amy buckley's husband, 33-year-old lance buckley disappeared yesterday. amy: i love you so much. no matter what, i just want you to come home. stephen: buckley's mother dropped him off and he regularly got rides to d.c. where he planned to graduate from howard university's micro biology p.h.d. program saturday. >> he has a loving family and wife and two beautiful daughters. stephen: they know he withdrew cash at the university hospital and he texted his wife at 10:15 from howard. then nothing. amy: any clue to help us get one step closer to finding lance is what we need right now. stephen: buckley had a noon meeting but never showed. his family says he is not the type to miss pointments or take off on a whim. they also say he is devoted to his family. amy: i just want you home, baby. i love you. you are the love of my life. please come home to our babies. stephen: buckley's family says he had no issues, no depression, nothing which would have concerned them in that arena. however, we also have learned within the past hour that investigators believe lance buckley may be carrying a

it's unclear as lance buckley made the trip from virginia and that it is also unclear what lead to his disappearance earlier this week. on wednesday that you might recall that the sheriff's office notified the law enforcement agencies and the media to be on the lookout for the 33-year-old husband and father who disappeared on tuesday morning after being dropped off to hitch a ride in to the district. lance buckley was finally located on friday in maryland and at a campground somewhere near harper's ferry, west virginia. the family has offered no explanation for his disappearance and they tell us today that the case is closed as the family matter, no penalty. >>> and the national mall was the finish point for today's susan g. komen race for the cure. and the hemmingway champion hulk hogan served as this year's grand marshal for the 5k run and fundraiser. organizers say one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, the most common cancer among women affecting 230,000 people annually. participants in today's events included those living with breast cancer, survivors, and th

lance buckley is supposed to graduate this weekend. around tuesday at 8:00 in the morning, his mother dropped him off at the staffordboro commuter lot. he planned to get into the slug line and get a ride to pick up paperwork from campus. investigators believe he did make it to howard university. just after 10:00 a.m. he sent a text to his wife but after that he missed a noon appointment on campus. buckley's wife is now begging for him to come home. >> i love you so much. no matter what i just want you to come home. >> buckley has to daughters, the youngest is just 12 days old. detectives say he may have a handgun but they do not believe he is a danger to anyone. if you have any information about lance buckley's whereabouts, please call the stafford county's sheriff's office. >>> a d.c. firefighter is being remembered this morning for his smile and dedication to his job. lieutenant kevin mcrae died yesterday in the line of duty after putting out a fire in a nine-floor apartment building in the shaw naikdz. fire investigate -- neighborho

lance buckley's cell phone picked in montgomery county yesterday.ice found no trace of him though. he was dropped off at a commuter lot on tuesday. he sent his wife a text message, he was near howard university at the time. his family has not heard from him since. >>> take a look here, these are some pictures of two people d.c. police want to talk to about a pair of armed robberies. a man and a woman held a georgetown student at gunpoint and demanded his wallet on wednesday night. that was outside the mcdonagh business school. and another robbery happened at 31st and "k." >>> a d.c. police officer could go back to work after a jury cleared him of the attempted murder of his wife. a jury found samson lawrence not guilty of all charges including second degree attempted murder. prosecutors say lawrence sprayed his wife's face with lysol, choked her and pushed her down the stairs after an argument. the defense team said the physical evidence didn't support the theory. >> when you look at the dna evidence, and fingerprint evidence, none of which belongs

lance buckley last reached out to his family at about 10:16 yesterday morning. that was via a conversational text message. nothing unusual about that according to his family. i want to show you what's most important. that is the picture. his mom tells me the 33-year-old was finishing up his ph.d. program at howard university. she dropped him off at stafford yesterday morning. we know his atm card was used around 8:30 a.m. at howard university. then he single that text message from campus. it was to his wife at home with their children. this is not like her son. she is pleading for help. >> what we are trying to do now is appeal to the public. we're trying to appeal to the student body faculty and staff of howard university. anyone in that area. his picture has been posted. and we're pleading with anyone who has seen him or had any interaction with him or thought that they saw him. that they contact police and let them know. >> lanls' mom tells me that she wants to make a plea directly to her son if he happens to be watching. she wants him to come home. but she s

lance buckley was last seen tuesday morning headed to howard university from stafford county. we posted his photo on the nbc facebook page as well. he is set to graduate saturday with ph.d.. police know he picked up the graduation packet but then he disappeared. >>> 5:04 now. feminist student groups are accusing the university of mary washington of sexual discrimination. students will announce the filing of a federal complaint. it accuses the school administration of refusing to protect female students from threats of violence and sexual assault. today's announcement follows the murder of student grace mann who was a leading voice for feminists and gay causes. >>> important information for parents in silver spring. megan mcgrath is learning that there are still some important changes folks need to know about, right, megan? >> reporter: that's right. yeah. we spoke just a short time ago with someone in the school's maintenance department and he tells me that the clean-up that continued overnight, it went well. and that flora singer elementary school is going to open on time. ho

