we're expecting a massive effort to get under way to find two-year-old jacob and three-year-old sarah hoggle. they have been missing since september 7th. their mother catherine hoggle went missing at the same time. now, she turned up a short time later without the children. however, she hasn't been able to tell them anything other than they are safe. so a massive search ensued immediately after that on weekends and periodically right after that there have been massive efforts like this volunteer and police. this will be an official police effort. capital catherine hoggle you said psychiatric care. police pursuing murder charges. they are asking folks in the clarksburg areas to check their property to see if they find anything unusual that would lead to a break in the case. fairfax, loudoun county canine volunteers and professionals from as far away as pennsylvania participating in this effort today. we hear more about what their goal is from officer nicole gomaard. >> our goal is to find hoggle children. we want to bring closure to that end of the case. that is why we're doing another search

it's been seven months since anyone has seen jacob and sarah hoggle. police will fapn out across montgomery county to fry to find them. residents are being asked to search properties. the children's mother katherine, is in a mental health facility charged with child negligent. >>> police identified a man killed in d.c. but detectives are still looking for the person who stabbed him. joshua steele was stabbed last night near alabama avenue and randall place. officers found him critically wounded when they got there and are still looking for the suspect. >>> more than two dozen people had to find a new place to stay tonight after a fire burned down their apartment. it broke out this morning at a complex called the oaks at park south. investigators say the fire started on one of the balconies in an air conditioning unit. five apartments were damaged. the red cross is helping those families with temporary housing. >>> let's check the weather. we had one of the warmest weekends since last fall. we're all hoping it can stay that way. >> unfortunately it's no

that was the day two-year-old jacob and three-year-old sarah hoggle went missing along with their motherherine. she showed up a short time later but with no information on where the kids were. she would only say they were safe. she's been under psychiatric care since then and people have been searching since then. this effort got under way. based on no new leads according to police just a matter of expanding areas they have already covered. they brought a lot of resources to bear on this search as we hear from a spokesman from montgomery county police. >> we are being joined by u.s. park police, corrections, charles county maryland state, loudoun county sheriff's office fairfax, chesapeake search and rescue dogs east mason dixon search dogs bay area canine search and rescue and pennsylvania search dogs. >> now, while family members and some volunteer searches held out hope these children will be found alive, there's still a glimmer of help they will. this is sort of a recovery effort. they don't have any new leads as far as they are saying on where these children may be. we do know polic

. >>> they're father thinks they're still alive more than a half a year after 3-year-old sarah hoggle and her 2-year-old brother jacob disappeared. the father will not give up hopeful. >> reporter: there were search dogs, loudoun county atvs and sonar and mapping technology, just some of the resources combing the more than 6,000 acres in gaithersburg seneca creek state park, the massive combined police effort sunday searching for 4-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob hoggle both last seen last september. why all this now and why today? >> we don't have the leaf cover on the ground that was back in september, so we get a different perspective. >> reporter: montgomery county detective jason huggins says for the most part police are operating in recovery mode searching for any remains as their criminal investigation continues. >> there's definitely frustration with that and the level of help and resources at times. >> reporter: i caught up with the father troy turner who still says his kids are alive commenting on the massive police search sunday. >> i think it's great because to me it's

jacob and sarah hoggle have been gun for more than six months. take a look here, you can see more than a dozen different police departments and dog search teams went looking for the children this weekend in germantown. officers say they're trying to provide closure at this point. the toddlers' father says now is not the time for that. >> 48 hours in they decided my kids had to be dead due to statistics. that's no evidence really pointing that way that i have seen. >> troy turner says he's planning to go out on another search with volunteers next week. >>> first responders in prince george's county made your commute safer. fire and ems took part in the emergency drill. yesterday, crews practiced evacuating passengers from a disabled train at the greenbelt station. this is the first of several drills designed to improve coordination after the deadly january smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. business leaders will release a study that shows the economic impact of the purple line. leaders are coming together to support the light rail line and studies

two-year-old jacob and three-year-old sarah hoggle disappeared in december. police believe the children are now dead but they aren't able to prove if that's true. the toddler's mom catherine was last with them. she's in police custody right now. even though officers are searching for the kids today they do say they don't have any new leads in this case. >> if you're heading to the green belt metro station this morning, you may notice a heavy emergency response there. metro transit police in prince george's fire and ems have a full scale emergency plan today from 8:00 a.m. to around 1:00 p.m. the green belt station will remain closed for customers -- will remain open actually. teams will simulate evacuating passengers from a disabled train. this is the first in a series of quarterly deals of responder training after the deadly incident. >>> we knot name of a man stabbed to death in the district. 23-year-old joshua steel was stabbed once. this happened friday night alabama heavy and randall place. d.c. police offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to

