now back to you. >> pat collins. >>> we're also hearing from david simon.he creator of hbo's "the wire." he wrote in a blog post that, while there's much to be argued, debated and addressed, the riots after freddie gray's funeral were, quote, an affront to that man's memory and dmin waigs of the absolute moral lesson that underlies his unnecessary death. he went on to write, if you can't seek redress and demand reform without a brick in your hand, you risk losing this moment for all of us in baltimore. >> thank you wendy. these images we've seen of the burned buildings, recked stores and cars set ablaze have generated a lot of questions on social media this afternoon about who exactly pays for all of this destruction. joining me in the studio, consumer reporter erika gonzalez to tell us how insurance plays a role in all of this unrest. everybody wants to know. will they have to pay for all of it, part of it? >> will they have to pay out of pocket? will insurance step in? we see the efforts made by community members to clean up the damage in baltimore, and i

pat collins at the inner harbor. pat?reporter: jim, after what happened, there's a sense of heartache in the city of baltimore. but the sight of the national guard seems to have eased some of that pain. this is the inner harbor like you've probably never seen it before. the occupation of baltimore. national guard soldiers up and down, all around. it seemed like everyone here had his or her personal guard. after what happened yesterday they were taking no chances. in some cases, it got emotional. >> our city is a great city, and people love each other here. yes, we have problems. yes, we have problems. but this is a great city. let's keep it that way. >> reporter: the inner harbor is to baltimore what the mall is to washington. it's a promenade with a lot of things to see a lot of things to do. today not so much. because of what happened yesterday, the aquarium was closed, the big ships closed, phillip's crab house closed. so the troops became the attraction posing for pictures, when, of course, they weren't guarding the h

pat collins has confirmed that one of the two arrested for the bank robbery in d.c. the so-called black hat bandits. he's looked at court documents and the 66-year-old admitted to police he took part in at least eight bank robberies throughout maryland and northern virginia. all of those robberies attributed to this group called the black hat bandits. the second man arrested in that robbery last month has not been connected to this group. coming up at 5:00 pat collins will take a deeper dive into the court documents to see what they tell us about this accused serial bank robber. i'm wendy leaguer at the live desk. see you in a fuf minutes. >>> well, you haven't filed your taxes yet this year and you don't plan on doing so by tomorrow's april 15th deadline? so now what do you do? >> consumer reporter erika gonzalez is here to tell you and break down the syntax. >> remember with the extensions that it gives you more time to file the paperwork. >> right. >> it does not give you more time to pay. >> right. >> first things first. if you're looking for how to file an exten

news4's pat collins has some mixed reaction from capitol hill. >> this was a breach of security of the capitol that could potentially have been very serious. and we need to understand why he was able to kind of get on to the capitol grounds in an aircraft with nobody stopping him. >> reporter: it was something you'd never expect to see. certainly not after 9/11. a 61-year-old man piloting what he described as a flying bicycle, buzzing into our city and landing the contraption undetected on the lawn of the capitol. it has people in our city shaking their heads. >> if he can do it what's stopping someone else who has bad intentions? >> reporter: norad said they didn't know the flying lawn chair was there until, well, after it was there. on the hill congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton says she's concerned about overreaction by security officials. >> this is the people's house and senate and it is where they come. we don't want more restrictions to get into the capitol grounds than there are now. >> reporter: michael ohalnan is a homeland security expert with the brookings institution. he

let's get to pat collins. pat, what have you learned today about the victim? >> reporter: we know a lot more but there's still many questions unanswered, pat. let's take a look down the street, down the street there's the scene that rust-colored house at 18th and kent street in the aurora hills section of arlington arlington. what a sad scene it was this morning, her little children in their pajamas in the street in front of that house. their mother dead inside. friends have identified the victim here as dr. bonnie black. she's a 42-year-old psychologist who does contract work for the fbi. she's the mother of two children, a 5-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. this morning around 7:50 her children in their pajamas were in the street in front ever the house, and they were distraught. a passerby stopped by to console them, kauld the police. and when the cops got to the scene they found dr. black dead inside. >> it appeared that her children may have witnessed this murder? >> we don't know. both children have been transported to child protective services by arl

pat collins is outside d.c. superior court downtown. pat? >> reporter: jim, according to court documents the murder victim david messersmith, went on craigslist soliciting other men. he actually got in a back and forth with another person. but the person who showed up at that hotel room wasn't a man at all. it was a woman, and that secret meeting, that cost him his life. jamira gallman arrested yesterday at her southeast apartment and charged with the donovan hotel murder back on february the 9th. the victim 30-year-old david messersmith, an attorney with the powerhouse law firm downtown he was found inside a fourth-floor hotel room. he'd been stabbed a number of times in the back. now shortly after the murder, police released surveillance video of a so-called person of interest in the case. today that person of interest has been identified as murder suspect jamira gallman. she's 21 years old. police sources say messersmith met goalman online. they say he was looking for a rendezvous. they say gallman came to the hotel, attackeds meer smith,

