a woman sharing the home, 20- year-old monifa sanford, is also charged. the relationship between the two women is unclear. a makeshift memorial sits on the steps of the home as strangers like kathy missile feel compelled to light candles. >> involve yourself with people that are struggling. support them however you can. >> we have to help each other, especially when there's children involved. >> reporter: according to police, the two women were involved with another local church called exusia ministries. the pastor there is declining to talk to reporters. scott broom, wusa9. >>> letter carriers in the d.c. region are making a special delivery. they are delivering a message they don't want to work at night. they say the streets are just too dangerous in the dark. >> we demand that letter carriers hours be adjusted to eight hours. we demand that the letter carriers be brought in earlier. >> a short time ago the group rallied at the martin luther king, jr. memorial, then marched to the postal service at l'enfant plaza. tonight's march comes just weeks after

police have charged zakieya avery and her friend, monifa sanford with murder and attempted murder. they say they were trying to perform an attempted exorcism. in great need, and the need never went away. to died from their injuries and the other two children are in the hospital recovering. help forvery sought mental illness in the past. thrown from a vehicle is dead. two cars were involved in that crash. there's a lot going on in the nation's capital as we honor one of the most inspiring civil leaders. there will be a wreath laying at 8:00 this morning on the national mall. offannual peace walk kicks in southeast and anza -- and ends at covenant baptist. one family coping with tragedy after a fire claims the life of a teenager. that is still to come. >> back to our breaking news. prince george's -- officers are telling us that four people are in the hospital after being shot out the 90 degrees restaurant. one suspect is in custody. we do not have word on condition. brianne carter will have a live report coming up. >> we want to turn to the weather now. like this is our last chance

police charged zakieya avery and monifa sanford with murder. a neighbor noticed a child left in a car. friday morning another neighbor called 911 when she noticed a bloody knife. police released both 911 cars. >> >> i'm being attacked by two females. > you need to back off me, ma'am. >> >> in the car outside, there is a knife with blood. >> police credit the woman who called 911 with saving the two children's lives. they shared a delusion this children were possessed and tried to perform an exorcism. >> a student was ambushed and critically injured. >> the governor said he is not sure if water is safe to drink. >> and we continue to be on storm watch. our area bracing for several inches o >> 4:09 now. time check weather. we know snow is on the way. >> apparently a lot of it. jacqui jeras that is weather. what is this, a storm advisory? >> it is a winter storm warning. the confidence is high this is going to be a big, impactful storm. this is not going to be a snowmageddon, but we will be seeing heavy snow. it is going to be coming in that after

monifa sanford and zakieya avery are accused. two other children are recovering from stab wounds.the two have suffered from mental illness in the past. >> another scandal for new jersey governor chris 50. the lieutenant governor is denying she played politics with city relief aid. dawn zimmer says that the lieutenant governor refuse to give city relief if she did not approve a project. >> the suggestion that anybody would withhold sandy relief holy and any reason is completely false. >> and investigators are looking into whether christie orchestrated a traffic jam for political retaliation. there is growing concern about the safety of athletes and toists at the olympic games in russia. an islamic militant group in russia is threatening an attack. they issued a threat by posting a video online. the video shows two young men believed to have been suicide bombers discussing last month the bombing in russia. north korea is using an imprisoned american to get the u.s. to reach out. surprised -- appeared a surprise news conference. he is under guard. he is not been treated badly. he apo

. >> those two women, zakeiya avery, the mother of the children and monifa sanford both in custody today facing murder and attempted murder charges. we received the 911 tapes. nikki burdine has more. >> although there are many unanswered questions, we are learning more about what happened leading up to those crimes and friends tell us the mother zakeiya avery had a mental illness and police say the two women believed they were performing an exorcism. the first 911 call came in thursday night at 10:15 from a neighbor on cherry bend, the night before police say the children were killed. we'll play a portion of those calls now and what you are about to hear is a neighbor calling in a report of an unattended baby in a car. >> what's the emergency? >> i have a baby in a car. it's been here reported to me about 45 minutes. the mother came out, reported she had something going on and didn't want her baby to be in danger in the house. >> i'm being attacked by two females at 19041. >> is there an apartment number associated with that? >> that is my business. the kid in the car for an hour. it is