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jacob and sarah hoggle went missing from germantown more than six weeks ago. there was a search over the weekend and dog search teams went looking as well. this was in germantown. officers believe the children are no longer alive but they want to know what happened to them and they say they're trying to provide some closure for the children's family at this point. the toddlers' father said he's holding out hope that they're okay. >> 48 hours in they decided my kids had to be dead due to statistics. there's no evidence really pointing that way that i have seen. >> troy turner says he's planning to go it on -- go out on another search next week. >>> 6:05 today. there will be a dedication ceremony at the washington navy yard. the humphreys building will be dedicated as the new headquarters for the naval sea systems command. we showed you inside the building back in february when employees began moving back in. the building formerly known as 197 was the site of a deadly shooting that left 13 people dead in 2013. it has been totally remodeled. the ceremony will beg

sarah and jacob hoggle were last seen in september. extensive searches throughout the county and surrounding areas have turned up no sign of the children so far. their mother catherine hoggle has been jowndz going treatment -- undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital. >>> a man charged with a deadly crash on the bw parkway will be in court. 27-year-old anthony lamont payne of district heights, maryland allegedly ran another car off the road on march 20. 19-year-old wow we state university student terence lagrue was killed. payne is facing a maximum life in sentence if convicted. >>> d.c. police are searching for a person they believe shot a man in northwest washington early this morning. this was around 4:30. officers responding to the 1200 block of m street when they got there they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. police say the victim and the suspect did know each other. >>> there have been two more robberies at 7-eleven convenience stores in northeast washing

happening today, catherine hoggle the woman accused in the disappearance of her two young children will be here in montgomery county district court. those two children sarah and jacob hoggle have been missing since last september. they were last seen with their mother catherine but at different times. this entire time since they've been gone, catherine has maintained that the children are safe and together but she still won't tell anyone much less her husband or police where those children are. there have been numerous searches in the area but still no sign of those children. police say they're trying to remain optimistic and continue their searches and hope for the best but they still have to prepare for the worst. hoggle is charged with abduction, neglect and hindering the investigation. now, since her arrest, she has been receiving treatment at a mental hospital but she will be here in court today at 9:00. coming up at 6:30, i'll tell you why both the prosecution and the defense in this case asked for today's hearing to be delayed. live in montgomery county, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> a new prominent name is joining the race for the white house. ver

sarah and jacob hoggle have been missing since september. >>> a teenage boy pulled alive from the rubblefter nepal's catastrophic earthquake. the fairfax county search and rescue team was there. >>> officers and national guardsmen and airmen are no longer wearing riot gear in baltimore today. the city is under a state of emergency. tomorrow police will hand over a report on gray's death but will not release it publicly. >>> #april showers. it is gray and kind of damp right now. maybe a little sunshine in and out throughout the midday. then showers likely in the metro area by mid to late afternoon. maybe a rumble of thunder, melissa. >>> this is right at route 80 the crash is off to the right side of the roadway. still we have five miles worth of backups that we don't typically see this time of the morning that's the slowest spot. everywhere else is pretty typical. >>> our food truck will be handing out free coffee and doughnuts again tomorrow. >> you will see the goodies food truck outside of the rosalyn metro stop. stop by and grab free doughnuts and coffee. the "today" show is next. >>

hoggle's children sarah and jacob have been missing now since september. after today's hearing their father expressed hope they'll be found. >> i believe that they're still out there at this point. i just want them to did come home. if the truth is something else, then i just want to find that out. >> katherine hoggle is charged with child neglect. today the judge said if further psychiatric reviews shows she will become competent, he will order her to stand trial immediately. news4's chris gordon will have more coming up at 5. >>> now to a first 4 traffic alert that takes effect just a few hours from now. construction work will shut down two roads along the national mall, starting at 7:00 p.m. 15th will be closed between jefferson drive and constitution avenue. that closure lasts until tuesday morning may 5th. as 15th street reopens, madison drive northwest will shut down between 14th and 15th streets. that closure will continue through the end of the week. now, these closures are due to the ongoing construction at the national museum of african-american

sarah haven't been seen since september. they disappeared with their mother katherine hoggle. later turned up without the children. all she told authorities and others providing psychiatric care is the kids are somewhere safe. she hasn't said where. the search continue through rural montgomery county. >> we want to bring closure to that case. >> reporter: the closure authorities are looking for and the closure the father of the two children is looking for, are two different things. >> they're looking for dead bodies. they have been since day two. >> he says while he realizes police have to base their assumptions on profiles and past cases he has got to operate on a father's undying devotion to his children. >> i had to go back to work november 1. my kids need a police to come home to when they do come home. he has spoke tine katherine hoggle to no avail and frustrated police have been limited in their questioning of katherine hoggle under psychiatric care because of patient kons ficonfidentiality laws hipa. >> she has more rights hipa, the judge, he doesn't like the way she is questioned. >> reporter: he is glad t

