it was here at the institution that robert collins worked as a corrections officer. he is now hoping that his appeal of that background check policy holds. robert collins began his work as a corrections officer at the patuxen institution. he took an absence and then decided he wanted his old job back later that year. the recertification to do so included an interview where an investigator, according to him, asked for some private information regarding social media and facebook. >> he began to ask me which networks i had social media accounts on. then he began to request user name and password information. personal log in information for this stuff. >> reporter: according to collins, applicants applying for corrections officers job in the state of maryland already go through an in depth background check to screen for among other things possible gang affiliations within applicants. the information he was asked to give, he says, was bothersome because he felt his privacy and that of his facebook friends was being invaded. >> to go this distance is too much. and it's illegal. >> reporter: the maryland department of public safety and correctional services released a statement saying "if any information is provided by an applicant, it is done so voluntarily. if an applicant does not provide this information, it is not held against them and the interview process moves forward. ". >> that was never indicated to me. nor was that the implication. nor was there any mention that it was a voluntary process. >> reporter: which is why he says he called the american civil liberty union and has been fighting that since last year. >> hopefully we'll be able to resolve it quickly and able to ensure that it stops in maryland. that it doesn't go to other maryland agencies and it doesn't go to other governments across the country. >> reporter: and, again, that policy put on hold for 45 days. again, pending the outcome of this review. they will then decide if they're going to implement it again or stop it altogether. collins tells me he has already received his orders to report back to work. it's expected to happen in the last month and a half. however, he's not telling us exactly at what institution he'll go back to work. new at 11:00, former white house chief of staff ram ee manuel has been elected chicago's new mayor. it was the first in more than two decades without retiring richard daly among the candidates. chicago was the scene for the old tv show er, and if you watch na show, someone who worked there was getting slugged by somebody. >> and in real life, emergency room workers are at greater risk of assault. and now virginia is moving to increase penalties for people who attack them. gary nurenberg has that. >> reporter: sometimes emergency room workere to be wrestlers. >> the patient became very violent. was intoxicated. lashed out. kicked my technician unfortunately in the side of the head. and then swung his arm free and kind of clipped me off the side and in the ear. we were able to subdue him. >> reporter: federal law requires emergency s to treat anyone who comes in dangerous or not. alcohol or drug related emergency room visits totaled nearly 2 million. one study says emergency room workers are 400% more likely to be assaulted than the average u.s. worker. the virginia senate has passed and sent to the governor legislation that would require at least two days in jail for anyone convicted of assaulting an emergency room worker. >> if it brings the punishment level up to the same level that the police law enforcement receives other first responders, ems personnel and school teachers. >> reporter: not everyone approves. there is going to come a time when we might as well list the people in the code that you can assault and have no mandatory minimum. all professions and all children are valuable and all people are valuable, says fairfax senator chet peterson. >> but we are the safety net for the public medically. as a result, when people come there, they're looking for a safe environment. this we hope will help. >> reporter: 26 states have similar legislation. the governor is expected to sign it. >> although many emergency rooms have security personnel, assaults happen in the exam rooms where guards are not present. we have caught up with a landlord we told you about last week. the owner of the tuckerman apartments in northwest dc. he was charged with not disclosing lead. now a new inspection has found lead again. it's testing children now for exposure. today they initially suggested it wasn't his problem but he later seemed to change his story during the interview. >> if they detect lead, then we have to fix right away. and that's our obligation. >> last week dc inspectors did cite him after finding safety and building code violations in his apartments. he said that inspection was actually in retaliation for him taking tenants to court for overdue rent. could the agent orange be behind a possible cancer cluster in maryland? an organization investigating that says there may indeed be such a link. the biological compound was tested at fort detrick during the cold war. randy white says he's hired scientists to test people's blood and he says the results show people were exposed to that toxic chemical. >> the footprints from the drug to the victim lead back to fort detrick. >> so far his organization has discovered more than a thousand people living within a six mile radius that have cancer or have recovered from cancer. the army said 17 pounds of a biological component used in agent orange was used. but the army also says that component was no different from what farmers were already using all across the country. turning now to the deadly earthquake in new zealand, using their bare hands, canines, crews are working to find anymore survivors. witnesses say some of the dead are still laying in the streets trapped under cars or crushed under debris. 