very light rini spott 5:00 a.m. a wet rdw. 7:00 a.m.we head to the latter part of the morning this is when the rainfall coverage picks up.the morning with moderate pockets of rain in the lunch hour. the system is going to move through. 1:30 still looking at widespread rain. it pushes out and we're going to scattered showers in the afternoon. very spotty, the sun will breakthrough in the afternoon as well. there is potential for an isolated thunderstorm as we do see some sun along with those showers. now because the storm is going to move through pretty quickly, most of you will be under 7/10 of an inch of rain. don't forget those umbrellas in the morning. 40s, 50s in the morning. scattered showers with sun breaks. 50s and 60s. a look at theda forecast. isolated thunder chance, morning showers on saturday, level 1. saturday afternoon through sunday is dry. and sunday is certainly going to be a milder day. late monday night there is a chance of a few showers lingering into tuesday. but that is not definitive right now. all of these system

his question for rini. >> how could you do this? how could you rip a family apart again? i just -- i don't know. >> reporter: brian rini faces up to eight years in prison if convicted for making false statements to the fbi. today, he was assigned a lawyer but did not enter a formal plea. in the meantime, the pitzen family is obviously disappointed. but hoping all of this new attention will generate some new leads. lester? >> ron mott, thank you. >>> there were tense moments on board a united express flight that was forced to make an emergency landing when some of the pilots' control screens in the jet suddenly went dark. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: on the ground in dallas, the captain of a united express flight announcing he just made an emergency landing because two of the six screens in the cockpit instrument panel had gone dark. >> we lost two of our screens. now, if we kept flying, we lose them all. >> reporter: flight 4390 was flying from knoxville to houston when the screens went black. the apparent problem, the fans behind them to keep them cool failed

authorities today describing how 23-year-old brian rini allegedly lied to federal agents claiming he was 14-year-old timmothy pitzen. >> at what point in the process did your officers become suspicious of his story? >> i think there were suspicions relatively quickly if for not other reason than he declined to be fingerprinted. >> reporter: but rini agreed to a dna test, which ultimately revealed his true identity. a convicted criminal just released from prison. the pitzen family crushed. >> it's like reliving that day all over again. >> reporter: rini told officers he got the idea after watching this cable show produced by abc news. >> rini told the agents that he wanted to get away from his family and that he wished he had a father like timmothy pitzen's father. >> reporter: his brother says that rini has battled mental illness for years. >> i hope he goes to prison for this, but -- or at least an institution. >> whit squlonson with us from ki qui. we know the man could face a federal judge. he can face prison time? >> reporter: that's right. he could face up to eight years in pris

the police chief says rini has documented mental illnesses.is estranged brother said rini stopped getting treatment. >> once he started using my name for things he was doing, i have no compassion for him whatsoever. >> reporter: for the pitzen family news of this hoax opens up old wounds. >> it's devastating. >> yeah. >> it's like reliving that day all over again. and timmothy's father is devastated once again. >> reporter: pitzen has been missing since 2011 when he went on a trip with his mother. police say days later she committed suicide and left a chilling note claiming timmothy was safe but would never be found. then wednesday the news no one expected. this young man in a hoodie showed up in a northern kentucky neighborhood claiming to be timmothy saying he had just escaped from his kidnappers begging for help but late yesterday dna testing from the fbi confirmed that man is rini and not timmothy pitzen who would now be 14 years old. >> kind of reliving everything that did happen and renewing the loss one more time. >> reporter: despite t

rini's brother saying he hasn't seen or spoken to his brother in years.scribe him and said he even impersonated him two years ago. jonathan telling an affiliate -- >> he's been doing stupid stuff, not in serious, but is stupid stuff for as long as i can remember. i would tell the family that i'm sorry for what he's done, but for him, i wouldn't speak to him. i'd tell him he's going down a dark road. >> reporter: when rini claimed to be pitzen, pitzen's family was hopeful that was really timmothy. >> cautiously if it turns out we're thrilled. >> reporter: hopes soon dashed, his aupts snt saying it was lik reliving the disappearance all over again. >> unfortunately this child is not our beloved timmothy. we know that you are out there somewhere, tim, and we will never stop looking for you, praying for you and loving you. >> what a terrible thing to put that family through again. >>> threats of border closures to threats of tariffs, we'll get mexico's perspective on president trump's ever changing positions ahead here. >>> plus the former u.s. vice president

