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To their destination. Well have updates on their condition and whats next for the passengers as soon as we get them. Pat, back to you. A longtime d. C. Fire official has admitted cheating taxpayers out of 11,000 worth of gasoline. Kimberly pinkney pleaded guilty today to fraud. Her story was first revealed in the news4 iteam investigation. Today she told a judge she was guilty of using a taxpayerfunded government fleet card to buy gas for her personal car. Shell be ordered to pay that money back. Though she could face prison time when sentenced in may. Attorneys discussed the possibility of probation only in her case. Pinkney has since quit her job. More now on a story we first reported on news 4 middaya house fire in calvert county. One person was injured and the house is a total loss. This is along lake shore drive not far from solomons islands road. Chopper 4 was over the scene shortly after firefighters arrived around 10 30 today. According to zillow the home is worth about 400,000. Police say two other drivers may have been able to help them find the cause of a crash that killed a Prince Georges County police officer. Officer ben raven was taking his girlfriend back to her apartment around 3 00 a. M. On saturday night. He was off duty and they were in his cruiser but things changed when he spotted a speeding driver and tried to pull them over. Shortly after, raven lost control and crashed. They want to talk to other drivers who were on the road at the same time. Tracee wilkins will have more on that and how the crash could lead to a change in policy. 5 million. Thats the fibonacci reward now for information that lead to the location and safe return of retired fibonacci agent robert levenson. Today marks the eighth anniversary of his disappearance in iran. Over the years his captors have released photos and a video of him in captivity but have never gone public with their demand. Irans leaders have alternately denied and dropped hints that levenson is in their custody, but diplomatic efforts to secure his attorney appear to have gone nowhere. Developing right now, a university of Oklahoma Fraternity is being given 24 hours to clear out of its campus house after members were accused of taking part in a racist chant. Video of the chant posted online includes a racial slur a reference to lynching and it says black students will never be able to join the frat Sigma Alpha Epsilon. At 4 30 jay gray joins us live in the campus with how the university and the fraternity are reacting. Big changes to how the largest Credit Bureaus are handle issues on your Credit Report. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez joins us with more on the announcement. The three major Credit Bureaus agreed to make big changes on how they fix errors and help consumers as well as how medical debt will affect your credit history. Equifax, experian and transunion have all responded to pressure for change after more than a year of talks. Where youll see the biggest changes, medical debts. They wont show up on a Credit Report until after 180 days to allow insurance to kick in or the give you time to pay it off. And if youve got old medical collections that have been paid off, those will be wiped from your Credit Report. Another big change the bureaus will now be more proactive in resolving disputes over potential errors on your Credit Report. Ill be back on news 4 at 5 00 with when were going to see these changes take place. Barbara and pat, back to you. Thanks erika. New information about a deadly crash in Montgomery County. It happened this morning on darnstown road. The woman killed was amy bidet riggs. The driver of the truck was a 19yearold from rockville. He survived. Two other drivers were injured by flying debris. News4s Zachary Kiesch will have more. Investigators are asking if ice played a role in this. You see some of the snow there, a lot of that melted this weekend as we got warmer temperatures. As that water made its way down onto the road Early Morning temps, what impact may that have had . A 19yearold man in a pickup 33yearold woman in a subaru. Shes headed east. Shes headed west. Investigators trying to learn why that young man crossed the centerline. The accident happened on 28 not far away from west hunter. At least one other vehicle was involved. Collision reconstruction was here all morning gathering signs, measurements damage to vehicles. Investigatoring looking into whether some of that water may have frozen on the road. It was about 28 degrees this morning. Folks here say the road where this accident took place is more than a cutthrough. Its a commuter route. Its a major artery. Its supplemental. Its basically parallel to 270. Reporter okay. Why do 270 when you can take 28 . So people move through there pretty good though. Oh yeah pimts definitely fast paced. First at 4, a confrontation between a driver and a jogger escalates into a hitandrun. This afternoon, Jeffrey Fisher of arlington is out of jail on bond accused of arguing with a jogger in a crosswalk near clarendon when he tried to leave, the jogger jumped on his hood for several feet. Police say fisher hit the brakes and the victim was thrown to the ground. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie y joins us live from arlington next hour. This afternoon is becoming a crowded race for a Maryland Senate seat that wont be vacated until next year. The Montgomery County coup sillncil endorsed congressman Chris Van Hollen today. Tomorrow congresswoman Donna Hollins is expected to announce her plans to run, two of the people eyeing senator barbara mikulskis seat. Mikulski will retire when her term ends at the end of next year. Storm team 4, cant you just hear the snow melting out there . You may need a pair of shades this afternoon, but tomorrows going to be a different story. Lets get to storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson in the Weather Center now. Veronica. Im sorry. Im trying to listen to that melting snow you were talking about. Yeah yeah i think i can hear it. For sure sunshine today and, yes, melting snow. Same thing down south. Theyve got melting snow real flood concerns here with heavy rains and moisture thats making its way north. Around here that rain oh its going to come in tomorrow. Well talk about what our flood potential is how much were going to get out of this system coming up in just a couple minutes. Of course well look forward to the whole week of this mild air sticking around. All that coming up in just a few minutes. Buried in the snow. Why a local man is fighting for his life even though the snow has stopped falling. And theyre rushing you while you drive and different penalties could be coming if you do thi and the wait is almost over. So will apples latest gadget be a boom or bust . A dump truck driver is fighting to survive after an industrial accident in loudoun county. It happened yesterday at a construction site in the area of glen drive and davis drive in sterling. The victim was trying to remove ice from the top of his dirt load when the gait opened and he fell out. He was trapped beneath a ton of ice and mud for more than an hour. He was flown to Inova Fairfax hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Right now, supporters of the purple line are planning together in annapolis to get the attention of governor larry hogan. A rally is set to start at 5 00 this afternoon. The purple line would run from bethesda to New Carrollton and connect with new metro and marc. Those in favor say it will create 27,000 permanent jobs and reduce air pollution. Those against it worry about the cost and impact on local neighborhoods. The man accused of shooting at drivers at the icc and nsa will stay in jail for now. An Anne Arundel County judge denied bail today for hong young. Prosecutors say they found evidence he planned to leave the country. Young is charged with attempted murder for a shooting at anne arundel mills mall that injured a man. Hes accused in four other shootings. They include the inner county connector in Prince Georges County outside of the nsa headquarters and shooting near a movie theater. Developing right now, protests erupt over a controversial shooting. How their message is disrupting things this afternoon. Beating the odds. For the first time were hearing from the man who found a young girl inside a wrecked car. Why they say they were meant to find her. The sunshine isnt going to stick around for long. Im Scott Mcfarlane at the live desk. Going to try to show you some images from chopper 3 4. Breaking news in brandywine. Emergency rue krewes are rescued somebody from a pond there. A person who had been in the water were told by Prince Georges County fire for 50 minutes. The rescue was told. Cpr has been admitted to that person they pulled from the water, now en route to the hospital onin an ambulance. Thats brandywine chadsford lake drive. Im Scott Mcfarlane. This is an all too common sight, cars driving past school buses as they let kids on or off. Cameras are catching more people in Montgomery County than anywhere else. As Richard Jordan reports, some are pushing for a tougher penalty. Reporter these bright Yellow School buss are hard to miss but new numbers show hundreds of drivers are missing the point of the red stop sign that comes out when children are getting on and off the bus. Bill jacobs walks his daughters to school. He says he sees it all the time. You know when a school bus has their lights on you should bbt driving by. As simple as that. Reporter aaa put the figures together. In two years more than 1,500 citations wereish slewed in the region by the bus stop arm cameras. Montgomery county has the highest number of cameras and tickets 1,024, adding up to over 129,000 dollars in fines. In Prince Georges County only ten drivers were caught passing illegally but few buss are equipped with cameras there. Washington county buses busted 170 drivers over one year from the ten school bus cameras. And in Frederick County 18 citation were issued in the first two years of the program. Parents are on board with the camera fines. They should take the picture of those who pass the bus without stopping. Reporter aaa says few drivers challenge the tickets in court. Maryland legislators may help change that bypassing a bill bumping up fines to 500 each in an effort to crack down on the Alarming Number of offenders. You see a school bus, see the lights dont pass it. Thats it. Reporter maryland is not alone in the initiative. Several Northern Virginia communities are also talking about adding cameras to their school buses. In rockville, Richard Jordan news4. Fewer people are taking Public Transportation in the d. C. Area despite an increase nationwide. The d. C. Area saw a slight drop in train and bus use in 2014 