>>> right now at 6:00, maryland has a winner. news4 live as the entire state waits to find out where a winning mega millions jackpot ticket was sold. we hope it hear from someone who will -- who works in this building this morning. >>> here are the winning numbers. we'll share them with you several times this morning. if you don't have a pen handy, they are -- 11-19-24-33-51, the mega ball is 7. and we'll have much more on the winning ticket in just minutes. >>> right now, i want to to go to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein keeping an eye on a chance for wintry weather. tom? >>> good morning. yesterday i said our temperatures would stay above freezing overnight. and they have. but it is still quite chilly. we're in the mid to upper 30s in washington. and in alexandria, arlington, falls church. much of montgomery county, low to mid 30s. above freezing, mid 30s in prince george's county, much of fairfax county, all across northern virginia. shenandoah valley, around the bay, it is above freezing in the mid 30s. storm team 4 r

both sold in maryland. we still don't know exactly where those tickets were sold or who bought them. that information is expected to come out later today. at least where they were sold. usually it takes a while for us to learn who the big winners are, and in maryland, that winner can remain anonymous. we may actually never find out, but mega millions does have a winning streak here in maryland. it was about two years ago that someone here in the baltimore area won the big jackpot, as well. it was a winning ticket that was split among three people. so it seems like luck has struck again here in maryland. let's go over the numbers -- again for you, 11-19-24-33-51, and the mega ball of 7. you can definitely look at the numbers on our website and on twitter again. this is a big jackpot, $400 million. there was another winner in florida. so that jackpot will be split between the two winning tickets. this was the third largest jackpot in mega millions history. so a lot of money here up for grabs. reporting live i

we are in great shape in for genia and maryland. the beltway at connecticut avenue, this is the top side. traffic remains a light. on 66 in virginia. travel towards the roosevelt bridge coming in from gainesville towards rosslyn, all lanes are open. northbound in virginia, we are in decent shape. heading towards the springfield interchange and up to 395 towards the 14th street bridge all remains quiet. >> thank you. another hold up the james holmes trial. anwhy a judge delayed >> this is "good morning washington," on your side. tope are checking our stories at 5:14 this morning. if you bought a mega millions ticket in maryland, you may want to check the numbers this morning. a winning ticket was sold. we do not know where it was sold. the winner is splitting the jackpot with another winner in florida. not too bad. a trial board will meet today to investigate a death many blame on the d.c. fire department. the board will determine whether lieutenant kellene davis is guilty in the death of cecil mills. no one came to his aid when he s

so extreme southern maryland, st.s county, that's where i think you have the best chance by 5:00 in the afternoon. same deal. doesn't even make it up to the washington, d.c. metro area. so we may see some drizzle, which the models will not pick up. but that's it. this is not a big storm at all. but only a little bit of ice on those roads could create some problems. that's why we have that advisory. it doesn't take much to get that advisory when you're talking about freezing rain. on friday night, just chilly. we're not talking freezing rain anymore. over towards ocean city, that's where we are on friday. saturday a great day, nice and mild. temperatures finally get back into the 50s with some sunshine. saturday is looking really good. here is the best chance. if you live in la plata, king george or fredericksburg you have the chance to see the freezing rain first and then switching over to plain rain. high temperatures tomorrow will get into the 40s for you. so, again, about a 30% chance of having some ice around your

>>> that breaking news is out of odin ton, maryland, a huge fire at an apartment building. let's go to news4's aaron gilchrist. aaron? >> 30 minutes into the fire. we want to take you back to the live pictures from chopper 4 at this hour, as fire crews from anne arundel county are battling flames at this point in the fire. this is at least a four-story apartment building. we can see at least one apartment building for certain. this may have expanded possibly into two buildings. we believe it's the seven oaks apartments on peaceful way. that's right off annapolis road in the odinton area. we don't know anyone who may be inside the building. we know the fire department has declared this a two-alarm fire, meaning they've had to bring in a lot more crews than they might typically bring in to fight a fire. there are reports about other counties, other localities sending in crews, either to cover some -- the rest of the county or to help with this fire. this is now video we shot earlier at the height of this fire. you can see absolutely intense flames coming from the roof of two

washington county, maryland, frederick county, maryland, frederick county, virginia, seen the highest totals of snowfall. new market, maryland, 6.5, in frederick county. king george, virginia, down if king george county, 5 inches. that's the pocket down south that could see between 7 and as much as 9 inches of snowfall, king george. stevens city, virginia, 4.2. in frederick county, virginia, there, and here you can see across the area, from arlington to damascus, to college park, amounts that range anywhere from 2 to 3. we have closer to 3 inches around bowie, 6 around frederick, maryland, and winchester, virginia, coming in with 4 inches of snow. it's down south where we'll see the snowfall for several more hours. hanging on a little longer there. again, send us your pictures at tom kierein, chuck bell, vjohnson, we want to see them. >> total amounts by the time it ends south of the metro area, generally around the 4 to 6-inch range, and a few spots in southern maryland, the northern neck of virginia, near fredericksburg, that's the zone that could see a little bit more. big plunge i

