now let's go to upper marlboro. a serious accident on the southbound side of route 4 here at route 301. we're told that one person has been transported from the scene. another person they're waiting on a medevac helicopter. in the meantime it's going to remain blocked on the southbound side of route 4 in upper marlboro. on the inbound side i believe you can still get through but you might want to choose your alternate routes to get around that. in virginia on the northbound side of 95 all this heavy traffic into springfield all due to a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. but look at this. you are going maybe 16 miles an hour leaving lorton into springfield. we'll go ath further north on to 3 -- go a little further north on 395. things look good. i'll keep you posted on that situation in upper marlboro at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> the philippines ambassador to the united states says d.c. councilman marian barry owes filipino nurses an apology. earlier this week he told leaders he wanted more locally educated nurses

as we know from history, she agreed the duke of marlboro would be a good husband. so she went on to accept his marriage proposal but a very, very interesting life she led. part of it was lived out in this room. this was the site of all of those women's rallies that alva herself organized.

as we know from history, she agreed the duke of marlboro would be a good husband. so she went on to accept his marriage proposal but a very, very interesting life she led. part of it was lived out in this room. this was the site of all of those women's rallies that alva herself organized. can you imagine a dios here with thousands of women chanting votes for women and alva made it part of her custom to hand out pieces of china that had written on it votes for women.

, and it is said that the duke of marlboro proposed in this room. it was a dollar bride wedding if you will. consuelo vanderbilt brought to the table a great amount of wealth so the duke of marlboro could use the money brought to the wedding to restore his property in england, blenem castle. in the same turn consuelo gained a title and she and the duke were married for a good long period of time, but in the end their marriage was anulled even after children. she did a very good job as the duchess. however, it was never meant to be. consuelo vanderbilt desperately wanted to marry another young man, warren rutherford. her mother, however, want the her daughtering to married into royalty and so through a lot of mac machine nations make during the duke and her daughter would be matched up. alva vanderbilt was a very interesting character. as i mentioned before she grew up in the south and during the civil war her family moved to france to get away from the warfare in the south so grew up with a lot of sentiment for friends. she then married william vand

this is live from newschopper7 in upper marlboro with a crash at route 4 at 301. medevac has left the scene and outbound route 4 is closed. i-395 has typical volume from the belt way to the pentagon and this is the 14th street bridge. >> some areas of rain today but not all day light showers this morning and thunderstorms this afternoon, near 70 and sunshine and cooler tomorrow and unsettled into the weekend. we pull that off. the

darcy spencer is live in upper marlboro with the story. darcy? >> reporter: jim, that 2-year-old was in his mother's arms when he was shot and wounded last august. the trial began today for the teenager accused of firing that shot. i had the opportunity to meet little deondre today. the best way to describe him is adorable. >> what happened to you? >> i got shot. >> tell her what you said. >> got shot. >> got shot. i got shot. >> reporter: he's just 2 years old, but deondre knows he was a victim of a shooting seven months ago. >> he got shot in the mouth. he's doing okay right now. >> reporter: the little collar supports a trach that keeps him breathing. >> he's doing terrific. he gets his trach out on the 16th of this month. >> reporter: he was in his mother's arms when he was shot on a warm saturday night last august. it happened at the glenarden

coming in out of upper marlboro, between 301 and 408 accident activity.erturned vehicle reported at the scene. northbound i-95 in virginia, the ramp to the inner loop i had an incident slowing down the roll through springfield. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> thanks, julie. >>> another big story, two men who cooperated with the investigation into the 1984 murder of katherine fuller said they lied under oath. calvin austin and harry lee bennett were key witnesses. austin took the stand in a post conviction hearing telling the court he was fade information by -- fed information by police and lied on the stand to save himself. katherine fuller was 48 when she was beaten to death. >>> another case we are continuing to follow, the arizona immigration law at the supreme court. the justices seem to be okay with major parts of the tough law that let's police check the legal status of people they think are illegal immigrants. they tackled the question whether or not arizona overstepped its bounds when it passed the controversial measure. a decisi

