not just at the pump. soaring gas prices are pushing up the prices of other services, effective immediately. plus, vanished at sea. the all-out search for a woman who disappeared from a disney cruise ship. and, our very own cinderella story. the team that was told they didn t even deserve a place in the tournament cruises into the final four. good evening. i m aaron gilchrist in for craig melvin. they fought to get into that tournament as an 11 seed. a lot of people outside this area hadn t even heard of virginia commonwealth. can you hear me now? vcu dominated kansas and the rams are headed to the final four. i tell you what, this alumnus could not be prouder. the same for a lot of other folks around here. i love that vcu gets in. i love that the 20,000 alums that are in the d.c. metro area are smiling big tonight. you know who s not smiling? president obama. because his bracket is officially busted. obama s bracket officially busted, had kansas winning the national ch
be here. nobody expected the texas range hes to be in the world series nor the giants. here they are in game one, a best of seven series, tonight just kicking off game one. the game is tied 2-2. we re in the third inning. as we talk about game one, we also talk about game two, not just the baseball side of things but the weather side of things. the contingency is if there s a rainout, game two would be postponed until friday. no one want that s to happen, especially major league baseball. with that said, let s bring in jeff ranieri who s tracking the storm that could affect game two. right now the storm looks to really be centered over the north bay, raunl raj. that s good news for tomorrow at this point. now, a look at e a radar it s tracking a lot of this activity in theorkithay and a lot of it is around napa and sonoma ununti, t ou nonogrtnd this point.ndin more moderate rainfall is inof e thing to note it s moving from the west to the east. not a lot of southerly motion
several nearby schools. it happened on the 6,000 block of rock forest drive in bethesda. tracee wilkins is live with details. good morning. reporter: good morning. also, because they were trying to corner the suspect into this immediate area amid some road closures that affected traffic made it difficult for some folks to get to work. now, police say they believe their suspect may have actually left this area. they are still trying to figure out exactly when, maybe before they arrived but they do have a suspect description. his name is joshua prince, a white male, age 32. he may have fled in a black tahoe. they are saying he is armed and dangerous with a high-powered rifle. no one should approach this suspect. if he is seen, call police. montgomery county police are searching for an armed gunman and they are using everything, from police cars to helicopters. a woman who lived at the avalon apartments tells news 4 that at 7:20, a woman ran door to door screaming for help say
good morning. i m barbara harrison. it s wednesday, april 21st, 2010. and right now, your safety on metro, a hearing under way on that on capitol hill. a house committee is discussing the transit agency s recent efforts to improve safety in the wake of several accidents. this comes just one day after leaders of d.c., maryland and virginia came together to ask for more oversight of the agency. news4 s megan mcgrath joins us with more. good morning. there have been 15 accidents in the metro system in the last year. the chairman of the committee on oversight in government reform opened this hearing by saying that was completely unacceptable and that something needs to change. now, metro officials including the new interim gm, richard sorrells are appearing before that committee today to answer questions about their safety record and what s being done to make sure that the system and the passengers are safe. now, some lawmakers a calling for more oversight over metro. specifica
the goal is to come up with a plan to lock away and cleanse the world of nuclear materials worldwide in four years. two decades after the end of the cold war, we tas a cruel irony of history. the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down. but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up. nuclear materials that could, in short, it is increasingly clear that the danger of nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to global security. president obama also announced that south korea s president has agreed to host the next nuclear conference in two years. well, and until the summit ends, it s still going to be difficult to get around the district. many streets will remain closed until 8:00 tonight. despite major road closures, traffic was relatively mild today. however, there was one tragic incident involving a national guard vehicle and i cyclist. that cyclist has been identified. megan mcgrath joins with us more on that. well, yesterday began without