live in frederick, scott mcfarland news 4. >> scott, thank you. >>> very dangerous.try to follow those snow plows, and give the crews plenty of space and don't pass them especially. >>> snow is ramping up across our area. chuck symbol in the storm team 4x4 in loudoun county. any improvements out there? what are you seeing? >> reporter: no improvements at all, eun. just got out of the truck here in purcellville talked to a sweet lady she's driving the snow plow down through the neighborhoods. got out, got the snow stick out, pat collins snow stick and mischered a fresh four inches of snow here. making our way towards the d.c. metro area. it's 25 degrees with still moderate snow out here in the northern parts of loudoun county. and the road conditions remain very very slippery indeed as we've been saying all morning. we say it every time if you don't have to be on the roads don't get out on the roads and you want to win your snow stick, put some sort of your favorite team gear on it. i repeat double credit for boomer sooner gear on your snowman. eun? >> okay. i'm going

. >>> tom, i'm scott mcfarland at the live desk. the news 4 i-team learned a police lieutenant in need of medical treatment january 12th at the l'enfant plaza incident. coming from internal e-mails from the city just obtained by the i-team 4 team and also a communication breakdown reported between his office and howard university hospital where more than two dupzozen patients were treated. when asked about the e-mail howard university said it treated 25 passengers and did have contact with first responders that day. our new information about the breakdown by and howard university and other information just posted. on your phone at nbcwashington.com. barbara, back to you. >> we'll continue to follow that story. >>> meanwhile, the national zoo's two new cute bear cubs named thanks to you. the named mini and muniri chosen in a poll. on the website the last few weeks. the names mean unique and loving. you'll have to wait few more days to see the cubs angd the rest of the family in person as they make their first public appearance that h

news 4 i-team reporter scott mcfarland broke the story. >> he's getting hit from both sides from democrats and republicans not about his budget which is the point of today's hearing. he's getting hit because of the dui incident involving two special agents that was march 4th. he says he's turned it over to an independent investigator. but he's taking heat for that. they are saying he's not being accountable enough and agents should have been fired and the culture of the agency which has been troubled recently that should have changed. >> now he's asking for money. what's the money for? >> more than they got last year. it's up to $1.9 billion total. he's going to say the money is for protecting the 2016 presidential candidates, which the secret service does, but also to reenforce training and potentially to reenforce the security apparatus at the white house itself. >> you're watching that briefing. we'll have more on news 4 and on nbcwashington.com. >>> we are learning more about the situation that forced a united airlines plane to return back to dulles just after takeoff. the plane was on

this report was obtained by the news 4 iteam scott mcfarland through a freedom of information request. keep in mind the ntsb still has not talked about a probable cause for that incident. >>> right now the search for a missing boy in virginia has expanded. police do not suspect foul play in the case of 5-year-old noah thomas. they do believe he walked away from his home in southwest virginia on sunday. more than 100 people from different agencies have been working around the clock to try to find noah. >>> 5:48. today marks 40 years since anyone last saw two miss sisters from montgomery county. police are hoping a huge break in the case could come at any day. 10-year-old katherine lyon and her 12-year-old sister sheila went missing from wheaton plaza on this day in 1975. the bedford county virginia sheriff's office says new leads led to another search this week on taylors mountain in virginia. authorities have named richard alan welch sr. and his nephew as persons of interest. neither man has been charged. >>> today you can learn moore about community and police relations in the u.s..

her story was revealed by scott mcfarland who tried to talk to her outside of court yesterday. >> reporterything to say about the case madam? >> take a hike man. take a hike! >> reporter: she left her job shortly after her arrest. she'll be ordered to pay back $11,334 to the government. she could face prison time when sentenced in may. attorneys discuss the possibility of probation only in her case. >>> investigators in prince george's county trying to figure out how a man died in a frigid pond. dive teams pulled the man from a pond in brandywi afternoo they were unable to revive him. rescuers believe the man was in the water for ea minutes be out. details this morning on a stair collapse in arlington, virginia, that left thre. the stairs house on north madison coll a child the two hospital everyone is expected to recove >>> the prince george's county courthouse expected to open this morning. morning after broken pipes shut down part of t the district court wing was closed yesterday aft pipe that courth again this weekend. after the courthouse was shut down for three days. the circuit cour