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Macfarlane with the latest. Yes, that is happening in manassas around tattersol drive. School activities were d disrupted. Police are looking for earl Patrick Mitchell wanted for a homicide that happened last month in pennsylvania. Johnstown, pennsylvania. Mitchell ran away after he allegedly shot and killed a man the there. Police believe he is in manassas and on foot. You can see the chopper 4 in the area, and we are told that mitchell is considered armed an dangerous. And again, the search for homicide suspect earl Patrick Mitchell is still under way. Thank you, and here in d. C. , outrage of the family of the man who collapsed an died steps from a d. C. Fire house. They say that the Fire Department employees who refused to help should be fired. Mark segraves has been following the story from the start, and he is outside of engine 26 on rhode island avenue in northeast where the family held the News Conference today. Martin . Yis, the family today spoke for the first time, and we heard from the widow and the son of medric mills. Many people expected them to announce that they were going to sue the district government, and instead, the family made a different announcement. We demand answers are the the d. C. Fire and ems departments. And we want someone to take the blame for this tragedy and for those responsible to be held accountable. Reporter standing in front of n gin 26 on rhode island avenue where cecil mills died, his family and lawyers call forred for change. We are calling on the mayor and the council to change the laws that do not allow the district to be held accountable in situations like this. And the doctrine that mills is referring to is the county doctrine that means that the fire and police cannot be held accountable. And this is the mother of andray rudder who died four years ago after his family says he was turned away. They sued the district, and told that they cannot win because of the public duty doctrine. And the public duty doctrine, and i dont know what kind of doctrine that is, but it is kind of inhumane. And rudders stepfather was at the Family Press Conference today. And it brings it back, and i go right back through the h horror. I go back through the horror of my wife that day, and how she was just devastated. Reporter both families are calling on the district leaders to abolish the public duty doctrine and they say it is the only way to hold the government accountable for their losses. Meanwhile, medric mills wife is still very much grieving. I want to know who is responsible. And as part of the call of action, they are having a candlelight vigil in the parking lot where mr. Mills died. Coming up at 6 00, we will hear the widows response that the chief says that the two men were friends. Mark segraves, news4. And we are going back to the live desk, because we have breaking news about the search for the missing Police Reservist in virginia. Kristin wright about kevin quick. Well, it has come to an end, because according to the Law Enforcement officials, they say that the searchers have found the body of kevin quick in guchland in a remote area. This search has expanded over 400 miles here. He left his mothers home in charlottesville, and then his suv was spotted on Surveillance Video in manassas saturday. And then tuesday, three siblings here were arrested at a hotel in alexandria for theft of quicks suv, and today, the suspects were ordered to be held without bond. And now his body is reportedly found this afternoon. Chris and wendy, back to you. And more than 50,000 customers are facing another cold and dark night without power there in western maryland. The utility crews are working to fix the lines that were damaged in the ice storm tuesday night. In a lot of the spots the trees fell, and pulling the lines with them. And Frederick County has some of the worst of the damage. And caught on camera, the dang ers of driving in winter weather. Keep an eye on the right of the scre screen. A red truck coming down the ramp losing control and spins out into traffic, and the semi truck swerves out of the way at the last minute to avoid the crash, and the driver was able to right the truck to go down road, and this happened in Oklahoma City where a couple of inches of snow fell this morning. And looking at the scene from dallas, a speeding car almost hits a woman who was kneeling on the highway after an accident, and another driver narrowly missed the door of the crashed vehicle. And today a photographer got too close to the story in denton, west of dallas. And watch the red car coming odown the snowy ramp. The driver nearly runs right there and i was looking at the video, but both the driver and the photographer are fine. The photographer set up that camera to catch the wipeouts, and i ges he was not expecting it to be this good. Storm team 4 meteorologist Doug Kammerer is here to find out what we can expect for the closings of roads this week. Well, it is going to be imis lar types of snow this weekend, and the difference is that we have the ability to treat it. We get it a lot, and we are going to be treating the roads. They are going to be okay, but the secondary roads could be on the slick part. And 36 in manassas, and 32 ingain gaithersburg, and 31 in hagerstown, and this is area hit hard by the ice storm, and the snowstorm before that. They need to see warmer temperature