pat collins at camden yards with the os playing in an empty ballpark. we're going to start with tracy wilkins who spoke to students at douglas high school. >> reporter: let me paint the scene here at what we've been calling ground zero. this is where the riots erupted in this baltimore neighborhood. you can see that now the road is actually opened after being closed for so long and police are guarding some of the businesses here but they're no longer not allowing traffic to come through this street. this was also the first day that school re-opened since the riots on monday. we stopped by douglas high school here to talk with students about what it was like leaving their school with national guardsmen armed just across the street. it's obvious who these police and national guardsmen are protecting. >> it's upsetting to see it. >> reporter: and they know it. >> you come out of your school and you're seeing humvees and you're seeing soldiers with m-16s and cops with riot gear and you just don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: on monday mondawmin

. >> pat collins is outside d.c. superior court. what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris, this all came down just a few minutes ago. here now some fresh video of 19-year-old domeniqueonique johnson after she was officially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery at the donovan hotel. johnson is the roommate of the accused killer in that hotel murder. according to police she was with the murder suspect before it happened and with the murder suspect after it happened. and according to court documents, johnson told police that david messerschmit the lawyer killed in that hotel, was murdered for $40 in cash and a metro fare card. david messerschmit. he was 30 years old. he was a lawyer with a prestigious firm downtown. he lived in a fashionable condo in capitol hill. he had a wife who loved him dearly. david messerschmit murdered in a fourth-floor room of the donovan hotel. murdered for $40 and a metro fare card. charged in the murder 21-year-old jeremiah gallmon. today her roommate charged with conspiracy to commit that robbery. according to court docume

news4's pat collins just caught up with one of the man's friends. outside the "u" street station for us. pat? >> reporter: jim, what can you do in 30 seconds? could you save a man's life? the man has no legs. he's wheelchair bound. he's falls onto the metro tracks. let's start the clock. a metro rider in a motorized wheelchair drifts offer ss off the platform at the u-street station. he appears to land facedown on the tracks. within 15 seconds a man in a suit realized what's happened. he drops a case from his hand, then jumps from the platform onto the tracks to try and save the handicapped man. he's joined quickly by a second man. in 30 seconds 30 seconds from the time of the fall, the man in the wheelchair is lifted back to safety, back to that platform. a short time later the men hoist the wheelchair off the tracks. now, at the time this happened the nearest train was three stations away but the third rail was hot. and those good samaritans wasted no time making that save. emergency workers arrive and tend to the man in the wheelchair. they say h

pat collins at camden yards with the os playing in an empty ballpark. we're going to start with tracy wilkins who spoke to students at douglas high school. >> reporter: let me paint the scene here at what we've been calling ground zero. this is where the riots erupted in this baltimore neighborhood. you can see that now the road is actually opened after being closed for so long and police are guarding some of the businesses here but they're no longer not allowing traffic to come through this street. this was also the first day that school re-opened since the riots on monday. we stopped by douglas high school here to talk with students about wha

news4's pat collins live along southern avenue in the district with details. pat? >> reporter: jim she was just trying to cross the street. just trying to get from there to over here. but it was not to be. she was run down by a driver who kept on going and left her to die here on southern avenue. this is a story about faith pines. her family's so big it's hard to get them all in the same picture, 5 children, 17 grandchildren and 2 great-grands. faith pines struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she was trying to cross southern avenue. it happened tuesday night. she'd been to the hospital here to visit a friend. as she went to cross the street she was run down. samoan jordan is faith pines' daughter. she just took this picture with her mom a couple of days ago. she has a message for that hit-and-run driver. >> why would you do that? i know you have a mother. i know you would not let your mother just die like that. you wouldn't have left the scene. why would you have left her? just to die right there? >> reporter: faith pines. she was 68 years old, but she led

our pat collins is live with our report. pat? >> reporter: jim, it was a robbery that turned into a murder. for what? according to court documents, $40 in cash and a metro fare card. 19-year-old dominique johnson leaving superior court. she's under high intensity supervision with a gps tracking device attached to her leg. she looked a lot different in court in her red hoodie. in court where she was officially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in the david messerschmitt murder case. in fact, they say after the murder johnson used messerschmitt's stolen metro-card for weeks to travel around town. johnson is the roommate of accused killer jamyra gallmon. they live in this apartment on good hope road in southeast. they're described as very close friends. david messerschmitt, a 30-year-old attorney stabbed to death in a room at the donovan hotel. according to court documents messerschmitt went online to solicit other men. jamyra gallmon posed as a man and went to messerschmitt's room to rob him. it turned into a case of murder

