pat collins, capitol hill. thanks, pat. we will hear more from you as you get more information. >>> latest now on a gunman stand-off with police. this is happening at a neighborhood in northern .rg inia oi g on almost 2 oi w.honour night.an las erstt.ft a ft306:. aseou nearhese inrsteonti of lyle avenue and fisher drive in falls church. tracee wilkins is on the scene now with the latest on this. >> reporter: i asked police at what point will you go ahead and storm the house and call it quits and ends the stand-off? they are saying that point will not come. they will see this throughout the end. and let it play itself out. little has changed this started at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. except for the fact they are now communicating with someone inside of the home although they won't say who. in the meantime, this neighborhood has been turned upside down. >> spent last evening in a hotel. we were told to park outside the neighborhood and drive down and pick up a few things. >> reporter: 24 hours later, neighbors are makin

as pat collins reports, dersa has a final lesson every parent should hear. >> reporter: for the finaldersa walks the halls of springbrook high school. he retired just a few days ago. dersa has s. a district native, a product of private schools. st. john's high school and then catholic university. >> it's really been a great ride. i have been extraordinarily fortunate. i always say i was presented with a good education whether i received it or not, the jury is probably out. >> reporter: but it was in public schools that dersa earned a reputation as a tough, fair, and effective principal. he's been at it for more than 30 years and three jurisdictions. including seven years at wilson high school in the district, seven years at yorktown high school in arlington and for the last 13 years, the principal at springbrook in montgomery county. in all of that time, in all of those schools, mike dersa has learned a lot of things and he speaks about them candidly. drugs -- >> i think today's students are probably more discreet. i think overall students are making better decisions. but i we think t

pat collins was in that courtroom today and joins us now from northwest with the latest. pat? >> reporter: craig, the mother on the witness stand, the daughter on trial, and tears in the courtroom and testimony begins in this bizarre case. mame jacks the mother o banita jacks, calle as a prosecution witness today. but in court, under oath, she had good things to say abouter daughter. she said that banita took excellent care of her children. that she never saw her mistreat her children. she said it would be way out of character for banita to do anything to harm her children. 35-year-old banita jacks charged with killing her four daughters. now as january 9, 2008 the marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside they found the bodies of her four girls, ages 5, 6, 11, and 17. they say that the girls had been dead for months. in superior court today, for the first time, a show of emotion from banita jacks. as her mother took the stand and began identifying photos of the girls, banita jacks cried. she was handed tissues. the judge called a recess so t

pat collins. pat, thank you. >>> police released the identity of a man who was killed in a police involved shooting in germantown overnight. now investigators are trying to figure out the details that led to his death. montgomery county police say 39-year-old ilio fernandez was killed after two officers went to his apartment complex in the 12200 block of eagles nest court. they were responding to a 911 hang-up. someone reported hearing shots fired shortly after that. fire crews were sent to the scene where they found the officers trying to resuscitate fernandez. fernandez was pronounced dead at the scene. a gun and knife were found near his body and investigators are mott trying to -- now trying to figure out who exactly opened fire. first and why and we will have the latest on the investigation coming up on "news4 at 5:00." >>> when swine flu vaccines are handed out this fall, there won't be enough for everyone right away. so today federal health experts came up with a list of people who suldet th

news4's pat collins joins us live from outside the courthouse in northwest with the latest. pat? >> reporter: pat, it's been a grueling trial. grly evidence. graphic testimony, but now, now it's coming to an end. at 3:28 this afternoon, inside superior court, the prosecution rested its case in the quadruple murder trial. this came after testimony from 25 witnesses over eight days. this came after the introduction of more than 200 pieces of evidence and exhibits, collected by investigators over more than a year and a half. the defendant, banita jacks, charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of her four daughters, ages five to 16. it happened at the jacks's home on sixth street southeast. jacks told police her girls were possessed by demons, that they died in their sleep. the prosecutor says there's evidence that one of the girls was stab and the other three strangled. evidence that jacks lived in that house for months wb the decomposing bodies of her four daughters. because of the decomposition, there's been some debate about the exact cause of death and the exact time of

