. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. an annapolis hospital is on lockdown after a patient's family member threatened the staff. this is anne arundel medical center and it's calling it a modified lockdown. it means police are stationed at all the entrances and some entry points are locked. employees are being asked co-to show i.d.s in order to get in. this medical center says a family member of a patient in the emergency department got angry, made a bomb threat. police are still searching for that person. and right now all emergencies are being diverted to other hospitals. we'll keep you updated on developments and let you know when this lockdown is lifted. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >>> now to another police drama unfolded this one in prince george's county. about 11:00 last night police fired shots at a man trying to get away during a traffic stop at mlk highway in seat pleasant. they cornered the suspect a distance away at 71st street where more shots were fired. again the suspect got away and late

at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >>> now to another police drama unfolded this one in prince george's county. about 11:00 last night police fired shots at a man trying to get away during a traffic stop at mlk highway in seat pleasant. they cornered the suspect a distance away at 71st street where more shots were fired. again the suspect got away and later crashed near st. barnabas road in temple hills. police tell us the guy they were after wasn't hit by any of the gunshots. he's now in custody and is expected to recover from injuries in the accident. >>> 26 bike riders have now completed their journey from newtown, connecticut, to washington, d.c. >> they are riding in honor of victims of gun violence and to promote gun safety laws. the group arrived at washington national cathedral this morning, one of many stops during the four-day 400-mile trip. they call themselves team 26 after the 26 victims of the sandy hook elementary school shootings in december of 2012. one of the rider ls lost a sister in the

i'm wendy rieger. >>> a man shot inside a fairfax county home in what police believe may have been a botched burglary attempt. >> investigators are on the scene on a home along lenore lane in alexandria where northern virginia bury chief david culvert is live with details. >> reporter: police just wrapped up within the past 20 minutes or so leaving the scene and taking down the crime scene tape. this is where it started according to police at 8:30 this morning, a man trying to break into this home. it ended with a gunshot and then police say the man wounded, running down this street while bleeding. investigators ss spent the whole day going in and out of the house. they've got the gun and it belongs to the homeowner but they won't confirm the theory that the homeowner shot in self-defense. the man who ran from the house wounded got to the busy intersection with telegraph road. he tried to board a bus or flag it down while bleeding. at that time an officer pulled up and took him into custody. >> we'll b

good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly.t snow emergency will go into effect tomorrow morning 7:00. now, that means parking will be restricted on snow emergency routes to allow for plowing. vehicles left in place could be ticketed, or they could be tied. many of you are likely to be looking at a day off tomorrow either from work or school. university of maryland has already announced there will be no classes tomorrow for terps. keep it locked here. we'll have the latest school and work closures on air and on the nbc washington app. >>> standing here in the home base at ground zero of the storm team 4 center, what are we expecting? >> we're expecting that rain really overnight tonight and the transition into snow happens tomorrow morning. a lot of people will wake up look outside and say, guys, it's supposed to be snowing. no. we'll see a difference. this is why. take a look at this map. one thing to notice here's the cold air up around pittsburgh and state college. that's what's coming down. look at this, 72 in virginia beac

at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >>> first at 4, a mold problem at a local school. >> the bigger problem, no one was told about it. the mold was found at dodge park elementary. now there's a he-said-she-said going on over who found the mold and when. prince george's bureau chief tracee wilkins is at the school tonight where we were given pictures of what the mold looks like. >> we went to the classroom and saw that the dry wall was torn down and when we saw the dry wall there was mold. >> reporter: father melvin reyes says he's upset he had to see the problem for himself as opposed to getting a letter from the school informing him. >> we found this out by ourselves. i'm not sure if any of the other parents have found out. >> reporter: the class was moved to the library for classes as work continued to remove mold and replace the wall. this letter went to parents after rayes complained. it explains that people working on the bathroom calling it a repair issue, but there was no mention of mold. the epa's w

at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >>> late developments from the boston marathon bombing trial. closing arguments are now set for monday in the case against dzhokhar tsarnaev. the defense rested its case after calling just four witnesses, one a fingerprints expert. he says the majority of prints on bomb remnants and detonators were from dzhokhar tsarnaev's brother, tamerlan who was killed in a shoot-out with police. a cell site analyst also testified that dzhokhar was not with tamerlan when the older brother bought bomb components. three people died 260 were injured. >>> tonight a former fbi agent is apologizing for stealing heroin from fbi evidence and for jeopardizing dozens of cases. matthew lowry spoke publicly for the first time after pleading guilty in federal court in d.c. news4's mark segraves is outside the courthouse where lowry spoke about how powerful addiction can be. >> reporter: that's right. inside the courtroom, matthew lowry accepted responsibility and made no excuses for his actions ove

