by the campaign that elected vincent gray. machen is returning to private practice. >>> a guilty verdict for a man on trial for killing a georgetown law school student in a jealous rage. rahul gupta was convicted of stabbing mark waugh at gupta's apartment back in october 2013. prosecutors say a love triangle involving the victim gupta and gupta's then-girlfriend led to the murder. the defense claimed gupta's then-girlfriend actually killed washington. but the jury didn't buy it. the victim's father said his son had a promising future. >> mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. >> the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> gupta faces life in prison when he's sentenced next month. >>> new tonight, five players from the women's lacrosse team at the university of maryland baltimore county have been suspended indefinitely for sending threatening text messages to their teammates.

so what does that mean for the probe into former mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign? bruce johnson brings us that story at 5:30. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt, a very nice evening. these temperatures are crazy. look off to the south and west, 82 in culpeper, 80 in charlottesville, 70 in martinsburg and 66 in frederick, 67 downtown d.c. we'll come back, talk about a warmer st. patty's day, but march can get cruel and it will later in the week. >> right after the break did a notorious real estate tycoon actually confess to the murders he's accused of committing? in one year 5.6 million hospital workers helped perform 26.6 million surgeries deliver 3.7 million babies and treat 133 million e.r. patients. now congress is considering cuts which could increase wait times reduce staff, and threaten your community's health. keep the heart of america's hospitals strong. for you and your family tell congress: don't cut hospital care. >>> notorious millionaire robert durst made a court appearance in new orleans this morning after being arrested for a 15-year-old murder. durst

despite many successes he's still hearing criticism about the open investigation in former mayor vincent gray. tom sherwood h the reaction. >> we've heard it a lot. the gray investigation is continuing. some do think it should wrap up. in the past few years the u.s. attorney has had several high-profile loc convictions. kwame brown, now out of office. council member harry thomas now out of office. council member michael brown, serving time now. as he leaves april 1st left unfinished is the four-year-old investigation i a shadow campaign that helped elect vincent gray mayor in 2010. with no charges against gray and gray's lawyer bob bennett declining to to news4 today, some are angry, questioning howg the scandal could hang over the city. ward two council member jack evans

she said his legacy will be marred by the vincent gray investigation. she believes he did the right thing by moving forward. by the fact he's leaving it wide open it's turned into his legacy maybe taking a negative hit. they say the investigation is still open. i think leaving and then leaving it open that does leave a problem when many would say his going after mayor gray really cost gray the election. >> vincent gray by the way, maybe wishes he left earlier. loose lips in city paper had a very good article, about maybe his bark was bigger than his bite. yes, michael brown, kwame brown and the big fish of course was thompson they did some time in jail but vincent gray you're absolutely right. one person said thank you for electth our maying our mayor. the person handling the case will still be there. it doesn't mean vincent gray is out of the woods on this one. >> long-time leader in the district. there's concern for walter font roy's well-being. what do we know about what's going on? there were reports on our air that his house was being foreclosed up

april 1st left unfinished is the four-year-old investigation i a shadow campaign that helped elect vincent gray mayor in 2010. with no charges against gray and gray's lawyer bob bennett declining to to news4 today, some are angry, questioning howg the scandal could hang over the city. ward two council member jack evans praised the attorney's work and city ethics reforms but acknowledged man want the gray matter wrapped up. >> he deserves to know one way or the other how this is going to proceed. i hope it's time to put it to rest one way or another. >> six people have pleaded guilty in the campaign including busine ma jeffrey thompson, who funded the operation. prosecutors said gray knew about it but gray denies wrongdoing and has not been charged. the scandal helpr lo his re-election b to reform candidate muebowser. mayor bowser said today the city has moved on. the gray case will have to work itself out. >> i've always said that the u.s. attorneh to do his job, follow every ad and investigate, and i can't put a time line on that. >> reporter: ke about the gray investigation today he told news

