. >> let's get to tracee wilkins. what's the latest, tracee? r orter: we're here on flewn fletcheroad where they have the roadblocked. if you come down this way they're going tourn you around. so prince george's county police gave us an update a few moments ago.w let me shoou video from a few moments ago, this is the suspect being taken into b custody prince george's county police. the way they're telling us this happened is the was five ther.e in a vehicle to at person was in the passenger seat. shotuspect took a gun a the driver, who is now in grave condition, shot one of the passenge o in the backthe vehicle who has a flesh wound and evidently that suspect took off towards the woods. from chopper 4 now, i'll show you what it's looking like. they're investigating, paying close attention to the vehicle where it e happened. the witnesses in the vehicle who assisted police in this investigation. but they're saying as it stands they are not looking for any other suspects. they have the person they need in custody. now trying to put all the pieces

reporting live in college park i'm tracee wilkins back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you>>> more relief from congestion is coming to northern virginia commuters. as ball doillion dollars of new projects are about to get underway. julie carey reports, some will go to fix one of the biggest bottlenecks around. >> reporter: if you travel on i-95 south through prince william, you know the spot right around the bridge, even early afternoon it can look like rush hour. howard harris can tell you the probm. >> there nowhere to merge. you have two or three exits getting on 95 and that's what's congesting all the traffic back. >> reporter: and you lose a lane? >> yeah.ep >>ter: in richmond governor ralph northam alongside the transportation secretary designeg four projects to reduce congestion. one of them wouldreak open this bottleneck by adding a lane from i-95 south running to the prince william county parkwari >> anybodyng on this on a day-to-day bis has been so frustrat frustrated. it's fantastic. >> reporter: the construction to break this log jam could start as early as 2020

reporting live tracee wilkins.ack you in the studio. >>> we're going to take a look at one of the top stories we've been following. the tension ongoing because of the government shutdown. >> today the president pulled the plug on a military plane for a congressional delegation trip that included house speaker nancy pelosi. >> the president said he wanted hern town for negotiations even though there are no scheduled negotiations between the white house and congressional leaders. and we are no closer to the government reopening. >>> also b smallinesses such as this rehab center in prince george's county are telling us they're startin to feel the pinch. prince george's county is home to some 70,000 federal workers, more than any other county. today leaders m with the u.s. senators from maryland to talk about getting aid for those store owners. >>here is such a thing as a free lunch if you're a furloughed worker. meals are available at 29 diner in fairfax. donations are providing the free meals. diner patrons are addin

m tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> trap and release cat colonies are protected in prince george's county. an animal control spokesperson says not all cat colonies attract vultures. there may be a combination of things in that area the birds like. >> maybe the catsre in rough place, and the birds are like we're waiting on you, swooping in on that one. he looks rough. >> a couple days, i'm giving it. that's funny. >> the clouds are just not giving up. >> we have about from 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. to see sunshine out there today. that's around the d.c. area. west you might have about 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. the sun goes down at 5:00 p.a mall window to get sun. >> you're not here tomorrow. >> i'll be enjoying the sun. >> good for you. adam and dave and all of us will be here tomorrow not enjoying the sunshine. again, we just have a small window tew get a peeks of sun today. i believe some areas can do it d sn't look like we're going to see sun when you look at your door. we have fog, drizzle, mist. it's not going to rain all day. that rain wilbe moving out through the afternoon. and again, ending

we have tracee wilkins headed to the scene now.gain, these are live pictures of a breaking sto in buoy. >>> let's go on to the second breaking stories as well. these are alsoive pictures of the breaking scene. we know an offic has been injured during a traffic stop. apparently they tried to pl somebody over on dade street and the officer was struck by a car is what we were told. shots were fired. however, it is unclear at this point if anybody was hit by gun fire. that officer we're being told was struck by a vehicle. the suspect now incustody. now we have jackie benson headed to that scene a well. stay tuned for breaking details on both of these breaking and developing, very fluid situations, going on right now. back to you guys in the studio. >>> more falloutver the vice president's wifeis dn to go back to teaching art at ano rthern virginia school that bans ga employees. now a leading lgbtq program is weighing in. they're donating copies of this book to the school in springfield. it explores issues of acceptance and marriage equ