according to a new report by the american Public Transportation association. But nationwide Public Transit use is up and a nearly 60year high right now. Biggest gains were seen in light rail and subway use. A loot of you have been talking about our nbc 4 special aired on saturday. We were so happy to be part of this. Doreen wendy, barra, eun, angie, veronica and i honored womens History Month with a special called from our mothers 4 our mothers. You can still catch it on our website, nbcwashington. Com. What a joy it was to share our mothers with you. We got more insight about each other. From the things we learned about our mothers from each other. Wonderful. Very special. Online and online, too, the forecast which is going to be interesting this week because we flipped the page from winter talking about snow here to more springliketype pattern, a lot of rain on satellite and radar. Clouds over the area early this morning, still some high clouds. One Little Pocket in northeastern maryland getting some sunshine but thicker cloud cover for kentucky and tennessee. This will be headed our way after midnight. Look at the cloud with rain into arkansas and tennessee. The rain will wait till just after the morning rush tomorrow just on the other side of it. 62 now, dropping 10 degrees by 9 00. Still mild considering our average highs are in the low 50s across the area. Cloud this evening, mild not too bad. In fact wait till you see the sevenday forecast as we stay above freezing. Future weather, 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, cloud cover so most showers will head off until the latter part of the morning rush. Light showers coming in around 10 00 a. M. Gaithersburg theres d. C. Manassas your 10 00 a. M. Pocket of more moderate rains start to move the around the noon hour. More moderate rain for 4 00, 5 00 6 00, 7 00. Heres snapshot of 7 00 for areas around frederick. It will be a wet one. You will need your umbrella tomorrow. Were talking about rain and not snow. 6 00 a. M. Webz wednesday, some showers left making our way to the next day, showers moving through. Our heaviest comes tomorrow during the afternoon and evening, breezy by midweek, too, as the system starts to move out of here. How much rain could we see . Anywhere from a half to three quarters of an inch of rain the higher amounts down i95 around fredericksburg and areas like pax river. Theres Culpeper Stafford you folks, too, anyone in and around this area could see just threequarters of an inch of rain ending by wednesday 7 00 p. M. Yes, the rain. Well talk later about how high the streams, the rivers could start to rise and if theres the potential for flooding around here. Showers develop during the latter part of the morning rush tomorrow. High tomorrow 51 52 from d. C. To pla l. A. Plata, waldorf, too, manassas warrenton, 50 to 51 degrees. Rain jacket umbrella for sure even your wellie gashgswellies, galoshes. Milder wednesday. We start to cool down on friday. Well look at your weekend forecast and the impact of this rain on area roads in a few minutes. Big news from apple. The companys ceo announced the new smartwatch. Apples most anticipated product in years. The device allows you to receive calls, communicate by tapping on the interface, and features a variety of apps that promote and measure your health. Also announced, a new thinner and lighter macbook and two changes for apple tv. The cost is falling, dropping to 69, and apple is partnering with hbo to offer hbo go on apple devices. That for 14. 99 a month. We are starting to get a better idea about what next weeks royal visit in washington might involve. Faster and simpler. How getting in and out of the city could get much easier. And we just told you about the new apple watch, so now we want to know would you buy apples new gadget . Its our nbc washington flash survey of the da this afternoon. During the break, text or call the number on your screen right now. You can also cast your vote over the nbc washington Facebook Page and twitter pages. Former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell is getting some highpowered help in his public corruption appeal. 44 former state attorneys general from around the country are urging a federal Appeals Court to toss out the conviction. They say the courts sweeping definition of official act would allow federal prosecutors to turn innocent political courtesies into prosecutions. Mcdonnell and his wife maureen, were found guilty last september of doing favors for a virginia businessman in exchange for gifts and loans. Arguments in the appeals case will be heard in may. Following new developments in madison, wisconsin, where there are more protests today following fridays Deadly Police shooting. Scores of people mostly high school students, marched to the wisconsin state capitol. They carried a banner black lives matter, which has become a familiar message following policeinvolved shootings over the past year. Ron allen explains whos leading the investigation in this case. Reporter the incident happened in the gray house. You can see police Still Standing by a memorial to the victim here 19yearold Tony Robinson killed bay police officer. There was some kind of disturbance in this gas station. It spilled across the street on friday night. The officer says that he went into the home because of some kind of a disturbance. And police say he was attacked in some way by