75 people have been confirmed dead. but there are about 300 still missing. the 6.3 magnitude tremor is among the island nature's worst national disaster in decades. tonight the obama administration is appalling violence in libya. so far, the violence has left more than 200 people dead. the libyan leader spoke to his people and vowed to fight until his last part of blood. the u.s. will evacuate troops tomorrow. in wisconsin, the budget standoff continues tonight with the 14 democrats in the state senate still in hiding and republican governor scott walker upping the ante a bit. he is threatening layoff and allow the vote on the measure that would strip public employee unions of their bargaining rights. but speaking from across state lines, the democrats were not backing down. >> we felt we were compared to use the only constitutional provision available to us which is to deny a quorum so the bill did not get voted. >> the legislation says they're not backing down even. they have accepted the financial give back in exchange for keeping the bargaining rights. the governor said no. he argues the state needs more flexibility. rush limbaugh is taking aim at the first lady's waistline. >> he said it didn't look as if michelle obama was following her own nutrition diet terry advice mentioning she ate some ribs. but during a tv interview, mrs. obama said, and we quote" this isn't an all or nothing proposition and it's important for families not to get caught up on that, not to think i can't ever indulge". >> and she has been a fitness roll model, especially by other women. no, she's not rail thin or sports illustrated swimsuit model as he pointed out on the show. she's about 5'11" and wears size 8-10. she is chose for choosing fashions that show off her sculpted strong arms, thanks fo regular strength training, excellent for all women in what it does to strength en our bones and our body. and her let's move campaign is about getting kids physically active to fight childhood obesity. the first lady never promised not to splurge or follow a calorie-restricted diet. to be painted by a hypocrite by rush limbaugh just didn't seem right. topper. well, it's getting cold. the skies are beginning to clear now. we'll show you the wakeup wetter. and there could be some black ice there in the morning. teens and 20s at 5:00. 16-26 by 7:00. and 20s-30s by 9:00. grab your shades. we'll come back and talk about when the next storm rolls in. we have two big ones on the seven day. thanks, top. still ahead tonight, we devil deep into one of our areas darkest mysteries. >> five bodies in a shallow grave that was burning. >> a shocking crime. a man murders his entire family. he still remains free. >> now we reveal evidence that has never been seen. the bishop family murders. that is coming up next. what could possibly drive someone to murder three children as they slept along with their mother and grandmother? >> well, tonight only on 9news now, evidence from the crime scene of one of montgomery county most notorious cold cases. the bishop family. and the police hunt for the murder who is still on the loose 25 years later. >> reporter: all was well with the bishop family. >> they looked like the all american family. they appeared to be very happy. >> reporter: but police say on march 1st, 1976, william bradford bishop, a state department official, left work early, went to montgomery mall and bought a gas can and a small metal mall let and filled the gas can and made the 15-minute drive home, walked into his house and killed his entire family. >> he went from room to room and one at a time hit them around the head and killed each one of them. >> reporter: montgomery county sheriff derek popkin has been working this case for 20 years. >> it was just a horrific scene. >> reporter: what happens next is perhaps just as horrific. bishop puts his dead family in the back of the family station wagon and heads to north carolina. >> a park ranger saw fire burning and just absolutely found a grizzly discovery of five bodies in a shallow grave that was burning. >> reporter: it took a week before 68-year-old labelia bishop, annette, 10-year-old brett and 5-year-old jeffrey could be identified. in that time, william bradford bishop disappeared. this is the shovel, the pitchfork and the gas can found near the bodies. bishop 's station wagon was abandoned. blood was found in the car and his passport has never been found. >> we believe he's still out there somewhere. >> reporter: bishop's career about the state department took him all over the world. he is fluent in five languages and there have been bishop sightings in sweden, switzerland and a year ago that he was dead in france. it turns out the body found in france was not william bradford bishop. if he's still alive, he would be 74 years old now. here are some age enhanced pictures of bishop. that is what he looked like in '76, now he might look like that today. >> it's still hard to fathom what could have possibly been the motive in that? >> that's a very good question. people are saying that, well, co-workers say he was passed over for a promotion right before it all happened. there was also talk that he wanted to move overseas and his wife wanted to stay here. it's all kind of jumbled up. nobody knows. but the fact is he was seeing a doctor. he was taking medicine for depression and anxiety. >> okay. >> the real motive will not be known until or if they ever catch up with this guy. >> wow. >> okay. >> and no one knows where he is. >> exactly. coming up tomorrow morning at 6:15, a very different story. the latest tools that gangs are using to recruit your kids to join up. honest aeb says he was wrong and he deserves his punishment. >> four scores and seven years ago, our father -- >> on president's day, yesterday, lincoln impersonator phil howell was reciting the gettysburg address. a park police officer says that is illegal. so he moved to ground level then people started putting money in a basket. police said, okay, you don't have a permit for that either. they slapped him with a $50 fine and took the 25 bucks he made as evidence. all right. here at channel nine, we will do anything to help the kids. and i do mean anything. ♪ music playing ♪ people in the place ♪ if you want to get down ♪ ♪ put your hands in the air ♪ ♪ all right, stomp to the beat ♪ ♪ >> that is four people who do not need to quit their day job. >> no, we do not. >> they do not need to quit the day job. it was all part of the karaoke event in helping abused and neglected kids. all facing off against channel five news team. we kicked their booties. we raised $500. >> that is top, i am. got it. >> top, i am. >> got it. >> we did. we won. >> specifically it's important. >> it is. >> and i think we gotta. >> you guys were great, man. >> no. >> contrary. >> i had to do the 7:00 show. i could not go. and, therefore, was spared. i missed out. >> lesli is the one that picked the black-eyed peas and she shined. >> she did. >> she was good. >> the trouble is we were like dividing up verses about a minute before on the stage. >> it didn't go well. >> yes, didn't go well. >> but thanks to everybody that came out. >> it was. all right. we have clearing skies now and temps are beginning to fall. in fact, look at the temps. and because of this, we're going to see some patches of ice. not a lot tomorrow. but if it appears wet, it's probably ice. 30 downtown now. in the 20s already in arlington. 