i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> we a havingur first rain and it looks like it is going to be much. looking at t green blob, it's hard to tell. >> it's not a lot of rain. we are easing ito theain of 2019. but, we are going to see rain falling out there tonight and early tomorrow morning.e the cha for rain is out of here by 6:00, 7:00 a.m. most of us spping out to a wet sidewalk or driveway. nohowers falling anymore. here is a look at the rai with the rain out so early in the morning, thursday is actually dry. friday day is dry, friday night, rain moves into the area. rain friday nig. track scattered showers saturday morning and midday hours. satday afternoon and evening, we are dry. sunday, really, really nice out sunday. monday, keeping it dry as well. the evening planner, 47riegrees t now. that's the high so far. cloudy skies and dry conditions across the area. we are going stay dry, cloudy 7:00 to 8:00. showers move into the d.c. and metro area and especially south ofin waon by 9:00 p.m. with a chance for rain around the mason dixon line. not that cool out there, plenty of clouds

tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> now, to the government shutdown nearing the two week mark now with no sign of any end. today, president trump held a closed door meeting called a border security briefing. the president wants $5 billion to fund the border wall on the southern border. meantime, here in d.c., the smithsoan museums and the national zoo closed. there are hundreds of thousands of workers who haveeen in limbo for nearly two weeks now. we talked about that earlier with msnbc's garrett. >> reporter: a couple weeks from now, we are talking federal mployees not getting their paychecks, not just in d.c., but across the county. the majority of federal workers are not here in d.c., they are spread out across the nation. that puts political pressure on the president and republican senators that have to run for re-election in 2020 and can't look like they are turning their back on constituents. the longer this goes on, the harder it ge for the president and republicans. we might take a while before we get that point. coverage r the latest of the shutdown from the nbc newsolitical team on n

i'm tracee wilkins, back to you. >>> we've got more breaking news now. president trump threatening to keep the government shutdown foo hs. even years if he doesn't get his border wall money. president trump and democratic lawmakers meeting at the white house today for over two hours.h president says he's considering dechairing a nationalhemergency to build barrier. he is insisted on getting at least $5 billion to build the wall. >> we told the president, weov needed thenment open. he resisted. in fact, he said he would keep the government clo for a very long period of time. months or even years. >> we won't be opening until i lved. we think this is a much bigger problem. the border is a much more dangerous problem, a much bigger problem. a problem of national security. >> last night house passed funding legislation to reopen the goverent without wal funding. but senate republicans won't even bring it up for a vote, accusing democrats of playing politics. >>> developing at4:00, d.c. mayor bowser that she plans to bill the federal government for piing up t

tracee wilkins continues our team coverage this evening. sheom talked to federal workers today. tracee? >> reporter: we're here of nasa.t as can you see things are up and running there. today was really about these employees who have been away from work for more than a month to catch up on e-mails, the meetings, talk with supervisors about what they can expect and tryingo tt back to business as usual. >> happy to be back! >> reporter: some federal government employees at the u. census burea are celebrating their first day back after the shutdown. others are trying to figure things out after more than a month away >> a lot of people trying to remember what on earth they were doing a month ago. that's pretty much it. wn >> reporter: wn d.c. >> it's a good feeling, but it's like startin >> reporter: some employees of the national endowment for humaniti r are stillling over the loss of pay even with a paycheck on the way. >> i washe telling what i went through to fill out unemployment forms and it was very confusing to do that and i had to fill out a 15-page, you know, appeal. it was

. >> tracee wilkins talked to some who areworkers today just happy to be back on the job. acee. >> reporr: all of the feder workers i talked to were worried about workload and getting that work done.de cated to what it is they do. at nasan we've b watching cars go in and out l day. that shutdown some employees had the money to make it through, others were demoralized and are now terrified and worri about the possibility of it happening again. >> the shutdown really did -- caused a lot of problems for everybody. if not mentally, physically, financially, of course. >> reporter: after wks without pay, some federal governmentee employ at the u.s. census bureau -- >> happy to be back. >> reporter: -- are celebrating their first day back after the shutdown. others are trying to figure thingsut after more than a month away from work. >> a lot of people trying to remember what on earth they were doing a month ago. that's teit. >> rep in downtown d.c. >> it's a good feeling but it's like starting ov s. >> reportee of the employees at the national endowment for t humanities are reeli

