of february is national signing day for high school ballplayers. sign withllowed to universities that recruited them. university of maryland has recruited a class that is rates nationally. they got one of the best offensive lineman in the country. >> i am proud to play for the university of maryland. >> damien for its was all smiles today after making the biggest vision of his life. to the nation on espn news that he will play college football at the university of maryland. >> i went with my heart. i would with my gut. his day withted family and friends. no one is happier than his mother. >> it has been a great journey for him. we are proud of him. >> the five-star recruit from bishop mcnamara almost didn't get to this point. he lost his father when he was only five months old. his great-grandfather became damien's father figure. he encouraged him to play the ball. during his sophomore year, he was struck by a truck and died. >> we sat in the hospital and we found out that the minted not want to play anymore. >> after some soul-searching, damien had a change of heart. >> i will do it because this is what my grandfather wou

. >>> prince george's county police officer acquitted in the beating of a student at the university of maryland is back on the force tonight. his name is corporal reg nld baker assigned to the clothing supply unit. a police jury found him not guilty in a case that stems back to a maryland basketball game in the year 2010. baker and another officer were accused of excessive force against a student during a riot after the terps upset duke. >>> a big break in tdisappearan three siblings bars. chris lawrence has reaction. >> reporter: witnesses are talking about a dramatic raid telling news 4 how swat teams converged. >> all i could hear what somebody say was get back in your room. when i looked down the cop was like this like get back in your room. >> jeffrey hut showed us the room where police smashed their way in. how did police get into this room? >> with the battering ram. >> reporter: he thinks he saw police arrest mercedes shelton. >> it looked like a man but from the photo i saw it could have been that woman. i know he was questioning her. >> reporter: shelton and her brother have been char

if you're a hacker, it's like you can say, university of maryland, i did that. what's interesting about this one so far, the university of maryland has said there were no back doors open. these people just continued to pick locks until they got this fwhfr information. >> my new information, current information maybe, but this is old stuff. >> this is back when he had questionable hair choices. >> how much data do you have sitting around that you forgot about? >> right. >> great to have you here. nice talk. join us again at this hour. >>> ahead next, canada dominates the united states in polar vortexes and justin bieber. can they beat us in hockey today? a huge game. we'll take a look ahead when we come back. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. you get 4 lines

the line is busy all morning, that is not really a defense of it. >> reporter: the recent university of maryland data breach put 350,000 faculty and students and workers at risk. the university is providing one year of free credit monitoring through experion, and the hotline to register opened up at 9:00 a.m. this morning. many are interested. are you going the sign up? >> yes, definitely. >> reporter: but it remains to see how hard it is to actually register. >> we are sorry. all circuits are busy fou. >> reporter: the hackers stole social security number, birthdates and university i.d.s and many are worried about the personal accounts. >> well, it is big. >> i don't have much money right now, and that is not a big deal to e me, and i know that the brother who just bought a house is worried about it, and couple of people had me send the e-mail to them. >> reporter: and once they are signed up, people will get a copy of the experion credit report, and surveillance a alerts if any suspicious activity is detected in the accounts, and there is fraud resolution right now, and in case the bad charges

. >>> the university of maryland, making good on its promise to help tens of thousands of peopl >>> family members for a connecticut woman killed during last year's chase on capitol hill are speaking out after filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the government. wendy reig has the reaction from the live desk. wendy? >> reporter: well, this is the first time we're hearing from carey's family members who explain why they are seeking $75 million from the u.s. government. carey's sister tells our nbc station in connecticut there is evidence to suggestha accidentally went through a white house security post in october because the entrance was not properly manned, says the family. now that counters initial reports that carey intentionally rammed that post. carey then left the white house and was seen in video speeding up to capitol hill, where she almost ran over police officers who had surrounded her car before she fled, and again was killed when officers opened fire just a short time later around the corner. her 1-year-old daughter was in the back seat as officers fired on that car, an

the bed with vernon davis i'm told and you're a studio audit major at the university of maryland right absolutely what what intrigues you about art the thing that intrigues me about art is that just just being free the feeling of just going some just being in a room by yourself and just painting whatever comes to mind painting from your heart and your soul that's the one thing that intrigues me and that's the only thing that inspired me to pursue art in the first place because. i was able to just do things from my heart and display it on a piece of canvas and he sold i asked him our gallery yes. well what type of are you an abstract painter abstract i would say abstract yes what can we find in gallery eighty five and you can then as a you can find you know number of my moon river right you can find pretty much every day man from sculptures to you show other artists are all you local emerging male you've got snow over in davis foundation for the arts what is that vernon days foundation for the arse's all about helping young young men and women understand what it takes to be successful a

