at this difficult time we respect fully ask for privacy and prayers. a neighbor reacted to the news. >> terrible. i mean she's a really nice lady. did her daughter die, too? oh geez, that's horrible. so now i guess there's ray and he's gt aes's got a son. >> reporter: yvonne worked for booze allen. booz allen and our employees are mourning the sudden and shocking denial of yvonne sellke and her daughter. she was a wonderful co-worker and dedicated employee who spent her career with the firm supporting the mission of the national geospatial intelligence agency. emily was on vacation with her mother. she graduated from woodbridge high school years ago with top honors. more about emily at 5:00. >> you'll hear why her local teachers felt that emily was a future leader of america and also we'll find out how beloved she was at drexel university. but now let's get the latest on the crash investigation. news4's tisha thompson has that, following developments on the live desk. >> we've learned a third american was killed in the crash but the state department is not releasing the person's name or where they're from. as for the investigation on the ground the cockpit voice recorder has been recovered from the plane, but the flight data recorder has not. the head of france's aviation safety agency says there are audible sounds and voices on the voice recorder but it's too early to know if it contains any clue as to why the plane went down. as of now, investigators don't have, quote the slightest explanation for the crash at the moment and that the plane did not break up or explode before slamming into the mountain. the plane also seemed to be in good shape, having just been inspected the day before the crash. at the live desk, tisha thompson. breaking news now. army sergeant bowe bergdahl has just been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. if convicted on the second charge bergdahl faces life in prison. you'll recall bergdahl was captured by the taliban soon after he left his remote army post in 2009. he was held for five years before president obama agreed to a prisoner swap. bergdahl could also face a dishonorable discharge. it's a busy afternoon for storm team 4, after showers and even some freezing rain moved across the yaxtarea. we are tracking what's next. it will have a lot of you talking. . veronica johnson? >> yeah, it's going to be very much like spring tomorrow. today, though, sorry, it's overcast. we're definitely on the cool side, more like early march than late march or even april around the corner here. we're at 48 in gaithersburg, sandy spring 48, 54 inside the beltway, even south. but there's very warm air not far away. look at this 73 in charleston, west virginia, 77 in jackson, eastern kentucky, the warm air will be coming into our area starting tomorrow. tonight not that cold at all. it's good to be be overcast. we drop to 48 by 11:00 p.m. we go from cool to way warm almost like a may-type day, summer-type air moves in. then way back down again springlike, even cold starts coming up for us. we'll have all the details on the seesaw ride in just a few minutes. the weather is not helping, but we'reary drivers can rejoice. it's finally under way, the campaign to fix the potholes all over the region. adam tuss is live along "r" street northwest to tell us what's different about this year's potholepalooza campaign. >> reporter: jim welcome news to a lot of people's years. you report a pothole, it's supposed to get filled quickly. i have potholes to report to ddot. take a look at "r" street in northwest between 13th and 14th one of the roughest roads around no doubt. ddot officially kicked off this month-long campaign in southwest today and they got right to work bringing out all the big equipment. they want you to call potholes in to 311, tweet them or go to 311.dc.gov and they say they'll get to work. we talked about it with the director of ddot. can you guarantee a pothole will be filled in 48 hour snz. >> this is our guarantee with the announcement of pothole pol polpalooza. 48 hours. >> reporter: back here live, coming up next hour at 5:00, the mayor gets her hands dirty and fills one of these potholes. you'll want to see that. pat, back to you. >> thanks adam. now to the latest developments in a murder at on upscale d.c. hotel. police believe a person of interest seen in this surveillance video inside the donovan hotel is a woman. that's where they found david messer schmitt stabbed to death in january. today his wife spoke publicly for the first time since the murder. >> >> in one day i lost the most important person in my life and the man i loved so much. and i have no answers. >> his wife urged people to take another look at the surveillance video to try to help police find this person of interest. we've also posted a link to it on our nbc washington facebook page. a victory for a local woman this afternoon at the center of a supreme court discrimination case. the justices are giving peggy young a new day in court. she sued her former employer u.p.s. two maryland courts agreed with u.p.s., but today the supreme court threw out the rulings and gave young a new chance to prove her discrimination claim before a jury. u.p.s. has since changed its policy and says it now tries to better accommodate pregnant workers. it left a community demanding answers. this afternoon we now know who was behind the chaotic scene at a local high school. why it took several weeks to make an arrest. plus, four decades ago a cold case would begin that still rattles families in our region to this day. you're watching news4 at 4. today marks 40 years since anyone saw two sisters from montgomery county. police are hoping a huge break in the case could come at any moment now. 10-year-old katherine lyon and 12-year-old sheila lyon