tracee wilkins talked to some of the people in those lines yoday. >> are ready? >> they're coming with those bags. >> amazing grace. >>> we figured we'll help the furloughed but help all those that are hungry. >> reporter: the new life worship center is opening its doors to furlohed workers, providing donated food. >> all in all closeo 40,000 pounds of food now that we're giving awa for free. >> i'm with the department of commerce. four weeks no check. >> reporter: many of th folks in this line haveorked for the federal government for decades. >> 30-something years. >> reporter: and don't know what it's like to go without a check. that's how nicole feels. >> i think i cry every day. >> reporter: and ts mom who works for the irs. >> i have two sons and they know, and it's like mommy is going to stand in line today for food. >> reporter: never thought you'd be here? >> never thought. >> thank you for this. >> how many of you all are ifurloughed? furloughed. >> reporter: as the pastor walked the line and heard the stories of these workers and their loved ones. >> i

everything is wrong and i hope and trust that they'll mak it right. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. >>> the department of permitting and inspections is telling us that mgm is working towards fixing the problems foundy inspectors. mgm national harbor says they are refitting the railings that shocked zynae and removing some of that electric components. >>> american are having fewer babiesnd it could turn into a population problem. the cdc says the current u.s. fertility rate is 16% lower than the number needed to sustain the current population. the fertility rate has been falling for the last several years but the drop in 2017 was more significant than in the past. the cdc offered no explanation as to why the rate has been fallseg. chers did note the total fertility rate in washington, d.c. is lower than any state in the country. >>> federal health oayicials the e. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over. that outbreak was traced t farms in california and caused dozens of people to become sick in 16 states and the district. the foodnd drug administration says it was continuin

tracee wilkins talked to the people at that market. >> reporter: they're coming with those bags. >> we figured we'll help the furloughed butse all t that are hungry. >> reporter: the new life worsp center is opening its door to furloughed workers. >> all in all close to 30,000 pounds of food now that we're giving away for free. >> i'm with department of commerce. yeah, fourweeks. no check. >> reporter: many of the folks in this line have worked for the federal government for decades. >> 30-something years. >> reporter: and don't know wt 's like to go without a check. >> i think i cry like every da i have two sons and they know and i'm like mom my's going to stand in line today for food. >> reporter: never thought be here? >> never thought. >> who's furloughed? >> i'm >>furloughed. eporter: as the pastor of the church walked the line and heard the stories of these workers and their loved ones. >> i have a famil of five, that's why i'm in your line trying to feed them. >> reporter: it became clearer why this effort. >> it's cold outhere. >> reporter: is so important. >> this is what love

tracee wilkins news4. >>> a d.c. pizza place onceed targ by conspiracy theorists trying to solve a fire. >>> counting dn the super bowl we'll look at the strangest bets being placed and tell you whyts sp betting could start in d.c. sooner than you think. >>> i bet some of us see snow during the day tomorrow but it's not going to be a lot. how much? we have an updated snowfall total map to show you. t a winter weather advisory is in effect n>>> some video here tonight gives us a clearer picture of the suspect authorities are looking for in connection to an arson at comet ping-pong restaurant. authorities tell us thi man tried to destroy surveillance equipment as a fire burned last week. you can see the flames in the right of your screen. in december 2016, you may recall, a gunman opened fe the restaurant while investigating a conspiracy theory. no one was hurtnd so far there's nothing to connect the two incidents. >>> lawmaanrs in mar want to honor the capital gazette shootingictims by naming june 28th freedom of the

