on livingston terrace in southeast this morning. a virginia man, 49-year-old damon brown, was found with several gun shot wounds. e.m.s. later took him to a hospital where he died. the police are offering a $25,000 reward leading to an arrest. >>> an update on an explosion at a sub shop in virginia. charges of arson filed against the suspect in that case. horace thompson is served with a warrant. on february 6th, the 25-year- old through an -- threw an incendiary device into the shop. he was taken into custody after being released from the burn center. the owner of the store was injured in that explosion. >>> a fourth victim died after a horrific house fire. the 11-year-old deja price passed away late friday night at the children's medical center. the fire officials say an electrical problem caused the fire at the family's home on leslie avenue on thursday morning. darrell terrace price jr. has an eight-year-old daughter tamia and four-year-old daughter pa

night club got heated and the 24-year-old shot and killed 30-year-old joseph hardin of alexand radioya -- al,andrea. >>> the fourth family member died after a tragic house fire in prince georges county this week. fox 5s lauren demarco has more from the latest. >> reporter: firefighters were inspired to learn their public awareness campaign helped the mother and daughter survive. at the same time, they're also sad and frustrated because three little girls and their father were killed. firefighters believe there is a good chance it could have been prevented. >> reporter: good people who did not deserve this tragedy. that is how friends describe the family. a teddy bear sits in front of their fire-damaged home in glen arden, a teeny tribute to the little ones lost here with their father. the firefighters found no smoke detectors and the spokesman said had they been present, it's possible this could have been avoided. >> and that alarm should have been loud enough to awaken anyone in that house and because we found the victims in the bedrooms, once the fire started and they started to inha