less than a week since word of a message -- massive data breach at the university of maryland have a ere are still in plenty of anger on campus. >> i was furious. all of my information on one server? >> nervous, waiting to find out of personal information was hacked. your name, date of birth and social security number, you can get any information. >> this is the latest in the series of recent cyber attacks. to 40 million target customers were exposed shortly after neiman marcus revealed a similar attack. the attorney general hold on congress to create a national standard to quickly alert people when their information is compromised. >> this would empower the american people to protect them selves if they are at risk of identity theft. it would alert law-enforcement to be able to better investigate these crimes. while the university did send out e-mails, it was long after many learned about the breach by word-of-mouth. >> usually we will get messages around the campus area. i did not get any information about the breach. thetudents and faculty at university of maryland will begin learn

card in that time, you should protect yourself with the university of maryland's free credit monitoring you are a parent of a former student or fall 2014 applicant or a student at another campus, you are not affected by the breach at all. >>> and last question, liz. it comes from jason in northwest washington. he says do you need to refridge ray rate peanut butter, and why does natural say it has to be refrigerated and the skippy or the jif says you don't have to. >> well, the american peanut council filled us in on this. peanut products require stirring, and then refrigerated will prevent it from needing to be stirred again, and it has a stabilizer like a stabilize vegetable oil which will prevent the oils from separating. so leaving out natural peanut butter is not bad for you, but it means that you are going to have to re-stir it every time, but it holds it together if that is the way you like it. >> well, that answerses the question, because i thought that maybe it was natural and didn't have a preservative in it. >> no, don't worry about it. >> okay. take it out of the refrigerator

that's not really a defense at all against it. >> reporter: the recent data breach at the university of maryland put 300,000 students, faculty and staff members at risk. anyone with a university i.d. dating back to 1998. the university is providing one year of free credit monitoring through experion. the hotline to register opened at 9:00 am this morning. many are interested. are you going to sign up? >> definitely. >> reporter: it remains to be seen just how hard it will be to actually register. >> we're sorry. all circuits are busy now. >> reporter: the hackers stole social security numbers, birth dates and university inc.d.s. many are worried about their personal accounts. >> that's big. that's personal information like your social security number. >> i don't have much money right now so it's not that big a deal to me. i know my brother, who just bought a house, is really worried about it. and i actually know a couple of people who had me send the e-mail along to them. >> reporter: once they are able to sign up, people will get a copy of their experian credit report. they'll also receive surv

. >> new information tonight about that data breech at the university of maryland. the university will now offer five years of free credit monitoring, not just one, today marks a week since someone hacked into the school system stealing hundreds and thousands of names, social security numbers, and university id numbers. the school is also forming a task force to try and expose anymore vulnerability in its system. >> after years of debate and delay, a notorious eyesore in downtown d.c. is about to be knocked down. the crew started tearing down the third church of christ yesterday. the owners wanted to knock that building down for years, but voted in '07 to make it a landmark. a lengthy legal bad battle ended last year. >> 2 1/2 years ago, didn't just damage the national cathedral. we're going to give you a behind the scenes look at the repairs of union station. >> all right, looking live outside. we have snow on the way and when it snows, share pictures and video with us so we can look. look what it looks like where you live. robbie daly posted this photo to our page.

he will play at the university of maryland. the choice to remain close to home played into his decision and damian's family he credits for his success. >> at 6-foot 5, 300 pounds, this gentle giant at bishop has become one of the country's top offensive linemen. >> congratulate you on your selection. >> his commitment to excellence is even bigger than he is. but to understand the strength of damian prince, you must first know his struggles. he never knew his biological father. it was his great grandfather who encouraged damian to try football. >> if you're going to do something, you're going to go 110%. there's no halves. >> damian gave his all on and off the field. his strength was tested at the end of his sophomore year. his great grandfather stopped on the side of the road, he was struck by a car and killed. damian lost his biggest supporter. >> the one thing that hurts me the most is, he is not able to see what he did, you know, because if it wasn't for him, i wouldn't be playing at all. i would be playing my next four year

