Death of a local teenager. Why another girl ended up in handcuffs after last nights tearful reunion. And Human Trafficking in the suburbs. How quick thinking Hotel Employees helped put one man behind bars for decades. Tonight some local businesses are supporting their workers, theyre going to close or scale back their services tomorro tomorrow. Theyre calling it a day without immigrants. News 4s Megan Fitzgerald is live in northwest d. C. With the story. Meaga snrks meagan . Reporter businesses are standing in solidarity by allowing employees to take the day off. Many say they realize this will cut into their pockets but they believe its for at least one day it wont be business as usual for many places in d. C. And around the country. We need to show the visible impact and positive impact that immigrants provide to the fabric of this country. Reporter a protest called the day bout immigrants taking aim at President Trumps immigration issues. Its ridiculous to think we can survive a day without them. Reporter the protest is calling for immigrants to stay home from work and school to show how important they are to the country. Places like vida fitness say theyll stand in solidarity with the protesters, allowing employees to miss work to participate. The company says we will work to minimize disruption to our members but recognize that any interruption in service tomorrow is a testament to the essential service they bring to our team. Some restaurants around the city like busboys and poets will close their operate with a shorter menu. Me myself and my Business Partner are not exactly the most talented chefs. Reporter there are those who support the strike but agree securing our borders is important. We need to do better with our immigration system, we need reform. Reporter but tomorrow protesters will argue that americans need to see what its like to live in a World Without immigrant immigrants. We reap the benefits and get angry at them. Reporter we have a list of the bars and restaurants that will close their doors tomorrow. Go to our nbc washington app and search d. C. Restaurants. Reporting live from northwest, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. We just retweeted angry messages from the immigration and Customs Enforcement agency denying theyre conducting Mass Immigration raids. One says reports of checkpoints and sweeps and roundups are false, dangerous and irresponsible. Another report says these create mass panic and put Law Enforcement personnel in unnecessary danger. Any groups falsely reporting such activities are during a disservice to those they claim to support. The rumors have rattled communities from chicago to charlotte. With reports spreading across social media. One said Chicago Police had been enlisted to set up check points where officers demanded to see i. D. S. Homeland security did arrest nearly 700 undocumented immigrants in a nationwide sweep but i. C. E. Officials say that was a routine bus and 75 of them had felony convictions. New tonight, were told smoking materials started that huge fire in rockville. Montgomery county officials tweeted this picture of flames at the wickford apartments. It spread to the attic. Chopper 4 shows you three girls disappear around the same time, one turns up dead and two return home after nearly a month. Its a story that is filled with twists and turns that began when Alexandra Reyes disappeared from her home in gaithersburg last december. Police found her body in springfield, virginia, last weekend now 10 people are behind bars including these four adults and sixteen agers who Police Wont Name because theyre under age. News 4 was there when one of the missing girls returned home. Initially detectives said she may be in danger, too, but now they say shes connected somehow to the murder. She is in custody. Were looking at the extend of her involvement. Somehow, some way people are connected through acquaintances. Through knowledge participants are charged with gang participation and abduction but police say more charges are coming. Another Elementary School in the district is dealing with bedbugs. A letter went home to miner elementary parents that said the bugs were found in the northeast building today, yesterday, once last week. The school is still open but administrators dont think this is a widespread infestation bedbugs shut down a school in savoy earlier this month. Students have going to class while their building gets a thorough cleansing. Education secretary betsy devos held her first public event since she was blocked from entering a d. C. School last friday. Devos made her first public speech. She spoke at the magnet schools of american policy conference in northwest d. C. Betsy devos praised magnet schools for showing strong academic results segregation. She slammed protesters. Fridays incident demonstrates how hostile people are to change and new ideas. Without realizing it, we, too, can fall victim to this trap of seeing our work in education as an us versus them approach. I. Critics say the education secretary is opposed to Public Education and favors charter and private schools. New tonight, House Republicans are requesting an investigation into the Intelligence Leaks about general michael flynn. President trump slammed the nations intelligence agencies today, criticized the media for what he called the very unfair treatment of his now resigned National Security advisor. This came even though yesterday the white house expressed a lack of confidence in flynn and the president ms general flynns resignation. Today head hosted benjamin netanyahu. The leaders differed on israeli settlements. As far as settlements id like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. He also back away from the necessity of a twostate solution between israel and palestine something that has been advocated for two decades. To our weather now. How cold is it going to get before we see springtime . At least 24 hours. Its cold when you look at a radar map and see