vanished from wheaton plaza on this day in 1975. the sheriff's office says new clues led to another search. this week on taylor's mountain in virginia. authorities have named richard allen welch sr. and his nephew as persons of interest in the case. neither has been charged. there's know a fund-raiser to help the family of walter faunt roy as a group tries to find him. a congress of black women established the fund to help his wife. he's believed to be in dubai but has had limited contact with people back here over the past couple of years. jesse jackson jr. will reportedly be released from federal prison tomorrow and move into a halfway house here in d.c. to finish out his sentence. the former illinois congressman has been serving a 30-month facility in alabama. in february of 2013 he pleaded guilty to using $750,000 in campaign funds for personal items. his wife also pleaded guilty in that case. her one-year sentence begins after jackson completes his. changing things up in the search for a missing 5-year-old boy. first at 4, why police are using a different tactic in hopes of bringing him home. we'll tell you about the steps to make sure that glass of wine doesn't have any unwanted pest pests. this time tomorrow it will feel a lot different tomorrow. veronica is tracking what's next as the wild weather continues swing trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ . >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. two people are in custody right now in connection with that shooting at frederick high school in maryland, but police are still not saying why the alleged gunmen opened fire. >> and the two teenage victims are still recovering from injuries after last month's shooting near the school cafeteria. >> reporter: after an extensive investigation into the shooting at frederick high school last month, police have arrested these two men. >> we are pleased to announce the arrests of brandon earl tyler, age 21 and chandler tristan davenport age 19, both of frederick, maryland. >> reporter: police believe tyler is the one who pulled the trigger and wounded two teens last month outside the high school gymnasium after a basketball game. they say his accomplice drew the victims outside. >> the daunting task began with approximately 200 preliminary interviews on this evening alone. >> reporter: at this point, police believe the victims were targeted and are looking into whether it was gang related. a school spokesman insists it is safe on campus. >> i know our schools are safe, and i think that's the message we need to make loud and clear for our community. the schools in frederick county are absolutely safe. gangs are not a school issue per se. they're a community issue. >> reporter: the gun used in the shooting has still not been found, the suspect who faced charges ranging from first-degree assault to use of a handgun during a violent crime face a court appearance this afternoon. in frederick,ú3gy÷ news4. a new tactic in the search for a missing sief-year-old boy from southwest virginia. noah thomas has been missing in pulaski county for four days. police expressed their frustration at how difficult this search has become so changing they're strategy. they're now concentrating their effort at a nearby landfill. the child was last seen sunday by his mother in their home. she fell asleep while he was watching tv. when she woke up noah was gone. police believe he wandered away from home. there's a brand-new way to get the weather forecast while you're in your car, beginning today. our storm team 4 meteorologists will be heard on wtop radio every ten minutes on the 8s. it is part of a new partnership a big one, between nbc 4 and wtop. you'll also hear news4 reporters throughout the day and night on the radio. we're happy to welcome some of their reporters on our newscasts from time to time. so you can get the latest up-to-the-minute information wherever you are. i made my debut today 3:20 with sean and hillary. we had a good gfjtime. >> announcer: now your storm team 4 forecast. well, if you didn't get wet today are we going to get soaked tomorrow? >> it depends on what time of day. i really think there will be plenty of dry hours tomorrow and even some sunshine. tomorrow will be one of those days you have to stay weather ready, keep the umbrella handy. most of the rain early but put it all together, i think we'll see moderate impacts from the weather across the area. here is a look at your impact forecast for tomorrow. not just morning showers but morning fog could flow you down. i think our visibility will be down to two miles or so. into the afternoon it will get gusty, we're talking about winds and a threat of thunderstorms after 5:00 or 6 krk. as far as today goes, we started with a little bit of freezing rain, not much that accumulated. out west this is western maryland, eastern areas zs west virginia, a clearing sky there. they've got sunshine. they've got this warm front. that means some very warm air that's not far from here. so how does that translate to your evening? we're at 54 48 by 11:00 p.m. it won't be cold tonight. we get a little chilly and because of the warmer air sticking around and some moisture moving in i think there will be some fog starting to formulate, again, not all that thick for early tomorrow. i think our visibility around a mile or two. this is 6:00 a.m. you can see the showers around winchester, around charlottesville and staptnton. showers through our area until 9:00 10:00 a.m. maybe as late as lunchtime tomorrow. but after that, it's a break. it's going to be nice and sunny. our temperatures are going way up. i think they could top out around 75 76 degrees. this is ahead of the weather front again there could be moderate rains with maybe a few isolated storms coming through our area between 6:00 p.m. out west, 7:00, 7:30 around d.c. 