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pat collins, news4. >> so hard to choose between the pets. the gorilla in the bikini bikini. creative. >> looks like you. >> i've been working with pat for more than 30 years. i've been begging str a snow stick that entire thing. >> where does he hide them? >> i don't know. >> you have to compete. you have to enter the contest to win. you don't get that free. >> i'm your boy, man. i don't get a stick at some point? >> he's got 30 of those hats. that's not the same hat every day. he's got 30 of those hats. >>> i thought it was the same one. >> no. >> smells like the same one. >> yes. >> maybe we ought to talk about the weather, doug. >> maybe now is the time. >> we've headed south. >> headed south. i think what we'll see tonight is those refreezing temperatures going way down. anything that melted today will refreeze. we are seeing some ice out there already. temperatures will continue to fall down to 28 now, we'll be at 25 next hour and by 11:00 down to 19 and that's in the city. again, many of you will be between 10 and 15 degrees by that tim

>> i'm going to enter her in the pat collins snow stick challenge. i think i'm going to be disqualified. pat is going to y employees can't win. nothing but bureaucratic red tape. but i already got a stick. >> i won't ask how you got it. >>> virginia's governor is calling in extra help to deal with the winter storm. he declared a state of emergency. that move authorizes the governor to deploy the national guard to different areas around the state. it also sta agencies to be ready to help out local governments deal with the snow out there. the state of emergency operation is and running in maryland maryland. that resources to local first responders. state officials want you to stay off the roads if you can today. more than 2,000 plows are out there cleaning the roads right now. state police are redeploying troopers to areas that received a lot of snow. we have seen those preparations in action this morning. megan mcgrath is live in waldorf where cre s working to clear some of the streets. megan? >> reporter: yeah we are still seeing some plows here and

the winner of the pat collins snow stick revealed, next.. >>> a fast-moving burst of snow moving across our area right now. it's having quite an impact on the drive home. >> our team coverage continues all the way to 7:00. doug and veronica tracking it all in storm center 4. where is it now, doug? >> it's right over the i-95 corridor coming right on through the district. the good news here is we're not seeing the snowfall rates like we saw with that saturday storm system that dropped a quick inch in some locations. so if you get a coating, that's going to be about it. we have not seen too many problems back to the west on some of the roadways. some of them are covered toward montgomery county, especially those secondary roads. that will be the case through prince george's county, part fz anne arundel county. the storm itself, frontal boupdry coming right on through i-95 now getting close to bow we croften, clinton, right now around mt. vernon as it continues to move off to the east at about 20 miles per hour. behind it, we just get cold. th

live in montgomery county pat collins, news 4. >>> pat, thank you.>t now, m street in george is back open for traffic. r part of the day, a fire brought the busy shopping area to a standstill. news 4's zachary kiesch talks to workers how they escaped the flames today. a lot of people in town asking the same question. caused the large section of m street to be shut down. what's responsible for all this smoke that rolled out of steve madden. >> my manager told me we had some gfi t heating. i smelled smoke later, around 10:00. i went downstairs to check and see if it was on fire like our furnac the doors. that's when virgil jeffries and his co-workers ran. this video shows what they saw when t scary. never been in a fire. >> it came around 10:15, the call. it w out by 11:00. not before the smoke made it upstairs. e employees were forced to evacua nearby businesses and the disruption became the main event. wh spent firefighters and yellow polic tape snarled traffic, people std and wanted to know. what happened? >> i mean got to suck for business he owns

our pat collins is outside that hotel right now on thomas circle with more on this. pat? >> reporter: jim, this could be a most important clue. now, that picture was taken outside the donovan hotel -- moments ago, police put out this picture of the so-called person of interest in the donovan hotel murder case. it appears it was taken by a hotel security camera in the lobby. police are looking to talk to this person. the victim 30-year-old david messerschmitt messerschmitt, lives with his wife in a condo on capitol hill. he worked for a powerhouse law firm with washington offices in chinatown. he was found stabbed to death tuesday morning in a room at the donovan hotel on thomas circle. so why was he here? who was he with? police want to know. they've been working this case nonstop. police chief kathy lanier says the day before messerschmitt's body was found he was reported missing. >> we know that the victim in that case had been reported missing by family. i believe it was about 24 hours before. >> reporter: today a spokesman for the messerschmitt family delivered this m

that's with the official pat collins snow stick. we even have all the big snowstorms from the past listed here right on the side. now you have a chance to get a snow stick of your very own. it taos snow stick challenge. we call it snow us your pet. now let's get on with it. you know how they say ducks go to water? well milo he goes to the snow. milo is a -- >> 7-year-old nova scotia duck retriever. >> reporter: that's a mouthful. >> it is. >> reporter: he uses his nose like a metal detector to sniff out the snow. i don't know what he's snitching for, but he does a great job of it. he can eve don snow tricks. cue milo! >> yay, milo! >> reporter: let's hear it for milo! now on to the snow us your pet challenge. we've received scores and scores and scores of entries. horses. deer. big farm animals. don't ask me. i grew up in the city. now, for what you might call the dapper dog category. look at some of the outfits these dogs are sporting. this one has booties. there's one in a banana outfit. or this number. it's like formula tire with