report and live in upper marlboro, john gonzalez, abc 7 news of. >> thanks for that report. se and stress lightning forced a united airlines flight to turnaround. plane landed shortly after taking off from san francisco international last night in. it was unon the way to london. nearly 300 passengers on board. it was able to take off again this morning with no problem. a 24-year-old new york man has gained fame simply by being at the right place at the wrong time. >> he is being called snackman. he defused a heated argument while continuing to eat his snap. -- snack. he was munching on pringles, charles saunders. he gets in the middle while still meeting. the video went viral. people consider him to be a super hero. i guess there's an endorsement deal coming for pringles. forget about super hero, abhow about super mayor? cory booker, the mayor of newark, new jersey, returned home to find flames coming out of his neighbor's house. he wasted no time and walk directly into the building. his neighbor is ok. she did receive burns. he was injured and managed to tweet from the hosp

degrees. 64 right now with wins out of the south. 67 at children's hospital and the same in upper marlboro, maryland. temperatures for the most part will be in the 60's. quantico at 66 and fredericksburg 68 degrees. well to the west that is where the nasty weather really beginning to flare up across portions of kansas. tornado reports are starting to pop. 87 confirmed tornadoes just today. wind damage around 42 reports. let's head closer to the wichita area. it is now moving off to the north and east. wins over 80 miles per hour. they are calling this a tornado emergency at this point. a lot will go on over the next couple of hours. we will keep you updated tomorrow right here on abc 7. temperatures tomorrow will warm up nicely. a few showers in the forecast. highs around 85 degrees. slightly cool off to the west. temperatures will be in the upper 70's. monday in other warm day. temperatures around 85 degrees again. a cold front arrives early tuesday giving us another chance for a few showers. mostly cloudy tonight. 50-59 degrees. daytime temperatures around 80- 85 degrees. more sunshine i

we had an earlier crash on route 4 in upper marlboro that has been taken care of.ecticut avenue. is damp out there on the beltway withthe of light to moderate rain. there is heavier rain in the neck of virginia to the south east e back edge is approaching the 95 corridor. on our50's this morning, near 70 with a few sunny breaks south of washington and thunderstorms expected in the afternoon and evening. umbrella handy all day. sunshine to moral. at 8:56.l be back ♪ >>> katherine jenkins and mark ballas. boy, can they dance. they've been doing it every week on "dancing with the stars." and look at them right here in times square, live, right now. they're warming up. and we're going to get something very special today from the two of them. we know they can dance. we know that katherine can sing. but this is going to be the first time they're going to play and sing together. >> that's great. >> she's a wonderful classical singer. he's got the guitar. >>> and big smiles to see olivia newton-john. she's with us in our kitchen this morning, whipping up tasty and healthy

samlet is -- sam ford is in upper marlboro. >> i am outside riverdale baptist school in upper marlborois is where number 0 for kansas attended. a number of family and friends will be here tonight. when thomas robinson takes the court, a lot will be cheering for him including his coach from riverdale baptist. >> we are thrilled he is reaping the success he is getting right now. >> two of his uncle's put the picture up on his big screen. they beam with pride. >> i'm proud that he's there. we know it is a team effort. the team is there together. that is what i have always appreciated. >> they recall last year when their sister suddenly died. within one month of their parents buying. the entire kansas basketball team flew to d.c. to attend with thomas and his 9-year-old sister. she and her dad are in new orleans for tonight's game. we have learned from the uncles that robinson is known by several names, least of all thomas. most of them call him by his middle name, earl. >> thomas? who is that? [laughter] >> at the big game be it rim shot or earl, they will have lots of support. >> we are

i guess this is upper marlboro a couple vehicles involved, one over turned as you can see there is a lot of activity on that westbound side which has the roadway blocked coming eastbound, back inbound towards dc your lanes are open because of the equipment there in the median, flashing lights, there is about a 3-mile back up at this point headed eastbound route 4, trying to work your way in well before 408, headed in towards 301 and again the inbound stretch of route 4, remains open out bound closed off at the exit for northbound 301. take it back inside update the ride here in virginia, 395, below speed, toward seminary road 95 on the slow side as you travel across the occoquan. crash at green belt road clear to the shoulder expect delays from powder mills. >>> we will start with good news seems the stars are aligned when it comes to dc sports teams, caps pull out a game 7 win, the red skins will tonight pick up their most exciting quarterback acquisition in many many years, the nats have an awesome record, tops in the national league even the wizards have won 5 in a row and d.c. un