according to court documents rini had been wandering the street and looking confused telling officers he was abducted when he was 6 years old and recently escaped from a hotel room and had been sexually and physically abused. >> rini declined to give his fingerprints in response to a request for them. >> so that was a red flag. >> i think that would raise naturally anyone's suspicions. >> reporter: but rini agreed to a dna test ultimately revealing he was not timmothy pitzen, instead a 23-year-old convicted criminal released from prison just last month. rini telling investigators that he came up with the pitzen story after watching this cable documentary show about the case produced by abc news. >> rini told the agents that he wanted to get away from his family and that he wished he had a father like timmothy pitzen's father. >> reporter: police and rini's family saying he suffered with mental illness for years. >> i hope he goes to prison for this but -- or at least an institution. >> reporter: investigators also found on two prior occasions rini allegedly pretended to be a juvenile

ininvestigators say rini is police custody but not under arrest. they say he does have a criminal record. >>> this morning, a calvert county community is coming together to support the victims of a deadly fire. a woman and her augranter were killed in chesapeake beach wednesday. several firefighters hurt, as well. officials tell us there's nothing suspicious about the fire. they plan to tear down wlats left of the four -- down what's left of the fourdeownhouses royed in the fire. the residents have residents need he a. groups doing their parts, but if you'd like to help, find out how to byearching "townhouse fire" in the nbc washington app. >>> this morning, a 36-year-old man accused of assaulting a group of people o is the streets. d.c. police arrested jamar tillman wednesday night. they say he engaged in sexual contact with five victims on 20th street south of dupont circle. also assaulted a sixth victim and attempted to engage that ctim in a sex act. tillman is facing multiple charges including sex abuse, robbery, and assault. >>> a charles coun

brian rini claimed to be timmothy pitzen who vanished from illinois at the age of 6. rini came clean. he says he saw the pitzen story on tv and wanted to get away from his own family. he not only wasted resources, he gave home to the pitzen family. who are still waiting for him to be found. >> or he sees this and goes and gets help. >> if rini is convicted he could spend eight years in prison. >>> a warning for parents about a certain baby seat. it's a popular baby seat. it's the fisher price rock and play. this is what it looks like here. the consumer product safety commission says ten infants have died in this seat since 2015. parents should stop using the seat as soon as the baby can roll over. fisher price previously issued the same warning to parents. >>> stinging words from prince harry. he's taking on the massively popular video game fortnite. back in october prince harry told some students they sho shouldn't play that game. now he's suggesting banning fortnite entirely. he called it addictive and irresponsible, especially for young player. he also had concerns

and we're learning more about the suspect, brian rini. >> jonathan rini says he hasn't spoken to hisrother in four years. he says he has no compassion for his brother because of legal run-ins dating back to when brian rini was a juvenile. >> he's been doing stupid stuff for as long as i can remember. he has several mental issues, yes. he has asperger's, bipolar disorder, adhd, the list goes on. >> john hopes his brother gets help but also hopes he goes to a prison or institution. he says if he could speak to pitzen's family, he would apologize for what his brother has done. we heard whit earlier say there's a silver lining they're looking at here, that it brings more attention, more awareness to what happened to timmothy pitzen. 24 hours ago there were so many who were sure that timmothy had been found. for this family this is just heartbreaking. they are back at ground zero, as they said. >> right. so many people who thought they were sure, but that family who specifically said they were cautiously optimistic, cautiously hopeful. now you see why, because imagine if they had gotten t

let's go back a little more on brian rini. so police are now questioning him? >> reporter: cecilia, we know investigators have been communicating with rini. overnight, he was booked into a county jail on a holder from the fbi. as we have reported, he has a history of mental health issues. the law enforcement agencies are working on charges and trying to figure out the best way forward for everybody. cecilia? >> okay, whit, thank you. michael? >> thank you. >>> now to that midair scare overnight. a united plane heading for houston diverting to dallas when the screens in the cockpit went blank. passengers hearing this announcement on board. >> you may be able to see, we lost two of our screens. now, if we kept flying we'd lose them all eventually because there's not enough cooling. there's tremendous heat behind those screens. if we had continued eventually i'd be flying blind. so that's why we are in dallas right now. >> and definitely something no one wants to hear. let's go to abc's david kerley at reagan national airport with the latest. good morning, david.

