This is wrong. Tonight the police chief responds. And first on news4, a possible break in the search for a notorious maryland killer. The clue that could be uncovered tomorrow. New warnings that the spread of ebola in africa as the u. S. Stems up its response to the deadly virus. Good evening. The United Nations now says the number of ebola cases worldwide is doubling every three to four weeks. It says the virus can still be contain if Treatment Centers are built quickly in west africa. 100 u. S. Marines will go to liberia tomorrow to help with containment efforts. In texas, a sheriffs deputy is in the hospital, out of an bundleance of caution, he began feeling ill days after searching the apartment of thomas duncan. Duncan died in a dallas hospital this morning. Now lye with the latest developments from dallas. Reporter the man being treated here is a sergeant. He was in the apartment where duncan first got sick. Authorities dont believe he has ebola but after duncan passed away this
We have a delay on 95 northbound, so if you know someone taking an early flight out, give them a heads up. That left side is closed northbound through maryland. We have construction on new york avenue, that is going to be out of bounds. Inbound lanes are not affected. That is 4th street. The inner loop after route 267. You can see that bright red on 266 westbound, that might be because of the construction crews so you might get a brief delay on 66 westbound because of that merge. Delayfree conditions northbound or inbound towards d. C. Ill send it back over to scott and jummy. Thank you very much. We begin at 5 02 with breaking news. Right now, fire investigators are searching for what is left of a mobile home. Brianne carter just arrived on the scene and she is going to join us now over the phone with an update. Tell us what you know at this point. A lot of details we have yet to learn out here, scott. We understand things are quite far back from where this is happening and a lot of f
The jackpot clearly to the south and east of the area as the stormy can exit overnight and we have some sunshine tomorrow. Snow will continue. It will be cold and windy but sunny tomorrow. In a fewhare it all minutes. See you then, doug. Thank you very much. Now we turn to the situation outside. Are dealing with that onetwo punch, the bitter cold plus fresh snow causing problems on the road. One of our crews captured some light snow coming down in northwest earlier this evening. The snow was coming down heavier to our east. One of our abc 7 weather warriors, jay korff, live with more on the mass that his group has seen. I. State highwayt crews are working feverishly on those main roads. If i step back and you take a look at one of the side roads near a strip mall, the snow is really starting to pile up. With temperatures so low, you have to wonder how treacherous these roads will be in the morning. Maryland hardly resembled its sunny west coast namesake tuesday night. I was apprised wh
Good morning and welcome to news 4 midday. Its wednesday, december 11th, 2013. Breaking news has to do with the arrest of a d. C. Police officer. Lets go to news 4s angie goff at the live desk. Thats right. A d. C. Police officer has been arrested in a prostitution case. This is the home of officer lynwood barn held. It was searched after the 47yearold was link to a prostitution ring. He was charged with pandering and he let officers inside where they found two females in a bedroom and one was a missing 16yearold. Court papers filed say the missing teen told officers she worked under the name of juicy as a prostitute and he got a cut of her money. He was assigned to the seventh district and has not worked in a year because of an injury. He is expected in d. C. Superior court this afternoon. News 4 at 4 00 for more developments. Back to you. The arrest comes hours after a d. C. Police officer died after being pulled from the water overnight. Mark washington was rescued before 9 00 last
Maryland. Melissa mollet joins us. Reporter we just speak with investigators they tell us the two little girls who died were ages 3 and 6, sisters. Chopper 4 flew over the house a little while ago. Take a look. This fire broke out in the twostory home in highland avenue. When firefighters arrived the heavy flames and instability of the house hampered they are rescue efforts. That blaze so intense, it continued to burn for an hour and a half. Dozens of firefighters responded. Four others were if the house with those girls including a 33yearold man, 33yearold woman, 8monthold and 7yearold who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. The victims names have not been released and investigators woring to determine the cause. Other news, its been a rough morning in northern virginia. This was the dulles toll road. Traffic was backed up for nine miles after several accidents. That was all the result of a fastmoving storm that caught many drivers by surprise. News4s tony tull is in virgin