. >> reporter: duke teaches at the university of maryland today. says spending time with the beatles in the early days of their fame was something she'll never forget. >> they hadn't become jaded to it yet. and they were just -- they were having a great time. >> reporter: mark segraves, news4. >> and we're not sure how she got that lock of hair. and that's all for "news4 this week." i'm pat lawson muse. thanks for joining us. have a great day. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best morning ever! [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! [ female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. . >>> new this morning air, nation reacts to a controversial case of a florida teen killed after an argument over loud music. the jury failed to reach a decision. now the man accused is facin

. >> reporter: duke teaches at the university of maryland today. ding time with the beatles in the early days of their fame was something she'll never forget. >> they hadn't become jaded to it yet. and they were just -- they were having a great time. >> reporter: mark segraves, news4. >> and we're not sure how she got that lock of hair. and that's all for "news4 this week." i'm pat lawson muse. thanks for joining us. have a great day. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome. but now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. behold: weeknight crescent pizza pockets party. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! . >>> this morning, another round of winter weather is moving in just when the snow was starting to melt off. what this could mean for your saturday plans. >>> plus, new from overnight, a firefi

. >> tonight the university of maryland says it will lengthen the free credit monitoring from one yearfive years. this is more than 300,000 people fell victim to a security breach at the university. today is the first day ha the hundreds of the thousands of people could sign up for the free service, but because of the >>> a special look at a restoration inside of union station. a 2011 earthquake left cracks in the walls and the ceiling. and preservists are going to repaint song pain kkiller. with a $70 co-pay, he does not use them the often, and so he was unaware that he returned from the pharmacy with all of these extras. he said they call them periodically if they want the prescription prescriptions refelled and if the people don't answer two or three times, they will automatically fill the prescriptions. >> reporter: it is called automatic refill, and you don't have to automatically call, we will call your prescriber when you run out, and all of the major chains do it, including cvs. >> they begin to build up medicines and don't know why. >> reporter: this pharmacist worked for cvs

i was a football player at the university of maryland who didn't like the way my cotton tee shirt felt beneath my uniform. with no more than a good idea i walked out to a fabric store and bought some material, that fit the idea i had. took it to a local tailor, said, serve me as many tee shirts as upon out of this fabric. i was graduating that year, spring of '96 and the guys tried them and said these things are terrific and i realized that this wasn't just a good product idea, there was a whole category available, nobody had ever dressed what athletes wore other than their shoes or their jerseys but what was happening underneath was a new concept. >> you had entrepreneurial story behind you. i remember you selling flowers? >> you can't have a job but nobody says anything about you not being able to start a business. roses, i sold 100 dozen roses, my senior years we sold nearly 100 dozen flowers. >> a guy who is eager, gets these shirts made, gets them to the teammates. somehow you manage to be that same guy. you get big and you get advisors and investors and you got to report to peopl

but the university of maryland scored big. bishop prince from mcnamara shunned two sec schools to sign with marylandwho is move together big 10. it's a choice that keeps him close to home. >> it really fell down to following my heart. everybody sounds the same. everybody is saying great, create thing. really, you have to weed out what you feel is real. my decision i made here today was solely based on me and where i was going to mature and have the best opportunity to play the quickest. >> an incredible man, very inspiring. >> terp fans ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the worllld caed for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of per

according to the university of maryland, there's 150,000 couples that waited until economic conditions got better. and that means a lot of things. it could be that until one of us got another job. could be until the equity of our house was up enough so we could sell it and both go on. but either way was's clear is that we have a pent-up demand, sort of a weird thing to think about, people wanting to get divorced now. >> jeff: it's very weird to think about it this way. but some people are calling it sort of an economic stimulus. >> yeah, this is a little bit sobering but it makes sense. when you have two people living in one house and then you have to have two households, we have the formation of a new house. and what happens then. someone is either renting or buying a new place, furnishing it, going through and doing a lot of different things in their lives. and that is all stimulative to the economy. of course there is a great social unrest that comes with that but again, from an economics point of view, a boost. >> but from an economic standpoint individually, nobody makes out. >> y

and at the university of maryland they're coming in at 26. our michael & son weather camera looks good. boy, this last bit of scaffolding at the bottom of the monument has been there for two months. we thought it was coming down fast but they must have some more work at the bottom that they're not finished with. partly cloudy out there, 29 degrees. the barometer rising at the moment but it will be sinking. i want to show you the temperature trend over the next few days nationally because we have 70 in dallas today. look at the cold up in new england. as we head into tomorrow, that cold is going to be lifting in toward canada. they'll climb into the 20s. 40s, above freezing in chicago and minneapolis. mid-70s, even 80 in el paso. as we head toward wednesday, not too much change except around here. we'll be in the upper 50s wednesday and potentially 60 'ish by thursday and friday of this week. but a little bit of winter still to go through this week. it's right here. this system which is coming through the northern plains here over toward the mi