dna results showed rini wasn't telling the trh. appears to be a hoax or some person lying. >> i feel sorry for t young man who's obviouslyad a horrible time and felt the need to say hwas someone else. >> investigators say rini is in police custody but is not under arrest. they say he does have a criminal record. >>> this morning a calvert county community is coming together to support the victims of a deadly fire. a and her granddrinking water were killed on wednesday. officials tell us there's nothing suspicfaus about the . they plan to tear down what's left of the townhouses destroyed in the mefire. of the families lost everything they own,ss busies and nonprofit organizations are helping them get back on their feet. to help, search "townhouse fire" in the nbc washington app. >>> 6:07. a 36-year-old man acced of assaulting people is off the streets. d.c. police arrested jamar tillman wednesday night. they say he engaged in sexual contact with five victims on 20th stree south of dupont circle. pleats say he also assault the a vick

he claimed to be timmothy pitzen, but dna test results revealed he's brian rini, a 23-year-old released from jail less than a week ago. adriana diaz reports. >> it's devastating. it's like we're reliving it all over again. >> reporter: the family of timmothy pitzen is broken after the fbi's stunning announcement that the claim he had been found was a hoax. >> unfortunately this child is not our beloved timmothy. we know you're out there, tim, and we'll never stop looking for you. >> reporter: the fbi says the dna results have been returned. it's actually 23-year-old bian michael rooney of medina, ohio, who has a long criminal history. the claim came from this person who appeared in this quiet kentucky neighborhood startling neighbors who called police. >> he said he was kidnapped from somewhere. >> the man identified himself as 14-year-old timmothy pitzen and said he had escaped two t s. the real timmothy pitzen has been missing for nearly eight years. when he was 6, cameras captured his mother amy walking him out of school and taking him to water parks. she was apparently found dead fr

then the dna results came back negative and rini fessed up.the pitzen story on tv and wanted to get away from his own family. the feds say rini not only wasted resources, he gave hope to the pitzen family still waiting for timmothy to come home. >> the coverage that this has brought to tim, i hope somebody sees him or he sees this and goes and gets help. >> the fbi says in the past rini has made two other false claims for trayi portraying himself as a juvenile sex trafficking victim. if convicted, he could spend 8 years in prison. >>> it's neighbors versus neighbors in san francisco where a proposal for a homeless shelter is making people pick sides. now those against the shelter are getting death threats. several neighbors living in the rin con hill area of the city tell us they've received threatening voice mamails for donating to a page for the shelter. one woman said she got a threat for her to kill herself. she spoke with one of her reporters. >> they're trying to intimidate me so i won't show up for community meetings or say anything. >>

brian rini is no stranger to brunswick hills resident renee he's very unstable. we do not know what he's capable and i feel that he needs to be back in 2017 really broken to the then model home next door after taking a tour of the inside with the realtor it's very scary that he was next or i have 3 little kids he broke in he had a party there they were there all night long according to reports really party trash the place and then invited more people to join in via facebook all while racking up thousands of dollars in damage really bothered me for that. constantly. >>watching out for all the in the neighborhood looking out my door several times a day bow to was even more bothered when she found out the man next door. >>is the same one accused of impersonating timothy pitzen they think that he would take advantage of any criminal opportunity that he would have

he is 23-year-old brian michael rini. he has a criminal record. the family disappointed but not angry. they have dealt with false sightings before. >> i reserve all judge and pray for the young man involved. >> reporter: timmothy appeared. his mom found in an apparent suicide. a note said the boy was fine but would never be found. >> we have a child who said he ran away. >> the person told him he escaped from two men running from a red roof inn across the bridge into kentucky. timmothy's bike sits at a neighbor's house. >> this was timmothy's house. >> jaclyn lives in the house he once called home. his hand print cast in stone. >> i hope one day, he'll pass by. >> why would anyone imperson nate a missing child. >> we know you are out there. we will never stop looking for you, praying for you and loving you. >> reporter: brian michael rini is from the ohio area, about a three-plus hour drive to kentucky. police aren't releasing much information including whether or not he'll face criminal charges. authorities will investigate any new leads that com

brian rini claims to be timmothy pitzen, the 6-year-old who vanished out of chicago 8 years ago.cture of timmothy but when rini refused to be fingerprinted, they became suspicious and dna results came back negative. he saw it on tv and wanted to get away from his own family. rini not only wasted the resources of the federal agents but he gave hope to the pitzen family still waiting for timmothy to come back home. >> the coverage this has brought to tim, i hope somebody sees him or he sees this and goes and gets help. >> reporter: the fbi says in the past, rini made two other false claims portraying himself as a juvenile sex trafficking victim. if convicted, he could spend eight years in prison. >>> a patrrominent new york attorney, gordon kaplan, accused of paying a test supervisor $75,000 to correct answers on his daughter's s.a.t. exam. he takes full responsibility for his actions and ashamed of his behavior. he says his daughter didn't know about any of it. it's unclear when kaplan will enter the guilty plea. he'll be the second parent to do so. the sartorio and will also plea

