. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guard down for nobody. >> this is not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over. >> if you like this type of thing, this is the place to be. >> i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >>> for the uninitiated or in this case, the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also how's convicts but only those awaiting transfer to prison or serving short-term sentences. usually less than a year. >> listen up for your name. >> stand on the foot prints for me, please. >> most jail detainees have pending court cases, have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall, hands behind your back. >> there is another type of jail detainee as well and they're often the most dangerous. those who have just been arrested, sometimes still drunk, high on drugs or fresh from committing a crime. >> my biggest

it isn't just a problem with lockdowns in schools.nce. 33 americans shot and killed every day. eight children shot and killed in this country every day. so we have to act on this. again, this is not, you know, u.s. secretary of education arne duncan said this is not about a lack of school security. this is about easy access to guns. and what happened at sandy hook was a horrible tragedy and there san increase in mass shootings in this country, but we have to work to solve also the daily shootings that happen every single day. >> and this is -- dalia, here are the facts. 57 violent deaths in schools in the 9'92, 9 3 school year. it's not a problem in this country there's a huge spike in school violence. in anything, there's a slight downward trajectory. we're creating an atmosphere of terror in our schools. >> well, in that video that you just showed, it's so chilling, chris. i'm sitting here thinking i hope my kids don't watch it. not just because you're putting kids through this, but because you learn to normalize this. i think, you

students said it was obvious immediately that the lockdown was not a drill. >> i knew something was wrong in the cafeteria. they closed the cafeteria. >> a cafeteria employee is undergoing a mental evaluation. and in mental screening for the maryland man accused of staging a banana peel fall at the metro station. we saw him appear in court to face fraud charges for the incident last august. he was caught on camera dropping the peel on the ground and then pretending to slip on it. $15,000, but for the claim was thrown out of court. coming up, what hayes happening in the week ahead. new developments in the case of a man who collapsed near a fire station. and we will examine the impact of recent winter storms a local businesses. how some are thriving is by the bad weather. i am steve rudin. we have some light rain showers out there right now. will clear upit nicely just in time for the rush-hour commute tomorrow. th >> in the week ahead, d.c. councilmembers will hold an oversight hearing tomorrow afternoon. they are expected to discuss the junior.caesar mills his family members claim he was

the lockdown of the schools has been lifted amid reports of a possible suspect in custody. romeoville police not confirming this at this hour. investigative reporting that two people were shot this morning. the victims are a mother and daughter. no word at this hour on their conditions. witnesses say the two were in a maroon vehicle backing out of the driveway of their home. >> there were rushed to area hospitals. one of the victims was airlifted which would obviously indicate a very serious perhaps even life-threatening injury. an intense manhunt in soon with police going door to door our cameraman captured long- distance video of the individual sitting in the back of a squad car sky camp nine reported an individual being taken into custody. for parents and the surrounding community getting notification of a lockdown was understandably frightening experience. they called earlier today and said there was a shooting situation in the area. >> i received three phone calls >> parents that king elementary school are still bringing their kids to school buildings are enough. once

put in lockdown mode. julie ben zen is live with new details of what happened and who police are looking for mement jackie? >> well, pat, this is a strange story and took place at the home of a family who has been prominent and well respected in the alexandria community for decades. this is with what we know at this point. people in this quiet residential neighborhood who are alarmed to see the police officers descend on this area early this morning for two adult women who were shot when they answered the d r door. one woman was wounded to the arm and she managed to run to the neighbor's house and she dialed 911. the woman inside of the house is described critical condition, and that is the second person shot. we are told that there is believed to have been a third person in the house, an elderly woman, and a witness tells me that he saw that woman after the shooting, and she was physically unharmed and several schools and two churches were placed on a lockdown briefly while the police searched for the sus

the white house was on lockdown and nobody let in or out for 30 minutes, and again, the lockdown has been lifted and the all-clear given. back to you. >> thank you, scott. we will check on the weather again and go to meteorologist veronica johnson. >> what is happening out there, veronica? >> well, it is quiet and dry out there, and that is what i like. if you are looking to go out, set going to be nice and fairly comfortable with the temperatures above freezing for a while. looking at the sky mostly cloudy right now, and the temperatures are in the upper 30s, but we are going to drop to 35 by 9:00 and we hit 32 late this evening around 10 or 11:00, and then into the 20s by morning. look at this, we are dry by 7:00 a.m., and even dry at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but not for much longer. hey, folks, even though we are talking about the clouds moving in the international space station will be visible and home to the astronauts, of course, and it is up at 220 miles from earth, and around 7:00 visible, and look towards the southwestern sky first at 6:59 and then at 7:03 it will be in t