this is on southbound route 301 in upper marlboro. the road is closed there. you can see the medical helicopter has landed an someone is being loaded into the chopper. danella is keeping an eye on this too. >>> this could be happening right on your block. a problem popping up in neighborhoods and you might not know it. i team reporter tisha thompson. >> before you sign that lease, you'd better do some checking and watch what we exposed. tonight the "news 4" i team goes under cover, answering an ad for a room in fairfax county. the only problem, the people trying to rent us that room have been evictedful the county says it's getting hundreds of complaints just like this, and whether you're the landlord, the renter, or just a neighborhood, it's a problem that's affecting us all. see what happens when our cameras go back to that house to get answers from the people living there. and why the government decided to create a special team just to go after illegal boarding homes. watch our exclusive undercover report tonight at 11:00. tisha thompson, "news 4" i team. >

. >> one person is in custody and another on the loose after a robbery in upper marlboro just about one hour ago. we will bring you more details as soon as they're available. we begin with new developments in a disturbing attack in alexandria. we spoke to a man who says he was questioned by police as a person of interest. police say the suspect lord two women into an abandoned building, than they were harassed and assaulted. we have new details from alexandria on this assault. >> this man described as a person of interest was detained, found behind the building last night. >> to you spend a lot of time behind this building? >> it is only part time. i watch it for the owner. >> hours after being released, the man returned with prove that he is the manager. >> police were giving me trouble, saying that i was not allowed on this property. >> surrounded by alexandria police, this large building has been abandoned for three years but the man was still able to lure two women to the location. >> it is odd. it took the one year to realize that was a bait and the vacant building. >> the suspect

. >> there has been a crash on route 301 northbound in the upper marlboro. a tractor trailer has flipped over just north of route four. one lane is getting by, but not an easy situation. southdown is open. no word on injuries. we will keep an eye on the situation. gas prices tonight are still on the move up in the area. >> the national average is now three -- $3.93. at watgerergate, it's $4.91. prices have not moved in the past fiewew days. >> virginia has launched a mobile app to alleviate services for the dmv. the users can even renew their driver's license using it. it is on the available for android bones, but a similar one is being developed for the iphone. >> there is a new airline quality report that says airtran is doing the best. the low-cost carrier got people where they wanted to go with the least hassle. the report looks at lost baggage, delayed flights and consumer complaints. american eagle came in last. >> students in the ravaged town of indiana are heading back to class. one month ago today, a tornado destroyed the high school, at and a busin

some of the regions to the south, a little bit to the west and east and upper marlboro, seeing pockets of heavier rain fall. a tenth of an inch before it's said and done. the farmers need it and it's making it inconvenient for people on the road, so do be careful out there. as we go back to our weather map, here's a look at our highs today. 56 degrees at national. 56 at dulles. temperatures, 14 to 15 degrees cooler than the seasonal average. and right now, it's 50 at d.c. 46 at dulles and 48 degrees at baltimore. for tonight, talking overcast skies, rain showers continue into the early hours of sunday morning. your overnight low, a cool 45 degrees. things are going to be warming up and in my five-day forecast, i have a great temperature rise and sunshine. i think everybody is going to like. i'll have those details later. >> thousands of people will have to wait until tomorrow to see a famous preacher and his wife at nationals park. joel and victoria, america's night of hope, was rescheduled because of the rainy weather. it's being held tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. the gates will open at 2:30.

upper marlboro at 56. low 50s in fairfax county and louden county. 53.ere in washington our michael and son camera, you can see this flag standing almost stiff here with the breeze at the capital. reagan national 55, currently west point at 8, we have had gusts over 20. dew point 22. a 33-degree spread between the temperature and the dew point. so relative humidity only 28%. that is really, really dry. big storm off the west coast and big storm giving some snow to maine. this area of showers could be coming toward us this afternoon since the air can get moist enough. we'll see a few showers this relatively dry pattern is with us here. you see a couple of showers this afternoon try to come across the region. better chance for the higher elevations out to the west. midnight maybe an isolated showers. tomorrow looks quiet, pennsylvania a better chance of showers tomorrow and more showers possible on wednesday. today 68 degrees, windy, shower chance this afternoon. windy tomorrow, 58, could be a shower north, wednesday 57. there is a look at your 7-day forec