. >>> well derrick tonight the university of maryland wants to be sure anyone affected by that massive security breach gets five years of free credit monitoring. not just one, but they even set up a deal with credit monitoring service experience for staff and students to call that number on your screen now. 274-3891. the problem is that system has been overloaded all day, so perhaps you can try tonight when call volumes tend to be a lot less. that number is on our website. 866-274-3891 or wusa9.com. >>> today does mark a week since someone hacked into the school systems stealing 300,000 names, social security numbers, dates of birth and university id numbers dating back to 1998. president wallace low says while the school is forming a task force on cyber security to complete a top to bottom investigation of all campus computer systems so this does not happen again. >>> new tonight at 11, a lawyer representing a former naval academy football player accused of raping last april says the case against his client is moving forward. a military judge rejected a request to dismiss the case aga

the study comes out of university of maryland or i should say, the university of michigan and the north western university law school. >> in maryland are on the rise and coming up at 5:30, we're going to take a look at what is behind the spike. >> plus, facebook turns ten years old today. the challenges still facing the social network and what facebook is giving you for its birthday. top. >> clouds in place, temperatures falling. nothing for a few hours. we'll show you temperatures. some folks north of town are at 32. 32 in gaithersburg, and 28 in hagerstown. that's scary. we'll come back and talk about who gets most of the ice and when it rolls in. >> you are watching wusa9 news at 5:00. thanks for joining us. >>> hours before it happens, wusa9's first alert weather. >> we'll get to our icy forecast in just a second. first, these are some aerial photos high above new york central park. snow turned the iconic park into a winter wonderland. beautiful to look at and winter fans had a great time playing in the park. you know, snow is one thing. ice is something totally different. >> ice is

maryland is only one of seven states in the country that does not make it a crime to communicate a threat of moose violence. prince george's alsobrooks highlighted it. >> a student from the university of maryland said over the internet he would commit acts of mass violence the next day. when his case came to court, we were unable to charge him with threats of mass violence and only disturbing activities at school or college. >> reporter: this bill makes it a crime punishable for up to 10 years in prison for any convicted of making a threat of mass violence against a group of five people or more, put in fear and have to evacuate a building or shelter in place. >> as we see these cases from colorado or newtown, these threats are real threats. >> reporter: however, in the case of the columbia mall shootings there was no prior warning or threat made by 19-year-old daryl aguilar who fatally shot two at the zumi store on that terrifying saturday less than two weeks ago. chris gordon, news4. >>> right now at 5, cvs is going to stop selling tobacco products. >> could this be the beginning of a new trend? >> while cvs is doing that we looked at other harmful products that could be snuffed o

. >>> the birthday of 300,000 students and staff at the university of maryland now in the hands of criminals. this after a major hack exposes personal information of people who received school id cards. if you have had a card since 1998 you are affected. the school says it is working to determine how the breech happened. more fall jout from the bullyin scandal. they fired the line coach turner and kevin o'neil for their roles in the scandal. ritchie incognito was suspended after rumors surfaced he was bullying a teammate. turner never attempted to stop the harassment and even participated in the taunting. >>> pope francis dealing with sensitive issues today. he called the churches to roam for two-days of meetings dealing with the controversial church position on premarital sex, homosexuality and divorce and contraception. he will enstate 19 new cardinals and of those only 6 are from europe. marking his shift toward a more global catholic church. >>> here is something to like. facebook signed a multi million dollar deal. loren simonetti has the fox news and other top business stories this mor

. >>> time now for a quick check of the head lines, a massive security breach in the university of marylandromising the information of students and faculty and staff. the university officials say it was different than typical hack attacks. someone picked through several locks to get to the data. corp corn family members reunited. it is a rare show of cooperation. >> and power ball worth $425 million and solid in a chevron in california. the tore will get a $1 million bonus. >> i was selling them and bofth them were a power ball and i came and i remember one customer, she came by and give me the lucky one. and let's pray to god. and i pressed the button and i don't know if that is her. maybe she is the one. >> and the winners lump sum is 242 million before federal taxes. >> and a fox nows alert. a new warning to airlines about another potential shoe bomb threat that is raising concerns about our safety. joining us is eric stackleback and analyst for the news. why the warning and why right now? >> reporter: this comes on the heels of another warning for tooth paeft bombers and why now? a lot