the suspect, which is the reason that he opened fire we understand. A lot of details are not known about what actually happened. The main concern of people in this Community Want to know why whatever happened in the death of this young. The state department of justice in wisconsin, thats the law that any officerinvolved shooting has to be investigated by an impartial agency. The state. So there is some legitimacy credibility to whatever the outcome is. And they hope this community and the police can get through all this peacefully. Ron allen, nbc news madison, wisconsin. First at 4, demanding changes in the wake of controversy. The video spooshging outrage across the world and what the schools president just said about it. Hidden dangers in your home that could lead to tragedy. Were keeping you safe and secure. Want to prevent Something Like this from happ an amtrak train headed to our area derails in north carolina. Police say a tractortrailer stalled on the tracks right in the trains path. Despite the damage no word of anyone killed. Also breaking were waiting to learn the condition of a person pulled from an icy pond in brandywine in Prince Georges County. This is video from chopper 4 a few moments ago. Our stonehill farm is headed to the scene. And well have updates on the nbc washington app. Disgraceful and reprehensible. A video of university of oklahoma students singing a racist chant. Now that fraternity is being kicked off campus and the university is threatening legal action. Nbcs jay gray is live in Norman Oklahoma right now weather the fallout. Jay . Reporter they pulled the letters off the house behind me sae. They are boarding up the windows. The president of Oklahoma University said he was stunned, sickened and couldnt sleep after first seeing the video late saturday night. Now theres a heavy Police Presence here as the investigation and that fallout. Anger and frustration continues to build from the university of oklahoma campus. Honestly they need to be completely eradicated. Reporter after video surfaced this weekend showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity shouting out a racist chant. That there eel never be a here reporter the video was reportedly corded this weekend and posted to youtube by unheard, a group that describes itself as an alliance of africanamerican students. For that to be sung and memorized bay group of predominant people on campus really hurts. The university severed all ties with the university. We send messages that are very strong and very clear. Reporter members have until midnight tomorrow to remove their belongings from the sae house on campus and ous president hopes they dont stop there. Id be happy if they left the university as our students and left our university you bet. We dont have room for racists and bigots at this university. Id be glad if they went. Reporter the sae National Organization announced it closed the chapter and suspended its members. As it relates to sanctions of the individuals involved in the video, we completely support that and endorse that because there are repercussions for behavior like this which is completely unacceptable. Reporter while the university continues its investigation. Now, that investigation is continuing here. As for those Fraternity Members and is video, they havent been suspended at this point. The university saying its pursuing every possible punishment under the law. Live in Norman Oklahoma im jay gray news4. A search is under way for the cause of a deadly coal mine accident in west virginia. It happened around 9 00 last night. A roof collapsed at the Marshall County coal line near morgantown. One miner was killed. Two others were hurt. State and federal mine officials are working with the owner of the mine to determine why that roof gave way. New developments in the paris terror investigation. A french policewoman is among four people being interrogated right now in connection with the attacks. The policewomans boyfriend is also in custody. He allegedly has ties to amadi coulibaly, the gunman who killed the policewoman the day after two brothers attacked the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. Coulibaly also killed four people at a kosher market before being killed himself by police. Republicans warned iran today that any nuclear deal with the u. S. May not last after president obama leaves office. 47 republican senators signed the open letter to iran. They warn that any deal reached without congressional approval would be easily revoked by a future president. The u. S. And five other nations are in geneva in talks far verifiable deal to prevent iran getting nuclear weapons. The white house has accused them of interfering with negotiations. They are calling it tech hire. President obama announced a new effort today to train and Hire Technology workers. The white house says there are about 1. 