. >> reporter: the latest psychiatric report indicates catherine hoggle is improving but still incompetent. children, 3-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob, not seen since september. their father tells me he spoke by phone by catherine hoggle who's in a mental hospital a few weeks ago. >> she's been saying since before thanksgiving she's ready to bring them thome and things like that. i'll believe it when they're in my car. >> reporter: i asked hoggle's defense lawyer the question that many people want answered. does catherine hoggle want to reveal the whereabouts of her children? >> i can't speak to that. i don't even know if she knows the whereabouts of her children. >> reporter: the jung of judge said when hoggle is declared competent he will put her on trial for the misdemeanor charges of neglecting minors, but she said she's already been in custody seven months which would exceed the sentence he would impose. the top prosecutor anticipates he will seek additional charges against hoggle. >> we remain sort of in a holding pattern because that's the right thing to do to allow us to have the maximum options for expl

hoggle is charged with child neglect. her children 3-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob have been missing since september. she has not said where she took them. in court the rest of the children's family watched hoggle closely. >> today to me she looked a little more softened maybe. i don't know if it's the medication or what but we hope she comes around. >> reporter: troy turner, the children's father is frustrated. >> there's a lot more emphasis on the case and the conviction or acquittal than finding my actual children and finding what's going on with them. that's probably the biggest problem i have with everything. >> reporter: the judge says if kron lidge hoggle is found competent, he will order an immediate trial of the misdemeanor charges against her and if she's convicted her sentence might be time served. after court, her lawyers explained it this way. >> the judge was emphasizing that if and when ms. hoggle is found competent that because of the time she has spent detained, it seemed to us he doesn't want to drag out a court date. >> report

hoggle is still incompetent but improving. she has not revealed where she left her children three-year-old sarah and two-year-old jacob. they've not been seen since september. their father tells me he spoke by phone with catherine hoggle who's in a mental hospital just a few weeks ago. >> she's been saying since before thanksgiving she's ready to bring them home and things like that and that's why i was just explaining to him is that i'll believe it when they're in my car. >> reporter: catherine hoggle's attorneys say prosecutors have not given them discovery of the evidenced in the case does catherine hoggle want to reveal the whereabouts of her children? >> i can't speak to that. i don't know if she knows the whereabouts of her children. >> reporter: the judge says when hoggle is declared competent he will put her on trial for if misdemeanor charges of neglecting minors be he says she's already been in custody seven months which would exceed the sentence he could impose. i asked the prosecutor where the case goes from here. >> we've remained sort of in a holding pattern because that's the right thing to do to allow us

there will be a new search in montgomery county this weekend for the missing hoggle children 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah were last seen last september. expect law eastern forcement in a variety of locations sunday using canines, atvs and horses to help in that ground search. the children's mother is in a mental health facility being held on child neglect charges. >>> a new effort under way tonight to recruit firefighters from d.c. for the first time in eight years, the district is offering an entry level exam to develop a pool of possible recruits. the mayor and interim chief announced that plan at an event here today the first 1500 people to register online for the exam will get to take it. and d.c. residents who pass the exam will get what the department is calling preference points in the hiring process. online registration opens may 20th. >>> and new tonight, the wife of that pilot who flew onto the lawn of the u.s. capitol building is standing by her man. >> i think he wasn't. >> how she says she found out about this under the radar stunt. >> reporter: i'm jason pew at the verizon center for game t

her children sarah and jacob, had been missing since last september. police believe they're dead. police say that hoggle has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. >>> new d.c. abortion law is stirring up another battle with the house republicans. the house is set to vote on a resolution to disapprove of the law. here's what the law does, its bans employers from discriminating against workers who get abortions. it also bans discrimination based on birth control choices. friday's house vote to disapprove of that new law is mostly symbolic. it is unlikely to go anywhere in the senate or get to the president's signature. >>> it is now 5:08. today, bernie sanders is expected to officially announce a presidential bid. that makes him the second candidate to challenge hillary clinton for the democratic nomination. sanders is an independent from vermont. he's known for fighting income inequality and the influence of the wealthy on lawmakers. clinton remains dominant so far in the polls. >>> all right. here we go. it wouldn't be the playoffs if the caps or the rangers got together. they start a best of seve