this case started in mexico and ended in landover, maryland. and only erika gonzalez was granted access on board a flight to bring the fugitive back to his own country. >> reporter: shackles, chains, dozens of criminal undocumented immigrants deported back to their home countries. >> these are the worst of the worst here that are being moved. >> reporter: leonard desanity says chartered flights like these out of pennsylvania happen roughly twice a week. why did you come to this country? >> because, you know, we have better opportunity. >> reporter: alfonso rodriguez tells me he came to the u.s. roughly 15 years ago. he was arrested in our area twice for a dwi and released both times without serving any time. and, no, ice didn't pursue him. >> we have limited resources, and we try and focus those limited resources on the most dangerous criminals. >> reporter: however, i.c.e. recently picked him up at his work site in landover, maryland when they found he was wanted for murder in mexico. he had been running from the law for nearly 20 years. do yo

in landover diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >> thank you, diane. it is working. players have already been looked at by division 1 schools and two have earned scholarships. so good stuff. >> good girls. >>> the saying goes you never get a second chance to make a first impression. we're going to get one reporter's initial observations of sochi when we come back. >> at 6:00. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham in frederick county, maryland. coming up the president signs the farm bill, what it means >>> the 2014 winter games officially got underway with today's opening ceremony. matt pearl from our sister station wxia in atlanta is in sochi. here are five observations from his first five days. >> reporter: observation no. 1, the sochi olympic setup is indeed quite gorgeous. organizers, of course, spent millions to make it that way, but 1 cannot help but be dazzled by the sloping arenas of the coastal cluster and the stunning natural beauty of the mountain cluster, but observation no. 2, so much of that beauty feels temporary, not the mountains, of course, but the ve

as you come in from landover, that is causing significant delays. about 10 miles per hour. >> 5:54 now. ralph waite who starred on "the waltons" has died. his manager was surprised because he was in good health and even still working. >> sad. >> very, very sad. 5:54 is your time on this friday morning. you can escape the cold and snow this weekend. all you have to do is take a trip to the movies. >> that is the best place to be. >> the sci-fi classic "robeo cop" gets a reboot whether it needs it or not. >> british actor joel kinnerman .ets turned into a robeocop the really good cast makes this reboot better than expected including michael keaton, gary oldman and very funny samuel l. jackson. the reboot looks great. it is worth 2 1/2 stars out of 4. p.g. 13. best bets, "american hustle," "12 years a slave" and the lego movie. ave a nice weekend, everybody. i'm arch campbell. >> coming up, the m.r.e. for any soldier's dream. >> coming up, the rush to evacuate tens of thousands of people when "good morning washington" returns. >> coming up tonight at 5

. >> landover, maryland, danella sealock, news4. >> great group of students.at's all for "news4 this week." thanks for joining us. remember, be safe, be kinds and be happy shall everybody. bye-bye. hot breakfast options. hampton, enjoy our free you did a great job. it looks good! then fuel up with up to 9,000 hhonors bonus points on a long weekend stay. make every stay more rewarding and feel the hamptonality. >>> today exactly one week after tragedy at the maryland mall the show of support for the victims plus the revelations now coming out about the gunman's actions right before the deadly shooting. >> a pleasant change in the weather following days of the bitter cold. don't get used to this new forecast we could see snow in the days ahead. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news4 today". we start with that warmer

last november in landover, maryland, carrier tyson barnett was killed on his route. we are talking with authorities here at the scene and we hope to have more information coming up tonight at 11:00. back to you. >> the family of a seven-year- old is demanding answers after the boy wandered outside in the cold for three hours after a school bus driver dropped him off in the wrong place. >> i'm scott broom at the busy intersection of route 197 in laurel, maryland, where a seven- year-old boy was left to wander by himself for three hours by a substitute bus driver yesterday. seven-year-old, tyshon evans was left to fend for himself by a substitute bus driver, about 3 yesterday afternoon. tyshon's aunt is renee hub. >> he was walking around for three hours trying to find his way home. >> he was found after dark walking near the james harrison elementary school. a few blocks from home. >> he was screaming. he was crying, he was cold. >> the boy was treated for mild exposure. the transaction director in an e-mail to the family apologized and promised a thorough investigati

lou: so is the landover which his pipelines run, carrying natul gas t europe, so is the bread baskethat is ukraine russian for russia an stomachs. >> hard to say, so far, he has not put the hammer down. but remember, now,he russians, as you say have 150,000 troops near the border. they are flying back and forth on the edge of the border with fight are planes. they have reinforced the naval garris in savastapol, putin keeping pushing and pushing trying to get ukrainians to over react, if they do, there is no telling what computeing what putin is capable of union. lou: it seems that europe earn union will notct r ited states, there has been no evidence o any flurry of activity if you will in brussels, or washington. to move aid to the ukrainians. >> yeah, you know, i think the west is hoping that this will end with a whimper not a bang, they hope that it will just fade in to obscuty, western media, does not present this crisis pro the rsian stand . which is important here, the russians are all worked uver this, callingrotesters hooligans and nazis. lou: and terrorists. >> and terroris,

