Is seeking public help and thats why its put him on this list of most wanted terrorists. He now becomes the 31st person on that list. Did he get turned when he was here . What makes them think what motivated him, since he was a u. S. Citizen, to go back there . The only thing thats been unsealed is the single page, the onepage arrest warrant, and theres really no other Court Documents about it. The bare bones information thats in the on the most wanted terror list doesnt give that sort of biographical information about what turned him. But it tells us, you know there are people here among us. Thats right. The feds estimate there have been about 30 americans who have gone to somalia to support al shabab. Pete williams thank you so much. Thank you. Chris . Like an episode of cops, a guy leads police on a chase through a local neighborhood. Tonight were getting a closer look as the man known to his friends as honest abe enters a plea on drug charges. Pat collins, this is pretty unusual. Reporter quite a story, chris. Hes a rapper calls hymn honest abe. Hes a selfconfessed drug dealer. For police he was a hard catch. Youll see why in a minute. But lets begin this story with a little music. I thank the lord for blessing me his rapper name is honest abe. He has a number of videos. But if you look at his court record it appears that abe may have been something less than honest. Last april, honest abe was behind the wheel of this yellow box truck. Cops ran the truck tags and found them to be suspended. On come the flashing lights. On comes the siren. Off goes the truck. Ran a stop sign he was accelerating. Hes all over the roadway. Ran a stop sign. [ sirens ] all over the roadway. Just ran a red light. Reporter it was a sevenminute chase that came to an abrupt end when the yellow truck turned into the police car. At the scene, police found 74 grams of marijuana and a digital scale. Honest abe, known to the courts as Abraham Kamara was charged with possession with intent to distribute. Now, as honest abe was out on bond awaiting trial in that drug case he was arrested again. Honest. More marijuana, another digital scale, and more drug charges. Prosecutors collected all the evidence in both case and today, today honest abe entered a plea of guilty to the drug charges. This is an individual whos speeding through our streets in a reckless way, who dealt drugs in our community, whos anything but honest. Reporter honest abe sentenced to nine years. Why was he selling drugs . Well he says he had a good reason. The music motive. Coming up at 6 00. Live in rockville, pat collins, news4. The news4 iteam has learned that two d. C. Fire employees are under investigation for buying gas, a lot of it weather their personal for their personal cars using taxpayerfunded credit card. One woman is accused of buying 11,000 worth of gas on her government card. The purchases were caught on surveillance camera. Another man is acued of buying gas for his lexus with his government card and altering his odometer readings to mask the alleged theft. Coming up at 6 00 Scott Mcfarlane has details on how one of the employees may also have been making money off of this scheme. Nearly 200 passengers had to be rerouted after their United Airlines flight made an Emergency Landing landing at Ontario International airport in california. Earlier today, just 30 minutes after leaving los angeles. Investigators say passengers reported a burning smell. Fire crews sprayed down the brakes after it landed and there were no injuries. Some wigbig developments in Jayson Werths reckless driving case. Hes striking a deal carol . Thats right. Jayson werths original sentence of ten days in jail cut in half. Werth will now serve five days after reaching a plea deal on a reckless driving charge. The nats outfielder was clocked doing 105 Miles Per Hour on the beltway last july. He was convicted following a trial back in december. But he appealed and was scheduled to go on trial again next week before reaching this deal. Werth will be allowed to serve his sentence on the weekends so he can rehab that surgically repaired shoulder and he can continue to train for the upcoming season. Chris . Thanks carol. A man who was arrested for carrying a loaded gun near the white house was sentenced to a near in jail. Today r. J. Capine pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of having an unregistered firearm and ammo. There will be no bond for that Loudoun County man accused of trying to have his exwife killed. Prosecutors underscored the mans ties to the ku klux klan today. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey is live in the sterling neighborhood where the man lives. Jules . Reporter that white house back there is where dallas brumback lives with his new wife and three kids. His new occupation a pastor. He wont be coming home anytime soon. A Loudoun County judge called hall of fame danger to the community after hear act hi past and all the guns seized from that house. Prosecutors say 35yearold dallas brumback was once an exalted psi clops scyclops in the kkk. A household where guns were within reach of three kid. This is the woman hes acued of trying to kill. She begged the judge to keep her exhusband behind bars. Her father says the whole family is agreed the judge agrees. Im not really happy about it but nothing i can do about it. I hope they just keep him. Reporter dallas brumback was arrested last thursday charged with attempted capital murder for offering another man 2,500 up front and 2,500 afterward to kill his ex. The two had been blocked in a bitter custody feud over their now 9yearold daughter ever since they divorced in 2006. Lindsey lindseys current boyfriend and the father of their three children says shes felt threatened for years by him. Shes felt that way since she left always looking over her shoulder always wondering like if the phone rings at night and somebody hangs up, is that somebody trying to get information for him. Reporter to date prosecutors showed the judge photos of what was found at brumbacks house. Guns and cross bow, a kkk hat and shirt, and a u. S. Map broken into klan regions. This was pastor brumback in 2012 explaining a whites only conference near birmingham alabama, complete with kkk banners. Its a christian gathering. Reporter brumbacks current wife kimberly asked he be released on bond that he has a lifethreatening blood disorder and insisted he wouldnt flee because hes not going to leave his bay dibyiesbabies. But the judge sided with prosecutors ordering brumback be held without bond. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 why his exwife might not have been brumbacks only target. Live in Sterling Virginia im julie carey, news4. The districts homeless shelters at or beyond capacity. This week volunteers are fanning out across our region counting the Homeless People who are living on the streets. Last night news4s Mark Segraves went along with one of president obamas cabinet members helping with this count. This is a problem we can solve. Reporter Shean Donovan is the director of the office of management and budget. Last night he left his security detail behind to volunteer alongside hundreds of others. We cant really solve homelessness if we dont know not only how many folks there are out on the streets but also what their challenges are. Reporter donna, the team led by molly vetter scoured a section of southeast armed with clipboards and a survey the teams were tasked with finding People Living on the streets to to find out as much as they can about their circumstances. One of the main goals is to identify vet resistance. They searched parks, alley, and stairwells. Finding several homeless men camp ong a sidewalk just blocks from the u. S. Capitol. A gentleman who owned a home happily married, and in the end between a couple bad breaks a couple illnesses, and a tragic event in his life hes out on the streets. And frankly its a reminder that all of us live live where is, you know something bad could happen to us. Reporter donovan is certain homelessness can be solved and he se young people like his team leader, are a huge part of the solution. I always say that my job is awesome because i get to come out and hang out with my friends all day and hopefully help them get to a better place. Reporter vetter is well aware of the crisis facing d. C. With more than 1,100 children living in shelters tonight. We hear these numbers and we see all the issues that happen at d. C. General, but just like you said, these people have names and have stories. And, you know, all of us can give our money or even our time but we can give a hi and a hello. Reporter officials wont have results of this years Homeless Count until the spring. Now, coming up at 6 00 there are more than a thousand children living in d. C. s homeless shelters. Well introduce you to one of those families. In the district Mark Segraves news4. A Childrens Hospital becomes a disaster zone. We have video of the fiery explosion and new information on what caused the blast. Get out of here you lowlife scum. A confrontation on capitol hill. Thats senator john mccain unleashing a blistering message. Im Scott Mcfarlane at the live desk with new video on precision robbers. Three guys jump the counter at a pharmacy in District Heights earlier this month. One had a gun, another had pepper spray. Police believe these are the same guys news4s pat collins told us about last night. Trio has robbed three pharmacies in recent weeks as well. Theyre after prescription pills and they are fast deliberate and violent. If you have information, please want to hear from you. They want to stop these guys. Wendy and chris . This could have been the scene of another tragic fire. The two people who live in this house are alive tonight thanks to some quick thinking by good samaritans. County bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is in Berwyn Heights tonight where she spoke to some of the heroes. Get my daughter get my daughter. Reporter rodrick and a friend were driving by and saw their neighbors house on fire. The 91yearold william had dock was screaming for someone to save his daughter trapped inside. He wasnt trying to