today police and rangers found lance buckley in maryland. they say he is doing fine. earlier today officials released pictures of buckley using an atm from howard university earlier in the week. 33-year-old is a father of two, including a newborn. has supposed to graduate from howard tomorrow. >>> in d.c. we remembered victory in europe with a flyover bein world war ii aircraft. >> thousands of people turned out to cheer on the national mall. >> reporter: i'll bruce at the world war ii memorial. there are some days you realize it is fantastic to be a washingtonian. this was one of those days. planes rolled in the order they rolled in the war. first came the trainers. >> it is wonderful. >> reporter: then the fighters and the big bombers. >> spectacular! >> reporter: captain jerry yellen flew 19 bomber missions over japan. >> it is rather important for the younger generation to know what we did. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: seaman david was down below. >> it was nice to know you had help coming. >> reporter: when one plane pulled out of the missing man formation,

lance buckley's phone was electronically traced to montgomery county. the police searched the area but did not find him. we told you about the case yesterday. buckley was seen tuesday morning heading to howard university. leon: a d.c. officer was cleared of trying to kill his wife. a prince george's county jury found him not guilty on all counts. lawrence was accused of brutally beating his wife and threatening her with knives after an argument turned violent in their accokeek road in 2013. this was lawrence's's second trial. the first case could not reach a verdict. just into the newsroom, the washington post is reporting the justice department will launch a federal investigation of the baltimore police department. it will reportedly focus on whether the department routinely used excessive force. this after freddie gray died in baltimore police custody triggering violent riots and national attention. alison: a man is rescued after getting stuck in an elevator shaft in northeast washington. the victim was pinned from the waist down between the wall and

the 33-year-old howard university student lance buckley is missing. he texted his wife yesterday morning while picking up his graduation packet. they have not heard from him since. he was last seen wearing jean, a dark colored shirt and gray sneaker. please call local police if you have seen him. >>> a school bus driver in arizona has resigned but is still facing an investigation for allegedly locking kids on his bus because they were too rowdy. the bus security video shows the kids screaming to get out and crying for their parents, some of whom were waiting right there at the bus stop, but instead of letting those kids out the driver takes off and goes back to the elementary school. there he finally opens the doors. nobody hurt. >>> two children were badly hurt when a large tree fell onto a playground in chelsea, massachusetts. witnesses heard a crack just moments before the tree came tumbling down early monday night. two young boys suffered severe head wounds. other children escaped with minor injuries. the park is closed while experts check other t

police say lance buckley's phone briefly pinged at block house point conservation park in montgomery county. officers did search but did not find any sign of him. buckley was last heard from tuesday while he was at howard picking up his graduation packet for a ceremony saturday. police say buckley and his wife have two daughters, one of them just 11 days old. >>> a federal lawsuit against the university of mary washington accuses the public university of failing to protect students from harassment and intimidation. feminists and students filed a title 9 federal complaint accusing the school of promoting a sexually hostile environment by promoting cyber stalking of members of feminists united. three weeks ago grace mann, a group member, was killed in her off campus home. friends say she had been targeted with rape on the social media site yik yak. >> people gave out the locations of our members and threatened to rape and kill us. >> this is not speech when it's violent threats of saw the and rape and murder -- of assault and rape and murder. >> the women say they asked mary washington

lance buckley was last seen tuesday morning headed to howard university in washington, d.c. from stafford county. buckley is set to graduate saturday with a ph.d.. police know that he picked up his grajiation packet -- graduation packet and disappeared. his mother is appealing for help. >> we are desperate to find lance and we really need your help. we really need them to just reach out and think was i there, have i seen him, did i interact with him? we're just pleading for the public's help. >> deputies tell us that he may be in position of a firearm but is not a threat to others. if you have any information on him, or his whereabouts, police want to hear from you. >>> feminist student groups are accusing the university of mary washington of sexual discrimination. later this morning, students will announce the filing of a federal complaint. it accuses the school administration of refusing to protect female students from threats of violence and sexual assault. today's announcement follows the murder of grace mann who was a leading voice for feminist and gay causes. >>> metro