. >> i'm sara, i go to the university of maryland. >> i'm jay. >> i'm john, a senior at the university of albany. recently d, i fenished my masters at the niversity of exeter. >> this is part of the program, the internship program we run and i think that this investment in future scholars and professionals is so important because enge they will have to deal with these issues for the next 100 years at least and i'm optimist, again, i'm very, very pleased that we continue with academic work. one more co-sponsor that i would like to mention, you have it on the program, the center for national security law at the university of virginia school of law with professor ohn norton moore and profess professor turner, we cooperate on many political issues, although enge our academic work must be interdisciplinary. because every discipline contributes to these particular efforts and our work is unclassified and our work is global, international cooperation is really key academically and already kim has spoken about the legal issue, for example, security, to address this program and so on. ow, as mo

none of their injuries are life threatening. >>> the university of maryland hacked. ulty and staff were stoleen including social security number, birth dates and university id numbers. no financial data was taken. state and federal investigators are investigating. >>> is the water in west virginia safe or not? it's been more than a month since the do not drink ban was lifted for 300,000 people. water had been contaminated by a chemical leak. there's e6d when people started drinking the water okay to drink, visits to the emergency room skyrocketed. remember how this went down. january 9th the chemical spill was detected. ten days later, officials lifted the ban for everyone. two and a half weeks later, cdc said the water was acceptable for all uses. the next day several high schools closed because the water still smelled like the licorice, the chemical in the water. then symptoms after drinking the water like nausea and headaches may not be from the chemicals. today health officials are still refusing to drink the tap water. elizabeth cohen has more for you. >> officia

of philly cheese and steak hot pockets. no illnesses have been reported so far though it is important to note. >>> just in, a major united states university hacked. a database at the university of maryland00,000 names, social security numbers, date of birth and university i.d. numbers for faculty, staff, students has been compromised. in a letter to the university the school's president says no financial or health information was stolen. that could be of little consolation. they have their social security numbers. the feds are investigating. in the meantime, the university is offering a year of free credit monitoring for those affected. >>> a stunning new video shows a group of american soldiers as they nearly escaped from being hit by a 500 pound u.s. bomb. let's show it to you. >> there it is. >> yeah. >> oh, [ bleep ]! what the [ bleep ]! >> the video was shot in afghanistan in 2012 but wasn't posted online until this week. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is "out front." barbara, you think of the devastation that could have wreaked. do we know how it happened? >> reporter: we do, erin. the military says they conducted an investigation. thankfully no one was hurt or killed. a

he is currently a research professor at the university of maryland school of public policy. this was hosted by the institute for world politics here in washington, d.c.. [applause] >> i figure you are getting older or more important when there is an introducer to the introducer. that is pretty good stuff. let me first of all thank john and the institute for extending this invitation. michelle nor john can be here and they've given significantly incredible reasons they cannot be here. i hope it's not because they wanted to stay home and watch the opening ceremonies. i am in a contest with some friends to imagine the most embarrassing thing that can happen to mr. putin tonight. maybe something real bad will happen to him. one of the things i stress with my students is intelligence is an integrity based profession. brian kelly remains one of the professionals who exemplifies in so many ways the integrity and the courage that sometimes is demanded of people in this field. this lecture gives me an opportunity in some ways to repay my debt to brian. and i should add it's an honor

. >>> a string of dorm room break ins at the university of maryland leaving campus officials with a warningh shoes. in all 12 cases the students left their dorm rooms unlocked. >>> a 10 year study of millennials reveal almost one in four 26-year-olds in the u.s. are still living at home with their parents. a decrease in young adults getting married and riding -- rising unemployment are basis for the trends. they have lost a job since 2006. overall those with a higher education were less likely to be living at home. >>> as foutounding number of taxpayers are in the united states. diane macedo joins us with why this is the case. >> new data from the u.s. treasury. 630 people renounce their citizenship or relinquish green cards in the last quarter of 2013 bringing the total for the year to a record 2,999 that is a more than 220 percent increase over 2012, 932 and blows past the previous record of 1781 set the previous year. according to forbeses robert woods while many are likely motivated convenient or family matters taxes are likely a factor. all u.s. citizens even on income earned while liv

