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There and they do respond to offduty calls as was the case in this one. I sure have a deep concern about a Police Officer being dispatched on a call whether its a breaking and entering, a traffic stop with a Family Member in there. Reporter Barry Stanton oversees Public Safety in the county and is asking the chief to take a hard look at whats at risk and what can go wrong with if a perceived safe call turns tragic. You dont know if a minor call is going to end up being dangerous. Reporter that meeting is happening inside of the Police Department as we speak where they are reviewing this policy. Also talking with fraternal order of the police to get their take on all this. Now, fellow officers have set up a go fund me account in his name thats already raised more than 10,000. For more information on that go to our nbc washington app and search urbane. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 we look at the long list of Prince Georges County officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Tracee wilkins. Back to you. There are new details now about a man who was charged in a random shooting spree in maryland. Prosecutors say that hong young had a packed bag that contained a passport and energy bars and he was ready to flee the country. Shes accused of shooting at five places including the National Security agency. Shes also accused of opening fire along the intercounty connector last week. He was he would without bond today and his Defense Attorneys say he was hearing voices telling him to do this. At least one person will have to find somewhere else to stay tonight after fire ripped through their home. Chopper 4 was over the scene today onin owings maryland along lake shore drive just off route 4. Paramedics took one person to the hospital. No word on the injuries. There was extensionve damage to the house. The parents of a young black teenager who was gunned down by a white Police Officer are talking right now in madison, wisconsin. Police claim that Tony Robinson had just assaulted someone when they responded to the scene on friday night. Those are the police radio calls from that night. Detectives say robinson ran into a home where he was shot after police say he say all theed the officer officer. The police chief has been trying to calm the outrage after days and nights of protests. The fact that deadly force was used or employed must mean there have been to be other factors present such that it would rise to that level or threshold. The department of justice is handling this investigation. That shooting is renewing the debate about body cameras for police. That officer was not wearing one. In our area more officers are pushing for body cameras. Darcy spencer is live in rockville where one police chief outlined his proposal for these body cameras. Darcy . Reporter theyve been talking about getting body cameras in Montgomery County for some time. What we learned today from the chief is it will happen out here in the next few months. Its not only supported by the police chief. Its supported by some folks who have had some not so positive encounters with police. Andre barn harlt says he walked away from a life of crime but now as a homeless man living in a Montgomery County shelter hes been brought up on various charges, all of them he says have been dismissed. A lot of it is like a lot of profiling because of my appearance and the way i look. Reporter barnhart says he supports Montgomery County Police Officers wearing body cameras to record their interactions with the public. Every officer has to be responsible for his actions even 100 more now because theyre being filmed. Reporter police chief tom manger plans to start a Pilot Program in may or june equipping up to 100 achs officers with the cameras at cost of nearly 100,000. For some people the cameras are just about well keeping cops honest. The fact of the matter is the cops are doing the right thing 99 of the time. Reporter he says having Video Evidence is key for him. For some folks video is the only way they think theyre getting the truth. Im not so sure thats always the case. Reporter this video is from a body camera being worn by a laurel Police Officer. That department was among the first to use them. More and more departments are using body cameras since the shooting of an unarmed teen in ferguson touched off rioting last summer. I know in the black community it is one in which people are supportive. They want to see the cameras, certainly would help to document a lot of the interactions that we have with officers some of which people are arent necessarily at the respectful level. Reporter maryland law will have to change in order for the chief to get the kind of Body Camera Program he wants here in Montgomery County. Were going to have that part of the story coming up on news 4 at 6 00. Pat, back to you. Thanks darcy. Maryland congresswoman Donna Edwards could announce as early as tomorrow that she plans to join a crowded field for retiring senator Barbara Mikulski mikulskis seat. The Washington