temperatures, but untoch naly the warmer temperatures are not in the forecast. And the storm four radar are e showing that it is all clear, but over the next 24 to 36 hours, look at what happens, clear to clouds tomorrow, and then we have a chance for snow. I will update you on the chance of snow and tell you who has the better chance for the accumulated snow in the forecast. And changes for the Kennedy Center. The 100 million plan would expand the underground space and add pa vvilions above ground. Tom sherwood is live there with the details. Well, wendy, this is washington, and you know, it has to be approved and approved again, but this is going to be one of the biggest exterior changes ever to the famous Kennedy Center. Reporter the performing Arts Kennedy Center opened up 1971, a living memorial to president kennedy. It draws more than 2 Million People a year to the wide array of Entertainment Offerings inside, making it the busiest such center in the nation. But now the Kennedy Center is seeking permission to build a 65,000 square foot expansion on the south side with three outdoor pavilions and gathering spaces, and opening up an area that is isolated from the city. That is one of the goals the make the Kennedy Center much more acceptable. Reporter and the fouracre expansion area is a hodgepodge of roadways and bus parkings. The new plan if it approved by capitol agencies will make use of the potomac river. And one of the great things about washington is that we have a tremendous amount of river front property, but not necessarily great access. Reporter now coming up at 6 00, we will talk to one of the architects who is helping to design the new Kennedy Center. Look n the district, im tom sherwood, news4. Thank you, tom. Tonight, the police in Prince Georges County say that the vehicle that was in the creek was stolen. At the time the police said that the driver lost control of the car and skid canned off of the road into the creek, and he was not injured and now the police say that driver is not in the custody. Po powder mill road has reopened following the accident investigation. And everybody is biking these days and even the crooks. That is a bank robber getting away on the bicycle, there is surveillance released from Loudoun County sheriffs department. They say he robbed the Washington First Bank in the cedar lake plaza tuesday afternoon. He walked in there he is with a cell phone to the ear, and implied he wanted cash, and then left and hopped on his buy sick toll leave. The Council Agreed tuesday to limit the penalty of possession of pot for a parking ticket. Anyone caught with small amounts of marijuana would get a fine n instead of jail time, but on the news4 viewpoint, Phil Mendelsohn told Pat Lawson Muse that smoking pot in public still goes too far. And people dont want public smoking of marijuana, they just dont. I think that there are some who are behind this bill who just want the open use without any restriction whatsoever, but most of the citizens of the district do not want the open use of mj smoking on the street corner. And so that is what the debate was over to treat it essentially like another quality of life crime. And you can watch the full interview with the d. C. Council chairman Phil Mendelsohn this sunday morning on viewpoint. He was supposed to uphold the law, but now a arti iarling county Police Officer is going to jail. We will hear from the mother wo of the victim. And we will hear more from sochi of competition that is already under way. And beatle mania coming to america 50 years ago. And fans are reuniting to celebrate the invasion that changed the world. All that when oh, it is the eve of the opening ceremonie the 2014 winter Olympic Games. This is a lye look ive look at d medals plaza. And believe it or not 12 new game games this year. And where do they come up with these . Yes, some of them are under way. Which is cool. Dia Dianna Russini is going to join was the action that took place today and it has started. Yes, chris and wendy, let the games begin. Let the athletes hit the ice and the slopes as the Athletic Competition got under way. We saw action in downhill skiing and mogulles and figure skating and one of the new events the slopestyle. And the skiers off to a big start, and Hannah Kearney off to a bid by cruising to a firstplace finish, and also russia grabbing the spotlight in teams figure skating, and coming in pairs, Jeremy Abbott finished a disappointing seventh, and the u. S. Is seventh also in the pairs come e petiti. And in the slopestyle, canadas max parrot leads the group of eight into the finals. So three americans will compete for one of the four remaining spots on saturday, and finally, downhill ski iing where america turned in some of the better results on the day on the training runs. Ski star bode miller had the fast e fastest time for the men, and Julia Mancuso finished third. One of the most popular sport ing events at the winter games is curling. If you dont know how it works, well, it is basically chess on ice. I will teach you what i learned about this coming up in ten minutes. And im not very good at it. I cant wait to see it. And you said it is great exercise. It is fantastic exercise, and forget the pilates and weight training, because curling is where it is at. All right. A huge well come for team usa in sochi. Official ceremony held in the coastal cluster, and jack doles