. >> avery who is the mother and a 21-year-old friend, monifa sanford are charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. they are due in court tomorrow. >>> two months after a postal carrier was murdered in landover, his family wants to try to keep his colleagues safe now. 26-year-old tyson barnett was shot to death delivering mail after dark on thanksgiving. today his family is going to join other postal workers in a rally calling for safer conditions for postal workers, specifically that they not have to deliver mail once the sun sets. that rally takes place at the mlk memorial on the national mall, tonight at 5:30. >>> a replaying at the memorial to dr. king kick off a day of service honoring the civil rights leader. dc mayor vincent gray joins the men's choir for the ceremony. the president and ceo of the memorial foundation was also scheduled to speak at event. the mayor went to the west education campus in northwest dc to take part in a service project with former bullets and caps players and some fans. they painted murals, organized the lie prayer, and p

a similar exam is likely for monifa sanford who is accused of helping avery carry out those attacks. >>> tonight at purdue university one student is dead and another in custody after gunfire rings out. >> plus the threat of a terrorist attack at the winter olympics has russia hunting down terrorists and u.s. officials on high alert. >> we go around the world in 90 seconds. >> the latest preolympic anti- terror event in dagestan a few hundred miles from sochi, just one of a number of anti-terror operations underway and now they're trying to find the first black widow suspected of being in sochi who they fear is waiting to strike. >> for the nearly seven years robert levinson has been missing his wife has backed the u.s. government's claim he was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective, but today for the first teen christine levinson he confirmed her husband bob was -- levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> classes have been canceled tomorrow at purdue university in indiana. a teaching student shot a 21- year-old student. >> osha do

prosecutors explained what happened when zakieya avery and her friend, monifa sanford, a j talk avery's -- allegedly attacked avery's four children. they scheduled a portal with a client, then the client did not show up. childrendamon to the -- they claim they saw demons in the children. two of the children survive. have you seen this video yet? we will show you the bizarre new video that has toronto mayor rob for speaking out. and former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife. we will take a look at the latest problems from that chemical spill in west virginia. also taking a live look outside this noon. jacqui will be back with he >> toronto mayor rob ford admits a new video is authentic showing him drunk and slurring his words in a jamaican accent. take a look. >> [inaudible] -- they try to tell me >> the video was taken on monday inside a fast food restaurant. board was wearing while talking about being under police surveillance last year. ford previously said he would stop drinking after he was already caught on video smoking crack while drunk. he says this latest video has nothing to

andce charged zakieya avery monifa sanford. a neighbor noticed a child left alone in a car. friday morning, another neighbor called 911 when she noticed a bloody knife. that thee the delusion children were processed and they were trying to perform an exorcism. it is 36 degrees on tuesday morning. why some virginians are heading to the polls today. >> we are on storm watch. let's make an entrance. let's go against the grain. this way, that way, even up that way. let's review this, workshop that. let's save and then let's get down to it. let's make your home feel like this and make you feel like this. let's do this. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now pergo highland hickory acrossave closings going your screen right now. we will keep you up-to-date on school and government closings. >> how bad is it going to get? jacqui jeras is at the weather center. inthis will be snow may get geddon.ma we are going with the four to within the city, but some places will get up to 10 inches. we could see some heavy snowfall in the cup coming -- in the upcomi

also charged in this murder case 21-year-old monifa sanford and the police say that the two women have been living in the house for several weeks, and they say that the two women met some time ago in church. in the meantime, at the scene, more candles, more flowers, and more stuffed animals in memory of the child victims. >> my heart goes out to the family. >> reporter: what do you make of what happened here? >> i don't know. i can't answer that. i just don't know. i just don't know. only god knows. only god knows. >> reporter: tomorrow, the two women suspects are scheduled to appear in court, and tomorrow we should learn more details about this troubling murder case. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. >>> pat, thank you. a 24-year-old manassas man is in custody tonight after an early morning shooting outside of a sports bar. jeremiah poland is accused of shooting four people in the parking lot of the 90 degrees sports bar in rixlew lane. witnesses provided information about the vehicle that allowed the police to catch him a short time later. all of the victims are expected