around southern maryland, the bay, a little above freezing there. so still just wet there. by 8:30 this rnin we'll have temperatures still below freezing, in the 20s throughout most of the region. and then by noontime, we will see it warming, finally above freezing. that will probably happen around 10:00, 11:00 this morning, getting above freezing. mid 30s around noontime. next weather & traffic on the 1s at 4:41. a look at your wednesday windy forecast. that's hour by hour in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning, tom. along i-95 northbound, that's where we'll start in virginia at 123. there was an earlier accident tying up the left lane. a brief delay for folk travels g traveling this way. there's congestion for folks northbound. the other thing i was watching, 16th street southbound near spring, there was an earlier accident there blocking all southbound lanes. that's long gone. so back at 4:41. back to you both. >> thanks. >>> some good news in that search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the search is back on right now.

maryland is down three but knocks down a ball. that side of the game would go to a second over time. >> over a minute to go, maryland up one but harrison with a dagger here. the three-pointer, clemson never looked back. they take it 77-73. that's your final score in two over times. >> coming up tonight on "sports

we'll move along to i-95 at 495 at maryland 214.me is actually moving pretty quickly through here. but this is the situation. it's right by a bridge that police have requested to have some crews come out and treat because there are icy conditions on this road. this is in landover. the bridge at 214 at route 202. we're going to end in virginia. i-66, east of 234 business n. is in manassas. volume is building of course. we're getting into rush hour. please keep it slow this morning because there are patches of black ice out there to consider. back to you. >> thanks, jess. >>> the f.b.i. is increasing the reward for any information on the whereabouts of relisha rudd to $50,000. the agency released this video of the 8-year-old yesterday. it was taken february 26 at the holiday inn express in northeast d.c. rudd was with 51- year-old kahlil tatum who had been the janitor at the shelter where rudd was staying with her family. tatum is facing charges of kills his wife in maryland. >>> was the amber alert issued in a wide enough area when r

it seemed like it was 1930 in the maryland and attention read.f course i started working, but i also realized it was a tremendous amount of young people and young men in prison. because there wasn't anything constructive to do, there was a tremendous amount of violence. trying toed off first change the violence thing and, two, find things in which could help enhance the prisoners life. it took a long time, but eventually we came up with the friends of a friend mentoring program in which we actually start training other brothers that had streep creds -- streets cred to mentor others that came into the prison system. it made a significant difference in terms of conflict and resolving problems and so on. it is those people now that is a resource that the communities need to use that of the mentoring for five and 10 years that are still in the prison system and the problem with that is, you can mentor and you can help people in the prison system, but they are already stuck in the prison system. the real solution to the problem is to address their iss

she is having an outstanding career at maryland.ool record for most points in a career. >>> over on the diamond, the nationals were back at i in viera for spring training. matt williams and his club hosting the marlins. another new guy. on the mound for the nats. two strikeouts. one run allowed in his nationals debut. bottom of the fourth, marlins up 2-1. that's adam laroche sending a moon shot over the wall. that is a two-run blast. his first homer of the spring. >>> before we let you go, we continue talking about severe weather. one more note to pass along. d.c. government offices also closed tomorrow. so federal government and d.c. government. >> good night. we'll se you know? where did she go? who did she see? i just want to know what happened to my sister. >> a young mother missing in a case gone cold. then, one detective's a-ha moment. >> why don't you establish a facebook aount? i thought, that could actually accomplish a great deal. >> that's when everything started to change. could facebook help solve this mystery? >> somet

and maryland hotels. dozens were sent to makeshift shelters at district rec centers and that led to a recent lawsuit for unsafe conditions there. some of the homeless are addicts, mentally ill or ex- convicts. others just kids who never found their way and ran out of options. >> that goes right to something we never ever look at when we're talking about homelessness. socialization. i would call it social discrimination. we just innately do it. we have the thing where it's time for the child to leave the nest but then we don't even get it. the child leaving the nest just might be homeless because they don't ready have something set. >> reporter: i spent months on the street, many cold and very late nights interviewing the homeless. and those helping to get them t i even met a couple, a married couple who share a tent and even keep it heated at night to avoid life in the shelter. and we noticed in the last piece that they have a tablet, a cell phone, and it's not really a luxury. it's almost a necessity. it

in maryland and virginia, it is higher at 180. without special waivers, school totricts will be forced delay summer vacation. montgomery county would push their dismissal until friday, june 20. >> i think it would be ok to cut down. off, i all the time think it doesn't hurt them to be in school another week. short,schools that cut the kids don't seem as well-rounded. >> we have to think about what is best now for the kids, now and in the summer. >> stay tuned for more coming up. another popular series hits the big screen. >> for the "house of cards" fans, the maryland senate has increased tax credits for production companies from $7.5 million to $18 million. media rights capital push back there filming season in anticipation that lawmakers would change the tax credits. following in the steps of "the hunger games," another popular book series hits the big screen, but is "divergent" worth the price of admission? " feels like "the hunger games," just not as good. >> 100 years after the war, they created a system. it divided society i

