nearly all in the confines of montgomery county, maryland. over the next three weeks, four more murders and three unsuccessful attempts tobago place with woundings, mainly in virginia, between d.c., and richmond. but conclude willing back in montgomery county. mohammed and malvo wop captured at a maryland restaurant some 50 miles northwest of d.c., ending the manhunt. but my book does not chronicle the story, although there's a chapter on it to orient people, but what it does is take a look at the newspaper men and women who covered it and there were more newspaper men and women than this actually were police in the task force, trying to track these men down. the media that 2000 strong, turned out an inexhaustible supply of words, images and sounds to explain what was occurring, an initial way to address this explosion is to begin with the continuous coverage available on tv. studying these broadcasts of two hours or more, of breaking news, allows an excellent but not fully typical vantage into the -- into understanding in general what the pr

63 here in washington. 65 in fairfax, 64 in loudoun and prince william counties. 64 in montgomery county, maryland. 68 in frederick. here's a check of our satellite loop over the last six hours. no real weather worries for today. clear skies across the area for now. we will keep those the remainder of the day. plenty of sunshine. toasty warm. a little bit of a breeze up alongside the chesapeake bay. bayside locations just a little bit cooler. tomorrow most everybody should have more of an offshore component and as a result, a little touch of summertime coming our way for tomorrow. 80 degrees an average high temperature for the first of june. >> it sure feels good out there, too. we'll be talking to you shortly. d.c. prosecutors are facing mounting criticism after a mass shooting in southeast d.c. nine people were shot tuesday night. four of them were killed. police have charged three people in the shootings including orlando carter. he was suspected in the murder of jordan howe, a previous killing thought to be linked to tuesday night's violence. however, carter was still on the streets because pr

chime has been committed-- >> crime has been committed good we believe he has hit herndon, montgomery county in maryland. >> reporter: until investigators camp the suspect, they are warning gym members to leave their valuables at home or locked up and hidden inside your vehicle. you saw the suspect in that video but we're going to give you a description here. he's described as a white male around 6'2", bald or short cropped hair. he was wearing a nike shirt, black tracks, running shoes and clearly you saw the new york yankees hit. >> wisdom martin in the newsroom tonight. >>> the news edge all over another big story tonight. we're learning new details about a deadly drive-by shooting in the district last month. four men are behind bars. one more is still on the loose. police aren't naming him but we have learned a lot more about his suspected role in the crime. roz plater here now with the details. >> reporter: we've learned detectives have been on the streets all day and well into the night looking for the fifth suspect. the chief is even appealing to him to turn himself in. court documents allege that

o'malley will hit the road and make several other stops today in prince george's county, southern maryland and montgomery county. live in fells point, linda so, abc2 news. >>> a 2-year-old boy is back home with his father after his mother was hit and killed crossing philadelphia road at the beltway. police say 17-year-old mavi maldonado was walking from golden ring shopping center pushing the stroller and crossing philadelphia road at the beltway in rosedale. she was heading to the bus stop when a pickup truck jumped the curb and hit her. the 2-year-old was in the stroller but was pushed out of the way. >> she said that she -- ( indiscernible ) --- >> maldonado's friends and family believe that the mom made a split-second decision to save her son. police are still trying to figure out what caused the driver to jump the curb. he did stay on the scene to help the woman and her son. at this point no charges have been filed. >>> 6:03. police say in -- four suspects in a home invasion in towson. they are still looking for troy traylor of susquehanna avenue. he has a tattoo of a star on the left side of his ne