5 million open jobs in Information Technology right now. More than 300 employers and hoe cal governments have committed to the program. The training will come through Universities Community colleges boot camps and online courses. Its easier to get from d. C. To baltimore by commuter rail. Today is the first day for newmark trains on the camden line. One now leaves washington for baltimore at 7 40 in the morning and another leaves 359 40 for dorsey station in Howard County pap third goes from dorsey to d. C. At 4 45. The added marc trains are to handle more riders and help university of maryland students. Moms in virginia will soon be able to breastfeed their children in public. In about a half hour Governor Terry mcauliffe will sign a bill allowing that. A fair max mother of three kids whos also a lawyer helped push for that change. The law will take effect july 1st. Now there are only two states ild i. D. And south dakota where moms cant breastfeed in public. New details about the upcoming royal visit to washington on march 18th at the hay adams hotel. Prince charles will host an environmental symposium to find solutions to the hazards that Plastic Waste poses to the worlds oceans and to marine life. The same day the duchess visits the shax pierce theater company. The next day the prince visits the rosario public chafrter school. A shocking crash caught on camera. A new look from the dash of a tractortrailer out of control. Too good to be true. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez shows us the best cars for your budget. And you may not believe how inexpensive these cars are. And storm team 4s tracking some wet weather, v. J. Take a look. This big area of rain down south from texas to alabama through mississippi. All that headed this way. Okay, i need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. And dough that rises naturally. With no chemical leaveners. A pizza my family will love. announcer freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. No other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. And try great tasting gluten free freschetta. Ask for it at your local store. The competition is on. The federal trade commission is asking for your help to crack down on telemarketer calls. The ftc announced two contests to spur the fight against robocalls. The first challenge, create a technical system for consumers to identify the calls and forward those calls to a central monitoring point. The second challenge, develop algorithms to spot the robocalls g massive amounts of data. Each winner will get 50,000. The ftc says both programs will help the government better identify and stop those unwanted calls in real time. A great car and a small budget may sound too good to be true but a new list shows there are a lot of reliable options out there that wont break the bank. Erika gonzalez tells us Consumer Reports top ten used cars and theyre all under 10,000. Reporter Consumer Reports scrutinized the safety features and digs through its exhaustive testing results. We have extensive reliability data on millions of vehicles and only model years with aboveaverage reliability will make our list. Reporter here are ten used cars Consumer Reports recommends for under 10,000. If youre looking for a small car, the 2008 mazda 3 is fuel efficient, fun to drive, and unlikely to wind up in a shop. The 2005 to 2008 pontiac vibe is a roomy, yet compact hatchback thats reliable. The 2007 to 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit gives you a sporty european driving experience with nice interior materials for the price. If sedans are more your speed, Consumer Reports says that the 2005 acura tl acura ts xx and Toyota Avalon are good choices. Another good option would be the four cylinder hyundai. Ta or kia optima theyre basically the same car so we list them as one. Model years 2006 to 2008 for the sonata and 2007 on the 2008 for the kia optima. Best bet for suvs, the 2005 honda crv and the 2007 mitsubishi outlander. Rounding out Consumer Reports list, the 2005 honda pilot. It seats eight and handles well. This afternoon, a traffic alert, the work on one of the areas busiest roads that could have you looking for a detour. Well tell you where to avoid. Gone in inan assistant. Were keeping you and your home safe and secure to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening welcome back to news 4 at 4 00. We are following all of the days big stories for you. We have reporters and meteorologists standing by with updates and news stories for you. Fist house explosions caused by gas leaks are happen across the country. What should you do if you hear the hiss of a leak or catch a whiff of that rotten egg smell . Nbcs jeff rossen has information to help you and your family stay safe and secure. 911. Where is your emergency . Reporter terrifying moments caught on camera. Please hurry. Oh my god blew up the house. Reporter families running from their homes as flames shoot in the air. Theres gas company and oh my gosh the house theres lots of flames. Reporter natural gas blowing houses to bits. The balances and people running around and then there was big flames coming from the house. Reporter just two weeks ago, Police Dashcam rolling as this home in new jersey explodes after a gas leak injuring 15. Officials released the tapes to show you how dangerous it can be. Its terrifying. You know you see it all the time on the news and stuff but not when when its down the street from your house. Reporter and its happening from philadelphia where this explosion killed a teenager, to indianapolis where this entire street was leveled. So what do you do if you hear that hiss or smell gas inside your home . Theres a few things you can do. Reporter james altman is captain of the Santa Monica Fire department. Straight away that whats snirs. If its safe you want to walk to the stove and put all the burners off. Reporter common mistake. Absolutely. Reporter if the stove is