darcy spencer in upper marlboro with more on this. darcy? >> reporter: jim, the trial started today for the teenager accused of firing that shot. i had the opportunity to meet that little boy today. his name is deandre. he's quite remarkable. he's been through so much and so many struggles over the last several months. and he still has more surgeries ahead. what's your name? >> de andre. >> reporter: he's just 2 years old, but deandre johnson knows he was the victim of a shooting seven months ago. what happened to you? >> i got shot. >> reporter: what did he say? >> i got shot. >> reporter: deandre was shot in the mouth. the bullet exited through his neck. the little collar he's wearing supports a trach that keeps him breathing. >> he's doing terrific. he gets his trach out on the 16th of this month. >> reporter: deandre was in his mother's arm when he was shot on a warm saturday night last august. it happened at the glenarden apartments. police say he was hit by a stray bullet when two people were exchanging gun fire in the parking lot. >>

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. >>> three men were seriously injured this morning in a violent crash on route 4 in upper marlboro. according to police, an suv was traveling the wrong way on the road. the vehicle struck a utility van and then a pickup truck before flipping over. the driver of the pickup is the most seriously injured. route 4 was closed for several hours. it has since reopened. >>> baltimore police say that they have solved the mystery of felicia -- phylicia barnes murder. her body was found in the susquehanna river last april. she was in maryland visiting her half sister. last night police charged michael johnson with that murder. police say that he was barnes' half sister's former boyfriend. >>> d.c. police say they cannot remember the last time that a tourist was murdered in the city until now. 66-year-old gary dederich of denver was found unconscious in an alley. he was later pronounced dead. he worked for many years as a nurse in colorado. reporter will ripley from our sister station in denver spoke with people who knew him. >> reporter: two blocks from du. >> yeah. >> reporter: you'll find it

there are nine offices including in frederick, landover, and upper marlboro. >>> first lady michelles showing she's more than just talk when comes to her health initiative. she sweated alongside the contestants at "the biggest loser." she invited the group to the white house for the workout. she talked to the remaining six about her let's move campaign. she hopes to inspire families to exercise together for fun. >> that's what is so important for our children. if our children see us as parents doing it, they can change the whole dynamic of a young people's life. >> the first lady says everyone can find time to exercise in their busy lives. even just a few minutes a day can help. "the biggest livelihoodser" airs tuesday -- "the bigger loser" airs tuesday at 8:00. we know the woman's in shape. >> i want to know who's playing to clean that rug they were on. really. >> they have people that do that -- >> beautiful rugs in the white house, they want to sweat on them. >> they're not sweating profusely. >> they're sweating. do it outside. >> she's a good role model. >> she is that. >> tryin

manassas is 54. 55 in upper marlboro. flags standing tall, 55 degrees. dew point only 20. very dry air with the relative humidity of 25%. a west wind currently at 8 miles per hour. not much to show you here. storm system on the pacific northwest. snow in northern maine. for us we are watching a disturbance come through chicago in northern indiana, north central ohio. that is going to head our way this afternoon. if it can overcome the dry air at the surface we could spit out a few showers this afternoon and evening. lacking sunny and dry. a few showers especially in the mountains. clearing overnight. tomorrow a few showers up in pennsylvania may sneak in northern maryland. today windy 68. isolated shower, 40s tonight still windy tomorrow, 58 and wednesday cool and brisk, 57. couple of showers. especially from dc and points east. looking at the 7-day forecast, thursday the mets home opener 57 and the warm weather this weekend returns with 73 saturday and 80 on sunday. >> reporter: you know, there is one accident, although traffic volumes are lighter than normal. this one is

