stars were out. nice half moon. >> i think i saw one like weekend, one of the stars. >> i would wink at you, yeah. >> hey, girl. nice weather today, indeed. we're going to see high temperatures. chilly start for us. three to five degrees down from where we were yesterday at this time. sun is up today at 6:34. we going to stay with the northerly wind, the dry air around today. adams morgan, two. colesville, maryland at 52 now. springfield, virginia at 50. colder air, sitting under a clear sky as well because of the low pressure pesky weather system that's stuck around us for a while. that's gone and high pressure has moved in. at the bus stop, sunshine, on the chilly side. so you'll need a jacket, 49-53. make sure your kids have their jacket. by the afternoon, a great afternoon we're going to have, nice, warm, 67 to 70 degrees with seasonal conditions around the area. by 5:00, you're down to 68 degrees. another chilly overnight with high pressure sticking around. coming up for the weekend, it will be a split weekend. which day will have rain on it coming up in a few minutes. jerry? >> overnight construction. we'll start on the beltway of northern virginia. inner loop and outer loop between i-95 springfield up to tyson's corner, various lane closures through the overnight hours. if you're heading out the door, travel crews in the roadway. they should be pulling up stakes in the next 30 minutes or so. along i-270 southbound, lanes reported open. frederick to rockville. the crews were wrapping up the roadwork northbound through 270. virginia getting word of an accident, 9d5 northbound throug the prince william parkway. joe? >> thank you. police in fairfax county are looking for a man who walked into a barbershop and opened fire. one person was killed, another was injured in the attack of the bellevue shopping center of the alexandria section of fairfax county. tracy wilkins is there with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. we do know more about the suspect. but we don't know his name because police are not releasing it. but you can see behind me this is an active scene. fairfax county police have been out here all morning. it looks like they're moving right now, a reminder this is a very active search as well. show you some of the video from overnight. fairfax county police searched neighborhoods throughout the bellevue area. at one point, they entered the home with a blood hound. they searched a vehicle parked back here in the strip mall parking lot. police say they know who they're looking for, but, again, they're not releasing the suspect's name. this all began shortly after 2:00 p.m. yesterday. police say a former employee of the barbershop walked inside of the shop, was there for a few minutes, and then opened fire, killing 39-year-old employee hun li and injuring another 38-year-old employee. the suspect was on the scene and then saw -- he was seen running away from the barber shot and police are looking for him every since. police aren't saying what led to this shooting. this is an active search for the suspect. they're saying this man is violent. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. also in fairfax county, a mother is keeping her 7-year-old daughter home from school until she knows the young girl is safe, she said. this after she says a bully tied up and choked her. jasmine rohrer's mother said her daughter is afraid to return to the brookfield elementary school in chantilly because of the attack. she said a boy wrapped a jump rope around her neck and tied her to a pole. two of jasmine's friends heard her crying on the playground and up tied her. her mother said this is not the first time this boy had picked on her daughter and she said the school knew what was happening. >> i told them over and over that this is not going to happen again, this is -- it's getting worse. they told me -- they basically assured me this wouldn't happen again. this happened worst this time. >> the student accuse in the attack have been suspended. the rohrers have hired an attorney. new rules in effect for air traffic controllers after another fell asleep on the job. a live look at reagan international airport now. the federal aviation administration ordered a second controller for the night shift for reagan and other airports. reagan already made the change after the incident last month. >> the new mandate comes after the faa found two or more cases of controllers sleeping on duty. the latest at the reno tahoe airport yesterday. an american airplane tried to contact the controller for 16 minutes but never got an answer. >> we've got a sick patient. we're going to attempt to land. >> this is ridiculous. and i'm not going to sit by and let it happen. i'm not. not on my watch. >> the plane eventually landed safely. that controller is now suspended. ed this is the latest incident in a series of incidents in which controllers have fallen asleep including one at reagan national airport last month. flying on southwest airlines anytime soon? you could be a airport that had a five-foot hole in its roof last month. the boeing 737 300 is fix in phoenix and is on its way back to be in service. the plane was 18 minutes into a flight from phoenix to sacramento when the hole develop in the fuselage, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing. one down, 15 to go. the capitals kicked off the 2011 stanley cup playoffs with an overtime thriller. alexander simon provided the fireworks as they take a 1-0 series lead. the capitals stole the momentum last night winning game one in the first round of the playoffs against the rangers. it went to overtime. it wasn't pretty. but in the end, it was alex and ander simon who made the difference. with two minutes left in overtime, he nets it game winner. the capitals beat the rangers 2-1, winning game one of the first series. after the game, the players talked about the things they do well. >> we do a lot of good things. a big relief, you know? a big relief when alex -- alex scored, you know, to tie it