pat collins uncovering new information just ahead. he'll explain what stopped the beat >>> today dreams are coming true for thousands of high school athletes across our country. it is national signing day, folks. we're about to show you one local school that has achieved gridiron glory. watching news 4 at 5:00 and we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> a patriotic salute today for the super bowl champs. new england patriots were honored with a parade through boston today. it was chi bitter cold but they warmed it up there. tom brady took his son there. also gronk was there in his gronk style dancing around while wearing despicable me hat. this is the pats' fourth super bowl title. even belichick cracked a smile today. >>> today is one of the biggest days in the lives of many high school athletes. >> signing day to the next level. >> reporter: it's a very special day here at friendship collegiate academy. 18 seniors signing their na letters of intent. these young men fulfilling a long-time dream of playing college football. today t

news4's pat collins has been live at the scene since the barricade started. pat, what can you tell us now? >> reporter: pat, that's where it happened that landscape yard over there. an outburst by an employee that had dely consequences. they say he came to work angry, that he came to work with a gun, and in the end, he turned it on himsel cops with long guns at the ready. large armored vehicles moved into position. a portion of brookfield road in silver spring looked like a war zone. the scene of the standoff, a gigantic mountain of mulch at a landscape company. witnesses say an employee here came to work and that he was angry, and that he acted on it. >> this male subject, who was an employee of the business arrived to work he seemed upset and agitated. at one point he left the business went to his vehicle, and retrieved a shotgun. he pointed it at one employee and then shot a round into a mulch pile nearby. >> reporter: i talked to a landscape worker who was there when the shot was fired. he asked that we not show his face. >> it was scary. sir, i don't care

live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> well, look at this. this is what's awaiting you as you head up i-270 in father hurley. that snow squall we've been talking about is finally getting closer and closer to d.c. and up into montgomery county. how fast is this moving, doug? >> pretty quickly about 25 to 30 miles per hour. it's only going to last about 15 minutes, maybe up towards a half hour. it's a very quick mover. the one thing we're not seeing we saw valentine's day, that storm came through with 40-mile-per-hour winds, this one 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds. it's a little easier to get through. reston live camera, the visibility has come down big big-time and it will continue through the evening. this line an extremely narrow line. can't forget what's going on toward the northern neck, maryland, also lighter snow here. this is the area of heavier snow. one other band back to the west woo we're going to watch that one, too. but right in through the region thshgs is around weston, herndon, over towards rockville, about to come through the be

news4's pat collins join us live near the scene. pat? >> reporter: jim, we've obtained the 911 call for help from that fatal hit-and-run on the bw parkway. you may find it disturbing, not just the description of the scene from the teenage caller but the tone and words from the dispatcher as well. >> can you all please hurry up? >> ma'am, stop yelling. i need a location. >> we're on 295 near bowie. >> 295. that's good. we're located now on a highway. now that's a pretty long road. >> reporter: this was the 911 call for help made to the anne arundel county fire department. it came from the back seat of this car from a teenaged girl. it came after her father and her father's fiancee were struck by a hit-and-run driver on the baltimore-washington parkway. her father rick warrick, was killed. his fiancee seriously >> there's two people were struck? >> yes. they both -- >> okay. let's stop whining, okay. let's stop whinin it's hard to understand you. two people were struck correct? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: the entire 911 exchange lasted about

. >>> dlartlater today, we'll find out the winner of pat collins' challenge. we received hundreds of entries everything from cats to goats. yes, will are pet gets out there in our area. we have a panel of judges for the photos. we will announce the winner tonight and the winner gets a grand prize, and you then tig pat collins snow stick. >> a big deal around here. >> i people e-mail me, please spd me one. i have no access to these snow sticks. >> we don't know where they keep them. all right. let's turn to tom kierein. you're telling us we'll have a little more snow today. >> yes, more snow for the pets to romp in and maybe this afternoon just a little bit. but similar to what we had on value teen's day, we had the brief whiteouts, the snow squalls. we may be getting some of those. take a look at the radar, we're getting some of those. if we go to max 2 for this hit will guys today's where we have the radar showing up right now. that is moving now out of the midwest and coming into the mountains. and that will be continuing to track our way here as we get into

tonight his fiancee, still in her hospital bed, is speaking with news4's pat collins about the physical and emotional damage that is left behind. pat? >> reporter: she was seriously injured. her fiance died by her side. tonight the survivor of that horrible hit-and-run on the bw parkway talks about what happened. how are you doing? >> i'm tired, in pain sad, mad. >> reporter: it's been four days since it happened. and jewel pierce is still in a lot of pain. still recovering physically and emotionally from that terrible hit-and-run attack. >> just find out that somebody died next to you and live okay. >> reporter: jewel is a surviving victim of the hit-and-run incident on the bw parkway sunday night. she and her fiance were changing a flat tire on this car when they were struck on the shoulder of the road. 38-year-old rick warrick was killed. jewel was seriously injured. rick warwick was changing the tire. she was holding the light. this is what she remembers. >> i was, like checking to see if he was breathing because hef -- my hip was stuck that way, and he was laying like sort of on me