the very latest on that investigation this morning. >>> lockdown. rising by the minute, just days before the olympics. the latest terror threats targeting russia and how u.s. athletes will be kept safe if an attack happens. we're live with the latest. >>> a historic win for the seahawks, one of the biggest game blowouts ever. this morning, seattle fans fired up. peyton manning beaten down. we're bringing you all the overnight celebrations and a breakdown of the game's biggest moments. >> it was ugly, folks. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. >> so, the final score was 43-8. >> wow. >> and it wasn't even that close. super bowl xlviii was a sdes nati decimation, the seahawks tearing apart the broncos bit by bit to win their first title and hand peyton manning his second super bowl defeat. manning threw as many touchdowns to the seahawks as he did to his own players. and now seattle will not need its famous coffee to wake up this morning. that city might never sleep again!

as a precaution there was a lockdown ordered by district 91. the lockdown was issued after endeended after the man was taken into custody. >> we are also learning a little bit more about the 36 year-old that police say is behind all of this violence. the do believe he might have been suffering from mental illness. they tell us that the gun used did belong to the 36 year-old father. they also found a number of other guns inside of the home. we also learned the names of the victims. police are still not sure what send the 36 year-old off. after a birthday party for his young nephew he shot his father and 60 year-old mother. his five year-old nephew was also shot. his mother left the party earlier after killing he said a fire in the basement. when the first firefighter showed up he heard something and went inside the garage and he saw the man kill himself. the 36 year-old was a brilliant man and had not been working for some time. about one year ago he went to russia to become a potato farmer. >> he tended to be a little more angry. crazy talk wou

we've gone into immediate lockdown procedure. all directions of law enforcement and security personnel. where are the parents? over here with the head of security. ms. samuels, thank you. no problem. mr. and mrs. jacobs, i'm james franklin, director of the bureau's rapid deployment team. we need a photo of your daughter. you have one on you? yeah. there was another little girl who went missing last week. maybe on your phone. got a picture of katie on your phone? she disappeared from a mall, too.

that was lifted within hours. >> reporter: we're going to put any schools in the area on lockdown for the potential safety of the students and the teachers of the school. >> reporter: so w we don't believe that these women knew the suspect. that is what police are saying as they have no indication that they knew this suspect. they've been searching all afternoon for this man, this elderly white man with a full white beard as we have a few more pieces of information. there were three people inside the home and another person. however police, they didn't want to tell us the name of that or who that exactly was, but it's a very scary situation here. and another thing back in november, november , the transportation director for the council of government was shot and killed inside his home about a mile and a half from here. that murder is still unsolved as well. police say they are looking to see if there is any connection. >> wow. disturbing details there, peggy, thank you. >>> a wild scene in manassas. breaking right now where officers are on a man hunt. he got away from the manassas cit

. >> we said lockdown. we went under a desk. and we were all just quiet. >> reporter: ruthanne lodato was home with her elderly mother and the woman who helps take care of her. police say a man knocked on the front door. they answered. he shot them, then ran away. police are looking for an older white man, balding with a full beard. >> we are concerned and the citizenship should be concerned. >> reporter: concerned because ruthanne's shooter is still out there, and they don't know why he killed her. >> we just don't have a motive at this time. >> reporter: what they do have is a striking similarity to another high profile murder less than a mile away. in november, a top regional transportation planner ron kirby was gun down in his home. it's a case police have yet to crack, but one they are now comparing. >> we will have to look to see to those similarities and whether or not we're dealing with a similar homicide. >> reporter: here again, this is an extremely low crime neighborho. but police have been able to talk to that caregi

four schools were put into lockdown. now, that lockdown has since been lifted but the suspect is still on the run. >>> also in the city, smoke could be seen for miles. take a look. after two homes caught fire. this was in the exclusive presidio heights neighborhood of san francisco near the intersection of walnut and clay street. our nbc chopper on the scene around 1:30 this afternoon. crews were able to knock down this fire within about an hour. no word yet on how this fire started. >>> okay. get ready for another change in the weather. you're looking live over san jose skies, where they are cloudy and rain is on the way. nbc bay area's chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, tracking the storm. wither back to win thor. >> finally, after not having too much winter here the past month or so live radar right now does show those dry conditions, but it's going to be all about this strong southerly push of moisture out in the passivic. that's what's going to be responsible for amping up two particular storm systems as we head thr