rini told police that he'd escaped from an ohio hotel whenever being held against -- after being held against his will for years. dna results show he was not telling the nuth. he is custody but not under arrest. >>> today president trump will travel to californi the u.s.-mexico border. he will visit calexico. it's about120 miles east of san diego. he will check out a recently renovated section of the border wall. the president says he is giving mexico one year to stop drugs from.s entering the u or he sa he will impose tariffs or close the border. >>> a local military base will become the testing ground for a new self-driving shuttle. locals say it won thecosm toigz test the olli shuttles. shuttling will be used to make more than a dozen stops around the campus. the vehicles are completely autonomous. they use a pre-mapped route to make their rounds. the testing program. begin in a few minutes and is program will begin in a few weeks and is expected to last three months. >>> purple line construction could affect you in langley park. traffic will shift between riggs road and 23rd avenu

he's actually brian rini, a 23-year-old who had been recently released from jail. jail for the fbi. he says no local charges have yet been filed. rini's brother spoke to reporters yesterday. >> i haven't spoken to him in years. he has several mental issues. aspergers, bipolar disorder, adhd, the list goes on. he was in juvey a lot when we were kids and he started going to actual jail. i tell the family i'm sorry for what he's done. for him, i wouldn't even speak to him. >> cnn's athena jones has been following the developments in the story. for a moment, his family's hopes were raised. now heartbreak. >> it is heartbreaking. what a whirlwind and roller coaster series of emotions they have gone through to have their hopes dashed after eight years of suffering. just two hours from now, the fbi louisville, local law enforcement, are going to be having a press conference at the u.s. atto office across the river in the southern district of ohio. making an announcement about this case, so we could hear charges, federal charges, brought at that press conference. we'll be

rini was then confronted with the results of his d.n.a. test.hat's when he confessed claiming he saw timmothy pitzen's story on tv in hopes of he is scang his family. his family says he has mental health issues. >> i feel sorry for what he has done. i hope he gets out. i hope hope he goes to prison for this or at least an institution. >> outraged authorities warning there are serious penalties for lying to police saying 50 law enforcement and health officials were diverted from true missing cases to this hoax. >> there is no greater win for law enforcement than to be able to find a missing child. i can't actually imagine how horrible it is for that family. >> rini faces up to 8 years in prison and scheduled to be in bond court on tuesday. john? >> bizarre story. matt fbi for us. up next, how a group of volunteers has tried toll ease strain on american operation troops. here is a look at what some of our fox affiliates is covering around the country. wfft in boston second parent plans to plead guilty. gordon caplin, the former chairman of a prest

according to a criminal complaint, rini told investigators that he wished he had a father like timmothy'sause if he went missing, his father would just keep drinking. >> expur o there. get a description of what he may look like at this time out. he's probably about 145, 150 pounds, between 5'10" and 6'3". >> reporter: timmothy would be 14 now, missing for eight years after his mother amy fry-pitzen picked him up from school early. they went to the zoo and water park before she took him to a hotel and killed himself. >> lost the family that day. >> reporter: she left a note saying "timmothy is fine, you will never find him." believing that is just not something his father can do. >> you can't give up hope. as soon as you giveen u -- what? declare him dead. i mean, i'm not going to do that. >> reporter: molly hunter, nbc news. >>> still ahead tonight, the lion tamer attacked by one of his own animals. the terrifying moments caught on camera. - where's a woman's place? for 200,000 americans, it's in the active duty military. women have served since the american revolution. they've given a lo

the man is actually brian rini. the 23-year-old was released from jail less than a month ago.driania diaz is in kentucky where rini first claimed to be timmothy. >> reporter: it was on this block where he appeared saying he was timmothy pitzen. we spoke to neighbor whose said he looked tired and scared. they said they feel pity for rini but they're shattered and left to pick up the pieces again. timothy's family said they never gave up hope he would be found. the break in the case is now heartbreak. >> it's devastating. it's like reliving that day. >> police were called to a kentucky neighborhood wednesday after people reported seeing a person acting suspiciously. she saw a man ducking behind cars and moving away when people got close. >> i kind of thought that he was out there up to no good, period. >> reporter: according to a police report, the man told them he was 14-year-old timmothy pitzen who had gone missing in 2011. he allegedly said he'd escaped his kidnapers but a dna test proved otherwise. >> it's not timmothy. >> reporter: police say the man was actually 23-year-ol