i'm pat collins news4. >> and all of our judges are fair. check out all of the entries and they sure are cute. head to the nbc washington app and search "snow stick". >>> right now first at 4, another winter blast on our doorstep. it could cause more problems throughout our region. we'll tell you about the accident that involved the driver of a snowplow. >>> but first, a quick burst of snow is about to make a big impact in our area hitting right in the middle of the evening rush. veronica is back to tell us what sto expect. >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. >> now at 4:30, live pictures as we prepare for another winter blast, this one set to arrive during the evening rush. >> and it is going to pack a punch folks. let's get an update on the timing and the impact from storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. >> yeah, guys. some of you still seeing some sunshine right now. if you are, expect rapidly, rapidly changing conditions and, yes, deteriorating as we get snow in here. right now on storm team 4 radar across most of the area w

i'm pat collins. coming up news4. >>> the pats are headed back to celebrate with fans in boston. dianna russini talking to a narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii. >>> i'm with the washington capitals jay beagle. and my resolution is to go to chapel each week. i skipped a couple. i grew up in a christians family. we are on the road a lot and we have a chapel mann come in and it's nice to go there whoever wants it to get focused and centered and stay with it. and spend more time with my son outside and spend more time in the woods more often and be more active. if something happens life gets too

news4's pat collins is outside the donovan in thomas circle with more. pat? >> reporter: doreen police say they're giving a number of tips and leads but so far no arrests in this bizarre hotel murder case. a case that sources say may have begun as a robbery. the fire is out. the reward has been posted. the person of interest security video is out there. the hunt for the killer of david messersmith is getting into high gear. according to a missing persons report filed with police david messersmith's wife said she last saw her husband at their capitol hill condo on sunday february 8th at 9:30 a.m. according to that report his wife called police and reported him missing at 1:50 a.m. tuesday morning, about 10 hours before he was found stabbed to death in a fourth-floor room at the donovan hotel. so far the biggest clue in the case video of this so-called person of interest. it shows the individual entering the hotel about 7:45 monday night. it's unclear as to whether or not this subject is a man or a woman. the person hits the elevator button then decides to clim

live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> pat, thank you. a man charged in the murder of a virginia man has entered what's called an alford plea in the case. by doing so brandon henry says he's innocent but believes prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him. henry's accused of stabbing and killing alvin cannon in the dale city area last summer. prosecutors tell us the victim tried to intervene when he saw henry attacking his brother-in-law with a knife. >>> it's high interest right now on social media. the fbi director takes on race relations and law enforcement. why james comby says we're at a crossroads. >>> maryland governor larry hogan proposes eliminating the income tax on the pensions of military retirees. this is chris gordon. we'll talk to some vets and find out how they plan to use the extra money ahead. >>> this is interesting. we want to know what you think about facebook giving you the chance to make your page immortal. go to the nbc >>> maryland's governor says it's simply the right thing to do. >> he is lobbying for a bil

live in montgomery county pat collins, news 4. >>> thanks pat. there should no worries but vigila that t advice tonight from the french government. securi officials there are workg aro the clock to find out who has been flying drones over paris landmarks for two nights in a row. this afterno an al jazeera newsw was arrested in a park with a drone. network says that the three jours wer simply shooting a story on the drone overfl it is illegal to operate a drone without a license in france. >>> we're watching the describes around here doug. >> yeah. bracing ourselves for yet anotr disruptive weather event. that's what it's going to be. a disruptive event. this won't be a big storm. don't expect to see a ton of snow. >> on top of the snow we've got -- >> it's not at a good time. it's during the rush hour. n on the cold side. anythi that falls will once agn sti to the roads. good news there. on the mild side for a change. 37 la ray, 37 annapolis. temper will fall as we move on through the overnight hours. below freezing and then the roads will below

and what could be better than a pat collins snow stick. that's a huge prize.an take part in the next snow stick challenge. >> and earlier that it was a parakeet. on facebook it's a sun collier. >> apparently they're really loud birds. >> and bright. which we're hoping for some -- i know amelia talked about the sun this morning. but it's wraelreally got going to warm things up. >> it will enhance your mood, but that's about it. we have winds overwhelming that sunshine this morning giving us a large area under a windchill advisory including just about all of virginia eastern west virginia most of maryland and the metro area. those counties in blue under the windchill skrizadvisory into tomorrow morning. this time tomorrow morning, windchills to around 20 below zero. right now windchills are hovering near zero. camp springs down to 5 below, gaithersburg at 7 below. right now the windchill at dulles 9 below zero. winds are gusting around 20 to 25 miles an hour. the temperatures are right around 10 degrees northern western suburb. right in washington and eastern su

live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> the local man accused of ramming his dump truck into a has bn indicted on attempted murder chargings. surveillance video shows the truck hitting the car and nearly hitting two officers last month. the officers were able to jump out of the way. investigators say jeanne brandon accused police of killing his brother before the attack. >>> a snub the purple line today. some people are concerned about the future of that. larry hogan never mentioned that project during the state of the state address. tracee wilkins found out what could happen if state funding is dropped. >> reporter: this is next to the mark station. it promises easy transit access. >> a lot of the people in our apartment building don't have cars. >> reporter: developers are banking on the arrival of the purple line to make better. >> paern living here doesn't need a car. they can go two stops, change trains and go to bethesda. skblr that's part of the reason the developer attended the conference at the university. they are asking business owners to lobby maryland's governor and re