. >> reporter: i'm tracee wilkins, next on news4 furloughed government worker looking fory temporork with the prince george's county react to being able to go back to their old jobs next. >>> after this break, chuck todd joins us on set. the shutdown, the roger stone indictment, what to make of all of this on a busy friday. >> in for a cold night tonightt aseratures in the suburbs dip into the teens and 20s and a low in washington of 26 as the winds die down. i'll have m on our next chance f stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it'se tanding tall after rgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier ... seeking answers...oner. s and not giving up, until you find them. beuse we don't just want ur kids to grow up.t we wem to grow up stronger. >>> we're back now with the two big stories we've been following all day, the president announcing a short-term deal to reopen the government that d not include any border wall money. >> in the meantime his ng-time political adviser roger stone is t

reporting live from college park, i'm tracee wilkins. >>> it'll be a long for a lot of people.cee be careful. >>> from maryland to virginia, this is a live look at the roads in fairfax county. chris gordon is there monitorind ions. we'll check in with him at the top of the hour. >>> an updatet. toni a man entering a female's dorm sparked safety concerns. now police tell us he went into the wrong room while staying withie s. that man who said he was drunk and stakenly entered the young woman's woman in the elkton hall dormitory. he told police he fell asleep on the floor and brushed against the woman on the bed. after speaking with campus police, there was no inappropriate contact between lhe two. the school w handle the situation administrativel >>> a major glitch in the iphone's mor popular apps. it allows people to hear you and maybe see you on face timet withou know it. someone accesses your microphone by addingheelves to the same call through the group chat feature. if you try to dismiss the call, your video feed will pop up. laple to release an update later this week. in t

. >> tracee wilkins is live with orker reaction. tell us what you saw and heard there. >> reporter: as you can see there are still furloughed federal government employees here inside of this auditorium, hoping to get a job at the school system. they know they're going back to work but for some people they don't have the same faith in their good government jobs. furloughed federal workers are at this school's job fair, looking for substitute teachering work or othe jobs. >> it's been two paychecks. >> it's beenstressful. my husband is still required to work and he's not beingaid right now. >> two hours into the job fair, president trump announces an end shutdown.vernment but people here still wanted to finish this process. thirr faith in t government jobs isn't as strong as it used to be. >> w've been promised things in the past. while i do hope for the best i ha torepare for the worst. >> i will still pursue working here, because it's promising-to-and to i won't have to worry about a government shutdown. >> reporter: for some the sh

tracee wilkins is at a job fair with worker reaction. the >> reporter: there are still folks here.le are still going through the process, doing their interviews, taking part in this. they're saying without a long term funding solution, the to keep their options open. >> last name, first name. >> reporter: furloughed workers are at this job fair looking for work as substitute teachers or professionals. they need the money. >> it's bee two paychecks. >> it's been stressful. my husband is still required to work andng he's not beipaid. it's been difficult. >> reporter: two hours into the job fair, president trump announces an end to the government shutdown. but people here still wanted to finice this pr. their faith in their government jobs isn't as strong as it used to be. >> we've been promised a lot of things in the past. while i hope for the best, i have to prepare for the pursue work will here because it's promising to know i won't have to worry abous a governmenttdown here. >> reporter: meanwhile, this morning police and firefighters from prince george's county were helping resto

in prince george's county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4.ew and just got worse about the sink hole in northwest washington. look at the size of this thing now. crews have been excavating the area to find a damaged suewer pipe, theyou said it take them a week. the scope of the project brings new closures, 17th street between c and e and now d street is closed between 15th and 17 streets. >>> another check on our weather. how should we dress if we're going out tonight? >> w nmly. you didnd the coat this morning. a lot of people probably walked out, likey son did, i don't need the coat at all. you need it tonight because the colds racing in here, not only tonight but the next couple of days. not just the coats but everything y got. maybe double coats next week. you heard amelia a minute ago talk about the polar vortex moving in. it's not until next week but when it moves in i we're for it for sure. out there sunshine trying to poke through some of the clouds, wee seen 40 to 50 miles an hour wind gusts. 46 right now, dropng into the 30s, wind ch

tracee wilkins took a closer look >> reporr: these cats are like family to mary ann. she helps take care of these cats in upper marlboro, but the cats aren't the only ones waiting for food. l >> it'se the movie of "the birds". >> reporter: there are hundreds of black vultures hanging around this cat colony which borders a mall >> the roof of the kfc probably has b 2ds on top of it. the trees behind you probably carry another 300 birds. the roof of the grocery store probably is another 100 birds. >> the multiplying bird population is getting the wrong kind of attention to some of the businesses here >> a on top of the roof over there. people are scared to death. >> my colleagues over here at the ford dealership no longer eat at kfc because of the birds. >> reporter: these people -- >> the nutritionomes from dead carcasses on the side of the ad. and also when you have cat colonies and a food source, you're putting cat food out a lot of cats. the vultures come in as well. >> they will sneak up bahe behind me my back is turned >> some are flocking to see it, but not too c