the prosecution is expected to rest its case tomorrow. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. >>> it is being called one of the worst corruption cases in the history of new jersey. federal prosecutors unveiled details of their investigation this afternoon. 44 people are now in custody. they incde the mayors of three new jersey cities. two state legislators and a handful of ran ice from new york and iew njersey. seri c lledewmeri c ri include money laundering and the selling of human org answer. the case is wide ranges and far reaching. prosecutors initially focused on a money laundering network between brooklyn, new jersey, and israel. the network allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars through charities controlled by ran ice in new york and new jersey. then the investigation widened when the feds say elected leaders began taking bribes. >> the politicians willingly put themselves up for sale. hundreds of thousands in bribes were paid in those places. the complaints show for these defendants corruption was a way of life. they existed in an ethics-free zone.

pat collins is at the d.c. superior courthouse with more. pat? >> reporter: the death of four daughters murder suspect bonita jacks in court on videotape in her own words. in superior court today, they played the videotape of bonita jacks interview with police on the day she was picked up in the murder case of her four daughters. in a rambling interview that went on for hours, she d told detectives that "everyone i've been close to has mysteriously ended up dead." she said her children were hungry and weak and one day they began passing out. she said i didn't try to get help because i knew it was too late. the united states versus bonita jacks. boxes of evidence at superior court as the prosecution prepares to begin the trial on these quadruple murder charges. it was january 9th, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on 6th street southeast. inside that home they found the bodies of her daughters, ages 5, 6, 11, and 17. they say the girls had been dead for at least six months. in court today homicide detective darryl richmond desc

pat collins is at superior court. pat? >> wendy, a powerful finish for the prosecutor here today.e says there is no doubt that benita jacks murdered each and every one of her children. an impassioned closing argument today by prosecutor michelle jackson. she talked about benita jacks' house of horrors. and she asked for a verdict of guilty on all counts. the prosecutor says benita jacks' daughtead h their own prison of ttu aornd that it was inside their home on 6th street southeast. the prosecutor says t girls' jailer was their own mother. 35-year-old benita jacks charged with murdering her four daughters ages 5 through 16. the decomposing bodies of the girls discovered january 9th, 2008, as marshals came to evict jacks from that hoe. the prosecution says that jacks lived in that houseor several months after her daughters died. the prosecutor says jacks starved her dahters, tortured rher daughters, made her teenag daughter live like an animal. because of the decomposition, the exact cause and time of the deaths are in dispute. but the prosecutor says there's evidence one girl was

pat collins is live at the courthouse in rockville with the latest. pat? >> reporter: wendy, banita jacks says her four daughters were possessed and passed away in their sleep. the medical examiner says that three of the girls were strangled and one was stabbed. the homicide detectives says banita, i think you are making that whole story up. the tale of the tape today here at superior cour this is judge frederick be iswerg. maul hisullytewiecll dlyide the il tr oocnn ience of nnbanita jacks. jacks is charged with killing her four daughters. inside superior court for the last day and a half, judge weisberg has been viewing a videotape statement jacks gave to police. it is eight hours long. i dann that interview, banita jacks says her daughters were dossessed by demons and that demons got into the furniture and into the girls' clothing. she says that she threw out all the furniture and all the clothes. and that her girls were left with only t-shirts to wear. now it was january 9, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast

today pat collins talked with friends of the teen and he joins us now with more. pat? >> reporter: he played the violin and she played volleyball and held down two jobs. and it seems like everybody in done kirk, maryland, knew rachel campbell. and everybody had something nice to say about her. everybody most upset by what happened to this teenager. >> it is terrible she was too young. >> reporter: one by one, people show up at the place where it happened. there to honor the life of rachel campbell. >> she was just always there for everyone. so really hard to lose her. a person like that. >> reporter: 18-year-old rachel campbell killed in a violent crash last friday when her car was struck by a sheriff's deputy on a priority call. you n see how this accident happened. rachel driving a buick car was making a left-hand turn on route 4 on to apple way. there is a very steep grade here. it is almost impossible to see the cars going northbound on route 4. on that day at that time, one of those cars was a sheriff's squad car responding to an emergency call. he broadsides rach