live rockville, pat collins, news >>> i mark segraves at the live desk. new w first to report about vanli a local mosque. now we've learned the ivy city mos inme northeast d.c. has been vandalized again. theirr of the mosque tells news4 vandals came in sometime latst night early this mor and ripped relig hanginm t wall and broke furnur polye earlier attack did t appear to be motivated by hate because of otr skrand vam th neighborhood aroth same time. i'm mark segraves. >>> anr neighbors to the south in virginia digging out tonht this latest winter blast dumped abo 5 to 8 inches in the richnd fol down in hampton roads s anye 3 to 9 inches. virgin s police are respontds of calls toda >>> t natialua was call i help stranded drivs birmingham, alabama. traffis backed up for miles on interstate 65 down there. parts nthn alabama a buried nearly a foot of sno theoa covered in slush and i now. that maybes for really treaeavther whe tar used to that. >> no they are not. but i heard doug in the last hour use the number 60 as in degree >u that. >> i love that. >> tha

pat collins has been at the scene of the barricade all day. it happened outside a landscape business in silver spring. pat? >> reporter: jim, the man who died here was a mechanic here. they say he would often greet you with a wave and a smile. and people who knew him here people like janet gonzalez said they have no idea what caused him to do what he did here. the man who died in this standoff with police was a mechanic for a landscape company here. janet gonzalez saw him just about every day. >> everybody knew him, like if anything was broken down he would come up -- you know, they would come up and ask him, fix it, and he we glad to do it. i don't think he had any problems with it. >> reporter: miss gonzalez said she e man do anything suspicious or scary. did you ever see him act in an unusual way? >> no never. never. he always smiled. every time that we broef by each other, you know, going in and out, he would just wave that's it. >> reporter: but there he was today, this mechanic at the landscape company, with a shotgun in hand and a long s

pat collins joins us live outside the hotel with new details. pat? >> reporter: jim, police say his family reported him missing on monday. tuesday he was found stabbed to death here now the donovan hotel murder mystery. the donovan hotel murder victim identified by a family spokesman as 30-year-old david messerschmidt found stabbed to death tuesday in a fourth floor room of the donovan hotel on thomas circle. police at the scene today, they were here last night. they're collecting evidence in this troubling case of murder. david messerschmidt lived on capitol hill. his office was in chinatown. so what brought him to this hotel on thomas circle? and who was with him in that fourth floor hotel room? investigators are trying to answer all those questions. david messerschmidt was an attorney. he worked for dla piper a global law firm with 4200 lawyers in 30 countries. their offices here in washington at 8th and "e" streets northwest. the statement from the firm today, this is an extremely tragic situation, and we send our sincere condolences to david's f

live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> i'm scott mcfarland. word there have been more emergency raiddio breakdowns inside d.c. retrotunnels. in the three weeks since last month's deadly incident in the plaza. emergency radios used by firefighters and law enforcement to deal with emerggm e the breakdown. they told us they have had at least ten failures during those tests. many on the orange line, one on the green line platform and on the red line. the city is so concerned about breakdowns they have increased the frequency of their testing. they used to do it once a month and now they are doing it once a week. during the testing, they found ten failures on emergency radios. more on the story coming up at 5:00. more coverage coming up. >>> now we have an update on a story you saw first on news 4 about that 911 dispatcher. the one who asked the teen to stop whining when she called because her father was injuried in a deadl maryland. that dispatcher is not currently in contact with the public on his job. a spokesman for the fire department ss a inv

in alexandria, pat collins, news4. >>> storms impacting a huge part of the country from the hid west and south to new england again. >> miguel almaguer is nbc's disaster guy. fit ice bad weather or some kind of natural disaster he is on it. miguel what do they have you working tonight? >> reporter: hey, jim and doreen. good to be with you guys. we're out off the boston harbor in frigid temperatures. we're aboard a u.s. coast guard cutter. a ship, a battering ram that's been clearing ice blocks all night long. we'll show you coming up in just a little bit what they're doing out here and how frigid it's been not just here but all across new england. of course you guys are feeling it in d.c. too. missed you guys. >> we miss you, too, miguel. all things considered i think you'd be better off if you were here tonight than there. our heaviest snow hasn't even arrived yet. we'll go live at 6:45 to the area doug kammerer says is in the bull's-eye for the highest snow totals around here. >>> we have now learned this storm has turned deadly in the south. and up in boston tonight, a normal comm

ahead in our next hour, news4's pat collins will have reaction from those who knew him. >>> an update to a story we first brought you in november. the man who hit and killed a bicyclist in montgomery county is charged with two moving violations but not in the death of the man he struck. just three days before thanksgiving, police say john klein of hagerstown was driving along darnstown road in gaithersburg in a truck belonging to the wssc and was turning into a shopping center when he hit a man on a bicycle there. andrew mow laws yoe of gaithersburg died at the scene. >>> a big declaration from the white house today. first at 4, president obama laying out the specific whz it comes to the fight against isis. we'll have the late breaking detaileds. >>> a show of support right here in washington for bobbi kristina brown, the new information is the daughter of the late whitney houston battles for her life. and the sad connection to her mother's death. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we