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we'll go up towards montgomery county on the maryland side and temperatures there, a few upper 60s andes, looking like a beautiful forecast. the great forecast continues into this weekend, but there is a front headed our way. we'll explain how that's going to affect our weather and the weekend overnight with your complete forecast. another update in a few more minutes. >> all right. i'm going to leave after the show. can you stick around? april fools. >> not funny. we'll share some of our april fools favorites coming right up. >> and there's no joke that 9news now starts at 4:25. tune in every morning for the latest headlines, weather and traffic from andrea, howard, and angie. >>> welcome back to sesame street, april fools. did you catch some of our favorite pranks today? google changed its banner. that's because the town of topeka, kansas changed its name to google to become the test. well today, google returned the nod. >> and some of our other favorites out there today. an outage. starbucks unveiled sizes on its website. microbeing small and the plenta being the size of a bucket. a

many of us, especially northern virginia, parts of montgomery county and parts of frederick county in maryland and out west, many 80-degree temperatures there. but i'm going to go with the official temperature, a little bit of a south breeze in the potomac. weak front saturday into sunday. this is a few clouds. i'll show you exactly what is going to happen with that later. clear and cool in the overnight hours. only into the 40s. upper 40s for most of us. lower to mid 50s as you go into the heart of washington. tomorrow morning, we are through the 50s, maybe close to 60 as soon as mid-morning rolls around. sunrise at 6:50 on saturday morning. here's a few of the clouds by midday to afternoon. upper 70s, lower 80s once again. if you are over into the atlantic, winds coming off the cold waters, still at 50-degree water temperatures in many cases. this gives us a good look at the eastern panhandle of west virginia. cumberland hit 86 today. that was the warmest i saw. as we go toward washington and east, we get that effect of the winds blowing off the cold water. a natural air conditioner. here's

area. 71 in prince george's county. 71 in fairfax. 70 in loudoun county, virginia. 68 in montgomery county, marylanda toasty warm day today. showers and thunderstorms are expected but probably not until late this afternoon and more likely in the evening hours. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this evening, so most of the day will be dry. it will be toasty warm. highs today in the low to mid 80s. a lingering shower on the first part of the day tomorrow. afternoon clearing moves in friday afternoon. breezy and cooler. tomorrow's highs in the 50s. jerry, over to you for a check on the roads. >> quiet morning all in all as we look along 395 at the beginning of the virginia end of the 14th street bridge. moving along nicely. though the volume is increasing no hang-ups, the outbound 14th street bridge doing fine. the rush hour picking up customers out of frederick along i 270 getting past 118 in german town. all lanes southbound are open. joe, eun, back to you. >> thank you. >> 5:12, 72 degrees. an unsettling spike in crime. robbers committing several crimes in a popular neighborhood and they are getting increasin

host: next is the call from montgomery county, maryland. frank, a republican, go ahead . caller: as a country, we need to think, what is a tax? what is the definition of a tax? a tax is a penalty on behavior. something like cigarettes, speeding, smoking -- you tax it and u get less of it -- and you get less of it. what exactly are we trying to tax? we're trying to tax sales in this country. what affect would that have on the economy? it would hurt the whole economy. when we think about the united states, what do we stand for? i thought we were created to be different in europe, to be different than the europeans. when this president and this administration tried to change everything to make it look like the europeans, they will have no choice. we will have no where else to go to be free. it taxes a behavior which is productivity and sales. it will have a negative affect on the country. host: on twitter -- speaking of wall street, in 10 minutes, we'll be joined by louise story, a business reporter for "the new york times" and kara scannell, "wall street journal" reporter.

county, just about to la plata. it is moving in that direction. i want to go up to maryland and montgomeryounty, oh, east first, sorry. over to the bay a couple of light sprinkles out and about here in annapolis. most of us from chester and chester town up north here that is quickly leaving and the final stop is to the north in montgomery county. little sprinkles here on the east side of clarksburg and germantown in to gaithersburg and rockville and at the potomac approaching the split here and montgomery mall seeing light showers this morning. get to the forecast first. we are looking at temperatures on the cool side today and tomorrow. it will be breezy with sunny breaks for sure today. much manufacture sun tomorrow. kind of windy and 63 and then a nice but sunny thursday. high temperatures recovering to 70 degrees. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds, breezy and cool, upper 40s to 50s. a stray sprinkle. sun is up at 6:15. for this afternoon, clouds and sun. breezy and come. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. i suppose there's an isol