Post first reported edwards could make that announcement as early as tomorrow. Edwards represents part of Prince Georges County and anne arundel counties. She was first elected in 2008. We reached out to her office for comment but have not heard from the office yet. One of the people with an eye on mikulskis seat, another person is seventerm congressman chris van hollen. Today he picked up the endorsement of every member of the Montgomery County council. Van hollen, a democrat represents parts of Montgomery County as well as parts of frederick and carroll countys. Icy roads may have played a role in this mornings deadly crash when a teenage drooimp crossed the center line killing a woman in her 30s. Two other people were hurt by flying debris. This happened on darnestown road a stretch of road that news4s Zachary Kiesch has learned is much busier since the closing of white ferry. Zach . Reporter thats right. There were multiple vehicles involved in this crash this morning. It happened on 28 just west of the intersection just behind me here. Investigators have been spending much of their time today focused on two vehicles. Again, that fourth pickup truck driven bay 19yearold young man and the driver of a subaru. That driver, a young woman, passed away. Heres paul starks with Montgomery County Police Department. The 19yearold male who was driving the pickup truck was not ejected and was most certainly wearing his seat belt and that saved his life. Reporter what other factors caused that truck driven by Kenneth Turner bynaker jr. Are still questions tonight. The victim amy burdette riggs. It happened around 7 00 this morning. Its a major artery, supplemental lel to 270. Reporter folks said 28 is a commuter route. As soon as we told people they were open again, they come. Reporter over the last three weeks, darnestown road has been bezier with whites ferry closed. Matt swenson is the general manager. We do a lot of commuters. Reporter the investigation will last weeks before theyll know if any charges will be filed. Whites ferry they say they see 600 to 800 cars a day there. Many have been taking 28. Whether that was a fact orr whether weather played a role still under investigation. Back to you. Zachary kiesch thanks. Virginia is taking new steps to protect the rights of mothers this womens history month. Governor Terry Mcauliffe is signing two bills that make it legal for women to breastfeed their children in public. Virginia has been one of three states that banned public breastfeeding. South dakota just changed its law last month. The new laws in virginia will be taking effect on the first of july. The dangers of riding drunk. News4 is the first to obtain new video of drunken mishaps on the metro and how the agency is responding. And School Bus Cameras are catching violators in the act. Why one county in particular is tallying up the tickets. Doug . A Beautiful Day today, but take a look. Whats coming our way . All of this rain down to the south. Its all moving our way. A railroad arm came down on a rig. A train originated in charlotte and was ultimately york city. Well since School Bus Cameras launched in our region theyve already generated tens of thousands of dollars in fines. And the bulk of that money is coming from one part of our area. A survey by aaa midatlantic found Montgomery County to be far and away the most impacted jurisdiction in our region. The county has issued more than a thousand tickets totaling 129,000. 87 of those whove gotten tickets have already paid the citation. The exact same thing, Everybody Knows they shouldnt be doing it. It its not as if you have a speed limit you cant see or an open road in front of you. You see is school bus, the lights, dont pass. A bill being considered in the maryland house of delegates would increase the maximum citation from 250 to 500. 11 grand. Thats how much gas a former d. C. Fire inspector admitted she stole when she swiped her Government Credit card to pay to fill up her personal car. Her case was the subject of a news4 iteam investigation. As Scott Mcfarlane reports, she had her day in court and learned some of her punishment today. Scott . Yeah pat. This veteran d. C. Fire official today admitted stealing from taxpayers but also learned she might be able to avoid prison. This is kimberly pinkney. For years a fire inspector with d. C. s Fire Department. She and the people with her at the courthouse today didnt want to talk to us. Take a hike man. Reporter im sorry . Take a hike reporter pinkney admitted and pleaded guilty to fraud today for buying 11,344 worth of gasoline for her personal car using one of these taxpayerfunded fleet cars issued to d. C. s Fire Department by the federal government. Pinkney left her job shortly after her arrest and when shes officially sentenced in may a judge is expected to order pinkney repay the money to the government. Though she could also face about three years in prison today attorneys discussed possible probation only in her case. Pinkney is one of two d. C. Fire employees recently arrested on gas theft charges. Can you tell