landover road, heavy on the brakes. folks jammed making their way to 201. and i mean jammed. this volume all the way inbound as you make the trip into the district. i did call police. police aren't reporting any accidents. i'm going to keep watching this because this is odd for a friday. back to you both. >> all right. thank you. >>> we are following a developing story in alexandria. a man knocks on the door of the braddock heights home and opens fire. the possible connection to another high profile killing. >>> news4 is live in sochi this morning. the opening ceremony is tonight. nice lady. >> i'm totally shocked. just totally shocked. i mean, it's -- right here in our back yard. >> police say the other woman who was shot is a caretaker for lodato's elderly mother. she was shot in the arm but is expected to survive. >>> it is now 6:47. fire damaged a nice dooeft building overnight. firefighters are not sure what started it. crews worked on the fire on lincoln road northeast not far from rhode island avenue about an hour ago. that fire is now out. students and staff at fairfa

metro area, just three months after one was gunned down as he sat in his postal delivery truck in landovert is hard to comprehend it happened. >> she spoke by phone from south carolina, where his entire family resides and where he was buried. reward, on $125,000 duty while delivering mail, his murder remains unsolved. just two days ago, a 50 four-year-old letter carrier was kidnapped off the streets of northeast bc while on his route -- of northeast d.c. was kidnapped while on his route. a were upset about a package, pistol whipping him, dumping him after he started calling out loud. last month that was a loud cry from a postal worker in the afternoon hours on the heels of a murder. the most recent kidnapping and murder happened in the afternoon. barnette said that letter carriers did not sign up to defend themselves on the street. >> they did not sign up for it, they are not trained for it, nor are they prepared for it. >> we spoke with several customers who asked, what is next for the letter carriers? are they going to have to carry weapons. with the murder still unsolved, the reward in

. >>> we're taking a live look at the beltway near route 50 in the landover area.own to the wilson bridge. on the inbound side of route 50 it's slow. columbia park road to the bw parkway. and in seat pleasant neerk, an accident on -- neerk, an accident on -- nearby, an accident on central avenue. overturned vehicle in a ditch. lots of equipment on the scene. we'll be back after the >>> good morning. welcome to wusa9 at 6:30. this is a live look at national airport. hopefully you'll get out on time today. tomorrow could be a different story. mother nature playing tricks on us again. it's tuesday, february 4, 2014. i'm andrea roane. >>> enjoy the roller coaster because it's going again. i'm mike hydeck. monika will check on the roads momentarily. howard is on the weather terrace. >> we have a lot of slick spots from areas that were wet yesterday and have frozen up this morning. please give yourself a little extra time and be careful for that. the good thing about tonight's event, we have winter weather advisories and storm warnings issued for today, is that it's goin

this is just prior to landover road. i want to show you this car off of the roadway. the driver out here. they're trying to shovel and get the car out of this -- out of the grassy area here. so traveling bw parkway, southbound lane blocked at the beltway. again that's because of multiple accidents. the other thing i'm tracking, same situation. this time on pennsylvania avenue, right near marlboro pike. police saying reports of ice there. and drivers sliding off of the roadway. you have to look out for the ice in our area. still tracking another accident. this one on the beltway for some time. this is the inner loop of the beltway at branch avenue. just blocking the left lane. police still on the scene of that accident right there. now tom, i'll send it to you. you're saying more snow on the way? >> yeah. maybe tomorrow. boy, all along there, bw parkway, along the sides of the roads, we've got a lot of snow on the ground. and what did melt yesterday and overnight has refrozen. watch out, it's slippery. we're down to near or below freezing much of the region. we'll say

over to route 50, that's where we'll find chopper 4 at landover road 202.ound for folks, but the good news is i'm not tracking any accidents with a broken down car off to the left shoulder lane not affecting delays here. so just slow trickle into the district. and the rails still check out using metro, marc and vre. no delays. back over to you. >>> 6:54 now. the d.c. council could make changes to a proposal to legalize small amounts of marijuana. if the current bill passes, you would only be fined if police find you with an ounce of pot. some council members want to change the bill as they think police should still be able to arrest you for smoking or having pot in public places like parks or concerts. >>> happening today on the hill, the senate will hold a hearing on the safety of west virginia's drinking water. west virginia's secretary of state is expected to testify. earlier this month 10,000 gallons of toxic chemicals leaked into the elk river that flowed into a water treatment plant and contaminated drinking water for $300,000 people. federal regulato

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