up. and i thought we played pretty strong overtime. and the turnover there and alex scores. so it's always great to get the first win of the series. >> i wouldn't say that we proved anything. i think that it's something that we -- our game needed to change, you know, to start the season. and the game we play tonight was what we were preparing for all year and it plaid off. they played a great game. we have alexander to score. >> it's huge. good for my confidence. but it's just one game and it doesn't mean anything right now. i've got to be there for friday and play maybe even better tonight. >> if capitals' goaltender michael plays like he did last night, i would think his teammates would be excited. game two friday night against the rangers. from the verizon center, lindsay czarniak, back to you. >> a long road. >> cross your fingers. playing well. that was awesome. >> 4:38 is the time right now. ahead of "news 4 today." metro tracking down their own employees. we confronted them about a parking controversy. >> the sleight of hand that landed one world leader in trouble. >> and the much better commute on this thursday. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. time for 41. let's take a lookout side. we're running a little cooler than we were yesterday at the same time. we're at 53 degrees right now. we do have a mostly clear sky. high clouds, just a few are with us. the wind out of west-northwest at 8 miles per hour. so not much wind to deal with. bowie is at 53, 48 the cool spot in manassas. 50 in franconia and lleytonsville and ancostia at 53. at the bus stop, 49 to 53, chilly. you're likely to need a jacket when you step out the door. by the afternoon, though. you'll probably lose it. the high around 70. it's going to be a great afternoon. even tomorrow, even though it's going to be a little cooler, jerry, still pretty niles. we had the report of an accident mentioned a couple of moments ago, 95 in virginia. this is i-95 at the prince william parkway. looks like everything is moving along pretty well. if there was an accident here, they have moved on. the travel lanes are over. good news. over to maryland on the beltway at route 50 in maryland. the outer loop, the inner loop, traveling between green belt college park down to landover and wilson bridge moving without delay. and out to the west, dulless airport, toll road, airport lanes, route 28, everything is looking good so far. jerry, thank you. it's now 4:43. 48 degrees. still to come, how local police closed a 30-year-old sex sexual assault case. also, what the fbi is sending the police in new york to help in their search for more bodies along a popular our time right now is 4:45. a look at the top stories with ear following in news 4 today. federal lawmakers will vote on the 2011 budget deal today that nearly caused the government shutdown. the six-month spending bill is expected to pass with support from both sides of the aisle. today president obama heads to chicago to kick off the fundraising for the 2012 election. he'll attend three fundraisers throughout the day and spend the night in his chicago home before heading back to the white house tomorrow. police in fairfax say a former employee opened fire yesterday inside the store in the bellevue shopping center yesterday afternoon. investigators are keeping quiet about most details in the case. this morning, new rules are in effect for air traffic controllers after one fell asleep on the job at the reno tahoe international airport yesterday. the federal aviation administration ordered a second controller on the night shift for reagan and 25 other airports. reagan made the change after a controller fell asleep last month. a montgomery county man has been charged with a sexual assault that occurred 30 years ago. police arrested christopher chamblin last month. two years earlier they investigated the claims that he assaulted a child in the late 1970s. chamblin was a teenager living in silver spring and the child was 7 years old. he was charged with first degree rape. investigators want to to talk to anyone else who may have been victimized by chamblin in the past. this morning, we learn admore tried to reverse after driving to the hudson river with her children. police say the mother loaded all four of her children in a min e minivan before driving down a boat ramp in newburerg new york. her 10-year-old son escaped through a window and ran to a station for help. the mother told her son she made a mistake and she was trying to reverse but it was too late. she was upset his stepfather was cheating on her. ten bodies are found on a new york beach. the fbi will provide technology. police think it could be the dumping ground for a serial killer. police believe four of the victims were killed by the same person. they were all female prostitutes who advertised on-line. officials in north korea say they've detained an american man for an unspecified crime and are going to indict him. the u.s. state department confirms an american is in custody. they're calling on north korea to release him immediately. a new problem regarding a disaster in japan. officials at the damaged nuclear reactor are searching for ways to get rid of the damaged fuel rods saying there are signs of surging radiation. meanwhile, they say restoring the cooling systems at the plant will take months. right now, water is pumped into the pool to prevent the rods from overheating. but readings of the pool show signs of three radioactive elements that are not normally found in that pool. gay rights groups are once again clashing with virginia attorney general ken cuchinelli. this time, the issue is whether gay couples can adopt children. the board of social services cannot pass new regulations to allow same sex adoptions. the regulations would add sexual orientation to the classes related to examination. gay rights groups, thoughs, are urging the social services board to look at negotiations anyway. meeting in minnesota federal court. the first face-to-face meeting between the