joining us live from sochi. Jack . It is one of those things that happens at every Olympic Games, and it happens in athletes village and it did for team usa today. Every National Organization committee has a onehour well coming ceremony, and they walk in, in a procession, and the song is played and the iconic to the host city, and so they were greeted by a drum corps here, and a russian choir sang here, and the National Anthem was raised and then the flag is raised, and once that happens, then you are officially welcomed and they had a tv star greet them. Then the athletes were out in competition, and training, so there was not that many athletes there, but it is one of the things that happens, and the team is welcomed, and then here we go, the competition has begun here in sochi, and the opening ceremonies on friday night, and we are ready to be roll iing he live at sochi. Im jack doles, nbc news. Thank you, jack. To keep up with the games, download lao the nbc Washington News app and turn on the breaking news alerts, and we will send you the latest from the games, and that is the nbc Washington News app. Well, we no it is cold there. And the question is, daytoday, is it cold here . Well, the answer to that is yes, yes, yes and then yes. We will not get out of the freezer. And we have been in the ice box for the whole month of january and february an over the next couple of days, i expect us to stay there, and the temperature s are staying below arng for this time of the year. Looking outside, not a bad shot, and as a matter of fact, this is a beautiful shot out there towards the monument with the sun going down after 5 30 now, and we continue to pick up minutes every single day as far as the adaylight is concerned. Another great shot at the National Harbor and look at that at the potomac with the temperature at 36, and the wind is out of the north at 9 miles per hour, and that is the temperatures in the 30s. Hagerstown is 31, and gaithers burlg is 34, and the warmest spot is charlottesville, and we continue to be on the cold spell which is going to be lasting through the next few days and probably seven to ten days. The storm team 4 radar is going to be clear. I told you that yesterday, and calm day tomorrow and today, and only factor is that we have cloud cover coming through and most of the clouds are south and east of d. C. , and near fredericksburg, and culpepper and the clouds up to the north to hagerstown, and martinsburg, and you are under clear skies which means that you will cool quickener the areas, and that is the area that we want to see the numbers higher to melt the snow and ice that you have seen. The temperatures are colder again in martinsburg, and fredrick and 25 i fredericksburg, so it is another cold night tonight. And over the next couple of days, what will we be seeing . Well, everybody has been talk about the snow coming up this weekend. Lets break it down. Chilly conditions tonight, and cool tomorrow, and not cold. But the temperatures will be five degrees below the average, and partly to mostly cloudy skies, and then saturday, starts out with the cloud cover and then look at what happens, here comes the chance for snow. It is all across the area here, and we could see some accumulation, but it is not a big storm, and do not worry about saturday and sunday planning, because you should not have any problems out there on the roadways. You should be aokay. And 36 on saturday, and 42 on sunday. And lets talk about the snow that we could see here, and this is really both days, saturday and sunday, and a coating to an inch of snow, and that it is. It is not going to be a big snow event, but if you want the snow, it at least could make for pretty snow coming out in the day saturday. Sunday a chance for snow late in the day, and 42 for the high, and 44 monday, and we will get back into the cold stuff monday and tuesday and then watching for another storm has a potential for more, but we will watch that one as we stay below the 40 degree mark with a high of 37 next wednesday. Thank you, doug. And a castaway who was lost at sea for a year, and where he is now. And things did not go as planned for an police in manchester, england, are looking for a guy who tryied to damage a van and accidentally set himself on fire. Watch him pour some liquid on to the hood of the van parked on the street, and a ball of flame erupt erupts and the camera changes and you can see the guy running away with the left arm on fire. It looks like he still has liquid this the hand, and the small flames are dripping to the sidewalk. The man ran down the street and hopped into the waiting car, but he has yet to show up to the hospital. And delayed on i95 north in virginia and continue at this hour after a crash killed two people. Both people who die d were in a car that was heading north. It lost control and collided with a tractortrailer. And tonight, atga gaithersbg man is in jail charged with a near Fatal Shooting in northwest washington. His name is jonathan blake. And prince georges bureau chief said that blades shot and killed a man in our area two years ago. Reporter d. C. Police say they have their man in custody for a shooting and a hitandrun that happened in the northwest. Turns out that the suspect also has a suspect here in Prince Georges County, and he was once charged with murder here. This is going back to 2012. Jonathan blades was charged with shooting and killing a 19yearold in suitland, but he was let go. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, we will explain exactly how that happened and how blades got back out on the to the streets to shoot somebody up. In marlborough, im Tracee Wilkins for news4. And it is sentencing day. Yes, that is right, the Police Officer who shot and killed a man has his fate set behind bars. Reporter the family of the young man killed by a sheriffs deputy are ready to talk about whether justice was really served. The next time you catch a ride on amtrak here at Union Station, there could be Something Different about the ride. Im adam tuss, and i will explain coming up. And it is a musical reunion for the ages. They came in and we went crazy. Not just the beatles, but the fans. Stay with us for a special tribute to the british band half a century after they stormed the u. S. Shores. Now the breaking news, a firefighter is badly nurt a fire in d. C. Scott macfarlane with the details just in to the live desk. This is a fire that is still burning in d. C. It is at a trash disposal road on sstreet, and back of the building has collapsed and one firefighter has suffered minor injuries, and other than that, nobody else has been hurt, we are told, but again, this fire is still burning on lincoln road east, and no word on what may have sparked it. Chris and wendy. All right. I absolutely think that he was deeply sorry for getting convicted in court. That is what he was sorry for. And now at 5 30, a mother reacts to the courtroom apology for the man who killed her son. K Corey Patterson spent his Law Enforcement career putting felons behind bars, and now he is going to join them for the next six years. The former Arlington County sheriffs deputy shot and kiledd Corey Patterson. Reporter gwen pratt says that her heal iing begins today i have a lot of things to heal from, and not only did i lose my son, i lost both parents, a husband and in less than two years. Reporter 8 1 2 months since her son Julian Dawkins was shot and killed. Im still outraged with the verdict, and the sentence, but i thank god for something happening today in a positive manner. Reporter Craig Patterson pulled the trigger while off duty last may and he says that he did it in selfdefense that dawkins went after him, but in debem se decemb december, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter. The judge upheld the sentence of six years in prison. We have to expect more from Law Enforcement awe sers who carry firearms. And in court, they say that the intention was not to go back to kill a man, but then patterson stood up and pulled a paper from his green jumpsuit, and he said, i am truly sorry for taking his life, but never mentioned his name. It is a sad day for all connected by this event. I dont think that anything is going to bring me any closure, because i dont have a sop anymore. Reporter outside of court, joseph king told me a that he thought it was a fair hearing and that he and patterson are Still Deciding whether to appeal. They have 30 days to make that decision. In alexandria, im david culver for news4. And remember the castaway who claims he is lost at sea for a year . His health is now deteriorating. He said he felt fine in a News Conference, and that was in the marshall islands, but doctor say that his health has gone downhill. He says that he left mexico on a fishing trip 13 months ago and became lost at sea when the boats engine died. Today, the first ever guidelines to prevent stroke specifically in women. Those guidelines are release ed be i the American Heart Association in conjunction with the american stroke association. Here they are. Doctors say there are many stroke factors that are unique to women. And that is hormones and Reproductive Health and childbirth. They are recommending that women be tested for high Blood Pressure before and during pregnancy, because untreated, it can double the womans risk for stroke. Other recommendations, screening for the high Blood Pressure before you start Birth Control pills. Quit smoking if you have migraine migraines with visual disturbances. Maybe you have noticed something very different on the next train ride out of d. C. , amtrak is rolling out new locomotives that promise the make the trip much smoother. Transportation reporter adam tuss at Union Station with what to expect. How are they . Is. Well, wendy, everyone would like a smoother ride, and imagine that you were driving a car that is 25 to 35 years ole, and you wow wauld probably wantt g get rid of the car at some point, but that is the situation here by amtrak. New locomotives and the promise of a better ride. Have you been on an amtrak ride where something went wrong with the locomotive . Sonya rides quite a bit, and she says it happens to her. Sometimes it has to be changed out, and we have to sit there for 30 minutes to an hour. Reporter and you have had to do that . Yes, over in philadelphia. Reporter and it is those stories that amtrak wants to eliminate altogether, and all loaded up and ready to go. The new amtrak city sprinters are expected to be the new workhorses of the northeast corridor. It is a good thing as long as the ride is smooth. As long as, as long as it is on time. Reporter and what makes the locomotives different . Well, first and foremost, they are new, and amtrak says they are more reliable, and easy to maintain, meaning that they can be turned