snow coming down, we have snow showers continuing to make their way towards parts of our western zones. You can see those into the panhandle of West Virginia around frederick and hagerstown, even loudon county. Most will continue to dry out as they reach the d. C hagerstown, 14 pittsburgh. So a cold day tomorrow. How long does the cold stick around . Just how warm can we get this weekend . Well have the forecast . Just a minute. See you then, doug, thank you. A man who shot and killed a threeyearold girl in Prince Georges County will spend 45 years behind bars. Devon wallace got into an argument with people he was living with in landover in 2014. It was over some clothes he said were stolen. The argument turned into a fight, wallace left and returned and opened fire on the house. One of the bullets hit and killed threeyearold kanajia bib. Wallace was on the run for a month before he was captured. Sex trafficking in the Montgomery County suburbs. A judge handed down a 250year sentence today to a man who was convicted of forcing a young woman into prostitution. He was caught in a rockville hotel. A hotel surrounde news 4s jack question bentsen joins us from research boulevard in rockville. Jackie . Reporter part of the evidence against Marcus Lindsay is an audio recording and we warn you, it is tough to listen t to. Stop it no reporter prosecutors say this violent and loud argument coming from room 201 on the Radisson Hotel so concerned a housekeeping employee that she recorded it with her phone. It turned out to be key evidence in convicting 23yearold marcus Jamal Lindsay of wheaton on multiple counts of Human Trafficking. The judge today spoke in court and said the actions of this defendant was akin to modern day slavery. Reporter employees at the hotel continued to assist the 20yearold when she came down to the lobby they day, march 3 of last year. They called police then put the victim on the phone with the dispatcher. 911. Hello. Hi, how many people are involved . Prostitute up there. Does anyone need medical attention . Um i just got beat in the face but im fine. An officer will be dispatched as soon as possible. Okay. Reporter the 20yearold officers told officers lindsay posted pictures of her on the back page web site and she provided Sexual Services to three men since arriving at the hotel. Also used against lindsay, his own words from a jailhouse phone call in which he theorized his punishment might be less severe if the victim was not around to testify. Like if theres no victim then i should be good on this. Ultimately and this is very common the 20yearold did not remain in this area to testify in the case but ultimately thanks to those Hotel Employees who chose to get involved, that Human Trafficking conviction was obtained. Live in rockville, jackie bentsen, news 4. Jackie, thank you. Actor Ashton Kutcher testified on capitol hill today about efforts to end modern slavery and Human Trafficking kutcher is a chair and cofounder of a Company Called thorn that builds software to fight Human Trafficking and the Sexual Exploitation of children. The right to pursue happiness for so many is stripped away. Its raped, its abused, its taken by force, fraud or coercion. Its sold for the momentary happiness of another. Next week marks shine a light on slavery day to help raise awareness on this global issue. Next, a little muscle flexing going on on the eastern sea board. What were learning about the russian ship spotted off of delaware and up in connecticut. Plus, a candidate for governor in virginia apologizing for comparing Donald Trumps election to 9 11. Shes one of the real Hidden Figures from nasa and shes still got it. Part of our interview with Catherine Johnson com did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Were keeping our eye on a skyscraper in San Francisco where a crane has come loose on the 30th floor triggering evacuations. Police shut off access to the area south of Market Street and firefighters initially evacuated at least 10 buildings. They were concerned the crane could knock over a 2,000 pound concrete wall, sending it collapsing over the side. Officials say the hydraulic system failed and caused the crane to lean outward but city engineers have managed to secure the structure and they say as of now theres no imminent threat members of congress including virginia senators tim kaine and mark warner hosted a screening of the oscarnominated film Hidden Figures on capitol hill. They invited students from across our region to encourage the study of science, technology, engineering and m h math. When Hidden Figures arrived in christmas, it told the story of three africanamerican women who were the brains behind astronaut john glenns launch into orbit. One of those women is Catherine Johnson paid by taraji p. Henson. Johnson proved her calculations were more reliable than the computers back then. They were so reliable she told Barbara Harrison that when John Glenn John glenn would not go into orbit unless he got the okay from her. Yeah, he was he would like me, he didnt everything in the computers. Johnson is now 98 and she is the only surviving member of that team of female mathematicians at nasa langley. Barbara asked her about nasas mission to mars. She said shes confident she could still calculate the trajectory for landing if they asked her to. You can see more of barbaras interview with Katherine Johnson and the modern figures who are carrying out her legacy at nasa langl langley. Go to nbc washingtons app and search Hidden Figures. What an inspiration. The u. S. Navy is monitoring a russian spy ship off the east coast but lawmakers from connecticut say thats not enough. Two u. S. Senators and other members of congress issued a Statement Today condemning what they believe is a russian show of force. The vessel was shotted 30 miles from a subbase in groton, connecticut. For people who live around that base, opinion isix democratic lawmakers want President Trump to address russias actions. They are doing