two sides since the owners locked out the nfl players a little more than a month ago. this is the first work stoppage since 1987. the judge told both sides to keep the meeting confidential. despite the lock out, they released the preseason schedule earlier this week. lawyers for barry bonds said they'll appeal the guilty verdict after a jury found he was guilty. they deadlocked on three charges as the home run king told the jury back in 2003 he never knowingly used steroids or human growth hormones. he faces a maximum of ten years in prison for the obstruction of justice conviction. there's reason for some optimism and the wizards hopes it can build on the new group of young players. they ended the season with a loss to the cleveland cavaliers. rookie john wall had ten points averaging 16 points and eight assists in the game. washington closed out this campaign with a record of 23 and 59. ouch. their third straight season well below .500. those of you at home may not realize this, but joe has a pretty impressive pen collection on the set. he like this is green marker. it's so great that sometimes i think i might have to take it when he's not looking. apparently, i'm not the only one that's seen a pen that just needs to be stolen. the president of the czech republic has too. this is youtube video. it shows the president quietly taking a ceremonial pen in chile last week. he nonchalantly puts the pen on his lap, and voila, it's gone. czech officials say this whole story is nothing to write home about. they claim the pen was not stolen. and i hear -- i hear veronica gasp because she's a pen aficionado. if anybody has a pen collection, it's veronica. >> a bounced check there. i was at a speaking engagement and i had a nice pen and i left it up there and the next speaker came. the whole time i was like beamed on that podium going, i've got to -- >> if he takes that pen -- did he take it? >> no. >> okay. >> there would have been -- yeah. >> but i couldn't concentrate on anything else. >> i would never take your pen. >> yeah. >> it costs a lot of money. >> okay. >> all right. >> i'm just worried about you. >> okay. >> well, we don't have to worry about our commute this morning. because it's so much easier than yesterday. we don't have big puddles to navigate around. we don't have the big drops to deal with. nice and dry this morning. 53 degrees, the temperature. that's it, a little chilly. i was able to get in to work today without any jacket, actually. 53, the temperature, with the northwesterly wind to 8 mile-per-hours. not too bad either. 50 degrees over in fairfax now. sterling, manassas is at 48 degr degrees. there's a look at the old weather system. it's departing. high pressure is moving in. temperatures throughout the rest of the coup ntry, 65 in atlanta 67 in most locations. those warming to the midsection of the day. a little cooler behind this front. we have severe weather to deal with, possibly on saturday. this will be a big severe weather producer down through the southern plains in the south over the next two days. for us, high pressure, nice conditions. there 's the weak weather front coming through. we'll see a few additional high clouds later today. but no rain at all. your forecast for the afternoon, great -- nice and warm. 70 degrees. so, yesterday we were stuck around 60. 54 for the evening. pleasant, too. saturday, there's the showers and the storms. the weekend, split with one day wet, one day dry, and in the mid 60s. jerry? veronica, the road work continues in a couple of spot. northern virginia along interstate 66 westbound inside the beltway at glebe road, one travel lane gets by to the west. this is a backhoe. they re doing a lot of digging there. one lane only open westbound. how is the commute treating us along i-270, no concerns. frederick all the way in, travel lanes are open. dry pavement today. good news there. one more stop heading downtown. 395 to the 14th street bridge looking good. ten for $1 at the dollar store. i'm cheap. back to you. >> as least it writes. >> it does, most of the time, anyway. >> the cheap pens i never lose. >> it costs more than a dollar, it's gone. >> you got it. >> thanks, jerry. metro employees are reminding you to pay for parking when you go to work today. this comes after news 4 cameras caught some employees blatantly breaking the rules. it happened at the huntington metro station parking lot in alexandria. after the story first aired, metro called it unacceptable and a disservice to both customers and employees. john schriffen has more. >> this your car here? >> not trying to be on the news. >> you've been here more than 15 minutes. >> i work here. >> does that give you the right to sit here all day. >> these metro employees were not happy to see our camera. we observed their cars parked illegally most of the day in a parking lot outside of the huntington metro station in alex andry yeah. it's a sprprime spot. we noticed car after car sitting in expired meters or loading zones for hours. instead of tickets in the window, we saw metro vests and other bogus parking passes. this one for a different lot had expired. >> you're parked here illegally. >> why is that illegally? >> reporter: you're not allowed to park to pay for the meter. >> what difference does it make, man? why do you have that in my face, man? >> reporter: do you think you're exempt from paying? >> no, but who problem is that? >> reporter: you know you're supposed to pay for this spot? we were tipped off to the story by the blog, unsuck dc metro who posted this youtube video last week. showed cars taking up spot after spot parked illegally. >> they have things in there saying they're allowed to park there. and i just thought they were allowed the park there. >> reporter: metro says, that's not true. all metro employees must pay for parking and obey the rules like every other customer. john schriffen, news 4. >> >> how much you have to pay >> >> how much you have to pay to mñq ok. 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