maryland in, southern maryland in the waldorf area got about 6 inches. let's talk temps. it is cold out here and the wind has subsided somewhat for the time being, but the winds will continue to be an issue. right now it's 19 in gaithersburg, hagerstown, 21 in la plata, manassas and 23 in downtown washington. when you factor in the winds it feels like it's in the single digits in culpeper and manassas, feels like 11 in gaithersburg and downtown d.c. temperatures will only get colder and that wind chill will be brutal tonight. >> we think by tonight it will be below 0. a couple things you need to remember to keep updated and make sure. windshield wiper fluid is full. make sure you have sunglasses and if you have a heat pump, shovel the snow off of and around the heat pumps. mark your fire hydrants if maybe a pile of snow is on top of them now covering them and shovel the snow away from your down spouts so that when it finally becomes warm enough to smelt, it will be able to go a -- melt, it will be able to go away from your home. tonight partial clearing,

let's go to chevy chase, maryland. suzanne kennedy is there. >> i can tell you that we have seen this ab and flow of snow throughout the morning. about 1.5 hours ago, it was leading up and it kicked back in and we had snappy -- we had heavy snowfall for about 45 minutes. we saw it tapered off and that's what we will go through the rest of the day. let's show you some pictures we got. on the beltway this morning in maryland it was treacherous conditions and has remained that way throughout the day. there are signs of telling folks that conditions are not great in some people chose not to heed those warnings and drove too fast. many cars ended up on the side of the road and some even went into the guard rail. clearly, not a day to test out your speeding abilities. it's a day to be careful and cautious and want what you are doing -- and watch what you are doing. on connecticut avenue, people are getting out and about driving. that car is driving a little too fast for the conditions, perhaps. police are patrolling and keep

maryland is up one.e corner, clemson takes the lead and they never look back from there. 77-73 the final in two over times. >> all right. well by george we have action. george mason going against george washington. gw got off to a slow start in the first half down two in the final minutes before the break. maurice only shot he made in the first half gave gw the lead. second half, creek going off. that's a good thing. hits from behind the ark. 18 points in the second half and finished with 2 2. mason trailing by four in transition corey edwards to jenkins. makes it look so easy. the lead down to two. gw responds big time. nobody panicking. they crashed the board. the rebound and put back part of a 14-3 run and the colonials win. here is creek after the game on his big second half. >> i didn't have the best first half and i knew that, and went in there and prayed and coach just told me to keep shooting the ball. >> not everybody got my joke. this pitcher is on a milk carten, been missing for awhile. i was

if you look at the main thoroughfares, this is maryland avenue. one of the main thoroughfares that goes into the heart of downtown rockville. that is not completely clear. we can see some residue, some snow and ice as well. the point here is that there are a number of roads in montgomery county that are very messy this morning. some 2600 maryland state highway administration trucks were out all day yesterday. not counting the county trucks that were working allegedly to try to clean everything up and stay on top of this storm yesterday. it was not a whole lot of snow, but what happened was you had the freezing rain and the sleet before the snow came down, so there was a sheet of ice underneath the snow and a number of accidents on 270 and some of the main thoroughfares. if you are coming out this morning, he didn't mind it is not 100% out here. take it easy, take it slow. some of these roads still look very messy. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. district residents heads up, d.c. has not lifted it's no emergence be -- emergent -- its snow emergency. if

-- application for the maryland chip program. the three-year-old had a health issue and was referred to the center who worked with her extensively. she also received tutoring services. dad is now employed full time we have safe child care. dad is employed full time. after much encouragement mom enrolled in adult education classes and receive her g.e.d.. she is now enrolled in the college of southern maryland to pursue an associates degree. the children are now in elementary school and are doing well in school. mr. president, i could tell you about many other success stories. it would not be possible without the child-care and development block grant program. that's why it's critically important that we reauthorize the program. i see my colleague from maryland is on the floor, and i congratulate her for her leadership in getting this bill to the floor. not just getting this bill to the floor, which is important, but doing it in a way that we can get it passed in the united states senate and accomplish our objectives so that we can

so far, the beltway looks greater maryland and virginia. that works own hanging in on florida avenue. a single right lane is getting by without issue. the long term work so continues along georgia avenue southbound towards veirs mill road. you will see the left lane is getting by. not a huge delay. as of yet, hopefully we keep an eye on this for the morning rush hour to make sure they have cleared out. this is normally in place during midday as well. see anyt normally issues early in the morning on the southbound lanes of georgia avenue. brad, back to you. >> thank you. d.c. policers, will continue their search of kenilworth parkside >> they will look for any clues in connection with the disappearance of eight-year-old relisha rudd. john gonzalez is live in northeast, d.c. you are at the park all day yesterday. what do we expect for them to be looking for today? >> this search went on for hours yesterday. all day long there were cops everywhere at the park. this is a very large park, but we understand this extensive ch concluded at 8:00 las