news4's pat collins is talking to investigators right now. he has a live report in just seconds. >>> right now the hash tag boston strong trending on social media. the jury finds the boston marathon bomber guilty on all counts. we'll get an explanation of what happens next. >>> i'm tracking a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms on radar, a history of producing hail and wind. what it will mean for us coming up. >>> developing first at 5, new accusations lead to a second arrest in the murder of a lawyer at an upscale hotel. now a second woman is in custody. news4's pat collins has been working this story since september, live with the latest from detectives. pat? >> reporter: wendy, yet another turn in this twisted case of murder. another arrest. she's 19 years old. she's described as the roommate and girlfriend of the accused killer. but she's charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. that robbery at the donovan hotel. police say they've arrested 19-year-old dominique johnson, the roommate of accused killer jamyra gallmon and charged t

pat collins will have the story live. first up turning to storm team 4. fast moving showers and a chilly blast will swoop in behind it. doug kammerer is tracking all the temperature drops. >> a chilly blast for sure. we saw temperature of 74 degrees. that was right before those showers moved on through. once they did, they brought winds upwards of 30 to 40 miles an hour and they brought in the colder air. take a look. i'll show you what's happening. we are looking at the number really moving in as far as 50s go. here's where the rain is. we've got that rain sweeping through the region. right now, some of the heavier rain and showers in and around portions of i-270. look at the showers here around howard county. saint mary's county. we'll zoom in. i'll show you right where these showers are just to the north. and just north of the beltway around rockville, and then up 29 toward columbia and savage maryland. that's where the showers are. the cold air is just about everywhere. 78 in virginia beach. 42 toward pittsburgh and 30s in the mountains of west virgin

pat collins now with reaction from those who knew both the victim and the suspect. pat? >> reporter: jim, neighbors remember seeing the man. they remember seeing the little boy. they say they had no idea this would lead to a case of murder. police say the murder happened in this apartment on goodluck road. the victim 23-month-old anthony winfrey. cory dickerson lives in the apartment below. >> it's heartbreaking being that i have kids. my kids were here. you know what i'm saying? i knew the guy. i had conversations with him, exchanged phone numbers with him. jut to find out -- it's kind of scary. it's definitely kind of scary. >> reporter: the murder suspect, 29-year-old joshua riley, the boyfriend of the toddler's mom. in that apartment, police say he killed that little boy. emerson scarlet lives right above where it happened. >> i don't know. just shocked. like i did not see that coming at all, you know. you don't hear about that type of stuff too much around here. >> reporter: anthony winfrey on his mother's facebook page today is pictured with wings. the message, tho

pat collins live with details in the case of murder. pat? >> reporter: jim, we now know and it's official. this is a case of murder. but there's still a lot of questions and police are out in force looking for those answers. they were here all day friday. they were here over the weekend. and back again today. arlington county crime techs looking for clues and evidence in what they're now calling a case of murder. >> the cause of death is? >> a stabbing. >> reporter: the victim 42-year-old dr. bonnie black. a psychologist who did contract work for the fbi. she was the mother of two children a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl. it was last friday that her children were found distraught in their pajamas in the street in front of the house. when police came to their aid, they found dr. black's body inside. dr. black was separated from her husband. he does home renovations. friday police towed his work truck away from the scene. the couple was involved in a volatile divorce. in fact it was a court hearing scheduled in the case for tomorrow. dr

news 4's pat collins broke the story on friday and joins us live again in the crystal city area. pat? >> reporter: bonnie black had two young children. they were here when her body was found. tonight, concern grows for those two children. it's the kids the kids who lived in this house. the murder scene. people in the neighborhood can't stop thinking about those kids and what this may have done to them. >> i can't believe for those kids like i constantly think about that and i just feel horrible for them. >> reporter: what did they see? what do they know? >> exactly. i can't imagine having to live with that the rest of their lives. >> reporter: they made it official today. it's a case of murder. dr. bonnie black stabbed to death inside her home in the aurora highlands section of arlington. she was the mother of two. a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl. it was her children that brought police to the scene. you see, they were outside. they were in their pajamas. they were distraught. and when cops came to their aid, that's when they went inside the house and they found dr. black d

news4's pat collins spoke with the victim's family today. he's at police headquarters in palmer park with the story. pat? >> reporter: jim, it's a case of murder. the cause of death a beating to the head. the murder suspect is 29 years old. the murder victim was just one month shy of his second birthday. the victim anthony william winfrey. they say his gentle smile could melt the hearts around him. he loved the color red and listening to the song "the wheels on the bus." anthony william winfrey, he was just 23 months old. they had a funeral for him monday at this catholic church in greenbelt. police say he was murdered by his mother's boyfriend at this apartment on goodluck road. on his mother's facebook page he's pictured with wings, the message though there's pain in our hearts we know we'll see you soon. john winfrey is the little boy's grandfather. >> anthony was my -- he was our grandson. that's, you know, a very deep part of our life. >> reporter: for something like this to happen. >> it's incomprehensible. >> reporter: police tell the