everyone has been ordered to stay inside the courthouse while they're on lockdown. we're following this story from florida and we'll give you the latest here on news 4 and nbcwashington.com. >>> and right now, temperatures remain in the 20s all around our area. let's check in again with tom kierein for the latest. he's outside experiencing that cold for himself. >> i can't believe it's the last day of february and feeling more like january or middle of winter. here we are approaching spring, the first day of meteorological spring is tomorrow, but it's still just around 20 degrees. we have temperatures just right around 20 degrees most of the region. and we'll just barely make it into the mid to upper 20s for highs by later this afternoon. and we'll have a light wind. and then some clouds rolling in tonight, not as cold tomorrow morning, down near 20. and then highs on saturday into the mid-40s. and partly sunny. this weekend, upper for the to near 50 on sunday with increasing clouds. then sunday night after sunset, we'll likely get rain moving in, and then around da

the hispanics are now in lockdown, actually they've got the entire badger second on lockdown. >> our crew was at san quentin just hours after an inmate was slashed across the face with a shank. the attacker was identified and put in administrative segregation for questioning, but now the entire cell block is about to be searched for weapons. >> keep your eyes open. keep your ears open. do your normal cell searches, handle your business and be safe. >> a large team of correctional officers will search every square inch of their cells. first, all the inmates are removed. first for weapons, then taken out to the yard. >> step over here. >> all right. all right. >> these surprise raids are usually successful in finding weapons. but present a unique challenge for "lockup" crews. >> it is action. it's real action. and the only thing that you have to be careful of you don't want to piss off the cell block. you kind of run the risk of alienating the very guys you're trying to extract stories and cooperation from. we always hope, if there is going to be a raid, that it's toward the end of our

six schools were placed on lockdown but that has been lifted. inthousands of people frederick maryland could be without power for days. the area was one of the hardest hit by yesterday's storm. crews from out-of-state are headed to frederick to restore power. it was a know that sonic boom that caused the shaking on the eastern shore today. two supersonic training flights were conducted off the atlantic coast. the boom happened just before noon. a littlethe city worried today. >> tonight, abc investigates the olympic terror threat involving travelers and toothpaste. we have seen all the ice here and we've had our share of power lines dumbing down in our region. >> this is the emergency frozen in place will stop the storm and then the frigidaire keeping all of the ice and a currents racing through the car. to doll see what they had about it. brian ross is back with more on the toothpaste terror threat just as so many world leaders arrive in sochi. >> a story that got my attention -- paying you to go shopping? about this --w paying you to go to you

. >> the threat of the gunman on the loose that had six nearby schools on a lockdown lifted within hours. >> because you spend many hours trying to locate them that you cannot be 100% sure of that, but that i think it goes to a reasonable standard that you spend that time searching for the suspect and that you have nothing to indicate that they are still in the area and then at some point obviously we have to allow the parents to pick up the children. >> that was peggy fox reporting. now back in november, ron kerby was shot and killed in his home just half a mile away. that killer is still on the loose. >>> tonight a young man wanted for murder is on the loose in northern virginia. he's earl patrick mitchell, 20 years old, accused of a murder that actually happened in pennsylvania. but manassas city police were the ones chasing him this afternoon when he bailed out of his car and ran off. the search is ongoing on the ground. as you can see on the air as this is all focused on the areas around the parkway. mitchell is considered armed and dangerous. >>> right now a vigil is starting to fo

. >> although level 6 is on lockdown, we're allowed to talk to one inmate about the toll the restrictions are making. >> i haven't been able to visit with my sister or mother because of this thing that happened in the separate housing unit. with two other inmates, it had nothing to do with me. it's not right. it's a nuisance. it's annoying because i don't behave in a way that merits my suspension of privileges, visits, or do a lot of other guys for that matter but yet we're being punished collectively. two weeks ago, they came and took away our nail clippers. we weren't allowed access except for on sunday night. if we needed to cut our nails, the corrections officer would give them to us and then take them back. we never had them in our cells. then they took them with no explanation whatsoever, and this is the result. i just wonder if it's sanitary. now, if i am acting out and creating problems, then i earned this, but it's not my problem because something is happening somewhere else. i didn't do anything to anybody and nobody did anything to me. >> after hours of searching, they find the

you have a 300 foot ring of steel that came into lockdown.ou'll have the usual sealing of the manhole covers. you'll have the garbage facilities taken away. there's a lot going into this. today's new world order is about global terrorism. it's about insurgencies and about an international jihad that wants to inflect chaos and carnage. this is something we have to adapt to. if you look at the organization such as hezbollah or taliban, what makes up their intelligence network are the people that live within the society. it's the people that have access to mobile phones. normal people that walk on the streets every day, every worker and every person going to the super bowl tomorrow, if they see an isolated vent, see someone suspiciously just to pick up phone and call the number for security authorities the today what we have today is take on the problem. we don't have to assume that someone else will deal with the problem. if we start adopting the mind set we'll be able to counter what we see as a high security threat. >> one word about next wee