maryland loses a heartbreaker, 77-73. >>> the battle of the george's. how about mason now?the bank is open on sunday as allen says i think so. mason up in this thing and then we had a lot of gw3s here and they all came from this player, putting g-mason up the creek. down the stretch with a couple of them as gw holds on to win66-58. >>> 87-48 over virginia tech for the women's game. 20 points, 12 boards after she had her jersey retired, finishing second all time in points and rebounds behind crystal langhorn. >>> here is a good omen. no nat's starting pitcher has given up a run this spring. that's important. i know it's spring and i know these games don't really count, but starting pitching is where the nats are better than most and to see them hurling this well already, that's a positive sign. let's get out to the era today. matt williams undefeated. do you think that he will go 165-0 as a manager? i don't think so. wilson ramos showed up. he had a nice day with two hits on the day. doug fister won 14 games a year ago, two innings pitched. first run by a starter all spring

maryland was seriously ticked off and when she needed maryland to stay in the union. if maryland went confederate, washington would be hemmed in by confederate territory and it seems likely that the federal capital and have to remove itself to philadelphia or new york. the stakes were huge. anyone else? on the imac >> is mary todd lincoln on the train? was she a danger as well? >> is one of the very interesting things about this story. was mary todd lincoln on the train? among the many reasons lincoln was criticized for what are fallen in with pinkerton's plan that night, his family was on the train with them and their thinking was quite reasonably, if you were in so much danger, why did you leave your wife and children on the train to face these dangers that you would not? quoting the "baltimore sun," and they spoke admiringly is mary todd lincoln coming through town is scheduled. so there has to be some plug in the white house after all, even if it is under a broad base. it was a fair criticism. the truth is there's evidence to suggest the superintendent of police i

♪ >> that was the promise of maryland's obamacare website.aunched late and still not functioning properly, it has failed to deliver. >> they brag that they would develop the best exchange. now is the worst. >> he says the o'malley's administration attempt to set up is so bading website that the department of health and human services is launching an investigation. the bottom line is taxpayers deserve to know where that money went. >> paris says the investigation will look at contracting procurement -- harris says the investigation will look at contracting procurement. the head of the state agency in charge of the health connection is declining to comment tonight. >> it is a lot of money. i would like to know where it went. shared by manyis we spoke to. others are most interested in getting the website fixed. >> i think they need to get the website up and running. >> of course there is a lot of holiday except play. representative harris is the only republican member of the maryland delegation. he campaigned opposing obamacare. he says that mar

this time we'll head over to maryland. if you're planning to head on the north side of town, here's the beltway where you've got the slow stretch into silver spring. normal for this time of the morning. a quick look live outside. here is the beltway at new hampshire avenue. again the outer loop slows down a little further over to georgia. a quick look live one more time. here's 270 southbound. your slowest stretch is 109 to 121. here in germantown we're in great shape to the point where the lanes divide. we'll be back after the >>> welcome back. 6:24. we've got a yellow alert out today. we're looking at some showers developing here later this morning. here we are at 10:00. temps in the mid to upper 30s. notice the showers around lunch time into parts of the afternoon as well. especially along and east of i- 95. monika? >>> on the beltway in college park, no issues to report. in fact, in prince george's county, we've been in good shape all morning long here on the eastern stretch between 95 and the wilson bridge. no problem

dukes up 4-2, but here comes maryland, thanks to freshmen man maryland up 8-5.y would knock off the top ranked blue devils. your final score is 10-6. your maryland fan, does that make up for the basketball losses? >> no. >> i tried. >> no, lacrosse does not -- >> hey, look, we're tracking the >>> on this saturday night, escalating crisis, putin is ignore i ignoring a blunt warning from president obama and putting washington and moscow on a diplomatic collision course. >>> march madness, a massive storm triggers mudslides, tornado warnings and evacuations, proving too much for drought-stricken california to handle. now it moves east and delivers crippling snow and ice and more arctic temperatures. >>> without

and southern maryland, we reported the rain, and a couple of you down to southern maryland and reported the rain, and we did not see that coming from the storm system that moved through, and that is why we saw more cloud cover that is expected today, and now we are looking at the plenty of sunshine across region, and that is going to continue through the region. and there is the stunshine nice and mild across the region, and tomorrow morning the cool side, and once again, not cold, and a few clouds, and we will tomorrow aft afternoon get the clouds out of here again, and warm. the temperatures tomorrow will be warmer than they are here today, and 65 to 70. and cool to start off the day wednesday, but still a cool start with cloud cover, and then warm in the afternoon wednesday. and then we will see a chance for thunderstorms to come through, and some of the thunderstorms could be strong, and right now though not anticipating anything severe. high temperatures are 67 in d.c., and 70 in fredericksburg, and 67 in leesburg, and 77 in fredricks, and everybody in the mid-60s for the most part