news4's pat collins is live in northwest d.c. with details on this. pat?ey robbed six banks in virginia, two banks in maryland but when they robbed this wells fargo here in d.c., curtains. now a confession. a 66-year-old man, a 66-year-old man says he's the black hat bandit. it appears the fbi has solved the case of the black hat bandits. a group of armed bank robbers said to be be responsible for nine bank jobs in d.c., virginia, and maryland. they were known for their military- military-like precision, their brazen guns-drawn tactics, fake beards and of course the black hats. according to court documents 66-year-old thomas anthony

news4's pat collins is live outside the courthouse. pat? >> reporter: wendy, he was looking for men. she was looking for money. it ended in a twisted case of murder at the donovan hotel. friends and family of jamyra gallmon leaving superior court today, leaving after the 21-year-old suspect was officially charged in this bizarre case of murder. according to court documents, lawyer david messerschmit went on craigslist and solicited responses from men. but it appears he didn't get what he expected messerschmit stabbed to death in a fourth-floor room at the donovan hotel. charged in the case 21-year-old jamyra gallmon. she is the so-called person of interest captured by surveillance video at the hotel on the night of the murder. now, this happened back on february the 9th. according to court documents messerschmit using the handle dcguy456 went online soliciting responses from other men. they say he communicated back and forth with someone identified as chrissanchez0906. they say mess scherr mitt set up a meeting at his hotel room. the person

i'm pat collins, the story coming up on news 4. >>> some tough questions at a house hearing on capitol security. lawmakers wanted to know how a man flying a gyrocopter was able to fly through restricted air space and land on the lawn of the capitol of the united states. it happened two weeks ago. richard jordan is on capitol hill where lawmakers got little in the way of answers. >> reporter: there were two phone calls to the secret service, an e-mail from the pilot, and the flight was streaming live online so congressional leaders say there is no excuse why that gyrocopter wasn't stopped before it reached the capitol grounds. a gyrocopter landed on the west lawn of the capitol and the pilot immediately arrested. now, two weeks later, the nation's top law enforcement and aviation authorities are responding to harsh criticism, questioning how security systems failed. >> we had some yahoo in a gyrocopter land right over there and it didn't work. >> tampa mailman doug hughes says he sent an e-mail before takeoff but police say the message was cryptic and did not have specifics on the fligh

pat collins with the details on this. pat? >> reporter: wendy, this is the first murder mystery in arlington since october 2012. so you can imagine the impact something like that has on a neighborhood like this. yellow police tape stretched from the tree to the sign to the pole. yellow police tape draped from here to way over there. it's a sight people in the aurora highlands are not used to. this yellow police tape around this murder house. >> what has this done to this neighborhood? >> it's scary. it doesn't feel as safe as it did or as comfortable. >> reporter: it was last friday that dr. bonnie black was found stabbed to death inside her home. she was 42 years old, the mother of two. a case of murder that has people here on edge. unusual sight in this neighborhood all these police? >> very unusual sight in this neighborhood. this neighborhood is not quiet but it's peaceful. >> reporter: and now you're waiting to see what the next thing is. >> right. >> reporter: is that disconcerting for you? >> well depending upon what it

news4's pat collin has the story along southern avenue in southeast. >> reporter: the crime lines on the street mark the place where it happened. the spot here on southern avenue. all she wanted to do was cross the street. she had just been to the hospital to visit a friend. she was walking across southern avenue when she was struck down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. she was the mother of five children, the grandmother of 17. she had two great-grands. the hit-and-run death of faith pines, the story coming up, news4. >>> a dramatic rescue in nepal. a teenager pulled from the rubble. >> and a local rescue team helped save him. we'll meet the proud fellow team members who watched the dramatic rescue back here at home. >>> another live look at downtown philadelphia where this crowd of protesters appears a little larger than it was the last time we showed it to you. they are protesting in a march they're will calling philadelphia is baltimore. they're marching in solidarity with protesters who have been marching in baltimore all week long. again, a crowd of what apparently is a grow