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. >> i heard all of the helicopters and my parents called me and said schools were on lockdown. aroundhbors say the area ridge road drive is usually quiet and very safe. likeve never seen nothing this around here and i live right here. lived here all my life. >> police are not sure if the suspect ran or drove out of here, but they believe he left the area quickly. they are still hunting for him. the chief said at this point in the investigation, they to not have anything to link him with either of the two victims in the case. >> thank you. family demands accountability and change after family members say firefighters refused to help as their father died across the street from the station. >> the fire department and ems department have proven they cannot hold itself to an acceptable standard on its own. >> tonight, abc seven news has learned the family of cecil mills is not the first to have watched loved ones die well emergency responders failed to help. sam ford spoke with those involved and is outside engine 26 station tonight. we are in front of the brentwood shopping center

police went door to door searching for the suspect, four schools put on lockdown. that lockdown has been lifted but police are still searching for the man. >>> san jose's downtown parking system is getting a high tech upgrade with the city counsel voting late today to invest in smart meters. the 1200 meters will be installed in the downtown corridor. they will allow shoppers and diners to use credit or debit cards to feed the meter instead of digging in pockets for quarters. >> so with smart meters, not only can we make it more convenient for people to pay, which we want them to pay, we can keep track of parking, what the demand is and do different pricing mechanisms if we want. >> so different prices for parking at peak times. that's what you'll experience. so far the new meters are not tied to an across the board hike in parking fees. >> okay. you ready? every year around this time hollywood comes to us, big name entertainers and athletes have some fun down in pebble beach. this year one big name is out and another big name is in. >> comcast sports net david feld

. >> on lockdown until further notice. no movement in that area unless authorized. >> we have had an officer get assaulted up on the fourth floor. they had the inmate under control and placing him in a restrapt chair. >> officer used pepper spray to secure him, he will remain strapped into the restraint chair for up to two hours until officers feel it is safe to return him to his cell. >> it is the second assault in a week on that floor. inmate to officer. >> so that dorm has a lot of young and aggressive inmates. >> you all right? >> i'm good. i was putting two guys coming back from gym in there, soon as the door opens up, inmate steps out and cold-cocks me. >> you got a pretty good bump on your head. >> it's a bruise. my jaw was sore. it's good now. my knee. other than that i'm fine. >> what's going on with you and the officer? >> nothing. >> well, why did you hit an officer? >> just walked through your dorm and everything seemed to be going fine. then my officers go into the dorm and as soon as the door opens up, you hi

. >>> at indiana's wabash valley correctional facility the m house cell block has been put on lockdownement of all inmates, until investigators can determine the cause of curtis cash's severe facial injuries. both cash and his cellmate, dana woods, claim cash simply fell. but internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn suspects a cover-up. >> the suspect probably told the victim, you know, you'd better not tell on me, say you fell. that's pretty typical in these situations. nobody falls and receives that many injuries. >> littlejohn suspects woods might have used the hot pot to assault his cellmate. >> and this is what was retrieved out of the cell. >> it was right next to the door and the hot pot was down in the trash. >> littlejohn's next step is to investigate the cell itself. >> looks like obviously you can see probably a little blood here. looks like he probably tried to clean the blood up, actually, before the staff arrived. there's blood on the bedding, some on the back window. so it was probably a little struggle. it looks like he's already packed his property. sew knew. tha

the area is already in virtual lockdown due to security concerns. >> i feel safe, knock on wood. but it seems great. >> if mountains are amazing. the facilities are great. everyone has been friendly, so looking forward to the next month. >> russian officials have not finished work, so crews are racing to put on the finishing touches. it's estimated russia spent $50 billion to put on the games. stay with us for all your olympic coverage. keep up with jim hanley on facebook or twitter or go to our website and search hanley in sochi. >>> it is the lesser known bowl, but typically attracts plenty of fans. we'll show you you athletes are preparing for this year's puppy bowl. >>> amelia is tracking >>> chocolate brought hundreds out today in fairfax. the two-day festival includes tasting and a screening of "willie wonka and the chocolate factory." it runs through tomorrow. local dentists standing by. >>> less than 24 hours away from the big game. but the party before the game has crossed two states. in new york city, broadway transformed into a big carnal for the event. area politician