us anything about these gasoline thefts . Former staff assistant Terrell Mccray pleaded not guilty and is awaiting his next Court Appearance for fraud. Hes accused of stealing about 3,000 in gas using a taxpayerfunded fleet car for his car and for others. Federal investigators with the General Services Administration Inspector Generals Office have investigated hundreds of people across the country in the past five years according to an investigation by the news4 iteam. We have to protect the taxpayer dollars. We have to prevent this kind of theft from going on. If you add them all together, its great deal of money. The iteams investigation reveals kimberly pinkneys case included government workers have made off with 2 million at least in gasoline for their personal use by sbiping those taxpayerfunded fleet cards just for 2010. If you have a tip for us to investigate, call 2028854444. Or email us. Now that relatively warmer days are finally here the ice and slush has parted to reveal more of the pothole problem that plagues our area this time of year. We want to hear from you where the worst potholes are. Our crews found this stretch of potholes over the key bridge in rosalyn. You can see the road is torn up hopefully youll see it torn up across lynn street. There it is. If you travel there, you know this streech. 46 and uma streets in northwest d. C. We saw cars driving to the right to avoid this big pothole in the midto feel road there. And a guy tweeted this one he nicknamed centreville abyss. Be warned. And its not just on the main roads. Heres one on an alley off harvard street in the Columbia Heights area. Weve compiled some of the tweets that youve sent us so far. And we invite you to keep them coming. Were looking for street names, intersections, block numbers. If youre able to snap a picture, do so then tweet it to us at nbc washington using thethe the dcpotholefinder. The ice is melting but theres a warning about melting ponlds especially for yourets after two incidents in just three hours in Loudoun County on friday. Firefighters were called to rescue dogs that had fallen through the ice. In this incident captured on video, a dog was rescued safely but in the other case two dogs needed rescuing only one of them survived. Oh. Look out for that this time of year. Thats awful. I know some people, the dog bolts out the door and runs. The dogs are thinking its normal water. Theyve been there forever. My dog in ocean city ran right across and slid across the ice, fortunately did not break. So good news there. As far as the weather is concerned, temperatures nice and mild today. What a day this was. One thing you notice no snow from our rockville camera. The roads are aokay. Rockville looking good, out towards veers mill road looking good 28. All good today. No problem. Look down at the airport. Theres no snow down here at the park and there is a little bit of ice. By tomorrow afternoon well be just about done with the snow. Winds out of the south at about 9 miles per hour. Temperatures 55 gaithersburg 64 down towards fredericksburg 61 in winchester. This is the mild march weather weve been waiting for but it wont last. Nothing around our region but widen out and you see whats coming our way. It is rain and a lot of it. You see that rain moving out of the gulf of mexico. That means the gulf is open for business and for us that means were going to see all of this moisture make its way right up from the houston area. Its going to come right up towards us as we move through the next 24 hours. We are in very a rainy tuesday. Starting off overnight tonight, just some cloud cover, not bad. A very nice night. Mild considering where weve been in the past few kwa deys. Tuesday, 7 00 a. M. No worry, no rain early tomorrow morning but here it comes around 8 00 9 00 10 00. By 1 00 everybody has a hood goode chance to see that rain. Moderate to heavy at times. Some locations could pick up a half an inch to an inch of rain during the day tomorrow. Look at the rain around 5 00 in the afternoon. Right around the afternoon rush. Some of that heavier rain coming right on through d. C. Right out 66 50 right on out portions of 270 and right up i95 too. Could be some very wet roads tomorrow. Give yourself some extra time. Same deal at 8 00. A little less to the south, a little more up towards the north. High temperatures 54 degrees tomorrow. Not quite as warm as today. But still not bad. 50 degrees in gaithersburg 40s back to the west. Once again were dealing with plenty of rain across the region during the day tomorrow. That impact is going to be at least on the moderate side. I dont think well see any highimpact issues here. So take the umbrella. The biggest thing i think, watch out for some street flooding. We could see some of that. Especially through those streets, some of those drains are going to be clogged from all the snow weve seen in the past few days. Watch out. I think that will be an issue. Morning, no real problems because of the rain. I think the rain will hold off for the morning rush. Afternoon, rain begins and well see wet roads and during the evening hours, again, use caution. We could see some problems as far as traffic is concerned during the evening rush. 62 on wednesday with some rain in the morning but then a better day in the afternoon. 