test showed rini was lying, he admitted he saw a story about pitzen on tv. the f.b.i.s he has in the past falsely claimed to be a sex trafficking victim. well, the deadline to file federal income tax returns is april 15, and that is ten days away. the i.r.s. says about 40% of americans still haven't filed yet. many, including the small- business owner you're about to meet, are requesting more time. anna werner explains why. >> reporter: environmental consultant wayne defeo has plenty of projects to think about as he drives to meetings with clients, but these days he's forced to consider something much less pleasant-- his taxes. >> every year is a challenge, but this year it's more of a challenge because of the unknown. you don't know what to do, what to expect. >> reporter: small-business owners like defeo are struggling to understand the changes in 14.6 million individuals are l.l.c.s.ng exts yr, the confusion around the new lah do you think you'll be better later in the year when you actually have to file? >> i don't think i'll be happier, but i hope i'm better. i ho

michael riny.mothy pitzen, a boy who disappeared in 2011. an ex-con victvict. he said he escaped his captors, and refused to be finger printed. >> which should have raised a red flag. >> it did. nevertheless, it's incumbent on law enforcement that if they do have a long lost child that they make sure they actually identify positively who they're dealing with. >> a dna test revealed his true identity. officials say rini has at least twice before pretended to be a child sex crimes victim. on friday he was charged with making faul making false statements to the fbi, and is being held without bond. if convicted he could land back in prison for eight years. his brother apologized to the pit zen family. >> i told the family i'm sorry for what he's done. i hope he gets out and i also hope he goes to prison for this, or at least an institution. >> timmothy vanished after she picked him up from school. took her life two days later. relatives say they were told early on to temper their hopes. >> if this isn'

the actions of brian rini were extremely damaging.d the family, who was grappling with a missing child for many years. they had their hopes raised and dashed. they were re-victimized. a lot of that we have law enforcement who diverted from their job of keeping people safe to disprove this story. what good we can pull out of this is the refocus of attention on the fact that thousands of children go missing every year. in particular, this case of timmothy pitzen, who went missing eight years ago. to be this will bring people forward who have information about something that happened years ago. as you brought up, maybe even timmothy pitzen is out there depending on the time this happened. he was seven years old. >> melissa: i think he was five or six. they said he was in kindergarten. so he had to be -- i mean, i have to double check that. but he was at such an age. based on the trauma and the amount of time that passed, it strikes me that maybe this brings attention to this case and there is a child out there who doesn't even know this

but after dna tests confirmed his true identity, rini stated he was not timmothy pitzen and allegedly said he watched a story about pitzen on television. >> clearly false reports like this one can beainful to th families of missing children and they also divert valuable resources in order to investigate untruthful claims. >> his rap sheet includes convictions for passing bad checks and a probation aolation. federal authoriti say he twice claimed to be a victim of juvenile sex trafficking. chris coffee, nbc news. >>> well, as boeing works to fix its anti-stall system on those max jets invved in two deadly crashes, the company has identified another software issue that needs to bere added now. boeing says the new discovery is a, quote, relatively minor issue and that a fix is already in the works. the company sayot it's part of the flight control system suspected in the crashes in indonesia andutethiopia, with multiple investigations also under way into how that plane got certified, it could potentially be months before these jets are airborne again. >>> meanwhile a preliminary report f

according to the fbi brian michael rini told investigators in ken that he was timmothy pitzen. police say rini then told them that two men had been holding him captive for years before he was able to run from a red roof inn motel in the cincinnati area across the bridge and into kentucky. but a dna test indicated that the man was not the illinois boy who vanished eight years ago. investigators are now trying to figure out why he would impersonate timmy. >>> stocks rising this midday after a strong jobs report easing fears of an economic slowdown. checking the dow jones industrial average right now, up about 31 points. >>> new at 11:00, joe biden makes his first public appearance since questions surfaced about his behavior with women. the former vice president chose to joke about the controversy during his opening remarks. >> by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. biden spoke at a workers' union event in washington. he did not directly answer questions about running for president other than saying he intends to be the last person to announce. >>> this weekend governor g

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as of last night, brian rini hadn't yet been charged and we'll be checking on that. in their statement yesterday, the louisville fbi said they will never stop searching for timmothy. >> thank you very much. >> imagine being the family going through this thinking that maybe there was a chance. >> of course. i think that it's clear that there's some mental illness with the suspect. we'll speak to his brother -- >> or depravity. just to do that -- >> we'll see what the brother thinks of his history. believe it or not, i worked at america's most wanted, this does happen, people do show up claiming to be the missing child. >> to your credit, the first words out of your mouth were, are we sure? >> let's pump the brakes a little bit. thank you. >>> a new report reveals that president trump wanted a confirmation for his pick to be the top lawyer for the irs, he want that had to be a high priority. why such a high priority? could it be having to do anything with his own tax returns? maggie haberman joins us next. oh, could you, uh, make me a burger? -poof -- you're a burger.