. >> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. search crews have arrived on the remote mountainside on the french alps where that german jetliner crashed earlier today 30 minutes after leaving barcelona. all 150 on board including several children are believed to have been killed. this is the latest video. it shows the debris scattered across the crash scene. the black box from the plane has been found. and there is hope it will provide clues about what brought this jetliner down. what we do know is that the pilots did not send out a distress call and that plane crashed after descending for eight minutes. german chancellor angela merkel urged people not to speculate on the cause of the crash. for now it's being treated as an accident. president obama made these remarks a short time ago from the white house. >> i called german chancellor merkel and i hope to speak with the president of spain later today to express the condolences of the american people and to offer whatever assistance we can as they investigate what has proven to b

wendy rieger has breaking details. >> pat and jim, things have been happening quickly today in this case. earlier today an arrest warrant was announced and just within this past hour police got their man. james william diggs is now charged with first-degree rape. he's charged with the most recent attack which just happened about two days ago on 38th 1/2 cottage city. diggs is also a person of interest in three other rapes all want two-mile radius dating back to september. since that initial atashgs police have released a sketch and surveillance video and canvassed that community. a news conference will be getting under way any minute now. chris gordon is there. and we'll send out updates on our nbc washington app and nbcwashington.com as we get them. >>> we are soaking up a little sunshine after we what we all hope is the last blast of winter. >> but in many places it's the street or the sidewalk it is still tough to really get around out there. we'll get the latest on the cold temperatures from overnight and this morning from our storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in just a bit

i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. back to you. >>> a look at the lighter side of this snowstorm. >> and a bit of competition now that we have measureable snow out there. >> pat collins is live at his snow post along connecticut avenue in d.c. with details act his latest snow stick challenge. >> reporter: this is the official pat collins snow stick, the only way to measure snow in the city of washington. now, the last time i made a measurement out here was about 1:00 this afternoon of about 3 inches. so let's go over now and see what we have. we're going to find some untouched snow and now at around 4:00 it is very close to 6 inches. that comes down to about an inch an hour. we're doing the snow stick challenge. we call it march snow mania. at stake, the pat collins snow stick. let's get on with it. we asked to see you best snowman and you came through. an army of entries. best snowman maker gets an official pat collins snow stick. now, you just can't have a snowman unless you have some kids around to help you make it.

wendy rieger introduces us to an architect with a vision for a >>> we have some new video in from urineer sal studios in orlando. just a short time ago about a dozen riders were rescued off the roller coaster called -- what was it doug? >> the hulk right there. >> the incredible hulk. he loves those things. the ride stopped earlier this evening looefgeaving the riders stranded for about 40 minutes. nobody was injured. investigators are now trying to figure out just what went wrong. >>> she's an award-winninging local architect who brings a healthy dose of zen to her designs. she created one of the largest woman-owned architectural firms in the country. it's now housed in an old dance hall on u street. wendy rieger introduces us to the architect who is changing the way we see and use buildings. >> reporter: this is not what most people would see when they imagine a place for homeless veterans but this is her vision being built on north capitol street. she believes buildings can make statements visually and socially. >> here is a building that serves basically homeless veterans and low-in

wendy rieger introduces us to a woman changing the way we see and use buildings. >> reporter: this ise would see when they imagine a place for homeless veterans. but this is her vision. being built on north capital street sorg believes buildings can make statements visually and socially. >> here is a building that serves basically, homeless veterans and low-income residents. we wanted to serve them to the fullest extent possible and didn't want to hold back anything. and they deserve the view of the capital as much as anybody else. >> sorg creates out of her vast offices on u street in what was once a dance hall during the black renaissance of the '30s. she redesigned this interior keeping the historic old trusses and the wide open spaces that she believes inspire. >> it lets your mind float out in a way, lets you imagine things. >> and, boy, can she imagine things? her iconic designs tower over cities in her native india and add to the sizzle of miami. but, design also has to create a sense of place. as we see in the u.s. embassy in barbados and the consulate in indonesia. >> don't g

. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. a u.s. ambassador has been attacked with a razor. ♪ ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. the u.s. ambassador to south korea was attacked on his way to give a lecture in seoul. he was cut with a razor knife on his face. south korean media showed a picture of him bleeding from the head. somebody was arrested for the attack. his injuries were nonlife threatening. >>> a busted water main that created a massive sinkhole in northeast d.c. yesterday has been fixed. the repairs shut down part of 13th place near parody place much of the day. all those who lost water service should find their taps running once again. >>> coming up and new at 6:00, making history in the military. news4's angie goff introduces us to a

. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. congress has avoided another showdown over funding homeland security. they passed a clean bill, 257-16 7. it will fund the department of homeland security through the end of september. every democrat and 75 republicans voted for this. republican leadership decided to strip the bill of riders that would have defunded the president's executive orders on immigration after that near shutdown this past friday. lawmakers were up against the threat of another shutdown this friday if they did not take action. this bill now goes to the president's desk for his signature. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. >>> i feel a profound obligation to speak to you about an issue that could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my people. iran's quest for nuclear weapons. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a historic and controversial address to a joint meeting of congress. he said a nuclear deal will make it easier rather than harder for iran to make a nuclear bomb. pres

. >> i'm wendy rieger. >>> some disturbing details in the shooting death of a virginia teen aurge. >> brenden wilson was gunned down last year on a path that leads to woodbridge high school. >> a detective detailed the gunman's confession. julie? >> reporter: well take a look at this sign on the tree. it says brenden's path. it's been named that in honor of the teen killed here. that memorial a place his mom likes to come when she needs some comfort. it's a place she planned to come today after a painful court hearing detailed exactly how her son was shot and killed. for this mother losing her 16-year-old son brenden wilson has been hard enough. today she learned details of how the woodbridge student was shot to death last november 10th. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: this large memorial now sits alongside the path to woodbridge high school where wilson's body was found. five suspects have been arrested in connection with his death. most of them teenagers. at the preliminary hearing for the alleged triggerman kawain smalls -- >> did the defendant admit he shot mr. wilson? the detectiv

. >>> wendy rieger is at the live desk with new details on the emergency response to this morning's incident. wendy? >> -- between anne arundel county first responders. it sounds like they first got this call after those suspects crashed into that police vehicle and after the bullets started flying. >> ft. meade, about 25 29 i think 27 responds. motorcycle collision with possible gunshot wounds. with gunshot wounds. >> the calls go on to indicate at least two people were taken to shock trauma units at the hospital but they did not confirm whether anyone had been kimmed at that point. jim and pat, back to you.lled at that point. jim and pat, back to you. >> this is the second time this year shots have been fired near the nsa building at ft. meade. earlier this month police say a man wanted for at least nine random shootings in the region fired shots at the complex. no one was hurt in that case. and there are no indications that these incidents are in any way connected. >>> the victims say the impact on them will last much longer than the sentence handed down today. daniel cleaves was sentence

>> wendy rieger has more live in the newsroom. >> 26-year-old staff sergeant thomas flore one of the four army natguards on board the choppe born in ft. belvoir, virginia.r rep and served in the national guard operations during the bp oil spill and the evacuation during hurricane isaac. the black hawk helicopter went down not far from destin florida, in heavy fog last tuesday durg a training exercise. night. flores grew up in a military family and spent time in germany, alabama, louisiana. family members tell an alabama newspaper that his mother died of leukemia when flores was quite young and that he wanted to make a career out of military service just like his father. his father and his stepmother now live in king george virginia. flor had just gotten married last march. back to you. >>> we made sure you were the first to know about this with a push alert from our nbc wash today. an american health care worker being treated for ebola at nachih is in critical condition. he was infected while working in sierra leone. ten health worker who is treated that patient in west africa are be

. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we've learned an american infected with ebola will be admitted to the national institutes of health in bethesda tomorrow. this health care worker was volunteering in sierra leone when this person became infected. this will be the second person with ebola treated at nih. the first one a few months ago was completely cured. >>> veronica our chance to dry out. >> more rain moves back in as early as tomorrow. i think we could get just as much if not more rain than this last system. >> oh no. >> i know. it will have an impact on the weekend for sure. heading out the door, fist thing tomorrow it is going to be cold and you will need it. a nice warm jacket and a coat. 28 to 35 the range in temperatures throughout the area. oh, that's chilly. by afternoon, we're 52 to 60 degrees. it will be nice most of the day tomorrow. we'll go from sunshine to clouds and then that rain will be coming in and some showers right for some of the flowers that have started popping. i know your daffodils too. we

. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk.are still waiting for an update on that icy pond rescue that we have been following. it's in prince george's county in brandywine in chadsford lake drive. the victim who may have been in the water for almost an hour was pulled from the water. cpr. this is video from chopper 4. they had to perform cpr on this person before the ambulance arrived arrived. news4's stonehill farm is headed to the scene. we'll have updates on the victim's condition in a live report coming up in just a few minutes at 5:00 on news 4 at 5:00. >>> now to a story you'll see only on news4. intoxicated metro riders putting themselves in danger before they board their trains. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss shows us some of the dangers of being a tipsy traveler. >> reporter: is there such a thing as being too drunk to ride metro? video would suggest the answer is yes. take a look at this video we just got of two recent incidents, one here at the mt. vernon square station with where a rider was stumbling alon

i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. new reaction from democrats and republicans about the clinton e-mail controversy. our brian mooar is on capitol hill with the latest. brian? >> jim and wendy, hillary says she's turned over tens of thousands of those e-mails in question. but not everything. after days of controversy, hillary clinton is defending her use of private e-mails as secretary of state, calling it a matter of convenience and nothing more. >> looking back it would have been better if i had simply used a second e-mail account and carried a second phone. but at the time this didn't seem like an issue. >> reporter: the former secretary says the vast majority of her e-mails were to government employees and archived on government e-mail servers. >> i fully complied with every rule that i was governed by. >> reporter: she says 55,000 pages of e-mails have been handed over to the state department which announced they'll be publicly released after they've been reviewed and redacted. >> we said we expect the review to ta

. >> i'm wendy rieger in for pat lawson muse. i'm in the storm team 4 with my little buddy, meteorologist veronica johnson. >> she likes me now. >> i love you now because tomorrow we get to say, i know i'm falling over tomorrow we get to say for the first day of spring, wintry mix. what's going on? this is crazy. take a look on radar here the rain moving a little earlier than what it looked like yesterday. of course we told you around 2:00 a.m. we would start to see our first rain and snow mix across the area. but look at this. we have showers already well north and east of roanoke, virginia. this is a storm system that will impact areas in and around virginia maryland right on up into philadelphia and new york. showers now around charlottesville charlottesville, around areas like richmond. some very light showers there. your winter storm warning in these counties shade in pink -- washington berkeley morgan allegheny county -- that goes till 2:00 p.m. starts as early as 3:00 a.m. in the purple northern faulkier county northwester

and remembering the man who made a huge impact on our area's skyline and skylines acro >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. new court sketches into the newsroom. the white house fence jumper pleading guilty. omar gonzalez made it into the presidential mance back in september. he had a knife in his pocket and made it all the way to the east room before he was stopped. there were af round of ammunition in his car, two hatchets and a machete. this incident was one of several security breaches that led to the resignation of the chief of the secret service. sentencing is set seth in june. >>> there's been a tragic end to a medical helicopter crash from late last night. authorities say the pilot died when the plane crashed in the woods in oklahoma pap nurse and a paramedic were injured, but they're expected to be okay. the plane went down before midnight but search teams didn't find the wreckage until 4:00 in the morning. the faa is headed to the scene to look into how it happened. >>> the manager of arlington county is retiring. barbara donnellan has been the county manager for the past five t

. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk.re are still major delays on i-95 in maryland as the rush hour sets in. that tanker truck that overturned on the southbound lanes near route 198 and the intercounty connector more than six hours ago has been uprighted. two southbound lanes are still shut down though. that leaves just two lanes for traffic to get by. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 pat collins talks to the drivers who have had to sit in that mess wasting the day. i'll see you in just a few minutes. >>> the cleanup of the collision in the houston ship channel is expected to take several more days. a gasoline additive known as mtbe spilled after a tanker collided with with a cargo ship yesterday. it's not sure how much of the chemical spilled but it is flammable and its vapors can be tock ix. it is not easy to clean up. the immediate area is closed to traffic right now including the port's largest terminal. >>> you'd think the melting snow would be a welcome sight, but that's not the case for everyone. >> came down, i was, li

cool to start the day but then we'll get into mild weather, sunshine on our saturday as wendy rieger would like to say, everybody can get out and -- >> frolic! >> thank you. i knew she was listening. yes, frol sick the word tomorrow. get out there and have a good time with it because it will be that nice even around 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, nice and mild if not warm when you consider where we were today. what do you wear tomorrow? it's the sunglasses and the light jacket. that's going to be about it. you won't need the boots, you won't need the heavy coats for sure. get out and do a little bike riding. 40 degrees at 9:00 a.m. 57 by 1:00 60 by 5:00. remember everything wb linebacker on the wet side especially some of those back trails so heads up for that. 51 degrees on your sunday so, the weekend's pretty good. we are going down towards monday with a high temperature of only 45. back to 50 on tuesday and then we get warm again, 62 on wednesday, 69 on thursday. could get near 70 but pretty good chance of some shower activity at least some rain on thursday. guys? >>> this weekend we ha