at are looking live three-alarm fire in odenton, maryland. brad bell has just arrived on the scene. >> we have been here for about a half-hour or so. when we arrived, there were soaring flames and firefighters had to back off, attacking it from the outside. we have some of those pictures from news chopper 7. the fire got out of hand very quickly. it is a garden apartment-style building, four stories, the fire got in the roof and spread and down and across the building. the firefighters have been able to go inside and touch up some of the hotspots. it is a terrible scene, an emotional scene. workof the people were at and they have been arriving one by one, many with tears in their eyes, and a lot of them telling the same story, worried about their animals, their dogs and their cats. we have been hearing the same thing over and over again. they could replace electronics or collection of this and that, but they are worried about their pets. it is still too soon to know anything about the cause of the fire. they are still fighting it. there are s

many of their descendants live in the state of maryland. and they are now faced with the prospect of their tax dollars going to pay to him going to accompany the profits of a company that transported them and their relatives to death camps and sand cs american subsidiary keel was already runs another commuter railroad in the washington suburbs the virginia railway express issues not prohibiting them from getting the shoes making sure that they live up to their responsibility to survivors in the states. like they have lived up to their responsibility to survivors in europe at the cia has paid reparations to france to this in their negotiations to the american government are still ongoing. persecute restoration to the diminishing community of elderly survivors of the show swiss and austrian companies to pay. european insurance companies. saic and stands alone in his fuse the refusal to pay reparations to its victims. the president of the city of america accuses maryland lawmakers and distorting the historical evidence he said that ring compan

plus, a huge liquor heist in maryland. how thieves took half a million dollars worth of cognac and the empty evidence they left behind. >>> and we are in for a gusty day, folks. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will walk you through this windy forecast. >>> two men accused of impersonating police will spend time in prison. this is austin jones and samuel aples. this weekend they showed fake badges to customer at a bar on jackson street and claimed to be officers. someone reported it to police. aside from facing criminal charges, they're banned from that bar. >>> right now, police in baltimore county, maryland, are searching for a person who stole thousands of dollars worth of cognac. someone stole a freightliner with more than 2,000 cases of the liquor on it. police found the truck yesterday, but the liquor was gone. in total the stash is worth half a million dollars. >>> want to show you live pictures we're getting in from chatham, massachusetts. the storm that brought us snow yesterday has made its way up the east

maryland was seriously ticked off, and lincoln needed maryland to stay in the union. if maryland went confederate, washington would be entirely hemmed in by confederate territory, and it seemed likely that the federal capitol would have to remove itself to philadelphia or new york. the stakes were huge. anyone else? >> i've got a question. i'm wondering was mary todd lincoln on the train or the children? was she in danger as well? >> that's one of the very interesting things about the story, was mary todd lincoln on the train. among the many reasons lincoln was criticized for what, for falling in with pic be perton's plan -- pinkerton's plan on that night, his family was on the train with him, and the thinking was, quite reasonably, well, if you were in so much danger, why did you leave your wife and children on the train to face these dangers that you would not? and, again, quoting the baltimore sun, they spoke admiringly of mary todd lincoln coming through town as scheduled. and they said so there is to be some pluck in the white house after all even if it's under a

they recovered evidence and three maryland counties. we travel to charlotte hall where the firefighter was arrested. >> detectives say this started on tuesday when the firefighter walked into a pharmacy with what turned out to be a counterfeit prescription. they put it out to a network of pharmacies. up in a later he showed firefighter's uniform. investigators say that henry dent was already on the radar when he walked into the pharmacy of the supermarket thursday night wearing his fire uniform and passed a phony prescription. >> it was a fraudulent prescription. he created it. or someone had created it. >> when he was arrested, they found 47 oxycodone pills, 18 fraudulent prescriptions, and six empty prescription bottles. residents here told us that what they found was shocking was that a firefighter would be accused of this fraud. >> it is someone who we count on and trust. >> it is sort of sad. >> no one answered the door at this home. on his publicly accessible facebook page, there is a post that says don't believe it everything you

plus, medical marijuana in maryland.lawmakers debating the fine details of proposed legislation. >>> and chuck bell is getting a [ female announcer ] it's a mountain grown morning with folgers lively colombian. it's deliciously dark, just before dawn. it's welcoming the sunrise with a taste of vanilla biscotti. with folgers gourmet selections, you can enjoy a variety of roasts and flavors from one perfectly brewed cup or a freshly brewed carafe. ♪ turn any day gourmet with folgers gourmet selections. ♪ >>> here's a look at some of our top stories. d.c. police are looking into two deaths in the district this morning. the first took place shortly after midnight. police found a man dead from a head injury near ridge road and southeast. a man was shot and killed making him the 24th homicide this year. officials are investigating what happened in both of these cases. >>> today the eight democrats running for d.c. may kwlor willd their third forum today. it will happen at 15th street and northwest at 2:00 this afternoon. and w