former mayor vincent gray had budgeted $475,000 to hire the nonprofit, washington, d.c. economic partnership to represent the city. but then muriel bowser came into office and that amount came under scrutiny because the city's financial outlook was so bad. so bowser cut the funding down, the $350,000 and then recently announced she will be attending that event. >> we're allocating money to priorities and obviously, thinking about creative economy and thinking about the growing technology sector is a priority. we were able to negotiate really cutting out some additional money that was going to go there. which will go to other sort of priorities that we have. but we still think we'll get as much bang for our buck. >> bowser will head to austin on march 13th. d.c. will be represented until the 17th. in the newsroom chris pabst, abc 7 news. >> breaking news from south korea tonight where the u.s. ambassador has been attacked during a lecture he was giving. details are still coming in but we're told ambassador mark lippert has been taken to the hospital for treatment. we'll b

the investigation against mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign will go on, but some d.c. council members say machen ought to finish the probe before he leaves office. >> his tenure will be forever marred by how he handled the investigation involving the former mayor. as you know, three weeks prior to the election he went out in public and made a statement essentially saying that the mayor was guilty and it sounded like an indictment would be imminent. nothing came forth. >> ron machen will return to private practice, his top assistant becoming interim u.s. attorney for d.c. >>> the future king of england is scheduled to arrive in d.c. tomorrow. a plane carrying prince charles and his wife duchess camilla parker-bowles will touch down at andrews air force base for a three day stay in the nation's capital. they'll meet with the president, swing by the national archives and visit mount vernon. >> we're clearly busily trying to get rid of all the winter because of the weather, it's been a very hard winter, but we're trying to really put the best face on mount vernon. >> this

he's leaving without completing d inves into former mayor vincent gray's mayoral campaign. coming up tonight, reaction to meacham's departure before completingt inv and who will tyke taik his place. >>> a gaithersburg townhouse fire has displaced two families today and left them with $200,000 worth of damage to their homes. montgomeryy firefighters we called to the scene at the 18000 caliber drive address this morning. they found fire and smoke e roof. the flames were put out quickly and no one was hurt. mont investigs tell us the home was being renovated for water damage. they discovered the fire was caused by electric joef load due to several pieces being used to dehumidify the house. >>> a developing story out of milwaukee, wisconsin, where firefigh have finally managed to contain a massive blaze at a metal finishing plant on the city's south side. investigats bel several propane tanks caught fire inside the galvanizing company then exploded. shook the entire neighborho. we pulled up here and all of a it just blew up and it shook the car windows an my wife sa let's go fr

mayor vincent gray and his 2010 campaign for mayor. one year ago, d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to financing a shadow campaign that illegally spent more than $600,000 to get re-elected. thompson and prosecutors claim that former mayor gray knew about the secret funds. but thompson was yet to be sentenced in the case because he agreed to cooperate with the investigation. the u.s. attorney's office tells news4 the investigation of gray's campaign is ongoing. the former mayor has denied doing anything wrong and he has not been charged either. >>> nearly 5,000 sailors spent the day waiting in norfolk because they could not be deployed. sea life was clogging up the intake of the "uss theodore roosevelt," the aircraft carrier. some family used the time to talk to their loved ones for a few extra hours before the worldwide tour begins. crew will have to wait for the tide and hope to get out sometime this evening. >> sea life? >> sea life. >> do we know what kind? >> i don't think it was water skiers and fishermen. i think it was barnacles and

vincent cohen as the acting u.s. attorney. matsch top assistant. the mayor gray investigation, sherwood weighing in on this in twitter saying that mayor gray investign is incomplete and continui according to matschin. stepping down as of april 1st. aaron. >> t you.> some of the stories you need to know online now. all over the country folks are talk asking dolce and gabbana, asking to ar boy caught of them. trending on twitter. lots of team talking about this. the designers criticized same-sex parent of course elton john and his partner are same-sex parents. and so he's asking folks to boycott. hear much more about that coming up here in a little bit in terms of the response and also right nn that you probably have seen on tv quite a bit. talking about grantville georgia. a picture for you bigger. sell of its downtown. two blocks. $680,000 askg or ebay. you would know from several episodes of "the walking dead." trending now also on twitter, that is where part of it is set there. nbcwashington.c we went to our social media editor brittany johnson. >> reporte no w