live at the kenilworth park, pat collins, news4. >>> thank you, pat. the second search is under way along the an cost ya river, and the boats are in the area near benning road northeast for any signs of the missing girl. jackie bensen continues the news team coverage with that sid of the story. jackie? >> we want to show you what is going on and you can see right across there at the an cost ya river, police divers have been going in and out of the water. and the significance of this k section is that we are directly downstream from kenilworth aquatic gardens and that is is where the search for relisha rudd has been focused for days. complicating the matters is yesterday's torrential rains which have made the water murkier than usual, and that is why earlier we saw the officers out there using a technology that appeared to allowed them to see underneath the water, and they isolated a certain area behind us just at the edge of the an cost ya in the park. and now the divers are n and they have been going in and out and take ing a much closer lookt that ar

>> bruce leshan is live at kenilworth park in northeast with the latest. what's going on there now? >> reporter: the careful crime scene work continues. the body was just back here just the other side of this playground and police sources tell me that it indeed was, appears to be kahlil tatum, african american male, tattoo on the arm, gunshot to the head, apparent suicide. it was early afternoon searchers discovered the body after five days, this fifth day of hunting in this park, but they are still looking for that body. this is what's really sad here, the body of 8-year-old relisha rudd. she was last seen alive with tatum on march 1st. on march 2nd he bought a shovel, garbage bags and lime according to police and then spent hours here at the park. on march 20th police say he murdered his wife and disappeared, but the police chief declines to say definitively if they have discovered his body. from everything that you could tell this could be kahlil tatum? >> i can't say one way or the other. right now we know it's an adult male. it appears to be a suicide. we're here obviously in a

this afternoon they are back out combing kenilworth parkside stop yesterday search turned up nothing. our john gonzalez is live on the scene. john, what can you tell us? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the rain hasia, not stopped federal and local authorities from once again spreading out across this very large park in northeast a d.c. you can see where they have mobilized and parked their vehicles. just value to the open space, they are once again focusing on that area. they were over there yesterday. they found a black bag there yesterday and they are now on foot coming through a large area along the fence line. it is day two of the search here .t kenilworth parkside a search that has extended to atlanta, georgia, where kahlil tatum has ties. police think he spent about two years -- two days at this park. it is a massive 700 acre park. d.c. fire crews have joined the search was a mcgovern county police has been assisting with a company and a trust picking up bags of trash that they have found in the what's hoping to find any clues here. police say t

soon after the purchases, police say tatum was here at kenilworth park. while they are holding out hope, they have to consider worst-case scenario. >> we're not making any assumptions but i think it would be prudent for us now at this point to make sure that we search. this is a very large area. search this area very well. we cannot ignore the possibility that he may have killed her. >> this trash bag thing is -- it really have me scared now. he killed his wife of 23 years and i really seriously think that lady was trying to tell him to bring relisha home and he killed her. so if you can kill your wife of 23 years, what about a child that you've only known a year. >> reporter: the little girl's family says they're trying to hold out hope too as best they can. police posted out here right now simply to make sure nobody gets back into the wooded area of kenilworth park. they will resume their search at sunrise. live in d.c., i'm nikki burdine, now back to you. >> thank you. >>> a man is facing abduction charges this morning after police say he grabbed a 12-

all entrances to kenilworth park in northeast are blocked off.e'll have a live report. >>> the trial for oscar pistorius is on hold. he was expected to take the stand in his own defense. the judge in the murder trial delayed proceedings because a lawyer is not feeling well. >>> the search area for malaysian airlines flight 370 changing. australian officials say they have new credible leads that the plane may have gone down about 6 hover hover miles north of the current -- 600 miles north of the current search area. >>> good morning, everyone. >> we're keeping an eye on cloudy skies to kick things off this morning. tom kierein's keeping an eye on the radar. >> yeah, clouds producing a few scattered sprinkles around the metro area the last couple of hours. some of the pavement's wet. right now radar is scanning the sky and getting a few scattered sprinkles, speckles of light green in prince george's and montgomery county, northern anne arundel and eastern shore. grab an umbrella before you head out the door. we have a few light areas of rain in was

later this morning police are going to go back to kenilworth aquatic gardens to resume the search for relisha and any evidence in this case. several dozen d.c. officers spent several hours yesterday searching the park in northeast d.c. looking for any clues they could possibly find. also today the d.c. council is going to hold a hearing to review the safety procedures at city family homeless shelters. the hearing is intended to improve security at the shelter, especially for children. relisha was living there with her mother and brothers when she was ta she was last seen march 1. >>> it's been nearly a week since saturday's devastating landslide in washington state. searchers and families of the missing are still holding out hope more people will be found alive. >> right now the official death toll stands at 17 but first responders involved in the search say they know at least 26 people are dead. the higher number is attributed to nine bodies still being difficult to find in the mud. as andrew spencer tells us with 90 people still missing, they expect that number to rise. >> reporter:

crews willurs, beginning searching kenilworth park again for connections to relisha rudd. new video spring questions about the last time relisha rudd's mother saw her. those questions come from an instagram video timestamp to march 1. it appears to show relisha. young says she last saw her on february 26. of murder ined prince george's county will learn his sentence. he could get life without parole. he was found guilty of kidnapping, robbing and killing two men three years ago. crews are shifting their focus in the search for malaysian flight 370. new evidence suggests the boeing 777 was flying faster than previously thought and use more fuel. that moves the search area 700 miles northeast to a new part of the indian ocean. >> new this morning we now know the identity of the man police say pepper sprayed a george mason university professor. the guy being hauled in handcuffs is jonathan penalty. he is accused of walking into a classroom and attacking a professor. pendleton yelled, " citizens arrest." he is charged with abduction and assault and is being held pending a hear

police also have evidence that tatum spent time at the kenilworth park in northeast on march 2nd. are going to be searching this entire area. that is no small task. we're talking about an area of 700 acres. much of it is wooded. other sections run across the anacostia river. we have been told that this could take days or possibly even weeks. aaron, back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us, thank you. >> troublesome details. >>> meanwhile, rudd's family is still holding out hope had she is alive after that grim report from d.c. police. rea'

>>> right now news4 is live at kenilworth park, and no one can get in or out.l search again for clues in the disappearance of a little girl. no one has reported seeing relisha rudd for weeks. megan mcgrath will explain why the search could take a while in about 15 minutes. >>> plus, you could be in for a rainy friday morning. we can see the showers already moving in across our area. storm team 4 radar right now is what you're seeing. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking where they are heading. tom? >>> good morning. yeah, here's a closer view of the storm team 4 radar. we're getting scattered sprinkles here in fairfax county, just coming in to arlington. will be sweep interesting washington, light sprinkles. they -- sweeping into washington, light sprinkles. they stretch north, moving north and east. light sprinkles. there's an area of some steadier rain. it's coming down harder from front royal down to luray. that, too, is advancing to the north and east. that's going to be sweep information to the metro area. still, it's about an hour and 50 minute

ta tum, the man with whom she was last seen, was found this afternoon in northeast washington in kenilworth park. she said they have tentatively identified his body. they are still looking for relisha rudd. quick she said that search will continue for some days to come, so we will keep you posted. quick deshawn jackson was released by the eagles last week, now looking for a new team. he is getting plenty of interest. jackson is in town tonight to meet with washington redskins. aid -- heday he twee tweeted, life brought me this far, now show me a new path. , doingams are interested their due diligence. it is everything else that teams want to know about right now. >> what do you thing happened with chip kelly and the eagles? no animosity or bitterness toward philadelphia? so desean jackson is in town meeting with the redskins. >> nice weather tonight, it will drop into the 30's and 40's tonight. shower chances pick up a ltle in the next couple of days and the weekend looks just fine. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- motors.ble th tho a gs.

police spent the past few days searching kenilworth park. only divers returned to search in the pond. a foot search will resume on monday. rudd has been missing for about a month. she is believed to be with kahlil tatum who worked as a janitor at the shelter where she lived. he is wanted for murder of his wife. we will keep you updated for the research of the young girl. you can see our social media platforms. one person has died in a morning fire in southeast washington. firefighters have been rescue some people from the building on stevens road. northwesta is live in were one of the victims is being treated at the hospital. not seeingators are who was killed in this fire but here is what we know -- the woman being treated here is a 25-year-old woman who neighbors say is the woman who jumped into the burning building. she was just trying to save her family which includes her mother and a four-year-old son. the sun was starting to come up, firefighters say both floors of this apartment were burning. >> it was like an explosion. >> of this ne

in just a few hours crews begin searching kenilworth park once again for connections to missing eight-year-old relisha rudd. in the meantime, this new video is spurring questions about the last time her mother saw her. those questions came from this video that was time stamped march 1. it appears to show relisha in background. but young since you last saw relisha on every 26. a man convicted of murder in prince george's to get life without parole. he was found guilty of kidnapping, robbing and killing two men three years ago. crews this morning are shifting their focus on the search for missing malaysia flight 370. new evidence suggests the 777 was flying faster than previously thought and use more fuel. the moved the search area 700 miles northeast to a new part of the indian ocean. >> police hope for new composite sketch will help them find a man who raped a 95-year-old woman. the woman was assaulted in her home in riverdale. she spent three hours this week with the police sketch artist. she says the image is an accurate representation of the man who raped her. >> every effort must be made t

