the i team's scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. the security plan calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside the

time someone got an unauthorized gun onto the tourist-packed highly secured ground. >> news4's scott macfarlane is live with exclusive details about more than a dozen other cases of gups getting seized near the capitol. scott? >> reporter: just one person pulled the trigger but we've learned more than 13 other people have brought guns onto this secure area just since 2012. the only person to pull the trigger among them, the 22-year-old who killed himself in a public area on the west front causing a lockdown and a frightening scene amid the cherry blossom festival last weekend. two other recent cases last summer. you may have heard about them, the lobbyist who tried to carry a gun into the cannon house office building and the pennsylvania u.s. house staffer who did the same, saying it was an accident. but there are cases we didn't know about until we gathered these internal police records from u.s. capitol police. at each of these locations,

at the live desk, scott macfarlane. >> thanks, scott. the city's state's attorney confirmed that she now has the internal investigation from the police. she says her office has simultaneously been conducting its own investigation into gray's death. she said her office would not rely solely on the police report but also on the facts that they have gathered and been able to verify. >> and what about the people who live in the neighborhoods impacted by the violent protests? news4's tracee wilkins talked to people in baltimore who are still struggling to get back on their feet. >> reporter: for many of the people standing in this line -- >> have you been waiting long? >> no. >> reporter: -- they're getting their first bag of fresh groceries in days. >> thank you. >> as a result of the riots, we lost four convenience stores. we have no place to get toilet paper pampers milk anything. >> reporter: this section of baltimore was already a food desert. >> 30% of the neighbors that live here are in poverty. >> reporter: so every little bit helps.

now an investigation by scott macfarlane raises questions about whether at least one of the hero helicopters>> it seemed like it was forever. >> reporter: channing blackwell was certain his dad william was about to die. >> in his mind, he was about to die. >> reporter: stranded on thin ice for about an hour atop lake manassas. firefighters and rescuers couldn't reach the 80-year-old man. only a helicopter rescue could save him. >> i keep repeating it's coming, it's coming. >> reporter: the u.s. park police eagle 2 did arrive and saved william blackwell and the dogs with him. >> my father would not be here if it weren't for that helicopter. >> reporter: eagle one has a history, too involved in many news events, rescuing survivors of the navy yard shooting spree and for years providing surveillance ahead of the presidential motorcade. in fact the u.s. park police have three helicopters in d.c. a news 4 camera rolled as officers trained. they looked so flawless in their ex execution, we didn't expect to hear what we heard next, that one of the helicopters, eagle 2 should be replaced immediately

for now at the bhiet house, scott macfarlane news4. >>> these 100 influential people just became evene influential. so who made the "time" magazine out with the 100 most influential people list? well, hillary clinton and from the republican party senator bob corker is there, actor bradley cooper made it as did comedian john oliver, director lee daniels making the "time" list and you could have guessed this one, tailor swift. both kanye west and kim kardashian also making the "time" list. >>> there will be a full-scale emergency response drill this weekend at the greenbelt metro station. just yesterday you saw that pedestrian bridge collapse onto the tracks between the greenbelt and college park stations. this drill is sunday morning. emergency responders will simulate the evacuation of passengers from a fake disabled train. the greenbelt station will remain open during this exercise exercise. there will be be similar drills later this year in d.c. and virginia. >> emancipation events are well under way in the district with parades and other events. april 16 1862 marks the abolition of

wendy back to you. >> scott macfarlane. >>> a woman who's accused of abandoning her disabled son in a park, leaving him to die, is now back in pennsylvania. doug shaoe mel explains how this case is moving forward. >> she was picked up this morning in maryland by our fugitive squad. she's now here. >> reporter: she did not fight being brought back to philadelphia. 41-year-old nyia parler has been in police custody in silver spring, maryland, since her arrest. police say she left her 21-year-old quadriplegic son in cobbs creek with a bible and blanket in the cold for four days last week. investigators say she had taken a bus to see her boyfriend. >> do you believe the boyfriend? was he any help? >> 100%. the boyfriend was very helpful to us. the family was very helpful. >> reporter: police say parler will be charged with attempted murder, assault and kidnapping for leaving her son living next to his wheelchair with no means of survival. detectives say the evidence will likely overcome any mental health defense mia parler may offer. >> as long as we're keshed she's criminally liable for

scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >>> a lot of cheers apparently being made in northern virginia these days. a study in the american journal of public health finds falls church leads the nation in overall alcohol consumption. the report finds nearly 80% of residents 21 and older have at least one drink a month. that's the highest in the country. a county in wisconsin leads the nation in binge drinking and a town in nevada tops the list for the country's heaviest drinkers. >>> well amelia joins us now. this weekend is not a lot to toast to. clouds and rain and chilly weather right/. >> it's going to be a very cold start tomorrow morning, frost and freeze concerns. rain then moves in later in the day tomorrow. likely rainy showery for sunday monch. then we'll start to dry out sunday afternoon. now, for tonight there are freeze concerns across the area, and i just posted on my facebook and twitter pages the average last frost date for different spots in our area. you can head there and get those exact daitz. now, your second weather headline, rain later in the day tomorrow on into sunday