plenty cold tonight, 28 in leesburg right now, 26 bunker hill road, 33 in college park at the university of maryland teens and 20's. the temperatures will drop. computer models suggested the windshield will be in the single digits all across the area when you wake up tomorrow morning. probably not warming much as the there temperatures hold in 20's. the high-pressure the reason for it. we warm up a little over the weekend. all eyes continued to look out way out west over the pacific ocean that may come here monday. cold day, high of 29 tomorrow. seven day, light rain late sunday into monday, could be snow, rain, sleet, the dreaded winter mix. it will stay chilly for some time to come. that is the latest. >> there is a cross and bladensburg, maryland, that has been there for decades. however, it is not in a church. as greta kreuz reports, a long-standing and emotional dispute is headed to federal court. drives paststeve the iconic bladensburg peace cross, he sees it. >> it looks like a christian cross. at the worldmand war i veteran memorial be taken down because it is on public land owned by the mar

here to weigh in is an economist at the university of maryland.ould be surprised by this? the people in washington where all the taxpayer dollars reside are happy as clams. >> tax dollars are up so they are living well. the economy really isn't as bad as the numbers look. now you have heard the succession of those saying that the numbers don't matter and you can go home because you don't need it a job anymore. the real problem is they are trying to believe their own advertising. gerri: i think that the washington dc folks are happy. and here is the list of the ranking. even though they are not as high as they were minnesota and california, texas and nebraska and trent nebraska. look at that. that tells me something about a change that is going on this country. >> the first three states are notoriously liberal predicting that national health care, no matter how many people that it disenfranchises, it will double the premiums and it has to be good because it is an article of faith and happening so they are happy. taxes is having an oil boom again. s

professor peter morici from the university of maryland. cal, i will start with you. is this a good thing we have banks in the mix? >> there are options that are available but still federal loans for some students, undergraduates, perkins loans, subsidized stafford loans come as part of aid package, free application for student federal aid are interest-free while the student is in school. you want to first start with those. gerri: right. i understand. do you think it is better news, good news there are more lenders in the marketplace generally? >> that can be gooddto see. but with those private loans it will depend on credit score. cosigner for those loans. and not everybody gets low teaser rates. you need to shop around. there are some states that have loans. connecticut has the loans that are more attractive than the federal option. you need to look before you leap. gerri: that is always good advice. look before you leap. peter, to you, you see the private, the banks getting into this. is that a good news when you know that we have trillions of dollars of student lo

. >> reporter: duke teaches at the university of maryland today, and she said that spending time withhe beatles in the early days of the fame was something she will never forget. >> they had not become jaded to it yet, and they were just having a great time. >> reporter: in chevy chase, mark segraves for news4. >>> and the coverage of the beatle mania, the 50th anniversary continues on nbcwashington.com, and we have posted video and even more photos. >>> right now at 6:00, a man is in custody after he tried to hijack an airplane and take it to sochi. we will hear from the passengers. >>> and an olympic glitch. russia kicking off the opening ceremony with a lighting nis mistake, but it cannot dim the excitement of the winter games. >>> and police continue the search for a gunman who shot and killed a well known music teacher in alexandria. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance, and that man is in custody. they say that he made a bomb threat and demanded that the flight be diverted to sochi, russia. >> and this all unfolded as the winter games were hap

. >> the university of maryland honored holiday during a terps game. all his success, though, he is still a very humble person. he says he enjoyed that day more than he could have expected. >> i was kind of against it. i was not for it. i said what is 35 years, that's a number. what will do you for 36 if you do this. i had no idea it would be 35 years. >> there is the snap. and gets the kick away. as generations of fans and players have come and gone. he has been the voice that keeps him tuning in and will for years to come. >> i think to this day and age i enjoy doing what i'm doing more than i ever have. >> i asked him are you going to hang it up. he is like absolutely not you have to pull me away from the microphone. >> can you tell he loves what he does. >> and just listening to the stories and the musicians that he hung out with and on the road with. incredible stories. >> and a shrinking and secretary of defense and the size of the army to preworld war levels. >>> and a common over the counter pain reliever and link >>> pregnant women who take a p

. >>> we also have some breaking news from the university of maryland. last week's massive data breech is causing problems. within the past hour, president wallace lowe announced the university is extending credit protection for victims of the cyber attack for one year to five full years. the phone number to register is on your screen. it is 866-274-3891. when we call add short time ago, now the recorded message said the system was over loaded and told to call back later, so you might have to give yourself some patience before you get through on that line. again, 866-274-3891. the president announced formation of a task force on cyber security. that task force will complete a top to bottom investigation of computer and information systems on campus. it is expected to report back 90 days. >>> more cuts and layoffs. that's the threat made by the superintendent of the area's largest school system. virginia reporter, peggy fox, has more from today's rally. >> there's nothing better that i can do with my time today than come here and support the public schools