news4's pat collins is live with that part of the story. pat?> reporter: it appears the radar didn't pick it up. it appears the air defenders for our city weren't deployed. it appears there's a hole in our security here. a hole big enough to fly a bicycle through. >> this was a breach of security of the capitol that could potentially have been very serious. we need to understand why he was able to kind of get onto the capitol grounds in an aircraft with nobody stopping him. >> reporter: it was something you'd never expect to see, certainly not after 9/11. a 61-year-old man piloting what he described as a flying bicycle buzzing into our city and landing the contraption undetected on the lawn of the capitol. it has people in our city shaking their heads. >> if he can do it what's stopping someone else that has bad intentions? >> reporter: norad said it didn't know this flying lawnchair was there until, well, after it was there. on the hill, congresswoman eleanor norton says she's worried about overreaction by xurtd officials. >> this is the people

news4's pat collins live tonight with new details in this case. pat? >> reporter: wendy, an incredible revelation today. it appears that lawyer david messerschmitt was murdered for $40 in cash and a metro fare card. 19-year-old dominique johnson leaving superior court after she was officially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in that donovan hotel murder case. johnson is the roommate of jamyra gallmon, the accused killer of david messerschmitt. messerschmitt's the 30-year-old attorney who was stabbed to death at the donovan hotel back on february the 9th. according to court documents on the night of the murder security cameras at the cvs across the street from the donovan hotel took pictures of gallmon and johnson as gallmon was inside buying these fluorescent zip ties those say thai say she was going to use to scare the robbery victim. when police found messerschmitt's body in the hotel, they say there were zip ties around his fingers fixed together into makeshift hand cutchs. he'd been stabbed seven times. johnson told police that she waited

news4's pat collins is live in northwest d.c. with details on this. pat? >> reporter: they robbed six banks in virginia, two banks in maryland but when they robbed this wells fargo here in d.c., curtains. now a confession. a 66-year-old man, a 66-year-old man says he's the black hat bandit. it appears the fbi has solved the case of the black hat bandits. a group of armed bank robbers said to be be responsible for nine bank jobs in d.c., virginia, and maryland. they were known for their military- military-like precision, their brazen guns-drawn tactics, fake beards and of course the black hats. according to court documents 66-year-old thomas anthony george has confessed to the robberies. officials say george's last bank job was here at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. they say he walked in pulled a gun and said give me money or i'm going to kill a customer. they say he said that three times. according to court documents, on that march 13th day george and an accomplice made off with $9,000 from the bank. minutes later george was arrested at this apartm

pat collins is at police headquarters tonight with more. pat? >> reporter: jim, we have the foundation of the charges against the new suspect. but when she appears in court tomorrow, the whole story. from the day the lawyer's body was found in that fourth floor hotel room, investigators wondered whether or not this person of interest was acting alone or whether she may have had some help. today a second arrest. 19-year-old dominique johnson, the roommate of accused killer jamyra gallmon charged today not with murder but with conspiracy to rob david messerschmitt, the lawyer found stabbed to death at the donovan hotel on february 10th. sources say that gallmon and johnson were roommates, that they lived in this apartment in southeast. they are said to be very closeces tell news4 that dominique johnson had prior knowledge about the robbery plot at the donovan hotel, that she was with the accused killer jamyra gallmon before the incident, that she was with gallmon after the murder, and that she benefitted from the items stolen from david messerschm

news4's pat collins is live at the scene on 18th street tonight. pat, what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris, when you see this story you'll have to worry about these two children. what did they see? what did they hear? what do they know? and what will they remember? the scene this rust-colored house in the aurora highland section of arlington. it was 7:50 a.m. two kids a 3-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl in their pajamas outside the house in the street. they were distraught. a passerby sees this and calls the police. inside the house they find the children's mother. she's dead. does it appear that her children may have witnessed this murder? >> we don't know. both children have been transported to child protective services by arlington county police at this time. you know, we don't know if we're going to interview them right away or if they're capable of being interviewed about this. a very traumatic event. wasn't them to be in a safe, comfortable environment. >> reporter: friends identify the victim as dr. bonnie black a 42-year-old psychologist who does contract work f

back to you. >> pat collins. if you want to see more video or pictures of gyrocopter in flight check out our nbc washington app. >>> making it tougher to climb and jump. now the changes just approved for the white house fence as the u.s. secret service tries to make the executive mansion more secure. only on 4 i-team reporter scott macfarlane has pictures and details about some of the bolder security upgrades proposed but then scrapped. >> reporter: one of two federal agencies that must approve changes to the white house fence did so today, approving the temporary addition of new steel spikes atop the fence to make it less climbable. they also approved changes to the white house ellipse fortifying some of the vehicle checkpoints. news4 cameras in the room as that agency did so, the commission of fine arts. they heard a presentation from the secret service and national park service about what happens next. you'll have the temporary measures in place for a year. then they'll work on a permanent replacement fence. n