. >> 23-year-old brian rini, an exconvict from ohio now faces federal charges for a cruel hoax based on the case of a missing illinois y. >> it extremely traumatic to the families of the missing children and diverts resources away from investigative efforts. >> reporte rini told law enforcement he was timmothy pitzen, the 6-year-old who vanished in 20 lic11 but refuse be fingerprinted. >> when conheonted with dna results, he admitted he'd watched a recent news story about the pitzen mystery and just wanted to get away from his own family. yet for timmothy pitzen's heartbroken relatives, renewed hope. >> the coverage this has bught to tim, i hope somebody sees him. or he sees us and goes and gets orhelp. >> repr: help to solve such a painful year's long mystery. wendy woolfolk, nbc news, chicago. >> timmothy pitzen's family has had much more to say this week. you open the nbc washington app to hear from them yourself. just search missing boy. >>> new at 4:00, a private school in d.c. will be closing after 90 years. >> you giost get to work closely with the teachers and students and th

.>> reporter: charges are filed against brian rini the man who earlier this week falsely claim to besing illinois boy. the real timmothy pitzen vanish in 2011 when he was six years old. authorities say they rush to expedite his dna test which found he is actually a 23-year- old ex-convict. he is charged with lying to federal investigators.>>> they want him lying to a federal agent is a violation of federal law. nevertheless he again repeated that he was timmothy pitzen. >> reporter: he made it he admitted he is not the missing boy when he was confronted with his dna results. at one point he told police he had escaped 2 captors who had been the sickly of sexually abusing him for years. in reality he just got out of prison last month. after serving more than a year for burglary and vandalism. >> people making false claims can and will face criminal penalties for their false claims. >> reporter: it is revealed this is not the first or even second time brian rini has pulled this hoax. the 23-year-old previously portrayed himself as a juvenile sexual trafficking victim. according to his e

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we are learning this is not the first time brian rini has pulled a hoax like this.>>> he was just released from prison last month.>> reporter: charges are filed against brian remain the man who earlier this week falsely claimed to be a missing illinois boy. the real timmothy pitzen vanish in 2011 when he was six. authorities say they rush to expedite the man's dna test which found brian rini is a 23- year-old ex-convict. he is charged with lying to federal investigators.>>> they warned him lying to a federal agent is a violation of federal law. nevertheless he again repeated that he was timmothy pitzen. >> reporter: he admitted he is not the missing boy once he was confronted with his dna results. at one point he told police he had escaped 2 captors who had been abusing him for years. in reality he just got out of prison last month. after serving more than a year for burglary and vandalism.>> people making false claims can and will face criminal penalties for their false claims.>> reporter: it is revealed this is not the first or even second time he has pulled this hoax. officials say the

officials say rini has at least twice before p atended to be child sex crimes victim.aul making false statements to the fbi, and is being held without nd. if convicted he could land back in prison for eight years. his brothergized to the pit zen family. >> i told the family i'm sorry for what he's done. i hope he gets out and also hope he goes to prison for this, or at least an institution. >> timmothy vanished after she picked him u from school. took her life two days later. relatives say they were told earlyn to temper their hopes. >> if this isn't tim, and is other 14-year-old boy, at least he's going to go home to his family. if it's not tim, we can help another family. and then we find out, well, wet found >> unfortunately for the pitzen family, the search continues. ron mott,nbc . >>> dylan is back with another check of the weather from augusta national golf club. how's the weather there and the rest of thecountry, dylan? >> reporter: sheinelle, birds are chirping here. it's going to b a beautiful day as temperatures get into the [ muted ] 70s. elsewhere across t

joining us now is jonathan rini, he is that man's younger brother. jonathan, thank you so much for being with us this morning to try to shed some light on what your older brother did. we appreciate you joining us on the phone. can you tell us why would your brother do this? >> honestly, i do not know. i do not know why he would do anything like this. >> tell us about the history because it's not the first time -- i mean, it's the first time it sounds like that he has done it to this dramatic level, but he has claimed other identities, even yours, in the past. >> yes, he's used my identity to -- i don't know if he was trying to weasel his way out of the traffic stop, but it did more harm than good. >> you say that he has been doing stupid stuff for as long as you can remember, such as? >> yes. he was in and out of jail a lot while we were kids, just getting into random little bouts of trouble, fights at home. he was placed on juvenile probation and then he just continuously violated his probation. >> is there a mental health component? is your brother