several blocks away from kenilworth park at the mcdonald's, officers surround john nins who's getting a bite to eat. >> six, seven police officers. >> they asked me for my id and they ran my numbers and i guess my record shows shows that it's clear as a bell. >> reporter: someone at the restaurant called police saying he bears a striking resemblance to tatum the man suspected of kidnapping 8-year-old relisha rudd. >> i guess i look like the person. >> what do you think about that? >> i mean, they doing their job. i've been living in the city for 55 years and i appreciate they're on their job. it's not like you know i was scared or anything. i know i didn't do it. i know that for a fact. >> reporter: the search will resume on the ground on monday. in northeast, surae chinn, wusa9. >> one person is dead, four others are in the hospital tonight after smoke and flames ripped through a home in the berry farms neighborhood of southeast washington. two of the injured are children. the fire broke out around 7:00 this morning in the 1200 block of stevens road. firefighters rescued three people

several blocks away from kenilworth park. there were szen police officers. >> asked me for my id, they ran my numbers and i guess, you know, my record shows it is clear as a bell. >> someone at the fast food restaurant called police say he bears a striking resemblance to khalil tatum, the man suspected of kidnapping relisha rudd. >> i guess i look like the person. >> what do you think about that? >> they are doing their job. i appreciate they are doing their job. it's not like, you know, i was scared or anything. i know i didn't do it. i know that for a fact. >> the ground search will resume on monday. in northeast, surae chinn, wusa9. >> and be sure to stay with wusa9 and wusa9.com for any new developments in this case. >> the search is on tonight for a man who apparently struck and killed another man with his suv during a fight last night in laurel. police say 24-year-old matthew was hit by the vehicle and thrown under a parked car at a townhouse complex on south arbory lane. he later died of his injuries. witnesses describ

police also have evidence that tatum spent time at the kenilworth park in northeast on march 2nd. police say that they are going to be searching this entire area. that is no small task. we're talking about an area of 700 acres. much of it is wooded. other sections run across the anacostia river. we have been told that this could take days or possibly even weeks. aaron, back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us, thank you. >> troublesome details. >>> meanwhile, rudd's family is still holding out hope had she is alive after that grim report from d.c. police. relisha's mother says she still doesn't believe that khalil tatum could hurt the little girl. shamika young said that she trusted relisha with tatum who was a janitor at the shelter where she and her kids lived and defended her decision not to call police for three weeks after her daughter went missing. news4 talk to chamiquea and her sister last night. >> he would never, ever go -- she would never, ever go with anybody else. she would be next to my side. relisha, if you hear me, i love you, and i'm praying for you

. >> police say they ended their search at kenilworth gardens last night but plan to pick up where they left off this morning. >>> we now know the name and criminal background of the man accused of shooting a sailor aboard the u.s. mahan. naval criminal investigators say jeffrey tyrone savage had two felony convictions, including one for voluntary mns. he worked for -- manslaughter. he worked for a trucking company and used his valid came denials to get on base. >>> police are looking for a man who they say sexually assaulted a 95-year-old manual. they have a sketch of a man who broke into the woman's home february 21. there is a reward up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of this person. if you know anything about this case, please call prince george's county police. >>> she is safe this morning but this man is -- fairfax man is accused of grabbing a little girl and touching her inappropriately. a 12-year-old girl says she was waiting for her school bus thursday among when walter gomez listen lemus grabbed her. it happened at an apartment building on highl

the crash happened yesterday in the northbound lanes of kenilworth avenue. two cars collided. one flipped on its side. traffic was backed up on to i-295 for miles as crews worked to clear that scene. police have not said what caused the crash. >>> right now at 9:06, we are getting some new pictures into the newsroom of michelle obama in china this morning. coming up, the comments that she made on freedom of speech that are getting a whole lot of attention. >>> also ahead, how three elephants escaped the big top and managed to wreck a few cars, and obviously, scare a lot of people in that crowd. >> yeah, we're going to tweet out some components to that story, because it is very interesting, makes for good sunday morning banter. you can join us online any time. we're on twitter and facebook. we're back on air in a moment. >>> today marks four years since president obama signed the affordable care act into law. in a statement, the president said the share of americans with insurance is up and the growth of health care costs is down. and now the deadline to sign up is just over a