school was not put on lockdown. police have not yet released any details about the suspect's name or why he was allegedly wielding a knife. >>> crews worked late into the night repairing a broken water main in berkeley that flooded streets and threatened to flood homes as well. the break happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon near the intersection of california and parker streets. less than a mile from campus. an east bay mudd spokeswoman said around 35 customers on parker street lost water service because of that break but that wasn't the residents' only concern. >> it's worrisome, i don't know how it's going to affect our water. >> you know, we're in a water crisis. >> yeah, we're in a drought. even though it's kind ruining our drought, it's fun to play in. >> crews say the location of the break made it very difficult to access. it took two hours before they were able to stop the flow of the water. the cause of the break is not yet known. >>> family members are intensifying their search this weekend for a missin

i should tell you schools in that area are now on lockdown.scaped in michigan last night. then he abducted a woman according to police and took her car. she managed to escape. she locked herself in the gas station bathroom and called police. elliott is serving not one, two, but four life sentences for killing four people in august of 1993. phillip seymour hoffman's career earned an oscar for playing tortured souls. now with his death, we are getting a richer picture of the addiction that gripped his life. two different law enforcement sources say the apartment where friends found hoffman sunday contained nearly 50 packets of heroin abled ace of spades and several empty pacts labeled ace of hearts and more than 20 used syringes and more. we have prescription drugs. all in his manhattan apartment. this appears that the 46-year-old father of three may not have had a prescription for all of those meds you see listed on your screen. in terms of his career, talk about a talent. he was in more than 50 films. he leaves ample evidence of why he is call

>> armelli: "lockdown.ers, go to lockdown." >> pelley: in the cafeteria, through the door on the left, a 17-year-old boy who went by the initials "t.j." was shooting to kill. he'd put ten rounds in his gun and six letters across his shirt-- "killer," it said. >> frank hall: i saw a young man firing into a crowd. i just stood up, shoved my table out of the way and started after him. >> pelley: it's tough even now for frank hall to speak of it. but with the support of his wife, he told us what happened when he charged at the boy with the gun. >> hall: he raises his weapon at me, i jumped behind a pepsi machine. i hear another fire. >> pelley: that bullet missed hall, so he kept chasing the student down the corridor. >> hall: and he sees me and he takes off down the hallway, so i chase after him again screaming, yelling. kid's still running. and i get to within like six, seven, eight feet of him, and there was a young man at the end of the hallway right in front of the doors, nick walczak, and t.j. shoots him

. >> for a magazine known for blowing open the doors of government secrecy, it offethey are in lockdownhese days. nobody wants to talk about how the magazine is doing. >> it's been three months since the magazine's editor stepped down to fight allegations of sexual assault. in a country where rape has been a big story, it was thrown into a tailspin. his deputy, an articulate prominent face resigning. >> i understand it sounds like an act of vanity. >> after she was accused of downplaying the seriousness of the charges and mismanaging the situation. >> he has resigned. i would be surprised if they can swim against this tide. i think with the demise of telka will come soon. >> will be quite a sad moment. >> to what extent will it survive the case against it's founding editor? >> a tough question. my sense is that already, the way in which the magazine handled the problem has created a huge crisis of confidence and crisis of credibility. ♪ ♪ >> tehelka broke in the consciousness in 2000 with the sting operation using undercover filming that exposed systemic corruption full-time from the co

the threat of the gunman had six nearby schools on the lockdown that was lifted within hours. >> you cannot be 100% of that, but i think that it will go to the reasonable standard that you have nothing to indicate the area. just a mile and a half from here in november, the director of transportation, he was also shot and killed in his home one morning as police are looking at the possibility that the same person did it. i'm peggy fox reporting live, back to you. >> all right, peggy, thank you. >>> we continue to follow two developing stories this morning. and where a man wanted for murder is on the loose. police say that the city officers were chasing the 20- year-old when he bailed out of the car and ran off. still a heavy police presence on out there looking for him. and residents are being warned that you should be considered possibly armed and dangerous. >> and northwest of richmond where investigators believe they have found the body of the reserve captain kevin quick whose body, it may have been discovered in the remote area near the county line. he disappeared last friday nigh