leave out the house so we had to force him down. I had seen the smoke. Reporter around that time volunteer firefighter bills me mekill happened to be driving down the road when he saw the smoke and headed toward the fire. There were two bystanders trying to take a lady the house and they were struggling. My friend went in he climbed up under went up under the fire said crawl to me because, you know you cant see, you couldnt see anything. It was smoke all over the place. Reporter rodrick says the woman was unable to get out of the house on her own. She was screaming help screaming help screaming help and he was, like, crawl, crawl me. And she got, like, two feet and just went out. I ran in the yard, ran up into the doorway and helped them get the lady out. Still trying to hold him from going inside. Reporter prince georges fire and ems investigators say a cigarette started the fire and that the home didnt have working smoke detectors. Luckily the father and daughter survived without major a society everybody says people arent looking out for each other, they proved that wrong today. Hopefully they can live another day, hopefully the house is fixed and i can say hello. Reporter the dad is under observation because of smoke inhalation difficulties. His daughter has been released from the hospital. Now theyre working to take care of this house and hopefully get this home back together again. Live in Berwyn Heights, Tracee Wilkins, news4. And at least two people are dead dozens wounded after that explosion outside a hospital in mexico city. Officials there say it was a truck with a gas tank carrying gas that exploded outside of that maternity and Childrens Hospital. You can see much of the building was seriously damaged in this blast. The Mayors Office there says a leak in the hose that carries gas from the truck to the hospital may be blamed for this explosion. There was a showdown on capitol hill today and senator john mccain is not backing down. What he said is getting a lot of attention on social media. Sure is chris. Senator mccain called at least one protester lowlife scum set off fireworks. Antiwar protesters surrounded former secretary of state Henry Kissinger as he was getting ready to testify before the Armed Services committee. The activists chanted he was a war criminal and said he should be arrested. Many took their seats but one continued to disrupt the hearing. You know, youre going to have to shut up or im going to have you arrested. Get out of here you lowlife scum. Senator mccain later released a statement that says i have never witnessed this kind of physical intimidation of a witness at a congressional hearing. He said those involved should be held accountable. Capitol police say no one was arrested. By the way, Henry Kissinger is now 91. Wow. 91. Sounds like the cold is the least of our worries. Yes. Im telling you, were not just talking cold. Were talking wind, snow, probably the biggest storm weve seen so far this winter. Thats not saying a whole lot, but right now we have a little snow sleet, and rain paking its way through the region but its just about gone. If youve already seen it and it has stopped in your area its most likely done for night. Take a look storm team 4 radar showing where it is right around i95 off to the east Southern Maryland up towards baltimore. We have that mixture of snow and sleet to the north. Bowie coming in with fairly heavy sleet over the last 15 minutes, same thing over towards annapolis, down towards waldorf along 301, all reporting some of that moderate to heavy sleet. This is all part of a clipper system. This klimmer passed way to the north. You can see the spin around cleveland, ohio. Its making its way out and theres not much behind it. However, the temperatures are on the cold side. Freezing in gaithersburg leesburg frederick, hagerstown. Anything that did fall sleet, freezing rain rain is going to be able to freeze as we make our way through the rest of the evening hours. Give yourself extra time on the roadways. Because of that we still have that Winter Weather advisory in effect through 9 00 tonight from d. C. Over towards Prince Georges County over towards Prince William county and to the north and west because of the fact weve seen that rain, that snow, that sleet, then the cold temperatures. We will see problems on the roads. Not anticipating a lot but just give yourself some extra time. Temperatures tomorrow 33 in gaithersburg 36 in washington 39 in fredericksburg. But it will not feel nearly that warm. The wind gusting judgment wards of 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Take a look at the feelslike temperature. This is the windchill tomorrow around noon. 26 in d. C. 22 in leesburg 19 in winchester but watch this. By around 8 00 at night, 9 in d. C. 4 in gaithersburg 9 in manassas 5 in martinsburg. How about saturday morning . 4 degrees up towards the gaithersburg area 9 in manassas. My parents just knew up from florida today. They are one happy camper. Oops. Sorry, guys. 36 on friday 32 for a high on saturday. The cold air is here and that sets the stage for our storm on sunday. 