along the maryland coast. but there's -- there's a limit as to what we can do. if we don't take action to deal with the sources of climate change. we want to protect our property owners and the best way to protect our property owners is to do something about the causes of climate change. we saw the impact of sandy along the east coast of the united states and i know that the most severe impact was in new jersey and new york, but in maryland we saw in crisfield, maryland, the full effect of sandy. the people there know they're at risk because of the severe storms that are becoming more frequent and more severe. the chesapeake bay itself is at risk. i've talked on the floor many times about the importance of the chesapeake bay and it's a national treasure and it's important from the fact that it's the largest estuary in our hem atmosphere, important because of the coastlines and its impact but it's important also because of its impact on our economy. the blue crab, the oysters are critically important to marylan

the mother was found dead inside her home in dundalk, maryland, but caitlyn was nowhere to be found. an amber alert was launched and was soon expanded to a nationwide amber alert. investigators say that was the key to finding the two, the nationwide amber alert. timothy virts is in custody awaiting extradition back to maryland and detectives are expected to travel to south carolina as soon as possible to continue their investigation. the department of social services in baltimore county is also working with dss in south carolina. caitlyn is expected to return to maryland as soon as possible. >>> now our other breaking story tonight, news out of marlakey why. china state news agency says via -- malaysia. china state news agency says signals have been detected on the missing plane. the search and rescue teams are honing in on that signal. the flight vanished while traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing. contact and radar communication was lost somewhere over vietnam. it was a boeing 737, an aircraft with a very strong safety record. malaysia airlines says the pilot and copilot have mor

irn maryland. this is going to be drying up over the next couple of hours. our weather picture will be improving dramatically over the next little while. most of these rain drops and snowflakes will not make it east of i-81. hour by hour, temperatures out the door, weather this morning, upper 40s to near 50s. that's pleasant enough. highs today, generally up in the low, maybe even mid-60s with sunshine coming back, but, yes, indeed. the chance, anyway, of seeing rain and more snow by tomorrow night. more on that in a couple more minutes. back to you. >>> new developments this morning in the search for that missing malaysia airplane. the malaysian government is admitting for the first time the transponder was deliberately turned off. in a news conference this morning, the malaysian prime minister stopped short of saying the plane was hijacked. did say someone on board took deliberate action to turn off communication and steer the plane off course. new aircraft and satellite communication shows the p

one, go to the website, maryland health connection.goff, and it is one word, maryland health connection.gov or call 1-800-396-1961. now, if you were not able to write that down or you can't remember it, you can go to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search health connection. that is the latest live from prince george's county, chris gordon, news4. >>> new pictures tonight at the wall collapse that forced two families out of their homes in montgomery county. this is the scene from chopper 4 tonight along quince orchard road in gaithersburg. it was last night when the retaining wall fell over and two homes were evacuated. >> it is awful. who wants to lose their, you know, everything? nobody wants that. >> frightening. worrisome. and wondering what they are going to do to repair it and shore it up so there is no further damage. >> the families say they don't know when they will be allowed back in their homesch and other areas are cleaning up after this weekend's rain. look at the video from chopper 4, and this is along the river in fredrick, maryland, and the river is overflowing on to a ne

he mistook her for an intruder. >>> next at 11:00, two men behind bars in maryland tonight. police say they robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint while she was in labor. >> trying to get to the gym. trying to get your hands on a burger. closed and closed. i'm erika gonzalez. i'll have that story coming up. >>> and a noble service in bitter cold and blowing snow at arlington national cemetery.

in northern maryland near hagerstown. it is rain, not snow. we have also been seeing a couple of sprinkles in the metro area. 47 in d.c. 45 in gaithersburg. that feels pretty good. it is a light rain coat advice today. temperatures should make it into the middle 50's by noon. our best window for rain in the metro will be between 8:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. our temperature will be around 60 degrees. you want the umbrella handy for several days, but at least those temperatures not doing too bad. more coming up with your 7 day forecast minutes away. we need to know what to expect when you hit the roads. >> as long as they start out dry for now. if you can hold off and wait until 8:00, maybe we will make it to the rush hour. as a long -- as of right now, the beltway looks great. no early problems. the work zone has been hanging around in virginia but it is on i-95 southbound. 123, blocking the left lane. volume remained light headed in the opposite direction. if you're headed southbound toward the work so, you are -- there are boards there to le

the production company is in hot water with the state of maryland. fresh start to our date, i will introduce you to a company with a new take on your morning joe. we will talk to the ceo of a company giving you and your electronics a fresh reboot. we have some headlines from su keenan. just received a cut from standard & poor's. the rating was dropped to the sixth highest investment grade level. and the lobbying association has reached an agreement. less thanent comes two weeks after new jersey's governor barred tesla from selling cars directly to consumers. port authority chairman resigned commission to probe late changes at the washington bridge. hiss christie said resignation is effective immediately. those are the top headlines. >> we begin this hour with the story pitting a state against show business. of cards are house lobbying maryland for millions of dollars in tax credits. some lawmakers are drawing a hard line. they'd say the state will seize the production companies property if the series stops filming their. -- there. from washington, we