. >> the attorney sat down with bureau chief tracee wilkins to talk about how the delays are impacting the family. >> this is a tragedy that mgm is making worse and worse and worse.te >> rep attorney benedict morelli is representing zynae green's family in a civil suit r against mgm national har after the 7-year-old was injured on the patio last summer. she was healthy and vibrant and can't speak or move now. >> she needs 24/7 care of nurses. she also needs doctors and equipment because she had a trache tube, a feeding tube, and this is forever. >> reporter: county inspectors say 120 volts circulated through her body as ld one charged railing a placed her feet on another. county inspectors say the railings were imprerly installed and violated building codes. the family has filed suit. and the attorney says mgm isot responding to the lawsuit and stalling at the family's pense. >> the mom was working three jobs. and now, she's not working at all because she spends so much time at the hoital. >> reporter: on monday, the family filed an additial motion to move the case forward. in a statem

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prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has coverage. she talked to workers todayey about what e the going through. >> reporter: some federal employees are celebrating their first day back after the shutdown. others are trying to figure things out aftern more t a month away from work. >> a lot of people tmbing to reme what on earth they were doing a month ago. that's it. >> repor sr: downtown d.c.ome employees of the national endowment for humanities are still realing over the loss of pay even with a paycheck on the way. >> i was telling them what went through to fill out unemployment forms and it was confusing to do that. i had toill out a 15-page appeal. it was just really hard to get rough it. i ended up getting a tsp loan so i was covered now i have to figure out how to pay everything back. >> it was demoralizing. we believe in our ioency's miss and the importance of our work and it's hard to retain thatief when these things happen. >> reporter: then there's the looming fear it could all happen again. >> it was stressful. i'm glad is

tracee wilkins is live to explain. >> there are me federal workers in prince george's county than anya of the washington ar. and some of those folks are living paycheck to paycheck. one school board member wants to make it easier for those families. >> they spent collectively about six decades in the feral government. >> reporter: when this school board member was a student he remembers how his parents, federal government workersovealt withnment shutdowns. >> budgets were tight but we made through it. >> reporter: now he's proposing a solution to help oer families get through the shutdown in a letter to the ceo of the school system, he's requesting free meals f students until the end of the shutdown. the proposal is a hit on social medi >> i had almost 700 retweets on twitte a lot of comments on instagram, facebook. >> i was a former federal employee for 36 years. so i know e impact, 'cause i went through a couple shutdowns. >> reporter: grandparents and parents we spoke with ow outside barack obama elementary support the program. >> at least we know our children are getting the nutri

the family attorney says the company is using stall tactics.a >> the attornedown with tracee wilkins to talk about how selays are impacting them. >> this a tragedy that mgm is making worse and worse and worse. >>eporter: this attorney is representing zanae green's family in a suit against mgm h nationbor after t the-year-old was injureon the pati last summer. she was healthy and vibrant and can't speak or move now. >> she needs 24/7 care of nurses. she needs doctors and equipmentd because she h a trache tube, a feing tube, and this is forever. >> reporter: 120 volts circumstan circulated through her body as she held one railing and prced eet on another. the railings were improperly installed. the family has filed suit. and thettorney says mgm is not responding to the lawsuit and stling at the family's expense. >> the mom was working three jobs. and now, she's not working at all because she spends so much time at the hospital >> reporter: on monday, the family fil an additional motion to move the case forward. in a statement, mgm said, w were disappointed that we were nnable to reach

reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. >> this is going to be a makese for a t and worrisome week for employees cing up on their first friday without a paycheck. we find those workers are going to have some tough decisions to make. >> reporter: we're talking about th 800,000 jobs across the country affected by the federal shutdown. these are federal jobs. these employees have been furloughed or are working without a paycheck. and the expectation they will be paid when the governmen reopens whenever that is. but the workers are saying they cannot a without a paycheck or two. a transportation security officer, screeners at the airport their paycheck is expected on friday, but if the government remains closed they won't get a paycheck. this is profound impact across the country. hear from people affected coming up on nbc "nightly news." >>> we haew some information after a pedestrian is hit and killed in prince george police are telling news 4 they do not believe the victim was in a crosswalk. the 75-year-old was hit as sheo d new hampshire on sunday afternoon. police say the car did have a green