. >> news4's scott macfarlane is live with exclusive details about more than a dozen other cases of gups getting seized near the capitol. scott? >> reporter: just one person pulled the trigger but we've learned more than 13 other people have brought guns onto this secure area just since 2012. the only person to pull the trigger among them, the 22-year-old who killed himself in a public area on the west front causing a lockdown and a frightening scene amid the cherry blossom festival last weekend. two other recent cases last summer. you may have heard about them, the lobbyist who tried to carry a gun into the cannon house office building and the pennsylvania u.s. house staffer who did the same, saying it was an accident. but there are cases we didn't know about until we gathered these internal police records from u.s. capitol police. at each of these locations, capitol police have seized guns since 2012 in so many different sections of the capitol grounds, in another case weeks ago capitol police seized a stolen gun from a person suspected of driving drunk on the grounds. another gun seiz

>> scott macfarlane reporting.nk you, scott. >>> police and firefighters from other maryland communities remain on alert to help in case protests should flare up tonight. the frederick county sheriff's office sent 30 deputies and two commanders to baltimore last night. they returned home this afternoon. frederick was also asked to send seven fire engines but worried that might leave frederick residents unprotected so they committed to two with the promise to send more if necessary. >> i think everybody will remain in alert status probably for the next several days hoping for the best but being prepared in case there's a replication this evening. >> members of frederick's national guard unit were deployed from the frederick armory, but the number is being withheld for security reasons. >>> the death of a mentally ill woman in the fairfax county jail has been ruled accidental. natasha mckenna died while in custody this past february. today the state medical examiner's office said her death was caused by excited delir

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. news4 has learned they're considering a ten-foot-high fence to make it more secure, to reduce the risk of gate jumpers. they're also considering a double fence putting a second fence to reinforce the current one. we've also learned about some permanent ideas that they considered but decided against including the installation of barbed wire along the white house gate, the us

the news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke the story and shows us when these upgrades will be in place.> reporter: the first set of changes could come in the coming weeks. they're going to bolt on new steel spikes atop the current white house fence. other bigger changes come later. here is a close-up look at the spikes, images obtained by the news4 i-team. you can see the sharp pieces of black metal designed to make it more difficult to climb the fence. in the coming weeks the secret service will beef up security of three vehicle checkpoints along the ellipse. the current checkpoints are on the top, the newer one sketched at the bottom. but these are just temporary. more sweeping changes are coming including a possible ten-foot fence like the one shown here in internal documents also obtained by the news4 i-team, also a possible double fence a new fence builten inside the existing perimeter, all a part of sweeping overhaul of white house grounds the national park service has been working on for years but did not detail in a public hearing in front of the u.s. commission of fine arts tod

the i-team's scott macfarlane broke this on twitter.s for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside the white house. the change is in response to the frightening incident where a man-mademan made it over the fence and through the front door and the fine arts has to sign offen it today. >> it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call. >> the national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> we just got word all are safe and no injuries. we found out that five people were inside a house in lanham. those folks are outside with ems. still no word on the cause of this. we told you about this 15 minutes ago when it was tweeted out there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof of that house there in the 6100 block of princess garden parkway. melissa mollet has been following that as well that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >>> well, it's a busy day already for prince

scott macfarlane news4 i-team. >> it does welcome any tips about possible problems. put that information on our website at nbcwashington.com. click on "investigations." >>> veronica is back with more about our weather. strong storms. how is that going to affect us tomorrow? >> yeah it's really going to slow us down, traffic on area roads and make nor delays with outdoor plans. as early as 1:00 a very first big outbreak of spring right? heads up folks. a high impact weather day for tomorrow. we start out with the dense fog. strong thunderstorms after 1:00. because of it all, it is going to be a weather alert day. what that means is outside of the newscast we'll still be doing weather updates. download that app. the day starts with fog. it will be widespread dense and thick early tomorrow morning. 50 degrees the temperature. so we're going to be seeing temperatures rise over the next couple of hours. then stormy conditions for the afternoon as we hit the heat we'll hit that heat early by around lunchtime tomorrow. temperatures rising very quickly. we've got a few storm

the news4 iteam scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. the security plan calls for half inch steel spikes to be added to the fence outside the white house. it's in response to the frightening incident where a man-made it over the fence and through the front door. a planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> all right. talking about the forecast now. pretty mild start to your day. i would call it chilly a little bit. >> as long as we're past snow i'm fine with that. >> right. >> no chance of that, right, tom? >> i would never say no. >> stop it, tom, come on. >> but not today. >> good. >> or in the foreseeable future. hopefully that makes you feel better. starting off with dry pavement. a live view from our tower camera looking down on nebraska avenue here in northwest washington. all around the region dry pavement. it is cool. definitely going to be light jacket for the morning but mild afternoon again. very similar to yesterday. a lot of clouds around. maybe a little sun coming and going. we have an increased cha