it happened in the 7300 block in upper marlboro. the firefighters were working this morning trying to get it under control. both the roof and the attic severely damaged there. luckily nobody home at the time. nobody still knows exactly what caused that blaze. >>> and investigators are trying to find the cause of another house fire. this left a d.c. firefighter injured. the flames swept through the second floor and the attic of a home in southeast this morning. a firefighter suffered minor injuries, nobody else was hurt. >>> taxi cab fares could be going up. the head of the taxi cab commission says a new fare system could be in place by april 21 if the commission goes along. the new fares would be $2.16 a mile. instead of the current $1.50. the washington examiner reports that it could take until may for all of the cabs to have their meters recalibrated. >>> a new report this everyoning outlines the most pressing transportation project needed in maryland. a d.c. based think tank put it together. a topnotch transportation system is vi

sky 9 was over the scene of a bad crash about an hour ago in upper marlboro. it happened around 3:30 on route 202 in black swan drive. two people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. investigators now trying to find the cause. sky 9 was also over a deadly accident shutting down the dulles access road today. the one vehicle crash happened during the morning rush hour in the westbound lanes near the beltway. one person was killed. two others were taken to the hospital. the crash tied up traffic on both the airport only road and the dulles toll road for literally hours. investigators trying to find the cause of that accident. >>> traffic came to a stop a short time ago on the 14 street bridge. police say a suburban suv and another vehicle collided around 3:30. look at that. it happened on the inbound express lanes. the second vehicle literally flipped over. there are no reports of any injuries, but all the inbound express lanes and one outbound lane were shut down. not a good thing on a friday afternoon. and now to a school bus that went up in flame

the assistant principal in upper marlboro has half of them following them on twitter. the high energy message is so popular that they will read to them and even on spring breaks. he will show you the work in this week's cool school report. good morning everybody. up to everybody that has spotted it right now. how do you like that kind of wake up call? >> have a great day. >> reporter: more than 1,800 students here will get one from their assistant principal on the regular basis. >> we are now alive. >> reporter: and they are all following william blake on twitter. >> it's the whole mess for you here. they will get in their eyes all hyper. >> they were on twitter 24/7. i would go wake out and they were tweeting me at 5:30 in the morning. the twitter handle, in more than half the school will check out the feets. >> always remember to be amazing. this right here is it. >> reporter: he is a one-man show showing you the energy and the school spirit. >> like somebody would see that there today. yes, you do. are you ready to have a good positive productive day? >> yes. >> and

people across the region from here in upper marlboro, you can see people had the view, people on the national mall had some of the best views today. this is one of the cutest. they were looking for the shuttle but they missed it. you can see the dogs are on top of the car, but they're facing the wrong direction. what else do we have? you can see another picture of the shuttle flying over the iwo jima memorial. so many of you have sent us pictures today and we appreciate it. if you took a picture today, send us your picture to fox5newspics at gmail.com. >>> we have a news alert from metro tonight. the transit agency pulled some buses from its fleet after two fires in two weeks. the latest happened this morning on route 50 in maryland. fox 5's wisdom martin in the newsroom. >> the buses in question are the orion vi. metro started operating these diesel fueled buses in 2007 and tonight they've been taken out of service due to an investigation. this morning one of those buses caught fire on route 50 in maryland. there were no passengers on the bus. a mechanic was driving that bus. this w

and in upper marlboro, they were arrested on tuesday. they are now facing several charges, attempted murder and intent to murder. they are being held in the county jail with the court date set for next month. and when a loved one is fighting in a war zone overseas. they are anxious and beautiful and uncertain. that's why all the happy homecomings that we have seen throughout the years will hold a special heart in our heart. today, we saw a reunion in northwest d.c. and with theirs. the petty office first class anxiously awaits outside to surprise their family. >> i could not wait to see that there. >> and home early from cuba. >> i miss the hugs. >> reporter: his family doesn't know he is just a few steps away. >> i have no idea that you were here. >> not a clue. >> reporter: his family is being honored today. his children take the stage for a karate demonstration. and dad with a nervous breath will get ready to take the stage. that's when dog walks out. [ laughter ] >> yes. it smooth. >> you're getting that changed too. >> i just can't