next thing i know the cops came and they closed off the street they had everyone on lockdown. >> fabia was having dinner and gunshots were heard. >> they searched my yard, my house, the back. looking for weapons. >> man said someone shot at his house and tried to break in. he got his own gun. fired in the direction of the 40s. he called 9-1-1. the intruder was gone having sped off if a car with one other person. a short time later, a man was drop off at a hospital with one gunshot wound. he died. >> after further investigation they determined that the subject at the hospital was related to the incident that occurred here. >> his say this is evidence someone fired on the house but they only have the residents version of what happened. theyer possibly locking for others involved in the crime. >> we are looking for anyone, really. we don't know if there were two, three people, a vehicle was scene leaving the scene. you can assume maybe there were more people in the vehicle. >> residents are not surprised by the violence. >> i am sure it happened for a reason and not just out of nowhere. >

schools are now in lockdown in northern indiana as police search for an escaped convicted murderer. mrs. say they have found the suv, 40-year-old michael david elliott carjacked from a woman after slipping under a prison fence in michigan last night. the woman managed to escape. she called police. when they pulled over to get gas, elliott was convicted of murdering as mentioned four people in 1993. authorities in indiana, michigan, and tennessee have been warned to look out for him. and at least earlier, as mentioned there was a town lockdown a number of schools affected by this manhunt for this individual. the 40-year-old who was convicted of murdering four people and is now on the run. let's go back to the weather that we told you about. joining me now is weather channel's alex wilson at laguardia airport. we can see it's coming down and it's been doing that like the super bowl ended and this awful weather rolled in. quite a few delays that folks are dealing with trying to get out of town after the big game. >> reporter: oh, yeah, the delay and cancellation board filled with those

the shooting left neighbors on edge and several nearby schools on lockdown. despite a massive manhunt, the suspect was not found nearby. >> this is a pretty nice neighborhood. i grew up on the corner here. >> the suspect is described as an older white man, balding with gray hair and a beard. >> it is kind of unsettling. >> many in this community are taking the death of ruthanne lodato hard. one mother says lodato taught her three kids to love music and said she has done the same for countless other kids around here for at least the last 20 years. they are still looking for the suspect in her murder. live in alexandria, tom roussey, abc 7 news area >> thank you very much. anger mixed with heartbreak tonight. just feet from where an elderly man took his last breath. family and friends of cecil mills, the man who suffered a heart attack outside a d.c. fire station. firefighters and emts inside the station did nothing to try to save mills' life. jay korff is live near the fire station on what has been an emotional night. >> loved ones came to this vigil to get to

. >>> it's all clear at the white house tonight, but earlier today the place was on lockdown after a man carrying two bags tried to jump the fence. never made it over. u.s. park police tackled him. there was nothing dangerous in the bags. the man was taken into custody. president obama was in michigan at the time signing the farm bill. >>> gangs running big time drug rings and ordering hits on their enemies all from behind bars. how? cell phones. tonight the governor of maryland says enough. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in baltimore where today maryland prison officials revealed one way they aimed to reduce the number of cell phones smuggled into prison. the phones have been used by gangs to do everything from ordering hits on witnesses to running drug conspiracies on the inside and outside. today governor martin o'malley visited the epicenter of the crisis the baltimore city detention center. the latest reform unveiled today an electronic system that intercepts cell phone signals and renders the phone useless for anything but a 911 call. >> our actions to make sure detainees don't h

this place is on lockdown, has been since last monday. fans are arriving here now. so far, so good. a pretty smooth transition from a compound to a home of a super bowl football game which will be starting a few hours from now. as you can also imagine, the folks with the new jersey state police will probably be pretty relieved come monday. >> i think we'll be pretty relieved. this has been a lot of work, the last six months every day working on this, making sure we're exercising and doing it. the men and women on the new jersey state police have done a flawless job to make sure we provide a great game. >> was it worth it? >> absolutely. this is history. >> the lieutenant colonel, one of many troopers who probably won't be able to watch the game because he'll be too focused on watching the crowd and keeping an eye on the stadium. >> he is obviously a fan. are the other fans beginning to arrive? >> yes. every vehicle is being checked. anyone who enters the stadium has to go through several layers, checking tickets, checking credentials, checking bags they may be carrying. anyone ridin