this morning we have lingering showers in northern montgomery county into frederick county in marylandand across the potomac river into loudoun county, lingering sprinkles north of leesburg as well as panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley. those are passing north and west of the metro area right now. temperatures are in the 50s. low to mid 50s from the shenandoah valley. 54 in washington and low to mid 50s in prince george's, montgomery, fairfax, arlington counties. high today near 70. might get a passing shower later this morning and maybe a little sun breaking out. then this afternoon passing showers, maybe some strong storms 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. some of which could produce damaging winds and hail. rain overnight into tomorrow morning. drying out midweek and warming up, by thursday near 70. still dry on friday. over the weekend could get some more showers. jerry, how is the monday traffic? >> looks like we do have a problem now, whether this is a new issue or the same one createding delay, not sure, 395 northbound coming the a grinding halt at the 14th street bridge. the

counties in western maryland and southwestern pennsylvania. down to the mid 40s in the northern shenandoah valley. loudoun county to leesburg in mid 40s. montgomery county to the upper 40s as has now fairfax and arlington. in the upper 40s in prince george's county. southern maryland is now upper 40s to near 50 degrees. we have also some winds that are still blustery. it even feels chillier than the 40s with the winds gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. winds will go calm by later on tonight. these counties in blue, including augusta, rockingham, shenandoah and page are under a frost advisory. we had the warm conditions earlier this week. that led to an early start to the growing season. as a result of clear skies and light winds tonight, that could allow temperatures to drop to the low to mid 30s and upper 20s. in the mountains there could be temperatures in the upper 20s. pollen count remains high. it did improve with last night's rain, but still high. over the last six hours we have seen a few snow flurries in pennsylvania. cold air out of the north and west. temperatures in the low to mid 30s. by dawn tomorrow, we'll be down into the 3

closer to washington and fairfax and loudoun, montgomery and frederick counties in maryland. it's in the midand upper 40s. milder in arlington, near 50 right now. right in washington, mid-50s. southern montgomery county as well, mid-50s as well as the areas east of washington, anicotia and prince george's county. on the eastern shore, there are few sprinkles around cambridge. those sprinkles are drifting off to the south right now. right around the black water wildlife refuge. that continues to track to the south and east. the regional temperatures showing generally a cool pattern throughout the northern eastern seaboard and up and down the atlantic seaboard. it's in the 40s and 50s. out of the mountains it's cooler this morning. they're in the upper 30s now. elkins is now at 38 degrees. it's in the mid and upper 50s in southern virginia. over the last 12 hours or so we've seen a few sprinkles. those are heading to the east. our sky is clearing out. we have high pressure that will be moving in and that will be in place here for today. looking across the nation, are you traveli

>> a bill that would ban marriage between first cousins is not moving forward in maryland this year. the montgomery countydelegate who sponsored the bill said some state lawmakers were concerned it would lead to a debate ov gay marriage. >>> also, virginia attorney general jim cuccinelli is getting ready to do battle again, this time filing a notice of appeal to the epa over new fuel efficiency rules for cars built between 2004 and 2016. he is already suing the epa over the epa sent greenhouse gases are legal. >>> jennifer hutson is the new face of weak watchers. she says she has always been happy with her curves, but she said she needed to take control of her body and eating habits. she says the wait is coming off. she is not saying how much weight she has lost just yet. >> she looks good. >>> some laughter tonight, all for a good cause, maurn bunyan took part in the dancing with the czars. maureen has participated in the skit at least a dozen years. they're upgrading housing for the poor, elderly, and disabled. >>> dancing on to the stars tonight? >> the cherry blossoms and the stars, temperatures tumbl