35 degrees on super bowl sunday and we do think with high confidence that this woun is going to be snow. Lets talk a little bit more about it. What kind of an impact is this one going to have . We think a moderate impact to the south. That means a pretty good impact over 2 inches of snow expected towards fredericksburg leonardtown, charlottesville, but highimpact event, 4 inches or more potentially around the d. C. Metro area winchester and frederick. Will this change . We still have three days to go so it could change a little bit. Stay with us over the next couple days. Well keep you updated. Snow should end on monday and high temperatures only in the 20s. Well talk much more about that and what you could see on sunday with the time thoofg event coming up at 5 45. Changing minds on a sensitive subject. What one School District is doing to battle student suicide and how a heartbroken family is helping. Reporter kids just having fun, sledding town the snow on this driveway here in mclean. But it turned tragic. Im david culvert. Coming up what police are asking of all parents. Im jim handly in phoenix. How to market yourself or your brand at the super bowl. It is big business here, folks. The super bowl gives advertisers a huge audience but Companies Know they have a marketing gold mine in the host city. Jim handly is in the thick of things tellings about how theyre getting their message out. Youre looking tanned. Thats right. Hi wendy. A little bit. The clouds have rolled in, my good friend wendy rieger. The signs are all around us here. Youve said it. If off new product, message or brand, you want to get the word out, there is no bigger stage than right here at super bowl central. This is a social media and marketers dream. Reporter the rush is on. The man whose trademark icky shuffle put him in super bowl commercials is also raise eight wareness for charities now. This is the mecca of the media, as you can say. You know, everybody comes in for the super bowl. Reporter welcome aboard the party yacht at the most ambitious event in all of super bowl central, the budweiser house of whatever. 70,000 square feet of fun, 10,000 people had to audition just to get into this event. It is a marketers dream. Instead of dwarfing and the house dropping from the sky it was a party yacht and about 13 truckloads of sand. This is the craziest experience of my lifetime. Reporter if you dont know him by now, by sunday night, this guy will be a household face. Riley smith is a human pacman in bud lights new ad campaign. Im a life sized pacman video game. Im pacman and theres ghosts chasin swearing cherries on the ground pellets, running my butt off, sweating dripping but loving life. Reporter the house of whatever will push out 75,000 tweets from three parties this weekend. Its all about branding. The skyscrapers and all of super bowl central have been transformed literally overnight. Countless messages and websites are on everything hoping to reach a nationwide audience. And who better than facebook to do that. Theyre launching trending super bowl this weekend. Whether its hue yao and your friends with athletes and celebrityies around the globe who are watching the game you can see ingame highlights from the nfl and nbc. You can even see the tv commercials all in one place. Reporter well over 50 million fans will be posting on facebook. Talk about a captive audience. Part of that is halftime. Coming up well talk to katy perry about what she expects from the halftime performance. And we have our Throwback Thursday you wont believe, folks. When they play ball games back in 450 a. D. Here in phoenix. We are throwing way back tonight at 6 00. Rieger back to you. So who did you get a selfie with . The geico cold cut guy . Reporter ill tell you who i yeah i did. A selfie with him too. Hes a big one so i had to widen out the lens. Thats a lot of cold cults. Reporter hes just amazing. I just missed a selfie with menzel but i got her name right. Well check back with you at 6 00. Thanks jim. Back at home a young boy has been badly injured while sledding down his driveway. What Fairfax Police want parents to know about safety in the snow. Doreen . She spent nearly ten months in the hospital until she got a Christmas Gift that saved her life. New tonight, what caused this little girl so much pain and the happy ending that will warm your heart. Right now at 5 30 storm team 4 is tracking a possibly icy way home. A lot of events happen right around rush hour. This one is bringing rain sleet, and snow around portions of the region. Most has moved off towards the east but were still dealing with roadways and temperatures are below freezing in some areas so we are seeing some slick spots, especially on sidewalks in the region. The rain, the snow, the sleet back from baltimore right on down towards annapolis and bowie, most of this is falling as sleet even though the radar has it as snow. Down to the south, also around sleet, but rain showers farther west. Give yourself extra time this evening. Winter weather advisory through 9 00 tonight. The rain, the