Blind to traffic accidents. And a little girl from Northern Virginia walked away from school and was picked up by a stranger. Her family tonight demanding answers. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. 11 00 tonight a man found dead inside a luxury d. C. Hotel. Tonight Police Believe someone killed him. Officers made that discovery today at the Donovan Hotel along 14th street. Thats where Jackie Bensen is with details. Reporter take a look behind me. These are the Police Department evidence vehicles a mobile Crime Scene Investigation van. They have been here all day in front of this luxury hotel. D. C. Police were called to the Donovan Hotel in the 1100 block of 14th street northwest off Thomas Circle just after 11 00 this morning. Sources tell news 4 a mans body was found in a guest room on the fourth floor. Police are calling this a death investigation, but sources say the man appears to have been stabbed. Rooms run an average of 300 a night. No i didnt know that at all. When did that happen last night . Yes. Reporter . Did you hear that . Ive stayed here a few times. Reporter at this time police have not released the name of the man who was found dead inside this hotel. Live in northwest washington Jackie Bensen news 4. Developing tonight, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is ordering the department to list the encryption on radios. They broke the news on twitter. The fire chief will stop the encryption beginning friday morning. The encryption prohibits anyone except fire personnel from listening to radio transmissions after the deadly smoke incident in the tunnel outside the Lenfant Metro station, the Fire Department union complained that encryption led to communication problems. A formal announcement on this is expected in a few days. Following another story in alexandria where a small sinkhole opened up tonight. It happened on southbound richmond highway at i thinkleside road after a water main break. Fairfax water officials are on the scene trying to repair the break. Nbc tomorrow morning will have the latest on sinkholes and any road closures. A little girl disappeared five months ago from charlottesville downtown mall. Not so little. But tonight Hannah Grahams family is hoping that theyre a step closer to justice. Charges were filed today in her murder. A man named Jesse Matthew will appear in Court Next Week to face new charges of first degree murder. The commonwealths attorney has decided not to pursue the Death Penalty but matthew could spend life behind bars. Hes also linked to the disappearance of a woman named morgan harrington. But he does not face charges in that case. Budget cuts could be putting our National Landmarks and the people who visit them at rick. The head of the u. S. Park police union is warning its manpower is stretched so thin its impacting homicide investigations. Mark segraves is live with the story youll see only on 4. Reporter doreen i spoke to the head of the Park Police Union this evening. And he says its only a matter of time he thinks until terrorists target one of our national monuments. And he says thats an attack that the park police arent ready for. Our staffing right now is lower than it was five years ago. The low Staffing Levels are impacting security at monuments here in the washington region as well as popular tourist sites across the country. In a letter to the director of the National Park service glick warned recent attacks in other countries are clear indicators terrorists want to attack landmarks. Our staffing was so short that in some of our field offices were pulling detectihorseback officers to respond as patrol officers. Reporter the shift of other investigators to patrol duties is impacting the departments ability to thoroughly investigate crimes like the recent fatal hit and run on bw parkway. Another budget issue hindering park police is the lack of surveillance cameras particularly in places like the parkway. If we had cameras in place, and this goes to our lack of equipment resources, we could have probably gone back and looked at cameras feeds to see vehicles fleeing, for instance this hit and run just this past week where that gentleman was killed. Reporter in a written statement the chief of the park police tells news 4, were adding 18 new Police Officers to our ranks next week. Were also bringing on several civilian employees as we continue to develop a sustainable workforce. Now, one of the things adding to the low Staffing Levels is an increased rate of retirement at the park Police Department. And thats an issue not unique to park police. D. C. Police chief says thats a big challenge for her department as well. Reporting live from the National Mall Mark Segraves news 4. News 4 iteam Scott Mcfarland has been investigating the safety of the bw parkway in the days since that deadly hit and run. Tonight, internal memos obtained reveal one big concern. Reporter marylands highwayed a straders recently notify the Governors Office there are not enough cameras for them to monitor the baltimore washington parkway. Agency reports from 2014 state highway administrators use this phrase that theyre relatively blind to traffic and accidents. And that its difficult to redirect traffic from their command post when incident os cur. The iteams review of state records reveal just two cameras along the entire 30mile span. Far fewer than other roads. U. S. Park Police Patrol the parkway from the d. C. Maryland Line route 175 and they regularly monitor state highway cameras and say a lack of cameras possibly slows their investigations into accidents including hit and runs. State Highway Administration officials tell us they are trying to post new cameras, at least six along the highway, for state administrators to monitor at several key interchanges. Police and youll be able to see them too, online likely summer or fall of 2016. State highway Officials Say theyve begun patrolling the road 24 7 to respond to incidents. New cameras cost about 775,000. Why is it taking so long to install them to add any cameras to state roads, require engineering studies, utility work under way, test of soil samples and theyll add 50foot posts. They have to make sure the posts arent a danger to cars. Scott mcfarland news 4 iteam. If you have a tip for the iteam call 2028854444 or email tips