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. areas of the northern neck. moderate rains. behind the front the winds pick up gusts to 30 miles per hour. temperatures will start cooling fast, from 75 degrees or so tomorrow, looking like the warmest day of the year to some 30 degrees colder by the time we get to friday morning. so becoming breezy mild with storms late. that's what you can expect i think in the middle part of the day when it's the warmest up to 70 to 76. you'll be able to get your exercising in. that's not bad. for at least a day. from 75 to 51 we get chilly again, more like spring on friday. in fact, it's looking overcast throughout much much the day friday. early morning showers, just a slight chance of that, maybe a fleury could come through the area saturday morning. 42 the high for saturday, 52 sunday. we'll give you a more detailed look on the weekend and more on the storminess tomorrow coming up in a few. guys? not messing around those spring allergies are just waiting to attack us. and wait until you hear some of the different ways they could affect your kids even your love life if you're not careful. plus, as two big airlines join forces, what happens to all those frequent flier miles and the passenger perks. the changes you need to know about that will kick we know out-of-control aller jirs can make you miserable give you headaches, science infections. in news4 your health, ways that untreated allergies can affect you. dr. jackie, a family allergy and asthma doctor, is here with the list. the first on the list is a dui. >> yes what happens is you get a little desperate, pop a benadryl. it's a sedating antihistamine affects your response time. pilots can't fly on this stuff. drivers get dizzy, anxious, sleepy. you can definitely get pulled over and the police think you are under the influence. then it will go to court. >> is it better to take the drugs at night? >> it's better to start taking medication in jeb and don't take the sedateing ones. >> number two failing a test. >> allergies make it difficult to learn. you're sleepy possibly because of the medication. allergyies make you sleepy. it's hard to focus if you're wiping your nose and wiping your eyes. you're also fidgety, which affects other students. some of my patients have been sent to the principal's office because they've been coughing, sneezing and disrupting the class. again, take your medications ahead of time. don't let this happen to you. >> poor babies. >> number three, untreated allergies can slow your child's growth. >> yes. what's happening here is that it's poor sleep. so allergies will clog your nose. you won't sleep well because you're snoring, because you have sleep apnea. when growth or moan is released is actually at night. if you're not having a good and restful sleep, you won't release that. nasal sprays will improve that. some are afraid it will make people short. it's the opposite. use the sprays, they'll sleep well and release the growth hormone. >> here's one nobody wants to talk about. untreated allergies can ruin your sex life. >> 83% of people with allergies report that this affects their sex life. there's a couple of reasons. i think one is that you're exhausted because allergies do make you tired. two, you're not so attractive. you're this sniffly, wheezy person. third, you're not in the mood. allergies lead to depression. last could be the medications themselves. some of the medications will affect your sexual function. take care of it before it gets too late in so many ways. >> worth knowing. thanks. >> sure. >> jim? pat, i'll here inm here in the newsroom, in a few minutes, the tisha thompson will join me to talk about sex assaults inside the national guard and why a high ranking officer says she regrets speaking up about her attack. plus, new detail komzing incoming in by the minute about our big story of the day. two women from northern virginia were aboard the deadly plane crash over france. where does the investigation go from here? >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. right now at 4:30, desertion desertion. new charges this afternoon against army sergeant bowe bergdahl who was released from taliban captivity last year in a controversial prisoner exchange. storm team 4 radar has been tracking those showers that moved across our area, but get ready for more. veronica johnson is tracking what comes next and when. next at 4:30, we're staying on top of big developments this afternoon in that deadly plane crash in the french alps. welcome back. i'm pat laus willingten lawson muse. >> i'm jim handli. now we know two of the three americans who were on that flight are from jornnorthern virginia. emily and her mom were on board. we are more on the crash investigation. >> reporter: here in southern france, the mystery continues on what caused the crash of the germanwings flight tuesday morning. it was flying from barcelona to dusseldorf and suddenly out of the blue for no particular reason it crashed into the mountains. now, we were expecting some information to come out about a black box found yesterday from investigators, but during the press conference in paris they said it would take days if not weeks to find out the cause of the crash. >> we just succeeded in getting an audio file which contains useable sounds and voices. we hope to have first a rough idea in a matter of days. >> reporter: the second black box in the meantime has not been found yet. president hollande said only the frame of the second black box was found but the am black box itself is still missing. the state department has confirmed that among the 144 passengers and 6 crew there were 3 americans. >> we can confirm the deaths of u.s. citizens yvonne and emily selke. also, a third