county. parts of montgomery and frederick county in maryland. frederick county, virginia, near 40 there.rince william, fauquier along the blueridge, this whole zone scattered frost this morning. mid 40s in washington and nearby suburbs around the beltway with a clear sky and lots of sun today. afternoon highs mid 60s. sunny again tomorrow. mid 60s. may have clouds and sprinkles wednesday in the mid 60s. and then partly sunny on thursday. again, into the 60s. friday, saturday and sunday high 60s to near 70. showers over the weekend. jerry, how is traffic now? >> prince george's county northbound exit to outer loop of the beltway right side of your screen there blocked for emergency road work. it's not affecting beltway traffic but northbound exit ramp to outer loop temporarily tied up. university boulevard and colesville road, just about done with the earlier accident. looks like police may get ready to pull out of the intersection. minimal delays at worst. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. >> 6:23 is your time. 46 degrees. mishap involving president obama's motorcade which

former maryland governor robert ehrlich is trying to get his old job back. he made the announcement today in montgomery county where he's offering to do battle with governor martin o'malley to take back the state. from the looks of it this is going to be a tough fight as both candidates are very good at campaigning and don't care much for each other. >>> rescue workers continue to search for four missing miernls after an explosion killed 25 others on monday. rescuers dug four holes to release any of the methane so they can enter and search for the workers. the mine is equipped with extra oxygen along the escape route that can keep the missing men alive for up to four days. >>> what a hot day. i'm just so amazed by some of these numbers, once again, 30 degrees above average. that's where we are. not quite to the old record. take a look at some of the temperatures out there. 90 for a high at bwi. we've also got 88 for

>> can't move first of all without montgomery county in all of maryland as you know. me of the groenings in the general assembly, it's it's them again. i think they believe they can sheer off if not at least get support nrt montgomery county, at least get cash from people who have o'malley fatigue. >> what you would note if you looked at ehrlich's schedule, he doesn't have anything planned for montgomery or prince george's county, almost as if the early game plan is just to concede, take that what he can get, the people in montgomery and prince george's county who do have the o'malley fatigue as bill called it but really concentrate on the western counties and hope there's enough angst against o'malley there to win the day. >> there may it be o'malley fatigue, but a lot of voters in maryland can't forget when ehrlich wases in office, the utility bills. remember? only ones in the country went 70% up. and people, foreclosures that was the threshold to foreclosure. >> remember four years of tax increases under o'malley. that's what ehrlich is going to point to. >> the for

in the backyard a home in montgomery county. >>> our top story at 5:30, could it change the way maryland drivers behave. the house of delegates approve ad bill today that would ban the use of hand-held cell phones behind the wheel. news4's john schriffen joins us with more on the bill's impact. >> reporter: that's right. if you are in d.c., you are driving behind the wheel, it is already illegal to use your -- already illegal to use your hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel. if you are in maryland the law states that if you are texting you can't be behind the wheel at the same time. however, today the maryland house pass ad major bill aimed at catching the state up to speed with other laws around the country. it is something many people in maryland do even people driving prince george's county vehicles. the familiar knows too well the dangers that come with driving while talking on your cell phone. >> we know the pain of lose something one on the highway. we lost our daughter, heather, needlessly. this pain is forever. >> reporter: their daughter was 26 when her car was hit in flo

in maryland, southbound on 270 into montgomery county. next, we will go into virginia, no disruptions on 66, 95, off 395, and across the 14th street bridge, that does not look good, there's a crash on the other side. no one is moving now on the 14th street bridge to get on the eastbound freeway. we will keep you updated. >> we know how quickly that backs up. >>> parts of the deep south are still picking up the pieces after a deadly tornado leveled hundreds of palms. authorities of raised the death toll through of. courtney robinson is tracking the story from the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning. some families are grieving. many are picking up the pieces. the damage from these twisters that ripped across several states will take some time to clean up. aid is making its way to the hardest-hit areas. the images show the damage. survivors remember the fear, hearing the tornado zipping through their houses. >> we ran to the bathroom and got down. >> as they look at the rubble, what is left of their mississippi home in gaza city, they ar