news4. Com. Can you believe wind chills are already in the 20s . We havent seen anything yet. Doug kammerer joins with us the details. Were going to be wishing for wind chills in the 20s over the next couple of days. Thats the kind of cold air weve got coming. Those current wind chills 32 in gaithersburg 22 back towards manassas. But take those numbers and subtract nearly 30 degrees. Well be in the negative numbers i think as we move in through the next couple of days. The cold air is coming down. Its coming in fast. Ill show you when that arrives and which day may be just the coldest. Weve got not one but two shots of cold air moving in. New at 11 00, take a close look. D. C. Police have released surveillance photos of the man they say swiped two kittens from a pet store. Investigators say the suspect took the kittens from the Columbia Heights petco store yesterday. It was a smash and grab. The kittens had been rescued and were placed at the store to be adopted. Close call for a woman driving on the parkway near the beltway. Debris from a bridge fell and crushed her windshield. The woman was not injured. Crews say the bridge is structurally sound but theyre going back out tomorrow to take another look. There may be a possible case of measles in fairfax county. Right now the patient is in selfice o lace waiting for test results. It is not known how the person may have contracted the contagious virus. But we know Health Officials are trying to identify potential exposure sites. 121 people in 17 states and washington, d. C. Now have the measles. The number rose 19 over the last week. Tonight, a family in arizona is remembering their daughter who died while being held hostage by isis. Kayla has touched the heart of the world. The world grieves with us the world mourns with us. The terror group said last week that Kayla Mueller died in an air strike carried out by jordan inside syria. The family said today they were emailed pictures over the weekend that confirmed that the aid worker had died. But the u. S. Doesnt believe she was killed in an air strike. The 26yearold mueller had been in syria helping the victims of the ongoing civil war when she was kidnapped in 2013. Nightly news anchor Brian Williams has been suspended six months without pay following questions about his coverage of the iraq war. The ceo of Nbc Universal steve burke, sent a statement to staff tonight saying this quote, brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. He deserves a Second Chance and we are rooting for him. Brian has shared his deep remorse with me and he is committed to winning back everyones trust. Lester holt is going to be filling in for brian during that suspension. Next at 11 00, another late night host calls it quits. Jon stewart has announced his retirement. Tonight well report on the really big reaction on social media. An 8yearold tells her parents shes being bullied at school. She leaves and a Good Samaritan finds her wandering the streets. That story plus the superintendents response. We have a Traffic Alert from melissa mollet. Expect lane closures on 66 tonight. Eastbound lanes closed just beyond 50. The shoulder opened from 5 00 a. M. Jon stewart announced today that he is leaving the daily show later this year. He did not say what he would be doing next or when his last show will be. Stewart has been at the helm of that news program satirical news program for over 15 years now. News broke on social media and quickly became a trending topic on both twitter and on facebook. Outrage tonight in alexandria after a little girl wandered away from School Unnoticed and was picked up by a strarng. The parents demanded answers from the superintendent. They no longer feel safe sending their child to school. My emotions are up and down. Reporter rebecca and her husband are concerned for their daughters safety at williams alexandria. I dont really want her out of my sight. My trust is shaken. Reporter 8yearold natalia left the school and started to walk home last friday at about 9 15 in the morning. A Good Samaritan found her wandering and called police. Police called rebecca. I just remember telling the police that i took her to school i took her to school i took her to school. Reporter upset, rebecca calls the school and said officials had no idea she was gone for nearly an hour. And now with her. How am i going to feel that i can trust to leave my daughter in a school . Reporter School Superintendent Alvin Crowley met with the parents outside a meeting at the school. They wanted us to be here too. We asked them about how this happened. I cannot talk about a students individual case. Certainly were going to work with the parents and if there are concerns well address them as a school division. Reporter her parents tell us she walked out of the school in frustration because a teacher ignored her complaint about an alleged bully pushing her. While the School Investigates this mother worries. When i go to bed at night and i close my eyes and i see in my mind that she may have got hit by a car. Reporter and tonight the family tells me that they appreciate the alexandria School Superintendent coming here to meet with them. They plan on having another meeting tomorrow at 2 30 p. M. And they plan on telling him that they want natalia to attend a different school. Shomari stone, news 4. Weve got an inside look today at what First Responders go through in their training for an emergency on metro. Transportation reporter adam tuss went to metros landover training facility. There they showed us what passengers may have experienced during that underground emergency at Lenfant Plaza when smoke filled the train. Metro police get mandatory training here and d. C. Fire personnel could use that facility to reach its goal of training every firefighter for an emergency on metro. Kind of seems like the snow is unending in boston this winter and all that snowfall is taking a toll on roofs in that city. Workers are shoveling and clearing snow from atop buildings all over town even busting out snow blowers. 