of ohio and he has a previous arrest record rini allegedly told police said he was timothy and he hadped to kidnappers. now timothy actually disappeared about a years ago when he had his mom went on a road trip that included stops at and a water park you see some surveiilance video. his mom amy fry-pitzen check timothy out of school in may of 2011 3 days later. her body was found in a hotel room in rockford, illinois. she had died by suicide, leaving behind just a chilling note that said her son was with people who love him adding quote you'll never find him. over the years to make these extended family members of that multiple leads on locations of the boy they've been trying to find them they even thought day this turned out to be a hoax and even though this did turn out to be hoax they say they're not giving up. >>we know that you are out there somewhere tim. and we will never stop looking for you. and loving you. >>meanwhile, aurora police say they are going to remain diligent and continue searching for timothy who would be 14 right now can head back to hugh grant. thank you earth

. >> brian rini who served time for burglary and vandalism now ces federal charges for a cruel hoax based onf the case a missing illinois boy. >> it is traumatic to the family of the missing children and takes resources away from the investigative efforts. >> reporter: he told law enforcement he was timmothy pitzen, the 6-year-old who vanished from chicago in 2011 efted to be fingerprinted to confirm his identity. >> we warned h that lying to a federal agent is a violation of federal law. >> reporter: when confronted with the negative dna results, investators say rini admitted he'd watched a recent news story about the mystery and wanted to get away from his own family. yet for timmothy pitzen's heartbroken relatives, renewed hope. >> the coverage this has brought to tim, i hope somebody sees it. or he sees this and goes and gets rhelp. >>orter: help to solve such a painful years' long mystery. wendy woolfolk, nbc news, chicago. >> and our coverage of this story continues in about 15 minutes. rob motte has new details on nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> the washington auto show is a

. >>> the man claiming to be a missing illinois boy has officials say 23-year-old brian rini told them he was timothy ttzen who disappeared years ago. d police he escaped from an ohio hotel after being held for years. dn results showini was not telling the trut investigators say he is in police custody but not under arrest. >>> today president trump will visit the.s.-mexico border. he will visit a town called calexico, 120 miles east of san diego. he will check a recvatly red section of the border wall. the president says he is giving mexico one year to stop drugs from entering the u.s. if it doesn't he will ill pose tariffs or close the border. >>> a local military base will become the testing grounds for a local shuttle. myers hernl son hall ron -- henderson hall won -- the base will have self shuttles used to -- several shuttles used abandon campus. they use a pre-mapped route to make their rounds. the program will begin in a few weeks and is expected to last three months. >> driverless shuttles, wow. >>> pure lin construction could affect travels in langley park. beginning saturday

. >> -year-old brian rini said he is escaped from a hotel after being held against his will for years. >> i feel so sorry for thi young man. >> renewed interest c in thee could lead to tim's real location. >> we ow you are out there somewhere, tim. we will never stop looking for you. aying for you. and lovingu. yo >> back to hope and prayers for this family's painfuly. nbc news, chicago. >>> a pair of fiery crashes brought traffic to a screeching halt today in parts of our area. both having a big impac on the rush hour. a truck crash caused a huge mess el theay in virginia. and then a chain reaction crash involving a dozen vehicles here on i-66. ckie, quite an evening. >> reporter: two crashes, one oo i-66 on the beltway. caused a ripple effect in traffiro hout northern virginia. sthese imagesw the fiery tactor-trailer crash tha began the d.c. area's second terrible traffic thursday in a row. the truck was traveling on the inner loop when it hit the jersey wall and flipped, sendins load of insulation on to the outer loop.pl it cely closed the beltway for two hours. one hour after the

kentucky who identified himself as pitzen is really 23-year-old brian michael rinney from me dee -- riniohio. >> his brother says that he has mental issues and it's not the first time he's assumed a false identity. >> he's been doing stupid stuff not this serious, but he's been doing stupid stuff for as long as i can remember. he used my name in a traffic stop in norton, and then skipped court and i received a traffic warrant for it. >> timmothy pitzen's family has searched for him ever since his mother's reported suicide on a road trip with him nearly 8 years ago. >>> the city of chicago says it will sue jussie smollett for $135,000. the actor missed a deadline to pay a bill the city sent. they want him to cover the cost of the week's long investigation into his claim he was the victim of a hate crime. detectives concluded smollett staged that attack. he has insisted he's telling the truth. the charges were dropped after he forfeited his bail and performed community service. >> i still have so many questions about this story. i'm not sure we're ever going to get clarity on. >>> you can