in montgomery county pat collins, news4. >>> a budget deal in virginia tonight.statehouse and senate have agreed to the plan that gives s raises for state employees and teachers. the budget restores $30 million to local governments which had been cut. the full general assembly could vote as early as thursday. >>> we updated you on young josh hardy's story just last week. it took an intense social media campaign to get him a lifesaving drug. today virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on a right-to-try big that would give terminally ill patients more access to experimental drugs. the bill was inspired by josh's story. he's 8 years old. he lives in fredericksburg. last year a national campaign was waged to get him access to a drug that hasn't been approved by the fda, but the doctor said could save his life. he did eventually get that drug and he's now doing much better. >>> coming up tonight, we'll tell you why some drivers in virginia could be getting tickets from this morning's commute. tickets they don't deserve. >>> and the penalty csx will have to pay for

. >> our pat collins just finished speaking with her. explain how her soon-to-be groom may have saved her life. pat? >> reporter: >> reporter: i just left her hospital room shis getting better but she has a long way to go. her name is jewel pierce. she's the surviving victim of that terrible hit-and-run on the bw parkway. her fiancee was changing a tire. she was holing the light when they were run down. he was killed. she was seriously injured. this is how she describes what happened. >> i was, like checking to see if he's breathing because he was -- my hip was stuck that way, and he was laying like sort of on me. and i was, like rolling over make sure he can breathe. then i kept checking him. he was just out there for a very long time in the cold. i just know that cars just kept going. nobody stopped and they were waving trying to get people to stop and nobody stopped. >> reporter: jewel has injuries to her hip, her legs her ankle. she has no insurance. if you want to help out, check out our website and her pay it forward page. but it's

news4's pat collins spoke with a relative of the victim. he's live with the crash happened. pat? >> reporter: police have put up an electronic billboard at the scene looking for tips. a full-court press tonight by fairfax police looking for the driver in this deadly hit-and-run. the victim was 85 years old, didn't need glasses, didn't use a cane. he was in good health. she liked to walk from her home across the street to the shopping center over there. >> she liked freedom. she liked to walk every day for giant store, looking for somebody or talking to friends. >> reporter: last night on her walk run down and killed. it happened around 6:30 on stone road in centreville. the driver of the crowd kept on going. marisol and her twin sons live in the same house as adela. they're related by marriage. she believes that driver had just stopped, things would have been different. it's your belief that if the perp who hit her in the car had stopped and called 911, she may have survived this right? >> survived. that's right. sol it's a cold person that no help for her. >> reporter: coward. >

in fairfax county i'm pat collins, news4. >> two emts who were seriously hurt in crash on the beltway last weekend are improving and said to be in good spirits. montgomery county fire just tweeted that one of the emts has been released from the hospital. the other has been transferred to rehabilitation. 20-year-old sidney marshall and 26-year-old thomas schrieber were hit while responding to a crash on the beltway at river road. marshall had to get stitches in her face. >>> you don't have to look any further than the chesapeake bay to get an idea how cold it is. the waterway is covered in large sheets of ice up to two feet thick in some places. ships from the coast guard and maryland's department of natural resources are plowing through it to keep the shipping channels clear. they're also delivering emergency supplies to people on sniff and tangier islands in the bay because the ferries aren't running. >> people in middle tennessee are bracing for more snow and ice. nashville still recovering from an ice storm earlier this week. many steps and sidewalks still coated in ice. here's som

pat collins tracking down the details. he ease in alexandria tonight near the site of the latest theft. patrick? >> reporter: that missing alexandria food truck is miss nothing more found tagless and violated this morning in forestville forestville, maryland. this is sonny. he owns sate an indonesian restaurant in alexandria but his most recent venture, his baby was sate the food truck. a big bold red food truck with a rooster painted on the side and vanity license plates. last friday evening, sonny left his big red food truck at a shop down the street to have a little touchup work done. but before you could say i'll have a number 4, that truck was gone stolen. out of here. there was a bmw on one side of your truck. >> yeah. >> reporter: a mercedes on the other side of your truck. >> right. >> reporter: but they stole -- >> the red truck. >> reporter: your big red truck. >> yeah. >> reporter: your truck. >> on valentine's day. >> jason honeycutt was on to work when lo and behold he sees the sate food truck. it was tagless.

news4's pat collins talks to the victims and why investigators say the thieves kne >>> we're not going to hurt you. we will no. we respect you. >> a scary moment for a man and his wife as thieves confront them in their home. the suspects knew exactly what they were looking for and what where to find it. >> tonight we're learning how police managed to track them down. pat collins spent the afternoon with the victims and joins us live from the police headquarters in gaithersburg with the details. >> reporter: this home invasion unlike others. in this case you might say the suspects turned >> i was so startled i was focusing in on all the shattered glass all over. and thinking this is a break-in. i wonder what's going to happen. >> reporter: he's a retired surgeon and former professor of surgery. he's recovering from a cataract operation. he and h wife married in june 1955. they've had all sorts of adventure their life scuba diving around the world, but nothing like the encounter they had at their bethesda home on presidents' day when two robbers broke into the place with what appeared to