garrett haake is live on the howard u campus with the latest on the search for lance buckley. tonight, garrett, what do we know? >> reporter: buckley is supposed to graduate from howard here saturday. yesterday he came up to pick up a couple of pieces of paper and texted his wife around 10:15. that was the last time anyone has seen or heard from him. amy buckley could barely keep upright as she stood before the cameras today and begged her husband to come home. >> i just want you home, baby. i love you. you're the love of my life. >> reporter: the buckleys have two daughters, one 11 days old. >> i love you so much and no matter what i just want you to come home. >> reporter: buckley's mother dropped him off at this commuter lot in stafford county tuesday morning. here he would catch a ride from a so-called slug line as an extra passenger allowing a driver to take the h.o.v. lane, but buckley miss an appointment on campus at noon. he hasn't been seen or heard from since that text at 10:16. investigators believe buckley made it safely to campus but say they'd still like to talk

lance buckley's cell phone picked near the block house point conservation point. police found no trace of him though. his family members say they dropped buckley off a commuter lot tuesday morning. buckley sent his wife a text message a few hours later. he was near howard university at that time. his family has not heard from him since. >>> the threat of severe weather not over in the country's midsection. take a look at this video we have this morning. it is out of slidell, texas. they are cleaning up after a tornado. in fact several tornadoes there out in texas. not far from dallas. last night, they were under severe thunderstorm watches and flash flood warnings until late in the evening. they can't get a break. more flooding is expected today with three to four more inches of rain expected. at the live desk i'm kristin wright. >>> crews begin work on new white house security measures. you see here a mock-up of how that -- the check points will look. officials also approved new sharp spikes along the top of the existing fence. both are designed to stop people fr

his name is lance buckley, a husband and father. he was scheduled to graduate from howard university with his phd this weekend. his cell phone pinged in the area of black house point conservation park in montgomery county yesterday. police went to look for him but knot found no choice. family members say they dropped him off at a commuter lot in stafford on tuesday morning. he texted his wife a few hours later. he was near the howard campus at that time. his family has not heard from him since then. >>> maryland is giving a new reason to do some traveling this summer. beginning july 1st tolls at some of the major bridges, tunnels and roadways will decrease. notably at the bay bridge. cash prices will go down from $6 to $4. if you use ans pass the ezpass will drop from 4.4 to 2.350 and on the icc prices will drop from 4.40 to 3.80. >>> new vehicle checkpoints at the ellipse and top spikes will exist the existing fence itself. the requested changes were first reported last month. the spikes are supposed to be installed in july. >>> to

the family of a missing man, 33-year-old lance buckley, is appealing for help in finding him. buckley was last seen yesterday morning on his way from stafford county to howard university in the district. he is set to graduate on saturday with a ph.d. from howard. police know he picked up his graduation packet on campus and then disappeared. his mother says it is not like her son and is appealing for help. >> we are just desperate to find lance and we really need their help. we really need them to just reach out and think, was i there, 50 seen him, did i interact with him. we're just pleading for the public's help. >> deputies tell us lance may also be in possession of a firearm. they warn they don't believe as he threat to anyone else. they want to you call them if you know anything. >>> fairfax county police track a school thief who stole from a disabled student. they found it was an inside job. investigators used the find me app to track down the student's stolen ipad. it led to the home of the lead custodian. a search warrant we pulled said he allegedly bragged to others ab

lance buckley was last seen yesterday morning in stafford, virginia, on his way to campus. garrett haake has been following the story and joins us live from the newsroom. >> buckley tiply got to campus -- typically got to campus slugging a ride which means showing up at the commuter lot and riding with a stranger to take the h.o.v. lanes in. his wife dropped him off at the same commuter lane and hasn't seen him sense wednesday morning. he never arrived at meetings or other events on campus when he was expected. buckley is a phd student expected to graduate this weekend. he's married with two small children including a daughter just 11 days old. this afternoon his mother begged for help to find him. >> we want you all to know that he has a loving family and wife and two beautiful daughters and many friends and neighbors that care very deeply about lance. we are pleaing to the public's help and support in trying to locate lance. >> in a statement howard university says that they are aware buckley has gone missing and are cooperating with the investigation and they're sending

after he went missing tuesday, found safe investigators found lance buckley at the campground in frederick county maryland not far from harpers ferry in virginia. several tips led them to search there after he was seen tuesday when his family dropped him off in a slug line in stafford virginia. police also released the surveillance photos showing buckley at an atm at howard university on tuesday morning. the only other evidence of his whereabouts came on wednesday when his phone was electronically traced to a location in montgomery county. police say buckley was in good condition. we still don't know how he got to the campground or why he ended up there. although among other things he does have a newborn baby. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >>> fresh fallout even now from one of the most contentious school board meetings in fairfax county history. >> flooding school board members who voted to update the nondiscrimination policy to protect transgender students and staff. northern virginia bureau chief david culver, reporter david culver is live at headquarter. >> emotions f