>> reporter: looks like a lockdown, greg. you're not getting near metlife stadium without a ticket. there are police officers and federal agents here from across the region. they're responding to calls including false alarms, including one in midtown manhattan today. another white powder concern at a midtown hotel, the crown plaza on broadway and 48th street. it turned out to be a false alarm and there were no injuries. of course, yesterday there were several hotels that turned into police scenes in new jersey near metlife stadium. local police, new jersey state police, the fbi's joint terrorism task force and hazmat teams responding to several letters that showed up at the front desks of several hotels near the stadium. this was a nonhazardous material. they have to take every call seriously. it was a good dry run for the new jersey state police. one of the men in carriage of the state police, kevin fowler. >> it's not uncommon for us to get these calls on a daily basis in the law enforcement world. >> these white powder calls that turn out to be nothing? >> we get a lot of these.

as we report on the breaking news as the white house is on lockdown.made sure everywhere is inside because of the man who tried to hop a fence. he has been ap hended. what do you know? >> we have been told by the secret service that there was a man who tried to jump the fence at the white house. he was intercepted by the secret service prove officers and they managed to stop him before he was able to get anywhere. they are examining a couple of bags at the scene to make sure there was nothing that is of concern there. it appears inside the white house things are normal and the president is not there. he's in east lansing, michigan signing the farm bill. he's not at the white house at the moment. there is a full operation there and people are still working and i'm told that the situation is getting back to normal. they are trying to make sure that there is nothing to worry about in those bags. >> thank you very much from washington. the update on the white house there. >> he has been alive for less than a week and this new baby boy has been at the heart

prompted a two-hour lockdown of nearby schools. police were quick to say this was not a robbery. sure shot in the head and the mother was shot once in the neck. still no word of a motive at this time. the two victims remained hospitalized. three of the four has been released from our custody. what of the crew is charged on an unrelated laurent. none of the three were involved in the incident from a weakened determined. the fourth individual we consider him a suspect. not in charge in the investigation. it is ongoing. the room of the police chief spoke to us live. said originally they picked up for individuals. three of them have been released. one is now considered a suspect. charges could be forthcoming this afternoon. >> best hitters are talking with the parents of a 20 month old toddler found with severe burns. the ball is in critical condition. firefighters were called to an apartment building. i am not saying how the toddler was burned. charges are expected to be filed in an attempted robbery that left five people shot. shot four of them before one of the victims shot him. t

>> reporter: looks like a lockdown, greg. you're not getting near metlife stadium without a ticket.e police officers and

a child care center nearby was put into lockdown during the raid. no one was hurt. >> still to come here at 5:00, some airlines have been put on alert. what new terror intelligence reveals about toothpaste as people make their way to russia for the upcoming olympics. >> plus we go live to sochi where olympic gold medalist shaun white made a surprising announcement as did billie jean king, the openly gay tennis star was supposed to go to sochi. why she's staying home. >> i told my mom, oh, my god, i'm about to cry. it was just amazing. >> the bay area fifth grader featured in a super bowl commercial and the controversy surrounding that advertisement. >> then at 6:00 janet napolitano leads a delegation to the sochi olympics as a symbol of california values. >> i'm going as the messenger for those values. >> what message are we sending to russia? >> her answer is new at 6:00. nbc universal's coverage of the 2012 london games was the most watched television event ever. so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc univ

the threats led to a tense lockdown yesterday at the school on 63rd street. 45-year-old matthew eisenhowerf oakland was booked on charges of stalking and making criminal threats. he's being held on $1 million bail. >>> a bay area girl scout who made big cookie sales outside a medical marijuana dispensary was invited back today, but it was a no-go. the green cross dispensary in san francisco tells us, because of the media frenzy, the 13- year-old and her mom decided to cancel their return visit this afternoon. but they might come back another day. word that the girl's cookie supply sold out in just 45 minutes yesterday spread like wildfire on social media. at least one other girl scout in phoenix even copied that idea. >>> habitat for humanity handed over the keys for some very excited new homeowners today in oakland. the brookfield court development was built with the help of more than 2500 volunteers. that included former president jimmy carter and his wife rosalyn, heavily involved in the program. the completion of these 12 homes marks 446 houses built, renovated or repaired by habitat f