26 in reston. 26 in rockville. 21 up in gaithersburg and 20 in laytonsville. we talked about a little shower activity. it hasn't moved much from front royal. these will eventually kind of dissipate as we go through the night and skies will clear. a few slick spots early. not many, but a few. you'll be cleaning your windshield a lot tomorrow. remember the sunglasses as well. next storm on friday. it looks like a big storm. i would locate your umbrella, not your snow shovel. overnight clearing skies, really cold. some slick spots. lows 16-26. winds light out of the north at 5-10. tomorrow morning teens and 20s. grab the sunglasses. good news, not much wind. not much wind chills in the morning. still bundle the kids up. sunny and cold by the afternoon. high temperatures around 40 and winds again on the light side. next three days, temps will be going up. upper 40s on thursday but showers probably the second half of the day. and then rain on friday. i raised the temperature to the 50s. it looks like a soaking rain and after the brush fires we need a soaking rain. next seven days, we dry out on saturday. we're 50. we go right back into the upper 50s on sunday. there will be showers to the north of us. i think they'll be north of the maryland/pa border. high temperature around 60s on monday. we can hear the clap of monday with that storm. that will cool us off behind the front but not crazy. tuesday we're back in the mid 40s. >> all right. thanks. the all star game is sunday. i thought perhaps the wizards would win the rest of their games. [ laughing ] >> you did. did you. let me put it in terms you can understand and are appropriate. the wizards played tonight almost as well as topper sang the song. >> that is bad. >> i thought everybody heard boom boom pow and it became clear he never heard that song. >> no. >> the second half was optimistic for the wizards. boy, oh boy, the wizards not looking good tonight. how about adam la rush turning some heads. doug williams taking some swipes at the nfl grab. i didn't type that well. 9 sports next. it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> well, in a perfect world, the wizards would use the all star break to cleanse their pallet from the stink bomb they laid coming out tonight with a renewed intensity and commitment to winning. and then tonight's game started and that commitment lasted about an hour. hosting the pacers, no kirk hinrich who i saw at the doctor's office getting his leg checked out. and this will be mcgee to open the game. wizards within five. two minutes left in the half. the lead starting to grow. and roy hipert, 16 for big roy. wizards are now 15-40. down a level, hokies trying to bolster their tournament resume against lake forest tonight. freshman jaral eddy coming off the roll. the crowd continues to mob young bryce harper down at nats training so much that security has to escort him. but only a nowing if you're him. guys like adam la rauch can now get their work done in peace. nats holding the first workout today showing off the swing that averaged 26 jacks a year. but it's his flashy glove that has nats brass and fans drooling. >> you're saving runs in a pitcher's house getting pitcher's off the mound. i'll have my screw ups over there. don't get me wrong. but i do enjoy giving the pitchers a chance. >> they may need that. caps off tonight. but they're reporting that nick backstrom broke his thumb last night against the caps. they won't confirm the injury. >> well, we told you yesterday the redskins legend doug williams is heading back for coaching at his alma mater. he took the coaching job because he felt he could not penetrate the old boy's club in the nfl. williams who spent seven years for the buccaneers and wanted to become a gm in the nfl said today the good old boy network is alive and well in the nfl. he added that unlike him, many guys currently in nfl front offices have never even coached. williams hopes to get the buccaneers job when he came to the redskins. he was passed over and left. back home free agent safety left redskins park today without signing a contract. the former ram tweeted "redskins are a great organization. i enjoyed my time there today. ". >> it's time to pick our dc high school sportsnet game of the week. into the playoffs in maryland we have gaithersburg, paint branch and blare. cast your vote dchigh school sports.yet. finally tonight, this is from the pro league in france where the object of the game is the same as it is in this country to put the ball in the basket. albeit, not in your own basket. watch the inbound pass here from the orange team. that is the guy who is going to get it. the thing is, he's got to go down the other way. >> no. [ laughing ] >> and then look at his reaction. oh, no, did i really do that. as my french teacher used to say. >> i got to be honest, i did do that once in a game. >> but i was 13 years old and just learning. >> i was going to say. >> you would think as a professional you would know. >> i had to steer my 8-year-old the other way. >> yes. >> he's 31. >> he'll be right back. and that is 9news for tonight. don't forget we're always on. >> oh, boy. >> go to letterman. >> letterman is next. >> wait. >> why is she poking me. >> she's not poking me. [ laughing ] >> because she doesn't understand that you like that sort of thing. >> is that wrong? >> we should note that you can see this whole thing on wusa9.com any time you want.