. >> tracee wilkins has jus at about the drivers on this rd t also a lack of funding going into this road. they're saying tha h 21 a series of issues that's making it a very unsafe roadway. they're going as far as calling it a death trap. >> if we are going to enforce the traffic laws on route 10 like never before. >> reporter: today they discuss what they're doing. making route a210 safer road. this crash on the deadly stretch of ighway claimed the liv three young children. 5-year-old twins, alexandra and rosily and their brother isaac were all killed in the accident. the mother andre father recovering. >> and our entire i community continuing to grieve. we've had way too many similar losses route 210. >> over the last two years, there have been increases of accidents. from 2016 to 2017, almost one crash a day. five people died on 210 as a aysult of those crashes. police the traffic stops have also increased with00 6,4 stops last year alone. >> we will stay committed to driving these numbers >>down. eporter: police say the driver responsible may have been drinking and driving. the d

tracee wilkins explains why the ultures are there and why they likely won't be leaving. >> these feral cats are like family to marion parker. she helps feed and take care of these feral cats. but the cats aren't the only ones waiting for there are literally hundreds of black vultures hanging around this cat colony, which happens to border a shopping center with a grocery store and a kentucky fried. >> the roof of the kfc probably has 200 or 300 birds on top of it the trees behind you carry another 300 bird. the roof of the wise gcery store, probably another 100 birds ere. >>ome are on top of the roof over there. death. are scared to >> my f colleagues at thord dealership no longer eatt kfc because of the birds. >> reporter: what there birds after isn't walking anymore. >> their nutrition comes from dead caucuses and when you have cat colonies like this, you have a food source, you're putting cat food in. >> they will sneak up behind when my back is turned and eat that cat food. it's an odd spectacle that people are coming to see. i'm told some some mornings they cover that kentucky fri

. >> tracee wilkins continues our coverage in college park. looking messy behind you. >> reporter: it is. we have a little rain and a lot of snow happening right now. look at route 1ou can see how wet the roadways are, this is the stuff we'reed concebout freezing. this is the messy commute we have been promising for fol and it started here just around 3:00 p.m. the idea was to get folks out of this mess andef homee it got too dangerous. at whitehallnd elementary bowie parents and buses were lined up to pick up the little ones two hours early. the prince george's county school system announced it would be closing early yesterday. >> i think they made a safe decision. in case everything was to ice up and then snow over top of thee. >> we're in for the rest of the day. that's it. hot chocolate, homework and fun. >> reporter:om as ed, the snow began during the start of afternoon rush. at the unive ity ofmaryland, it's the second dor back f students after winter break and the school closed at 2:00 p.m. due to weather. sometudents were happy, others

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reported the lowest crime stats for 2018 nce the county has been recording crimes statist i'm tracee wilkinsews 4. >>> school was on lockdown while police search for two gunmen responsible for a shootout in the street. they began firing at 11:00 this morning. both men are still out there. our cameras found officers carrying long guns, police dogs, searching for clues. the lockdowntu evly lifted and students went home on time. >>> a woman brutally murdered was strangledside a home. news 4's cory smith with w prosecutors say he killed her. >> reporter: the family joined the state attorney topplaud the life sentence handed down to her >> we loved her. she will never be returned to us, we know she is resting in eternal peace in the arms of our lord. >> rerter: strong called 911 and told dispatchers what he had done to the woman he dated for three years. >> i killed her. >> this wasta we want to thank the judge for the sentence he gave. we think it was the appropriate sentence. >> reporter: last october he pleaded guilty to slashing, strangling and killing the real esta estate agent. his final wo