around faster, and put back into service, and all of this is a way to improve the customer experience. Much like the updating which is a good thing. Reporter and the first of 70 new locomotives make the Maiden Voyage tomorrow starting in boston and ending in Union Station. They say that the new locomotives should gradually come on line, and then a few more coming on, and then monthly deliveries, and the trains dont go faster, but they will match the top speed of 125 miles an hour. Back now live outside of Union Station, and why else should you care about the locomotives . Because amtrak says they are Energy Efficient and they can save hundreds of millions of dollars over the years, and that could of course keep the ticket prices down. Reporting live at Union Station, adam tuss, news4. And back to the breaking news out of alexandria, and this is a picture of ruth ann ladoto, the woman shot and killed after answering the door in her Braddock Heights neighborhood. The man who is accused of shooting her is described as older with a white beard and white hair. They have no motive. A military working dog is in the hands of the taliban and new details on what really happened. And our boy, jim handly is taking a trip to the mountains in sochi, and more on the challenge for olympians that has nothing to do with the competition. And a such a pretty picture out there, and here, however, it is a little bit on the cool s e side. In the next seven days temperatures are average at 46 degree, and we will be below that each of the next seven trying to describe the winter Olympic Games in one word and adrenaline might come to mind. Yes, many of the sports have amazing speed and jumps and fearless athletes. And then you have curling. This is Dianna Russini on the ice. As an outsider, it seems horseshoes and housekeeping altogether. Well, that is a good comparison. Reporter the object of curling is to move this 40pound rock as close to the target called the house. You curl in your bocce game, and other games. And this is the house but it feels like an orange peel. At the curling club my new teammates showed me how to play, diana and jeff and beck kichlt first the teammate throws the rock, and then the other teammates have to sweep. Oh, come on, come on, come on. And all that work, and that is it. It is rigorous, and mentally draining, but this sport is addictive. Yeah, there you go. Yes you can pick u on the strategy, and it can be, i mean, we can watch the games here, and everybody is going to be talking, and figuring out the strategy and oohing and ahhing and the the shots. Reporter it is curling that is simple to understand, but not simple to perfect. Can i join your team . Is. Well yeah, sure. You were hesitant there. I will practice more. Well, i have a full team. Okay that is a good excuse to get out of it. I thought you had a failure to launch there. Yes, i need to practice more. And it is one of the sports that people joke and laugh about it, because they say, how hard could it be. And i have done it. And we all do it, but it is a difficult sport, and the game is simple to understand, but to sweep as fast as you can to basically melt the ice so that the rock that is 35 pounds to 40 pounds can move across the ice. It is like bocce. You said it is one of the most intense workouts. I played soccer, and i was exhausted out there, and it is something that if you have not tried it, check it out. The Potomac Curling Club are always open to people coming by. But nobody wants you on their team . Nobody did. Well, you can be on our team. Thank you, wendy. And you know, it is hard to for get thi wild scene and chase from the white house all of the way to capitol hill, and now the news4 iteam is learning why the woman behind the wheel are suing the Capitol Police. Im liz crenshaw, and new developments in the target data breach, and thou we know the vendor who hackers used to steal. A British Working dog is apparently this the hands of the taliban. That is in the news this hour, and they say that the dog was taken from the American Forces in a firefight, but a military official confirms to the nbc that it is attached to a british unit, and a subdued dog was posted to a militant site yesterday. They say that the dogs name is k colonel and that the harness had a gps device and flashlight and camera. And next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beatles first trip to the u. S. , and while most people remember the appearance on the ed sullivan show, the first concert in d. C. And a few blocks from Union Station from something called the washington coliseum. Mark see greys spoke to two women who were there that night when rock n roll h history was made in our town. How could i dance with another whoo judy and sue had never met until this interview, but 50 years ago, they were at the beatles first concert in the united states. They came in and we were all screami screaming. And everybody was screaming, all of the young girls. Reporter and after the appearance on the ed sullivan show, they chose washington for the first concert, because carol james had been the first to play their song on the radio. I was listening on the car radio when carol james first introduced us to the beatles. At that time, the coliseum was one of the biggest venues in the area. It was not exactly Madison Square garden. Reporter and still, you can get a feel of what the coliseum must have been