so i think it's great that you are doing that at the university of maryland. i think that's part of the solution going forward. >> we try to be responsive to those shifts as well. as you know the business, dupont and the united states, clearly we develop and produce and sell corn and soybeans. to the secretary's point, the u.s. is efficient in producing those crops but in a country like india, and we offer in about 90 countries in the world in a country like india we have to adapt to the local conditions. so, we develop, produce and sell corn, millet, mustard, sunflower, rice and wheat because that is what indian farmers in the indian economy demand. >> there's a couple things here. there is the ability to grow agriculture within these countries that are developing. and if the theory behind that of course is that while about them to do a better job of feeding their own people and allow their people to move from 60% in agriculture to 50% to 40% to less than one tenth of 1% which is where we are in the united states. that creates an economy and a day for the high

i am lucky to be teaching at the university of maryland maryland compared to a lot of other places. i gave an interview with a student newspaper once and they never published it. they thought i was warning. that is fine. a lot of our faculty have clearance ease. a lot of our students have parents in the military and work for intelligence agencies. this is not like the university of wisconsin someplace. i do hope you have reached the diversity with no diversity school of diversity. quite gotten really oppressive. part in me says i listen to a lot of bs from my professors in college and graduate school. to some degree, i regurgitated the bs back on the paper. then i left the person behind. not all of this takes. it is hermetically one-sided. i don't think anybody denies that. how you change that, yeah places like this. yet individual students. we see it around the country. they basically say i am not going to the freshman orientation course. there's something quite stalinist about some of these things. policy, theylic all know what i did for a living. anything but the most cordial rel

. >> up next, you'll see how a university of maryland grad turned his website company into a nationwide success complete with an ad at the big game. >> but first, howard is keeping an eye on the weather. another storm could be brewing and monika is always checking the ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> it's 6:11 on this tuesday morning. a quiet day. you'll need a little extra time for windshields that are iced over. we also have a lot of sidewalks and stoops that are icy this morning with temperatures in the 20s and 30s in many areas. our forecast calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies. thicker clouds this afternoon with highs upper 30s to low 40s. we have a freezing rain threat tonight. i'll detail that for you in about three minutes. right now monika and timesaver traffic. >>> prince george's county police, fire and ems are enroute to an accident in prince george's county on central avenue near addison road. an overturned vehicle into a ditch there. here on 66 a live look from

and kevin blackstone, a panelist for espn who teaches sport journalism at the university of maryland.e both of you. wade davis, to you first. you did talk with michael sam help us -- >> you know one of the big things that michael wanted to do was get executive teams time to really evaluate him as a player. an also have those hard conversations about what would it mean to draft a gay player. he wasn't trying to hide anything. he also believes that what team wouldn't want a player with a courage and strength that he exhibited. i think that all teams want players who exhibit great leadership and great courage. and that's all that michael has done. >> woodruff: how important a move do you think this is? >> i think to a lot of people it's an important move. and to michael it was something that was-- he understood the gravity of it. but he wasn't overwhelmed by it. >> woodruff: what do you mean? >> that he understood that this was a big deal as far as being the first openly gay nfl player. but to him, he was just doing something he's always done. show up with a courageous heart and be himse

i think i'm lucky to be teaching university of maryland compared to a lot of other places. an interview with a student newspaper the and they never published it. a lot of or faculty have clearances. a lot of our students have parents who work or are in the work for the intelligence agencies or booz allen hamilton. is not like the university of wisconsin or some place. do hope you have reached the limit to the diversity with no diversity.school of at least intellectually in american campuses. quite, it has gotten quite oppressive. can say is part of me says listen to a lot of b.s. from my professors in college and graduate school. degree i regurgitated the b.s. back on the paper and then i it is hermetically one-si. i don't think anybody denies that. how you change that, yeah places like this. yet individual students. we see it around the country. they basically say i am not going to the freshman orientation course. there's something quite stalinist about some of these things. policy, theylic all know what i did for a living. anything but the most cordial relationships with

files were access multiple times by automated data mining operations following a hack at the university of maryland that was announced last week. this is a growing problem. wanted to get that breaking news the. credit suisse scheming to help the wealthy avoid paying taxes. that is the charge from the u.s. government. the ceo's defense as he testifies in front of congress. adam: all-star banking analyst dick bove is known for his gutsy calls but wait until you hear his latest one on fannie mae, $18 price target. charlie gasparino's exclusive interview with him coming the. cheryl: talk about prime property. the husband and wife out for a walk. you will never believe what they say they found in their own backyard. we will be right back. cheryl: a news alert for you on a delicate situation in eastern europe. the ukrainian saber rattling by its neighbors to the east, russian president vladimir putin ordering a surprise military exercise in western russia right on ukraine's bourse that. john kerry weighing in today saying russia should be very careful in its judgments. and must respect the fragile nation