lance buckley's family reported miss him missing last week. buckley's wife just had a baby a couple of week ago. officers found him at a maryland camp site near harpers ferry. >>> prosecutors say a rabbi who secretly recorded dozens of women in a ritual bath area should be spending 17 years in prison. rabbi barry freundel pled guilt toy 52 counts of voyeurism. he did not dispute claims that he recorded another 100 women inside that inside but he couldn't face charges in those cases because they were outside the statute of limitations. freundel will be sentenced next friday. >>> dying final communication from an alexandria murder victim should that be allowed as evidence at the charles severance murder trial? one of 18 motions filed by the defense today. they say as ruth ann lovato was rushed to the hospital she nodded she saw the killer but didn't know who he was. they want potential jurors to fill out questionnaires. >>> the storms could not come at a worse time. graduations and outdoor events are set to be held across tornado alley this week

lance buckley was found in good condition at the brunswick family campground by brunswick police and rangers from the national park service. officers say tips led them to that area. buckley disappeared after being dropped off at the staffordboro commuter lot where he was supposed to then carpool to campus. >>> right now the security level at all u.s. military bases has been raised due to a threatening environment created by isis. peggy fox is in quantico at the marine corps base with some details for us. >> reporter: the threat has been raised from al far, the lowest level, to bravo, which we have not seen since september of 2011 on the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. now what this means is a heightened security on all bases and also installations like walter reed hospital. individual bases can raise the level higher if need be. it means the gates at these facilities here in quantico, fort belvoir and the others, guards may ask for two forms of id and all vehicles are subject to search. here in the small town of quantico, which is the only town in america completely surround

lance buckley's cell phone pinged near block house point conservation park in montgomery county on wednesday but they didn't find any trace of him there. family members say they dropped buckley off at a commuter lot in stafford on tuesday morning. buckley sent his wife a text message just a few hours later. he was near howard university at the time that he sent that message. his family has not heard from him since. >>> a discrimination policy is dividing parents and teachers in our region's largest school district, the fairfax county. the school board voted to change its non-discrimination policy to include transgender students teachers and staff. the crowd at last night's meeting largely opposed to this. so many people packed the auditorium school officials had to lock the doors and put officers at the entrance. supporters say it is a powerful statement from the district. others voiced concerns that a policy change could lead to mixed-sex bathrooms. >> i urge you to protect our transgender and gender non-conforming students. >> how are teachers prepared to handle the situation when a child

investigators briefly pinged lance buckley's home in an area in montgomery county. he was not seen since being dropped off at a commuter lot and then sent his wife a texts message from campus. buckley has -- text message from campus. buckley has two daughters, one less than two weeks old. he was set to graduate this saturday. >>> mayor muriel bowserer and chief cathy lanier want to equip every -- muriel bowserer and chief cathy lanier want to equip every policeman with a body camera. chief lanier said it was generally agreed police body cameras are a good thing. >> the use of these cameras will been 50 the community and mpd by increasing -- benefit the community and mpd by increasing accountability and enhancing our public safety. >> at 6:00 we'll have more on police body cameras in d.c. and the tug of war over just how much access you might have to those videos. >>> a robbery at gunpoint on a campus of georgetown university, police say a student was leaving the school of business late wednesday when he was approached by a man and woman. the male apparently drew the

we've learned that lance buckley's cell phone pinged in a montgomery county park yesterday. police searched the block house point conservation area in darnstown, but there was no other sign of buckley. his disappearance is something a lot of people are sharing from our facebook page. police believe buckley has a gun but they don't consider him dangerous. he last had contact with his wife near howard university on tuesday where he is supposed to be getting his ph.d. on saturday. >>> i'm jason pugh at the live desk. bad news for the wizards. john wall has five nondisplaced fractures in his wrist and left hand. his playing status for this weekend to be determined. he was injured in game one against atlanta on this play. he did go on to finish the game despite this injury but he sat out tuesday for game two. the two-time all-star is currently in consultation with multiple physicians and specialists to determine what's the best course of action in dealing with this injury. the wid are off until saturday game three at verizon center. on news4 at 5:00 we'll hear from his teammates

lance buckley was last seen tuesday morning heading to howard university in washington from stafford county. we posted his picture on the nbc washington facebook page so you can spread the word. buckley is set to graduate on saturday with a ph.d.. police know he picked up his graduation packet then disappeared. if you have any information, police want to hear from you. >>> the university of mary washington is facing a title ix complaint. student group feminists united is filing the sex discrimination complaint today, accusing the school's administration of refusing to protect female students from threats of violence and sexual assault. >> it is inexcusable that women came to the administration and showed them the kind of vicious assaults that were occurring everyday. amplified because they're online. and these women don't know whether these are classmates making these comments and attacks, whether it's someone in their dormitory. it amplyifyamplifys the fear factor. >> the university says to their knowledge there have been no known reports of direct threats of violence and ignored on