. >> you know where i was can i just say charles herbert flowers high school, in upper marlboro marylandas there a week ago today with that mo town to soul train show. >> right. >> incredible. >> incredible. >> this was like a broadway show >> right. >> the level of talent, production values on this show, it was fantastic. >> maybe next year it will be at the kennedy center. >> okay coming up an incredible journey holly is going to introduce us to the maryland man who sailed around the americas, why he did this, and what he says is next for him coming up. >> some cute pups in studio, looking for good homes annie yu is going to introduce us to them and plus how you can help a local rescue we will be back it is 9:41 a.m.  i'm really going to miss you. my new apartment isn't that far away. it's 4.2 miles away ! with this droid razr... motorola... verizon 4g lte... video... skype. you're gonna get lost. this has gps. well, that makes me feel better. me too. i'll go get two from the back. okay. this mother's day, get the droid razr by motorola. only $99.99. the lowest price ev

. >> reporter: connie moved into this house in upper marlboro 10 years ago.hat it budded up against park land, but that park land is now thick with bamboo. this is her fence. this spot where i'm standing is where the public space begins. you can see that this whole area is thick with bamboo. she's worried soon her backyard will look like this. she complained to the january starting in january, 2011. >> they accepted responsibility twice when they came out here and cut it down. >> reporter: you can still see that old dried bamboo, later another crew shoveled the bamboo shoots out of her yard. >> what are they going to do now, dig up the trees out of her yard and the next neighbor's yard. >> reporter: speaking of the next-door neighbor meet yvette woodruff. >> definitely i don't remember seeing that one. >> reporter: she's now spotting the bamboo in her yard. she's frustrated, but also sees it through the eyes of her profession. she's a realtor. >> if i was to bring somebody to view mrs. washington's house or my house and they see all these bamboo sprouts, that

upper marlboro is 53 and alexandria at 52. outside on our michael & son weather camera, just starting to see a little light off to the east. the sunrise happens about 6:15 this morning. the capitol looks good. 53 degrees, clear skies. northwest winds at 15, gusting to 22. the dew point in the low 30s as the air drying out for the moment behind that front last night. we'll stay sunny all day today. here we are at 6:00'. still looking good. a few clouds starting to come in during the overnight from west to east. we wake up mostly cloudy. the clouds will be with us through lunch time here but showers out west. they arrive in the afternoon and will be with us with luck late afternoon. it will be with us for part of saturday night. the forecast today we're looking at temps in the low 60s. 40s tonight. maybe some 30s. upper 50s tomorrow with showers developing in the afternoon and evening. sunday sun returns, 64. then we get warm. maybe some showers by tuesday but warm wednesday and thursday in the 80s. >>> a couple of things to tel

the folks in marlboro are starved for jobs and starved for real leadership to move this country forward>> how many more of your colleagues do you think will distance themselves from alec? you've been very graphic about what you think the problem is and what the issues are. the you think all democrats are going to leave? >> well, i think it would be a good stand that democrats as well as moderate republicans ought to come out and take a stands and say we're interested in solving the real problems of this country. we're not interested in taking up right wing agendas and issues. i encourage my democrat colleagues as well as my republican colleagues to do the right thing and make alec either change dramatically or not join alec again. >> i don't think they will ever be trusted again. ted vick good luck to you. thanks for your time. >>> there's a lot more coming up. stay with us. >> we got a car for you. it's a volt. you're going to puke. >> a conservative gm executive is calling out his fellow conservatives. >> you believe that the volt catches fire was a product of the obama administration

there are 12 local offices including frederick, landover, and upper marlboro. >>> jpmorgan chase is makinges to its student loan program. beginning march 1 -- i should say july 1, beginning july 1, the bank will begin only giving private student loans to customers. customers must also have a chase credit or debit card to apply. a jpmorgan chase spokesman says the change is because the private student loan market is shrinking. >>> the u.s. department could sue apple over allegations that it helped fix the price of ebooks. the government is investigating whether apple cut deals with major publishers to raise the price of those electronic books when it launched its ipad two years ago. the publishers may be sued. apple denies doing anything illegal. >>> the smithsonian's american history museum will open an exhibit tomorrow called "american stories." a chronological look at u.s. history. the exhibit will feature items dating back to the pilgrims' arrival in 1620. other objects include lincoln's walking stick and pop culture favorites including dorothy's ruby slippers from the woz. always a gre