four people were inside that house on adelphi road near the university of maryland campus. they are all okay. police didn't give us a description, though, o the suspects. >>> now, we're waiting to find out how long craig patterson will spend in prison. he will be sentenced minutes from now. a jury convicted him in december of shooting and killing julian dawkins last may. he faces up to 60 years in prison. our northern virginia reporter david culver is in the courthouse for the sentencing. he'll alert us and tweet, the twitter handle david underscore culver. >>> a group of masked men broke into a northeast store, the surveillance video shows the group of heavily armed masked men storming into a liquor store in northeast. one man stands guard while the other terrorizes and steals money from the register. police believe the same four to six men robbed a restaurant on 12th street in northeast, and a domino's in georgetown. police say they also robbed a metro access facility in northeast washington. all of the robberies took place in the last two weeks. ♪ >>> competition, now of

this is university of maryland, big snowball fight there and this is a pretty good -- as the snow felli read two articles in the post today. one article on the left said it was a wet snow. one article said it was a dry snow. it was a dry snow as it fell and as the day wore on and we had the rain and sleet it became wet, but initially you could sweep it off with a broom. good times. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, high clouds come in, have the clipper, makes for some nice color, nice sunset, still 50 downtown, dew points in the mid-20s, winds out of the north at 5. we're lacking cold air for this particular storm. the track of the storm is pretty good. it's going to dive off to the south and east producing snow right now along the ohio river but rain through kentucky and tennessee. the center of the storm will dive down to the carolinas. if it were to sit there, intensify and move up the coast, we'd be in business again. i know a lot of you don't want that, but it's not going to intensify close enough to the coast. it's going to move away from

researchers at johns hopkins university and the university of maryland found temporary blindness mayity of mice kept in the dark for a week and mice in their natural environment. now the mice kept in the dark could hear softer sounds and show an enhanced brain activity for several weeks. researchers say there is potential to apply this to people. this is published in the journal "neuron". >>> parents know some children are more likely to eat their vegetables if they are paired with something fanting. researchers at arizona state university looked at 29 children able 3s to 5. each child was given boiled cauliflower or brussel spouts for a week, served with either cream cheese or plain. after that everyone received the plain vegetable its and the cream cheese kids liked the plain stuff more than those who had only eaten plain sprouts. turns out there was no different with the cauliflower. >>> subject of food a fund raising campaign kicks off tomorrow in silicon valley to put more salad bars for schools. it's estimated only 166 out of 10,000 schools in the region have them. abc7 news re

. >>> and breaking overnight, a major security breach at the university of maryland. hackers have gotten access to digital records of more than 300,000 faculty, staff and students, all dating back to 1998. no word yet on how the breach occurred, but the university says financial data was not compromised. that will do it for us here on "early start." thank for >>> we hold the ukrainian government primarily responsible. >> breaking news, the ukraine situation much worse. a truce called and broken. dozens dead. president obama makes his strongest statement yet. calls for the u.s. to take action. we're on the ground in the thick of it covering it all. >>> new warning the department of homeland security putting airlines on alert. shows and liquids being turned into bombs. how real is the threat? >>> and exclusives you can see only here. ted cruz comes out swinging. treasury secretary jack lew on where he sees the economy going. >> and the parents of jordan davis speak out live. your "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, february

a student at the--who's challenging the university of maryland for exactly those practices. i don't see how it can be legal, but it's ongoing and there's ample data, much of it from the aamc... c-span: what's that mean, aamc? >> guest: oh, association of american medical colleges--which support racial preferences, but ample data from them. they've been collecting it--meticulous data sets for years showing, in fact, that there is quite a discrepancy between the scores-the mcat scores, medical college admission test scores, and grade point averages of minorities who apply vs. white and asian students who apply. c-span: what happens when, you know, someone gets into medical school and they have a lesser score? now what happens to their--do they get out of medical school on the same percentage that the others do? >> guest: yeah. that's a good--well, good question, of course. they probably don't. there's a fair amount of data showing that the failure rates on the boards--one takes two--you take two series of boards. medical school is four years long. there's a board after the firs