news4's pat collins reports. >> reporter: rick warren killed his fiancee seriously injured when they were struck by a hit-and-run driver on the bw parkway. they were out changing a flat tire on his car when it happened. rick warrick's teenaged daughter was in back of the car. she called 911 for help but the dispatcher's tone and words were something less than comforting. this is a sampleing of the conversation. >> can you all please hurry up? >> ma'am, stop yelling. i need a location. so two people were struck? >> yeah they both -- >> okay. let's stop whining, okay. let's stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> they just laying there. they are just laying here, nothing. they are just laying here. >> is there someone else there i can talk to because it's so hard -- >> only my little brother and i'm talking better than him right now. >> reporter: hear now from captain russ davies with the anne arundel county fire department. >> i think so some degree there was a poor choice of words, however, what he was attempting to do was to get her attention, to try to be able to start ascert

hundreds of you you centssent us your snow pictures and one of you is wake up with a brand new pat collins snow stick. >> congratulations to a 15-year-old, her photo won this snow stick challenge. how about that? that's her pet bird sunshine. >> sweet. >> they live in fairfax county. you can see she brought sunshine a little snowman because she cooperate take it outside. thanks to everybody who entered. sunshine complaint use the use the snow stick, but maybe put it on the wall. >> i bet she received a lot of points for originality. we see a lot of dogs and cats. and the fact that the bird's name is sunshine had a lot to do with it. that's what we need. >> sunshine's been perched on the stick every since. amazing. well this morning we have vampire winds i'm calling these. long sharp teeth. winds are biting this morning. look at our windchills they're down around minus 5 in many locations. the went settles down for a while, then it gets gusty, windchills dip and then the wind dies down. and it will be frigid. our windchill advisory is very long term advisory. it's all day today. overnight t

. ♪ ♪ >>> if it snows just a little bit around here we figure out a way to get pat collins in it.stick. this time he's asking everyone to check me out now, snow us your pets. >> snow us? >> yes. snow us their pets. now you got it. but we got hundreds of entries. everything from goats to cats. but we don't see one with the guy with the bra up in a tree. but anyway we've got a panel judging tomorrow and we'll announce the winner tomorrow evening after the morning people. >> that was a gorilla in a bikini. >> what was that? >> you got to see it to believe . >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- taylor swift -- john oliver -- musical guest imagine dragons,

we go there live no news4's pat collins. pat?reporter: jim there is the scene across the street. tights randolph village senior living complex. and that murder victim has been identified by police as daniel long bellvin. he's a retired navy officer. he was 95 years old. the scene, the randolph village senior living center in colesville. the victim identified as 95-year-old daniel long bellvin, found dead inside his second-floor apartment. he was discovered yesterday but sources say he mayavbe dead fora. police investigati it as a homicide. they say he die from they they describe as trauma to the upper body. >> when i came in from work yesterday i noticed police officers just rushing, like there were no more police in the county. and they stayed here till maybe 9:00, 9:30 last night. >> reporter: janice hutton is a resident here. she remembers seeing the victim around the complex walking his dog. she said he was very popular. >> this gentleman has been here less than a year. >> reporter: really. >> less than a year. >> reporter: a

live in montgomery county pat collins, 4. >> glad he's okay. thank you, pat. >>> jury deliberations will resume tomro morning in the d.c. poli whistle-blower trial. news4 shot this video of officer hilton burton leaving d.c. superior u about an hour ago when thest day of deliberat ended. burton claims he was demoted two ranks after contradicting poli chief c lon issue of police escorts for celebritie lanier claims hef demoted due to poor performance. >>> the fist academically trained b architect is about to receive a stamp dedicated in his honor. thursday the u.s. postal service will dedicate a stamp of robert robinson taylor. taylor was the first -- believed to be the first african-american graduate of m.i.t. and he supvit design and constructif the tuskegee instituten alabama. valley jarrett, the president -- presidentma senior adviser and taylor's great granddaughter will helpunveil that stamp on thursday. >>> ug her a look at our weather. bad in some places but not for most of us. >> temperatures rose above freezing faiy quickly so we didn't

. >> news4's pat collins was in court to a joins us live in rockvillrest spoke to the victim's family. pat? >> reji the killer did everythi c to cover up her involvement. she even went to the victim's funera it's a complicated case. it took months and nt f the prosecutors and the police to put it all together. it to ny three years to get to today. but for the samoa family, the wait wa worth it. the family of eric samoa came to court looking for justice and today t got what they asked for. katrina ben, the whom who murdered eric samoa sentenced to life with parole plus 20 years. >> it was like 25 bears coming off my back. when he handled down that sentenct just made our day. can't by brother back but this wil a closure for our famil >> repor had sex with him and then she shot him in the head. a whe they had his funeral, there s sitting in the second row. katrina b a traveling nurse turned killer. the victim 34-year-old eric samoa fo dead in his bed at this silver spring high-rise. a shell casing found nearby. the prosecution says ben shot eric samoa after she found out she wn'on and on