it obviously with aggressive intent to say the least. Im not too concerned with it. Its something the russians have done before. Its like they play these little games. The u. S. Navy does spy on Russian Military targets, including submarine bases from international waters. One of the men who was hoping to be virginias next governor apologizing for comparing president Donald Trumps victory to the 9 11 attacks. Democrat Tom Perriello said that during a campaign stop. He tweeted an apology. Hes facing the Lieutenant Governor in the democratic primary in june. People on both sides of the aisle say the results will be a referendum on the president s first year in office. D. C. United is set to kick off its last season at rfk stadium and we now know what that new stadium will be with . The automaker bought the rights to put its name on the stadium. We dont know how much audi paid but generally naming rights are worth millions of dollars to professional sports teams. D. C. United hopes to begin stadium construction in southwest soon and open that facility next year. It looks pretty cool there. It does look cool. Have you been outside. Its kind of freezing out there when will it get warmer . We have one day. 24 hours then were fine. Temperatures today 50s early, at least in d. C. And fell quick during the afternoon. The windchill came down in a hurry. 38 degrees, winds out of the west at nine miles an hour and that gives us windchill. 24 on the radar not much going on but wouldnt be surprised to see a few flurries. Best chance to our north and west zones here, see if i can do that again, not quite working for me but ill zoom close in to frederick, shepherdstown and martinsburg, dont be surprised to see snow showers with flurries towards that area. The rest of us wont see much in the way of that. Its not much unless youre back to the west of the mountains. Winter weather advisory back towards garrett county, maryland. Theyll see snow over the next 12 to 24 hours. For us the windchill has been a factor. 14 pittsburgh, 26 in hagerstown so weve got colder air moving in from the north and thats locked in at least for a day. A big trough of low pressure but watch how it moves out quickly. Here comes the warm air. This is not warm air for a day or two. O all the way to denver. Denver tom tomorrow will be in the 70s. That warmer air comes our way over the next couple days. Even chicago will be well into the 50s. For us back into the 60s. Mild through most of next week, too. All of our temperatures in the next 10 days look to be above average. 39 degrees tomorrow. Mix of sun and clouds. Windy and cold and especially at the bus stop. Youll need the coats, hats and gloves. Maybe the kids heading to the bus stop, too. 32 at 7 00 a. M. Windchill around 25 at that time inside the city. High tomorrow around that 39 degree mark. Theres your temperatures. 50 on your friday and then look at that, saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday, ive got mild but might as well put warm because thats at least 15 degrees above average each of those days, really looking quite nice, saturday, sunday and monday for president s day weekend and even into the middle of next week the lowest temperature i have after friday is 55 on next friday and thats still close to 10 degrees above average. So an extremely mild february, extremely warm february. Theres a trend toward the end of the month in march we might get colder but right now looking warm. All right. Well be very present. Coming up, the top turf puts on a big show. A career night against nor it was a fellow night for the turf. You could say that. I mean just dicing them right off. Marylands trimble was back to h yesterday the head coach fielding question why his star player wasnt putting up big numbers. Trimble broke out of his slump saying he got a fresh air cut because he likes to play with swag and he felt like a new look would be right. Not usually maryland and northwest rern in the same but the wild cat having a great season. But melo trimble had a great night. Turves up 10 at the half. Now the melo trimble show continues. Kick over to him beyond the yard knocking down the three. Maryland up 17. Later on more from the man with the new cut drives right through the defense, contact here, still gets the hoop with the harm, melo 100 all smiles. Now a couple minutes later having no problem getting through that defense. Somehow got that to go. Even taking a hit to the face, trimble with a new career high 32 points. Maryland wins 7464. Now down 14th ranked virginia hosting 12th ranked duke. Duke with a sixpoint lead. 14 points for parentes, uva within four. Dukes taking over knocking down the three, later on, though more from tatum, just draining another one here game high 28 points for him. Hes just a freshman. Duke wins 6555. To george washington, the colonials on the road taking on davidson, skipping ahead, second half, threepoint game, the shot misses by thats bolden flying in for the finish, just check out how fast he gets there. 15 points for him. G. W. Within one. Later g. W. Up two, aldridge taking over for david, the nice pass inside off the glass and in and tied at 43. Later on, davidson up four taking it out to three here drains it. Game high 27 points for him. Davidson beats g. W. 7463. Other local scores for you on the mens side. American loses on the road to lafayette, 7865. Navy falls to lehigh 77455. On the womens side, maryland with a huge win over wisconsin. Their 14th straight win. Someone i know went there. George washington beat st. Bonaventure 6357 and george mason women also winners tonight. Coaching legend in our area saying goodbye. Good Counsel High School football coach bob milloy announcing his retirement. He has 405 career wins, the most in maryland state history. His teams have won eight state championships in four conference championship. What a career hes had. Well creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. 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