29 inches of snow fell in rockland yesterday. The weight was too much for a piano store and the roof gave way. It houses a liberace piano thats valued at half a million dollar. No word yet on whether its damaged. Thats just relentless. My heart goes out to all those people up there dealing with all that. We saw that 2009 and 2010 here and how we had to deal with that. That total for us is 56 inches and theyve got 70 and theyve got storms moving in. Those storms will bring us the coldest air weve seen this year. Up there, not as much snow. For us it will be just cold. Friendship heights and over towards bethesda current temperature sitting at 34. Winds out of the north at 16 miles per hour. So a little gusty. Weve got temperatures in the mid20s but those wind chills in the upper teens to lower 20s. Dont expect temperatures to be too cold but it will be a chilly start to your day tomorrow. Storm team 4 radar not showing anything in our area. We have clouds offshore. Thats from the same storm system that brought us the ice earlier this morning. Back to the west though. Thats our next storm. You can see it really wrapping itself up here. Lots of snow up towards the great lakes. And this frontal boundary from chicago back down towards kansas city then a secondary front back here towards minneapolis. Thats the one thats going to race through our region. And man, is it going to change things around here. The cold air definitely here during the day on thursday or rather on friday but then even colder. The cold air goes all the way down towards florida. And here it comes for us. The coldest air not just of the season but maybe the coldest weve seen in the last two years. And we saw cold air. 43 in d. C. Tomorrow. Were not seeing the cold air just yet. 41 in gaithersburg 41 in martinsburg and 39 in the hagerstown area. Tomorrow will be a pretty nice day. But then we get to the feelslike temperature. These are the wind chills on thursday. Noon wind chill of 31 24 back towards martinsburg. Look what happens at 5 00 in the evening, 9 in martinsburg, 8 in winchester overnight we get down below zero. Look at petersburg West Virginia how about early friday morning . 3 below in d. C. 9 below in gaithersburg. Were talking about extremely frigid air making its way in here during the day on friday. I think it gets a lot colder on sunday. So weve got two real shots at that cold air. Before that though we could see a few flurries on thursday. Not much at all. Then on friday rather windy and just cold. 28 with wind chills between 5 and 10 all day long. Saturday a better chance of some light snow. Could even see accumulating snow but were not talking much at all. Once again its the cold behind it. High of 21 on sunday. The highest wind chill on sunday could stay below zero for some areas. The coldest day for sure this year coming in february. Looks rough. Thank you, doug. Fivedog night. Weve got sports coming up. The maryland womens teams. My oh, my. They play so this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Warriors have been having some problems lately but they got well tonight. They travel to new jersey and all the problems are solved. Just like that in jersey sometimes. On monday georgetown found out they were bumped from the ap top 25. Tonight they just responded with lots of tenacity against seton hall. Hoyas on the road up in new jersey first meeting against the pirates. Georgetown cruising early. Up 16. Working the ball to copeland. Knocks down that threepointer. Georgetown up 224. Second half. Seton hall right back in it. Down three now. Buries the three. 17 for him. Beer tied at 44. Hoyas bringing it right back. Drains the three, game hdsr. Georgetown starts to pull away here. Copeland puts it back. 20 points for the fleshman tonight. Georgetown blows past seton hall 8667. Lets talk some womens hoops. Maryland hosting rutgers. This was a threeman Dancing Group earlier but he does come back to do the news. First half lauren missing. Later in the half maryland loses the ball here but get it right back. Shot clock about to expire. Throws up a prayer. Maryland up in the second terps up lexie brown gets the bucket. Coach colter big shot brown. Maryland beats rutgers. 16th straight win. Now 130 in the big ten for the terps. Nice work out there. Capitals coach barry trotz is taking full advantage of the fact that this week is their teams dads trip. The players fathers tag along with them for the practice meetings and games out west. Coach is looking forward to meeting his players dads. I want to see what every players going to be like when they are in their 40s and 50s. Because they are the more i said ill be way different than my dad, im exactly like my dad. And if troy brouwer says im nothing like my dad, hell be exactly like his dad, eric fehr theyre all going to be just like their dad. We want to win every night, but its extra special when theyre there. Theyre so proud of us. You feel like you let them down if you lose the game. Were definitely going to be putting in a good effort and come up with a few wins. The pressures on boys. In the nba, wizards facing the raptors tomorrow night. Last game before the allstar break. John wall voted in as a starter for the allstar game. Showing off the abs there. Hell not be taking place in the skills challenge. Wall has been dealing with headaches and said he resprained his ankle last night. Hes still expected to play in the actual allstar game. John wall said that he wants to break the allstar game record 23 assists. Nice to hear a point guard wanting to break an assist record. If anybody can he can. The headaches, though i feel so bad for him. I do too. Ha vo after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. A car that can see trouble. And stop itself to avoid it. When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. Not honda. Not ford or any other brand. Subaru eyesight. An extra set of eyes, every time you drive. Today, look at that will you . The first Cherry Blossoms of the season are in bloom in japan. Tourists flocked to the town to see the worlds earliest blooming cherry trees. Those blossoms the blossom celebrations run through midmarch just as our famous festival kicks off. While our Cherry Blossom events start on march 20th, the park service predicts we wont be in peak bloom season until the first week of april, which is only just a blink or two away. And wouldnt that be nice. Hang on. Hang in there. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Dakota Johnson Anthony Anderson musical guest, mark ronson
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