two schools were put on lockdown and they finally took him into custody last night around 8:00. >>> there are still many unanswered questions surrounding the death of hack or philip seymour hoffman. -- actor philip seymour hoffman. two of the four people arrested in the case were released on bond. jaw nell borrel has more. >> reporter: after two nights in jail, the handcuffs came off. dodging cameras, giuliana hutch key leftwith with her father, her boyfriend matt rosenblum released to his parents a short time later. both adamantly denying any connection to philip seymour hoffman or his apparent drug overdose death. >> my client absolutely is not involved in selling any drugs certainly not hair but any drugs -- heroin but any drugs and certainly not involved in selling drugs to mr. hoffman. >> reporter: but police allege the couple were in possession of drugs and are checking to see if they had a connection to hoffman who was found dead in his west village apartment sunday. investigators say the 46-year- old actor had a needle in his arm and there were dozens of packets of heroin and pres

works for one of the big four accounting firms who watches the show who likes anytime we mention lockdown. sitting and cheap lap dancing while he's got the link on exactly or around in the collar of his dog so here it is lounging around his living room does jack nothing except cook books all day for some big four accounting for zapping his poor dog like you know talk about kristallnacht here's a guy's dream acting kristallnacht right there in the animal kingdom in the living room that's the kind of mentality you have of the big four accounting firms that's a kind of accounting you have what francois whole lot of us to come mentality is driving the global inequality you've got britain dogs operate in their living room shortened to sleeping with friends all of a lot of them open looking for a mistress not just on a good for a living i don't know what is well let's return to these moped riding ram raiders again not francoise hollande and his mistress on the back of a moped office honestly they say this is in the suburbs of london the posh suburbs up there in hampstead and one of london's mos

is going to be found in the nearest future being while the ukrainian capital itself is a complete lockdown old essential roads are blocked by the police i had a very hard time just traveling around the city just a few hours ago as well as the underground the the subway system is also not working creating a huge problem for the residents to going to work at things like this it was pretty much a war zone now and spreading not only from you know i'm not being a result it's only just essential part of the city but to the whole city as well i would say that. how have the ukrainian authorities reacted to the violence that to the bloodshed in kiev. ukraine's authorities the president held more than two hour talks with the opposition last night about it still it was brought no result whatsoever and it's the first time since the start of the conflict which when i heard the president on approach was using some hard bullets statements like for instance you know there is still time left to find the solutions to just probably that this time would run out at some point you still called on all these side

and that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. the man walked up to the door, and when they answered, he shot them point blank. one woman was hit in the arm and he managed to run to the neighbor's house, and he called 911. the homeowner's daughter was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive the injuryies. her elderly mother was not physically harmed. >> this is very, very upsetting to this neighborhood, because nothing like this has ever happened. >> reporter: and while the neighborhood enjoys extremely low crime rate, two of alexandria's two high profile unsolved murdering, nancy dunning the wife of the sheriff at that time, and the shooting of ron ker kirby, a councilman took placeless than a mile away, and the police chief was asked if there could be a kconnection to this murder? >> well, that is a connection that occurs to us, and we are only a few hours into the investigation, so we will have to look to see to the similarity and whether or not we are dealing with a similar homicide. >> reporter: chief cook describes the s

solution is going to be found in the research meanwhile the ukrainian capital itself isn't complete lockdown ukraine's authorities the president held more than two hour talks with the opposition last night about its doors which brought no results whatsoever and it's the first time since the start of the conflict which when i heard the president going about it was using some hard bullets statements like for instance you know there is still time left to find a solution to just probably that this time would run out at some point it's still cold on the holy sites to find some sort of compromise a peaceful solution to end the bloodshed but at the same time he laid the blame for the latest spate of violence sgrena writes in ukraine directly on the opposition and said that some of the opposition politicians must go on trial for what is happening in kiev since tuesday with at least twenty five people already killed including one journalist a local newspaper who was shot dead with a gunshot wound to just last night so this is definitely terrible for ukraine even though. that's what was happening in j

solution is not going to be found here is that while the pair korean capital seoul is a complete lockdown. the trains authorities the president helped out more than two hour talks with opposition last night and i just tossed with no results whatsoever and is the first time since the start of the conflict which one. to sum up our dual statements like. for instance there is still time left to find a solution suggested probably not. this time one hour that someone is still totally sites to find some sort of peaceful solution to end the bloodshed. the sign to you each of the blame for the latest hospital has been appointed to integrate directly on the proposition is that some of the opposition politicians must go on trial for what is happening is this guy since tuesday but not least twenty five people ridiculed including one journalist of the local newspaper who was shot dead with a concept wouldn't that just last night so this is to be a terrible week break even compared to what was happening to you again. porter. things are much much worse. now we are all just unfolding situation to see wri