i'm pat collins, news4 washington. >>> the chief supplier for a heroin wing has learned his fate. 30--old antonio harper of waldorf was sentenced to 36 years in prison. an fbiti iesnvgationesra titd c st wefield high school. the investigation began following the overdose deaths of four teens. harper and his co-conspirators are putting anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 bags of heroin into the bags of addicts from 2006-2008. >>> the district's first african-american fire chief will get a special honor today. a fire station in northwest is going to be named for the cliff, burton johnson when he first joined the d.c. fire department in 1943, he was assigned to that fire station. johnson served as the first african-american d.c. fire marshal from 1970 to 1973 and served as d.c. fire chief for five years. he died of a heart attack two years ago, his dedication ceremony will take place at noon. >>> it's now 6:38, 68 degrees. still ahead, the first pet's first portrait. bo being memorized by a puzzle. >>> plus blown-away researchers at the university of maryland, firing up their wind tunnel. w

pat collins is at the superior court now with more on the judge's decision. pat? >> reporter: jim, guilty, guilty, guilty. the judge said guilty 11 times and a verdict that could send banita jacks away for life. banita jacks, guilty. four count of felony murder. .tyu three counts of first-degree rder. guilty, four counts of cruelty to children. banita jacks, guilty of torturing and murdering her four daughters in the family home on sixth street southeast. >> this is very sad. nobody comes out of this happy and can't bring these kids back. you can't undo what the last moments of their -- last months of their lives were like. it is -- there's no joy in coming out of this courthouse. >> reporter: the verdict came after two days of deliberation by judge frederick weisberg. it took its toll. when it was over, the judge just buried his head in his hands. this could be onef the most grizzly cases of murder in the history of washington crime. january 9, 2008, the bodies of banita jacks' four daughters found inside their house in southeast. the girls, ages 5, 6, 11 and 16,

pat collins has been following the story from the get-go and joins from us d.c. superior court with the latest details. pat? >> reporter: jim, this conviction could mean life in prison for banta jacks. this kwad rupele murder left a deep scar on the soul of our city. let's begin now with prosecutor deborah. >> reporter: >> this is very sad. nobody comes out of this courthouse happy. can't bring these kids back and you can't undo what the last moments of their -- last months of their lives were like. >>seporr:itepan ba jacks four counts ofanguilty murder.of felony tyil three counts ofty eedersde mgrur fr , cou frs counts of cruelty to children. banita jacks, guilty of torturing and murdering her four daughters in the family home on sixth street southeast. >> what happened to those children was torture and maltreatment. they were atrocities and inflicted upon four small children. her own children. >> reporter: the verdict came after two days of deliberation by judge frederick weisberg. and it took its toll. when it was over, the judge just buried his head in his han

pat collins. more to come. >>> police in prince william county are looking for a brazen knife-wielding robber who held up a fast food location by jumping through the drive-thru window. surveillance video from the burger king in manassas. you can see the man drive up to the window and jump through and demand money. the employees ran away while the man took cash from the registers. then he climbed back to the window and got in his car and drove off. >>> a parking enforcement officer is in alexandria is in trouble. police say gail jones of district heights, maryland, helped obtain a used fake handicap placarded. jones has been charged with forgery and obtaining a document under false pretenses. she also was given a ticket for parking a vehicle in a space reserved for people with disabilities. >>> let's get the latest word on that hot, hot weather out there. bob. >> a little steamy indeed. we have that humidity. it is heading towards july. bujuly overall will be a bit cooler than average. there are th

i'm pat collins, news4 washington. >>> a fir today in a classroom at the anacostia senior high schoolnvestigators say it started on the second floor just after 1:30 this afternoon. firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the classroom. all the students and staff were evacuated from the building. fire officials are looking into the possibility the fire was electrical in nature. nobody was injured. >>> a 46-year-old woman crashed her car into a home in arlington today. police say she veered off the highway and into the house. the driver's air bag deployed. she's expected to be fine. no one was home at the time. there was a lot of serious structural damage to the house. inspectors have to determine if it's safe for people to inhabit it. >>> a public meeting that had been highly anticipated on a proposal to bring a walmart tco located near thed.elfi l r lettd.el hngriri tonight inal st step before the board of supervisors there took up the proposal. the meeting has to be rescheduled because proper legal notice has not been published. the proposal store has sparked a firestorm