i'm pat collins.ing about that coming up on news4. >> thank you, pat. >>> the search ongoing for survivors in nepal. >> and the death toll is rising after that massive earthquake. up next, we're talking to local students who have been impacted by the tragedy. we're coming >>> the death toll from saturday's earthquake in nepal now stands at 4,600, among them relatives and friends of local george mason students. kristin wright is on campus with more on how they're trying to cope with this devastating tragedy. >> reporter: the loss of life in nepal brings heartbreak to students at george mason university. family members died in the earthquake. >> unfortunately my niece she passed away. she was trapped in one of the buildings. they couldn't pull her out in time. >> reporter: an emotional vigil at the clock tower brought some comfort. >> in our culture, candlelight, it's a symbol for hope. >> reporter: hope after despair. an nbc news drone captures images of the shattered city of kathmandu. historic temple

news4's pat collins is live at the "u" street station with more. >> reporter: the man has no legs. he's in a wheelchair. he falls onto the metro tracks. he is rescued in 30 seconds. a metro rider in a motorized wheelchair drifts off the platform at the "u" street station. he appears to land facedown on the tracks. within 15 seconds a man in a suit realized what's happened. he drops a case from his hand, then jumps from the platform onto the tracks to try and save the handicapped man. he's joined quickly by a second man. and 30 seconds from the time of the fall, the man in the wheelchair is lifted back to safety, back to that platform. a short time later, the men hoist the wheelchair off the tracks. now, at the time this happened, the nearest train was three stations away, but the third rail was hot. and those good samaritans wasted no time making that save. emergency workers arrive on the scene and tend to the man in the wheelchair. they say he was conscious and breathing and that he had some cuts to the face. then they brought out the man's motorized wheelchair. and when the peopl

in southeast, pat collins, news4. >>> news4 has confirmed the man accused of killing three people inra over the past ten years has been ruled competent to stand trial. that's a significant step in the prosecution of the man. his name is charles severance. his lawyers now requesting a change of venue to move the trial out of the city of alexandra. severance was arrested last year months after the murder of ruth ann lodato. she was a music teacher who was shot when she answered a ring at her front door. >>> a new view of the new york city skyline getting ready to open this spring. coming up how much you'll have to pay for the view from nearly 2,000 feet up. >> reporter: parents bought into this new community expecting that they would get a new school out of it. the sign says so. but they've learned that may not happen. i'm david culvert in woodbridge. coming up we hear from county leaders on this growing debate. >>> and take a look at our radar. a little busy. we have wet weather rolling right across 270 right along 66. and now 495 too. how long will it stick around and what about our

pat collins with now some video that has just been released by the police. >> reporter: bear with me. in a few moments, i can show you some new surveillance video in this case. this case of kidnapping robbery, and rape. meridian hill malcolm x park. 12 acres of green space and trail in the columbia heights section of our city. it is a popular place for runners, dog walkers and people who just want to hang out. yesterday they say this park turned into a hunting ground. a hunting ground for a rapist. a woman out for a morning jog followed by a man, kidnapped by a man, then sexually assaulted by a man in a nearby alley. be they've tried to keep meridian hill safe. he knows what happened here yesterday. >> it is creepy when you see the video. it is disgusting. it is like a predator praying on people. finish we just received video surveillance. police want to identify this man and talk to this man about this troubling case. in the mean time, reaction from people in the park. >> it's awful. >> reporter: do you use this park a lot? >> oh yeah. i'm here every day. >> reporter: for something l

news 4's pat collins live at the scene with the latest. pat?reporter: adam, the street is taped off on both ends. investigators all over the place as they look into what they describe as a suspicious death here in the aurora highlands section of arlington. joining me now is dustin sternbeck with the arlington county police. tell us what you can so far. >> approximately 7:50 this morning police were called to the 1100 block of 18th street south in aurora highlands where they discovered a 42-year-old single mother of two deceased in her residence. >> her children were out in the street were they not? >> a passer-by located two churn in the pajamas in front of the house in the intersection of the roadway, stopped to see if they needed assistance at which time they alerted the police. >> reporter: what about the father of those children. where is he? >> police have made contact on scene here. that individual has not been taken into custody or detained. he is cooperating with the police investigation at this time. >> reporter: so right now what can

our team coverage continue now with pat collins and a look at the security concerns resulting from this flight. pat? >> reporter: pat how did he do it? how come radar didn't pick him up? how come the air defenders of our city weren't deployed? how? how? how? how did this 61-year-old man on what he described as aicycle penetrate the restricted air space of washington and land undetected on the capitol lawn? i talked to somebody at norad today, and he told me norad didn't know he was here until he was here. this is what senator tim kaine has to say about it. >> this is a very serious matter. that shouldn't be the end of it. we need to look at what the faa doing this investigation our law enforcement agencies they knew about it this was a breach of security of the capitol that could potentially have been very serious. and we need to understand why he was able to kind of get onto the capitol grounds in an aircraft with snobnobody stopping him. >> reporter: now, it appears something may be wrong with our radar. what does that mean for the security of our city? we'll hear from an expert comin