. >>> later today we're going to find out the winner of pat collins snow stick challenge. this time pat asked everyone to snow us your pets. hundreds of entries. lots and lots of them. everything from goats to cats and, of course dogs. we'll anoux the winner tonight on news 4. be sure to tune in. >>> you just heard from prince george's county schools all afternoon activeityies cancelled. time for a final check of the forecast. >> if you need something to do outside today like you mentioned, get it done earlier rather than later. there will be a chance of snow showers and snow bursts between about 3:00 and 9:00. could get a coating or a dusting up to maybe an inch. one or two lucky spots depending how you like snow. could get more than that. turning windy and much colder once again. highs tomorrow in the teens, and lows by friday morning 4 at national airport. that would be a record low at reagan national and most of the suburbs below zero friday morning. if reagan got below zero friday morning, the first time in 21 years below zero. >> feels like that and felt that way yest

pat collins is live on the scene with what's >> reporter: the barricade situation continues on here,he 8900 block of brookville road. the suspect is in or near a mulch pile behind this landscape business. the suspect has been described as an employee here. it started around 8:30 this morning. they say he has a gun. a shot was fired, but no one was injured. the e.r.t. team the emergency response team from montgomery county has been deployed. there are no hostages. it's just the suspect back there with the gun. they're trying to talk to the man, trying to get him to surrender. a number of roads nearby have been closed off as this operation continues on. again, it's a barricade situation that's been going on for more than three hours now on brookville road. there is a man back there with a gun. police are trying to talk to him, tryino give himself up. he's back there near a mulch pile. the standoff continues on. we're on top of it here. more details coming up. news 4 at 4:00. back to you, barbara. >> thank >>> another developing story we're keeping an eye on. german chancellor angela me

pat collins is there. pat, this man was armed with a shotgun. >> reporte indeed jim. witnesses say they knew something was wrong when they saw this guy come to work today. and the wheels of his truck were spinning as he went into that work site. this man saw the suspect drive up. >> well, h tires screeching and slammed on the brakes right here before entering in there. sped up spun his tires out, went right up the ramp. >> reporter: then came a shot into a pile of mulch. this man was there for that. >> it was scary. sir, i don't care i don't care if we die, you know but i got two children. >> reporter: this man heard that shot and called 911 for help. >> we were working close, and we heard a bang and called the police and they came and told us to evacuate. >> reporter: cops with long guns at the ready. large armored vehicles moved into position. for some time today a portion of brookville road in silver spring looked like a war zone. the scene of the standoff a gigantic mountain of mulch at a landscape company. witnesses say that an employee here came to work and that

where is pat collins when you need him. >> a carrot. >> exactly. big range, southern maryland zero northern maryland 13 inches 2.6 at reagan national 8.9 inches at dulles. the daily snowfall record most in the three to six or seven inch range, a little more in the six to ten inches farther to the north and west. a glad many start outside. 38 at national airport. you'll be shoveling the slush today. temperatures in the low 40s with a little sunshine coming our way later this afternoon. it's an impreing weather picture. hometown temperatures 30 in headachers down 34 front royal, 34 in quantico and stafford and 38 in fredricksburg. annandale, virginia in fairfax county mild today with a lot of melting going on temperatures in the 40s, by tomorrow morning temperatures in the upper 20s. but the cold front goes through tomorrow early on and temperatures will fall during the day. so another very impactful weather day coming our way with windchills near zero. have our storm team 4 weather app ready to go. as far as rain chances, the last of the drops acros

police say the trooper just pulled over suspected drunk dr pat collins will talk with the trooper about that close call. >>> some maryland students will get to sleep in a little later next year. >> the montgomery coun schood approved later start times today. middle and high school bell times will abo 20 minutes. elementary schools will start ten minutes later. the school board was considering several different options, and this one is supposed to cost virtually nothing. >> you kno it does have significant implications. other districts have changed, and other districts have long had later start times for high school students. >> the new bell times will take effect this fall. now, coming up tonight on news4 at 5:00 reactions from both sides of the issue. >>> good news for proponents of medical marijua in virginia. both the house and senate have passed bills allowing derivatives of the plant to be used to treat epilepsy. the oils used for treatment don't gave high. difference the two bills have to be worked out. governor terry mcaulif has expressed support for medical marijuana in the past

live in momenty, pat collins, news4. >>> now to breaking news family and frien of kayla mueller are sharing their heartbreak tonight after learning the aid worker and isis hostage the no longer alive. mueller hee bis in syria since 2013. isis says she was killed bay jordanianir strike last week. her family says the proof of her death ca from a picture e-mailed them. in the last hour, one of her aunts shared her thoughts on kayla. >> the wo wants to be more like kayla and if that is her legacy a the footprint that she leaves on the world, then that is a wonderful thing. >> report: kayla's family just released a let they're she wrote a few months ago. here is part of that letter. "i have co to a place in experiencwhere, in every sense of the word i have surrendered myself to our creator because literally w no one else. and by god and by your prayers i have felt tenderly cradled in prefall. i have now been shown in darknessd light and have learned th even in prison one can be pre" you can the entire letter on the wat rht now. >>> a fairfoun resident is being tested for measles right now. that