u.s. citizen was aboard the flight. >> reporter: in the meantime, since the crack of dawn here, the helicopters have been flying from the airfield to the crash site, which is very difficult to reach. the plane crashed on a very steep ravine in a thousand pieces investigators believe the plane didn't even slow down. it just crashed at maximum speed, possibly as fast as 500 miles per hour. a warm reception from both republicans and democrats up on capitol hill today as afghanistan's new president addressed congress. aus rauf gauny is moving to repair relationships between his country and ours. president obama announced he will keep nearly 10,000 troops in afghanistan through the end of the year. gauny drew applause from americans when he recognized the sacrifice american servicemen and women have made during the war. >> the people of afghanistan recognize the bravery of your soldiers and the tremendous sacrifices that americans have made to keep afghanistan free. >> he also thanked congress for billions of dollars appropriated to afghanistan, and he vowed his country would be self-reliant within this decade. safety on metro rail will be the focus of yet another discussion about the transit system. this time the union representing metro workers is hosting a panel discussion that takes place tonight at new york avenue presbyterian church downtown washington. this event comes two months after the underground electrical malfunction near the l'enfant plaza that led to the death of a passenger. searching the vineyards for pests. maryland's agriculture department is going through the state's vineyards looking for pests. they will inspect shipments of grapes looking for three species of moths and a leaf worm that could hurt grape production this year. inspeshgts will set trap at 15 site thz spring. right now d.c. police are asking for your help to find 13-year-old ariel taylor. she was last seen in southeast washington on thursday march 12th. she was wearing a black pea coat and white v-neck shirt. if you have any information about ariel, please call metro police. this afternoon the news4 i-team is uncovering sex assaults inside the national guard. tonight, the highest ranking officer to come forward with her story says she now regrets her decision to report it. news4's tisha thompson new joins me in the newsroom. tisha, how did this start? >> we got a phone call from a woman named teresa james, a lieutenant colonel in the west virginia national guard a highest ranking woman to ever come forward with a rape claim in the country according to the national guard. she kept it a secret for years she says until other women started to come to her, confiding in her they were having problems with the same man. that's when she decided to report her rape. now she regrets it, wishes she wouldn't have said anything. we'll explain what happened to her 34-year career what happened to her alleged attacker, and you're going to hear from the man in charge of her guard unit. two-star general james hoyer. he sat down with the i-team in a rare interview to talk about what he can and what he cannot do when it comes to punishing sex offenders. that's key. we're going to talk about what happens to the high ranking officer james says raped her. >> tisha haven't there been some reforms recently about sex assaults in the military in? >> there have been substantial reforms because congress made huge changes to how the federal army can investigate sex assaults and how perpetrators can be punished. but when we continue our investigation at 6:00, we'll show you why those changes don't necessarily apply to most of the guard units across the country. and why many can't even bring a court-martial when it deals with a criminal case against sexual predators. >> important story. we look forward to the reports tonight. thanks so much. pat, back to you. thousands of you rely on it every day, but some changes could be coming for a stretch of road that struggles to handle the growth around it. and storm team 4 is tracking more wet weather. >> that's right. a roller coaster trend continues from chilly today to way warm tomorrow. temperatures will be going way up. we'll tell you the impact the warm air and storms will have on our area. plus, video that is kind of hard to stop watching. what's really distracting team inging teens behind the wheel? and it's not just the cell phone. that is our nbc washington flash survey of the day. tell us if you think tougher laws will help prevent distracted driving. grab your phone and vote. they took eye giant leap toward finding new jobs today. we're talking about hundreds much active duty military members veterans, members of the national guard and reserves and their spouses took part in the fourth annual hiring our heroes job fair that just wrapped up at verizon center. the fair introduces military members to employers and to industries that can kick-start their careers after service. comcast, nbc universal and nbc 4 are partners in the program and once again this year i was so proud to serve as the program's emcee. >> great job down there, pat. frequent flier programs at us airways and american are about to merge. erica gone golz tells us how to make sure you keep the miles you've already earned. >> the combined program starts this saturday. after which the us airways dividend miles program will be discontinued. us airways customers will be given a full one to one mileage balance transfer. one way to make sure all your miles transfer, take a screen shot of your current miles and check it after it's been transferred. you'll need to use some by friday. another thing to monitor, your flight status. if you're planning to flight with us airways or american over the next week, the airlines say you may not receive flight notifications as it works