pat collins is outside the courtroom now where that woman was just ordered held without bond. pat? >> reporter: a secret hotel meeting. he was expecting a man. it turned out to be a woman. and it had deadly kwepss. jamyra gallmon. this is what she looked like in 2011 when she graduated from the forestville military academy. jamyra gallmon. this is what she looked like in surveillance video on february 9th the night of the murder at the donovan hotel. jamyra gallmon. this is what she looked like in court today when she was charged with first-degree murder. the victim 30-year-old david messerschmit a lawyer with a powerhouse firm downtown found stabbed to death seven times in his fourth-floor hotel room. now, this happened back on february the 9th. according to court documents, messerschmit using the handle dcguy456 went online soliciting responses from other men. they say he communicated back and ft. worth someone identified as chrissanchez0906. they say messerschmit set up a meeting at his hotel room. the person who showed up at his hotel, jamyra gallmon. according to court documen

i'm pat collins. the story coming up. >> reporter: rodney todd and his seven children who died here at their princess anne home yesterday are remembered by family and friends. the story ahead. >>> and we're staying on top of the breaking news. thousands in our area without power. >>> imagine waking up to find a 400-pound bear roaming around your house. that's never good. it happened down in florida. a woman woke up to what she thought was her husband getting ready for work. turns out it was a black bear looking for something to eat in her kitchen. they opened a window banged on some pots and the bear scampered off. the family says living in florida they're more afraid of alligators than bears. >>> one of the men killed in new york city's building explosion has now been laid to rest. there was a funeral today for nicholas figueroa. hundreds turned out for a vigil last night. figueroa is remembered for his work helping the elderly and chirp in his community. >>> there are signs someone tampered with gas

pat collins has the video new tonight. >>> it is profound sadness and disbelief that we are here todayarts are simply broken. >> a final farewell today from family and friends, the funeral for a local college student. and what investigators are now saying about her murder. >>> and first tonight fairfax county hopes nearly $3 million will put an end to a painful and embarrassing wrongful death case. john geer's family will receive this money more than a year and a half after a confrontation with police. julie carey is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: well, john geer's father told me on the phone this afternoon that the settlement of this wrongful death lawsuit lifts a load from the family, but he reminds us they await and hope for criminal action against the officer that killed their son. that settlement was approved by the board of supervisors inside in a closed session this morning. chairwoman sharon bull avic tells me the board hopes this settlement will bring the geer family some closure. >> it was a tragedy that should not have happened. >> reporter: that's how fairfax co

pat collins spoke with him and joins us in lanham with details. >> reporter: no one got hurt. i have to say that again. no one got hurt. because when you see the pictures of this car and that house, just remember no one got hurt. this is melvin calhoun. he's 91 years old. he's a retired postal worker. he's lived in lanham for more than 30 years. for a while today he was trapped in his car. his car that was wedged into his neighbor's house. >> i was scared to death. >> reporter: this is his 2007 ford fusion. this is the back end of it. the front end is in his neighbor's family room. now mr. calhoun's car got into his neighbor's house, that's a long story. you see around noon mr. calhoun was driving to see his girlfriend in d.c. things got out of hand. his ford car clipped this nissan car and then into the house it went. >> i just couldn't think fast enough. i just panicked. tried to hit the brakes and hit the gas again i guess. >> reporter: derrick campbell owns that blue snee nee san car. he said mr. calhoun has hit his cars three times in the last year. >> used to park back t

i'm pat collins, the story comi >>> drexel university is apologizing to nearly 500 high school skein who got acceptance letters by mistake. students got the false letters weeks after they had already been denied admission. university sent e-mails a few hours later to notify them about the mistake. this is the second time this has happened at drexel. >>> a woman is getting worldwide attention after doctors discover an unborn twin inside her brain. as john klemack reports she lived fine for more than 25 years before anything knew anything was wrong. >> i just didn't imagine any of this. >> reporter: at 26 years old she was already planning her future. until she realized last september that something wasn't right. >> problems with comprehension. a if a couple of people are talking i don't understand what was happening rfrnlts she said brain doctors argued over what she needed. >> the neurologist neurosurgeon is not being practical. thin they would say, he's not being optimistic in your cates. i'm like could somebody be educative? >> reporter: that's when her own research led her to the

news4's pat collins spoke to the victim's family and has more on this story in southeast tonight. pat? >> reporter: doreen, for pedestrians, a trip to and from this hospital could put you in the hospital. for one woman this fatal consequences. and some people are calling this stretch of the road the death zone. crossing southern avenue at the united medical center is downright dangerous. it's like trying to get across a highway. here now from christine coghill she works at the hospital. she takes this risk every day. >> something needs to be here for the pedestrians that's coming from the hospital or going to the hospital. it's just a death zone. that's what it is. >> reporter: so you might be saying, why don't people just go to the nearest traffic light and cross? well, take a look at where the nearest traffic light is. it's more than two blocks away. many people coming to and from the hospital are not going to cross at that light. getting from there to over here cost a 68-year-old woman her life. >> reporter: faith pines struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she was trying