56 beautiful on thursday. Then another chance for rain maybe another heavy rain maker friday saturday into parts of the weekend. Right now most of sunday looks dry but there will be a chance for rain. No 30s in that forecast. At least for highs. Next changing father time. Apple unveils its smartwatch. What it can do. Running into trouble. How a jogger ended um on the hood of a local mans car and why he didnt stop. Too drunk to ride metro. New video of metro riders in pretty tough situations. Apple is doing a showandtell on its applewatch calling it the most advanced time piece ever created. Apples ceo tim cook unveiling the watch today. It will come in three versions ranging in price from 349 to as much as 10,000 if youd like it in gold. There will be apps to monitor health as well as your calendars, your maps and of course your reminders. It will have the ability to receive messages and calls and respond to them immediately. With a biltin speaker and microphone you can receive calls on your watch. I have been wanting to do this since i was 5 years old. Since he was 5 years old. Preorders begin april 10th and lit start shipping april 24th. You expect Credit Report s to be accurate but when theyre not it has a huge impact on your credit score. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez is here with a big announcement made today. After more than a year of pressure for change, a radical shift in the way the three major Credit Reporting agencies handle your Credit Report. Lit take about three years to see all the changes but equifax, experian and transunion are getting an overhaul. For starters the three agencies are now required to use trained employees to review documentation that you submit if you feel theres been an error. Even if a creditor says the information is correct. Another big area is medical bills. The bureaus agreed to a mandatory 180day grace period before those debts can be reported. Theres got to be enough time for insurance to kick in. And if youve got previously reported medical conditions that have been paid off, those will be erased from your Credit Report. Also things like tickets or fines, will no longer be reported. Big news coming out. Going to help a lot of people. Yes, it is. Thanks erika. New tonight, a road rage incident in arlington. How an argument between a driver and a jogger escalated and became an alleged hitan im tom sherwood in southeast washington. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the d. C. Streetcar wont open unless its safe. Breaking at 5 30, doctors are fighting to save the life of someone found in an icy Prince Georges County pond. Stonehill farm arrived on the scene in brandywine. What happened out there . Reporter first of all, we are off of chadsford drive in brandywine and behind me this is the enclave community. First let me set the scene. You can see this ice over here and there are birds, and that ice is very cold. You move a little to the right, you dont see ice. But its still very cold and for some reason between that pier right there and the bridge to your right, there was a man in the water. And he was in there for approximately 50 minutes, and police are telling me that someone saw him go under and they called 911. I am joined by assistant fire chief from Prince Georges County ems, mr. Paul gomez. Tell us what happened over there. We received a call a man had entered the water and the witnesses did not see him come back out. We dispatched water rescue units out. We were able to determine where the entry was made and put our personnel in the water rescue suits to protect them from the cold water. They entered in about 15 feet and locate the victim pulled the victim out, hand him off to the ems crews who performed cpr and transported him to the hospital. Reporter we had chopper 4 up above shooting whats going on here on the ground. I must say you had mentioned off camera that someone could be in the water for at least an hour and still survive. Yes. There have been documented case where is people have been in cold water situations and have drowned and have been revived successfully after being in that condition for a long period of time. So our procedure is that we rescue that person from the water, we continue to perform cpr as we revive the body temperature back to a normal body temperature. Reporter thanks for joining us. Fire tried cpr. They did it from here all the way to the hospital. And basically this man is in critical condition. He is now in the hospitals care and fire ems is right now out here. They are actually investigating and they are talking to people here, to witnesses to try and get more information about what exactly happened. Well continue to post updates on twitter at nbc washington. Im stonehill farm. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, shomari. This is a wild case of road rage. And the victim wasnt driving, he was jogging. Tonight an arlington man is facing charges after the bizarre incident not far from clarendon. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie ca joins us live from the scene with this story. Julie . Reporter the angry words came after a driver nearly hit a jogger. Br before the jogger knew it he was on the roof of that car as the car began to take off. Much like the woman with this stroller the jogger had the signal saturday when he entered this crosswalk just after 10 00 in the morning. But a bmw turning on to north 10th had to slam on its brakes to avoid hitting him, stopping just inches short. As a reaction, the jogger, you know verbal exchange towards the driver driver was not happy with that and reacted in a raging manner. Reporter police say 65yearold Jeffry Fisher reacted by pulling forward before the jogger had cleared his path. The joggers right in front of the vehicle, revs his engine proceeds forward, the jogger in reaction jumps on the hood of the vehicle to prevent from being struck. Hes carried about 20 to 30 feet down the road at which point the driver slams his brakes to get him off the vehicle. Reporter luckily the jogger wasnt injured. A witness got the car license plate and Police Tracked the driver down. Fisher is charged with attempted unlawful wounding. Other who is walk and run in this area are surprised to hear of the confrontation. Absolutely against human nature to be and especially a driver versus a jogger. I mean theres no absolutely no reason that should ever ever happen. Reporter still this mother of 4 says when shes out walking or running she never assumes drivers see her, even when she has the right of way. Even if the light says that i can cross, im always looking. Im never, ever going to risk. Reporter now, we heard about this incident and stopped in at pacers, a popular running store up the street and they lead groups of runners on fun runs around here noes nights. On news 4 at 6 00 their advice for joggers and runners on staying safe. Police in Fairfax County are out with new details on an inmate who died while in custody. They say they have interviewed more than 50 people about what happened to Natasha Mckenna last month. She died after sheriffs deputies who were transporting her put her in restraints and then used a taser on her. Police say they will not be releasing any video thats related to this investigation before the criminal review the completed. And the exact cause of her death is still under investigation. A man wanted in connection with a robbery and assault of a teenaged boy is in virginia in custody now. His name is deonta gray. Police say he turned himself in over the weekend. Hes accused in a robbery last month. The victim, a 13yearold boy, says two people assaulted him along Community Drive manassas and then took his phone and backpack. A 14yearold girl was already facing charges in the case. A search for a rowdy mob of atv riders after a showdown with a d. C. Police officer that happened yesterday on clifton street in northwest d. C. Police say an officer tried to stop a woman who was starting up her atv when he was suddenly quickly surrounded by about 40 riders who drove towards him and started kicking his cruiser. The ausmser wasnt hurt but atvs are illegal to drive on the streets of the district. Were trying to find out more tonight about the discovery of two women dead in a home in st. Marys county. A Sheriffs Office says they were found inside a home on rivenndale way. How they died aha not been announced. Theres no indication the deaths were a result of a third party. When streetcars finally car iing passengers along h street northeast theyll be the districts first working trolleys in more than 50 years. Project has been crippled by delays and some question whether the ben if i wants of the system outweigh the costs. Tonight news4s tom sherwood found out what the citys mayor is saying about the future of streetcars. Reporter d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser came to southeast washington to talk about improving a major Martin Luther king jr. Avenue intersection where 90 wrecks and 40 injuries have occurred in fewer than three years. But boutzer was besieged with Media Questions about the streetcar system across town with the new director suggesting the whole system could be canceled for safety and other reasons. What i dont support is a system that doesnt go all the places that it should that isnt safe or doesnt work. Those are the issues that ddot is studying right now. Reporter bowser and the ddot director said they would await a thirdparty transit review before bowser crafts her 2016 budget by april. Theyll give me a report the end of this week with their preliminary recommendations. I intend to have recommendations to the mayor before the budget is submitted so we understand what the longterm requirements are for the streetcar. The streetcar is years behind schedule with more than 200 million spent on the first a street line alone and it still cant pass safety rules for streetcars power lines, street tracks