county and into montgomery, prince george's county, d.c. then some light showers further down through eastern maryland. if you are not getting rain showers likely getting drizzle and damp conditions. as the storm moves further off to the east we are going to see the rain taper off. prob lindh by 8:00, 9:00 p.m. we are wet and chilly for first pitch as we take on the rockies. we have one loss and one win. 56 degrees, cool. hopefully we will get a win out of this one. good night wakeup forecast, you can see the rain ending, drop to 54. start the day tomorrow not too bad. temperatures are going to be off to the races tomorrow. wait until you see how warm it will be for tomorrow. jim, pat? >> all right. thanks, veronica. >>> police were back in the silver spring neighborhood where a d.c. school principal was found murdered in his home. police say that brian betts was last seen live a week ago this evening. he was discovered dead by a co-worker after he failed to show up for work. police are reinterviewing neighbors to piece together events in the last hours of his life. >>> family members of slain principa

montgomery county, in the low 60s. similar conditions over in prince george's county as well. down in southern maryland, no influence of the bay now. enough of an off-shore wind keeping temperatures there on the mild side at 63. live look at doppler radar. no problems. we had a cold front come through about an hour or two ago didn't notice a whole lot of change to the weather, did bring clouds in. they have diminished. lots of warm air situated over the eastern u.s. and even behind the cold front, temperatures really don't drop off. over the past 12, 24 hours, we had a decent amount of clouds come through, now a few scattered clouds as that front is crossing the viewing area. behind it, not much of a change in the air mass. it will continue to eat up more as we head into tuesday and wednesday. if you are a fan of summer-like weather, you will enjoy this forecast coming up. high pressure situated off the east coast continuing to dominate our weather through today and tomorrow. a little weak disturbance will try to come through the jet stream monday night bringing clouds. future cast shows a few showers,

you're seeing now, divers from montgomery -- or correction, anne arundel, prince george's county. they continue to search here. maryland state police were on the scene a short time ago. there's no other word at this point on what happened to the boy. and at this point, it is unclear whether he lives in a local community or what caused him to be here. back to you. >> captain mike. thank you. we'll continue to follow the story throughout the night. >>> in other news tonight, besides the race for governor, it's expected to be one of the hottest races in the fall for maryland. today, the first democrat for baltimore county executive announces his candidacy. wjz is live. political reporter pat warren has moron how -- more on how this race is shaping up. >> reporter: that's right. jim smith has reached his term limit. so for the first time in eight years, baltimore county will have new talent to choose from. >> reporter: the first democrat with 16 years on the council, given ample opportunity to learn the ropes. >> i'm running for the elderly woman in dundalk who whispered to me that she is afraid to walk outside at night. i

in prince georges county as well as in montgomery and arlington and fairfax. southern maryland temperatures low 60s as well as the northern neck. we do have the northwest wind gusting quite a bit. the latest wind gusts have been over 20 to 25 miles an hour. latest gust at reagan national 23. we're going to have this blustery wind. even though we're in the low 60s it certainly does feel chill we are with the wind. eastern shore now in the upper 50s. just in the mid and low 60s through southern virginia and carolinas. a chilly day out in the mountains of west virginia, only in the 40s. that's the source region of our winds. courtesy of spinning pressure over new england. that's been giving us this northwesterly flow. also another disturbance in the central part of kentucky. that's going to be drifting just to our south, so the winds aloft here out of the southwest bringing in some of these high clouds that'll be with us here from time to time through the afternoon. now, the view across the nation over the last 24 hours showing one storm system over new england. even a little snow

montgomery county. they will stop in frederik and talha counties martin o'malle. >>> nodar grumman is moving its headquarters from los angeles to the d.c. area. yesterday they chose virginia over maryland and d.c.. the exact site remains unclear. up to 150 new jobs in our area is what it will mean. >> last month's mass shooting in southeast d.c., police arrested 21-rolled jeffrey best. the police chief says this is the final arrest in the case. best is also charged in the mouth 27 shooting death of jordan howe. -- march 27 shooting. >>> we have exclusive video of the underwear bomber training in yemen. abdulmutallab deshawn firing weapons and should speaking in arabic about his impending attack. -- is shown firing weapons. more beginning at 7:00 this morning on that. >> who says you cannot fight city hall? the district dismissed 70,000 parking tickets in 2009. >> we will head back down south where the cleanup continues to day after the deadly twisters. >> first we will find out if any more severe weather is in the forecast. >> people are assessing damage after the deadly tornadoes that swept through the south. nearly 700 homes were damaged over the weekend in mississippi alone. 12 peop