sleet, and the snow is out of here but once again the temperatures are cold enough well see a lit until the way of ice. Also coming up if you have plans for the super bowl ill take you hour by hour for our next snowstorm. All right. Well parents know how it goes even those of us who were chirp, we all know as soon as snow covers a nearby hill we just want to get on our sleds and go down it. Normallitis a great time but in one case it turned dangerous around matthew mills lane in mcclean. Tonight a lit boil is in Critical Condition. David culvert has the story. Reporter outside this mclean home the sleds and boards sit still in the stale snow. No kids outside. No joy here tonight. My heart the broken and for the driver too. Reporter kimberly tells her last night her street blocked off, emergency trucks and police focused here. You can still see sled marks, tracks to a tragedy. Just upset, you know . A little kid out having fun. Reporter a little before 6 00 a neighbor was driving past this home. She heard a loud noise and immediately got out. Realizing a 6yearold boy sledded down the driveway right into her car. He was rushed to the hospital in Critical Condition tonight. This is the home where the accident happened, the one with the for sale sign in front of it. Its right across the street from where the child lives with his family. There was an adult with him at the time but it all happened so quickly there was lit that will person could do. This is certainly a tragic example of how quickly something can happen even when youre apparently doing the right things. Just nice likes to play sports, really good kid. Reporter Nick Eberhart knows the family well used to baby sit for them. He ran out of his home as soon as it happened. Hes got a fractured skull and hes got some swelling in his brain so they induced him into a coma to try to help him out. Reporter kidshealth. Org says more than half of all sledding injuries are to the head and warns shredders are more likely to be hurt in a collision than skiers and snowboarders. As winter brings more snow this Season Police want parents to be aware of the dangers. In mclean, david culvert, news4. Our digital team put together some sledding safety tips for you that you can review right now on our nbc washington app. Just search sledding. Some students in northeast d. C. Got an unexpected day off from school today, class canceled at two schools because of a water main break knocking out Water Service to the area. That main break affected Mckinley Tech High School and students fex next door at langley elementary. Calls and emails went out to parents this morning so most got the word before they headed out the door. The Montgomery County School District has experienced some painful losses in recent years. Several students have committed suicide. Now the community is making a big push to prevent it from ever happening again. Kristin wright shows us how theyre changing minds. Reporter Evan Rosenstock took his own life. He was 16, a sophomore at Winston Churchill high school in potomac, maryland. He committed suicide a year and a half ago, but his mother susan, can finally smile again. Her life has new purpose. Never thought id find myself in a position to be a champion for Mental Health issues or anything and now i feel like im in a big position to be able to help youth all across america. Everybody get up find partner. Reporter students in Montgomery County are on a new journey to prevent teen suicide. Its a program called sources of strength. Student peer leaders and staff at bethesda chevy chase and other schools are being trained to recognize warning signs, break the silence, and connect troubled students to people who will support them. Fun is a major component of what we do. Were trying to empower the voice of peer leader that their voice matter, that theyre the experts. Reporter rosenstock and her Nonprofit Organization are teaming up with sources of strength and the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Montgomery County. Sours s sources of strength is the only proven effective Suicide Prevention program that has been studied. A quick example or a story of a time when you felt pretty supported by your family . Reporter the hope is that the program also reduces bullying substance abuse, and domestic violence. At 6 00 how susans program is change lives. The pain changes your life. The safest vehicles on the road. Well show you the models that have the a new study is rating the safety of certain cars. Believe it or not, nine models that were sold in 2011 have never been involved in a fatal crash. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the majority of the cars did have four wheel drive and a lot of them are mainstream models. To name a few, the Honda Odyssey minivan, the Subaru Legacy and the mercedesbenz gl. Others that made the list audi, kia, lexus, toyota, and vol owe. We put all nine on our website, nbcwashington. Com. Good news on a woman who was missing from gaithersburg. Police just called and said she had been found. After we showed her picture on news4 at 4 00 and put it on our facebook page. Betty queen, who had been missing for quite some time has been found safe tonight. Wendy . People who work in Montgomery County could soon have access to paid leave. The county council is holding a public hearing tonight far bill that would require businesses that operate in the county to give employees earned sick and safe leave. It would require at least one hour of leave for every 30 hours worked up to seven days. A similar measure failed in the maryland General Assembly last year. Im jim vance at the live desk. Wendy and chris, heres something for you to consider. Imagine youre on an airplane headed to vega ready to test your luck. Youre feeling lucky. If youre a gambler, youre probably also a little bit, whats the word, superstitious, right . All of a sudden you look up and the pilot steps out to check on something and the cockpit door closes behind him and youre sitting in your seat and youre watching this guy shaking the door because he cant get back into the pilot seat. And all of a sudden youre not feeling so lucky anymore. Well, that happened today. It was on a delta flight from minneapolis. There was somebody else up there in the cockpit. Arent we lucky. The first officer had to go land the plane solo. He made an emergency call alerted folks on the ground in vegas. Delta just confirmed that yep, that really did happen. They say, you know what they say, theyre working on it trying to figure out what happened with that door. No word on how many of those 168 passengers went straight to the tables after landing or went to the ticket counter to get a flight home on another airline. Wow. Pushing your luck. Get ready for the cell phone video on that to start hitting youtube. Bring it on. Thanks vance. A woman hires two boys to shovel her driveway. A few minutes handcuffs outside her door. Why she cams they were racially i know i cant deny. That i got a new feeling deep in. [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains. You cant help but see the good. Some folks may be looking at a little slushy snowy ride home doug. There are some slick spots out there. Well continue to see those through the rest of the evening hours but the rain, the sleet, the snow for the most part is moving out of the region. Storm team 4 radar showing that things are dry west of i95. Its all east of i95 towards Anne Arundel County Calvert County portions of Prince Georges County still seeing rain sleet, and snow in that area. A few more areas tonight could see a little bit more. This is the clipper system. You can see the spin here and any time you see an area of low pressure you get these spokes, one spoke here kind of like a the wheel of a tire. You could see another spoke come through. For the most part the precipitation is just about over in our area. Whats not over, the cold temperatures 30 degrees in gaithersburg 31 in rockville, 31 in reston 32 in college park. Temperatures close to the freezing mark. We sill have that Winter Weather advisory in effect so were a little worried about the roads, especially the sidewalks. Veronica johnson has more on the conditions. While all of that is east of our area the sleet, the light snow, the rain i have sleet on our storm team 4 weather patio so it is a little slick out here indicative of sidewalks throughout the area and of course road too. Take a look at this live camera. This is maryland 109 near i270 in Montgomery County. Traffic flowing along pretty good. You can take a look at some of the road surface temperatures right now, 37 down south i95 manassas at 36 but 32 in Howard County and around westminster just west of areas around 270, 28 degrees the temperature in frederick, maryland. All this east of the area. As storm team 4 predicted it would be out of here by the time we started to see temperatures drop. So guy, get ready to trade in your umbrellas for the pat collins snow stick. Doug you have more on that with whats coming up for the weekend. Were getting more and more confident well see the chance for snow on sunday. Take a look at the weekend storm chance. We have the cold air in place. Saturday will be one frigid day. Low pressure to the south combined with energy and the Northern Branch of the jet stream those two coming together, the area of low pressure stays to our south. We have to have that in order to keep the cold air here. Because it does that we will see snow develop during the day on sunday and it will be mostly snow for everyone. You folks down towards Charles County parts of Southern Maryland fredericksburg are we going to get tight . I think so. This is looking more and more like a significant snowstorm. I think some locations pick um over 4 inches of snow from this storm. Still early, a couple days to watch it and well continue to do so. 46 on your friday but windy, wind gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour so windchills in the upper teens, lower 20s. 32 on saturday with some sunshine but again, a cold day. Theres the snow on sunday and into monday. Were talking about 35 degrees on sunday. That snow should start around