authorities say he's 23-year-old brian michael rini and has a criminal record including serving time for burglary and vandalism in ohio. the family disappointed but not angry. they have dealt with false sightings before. >> i would reserve all judgment and pray for the young man involved. >> reporter: timmothy aurora, illinois. his mom took him out of school early. apparent suicide. a note said the boy was fine but would never be found. yesterday's drama unfolded more than 300 miles away in newport, kentucky. >> we have a child that ran away. he said he was kidnapped. >> reporter: the person told him he escaped from two men that had been holding him for years running from a red roof inn into kentucky. in timmothy's hometown, his bike sits at his neighbor's house given by his dad to a family who played with him. >> this was timmothy's house, and that was his playground. >> reporter: jackelyn lives in in the house timmothy onceallehome. his handprint cast in stone. >> i have hope that one day he'll pass by and say, you know, that was my playground. >> reporter: now the question, why wo

listen to the brother of this suspect, brian rini. >> honestly, i do not know. he would do anything like this. he's a terrible person. he was in and out of jail a lot while we were kids. just getting into random little bouts of trouble. fights at home. he was placed on juvenile probation and then he just continuously violated his probation. he has asperger's syndrome and bipolar disorder. but still he should have the rational thinking to not do something like this. >> these are two families that are torn up right now. you hear the brother saying -- that brian rini has bipolar disorder, asperger's syndrome he calls his own brother a bad person. what is that family going through? to find that you know there was this kind of trick played. >> right. well to have the pathology of your family member exposed, particularly when it's considered you know terrible behavior that perhaps hurts another family, given the history the brother cites of being in and out of serious trouble, as such a young person speaks to some sort of conduct disorder and often those young people

. >> reporter: now rini had his initial court appearance today and held without bond.tention hearing on tuesday. meanwhile, law enforcement officials stressed that the investigation into rini remains open and asking the public for any information they may have including his about his whereabouts in the days leading up to wednesday morning. wolf. >> athenna jones, what a heart breaking story. thank you very much. >>> just ahead, two u.s. citizens dual nationals are arrested in saudi arabia in a new crackdown on dissent. and home to three bp wind farms. in the off-chance the wind ever stops blowing here... the lights can keep on shining. thanks to our natural gas. a smart partner to renewable energy. it's always ready when needed. or... not. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. >>> tonight, two u.s. citizens are in custody in saudi arabia, arrested as part of a new crackdown on human rights and dissent. our senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kusinski joins us. this comes six months after the murder of jamaul khashoggi what are y

the man is brian rini and has claimed to be eight juvenile sex trafficking victim twice before. he's being charged with making false statements to authorities. prosecutors say he learned about the case from an episode of 2020. he could face up to 8 years in prison. >>> it was nice to see the blue sky this afternoon. >> but it isn't going to last. >> i love to see that pic of blue. >> ryan slough. >> more of that as the week goes on. we have a few showers tonight and tomorrow morning but by the time we get to next week it looks like increasing sunshine and increasing temperatures as well. outside with the focus, the opening day of the giants game, they did not cooperate but the weather did. to a certain extent it dried up by game time. the numbers right now are in the 60s around the bay area with the ptsanta rosa at 56. the high-def doppler is not picking up much but it will before sunrise tomorrow. light showers around antioch but aside from these, not much out there. the evening commute is going to go better than it could have gone. temperatures in the low to mid 50s for overni

cbs news has learned the person is actually 23-year-old brian michael rini of medina, ohio, who has a long criminal history. the claim came from this person who appeared in this quiet kentucky neighborhood early yesterday startling neighbors who ed pole.>>or aapoli rt,he mn ed himse-y old timmothy pitzen and said he'd "escaped two kidnappers that had been holding him for seven years."thmen are white and have tattoos. the real timmothy pitzen has been missing for nearly eight years. when he was six, cameras captured his mother, amy fry- pitzen, walking him out of school and taking him to water parks. she was later found dead at a hotel of an apparent suicide. she left a note saying her son was safe but would never be found. despite the false hope, the search for timmothy now continues. >> my prayer has always been that when he was old enough, he would find us if we couldn't find him. >> glor: adriana, it's incredibly sad to hear from the family. but where does the search for the actual boy go from here? >> reporter: well, jeff, the fact that his name is making headlines is raising awar