. >> the casino craze is spreading in maryland. the lights, the excitement. too hard for some to resist. new year's eve amid the life and roar inside of the live casino, police arrested 24-year-old alicia brown. they say brown left her 4-year-old child alone in the car outside for eight hours. while she went inside to gamble. police say the child was found hungry, cold, and crying. brown was charged with child abuse. >> we heard what happened that day, the news4 i-team started digging and checking court records and gaming commissioning documents as well. that happened several times. statewide and nationwide in recent months. >> watch this surveillance camera footage. would moms walking the casino floor at the mardi gras casino floor on a sunday evening. eventually gambling. their four children left alone locked in the car outside. one two women told police she had gone inside to use the bathroom. >> the both of you were inside gambling. you checked in at the players club and started playing slots. >> the court records show prosecutors filed neglect charges. w

a couple showers in through southern maryland. they are south of town. we're in good shape. most folks around 60. 58 in springfield. it is still 61 in leesburg. 62 in dumfries. dale city, woodbridge. 61. 61 also by college park. so, just chilly tonight, everybody stays above freezing. even warmer tomorrow with some  clouds. that's a pretty good tradeoff. a wild wednesday. going to works fine. showers, maybe thunderstorms. strong winds wednesday night and plummeting temperatures. we could see winds wednesday night, gusts to 40. maybe 50 miles per hour. so, we'll take us through the future cast. this is wednesday, not tomorrow. wednesday, there are the showers on our doorstep. again, i think most of the showers arrive in the afternoon. it's going be wet up and down 95. we put this back into motion, they get out of here quickly and the cold air races in and looking at temperatures plummeting. i mean plummeting wednesday night. tonight, partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. lows 36 to 46. winds southwest 10 to 15. by morning, partly sunny. a chilly start. 30s and 40s, not bad. and

it is the maryland terrapins against virginia tech. they are playing for seating in the acc tournament which starts in greensboro. there is a look at sports. back to you. >> a final >> tonight it is going to get cold again. check out the temperatures. , 20 degrees expected at reagan national airport. a nice recovery after that cold start. a be as high as 41. our average high is 52. our seven day shows temperatures in the 40's, as high as 54 on sunday. that is good stuff. >> news is next. >> have a good night. you used to sleep like a champ, you lay down, clocked off and next thing you knew, good morning. so what happened? life happened. work. stress. fun. bad habits. kids. kids. kids. now what? not milk. not sheep. not that. let's think smarter. let's get some science in here. let's build a bed. another bed? no, an entirely new sleep number bed that tracks your movement, your heartbeat, your breathing. sensors working directly with the air chambers, yeah you need the air chambers. introducing the sleep number x12 bed, the first bed tha

here's the leading edge of the snow pushing to far western maryland. local storm team 4 radar shows a dry and mild start. temperatures in the 40s. 44 now, 50 by noon. low 50s for a time this afternoon. mild weather, first drop as arriving after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. high impact event. the best chance of snow totals between the five and ten inch amount through the heart of the city. back down to zones of the specific forecast amounts when i see you iminutes. that cold forecast. >> looking forward to it. thanks. >>> right now there's a rush to buy snow supplies. stores are having a tough time keeping that ice melt in stock. we are live with derrick at a store. how are things looking so far? >> reporter: even if you weren't listening to excellent storm team 4 forecasts, you could stake this place out and tell snow was coming because of supply of shovels come income and the number of people buying them. watching that dwindle. it's been a busy morning here. as soon as they opened they had a rush on shovels. we watched them stock them two or three tim

mostly all snow in western maryland and still looking at mostly rain in the very southern tip of maryland northern neck of virginia but once we get into the afternoon hours on monday, it's mostly all snow even in the beltway and the mix to snow still hanging on but only in southern maryland and the eastern shore, so significant snowfall accumulations are likely throughout the entire metro. two components to this system that we can see right now, we are still tracking this system that is bringing the rain to southern california, it's starting to develop into what we call a four corners low, you can see the four corner states here and that is ejecting out of the rockies and will provide the moisture to coincide with the cold air that right now is still locked up in the upper plains. you can see that polar jet running along and bringing some of those snow showers. so in the metro we are still in good shape right now, we have one more day to make your preparations before this storm arrives and you have one more night to get out and enjoy before the storm arrives as well. overnight tonight, pa