and adjacent traffic. I had to tell the taxpayers that i inherited a system thats not safe that would be my job to tell them that. Reporter in the district tom sherwood news4. Some closures along the beltway tonight are the next step to help ease Traffic Congestion in fairfax. After midnight it will be closed in 20minute increments. All lanes should be open again by 5 00 tomorrow morning. Broken pipes are causing more problems at the Prince Georges County courthouse in upmarlboro. The wing of the building that houses the District Court was closed today after the same pipe that broke and flooded the courthouse last month cracked again this weekend. After that first break, the courthouse was shut down for three days. County Officials Say the court will reopen tomorrow and the Circuit Court wing of the building was not affected by this crack. New fallout tonight after Fraternity Members are recorded singing a racist chant. What the universitys president is now saying. Video youre only going to see on news4, i know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. 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The universitys president says he hopes this message is clear that racism will not be tolerated on that campus. This morning students gathered to protest the video, which surfaced on the internet over the weekend. University president david borden was among those addressing the crowd. He said the school needs to take a strong stand and announced its cutting all ties with the hoe local chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. I have a message for those that misuse their free speech. Youre a disgrace to the university. You shouldnt have the right to present yourself as a real sooner. On news 4 at 6 00 the new orders to all frat members. White house Officials Say there appears to be no reason to doubt the claims that bow hoe haram has pledge ld allegiance to isis. That pledge came over the weekend in an unverified audio statement purportedly from the leader of boko haram. That nigerian Extremist Group is the same behind the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls last year. Some terror analysts sabo coe harams pledge could be a plea for help as it faces a multinational fighting force in nigeria. President obama announced new sanctions against seven venezuelan officials today. This on the heels of growing tensions the past couple week them two weeks to dramatically down size its diplomatic presence resulting in long lines outside of the Nuclear Weapons caracas. The Obama Administration is accusing venezuelas government of Human Rights Violations and public corruption. A double amputee takes the stand in the Boston Marathon bombing trial and describes what she felt when that first bomb went off. And riding the metro rail drunk. Its frightening video you will only see here on news4. Doug . Rainmaking its way in over the next couple days, some heavy at times. Tonight we are hearing from a witness who saw a man in a video fall at metro. Adam . Reporter what happened here at the mt. Vernon square station about a week ago was nothing short of frightening. A rider falls in between a train, then the train starts moving. Sunday, march 1st about 5 15 in the evening at the mt. Vernon square station. Take a look at the bottom left on your screen. A metro rider stumbling around the platform. Hes seemingly trying to get on the train as the doors open but then he falls in between two trains. Passengers try to get the attention of the train operator but within seconds the train starts moving. Marco pierre is the man in the video waving his hands and putting his hands on his head in disbelief as the train pulls away. We showed him the video today, the fist time hes seen it. Im thinking the worst. I didnt want to step to the edge of the platform and look down. Reporter the rider was lucky. Marco managed to crawl into a space known as the area of refuge under the platform. The train roll aid way and it seemed like it was taking forever. We all walked up and looked over and he was alive. Reporter the man refuses help and walks away. Metro says you absolutely can be too drunk to ride. Its important for riders to monitor themselves and also look out for their friends. If you go out for drinks with a group and someone is clearly, you know not able to walk properly maybe thats the time to order a cab or uber or that sort of thing. Reporter and back here now live coming up at 6 clook, we want to show you other video, a metro rider who was drunk, hits the train, then the platform, then well tell you what happens after that. Back to you. Thanks,ed a adam. A rally in support of the purple line transit project. Supporters are meeting in annapolis so they can talk to lawmakers before the start of tonights 8 00 p. M. Session. The purple line is estimated to cost about 2. 