on merging these two programs. so if you are traveling, check your flight status online before you head out to the airports. it's a public apology after a collegiate controversy. the student at the center of a controversial video makes a public apology. what he had to say after that video spurred national outrage. get ready. wet weather just one of the big changes in store. chief meteorologist doug kammerer joins o welcome whack to news4 at 4. get ready for pretty big changes in the weather. >> tomorrow will feel a lot different than today. doug and veronica join us today. veronica going to be warmer tomorrow? how much? >> oh my goodness, by 20 degrees compared to today. that is a lot. you won't need a coat, but you will need an umbrella. that's the thing. i'll show you how much rain we're going to get, how hard it will rain and what follows tomorrow's nice warm weather system. as we talk about the impact of those storms tomorrow they will be rolling flu here between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. so we should be looking at clouds increasing around this time, close to 5:00 tomorrow, and with that front, even out ahead of it i think our winds will start picking up. low to moderate impacts with storminess coming into the area. as far as pedestrian forecasts early tomorrow, foggy conditions, not too thick, we'll be at 48. not the heavy coat at all even for the morning just chilly, 52 with showers between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. then the skies will start to part, the clouds will thin and we'll see sunshine. impact forecast you'll see the mercury really shooting up from 65 at 11:00 a.m. to another 10 degrees higher by 2:00 to 3:00 tomorrow. morning showers late-day storms. what about the weekend, doug? manufacture manufacture >> just how long will the warmer temperatures last? the answer? one day. the frontal boundary that brings all that warm air actually brings in much colder air in behind it. that air coming in from canada, it brings in the cold during the day saturday. friday will be a lot cooler by 20 degrees, then saturday about 10 degrees colder than that. so highs only in the 40s 35 at 9:00 a.m., 41 by 1:00. if you're heading down thinking about the cherry blossoms, 42 degrees by 5:00, could be breezy. we could have windchills in the 30s all day. just as we get warm tomorrow, we get cold right away. >> so just a few small hours there in the mid part of the day you'll really enjoy. recess just a shower possible by dismissal, those evening storms. we've got the green light around 3:00. all should be good storms roll in around 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow. in terms of the rainfall intensity moderate rains expected so you'll need an umbrella that you can hang onto. with the rain comes gusty wind. 75 the high temperature in d.c., 71 around sandy spring and silver spring, down south college park area, greenbelt 73. then to the south and west in virginia, charlottesville, fred ricksville, 75 to 76 degrees. but breezy warm. it will seem like a really weird day compared to today. but then we're right back down to 51 for a high temperature on friday. that puts us some 10 degrees below average. your weekend starts out cold in the 30s saturday morning, meanwhile, the high 42 on saturday, 52 on sunday doing better, at least next week monday, tuesday, wednesday as we get into early april not looking too bad not so much of the whiplash weather. the fallout caused by a fraternity's racist video is still raging today. but one of the oklahoma students seen in the clip met with community leaders. >> as jay gray reports, those who al2ed said it was a step toward recovery for many who were shocked and hurt by what they saw. >> reporter: the first time we heard from levi petit his words sparked a firestorm and controversy across the nation. petit is one of the fraternity members from the university of oklahoma in this video, chanting racial slurs and making references to lynchings. today his message will apparently will much different. >> i believe this is a great start. >> reporter: after sitting down with state senator anastasia pitman and other members of the african-american community, petit will make a public apology. >> i don't believe he is a racist. i don't believe he was raised that way. >> reporter: immediately after the incident, petit's family issued a written apology and said their son is not, quote, a racist. another member identified in the video called his actions wrong and reckless. both said they withdrew from ou when the video went public. >> i hope they think long and hard about what they've done. >> reporter: senator pitman said she thinks today's meeting and public apology are a very important part of the healing here. >> i think it has to happen in order for us to look forward and help this young man move forward. but i think our community has to learn a lot about it as well. >> reporter: as they continue to try and move forward. jay gray nbc news, oklahoma city. some high-profile transportation issues in fairfax county are in line for funding, and officials want your ideas about the projects. the northern virginia transportation authority compiled a list. that list includes widening route 28 near the prince william line, widening route 7 bridge over the dulles toll road, a study on improvements to the fairfax county parkway and road improvements at germantown road and route 50. the meeting takes place at the transportation authority's office on williams drive in fairfax, and it starts with an open house at 6:00. right now here's some of the stories we're working on in our newsroom. a community divided over where a local elementary school student can use the bathroom. why this debate is getting so political. it's the photo that had the country talking. now sweeping changes could be coming to the agency that arrested a uva student and triggered a national controversy. >> reporter: i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. tonight we're getting reaction from the neighborhood in northern virginia where two plane crash victims called home. this is a picture of emily selke. she was traveling with her mother yvonne when flight 9525 went down in the french alps. they lived in noekzville, and emily graduated from woodbridge. her mom worked for booz allen for 23 years. coming up at 5:00 chris gordon speak with friends of the family and we'll take a closer look into the investigation of that crash. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> chris, thank you. mgm officials have july 1st circled on their calendars tonight. that's when the new casino and resort is slated to open down at national harbor. today amid all the construction, they celebrated a major milestone. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has a sneak peek at the progress. >> reporter: there have been a number of changes happening at the mgm site. they are building foundations here. they are plenty of folks who have already started working, in fact more than 1,000 workers some of whom from here in prince george's county. today they celebrated the 1,000th worker and also had a press conference featuring governor larry hogan, prince george's executive and other officials including jim meren, the ceo of mgm international. all of the folks coming out to thank the county for all of its support and to update people on how construction is going. >> here in just 20 months you will find an exceptional resort. it will cost $1.25 billion. >> reporter: the expected opening date for mgm national harbor is july 1, 2016, but will that happen? i'll have that at 5:00. in national harbor tracee wilkins, news4. the donovan hotel murder case. more about that person of interest. heartfelt words from the victim's wife. i'm pat collins, the story [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. troubling numbers out today about teenage drivers distracted behind the wheel. and cell phones aren't the only reasons they're taking their eyes off the road. >> nbc's tom costello has the video of just how dangerous this is for everyone out there. >> reporter: teens today have so much in their hands their music makeup, cell phones, taiging their hands off the wheel and eyes off the roads, spinning on to train tracks, rear-ending a truck. lexie is one of thousands who had two cameras mounted on her car in exchange for discount on auto insurance. every time she braked hard, a video was e-mailed to her mom. >> she was constantly messing with the radio. so we had disabled the radio. >> reporter: then this happened. >> i was looking at my ipod so when i looked up i was on the other side of the road. >> reporter: the wisconsin teen wasn't hurt but it could have been much worse. >> i was like oh, my god, she could have been killed, could have totalled the car. and she wouldn't have even known what hit her because it happens so fast. >> reporter: part of a generation driven to distraction. >> they believe that it isn't the cell phone which is distracting their driving. it's the car keeping them distracted from communicating with their teen friends. >> reporter: according to government data, cell phones only contributed to 1% of teen accidents, but aaa says the problem is much worse phones to blame for 12% of accidents only behind distractions from other passengers. >> one additional passenger, teen passenger in the car increases their fatal crash rate by 44%. four kids in the car quadruples their fatal crash risk. friends can be fatal. >> reporter: while 17 states and washington, d.c. limit new teen drivers to only one passenger under 20, four states have no restrictions at all. and 21 states still do not ban teens from texting and holding their phone while they drive. >> we've been asking you to weigh in on this in our nbc washington flash survey. most of you say we do need tougher laws to prevent distracted driving. by the way if you're a parent, experts say your kids learn good and bad driving hants from watching you. right now at 5:00 a tragedy halfway around the globe strikes a somber cloud here. new tonight, classmates remember a young woman and her mother who died in that plane crash in france. plus -- >> reporter: . >> the world has lost a good person. >> a widow opens up about her husband's murder and a new revelation about the mystery inside the donovan hotel. a couple of showers we're tracking right now. much warmer temperatures we'll talk about how long they'll stick around. a high ranking national guard officer sexually assaulted on the job and keeps it a secret for years. why she says she now regrets her decision to finally come forward. developing first tonight, three americans now confirmed dead in that plane crash in france, two from northern virginia, a highly regarded government contractor and her bright daughter were both passengers on the germanwings plane that went down in the alps. chris gordon is live in nokesville where friends of the victims are mourning inging tonight. chris? >> reporter: yvonne sul kielke and her daughter emily were killed. yvonne yvonne, a government contractor and her daughter who had just a few years ago been chosen by local teachers as a future leader of america. emily selke graduated from woodbridge high school with top honors, winning a $1,000 college scholarship from the national naval officers zs association at quantico. today i spoke with a neighbor who has been a friend. >> just an upbeat person happy all the time. >> reporter: emily selke was killed in the crash while on a vacation trip with her mother

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