but there are no marlboro gangs or budweiser car tells. causes the crime and that is why i say it should be legal plus the fact that once you are an adult you ought to be able to own your body. >> in your book you say government cannot create jobs. if you borrow money and run up a deficit won't that stablize the economy by creating more jobs than you created in the first place. >> i don't mean to say that government cannot create jobs. if government expectations money from taxpayers and pays people to dig holes and fill them up the government is creating jobs. the evidence is government isn't as good at spending money as private entrepreneurs are. when a private entrepreneur creates a job if it isn't productive he goes out of business. it has to produce more in income than he pays the person or the job goes away. that is not true for government. they can take money from the productive people and give it to the guy who built the turtle tunnel here in florida. >> i'm brian joseph from jacksonville, florida. >> i want to know what you think a

chopper 4 live over the scene here on black swan drive in upper marlboro. take a look. we're told two cars were involved in this crash. no word on the victim's condition. we'll bring you more information as it comes in to news 4. >>> a teenage girl stabbed at school and police tell us another girl was the attacker. it happened this morning at fairmont heights high school in prince george's county. investigators tell us the problems began after an argument on a social networking site. news 4's megan mcgrath has more now from capital heights. >> reporter: this all happened as students were reporting for class here at fairmont heights high school this morning. teenagers we spoke to say that there was some sort of back and forth on twitter yesterday involving the girls who were involved in this stabbing, that there was some sort of trash talk going on and that tempers really began to flare. apparently it turned into an argument in one of the hallways inside the school this morning. things really heated up and one of the girls stabbed the other in the chest. >> it was a regu

he's the assistant principal at henry wise high school in upper marlboro and he has more than half of the student body following him. his high energy messages are so popular. he has videos on there too. students watch, read, respond to them too. during weekends and even during spring vacation. we thought this would be the perfect time to show you the work once again. >> good morning everybody! shoutout to everybody who following me right now. >> how'd you like that kind of wakeup call? >> have a great day. >> more than 1800 students at wise high school get one from their assistant principal on a regular basis. >> yo, we are now streaming live. >> they're all following william blake on twitter. >> oh mr. blake tweeting. you get energized and hyper. you're ready for the day. >> they are on twitter 24/7. i wake up at 5:30 in the morning and go work out and say good morning, students are retweeting me already at 5:30 in the morning. >> his twitter handle pumasden and more than half the school checks out the tweets, videos and calls to action. >> always remember to be amazing. >> because t

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upper marlboro could get their temperature back on the map at 42 in arlington it's 40 degrees.s we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, we've got some clouds out there. flags still standing pretty straight at the capitol. we have a southwest wind at 8 miles an hour at the surface. you get up a little bit, wind speeds are always a little stronger as there's less friction away from the ground so those winds with height do increase. that's why we're seeing the flags stiffer at the capitol. dew point 34. the barometer 29.55. the storm system still spinning across the northeast, eastern canada. look at the rains. lots of rains still affecting maine this morning. another thing we're watching on the back side of the storm, area of showers in wisconsin. we're going to watch that main part of that disturbance as we go through tonight. really slides south and west of us but i want you to focus on the mountains. how the showers start to pop here for the evening hours and the first part of tonight, even add midnight produced a few sprinkles around cross junction. not a bad day

in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> a 911 call has been presented as evidence in the murder of jennifer hudson's family. hudson's sister julia is heard crying, screaming after she found her mother dead in their home in chicago back in 2008. julia's estranged husband william balfour is on trial for killing hudson's mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. >>> a high level administrator with the environmental protection agency has res island after a video surfaced in which he brags about how the obama administration crucifys the oil industry. he resigned over the weekend. the epa and white house spent a lot of time last week distancing themselves from that statement. >>> former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. will find out in three days just how much time he is going to spend in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of d.c. government grant money. over the weekend thomas wrote a letter to the judge apologize forgue his actions. prosecutors are asking for thomas to serve four years in prison sentencing scheduled for thursday. >>> a newspaper report calls into