noon and it could be heavy at times during the super bowl. So by the time youre leaving your friends house or people are leaving your house, the roads could be covered by that time. Thats something well continue to watch ending early monday morning. Ill continue to post on facebook and twit ter latest as far as what this storm will continue to do. Well keep you updated on the storm center. This demonstration shows how quickly a dry Christmas Tree can go up in flames. It fed the raging fire that destroyed an annapolis mansion last week killing six family members. Investigators believe a Sprinkler System could have stopped it. News4s Zachary Kiesch is outside an apartment complex in Silver Spring where sprinklers did make a difference. Zach . Reporter thats right, wendy. This Apartment Building just over my righthand shoulder is a real example of how sprinklers save lives. Back in 2005 there was a deadly fire here at the blair apartments. Two people were killed in that fire. They didnt have any sprinklers at the time but it initiated a conversation about sprinklers. Today theyre one of the Success Stories and they highlight the need and just the impact sprinklers can have. This video shows how sprinklers can help defuse a fire and buy precious time. Youre almost guaranteed surviving a fire with the combination of a working smoke alarm and Sprinkler System. Pete perringer remembers that deadly fire in 2005. We do too. We covered it. Huge impact on this community, but pretty significant dollar loss dozens of people displaced. But tragically we had two people that lost their lives. Reporter about 60 or 70 buildings in the county fit the same bill. Those buildings were never required by law to install sprinklers at the time but and there were a number of lead and have voluntarily installed and retrofit with sprinklers. East west highway being one of them. Reporter when a fire killed six peek about a week and a half ago in annapolis, a officials asked would sprinklers have helped . Without a doubt they said. Perringer says when there was another fire here at the blair last december fire sprinklers contained the fire and he believes saved lives. The Sprinkler System one single head couple gallons of water activated, putting the fire out. Reporter outfitting the sblair still happening at a cost of millions. Youre still not convinced that sprinklers are worth it. In Montgomery County you can get a onetime 50 break on your property tax if you retrofit. Also it reduces your insurance premiums a bit. So over a few years basically it will pay for itself. Reporter aside from those tax breaks the real insensitive here is it increases the chance youll make it out alive. One of the other things perringer told me is have a plan have at least a plan how to get out of each room in your house, at least two different options how to get out of each room in your house. Live in Silver Spring Zachary Kiesch news4. Great advice zach. A little girl spent nearly ten months in the hospital and then got an unforgettable Christmas Gift. Doreen gentzler has an amazing story. Christmas seems like a long way to go for most of us the decorations have been packed away some of the gifts long forgotten. Tonight we meet a maryland girl who will never forget the gift she got this holiday a new heart that saved her life. Teresa perez loved to dance and laugh and play. But that can be tough when youre barely 2 years old and the only thing keeping you alive is an artificial heart. It started last march. Teresa barely two years old was throwing up. She had cold symptoms and was so lethargic she couldnt even play. Its scary, very very scary especially because the symptoms are sort of vague. And when we found out that her heart was really big on her chest xray and it wasnt pumping well we knew the reason behind her symptoms. Reporter the diagnosed her with dilated cardiomyopathy meaning her heart muscle wasnt working and she would need a transplant to survive. Melissa jones is a Nurse Practitioner at Childrens National health system. The best way for her to wait for her heart transplantation was to implant this venn tick lar assist device or this artificial heart. Reporter its called a berlin heart. Its nearly the size of teresa herself. As long as she was using it shed have to stay at the hospitals intensive care unit. Doctors have her wear a helmet because the device is so heavy it leaves her unbalanced and at its Great Technology because before we had it somebody like teresa would never have survived long enough to get a transplant. Reporter dr. Janet shield is director of transplant at Childrens National. She says the wait varies widely. It could take as few as a couple weeks to as long as a year. The heart has to match the recipients blood type and size. What these donor families do for us is pretty amazing. Reporter the weeks turned to months and still no heart for teresa. Her doctors and nurses tried to make her feel at home in the icu. Melissa jones even only brought her own son to her so teresa would have somebody to play with. She was around adults all the time in the icu so