i'm pat collins, news4, prince georges county. >>> the district sales tax holiday has become an annualack-to-school adition, but it's been canceled for this year. the tax holiday generally runs for nine days in the month of august. in that time, the sales tax of 5.75% is suspended for clothing, shoes, and school supplies that cost $100 or less. but city officials say the event cost the city about $640,000 in revenue and they cannot afford that this year. they're reminder retailers to be sure their cash registers are programmed to collect the tax. >>> rest stops in virginia are one of the latest casualties of the ailing economy. tonight, the rest areas along i-95 indale city and lady smith and the rest areas on i-66 in manassas will close to the weblic. st nama'ascossel wme crteen behu s d inhun r.ptem aree om sthf o jftust r18es which tewnid oe travelers can go longer count. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: like so many that travel with kids and want to avoid costly fast food, beth plans her trips around rest area. >> it gives us a place where the kids to run around. it's a pla

pat collins has more from silver spring. pat? >> reporter: because of an appending appeal dr. greenberg would not talk about the specifics of the criminal case. but he still had a lot to say. >> if you could look right out there, talk to your patients, patients that you have seen over the years, what would you like to tell you patients? >> tell them that i miss him. very much. i love my patients. i hope they are in good hands now. i also hope -- i hope in the mere future i will take care of them again. i'm very saddened by what happened. >> reporter: a message that dr. greenberg to his patients. dr. greenberg, convicted yesterday of three misdemeanor drug charges, including possession of cocaine. it was last april that dr. greenberg's office was raided by police. his license to practice medicine has been suspended. he says that he's now in great distress. >> professionally, it destroyed me. personally, it is -- hurt me personally and saddens me. it saddens me and it is -- it is -- put a lot of stress on me. it changed my life. i can't do what i can do best. i can't do what i h

wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >>> we have breaking news now from capitol hill.here has been a shooting reported at new jersey and c street northwest. we have one person shot. that's near the capitol. here is a live picture for you. new jersey and c street northwest. we have a crew heading to the scene and we will gett to you. more information as we get it. again, that's a shooting there near capitol hill. >>> toddler in a carjacking at a iaviinrg gon sti btainas hee as d fe.d 1-ldye-oar nay on homey wasn-o i seat inhe tca familiv minan m en a virginia beani cve once ice olay pwh se the s rhe awayrusd othe mr umdpednumha tt v and s d a off. t eerthdlod was foundsdlhi t hiafternoon in a parking lot in tneornewp .ws the susec. it still onhe t i ru he's believed to still be driving that stolen n.va >>> police in convenient a anva nia, are look for a thatlylluaegedex slly assaulted n. exmawo ap ma hitpened:0 h0 this afternoon. e jthnmaogged algonhe tn washin oonnd ald dinniond park trail near ayr hill avenue. the 25-year-old woman told polius the sctpe appacctdhe ahe

pat collins has been following this case for us. he is here now with more. >> reporter: they didn't mention any names. but in court today the defense attorneys say they have a different theory about who killed chandra levy. yet another twist in the high-profile murder case. in superior court today, the defense attorneys representing the man charged in the murder of chandra levy say they know of r possible suspects. those defense attorneys represent ingmar guandique the man charged in the death of the washington intern. chanda levy disappeared in may 2001. her remains found in rock creek park a year later. ingmar guandique, charged last march. at the time of his arrest, he was already in jail for attacking two female joggers in rock creek park. prosecutors working the case plan to present evidence of other crimes linked to guandique. p a former cellmate who claims he was raped by guandique. testimony about guandique's alleged lewd behavior in front of female prison guards. and a witness that says guandique talked aut abusing women. a

pat collins reports. >> reporter: this is judge frederick weisberg.mately, he will decide the guilt or innocen of banita jacks. jacks is charged with killing her four daughters. inside superior court for the last day and a half, judge weisberg has been viewing a videotaped statement jacks gave to police. eight hours long. and in that interview, banita jack says her daughters were possessed by demons. that demons got into the furniture and into the girls' clothing and she says that she threw out all of the furniture and all the clothes. that her girls were left with only t-shirts to wear. and now it was january 9, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside they found the bodies of her four daughters. ages 5, 6, 11, and 17. and they say that the girls had been dead for months. their bodies decomposed and mummified. and in her statement jacks says her 17-year-old daughter, brittney, was like jezebel. she says she tried to choke me and push me down. she would scream and holler, jacks says and bang on the walls.