4 billion and include 21 stations between e be he is the da and new carrollton. The rally comes amid speculation that high cost and skepticism about the project from Maryland Governor hogan could derail the light rail project. It has been a beautiful couple of days. We have some changes coming right, doug . Changes but at least theyre spring like changes. Were not talking about bigtime temperature changes here. The temperatures will drop tomorrow but the rain will drop too. Lets take a look and show you whats happening outside right now. A pretty shot from our National Harbor camera. Weve seen the potomac completely iced up in the last couple weeks. Just a little bit of ice left here but after that after today, after tomorrow i think its all gone. Especially after tomorrow. Evening planner showing all the snows gone. Out there towards the point. Thats good too. Not going to be seeing that anytime soon. 60 degrees the current number 58 by 7 00 dropping to about 53 by 11 00. Last week it was cold cold cold. Well today its nice nice nice. Thats right. Looks like a very nice evening all across our region. Temperatures 62 in rockville, 61 in manassas 58 in huntingtown. Not to mention the fact the sun goes down at 7 09 tonight so we get that too. Tomorrow if you want to exercise do it before 9 00 a. M. Thats when well see the rain start to move in here between around 9 00 and noon. 41 at 7 00 a. M. Climbing to about 54 by 3 00. Yes, we will see rain some heavy at times during the afternoon. No rain right now. Storm team 4 radar is dry. It will stay that way through the night tonight and through early tomorrow morning. Heres the rain through the south. Look at all of this moisture down towards dallas down towards houston. Theyre expecting some flooding into portions of the southeast, even around portions of West Virginia pip think that could be a concern for us during the day tomorrow too. Some locations picking up a half an inch to an inch of rain and that could pose some problems especially on the roadways. Not worried about the rivers for the most part. Some of the creeks could overflow but watch out for those roads. A lot of those drains going to be rather clogged. Rain occasionally moderate. Temperatures 44 in some of the coldest areas well to the north and west 54 degrees in the city during the day tomorrow. Yes, you will need the umbrella. When you step out the door shes got the right idea. Not just the umbrella though. Youll probably also need maybe the rain boots and maybe the jacket because its not just the rain but all the snow thats been out there too. Thats also going to be melting. I know all of the yard out there are just sopped, sopped right now. 54 degrees on your tuesday. Morning rain on wednesday, but we should see a better day ending like today has ended, 62 for a high on wednesday, 56 on thursday and 44 on friday. This is another system that were going to have to watch here to see just how Cool Temperatures get. Right now were going 44 on friday 52 on saturday and 54 on sunday. Chance of rain just about each day. Any rain on friday will be the late in the day, but if you have plans on friday evening, stay tuned for this forecast. You have plans for the weekend, do the same. You know well keep you updated right here from the Weather Center of course on twitter and facebook. Jool a stark warning from environmentalists about Climate Change. A new report says even if we do cut back on Green House Gas emissions the temperatures will still continue to rise. That report is in the journal nature Climate Change. Researchers say even if Green House Gases are cut back to where they were in the year 2000 Climate Change will continue to accelerate. The bottom line according to the report humanity needs to find a way to adapt to the changing climate. And as the temperatures start to rise the red cross says a the long winter has left a lot of families out in the cold. Theyve seen a spike in house fires as folks got creative trying to heat their homes. The red cross says they saw the trend here in our area when comparing the number of fires last november to the number of fires in june during summer months. Here in d. C. The red cross responded to 13 house fires last november. Thats up from nine in june. Virginia had 129 fires in november compared to 89 fires in june. And in maryland there were 66 fires in the month of november compared to 59 in june. So we want to make sure that people in the district in maryland in virginia are really taking precautions when they light those fireplaces and when they bring out the space heaters and when theyre using all of those alternative forms of heat when the weather gets that cold. According to the u. S. Fire administration 620 people have died in house fires this year. We already know our areas home to some of the highest rents nationwide. Have you ever wondered how much it would cost for how much money you need to make in order to buy a place . According to Mortgage Research site hsh you need to make just over 77,000. The most expensive of the metro areas san francisco. You have to make at least 142,000 to purchase something there. The cheapest is pittsburgh where you need to make just under 32 a year. A new scam to watch out for in your inbox. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzalez is here with a warning and how you can protect yourself. Erika . Pat, they are at it again. This time theyre posing as the Virginia Attorney Generals Office. Mark herrings office is warning residents to look out for phishing emails, phone call social media posts, people posing the a. G. s office saying this is your final legal notification trying to collect a debt from Cash Advance Incorporated going so far as to claiming to have an arrest warrant in your name. The good news, the real a. G. s office doesnt look like this and there are red flags for you to know that its a scam. You want to watch out for bad spelling, poor grammar and phrases like act immediately. Virginia state police are now involved. If you think youve gotten one of these calls or emails contact the police directly. You can find the link to do so on my twitter account, and its also on our consumer facebook page. Back to you. A Boston Marathon bombing survivor testifies from her wheelchair. The survivors dramatic testimony act losing her legs and how the bomber reacted. It was a chance encounter. A stranger serenades a local couple on their wedding day in d. C. Why the newlyweds need how can i avoid maintenance fees . Why would you wanoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. This is Scott Mcfarlane at the live desk. We have some delays hitting the metro system this afternoon rush hour single track tong blue and yellow lines coming out of Lenphant Plaza including headed toward the pentagon on the yellow line. D. C. Fire had to check out a report of smoke were told. There are no ongoing reports saying theres smoke in the system but they were checking those out a while ago so we have single tracking on metro at a particularly busy time of day. Back to you. An emotional day in court for two victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. They shared their stories from that day as investigators also revealed more evidence against the suspected bomber. Alicia palumbo reports from boston. Reporter these are just a few of the more than 70 submissions of video and images investigators pieced together to create an animated time line and video sequence of the tsarnaev brothers path along boylston street leading up to and after the bombings on marathon monday 2013. The compilation has never before been shared publicly and it shows the brothers rounding the corner at gloucester and boylston watching together up to forum. Tamerlan continuing on to the finish line and dzhokhar making a phone call minutes before the blast. Then it shows tamerlan running with the crowds down exeter while dzhokhar takes off down fairfield. Earlier in the day jurors heard testimony from a double amputee injured alongside her newlywed husband patrick downs. She testified after the bomb went off, you could hear people screaming just animalistic screams. She remembered seeing her husbands leg severely injured, his foot nearly blown off. She testified, i became a nurse to take care of people and my husband was in the most needy time of his life and i couldnt be there. Also sharing her story of that fateful day was lindsey lus friend. She testified after the blast, i wake up laying on the fence and its like smoke everywhere and i cant hear anything and i saw blood all over the ground. She recounted that she saw liu saying i cant hear but i saw she was yelling, waving her hand a bit. She was lying down. News ot of maryland tonight where rescue officials pulled a man from an icy pond. He was under water for nearly an hour. And we just heard from rescuers who say it is possible to survive that long if the water is cold enough. Chopper 4 flying over the neighborhood where this all happened in brandywine earlier today. News4s stonehill farm is live on the scene. Shomari . Reporter i talked to some people who live next to this man and theyre trying to figure out why he was in the water. They say this water was freezing approximately 40 degrees from talking to someone out here. If you look over here he was found in between that pier and that bridge over there. He was 15 feet offshore. A look from chopper 4. And he was underwater sub merged for around 50 minutes according to Prince Georges County ems. The dive team had to search. They found him, pulled him out, immediately tried cpr, and they continued cpr from the ambulance all the way to the hospital. Hes now at the hospital and last we heard according to Prince Georges County ems hes in critical condition. Now, again, its unclear why he was in the water. It is cold. Were hearing that he had his shirt off. Were now going to hear from a neighbor. Im very sad. I dont know exactly what happened. But people come out in the springtime and summertime and they fish there. Its a family environment. And so its safe so i thought. But im really shocked to hear this. Reporter now, worth mengtsing real quick, we do not know if this man got in the water because he thought it was icy, but its worth mentioning if you see a pond and theres ice on it stay away from it because as temperatures continue to rise it could possibly cause you to fall through. Live in Brandywine Stonehill farm. Back