news4's pat collins spent the afternoon talking to police and neighbors to find the latest. pat? >> reporter: what a troubling story this is, wendy. look down the street. that's where it happened, that rust-colored house at the intersection of 18th and kent street in the aurora highland section of arlington. two children in their pajamas outside that house early this morning. they were distraught. a passerby stops to help out. he calls police. they go inside and find the children's mother dead. the search for clues in this case has broadened. two blocks from where the body was found, police systematically went through trash cans looking for something that might lead them to a suspect. friends have identified the victim here as dr. bonnie black. she is a 42-year-old psychologist who does contract work for the fbi. >> she seemed very friendly. >> reporter: how would you describe her? >> kind of a typical mom, probably preoccupied with the kids. >> reporter: she's the mother of two children a 5-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. this morning around 7:50, her children in their pajam

news4's pat collins is there. >> reporter: he was 16 years old. he was getting ready to go back to high school. he was shot and killed here on 37th street. a street that's no stranger to violence. when officials boast about the economic development in the city of washington it's not likely they'll show pictures of the 300 block of 37th street southeast. sure the gleaming washington nationals baseball academy is here. but a half block away you don't have to go far to find a neighborhood in decay where shoes in the sky draped over power lines mark the violent history here. >> this is the death zone. so many innocent kids getting killed around here. and they ain't doing nothing about it. they're not. >> reporter: i see all these shoes on the wires around here. what's that represent? >> one of the kids been killed around here. >> reporter: it was on these steps that luke holt was shot and killed yesterday. he was 16 years old. he was planning to go to coolidge high school tomorrow. >> never done nothing to nobody. i just hope they find who did it. >>

the driver tells pat collins he was headed to visit his girlfriend in washington. >> reporter: did you hit the accelerator instead of the brake? >> yeah, accelerator instead of the brake. it got stuck. >> reporter: what was it like when you went into that house? >> well i was scared to death. >> the family who lives there was not home. coming up at 5:00 we'll hear what they had to say when they got home and saw the damage for themselves. >>> a new development in a story we've been following since this morning. a second person now dead from a head-on crash in beltsville. a car carrying five people crashed into a recycling truck south of baltimore pike. chopper 4 flew over the scene around 7:00. the two people killed were inside the vehicle. a third person in the car and the driver of the truck remain in critical condition. a neighbor describes waking up to the sound of the crash. >> i had -- it was one of the loudest bangs i'd ever heard i think in my life. it felt -- you felt the -- it woke you up not just hearing it but you felt it. >> coming up in our next hour the story of the rush

live in northwest, pat collins, news4. >>> we're tracking a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms. if you're looking to the western sky, here is a live look at our reston camera as we look off to the west there where the skies are darkening. let me show you on storm team 4 radar, the line of showers and embedded dded thunderstorms you can see it advancing eastward. while we don't have a watch out for our area, we will see i think pockets of moderate and heavy rain with the potential for some high winds in a location or two. southern west virginia right now under a tornado watch until 6:00 p.m. this line as it heads eastward will be weakening. we're already seeing it weaken a bit as it makes its way closer to the mountains and hits cooler air. luray, middleton, areas like front royal and winchester is where it's headed over the next couple of minutes over the next 30 to about 45 minutes, the tail end of the line towards charlottesville by 5:50. then it will make its way right through areas of d.c. too. around 7:00, 8:00, the line will be moving through. it will hit this cool pocket

collin resch. have a great day, everyone. >> so we've got the a's today. great baseball weather there in oakland. >> very nice. 70 degrees pathis morning we have a good deal of fog east of oakland. as we head out right now? check out live doppler hd it looks pretty clear. that fog is really low lying. be careful around the sonoma. and this fog won't last long. the view from mt. tam shows a pretty quiet start with the calm, glassy bay. 49 degrees in san jose with some clouds. 43 half moon bay. 52 downtown. and 50 for you in oakland and san carlos. here's a look at kind of a sleepy san jose with some cloud cover this morning. but today temperatures will be as much as 10 degrees warmer for much of the south bay. it's 49 over in concord and 50 with all of that fog throughout the livermore valley. so the visibility just a half-mile there. worst than that up in napa. you can see it here along the coast. the onshore winds will be with us today. they will be backing off a bits. really they won't get going until the afternoon. and that's why we will see another day well into the 70s here in santa cruz. warmer today for everyone. cool