. >> tracee wilkins is in park.dale some are busy shoveling, others are having fun. tracy. >> reporter: the prima roads, secondary roads are pretty much clear. the focus, julie was saying, those residential road. look at route 1. we're concernedgain about what will happen with the snow that's melted today and that refreeze. by mid-day, 90% othe primary and secondary roads were clear according to department of public works. someid resential streets had patchy ice. most we saw from upper mtolboro college park were plowed at least once or more than once like in this upper marlboro neighborhood. >> trucks have come through five or six different timings. >> reporter: parts of the beltway began to dry road was so clear. from neighborhood to neighborhood, shovels were going to work. >> it's n e outhere. the sun is out. it's been very nice, it's not that cold. >> reporter: p whileple in prince george's got nine to 12 inches. >> it's soft the know is very easy t clean. >> the know is pretty light, easy to push. it hasn't beenmu tha of an ordeal at all. s> these are my neighbo

trying to determine as well as how this manas killed, but oureo princee's county bureau chief tracee wilkins did speak with a neighbor who say she heard several rounds of gunfire last night but then we also otherwith a lot of neighbors who woke up in shock this morning. take a listen. >> this is the fmest time ing like this ever happened. not only do i get up this morning, i see police cars but i s.was curi i wanted to find out what was going on in my neighborhood because this neighborhood w don't have really crimes like that. >> reporter: police are expected to remain on scene here for w several houle they try to get the answers to those unanswered questions. they are lookingor a suspect. they're asking anyone with information about this homicide toall police back to you. >> megan, live for you us, >>> today's is the 18th day of the government shutdown and president trump is preparing for ig announcement. in what will be his first oval office address to the nation tonight, president trump will talk about border . securi tracie potts hasro more f capitol hill. >> reporter: tonight president

tracee wilkins, >>> new evidence revealed in the murder of an alexandria woman shedding light on the. >>> warnings about safety in the sky. tom costello is goingoi to us live from reagan national with a preslew preview of what he's working o for nbc "nightly news." >>> 62 in fredericksburg, 60 in d., those were the highs today. the next couple days, by next the next couple days, by next ek,we z34hbz z16fz y34hby y16fy >>> some disturbing new detames arein eme about a security company owner accused of killing his girlfriend. >> the suspect is a married father of two, but in a story you'll only see on news4, julie carey reports on a cell phone video taken moments before theo ng that seems to reveal the motive for the murder. >> reporter: accused killer daniel kankam back in court asking the court to set bond. e pro -- prosecutors went on to reveal chilling new details about her death, her body inside her apartment on january 11th. they t s night she was shot her cell phone was recording as o breakd him she wanted up. he said to her you're pissing me off, herabs the victim's phone and t

avenue prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins talked to concerned residents today. >> i'm moving today. >> reporter: the shootings in this neighborhood have become too much fors tman. >> i've been here five years and there's been at least ten. >> in this immediate area. >> yes. >> reporter: the latest lght at the drive of her apartment complex in bladensburg. >> my wdow is there, god throughhe bullets come my window. >> reporter: one victim was found inside the car, one ow outside the the shooting happened around 5:00 p.m. on wednesday. >> it hd fairly busy time, even with the cold weather we're hoping someone in the neighborhood may have seen or heard something that can help us. >> reporter: police are looking for a motive and possible suspects responsible deadly shooting. >> what safety measures do we have? >> reporter: this resident say while's moving in hopes of finding a safer neighborhood. ut >> what a these murders, these young people being these families left with no answers. >> reporter: they confirm there's been a nber of shootings in this area and a few homicide

the gunman, rosers sentenced to prison time yesterday.f, our bureau ch tracee wilkins has the dramatic video. this is video you will only see on news4. >> everything i own in this car, except electronics, eli you have dibs on it. >> reporter: this is michael ford's will recorded moments before he opens fire on the police station. his brother mal directs him to the corner. >> it's around the rcorner. orter: ford begins firhag in wt he says is an attempt at suicide by cop. but ford also fires at a passing car. he then shoots at a passing ambulance. ne of those people are shot. police asked the ford brothers, where's t gunman? they say they don't know. ng where he at, i don't know. i'm just recordi. >> reporter: now detective jacai colson is on the scene and exchanges fire with ford. his brothers begin to cry when michael is shot and hits the ground. >> my brother! >> reporter: ford is on the ground as police approach. 30 seconds later, there are additional shots officer taylo krauss shooting at detective colson, eventually killing him with one shot. in court the colsons say they were tol