like in the heyday, because up here in the cheap seats the bleachers are still in place. And she was seen in the video of the concert that night who is a music teacher at a local school. I remember looking at the stage with the wooden railings and i thought, this is not good enough f enough for the beatles. Reporter and the stage was set up in the center of the arena like a boxing ring. They had the backs to us at first, but when they turned around, ringo moved his own drum equipment, and it was hard to see him sometimesb bau they got in there was a lot of security, and they were protecting them from all of the girls. Reporter it is now a parking garage, but parts of the orn original arena are still intact. This is the lobby of the Old Washington coliseum, and you can make out the box offices where people would line up to get tickets to boxing matches and political speeches and yes, the beatles. Both women are big beatles fan s, and they both count that night 50 years ago adds one of the favorite memories. It was fun, and the most exciting thing that i have ever done. It was really a lot of fun. It is a good memory. Reporter at the washington coliseum, mark segraves, news4. That is amazing. Oh, wow. Oh, my gosh. Our coverage can of the beatle mania 50th anniversary continues on nbcwashington. Com, and we have posted video and photos from that d. C. Concert that havent been seen in years. And you will find them right here on our home page, because nbc was covering that back in the day, and you know it is amaze ing ing to see ny the beatles, but that building. And it is still there. Yes. And wonderful. All right. Doug, how can you top that . Well, there is no way i can top that. You might as well go back to you. I will try anyway. 36 degrees and the current number out there right now is on the chilly side, and that is really pretty cool. And now 37 by 9 00, and dropping to 29 by 11 00 tonight, and nothing on the radar, but as we look to the next couple of days we will see the changes moving in, and talk about it, 41 tomorrow, around tomorrow is the best day of the next seven. This snow is going to be on the lighter side, and mostly later in the afternoon, and even during the day, a high of 34 on monday, and 35 op tuesday, and then another chance for snow on wednesday and thursday, and a little bit of a mix, and this is something to watch out for, and saturday and sunday, and this is the time period we are looking at, and snow saturday afternoon, and come in midday and last throughout the afternoon and no big deal, but a light accumulation, with the inch and two inches in the area, and late snow sunday, but all in all, not bad, and if you want to stay ahead of the weather, you can do that with the storm team 4 weather app, and you can find the great beatles stuff there, too. Well, maybe not. Nice try, doug. And new developments in target breach. A heat iing an air Conditioning Group is involved. And plus a crackdown on the scam saying that you have won a prize. And liz crenshaw will be with us for all of that. We begin with the new details of the breach. To a hackers broke into the site using a heat iing and air conditioning unit called faz owes group, and they have worked at targets in the past, and they did confirm visiting the office of fazio group, and it is not clear why target would have given them access to the internal base, but security blogs says that i have a theory, because they try to monitor the Stores Energy consumption and any outside vendor involved in this monitoring needs Remote Access to check data and update the Monitoring Software and maybe that how it happened. Ever get a text message claiming that you won a prize . Well, the federal trade commission has shut hdown a text scamm scammer sending millions of free ipads. This was sent to consumers nationwide when they were taken to a website requesting personal information. And the sites requested folks to sign up for trial offers for product products and many of them came with the recurring monthly charges, and the fcc recommends deleting any unwanted Text Messages saying that you won a prize. Forget about it. Valentines day is a week from tomorrow, and if you want the besttasting chocolate, Consumer Reports did the hard work for you, ranking the chocolate on the deliciousness. A lesser known brand called woodhouse, and then christopher elbow and godiva came in middle of the road at 350 an ounce whereas the tops are 500 an ounce, and the others that were 75 cents an ounce was hersheys, and i got you the expensive stuff, because it is the great stuff, and this is christopher elbow, and you get it . Well, i dont believe the study and i need to conduct my own just to be sure. And if somebody else is buying, you dont care if it is twice as much per ounce. Thank you, liz. Hey, the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics is tomorrow, and over the next few weeks, you are going to be hearing us talk about two different areas where the events are taking place. They are known as the clusters. And each has its own Olympic Village for the athletes. The coastal cluster, and then the mountain cluster, and the snow and the slopes for it are obvious obviously taking place in the mountains, but tonight, we want to look at the coastal cluster. It has five ice sport venues, and the olympic stadium, and the medals plaza at olympics park. How do olympians get around from the coastal cluster