maryland. he'll also serve 30 days at a halfway house in montgomery county. >>> it's coming up on 8 after the hour. in six minutes, we'll come up with the "discovery" crew conducting its first space walk. >>> learn how franchises these days are more than just fast food. >>> right now, howard bernstein begins our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. >> reporter: gg. we're starting to clear out from the overnight rain which was heavy at times. we still see a few light showers coming across the bay there over to the eastern shore for the most part. east end, watch out. you have showers knocking on the doorstep. we'll talk about the rest of the day where we see improving weather from west to seeft this morning looking at the sunshine early out west spreading eastward. garrett county, watch out, by 5:00 you could see a shower. your temperatures are holding in the 40s. how about the maryland commute? >> reporter: that's right, maryland. all eyes are on your roads right now. at clopper, very nice and quiet. georgia avenue and the east west highway, same situation. finally, all aboard, we're flying ov

maryland suburbs have received the largest pay raise over ten years. montgomery countyrs level earn more than $103,000 per year. only fairfax county, virginia, saw salaries decline to an average of $64,700 a year. that county has inflation adjusted salaries. >>> a central florida community is searching for an 11-year-old autistic girl missing since friday. nadia bloom was last seen when they went out to ride her bicycle in the cul-de-sac of a gated community in winter springs. police found her bike friday on the kick stand and her helmet on the handlebars but there was no sign of nadia. >> first day, we checked all the sexual predators and offenders within a five mile radius. knocked on their doors. they were all coop rative. all but two we located. they weren't home but every one of them cooperated and actually let us search their homes. >> more than 150 people from multiple agencies searched a six-mile area on sunday. police say they do not suspect foul play but are taking no chances. the 11-year-old had talked about exploring for wildlife. >>> and now to a story of t

maryland suburbs received the largest pay raise. montgomery countyeachers with master level degrees earn more than $103,000. only fairfax county, virginia saw salaries decline. that county has inflation adjusted salaries. >>> today is the last day of the maryland general assembly session and legislators have their work cut out. they need to agree how much solar energy utilities should be required to buy and a fee nor not complying. they need to zion new rules for sex offenders and bridge a gap for new child support guidelines. on maryland senators pass ad measure to legalize medical marijuana. the session ends at midnight. >>> the two week easter break is over for congress farns order of business today a battle over extending unemployment insurance. democrats need at least one republican vote to advance the debate about extending jobless benefits, subsidies for the cobra health insurance and flood insurance through may 5th. republicans rejected a passage to expedite the measure. >>> now to a story of that young russian boy who was adopted by an ameri

montgomery county police officers said their final farewell to one of their own. hector iella died last sunday when his cruiser hit a tree. hundreds of people attended his funeral and the officer will be buried in maryland. we have more. >> reporter: it is very sad when you bury a brother. >> reporter: he is remembered for his dedication to the badge. >> you can see this man had a heart for public service his entire life. >> reporter: he died in the line of duty responding to a call on easter sunday. his cruiser struck a tree along randolph road. >> there is no worse time for a police department than when we lose one of our own. >> reporter: hundreds of officers escorted iella and his family to st. peter's catholic church, and saluting his service. >> we wear this for 30 days after his death. >> reporter: the officer worked midnights and was a seven-year veteran who trained new officers. he is credited with saving a man who tried to take his own life. >> he had an excellent work ethic and, of course, he will be missed dearly. he was just a tremendous officer. >> reporter: he was also a spanish translator. >> some officers get paid for being a spanish translator. he did not. he just chose to do it. that