with kill two young children in an alleged ex sorism, 28-year-old zakieya avery and 21-year-old monifa sanfordd for thes they were known as the demon assassins. a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old. prosecutors are seeking a mental determination to determine if these women are competent to stand trial. >>> prosecutors in north carolina are making plans to try again after a grand jury declined to indict a police officer in a fatal shooting. jonathan ferrell was shot and killed by a charlotte officer, he was unarmed and reportedly seeking help after a car crash. the state attorney is reportedly going to reissue it saying the grand jury was missing jurors. >>> an execution dating back 70 years, 14-year-old george sfinny was put to death in 1934 for killing two white girls. he had no attorney, there was no other evidence and no witnesses. he was 14. and all the trial documents disappeared so his family is asking the judge for a new trial. >> i believe that george stinney could not have committed these murders. i think george stinney saw those children, but i don't think george stinney was the last person

behind her, a friend, monifa sanford who police say helped her in the attack also had a stab wound topted to try to speak with her to get some sort of an explanation and they couldn't understand what she was telling them. >> reporter: the mother, zakieya avery, attempted to flee the crime scene. those who know the family are broken hearted. >> there was nothing that made us think something like that was going on over here. it was very awkward and shocking. >> reporter: >> reporter: investigators say she told them she was performing a right of exorcism on her children. >> they believed evil children were in the children and they needed to get rid of the evil spirits. >> reporter: but authorities say there was no evidence that an exorcism actually took place. >> we found no bib kell -- >> reporter: instructions for exorcism? >> no officials types of instructions, no books, no other type of literature explaining -- >> reporter: no minister? >> no minister was on scene, to our knowledge, no. >> reporter: exorcism or not, prosecutors are charging avery with two counts of first-degree murde

police say that monifa sanford and zakieya avery is being held. avery is being held pending a psychiatric exam, and sanford is wait i waiting to be seen by attorneys. mark segraves will have more on that story tonight at 6:00. >> and police investigating a shooting on a college campus tonight. news4 scott macfarlane at the live desk with more details. scott? >> yes, it happened in purdue university in indiana, and officials confirm one person was killed in the shooting. the university officials say that the shooting happened inside of the electrical engineering building on campus. it is not clear if the person is a student. details have not been released. right now, the police do believe however that the victim had been targeted. for a large part most of the classes have been cancelled tonig tonight, and a vigil is scheduled. >> there is a special challenge for this winter storm for people in loudoun and fairfax county, because they are voting in a special election. >> yes, and it could determine a number of important issues before virginia lawmak

with killing two young children in an alleged ex sorism. 28-year-old zakieya avery, 21-year-old monifa sanfordgators they were part of a group known as demon assassins. and an exorcism was needed to drive the demons out of the two little kids. a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old, babies, really. prosecutors are seeking a mental evaluation to determine if these two women are competent to stand trial. >> i got to say i find that deeply troubling. >>> coming up, new problems for toronto's crack-smoking, controversial nondrinking mayor. what he did -- again. >> again. i earn every month" card. it's not the "i only earn decent rewards at the gas station" card. it's the no-games, no-signing up, everyday-rewarding, kung-fu-fighting, silver-lightning-in-a-bottle, bringing-home-the-bacon cash back card. this is the quicksilver card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. so ask yourself, what's in your wallet? >>> all right. welcome back to "early start." more trouble today for toronto mayor rob ford. of course, the admitted crack smoker is now admitting he

monifa will undergo further testing there. prosecutors say sanford and her friend avery stabbed to death two of avery's small children and wounded two others earlier this month in the germantown home they shared. the women were trying to perform an exorcism. >>> washington state congresswoman, kathy mcmorris rogers will deliver the official republican response to president obama's state of the union. coming up next, we'll explore how she and other members of congress feel about the president being willing to >>> welcome back to capitol hill where in just a few hours, president obama will be here to give the state of the union address. and tonight, he says his theme will be a year of action, which of course would stand in stark contrast to 2013 which most of us would agree in which not a lot got done. the interesting thing s the president comes to congress to basically say, i'm going to move forward without you. we're here to talk about what that is likely to mean to the congress members as the woman who covers congress for u.s.a. today, thanks for co