giving her the opportunity to play with another child i thought would be really fun for her. Reporter then finally on christmas eve, the call came in. There was a heart and it was a perfect match. Melissa left on Christmas Day to retrieve the heart. All the details about the donor are private. It was really a miracle that she not only got her heart after waiting for nine months but got it on christmas morning. Reporter the doctor says that small heart started beating in teresas chest right away. And just two weeks after the transplant surgery nearly ten months after she had arrived at the hospital teresa went home. And shes expected to live a normal life. I dont think we could have imagined for so many reasons a better match for her. Teresas heart should last up to 18 years. Then shell need another transplant. Her mother doesnt speak english and didnt feel comfortable being interviewed for this story, but a church in laurel has been helping the family raise money for medical expenses and transportation for doctors appointments. We have a link on our website if youd like to help. Chris and wendy, thats one lucky little girl. Yes, yes, she is. Thank god for the donor as well. Yes. Indeed. As i said we dont know anything about the donor, but very often the circumstances are pretty tragic with a transplant like this. I imagine so. Thanks doreen. Two boys were shoveling. Some say they were racially profiled by police. Reporter im tom sherwood on pennsylvania avenue. Why arent more movies made here . The city controls the streets and the park Service Controls the sidewalks. Its a bureaucratic mess. Well checking whats trending, the manufacturer for that drone that crash landed on the white house lawn this week says the district will soon be off limits to its aircraft. Dji will release a mandatory operating system update that will automatically disable those drones within a 15mile radius of downtown d. C. That update would also disable them in areas around more than 10,000 airports. A woman in pennsylvania hired two teenage boys to shovel her sidewalks, and show now she thinks they were racially profiled by the police. The pair was forced to sit in the snow then they were told by cops they needed a permit. And now police are looking into her claims. Jim rosenfield has mor this story. Police pulled up were talking to the kid, then sat them down on the snow. Reporter debra says she took this picture from inside her Penguin House yesterday afternoon. It shows two people both africanamerican sitting in the snow as Lower Marion Police questioned them. The pair who had shoveled for her in the past was clearing the walkway. It just seems wrong to have them sitting there. They dont have weapons. They have shovels off to the side. Reporter the police said they were conducting an investigation. Afterward the officers said the pair was stopped because they didnt have a permit to shovel snow in the neighborhood. An explanation she doesnt buy. I thought it was profiling. I hate to say that and i know we live in a really heated climate right now. I would like to think that it was the permit. I think thats just a superficial excuse. Reporter Lower Marion Police tell us they are investigating the incident and would like to talk to her. They tell us the people stopped were not teens but adults ages 18 and 34, and they stressed that no permit is required for kids to snovl the township. We want to make it very clear that kids can go out and make, you know afterschool money or stay off from school money. Reporter Lower Merion Police superintendent Michael Mcgraph se they were not racially profiling anyone. Absolutely not. The officers were stopping them because they were soliciting for business. New information at 6 00 tonight about the fbis newest most wanted terrorist. Hes a former d. C. Cabdriver. Tonight were in the virginia neighborhood he used to call home. Guy calls himself honest abe is headed to prison for almost ten years. Well tell you why he says he was selling the drugs that got him busted. And storm team 4 tracking some rain and sleet moving into our area tonight. Its still having an effect on our roads. Doug kammerer whats going on out there . Rain sleet, and snowmaking its way through our region right now through the d. C. Metro area. Most of it is now off towards the east. Lets look and show you where this rain sleet, and snow mixture is. We told you come through right around rush hour. There it is and there it goes. 6 00 at night and out towards 97. Heres 97 between baltimore and annapolis, all reporting sleet down towards calver county. This is also sleet into thirty this area. It came through fairly quickly and quite hard. We did see a coating of sleet in some portions of the area. Right along 50 from bowie to annapolis, down to the south, and it will be out of those areas in about a half hour. Winter weather advisory continues until 9 00 tonight not just because of what were see noug but also because of the cold temperatures were seeing. We could see some slick spots. Weve seen those reported
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