news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke the story on twitter. this is in response to a frightening incident where a man made it over the fence and into the white house before he was stopped. plans call for half-inch steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on the changes. that's expected to happen tomorrow. a former secret service agent says extra line of defense is crucial. >> the defense is clearly inadequate. it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call. >> a national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> a check on our weather now. doug says we need to get our umbrellas out again. what? doug? >> maybe not just yet. but you're going to need them over the next couple of days, that's for sure. a little bit of an unsettled weather pattern making its way through. you saw the cloud cover today. the rain stayed down to the south. take a look at the high t

the i team's scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. the security plan calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside the white house. the changes are in response to the incident where a man made it over the fence and through the front door before he was stopped. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on the plan today. >> right now a gorgeous blue sky, live view from the team team national harbor camera overlooking the tidal pa comack reflecting the blue sky. there's the wilson bridge. clouds in the distance to our west and north will begin to track right on over us as we get into the afternoon reducing sunshine and capping temperatures which are right now into the low and mid-60s already from the shenandoah valley to the bay. reagan national is at 65 degrees. it's near 60 shenandoah valley out of the mountains, a few locations are still just in the 50s. >>> new this morning, we were there for the first court appearance for a former fairfax county police information officer who's now the focus of a child porn i

scott macfarlane digging into this is in the newsroom with detail details. >> good afternoon, jim. agency reports filed by the fire department and reviewed by news4 show more than 120 acres have burned in montgomery county already this spring. county fire officials tell news4 it's especially early for so many fires to have damaged so much land. and it's a possible indication it will be a rough summer of brush fires. the images you've seen of a fire last week in gaithersburg close to the parkridge neighborhood. the second set of images from a fire near seneca creek park, within 100 feet of homes, very close to where people live. 350 firefighters were needed to combat last week's brush fires in montgomery county 100 fire units, too. >> and one potential for the early start to brush fire season, a particularly large amount of debris on the grounds in the woods from a rough and icy winter. jim? >> scott thank you. >>> well, veronica, the picture behind us shows that things are really greening up around here, but it's really wet today. >> it is soggy today, and it's been of course a slo

scott macfarlane reports moisture is damaging the 105-year-old building. heavy pieces of stone are at risk of deteriorating. the architect ever the capitol says repairs are needed soon to prevent the stones from falling down. it's an issue similar to one at the aging cannon house office building where netting was recently installed to keep pieces of the building from falling onto tourists and employees. >>> fixing flooding problems in the district. the city says a big machine named lucy will help make it happen. residents are hoping they're right. news4's tom sherwood explains how it's going to work. >> reporter: ask any new or long-time resident of bloomingdale or ledroit park in northwest d.c. the flooding is terrible. too much water is feared with every storm. >> when i still tell people that i live here, they go oh, isn't that the neighborhood that always floods? i never expected that i would fall victim to flooding when i moved here. i never knew sandbags would become a way of life. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser spilled a little more water today. s

the news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke this on twitter. it calls for half inch steel spikes to be added to the fence outside the white house. it's in response to the frightening incident where a man-made it over the fence and through the front door before he was stopped. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on it today and the national planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> today fairfax county police's former public information officer will make his first court appearance as an accused criminal. william bud walker is charged with possessing and the intent to distribute child pornography. he has been a spokesman for the last six years. investigators were led to him after a tip on the online progress. they traced uploads on the website to walker's home in fairfax county. >> at this time our investigation has not yielded any information of criminal activity committed by mr. walker involving children from our community. >> walker was a school resource officer at south county high school from 2006 to 2009. a

news4's scott macfarlane will have new details on those incidents, including one where a person had a gun in plain sight at the capitol visitors center and how police managed to find these guns. that's come pg up here at 5 tonight. >>> hagerstown investigators are promising a thorough investigation into the death of a man who died in police custody after being shocked with a stun gun. the man allegedly kicked in the door of this row house around 10:30 last night. four sisters between the ages of 9 and 16 were home at the time. they say they chased him out and called 911. the man was in the front yard when police arrived. they say he was aggressive and appeared to be be on drugs. an officer used a stun gun to subdue him. he was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. the suspect was black, the officers involveded white. race has not been raised as a factor but the incident comes amid a national debate about the deaths of black men at the hands of police. >>> a man from bel air maryland, is facing a year in jail when he's sentenced in july for jumping the white house fence in

. >> scott macfarlane, a good samaritan is being credited with saving the life of a police officer inmi. aif passing motorist used his van to shield the officer from a shooting suspect. the suspect then stole the officer's cruiser. he was taken into custody after a chase and a shootout. the suspect and two bystanders were hurpt. all are expected to survive. >>> the former nfl star at the center of a serial rape case is out of his alma mater's hall of fame. darren sharper was kicked out of the william and mary hall of fame after a guilty plea in one of the nine cases in which he's charged. women in four states say they were drugged and raped by sharper. he grew up in richmond, played safety at william & mary before his 14-year nfl career. last month he was also kicked out of his high school's hall of fame. >>> nine educators from the atlanta area are now facing up to seven years in prison. a judge sentenced them today in connection to a widespread cheating controversy. stemming back to 2005. they're accused of changing responses to inflate test scores in 44 different schools. those sen