off and i still smell it what next . No lights or open flame. Even if its dark out, no lights. The lights could lead to a spark which causes an explosion. Have a flashlight handy. Reporter that wont cause an ekts ploegs. It wont. Ventilate the house by opening up all the doors and windows. Reporter do that immediately to get the gases out. Yes. Ventilate the house. Reporter when you open the door and you leave keep it open. Yes. Know where your gas meter is on your home. Reporter when theres no emergency, check this. Know where its at and how to operate it. This valve up and down is on. Perpendicular means the gas is off. Reporter shut it off if i smell gas . Absolutely. The wrench quarter turn it until its off. Evacuate your home. Reporter how far away do you need to be to make sure youre safe . Get to a safe distance. Across the street somewhere you feel is safe. Once you get there, dial 911 from there. Reporter simple tips to keep your family safe. And your home standing. Jeff rossen has one more tip to add here. If you suddenly notice yourgrass or shrubs have changed color to look brown or rusty, that could be a sign of a leak from gas pouring out of the pipes. In that case you should call 911 and the gas company. Its not clear what caused this truck driver to drive head on into a tollbooth. It happened on a New Hampshire turnpike last week. We can see the tractortrailer plow into an unmanned tollbooth and hit another car that was on the road. Both the truck driver and the person in the car were take on the hospital but theyre expected to be okay. Thats good. So veronica, whats the impact of all this rain youre calling for going to be with all the snow thats already on the ground . Exactly. We talk about a half inch of rain at least what we could receive. That with about 5, 6 inches of snow on the ground equivalent to another half inch of moisture that we could pick up. Now youre over an inch. At the very least some drainage issues. Well talk more about what were going to see on the other end of all this water in just a moment. So hang on. Your drive time forecast for tomorrow morning, yeah the rush hour. I think the showers develop during the latter part of the morning rush around 9 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. And 42 degrees, really not too bad for the morning rush. But the afternoon, yeah its going to be sloppy. Rain likely 54 your temperature. Again, ill have more on the issues the road issues coming up. Sky 4cast 6 00 a. M. Cloud cover across the area. By 8 00 a. M. More clouds and showers developing just to our west. So around Shenandoah Culpeper Rappahannock those showers will be moving in around d. C. Probably dry, but for the lunch hour if youre going out for lunch, running any errands, yes, youre going to need your umbrella. Same thing for the afternoon and for the evening hours as this system will just continue pushing in here and its going to be sticking around for a while too. So take a look at this. Your rain chances going up as we go through the hours here from 7 00 a. M. Right through your afternoon, your evening to 7 00 p. M. From a 20 chance at 2 00 a. M. To as much as a 50 chance by the time we get to 10 00 a. M. 1 00 70 chance continues to go up with more moderate rain coming our way during the afternoon so that rain intensity tomorrow again, you will need an umbrella moderate rain expected during the afternoon and evening hours. What will this do to area roads . Could we see any drainage issues . Meteorologist doug kammerer. I think thats going to be the big issue making our way through the day tomorrow. Rain is one thing but weve had all this snow over the past couple days and past couple weeks. Its very saturated, the ground and we still have snow on the ground. With the rain coming down through the afternoon, we mentioned that chance for moderate rain during the day. I do think that will play into the potential for flooding. What to expect for flood concerns. Heavy rain at times during the afternoon, most likely moderate to heavy side flooding on the roadways. Thats really the biggest concern there. There will be some creeks that may overflow. This wont be a big river flooding deal but it will be local with some of the roadways that will be covered. Be careful out there. Turn around dont drown. We always tell you that. Always sound advice. If youre going to exercise, the best time is before the early part of the day at 9 00 a. M. Headed up into the low to mid50s for the afternoon and then 62 on wednesday, still a little wet mainly during the morning. Our weekend right now after that rain moves in on friday just that rain to the north, new york pennsylvania maybe a touch of snow there. Chance of rain on saturday on sunday right now, too, at least our temperatures will be in the low 50s, guy, and not in the 30s. So rain instead of snow. Traffic alert if you travel the inner loop of the beltway Northern Virginia tonight. Expect delays. Vdot will be closing lanes on northbound i495 north of the dulles access road so workers can install an overhead sign structure. That work starts around 10 00 tonight and will be wrapped up by 5 00 tomorrow morning. Closures will start with single lanes. After midnight all lanes will be closed for 20 minutes at two different times. This work is part of a project that will allow traffic to use the Left Shoulder at northbound 495 during rush hours. Project should be finished