. >>> lance buckley's cell phone picked near block house point conservation park in montgomery county yesterday, but police found no trace of him. they're retracing the last known steps of the missing howard university students. family members dropped him off at a commuter lot on tuesday morning and he sent his wife a text message, he was near howard university at the time. his family has not heard from him since. >>> take a look here, these are some pictures of two people d.c. police want to talk to about a pair of armed robberies. police say a man and a woman held a georgetown student at gunpoint and demanded his wallet on wednesday. that was outside the mcdonough business school at 37th and "o" northwest. another robbery happened at 31st and "k." >>> former governor o'malley is stoking more speculation about a presidential bid. he's hired a former president obama aide to be his political director. karine jean-pierre served as the deputy battle grounds state director in 2012. in 2008 she was the obama campaign regional director. he will announce his plans as early as this month. >>>

we're told police found lance buckley at a campground in frederick county not far from harpers ferry. his family reported him missing on tuesday. they say he left stafford county tuesday to go to howard to pick up a graduation packet. his wife had just had a baby two weeks ago. >>> he says he was just doing his job but now an officer is being credited with saving a baby's life. darcy spencer joins us from the white oaks shopping center. >> reporter: this is where that officer was on patrol last night, where all of this happened. when i talked to that officer today, he was very humble. he is not trying to take credit for this as you can imagine. the higher ups in the department are saying he's a hero. montgomery county police officer is all smiles being credited with saving a baby girl's life. >> i'm very grateful to be at the right place at the right time. i did absolutely nothing more than any police officer that would have done in this department. >> reporter: but it was reed who was on patrol here at the white oaks shopping center thursday night when someone flagged him down to hel

in west virginia, lance buckley was located at a campground at harper's ferry west virginia, after police received a tip someone matching the description was in the area. he had last been seen tuesday morning by his wife as she dropped him off at a stafford slug commuter line. alison: security levels are raised because of growing concern of a jihadist threat. this move comes hours after f.b.i. director said there are thousands of isil followers online in the u.s. military bases are now at the yellow level which is in the middle. the pentagon defines that as an increased and more preductable threat of terrorism. it could mean vehicle and identity checks before entering military bases. scott: the stabbing in charles county is investigated as a homicide. 18-year-old middleton got in an argument with 18-year-old jordan lucas yesterday morning lucas was trying to get away when middleton stabbed him. lucas later died at the hospital. middledton is now behind bars on first-degree murder charges. police in fairfax county are investigating a pedestrian accident that left a woman with serious injur

lance buckley's family says the last time they heard from him was in a text message tuesday morning. that day he left his home in stafford county to come to d.c. to pick um a packet for his upcoming graduation at howard. investigators yesterday said buckley may have had a gun on him at the time. >>> imagine if this is how your workday starts. a woman in rockville saw a car crashing into her office. it pinned her under her desk. she worked at a physical therapy office on park lawn drive near randolph road. news4's chris gordon has been following the story since it broke. he updates us on the investigation. >> reporter: police are charging the driver of the car with negligent driving. she crashed through the window coming to a stop deep inside the office of proaction physical therapy. >> a couple people were many the office at the time. one was trapped underneath the car and the desk. they were extricated and transported to the hospital. that was the most serious injury. >> reporter: two others in the office were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. so was the drive of th

it is unclear if lance buckley will make the trip. he is the husband and father of two who disappeared last week. he was dropped off at a commuter lot tuesday to get a ride into the district and then he wasn't heard from until authorities found him at a campground days later in frederick, maryland, on friday. the family has still not explained his disappearance. >>> the d.c. cab commission is trying to revamp the way cabs operate in the district. they are hoping a proposed cultural sensitivity program will help some of the drivers be more competitive with services like uber and lyft. >> and the root choices some drivers take in the city more like a route they won't take. larry miller took to the streets to find out more. >> reporter: for nearly a decade he has been driving a taxi around the washington metro. he has had his fair share of good and difficult times, but lately things haven't been so good. how have things been? >> very, very slow. >> reporter: car services like uber and lyft have cut into revenue by as much as 50 perez. he