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. >>> this is the aftermath of a deadly crash in damascus, maryland. the motorcycle driver has now died. his name is evans from laurel. he rear-ended a mercedes. an off-duty firefighter was there and tried to save evans but it was not enough. there was a 14 girl in the mercedes. she wasn't hurt and neither was the the woman driving. >>> two days after police picked him up he remains in jail. he may be connected to three high-profile murders in alexandria. but they have yet to officially make that link. have certainly been on edge. his ties to the area go way back. he ran for mayor in the city of alexandria. a lot of residents remember him as a young man. >> i remember when he ran for office mostly because he was such a young guy. in some ways i wonder why he wasn't even kind of thought about just because he seems like maybe there was some signs that he wasn't stable back then. >> authorities will extradite him to virginia. it's not clear what role he made if any three murders. >>> a car chase and shooting in the district. it started when a park police

southern maryland may get 6-10 inches. that is not out of the question. there may be pockets within these bands that see an inch or two more. the sleet to snow transition will be difficult. more and the forecast is coming up. quite the approaching storm has prompted several jurisdictions do declare a snow emergency. one mayor declared a snow emergency at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. culpepper has an active snow emergency. the district says that snow plans will go into effect tomorrow morning. drivers will be ticketed if they do not remove their cars. feese last storm, impound and tickets total $180,000. we have an important note for metro riders. all metro bus service will be suspended tomorrow. that includes metro access service. we will try to figure out when service may be restored. there will be a final decision by 4:00 a.m. tomorrow on whether they will run full-service. crews plan to treat platforms and parking lots as needed. they will reduce a fellow service south of new york city la servicew -- ace south of new york city. it is hard to believe that

downed camera taken it earlier this year for violating the maryland law is back online.it is on brinkley road near saint barnabas road. prince george's county police took it down in january after officers found they never advertised the location in a newspaper which is required by law. didle who paid tickets receive refunds. hundreds of guests gathered for fun to help the youth. a gala was held called a gateway to the crystal gateway marriott. -- event support fund scottish also some leon harris served as emcee. another round of winter weather. steve rudin is hard at work. th >> rescue workers will spend tomorrow at the scene of a deadlycrash -- explosion. they have searched the basement but to them not reached the area where the piping and leaders peopleplain how eight were killed. passed away who was a frequent guest on the tonight show. representatives of david brenner said he passed ay. he made more than 150 appearances as a guest and substitute host starting in the 1970's. he started in 4 hbo specials. going to turn to the weather situation here because in 24 hours,

cumberland and western maryland now but 57 degrees. this area of low pressure that is beginning to take shape will become the dominant weather maker as it moves through tomorrow with increasing clouds. the high likelihood for accumulating snow tomorrow night and into monday morning. winter storm watch now posted for the district and surrounding counties. more on the watch and warning and how much to expect coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. be sure to stay connected with a on-air and online throughout the weekend as we monitor the storm. we will get started at 4 a.m. on monday morning. car ledch for a stolen to a police chase and ended with three people shot. the officer involved shooting happened overnight on bladensburg road in northeast. outsole fellow was at the scene and had an expose of interview elah the owner -- hatzel v was at the scene and had an exclusive interview with the owner. >> she cannot believe it happened right in her driveway. the car was running and she had stayed inside because she wanted to finish listeni

you know, daycare is expensive, and in maryland, the maryland family network tells me that they had with all of the licensed daycare, over 23,000 children were on the wait list for this program. not for daycare. that's even larger. but for this program. so this is why we want to pass this bill and really be able to move forward on it. but, again, i'm going to come back to this bipartisan effort of focusing on safety, security, and also learning readiness. so, madam president, i yield the floor and i'll say more later. mr. burr: madam president,. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: i just want to take this opportunity to say to my colleagues we're now at a point that we would like to consider amendments. so if you've got improvements to this bill, it's after lunch, before you take a nap, come down to the senate floor, offer your amendment, let's talk about it and let's process as many as we possibly can. it is our intent to consider amendments for the majority of the afternoon. at some point with the cooperation and agreement of leaders

maryland governor martin o'malley has promised all maryland call centers will stay open until midnight. tomorrow maryland board members will meet to discuss -- to discuss their current exchange and a new exchange model on connecticut. next, artillery rounds fired amid threats of nuclear tension in north korea. be the u.s. military may involved. that is coming up next. >> tensions flaring on the korean peninsula as both north and south korea have fired hundreds of shells into each other's waters. media called it an attempt to occupy and warned of unspecified steps that could follow. >> barely year after a d.c. icon reapared on capitol hill, the company is headed to bankruptcy. entertainment has filed for chapter 11 protection. thecompany points -- owns hawk and dove. the original closed in 2011 after 45 years in business. the new barbie open in the same location in january 2013. -- the new bar reopened in the same location. iconic may not be the word for our weather. >> after yesterday's miserable conditions, today is beautiful. we have a couple more days like this. we have to be happy