this spring. Now some stories were working on right now in our newsroom. Some Police Officers were in our area. Could soon be wearing body cameras, those Police Officers, in our area right now. Well tell you where and about some of the issues standing in the way of getting these cameras up and running. Get ready for a bumpy ride. Were taking a look at some of the worst potholes in the area so you know what to avoid. Im wendy rieger at the live desk. We are still waiting for an update on that icy pond rescue that we have been following. Its in Prince Georges 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. News4s stonehill farm is headed to the scene. Well have updates on the victims 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 youll 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 along the platform trying to make his way onto a train. What ends up happening, he falls in between the train. Another episode at East Falls Church where a rider is on the platform and actually ends up getting hit by the train. Now, metro says this kind of thing happens a couple of times a month. Coming up on news 4 at 5 00 well talk to a person who witnessed the episode here at mt. Vernon square and what metro has to say about all of it. A family tragedy now. Were hearing from the people who were in the right place at the right time. I can see her eyes open, could tell there was life there. Well tell you how a young girl is doing after surviving an unimaginable tragedy. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Hurry call now its your last chance. This offer ends march twentyfirst. For the first time this afternoon we are hearing from the police and firemen who made a miraculous rescue over the weekend. They saved an 18monthold toddler who was upside down in a car seat in a crashed car in a river. Nbcs Heather Simonson says the child survived alone and this crashed car for 14 hours. Reporter Police Officers saw a car upside down on the north bank of the river. They saw an arm and decided to jump in the 40degree water. It was cold. Its weird. I dont remember being cold. Reporter they didnt yet know that the car had been there for 13 hours. Jennifer grossbeck was dead. Her 18monthold baby girl suspended in her car seat clinging to life. Felt like i could hear somebody telling me they needed help. It was it was very surreal. Something that i felt like i could hear. Reporter all the officers say they heard the same distinct voice. Four of the men flipped the car onto its side. Thats when they saw the baby completely submerged from the water. They thought she was dead but acted fast to save her. Just trying to get her up just trying to get that seat belt undone. I could see her eyes open i could tell there was life there. Reporter the officers were in the water for 15 minutes in the frigid temperatures. They had her out, i could see her eyes fluttering life that was there. Reporter one by one they handed her off as quickly as possible. We were pretty much lined up how we are sitting now. I mean so we were fairly close handing, transitioning and handing the baby off. Reporter they started cpr but there was no response at first. The baby was in critical condition. But she was alive. They all say they heard that same voice that drove them forward in the first place. It was just in our heads. To me it was plain as day because i remember hearing a voice that didnt sound like a child. Just saying help me. Someone said help me inside that car. I think i was the one saying were trying trying our west to get there. Reporter how do you explain that . I dont know. Were working some breaking news right now at 5 00. A man is pulled from a pond in brandywine maryland. News4s stonehill farm is headed to the scene. Hell have a live report shortly. New at 5 00 riding the rails drunk. Its video you will only see on news4. Metro wants you to know about the drunking dangers inside its stations. But now at 5 00 news4 learns a local Police Department is reviewing its policies after a deadly accident. A man died after crashing his Prince Georges County cruiser over the weekend while his girlfriend was in the car. Tonight the department is examining rules about who can ride in hosethose cars. Tracee wilkins joins us from police headquarters. Reporter this is a policy that was adopted decades ago to help strengthen the police force out on the streets. But now theyre wondering if maybe something should change. This is a great loss to the Prince Georges County Police Department to the citizens of Prince Georges County and to this government. Reporter officer brendan ravine lost his life Early Saturday Morning responding to a speeding vehicle. He was off duty using his squad car to take his Girlfriend Home at the time. She was injured in the crash. While he was well within Proper Police protocol some are questioning that policy. If the family is in with them as long as the officer believes its safe to stop and do what needs to be done he we allow the officers to do that. This is a time to look at a policy thats 40 years old. Reporter right now safety officials are discussing amending the policy meant to increase Police Presence in the county. We think its a forced multiplier. Reporter even when officers arent technically working. We should have 2,200 Police Officers. We only have about 1,600. So by having those offduty officers driving around in those cars it makes it look like