i'm pat collins, news4, washington. >>> for people would use the red line, it will be a tough weekend. the takoma station is going to close while officials continue their investigation. into the deadly metro crash last month. the officials focusing on a malfunctioning circuit that continues to be a problem. that circuit was supposed to stop the red line train that crashed, killing nine people on june 22. the problem circuit has been replaced but still is not working. metro and ntsb officials don't know why. >> this is not a situation where we can say we have the solution. take us a little while to get. it worked out. we will get back to you. this is where we are in the dark. and the public needs to know that. >> nsb investigators plan to conduct tests on the tracks between the takoma and fort totten stations tomorrow. rail service between those two stations will be suspended. the takoma station will be closed from 7:00 in the morning until 7:00 in the evening tomorrow. >>> couple of strange accidents across our area this morning. 11:00, driver crashed into the motor vehicle office in

pat collins has our report. >> reporter: yet another twist to the high profile murder case.rt, defense attorneys representing the man charged in the murder of chandra ten other ey know ofener o t people who are possible suspects. those defense attorneys represent ingmar guandique, the man charged in the death of the washington intern. chandra levy disappeared in may 2001. her remains found in rock creek park a year later. ingmar guandique charged last march. at the time of his arrest, he was already in jail for attacking two female joggers in rock creek park. prosecutors working the case plan to present evidence of other crimes linked to guandique. a former clmateen that claims he was raped by eguandique. testimony about guandique's alleged lewd behavior in front of femalen psori guards. d a witness that says so guandique talked about abusing women. and how he would hog tie and rape them if they didn't want him. according to court documents, a mixture of dna was recovered from chandra levy's running tights. but that dna is not a match for ingmar guandique. the trial for guan

pat collins has more. pat?, it seemed like the prince georges county police department was just starting to turn things around. they just got out from under years of federal oversight. the crime rate, gone down. and now this. accusations of dirty cops doing felonious things. prince georges county police say the fbi is investigating allegations that some county officers are involved inus serio illegal activity such as providing protection for aer gambling ring,

. >> reporter: i am pat collins, news4, montgomery county. >> right now mike is serving on the montgomeryy sool board. >>> right now, we have an interesting day developing. not quite as nice as yesterday, but not as hot and steamy. >> yeah, not hot and steamy but not a washout, but somewhere in between. with all the clouds in place we will see rain showers move across the area. north of town, the chances of rain are not as good as south of town, basically. the storm system is well south of us, and from the beltway southward, i think that's where we will have the best chance of seeing off and on rain showers in the day. and i think you will stay drier north of town than the rest of us. and here is what it looks like outside. it's cloudy out there this morning, and cool. temperatures in the 60s. we are headed to the mid and upper 70s. and we have a northerly flow. and the dew point is 52, so it's comfortable out there. and we are sitting at 69 degrees. there is warmer weather from dallas through new orleans. and then the batch of weather will push up towards the area. can you see their dew

. >> pat collins. thank you, pat. >>> it happens every summer. and it happens again today. a 4-year-old child fell from a second story window. it happened on home acres terrace in beltsville, maryland. prince george's fire officls say the little girl was leaning on the window screen and that screen gave way. the child landed on the back deck of the house. she was taken to children's hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> metro shut down part of the red line again today to conduct more tests on the track. the closure is part of the continuing effort to find answers to the deadly crash. >>> metro closed the takoma station from 10:00 to 3:00 today so investigators could conduct tests at the crash site. some riders were caught by surprise. >> i understand why they would have to in order to investigate the accident properly but it is a big inconvenience to the commuters and the users of the system. >> i'm glad that they are closing it down and investigating it so it won't happen again. the fact they are putting this much time into it i appreciate it. >> shuttle buses car

. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> almost two dozen students from the d.c. area quarantined in china this evening because of concerns about the swine flu. the students are from d.c. from schools across the d.c. area. and including walter johnson high and montgomery county. tonight they are being quarantined in beijing. julie carey is following the story and is in the newsroom. >> as many as eight of the students have also shown symptoms of h1n1 or swine flu including a montgomery county teen whose test results came back positive today. the local parents say they are comforted by the care and attention the teens are getting during the difficult time. many of the student group landed in beijing they were whisked into quarantine at a hotel. one of the male students in the hotel had a fever as they got off the plane and was stringent precautions in place in china that meant quarantine. and video taken of potomac 16-year-old natalie cheney that attends the national cathedral school and spoke to reporters for british television. >> i think they are take good care

pat collins has our report. >> reporter: it is the six-hour long police intiregatierrogatio. over and over, banita jacks denies doing anything to harm her girls. she says it was just something that happened in their sleep.d this is niksta jn i aac police interview room. hours after her four daughters were found dead in her home on sixth street southeast. she's wearing a police provided paper jumpsuit with a white material wrapped around her head. she told the detectives her daughters were possessed by demons and that they died in their sleep. >> how much time pass bid between the little one didn't wake up to the one next to the youngest didn't wake up? >> wait a minute. what are you saying? >> when you say they didn't wake up. >> one mate and then the next night. two days later and then the next one. >> what did you think happened to them? >> like i was telling you, i didn't understand exactly what happened. i was thinking about it and it just didn't make any sense to me. i could not -- i have never hurt a child. in my life. i would not. i know what your evidence is saying bu

pat collins joins us now from outside of the courthouse in northwest d.c. ey, pat. >> reporter: the videotape i saw today surreal. murder suspect bonita jacks dressed? a white police jump suit, white scarfed on her head. she looked like a nurse or nun talking in a distant way about the deaths of her daughters. in superior court today they played the videotape of bonita jacks interview with police on the day she was picked up in the murder case of her four daughters. it's an eerie sight. bonita jacks in a police interview room dressed in a jump suit provided by police and a white scarf around her head. periodically spinning in ispitt white styrofoam cup. she said she hadn't even in more than two months. in a rambling interview that went on for hours, she told detectives that "everyone i've been close to has mysteriously ended up dead." she said her children were hungry and weak and one day they began passing out. she said it dn'idry t to get help because i knew it was too late. the united states versus bonita jacks. boxes of evidence at superior court as the

pat collins has more on this story from rockville. >> reporter: this trial is still going on. a

. >> pat collins is rvinte interview. the deputy involved in the crash was critically injured and released from the hospital on sunday. >>> last-minute changes in the cash for clunkers program put the breaks on some deals already in the works. and last week the environmental protection agency changed the mileage figures on 100 different vehicles. some vehicles that were on the list are now not eligible, and others that were not on the list are now >>le> a ng> a budget battle is bre tgin mon omery county. m they are considering furhsug and layoffs becausethf oane budget short fall next year. mbtyh cilermeoumembe says the has an unemploaten rtcoe of 5.7%, which i theig in ears. the county implemented other cuts. >>> more budget cuts coming at the state's flagship unrsersity. college park is freezing hiring, and laying off. the moves are in a necessary since the university needs to slice $14.6 million from the budget. he says the university will add new course options for aspiring professionals in a bid to generate more reve

pat collins, once again, outside d.c.t. >> reporter: this is a high-stakes criminal case. it mass life consequences. who is the boss of the banita jacks defense team? it is banita jacks. banita jacks, she's taking an active role in her defense here at superior core. talking to her attorneyses about questions to be asked. making strategy decisions that could greatly influence the outcome of this case. and it was banita jacks who decided to have this trial in front of judge frederick weisberg. and instead of having a trial in front front of a ju. kenny robinson is a former prosecutor and savvy criminal defense attorney. >> i think the world of him. to try that case in front of judge weisberg with this judge with his experience and intelligence, his track record, that's like automatically may as well telephone in the verdict and send her off to some maximum security prison. that's how that will play. >> reporter: banita jacks charged with killing her four daughters, ages 5 to 17. she says that they were possessed by demons a