to the mountain cluster . It is not an easy task and not cheap. The transportation costs have surpassed more than the vancouver olympics and our hardworking jim handly shows the challenges of getting from the coast to the mountains in sochi. Reporter the palm trees in south beach pastels make it tough to leave the coastal cluster, but the russians have made it easy, hop on a bus, and a whole other world awaits. We are making good time here in the olympic lane, but on the rails we would be traveling three times as fast, and together to build both, the government spent almost 8 billion. Welcome to the alpine wonderland where the mode of transportation of 17 gond la lifts built in the last year, and above them held kopt ers scanning the landscape round the clock, and this is ski, skeleton, and snowboard and bobsled country. This is the start of the luge. The slide is ready, but the only team ready to try it and train on it are the russians. Everything here is brand new. Some construction is still down to the wire. The mountains are ready, and this is where the snow is. This is known for the quality of snow, and you have beautiful mountain, and great vertical difference for skiing and more than 1,500 meters which is extremely significant even compared to other european place s. And it is a 30 degrees cooler, and the air is thin e and a peacefulness here that you dont find at olympic park. For the ride down, we took the brand new rails and heavily protected and every hundred yards cameras on the track, and we cant show you, but up in the woods, there is soldiers every quarter of a mile looking down. The train open to the general public, and you dont need a credential, but everybody is screened before they get on. It is very easy process, and even the representatives por the security that handle the customers going through to the trains have been absolutely fabulous. Reporter the ride was smoother and cleaner and more modern than anything back home, and the mountains to our home away from home at the International Broadcast center, it took less than 30 minutes, our sochi commute. Jim handly, news4. Jim does not sleep, and he is going to be updating us about the behind the scenes experience and you can follow him on facebook or twitter and read his blog. Just go the nbcwhington. Com. And we hope he comes back with the cool accept. And now the man who inspired Cool Runnings and now he is the mayor of a n, d. C. , for having all of my memorials, the washington memorial, and the lincoln memorial, and the john mccain memorial. And the Police Involved in that deadly shooting outside of the capitol last october remain off of the job. Four months after of the wild and chaotic scene, those officers are on administrative leave as the federal investigation is ongoing. News4s Scott Macfarlane joins us with the latest as the Department Faces a potential 75 million lawsuit from that womans family. And we are told that their criminal investigation into the shooting continues. The agency would not say why the probe is taking so long, but saying that criminal and civil rights investigations are typical after policeinvolved shootings. You will recall these images, a connecticut mother leading a high speed chase from the capital in october, and she tried to break through to the white house by hitting a barrier and closer to the capitol, she was shot by police and then died. An attorney is now preparing a come plapt gai complaint seek 75 million saying that the officers violated the Police Policies and opened up fire unnecessarily. And the news4 iteam revealed the familys 43page complaint saying that she was not a safety threat, and mistakingly drove past the guard post, and negligently maintain and covered and super vise ed d by the poli officers, and she was frightened near the white house, because the officers intentionally and negligently and recklessly threw a bicycle rack at the vehicle, and not one in the federal government has contacted the claimants for condolence s s toe loss. And nobody would comment on the loss, but staffers said that the u. S. Edadministration committee which oversees the Capitol Police will not be conducting its own probe. The Justice Department investigation is ongoing and no date is specified, and the Police Involved are off of the job indefinitely. News4 iteam. And one woman kill and another wounded when a guy knocked on the doort a their house in alexandria and shot them. E demanding answers, the f m family of a man who died while firefighters ignored his pleas for help. And sad development in the case of the missing Police Reservist from richmond, virginia. Im jim vance. And im Doreen Gentzler and now to the developing story where we have just learned that one of the two women who was shot has died and the shooter still out there. Police say that a man walked up to their home on ridge road drive and walked up to door and shot the two women who answered. Jackie bensen is live on the scene with more on the victims and more about who the police are seeking. Jack jackie . Doreen, the woman who died of her injuries is a well known music teacher and he late father with was a oprominent judge, and this community is in shock. Reporter Police Officers with search dogs fanned out in the neighborhoods within minutes of the 911 call of a shooting inle a lin le alexandria. And that prompted a lockdown at two area schools. The man walked up to the door,