the sentencing just haown and tracee wilkins just walked out of the courtroom. this was a long and emotional hearing today. wh was the outcome? > reporter: well, there were a lot of conversations in that courtroom. statementsade about brothers and brotherly love and prote protecting one another. and also questions o justice and whether justice has been served in this particular case. the sentences for michael ford, 195 years, his brother malik 20, his younger brother elijah 12 years. what came out in court is that thehofficer was some 30 seconds after a cease-fire and after michael ford was disarmed and on the ground. the colson family veryupset about the way this trial went. his mother said, io not understand for the life of me why officer tailor kraus killed my son. i ome to the realization that he was murdered because he was black. there was emotion and grief inside a prince george's county courtroom as family and friends describe the loss of police officer colson. he whot and killed by another officer in 2016 it happened after a chaotic exchange after michae

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reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> very puzzling. thank you. >>> eight years ago today a gunman shot and nearly killed former arizona congresswoman gabb give ford. today she returned to help a bill to broaden background checks. gun lobbyists remain fiercely opposed. the bill is expected to pass the house and stall in the senate. >>> he may be the local politician most clofily iden with president trump. but now corey stewart says he's ready to step away from politics. our julie careyo talkse former u.s. senate can't about why he's doing that. ha>>> one moree for sears. the former retail giant already on life support gets a new deadline before it has to completely shutdown. >>> now they're coming for the beer. how the shutdown is >>> storm team 4 tracking big weatherut changes there after a day where some of us hit 60 degrees, thursday and friday look downright bitter cold and then there are snow chances for your weekend. doug's full forecast about 10 minutes away. > the other big story tonight, president trump's address on what he cal

tracee wilkins has talked to the homeowner about this disturbing discovery. >> you can see behind me her son's cruiser is still parked here. we spoke with this woman a me le while ago who tells she's shocked by this. prince george's arunty police trying to fige out why this man was in his backyar h ad how got there. >> nobody is more sorry than i am for the person. >> reporter: she said she was shocked by her son waking her sayi there was someone in the back yard. >> when i got up the man was in the yard i didn'tnow if he was dead or alive. how he got anything. e or >> reporter: keys' son is a green belt police officer. he was working the night shift last night. he came to check on his mother thisning and that's when the discovery was made. the police are investigating it as a homicide. >> there was a loud boom noise we heard. >> reporter: several neighbors tell me they heard one or t gun shots between midnight or 1:00 a.00 .m. but did not call police because they weren't sure what it meant until the discovery this morning. >> we were looking for some answers because for that to happ

tracee wilkins is inside the courtroom and she's going to have a full report coming up in a few minutes.. >>> d police are releasing new video tonight of a man they say was recently recording up a woman's skirt outside the museum. this surveillance video shows the suspect walking around outside the museum where the newspaper front pages are on display. police say someone saw the suspect put his phone under the victim's skirt this past saturday afternoon. and when confronted, the suspect ran off. >>> when we come right4 ack on newstonight, a quiet park in the district turnedme into a cri scene. but not in the way you might expect. ahead at 5:00, the search for the culprit who collected hundreds of tires from area shops and then dumped them into the woods. >>> doug and amelia back to break down how much snow we're going to see and who's going to see the most. >>> salt as high as you can see in this dome and road cws say in this dome and road cws say they are z34hcz z16fz y34hcy y16fy >>> it's a blustery day ond theret's going to get colder. team coverage tonight, doug and amelia are stand

t.d i hope and trust that they'll make it ri >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news 4. >> a spokesperson th in george's department of permitting, tells us mgm is working on fixing problems founr by inspe to is planning to meet with mgm weekly to moits progress. mgm national harbor spokespeoply say re refitting the railings that sndcked zynae removing some of the electrical components. >>> this morning's synagogue hae a new >> crews spent yesterday rolling the historin building d to a new site down the block. now, the building, 273tons, is located on 3rd and f streets northwest. it was original home to the synagogue. the relocation is part of construction for the capital crossing project. this is the third move for the synagogue, which has had a long history here in d.c. >> it was a synagog for the first 30 years of its life. >> it will be part of the capital jewish museum, set to open in 2021. >>> coming up, an assault investigatio widening after a woman in a coma gives birth. police break their silence aboue who are investigating. chuck? >>> dogec walk ft time, everybody. cute little ames.