jeff will have more tips coming up at later we'll find out the winner of pat collins' snow stick challengewe had a field day with this one. we received hundreds of entries. cat and dogs and goat and pigs. we had have a panel of judges who will decide best in show right here. we'll announce the winner tonight. always tough to judge this competition. >> i like the banana. the dog in a about a man in a peel. that's fun for me. 5:51. let's turn to tom kierein. we're dealing with the cold and we now the the snow was behind us. not so much. >> those dogs that dress in costumes they look embarrassed. dress in your warmest winter gear this morning. we have snow getting closer to us in the ohio valley, kentucky and tennessee that is tracking toward our region. a line of snow showers that will be moving right into the metro area by later this afternoon. here is the timing. leading edge of that in the panhandle of west virginia around 2:00. and then into the shenandoah valley. and then crosses the blue ridge and gets closer to the we were sub western suburbs around 5:30 this afternoon. the whole line

later today, we'll find the winner of the pat collins' snow stick challenge.e received runs of entries like the ones you see here. a panel of judges is looking at the photo and we'll announce the winner tonight on news 4. >> pigs, bunny rabbits. >> whatever you like. [ rooster crowing ] >> maybe a little more snow for the pets to romp in later this afternoon. we have an area under a winter weather advisory. the counties in color including the immediate metro area. and all of these counties northern virginia in maryland, for some scattered snow squalls and snow showers similar to those that passed through saturday. right now we're getting those in ohio, kentucky tennessee. they are advancing off to the east tracking toward us. and the leading edge of that coming into the panhandle of west virginia about 2:00 this afternoon. timing very similar to the earlier run. still has it in the shenandoah valley around 4:00 to 4:30 and then advances east into our western/northern suburbs. comes right into the metro area away around 7:00. and all the way down to fredericksb

submit some really interesting pictures and congratulations are now in order for the winner of the pat collinsick challenge. >> we asked you to show us your pets in the snow so take a look here our winner, fatma's pet sunshine. she made a snowman for shine because she said she couldn't it at that time bird outside. thanks to all of you for you taking part. don't forget, you can follow at pat's snow stick on nbc washington and twitter to take part in the next challenge. i think that bird a parakeet? >> a parrot. >> it's loud apparently. >> i think the name sunshine and the colors maybe a sign of spring. i'm hoping and praying and wishing and crossing my fingers. >> as tom chuckles. >> yes, it's a winter wonderland as any wonder when it's going to warm up again. i wonder if i can catch a flight to florida. we are off to a frigid start. our windchills now are down to subzero. winds aren't blowing that hard only around 10, 15 miles per hour occasionally. but that brings the windchills done to around 5 to around 5 below. advisory all the way into tomorrow morning, windchill advisory in effect cover

pat collins, news4. >>> news4 is tracking some ferocious winds right now. temperatures plummeting and windchills soon in the teens. gusty winds proving to be dangerous. this was the scene in germantown earlier today. the wind knocked down a light pole that landed on a minivan and no one seriously hurt. and wind is driving a dramatic drop in our temperatures. how cold will we see it? >> temperatures up to 50 degrees earlier, now, it feels close to 20 and 30 degrees colder already just getting started with that dramatic drop. gusts upwards of 40 miles an hour some locations a little higher than that. wind gusts reported 38 towards manassas and and wind gusts at baltimore and the river. and that includes the entire region as we will see winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour and with that we could see tree branches and a few thousand people without power in our region too. windchills dropping. here we are at 5 o'clock. notice the 20s, teens and single digit. watch what happens by 7:00 teens move into the i-95 corridor. by 9:00 single digits into the metro region

. >> pat collins. >>> now to the two carjackings in the heart of georgetown. both in broad daylight yesterd news w 4 jackie bensen is live ju off wisconsin avenue. jacks? >> rep well, i can tell you th ve unusual for this neighborhood, two carjack the suspect was armed in broad daylight here in the residential heart of georgeto we c t you the first one happenedp at 31st and p northst thma dr was able to drive away and not be carjacked. but t suspects then drooef littlbi down p street and did manage carjack a woman at gunpot. now, pic were on the scene fairly quickly. they chased the suspects. they di manage to get one and make ayrest, but we understand that the other suspect is still believed to be at large at this time. liv georgetown jackie bense news4. back to you jim. >>> a state department official accused soliciting a minor is now in the custody of fairfax county i officer picked up daniel rosen earlier today from the d.c. jail. he arrested earlier this week aft police tell us he had a series of online exchanges with a fairfax countdecte who posed as a m

live in montgomerouy, pat collins, news4. >>> tonight people who worship in a local mosque are wondering if they're victims of a hate crime. mark segraves found services going on in freezing temperatures today. he's live now in northeast to show us what the mosque director and members plan to do next. >> reporter: thi the ivy city mos income northeast washington. inside they're preparing for their evening prayer services. outside you can still see glass litters the sidewalk. tonight police are saying they don't believe thi he crime. this was not te only location in this neighborhood that was victim of vandalism last night. afternoon prayers went ahead as scheduled even though the broken window has left the mosque bitterly cold inside. for the founder the damage goes far beyond a broken window. >> it just gives me a stomach ache to think that anybody would walk into a mosque, a church a synagogue and do such a thing. for no reason whatsoever. >> around 6:00 sunday evening, someone did walk into the mosque, which is r locked, and began destroying holy books and tearing pictures from the wa