this is north of route 4 in upper marlboro. you are looking at a live picture from chop chop. you can see that that is certainly impacting traffic in the area. all of the northbound lanes are closed. southbound lanes are moving again. that's route 301 near route 4. northbound lanes are closed. >>> coming up tonight a rescue went very wrong and one man's life is now in jeopardy. >>> a local woman is accused of shooting her 83-year-old grandmother and that's just one of a series of attacks over the weekend. >>> a monster wave swallowed a sail boat and a yacht race turned into a rescue mission miles from the finish line ♪ ♪ >>> nbc's battle for "the voice" takes a new turn. viewers will have their say when the show goes live tonight. >>> coming up in sports caps on the road with their eyes not . >>> a new medical study is raising questions about how often women need mammograms. researchers from the harvard school of public health studied several thousand women in a breast cancer screening program. they found that 15% to 20% of patients in the study were over diagnosed meaning the

in upper marlboro, darcy spencer news 4. >>> police are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting in happened just before noon in the 2200 block of savannah street. it's just a couple blocks from the maryland border. police say a man in his 20s was hit twice in the back -- his back by gun fire and died at the hospital. they have not identified the victim and they don't have a motive. >> officers are beefing up patrols after another sexual assault along the northwest branch trail in hyattsville. there have been five attacks since the start of the year. the most recent one happened a little more than a week ago. police have released sketches of suspects but there isn't enough concrete evidence to link the crimes yet. >>> a man wounded in the series of hammer attacks in northwest washington is describing his ordeal telling news 4 he was hit in the head on thursday while walking his dog off ingram street in the petworth neighborhood. the victim who did not want to be identified said he was hit on his ear and the side of his head and suffered cuts and scrapes when he collapsed unconscious

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reynolds have been selling their brands of marlboro and camel snus for about a year. at $4 a can, about half what a pack of cigarettes usually costs, the company say sales show that snus is starting to catch on. >> i have a cigarette when i get up in the morning. >> here's justin at 7:00 a.m., smoking while he checks his email. he used to dread being stuck someplace where he couldn't feed his habit. now he's buzzed on nicotine practically 24/7. as he heads off to the gym, he pops in a snus. >> and i'll put the snus in. and instead of walking, i can jog to the gym because i'm not carrying a cigarette. you can't jog carrying a cigarette. and-- >> but you jog with the-- >> yeah, i jog with the snus in. >> and at the gym, he snuses while he's working out. >> and i feel really good and healthy and in shape. >> later at school, he lights up before class and snuses during class. at night, there's more snusing when he's out with friends at a bar. and unbeknownst to me, he was snusing throughout our interview at a smoke-free restaurant. all told, he uses about ten pouches of s

we've got some mid-40s like upper marlboro at 47. near 50 for fairfax and springfield this morning.we look outside on our weather camera, a couple of clouds out there. skies starting to brighten just a little bit. we've got 50 degrees here with partly cloudy skies. north, northeast wirnlzs at 10 -- winds at 10. a bit of a chill. the dew points in the 30s. we've got some drier air in place. you can see the cold in the northeast and also in the rockies. the 20s in wyoming. look at all the warmth coming up through little rock and coming in towards southern missouri. that warm air is going to be headed toward us ahead of this storm system which is producing these strong showers and storms this morning across parts of the plains from oklahoma all the way up toward indiana, michigan, illinois. this marches toward the east. looks like most of this will stay northwest of us today. today won't abproblem. as we get into tomorrow, actually tonight even will be a few clouds around and showers here and there. here we are at 2:15. i want to show you these line of showers which tomorrow morning co

and from anacostia to oxon hill, upper marlboro, alexandria, great falls, clarksburg, we'll have temperaturesr 60 by 9:00. and clouds closing in from the west. sunrise this morning at 6:40. this is the day planner. we'll have winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour, as well. dry, breezy conditions, it enhances the fire danger, unfortunately. by noontime, the mid 60s. near 70 by mid-afternoon. winds gusting 30 miles per hour. there's about a 30% chance of a shower later this afternoon and overnight with a lot of cloudiness. sunset at 7:40. we'll be to the 50s by 9:00. by midnight, the low 50s. a cool pattern commencing for tonight and lingering into parts of the rest of this week. we'll look at that in ten minutes and the weekend, too. danella? >>> good morning. right now we have a crash, if you are traveling westbound on the dulles toll road, trying to take the ramp to get to the outer loop of the beltway. right now the ramp is shut down due to a crash there. police are on the scene. now traveling along i-95, you see volume picking up as you make your way past the occoquan. hov lanes and th