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8u[5jjy the driver of the car was transported to the hospital. In montgomery county, despite the large volume of 911 calls, no one was reported injured. Id say within an hour period we handle hundreds of calls and went on condition red. You know, we were on condition red for a little while. But the good thing is im not aware of any serious injury that occurred in any of this. Reporter youre looking live at this house in silver spring. Goes without saying these people have to find somewhere else to live. Montgomery county fire excuse me told them they are not allowed to go back into this house. Coming up at 6 00, we are going to tell you about a case where a truckdriver was actually trapped inside of his vehicle when power lines and trees went down all around him. That is the latest. Back to you in the studio. This damage and there was a lot to survey. Check it out. This is the view from above in gaithersbu gaithersburg. Crews are using a chain saw to chop it up and get it out of way. Thousands of out oochs from gaithersburg © tto. This ripped off glass windows were blown out. At least one person was taken to the hospital after being hit by falling debris. Lets get more on this weather and what is coming up next. Doug kammerer is back in the storm center. Some of the stuff looked so bad. I remember when a microburst hit chevy chase 20 years ago and looked this tangled. A lot of people say this well over 600 miles and this was back in illinois earlier this morning but not the 60, entire period. We did see strong winds and 50 and 60 for the most part. However, we did see 78 around m quanti quantico. This moved through so fast. I want to show you this. Going back around five hours. Look at that racing on through the area. It made it from winchester to ocean city in less than two hours. Amazing. And with that came the wind. Look at these. Every single one of these little circles here is wind storm report and we saw storm reports all up and down our area and winds gusting 60 miles an hour that have been hit and trees down in our area. Right now watching rain in our southern counties and we are going to continue to see some showers through the evening. We got a lot going on over the next couple of days. We hit 80 today. There could be snow in the forecast on friday. We are going to talk much more about that but any time you want to do this download the nbc washington app and we will take you hourbyhour and you get our Weather Report on our phone. Detective have been scouring two separate parks in Fairfax County for hours. They are looking for human remains after they received a tip last night. Megan fitzgerald joins us from one of those locations near the park lawn pool in alexandria section. Police dont know. Reporter the latest information we are getting from Fairfax County police they have suspended the surch heearch her tonight and resume tomorrow morning. Officers are going up and down leaving the area here. We do expect this crime scene tape to be lifted. We dont know if the remains that they are searching for are connected to any of the missing cases we have been reporting on. More recently, youll recall the woman missing fromd j gaithers and her body was fou police are telling us they believe this is gangrelated. There police sitting out here all night last night. Reporter since tuesday, Fairfax County police, along with fbi agents and search and rescue crews, have been scouring this park. Late last night, detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department got a tip that there may be human remains in the homes run park. Rcx in mcclain. Th know but they believe this could be gangrelated. We dont know if a crime is committed. We are working off a tip there may be bodiesnil in the park. Reporter neighbors have been paying close attention to the Police Activity that isi,nn jus yards away from their home. Many say they noticed that this tent went up last night. It is surrounded with crime scene tape and appears to be guarded by police but investigators insist they havent found anything yet. The kids, you ow family, but others, like steve barrett, say they have experienced ahj hj similar situ before. People and burying bodies. Reporter he remembers back in 2013 and 2014 when police say ms13 gang members buried two people along Holmes Run Park after the victims were brutally murdered. We dont know of any connections from the previous cases we have been recently investigating. Reporter but nevertheless still a concern for at least some of the people who live here. Im scared because, you know, im home all day. Reporter now Fairfax Count Police tell us they have concluded their search of that park in mclean. They will us no humanvs remain were found there but they will be back out here tomorrow morning searching here in alexandria looking for possible. Coming up at you why neighbors say what they heard last night and several nights ago is giving them even more concern for their safety. Back to you. Megan fitzgerald, thank you. Police in fredericksburg need help to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman inside a restaurant bathroom. This is the man they are looking for and happened notice the capital at . Ale house on caroli street. Police say a man walked into the restaurant and struck up a 5n friends and allegedly followed a woman into the bathroom and sexually assaulted her. This happened at 1 00 a. M. On sunday. February 19th. The suspect said he was from miami and was in the area to do contract work at a nearby military base. President trump says he expects tremendous success more measured tone. President hosted a working lunch with republican, house and senate leadership. His address to congress appeared wellreceived by those who watched. Trump to be, quote, president ial. 69 of those who washed told it made them feel more optimisti optimistic. One of the most talked about moments last night, that nearly two minute standing ovation for the wife of navy s. E. A. L. Ryan owens who died during that raid in yemen last month. This evening, new reaction to the president s speech from people in our area. Here is news4 chris gordon. Reporter President Trump began his speech to congress with a clear warning. We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. Reporter this lady is one of the leader who speaks for the local Jewish Community. Its important to communal understanding and a strong statement that antisemitism is just not acceptable in9igxx our society. Reporter the charles e. Smith day school in rockville was one of three local targets that received bomb threats earlier this week. I think that the Jewish Community is very focused on apprehending whoever is responsible for all of these bomb threats and for all of these attacks. Reporter the Greater Washington Jewish Community Relations Council is hosting jewish leaders from across the country at a hotel just a block from the white house. In the past week, one of the oldest cemeteries in st. Louis was vandalized and followed by one in philadelphia. I think the statement was a good first step. I think that people needed to hear from this administration and they needed to hear from this president that they condemn any type of attack against any person and that there is no place in this country for hatred. I think that if it stops with those words, then it wast of the American Legion from across the country meeting here in washington have to say about President Trump putting a priority on veterans and military spending. In northwest washington, chris gordon, news4. New at 5 00. For thec are learning about apparent threats to a Muslim Center in our area. This one in Fairfax County. Police responded to this mosque in falls church yesterday after an employee received a letter with prejudice language in it. Investigators say the envelope had a postmark that appeared to be from another country. Earlier this week, Police Responded to threats at an Islamic Education and muslim on in silver spring. A maryland man who admitted to his part in a wild chase in prison. He led the police on a 115mile ride before crashing reporter a wild incident late at night on the gw parkway last year after he led u. S. Park police in ai hc highspeed chase crashed his car into a guardrail near 395 south on ramp there. He managed to elude police in nearby woods afterward and then stole the u. S. Park Police Cruiser and went speeding off again and crashed it at the ramp off the 11th Street Bridge in d. C. He struck an officer in the process. The injuries in that case were minor. That incident happened nearly a year ago but the photos of the crime scene just released to the news4 iteam under the freedom of information act. A judge noticed him to a federal prison in North Carolina and we have learned he is schedule for release in december. His uncle told us overton ran from police because he was scared. This is one of a series of extreme speeding cases handled in the parkway the last few months and several are prosecuted by the feds. In the newsroom, scott macfarlane, news4kocr iteam. There is so much gunfire in congress. One woman who has lived here 20 years says she is scared to come out of her house her story coming up. Imrz tom sherwood at the tidal basin. All of this warm weather, what does it mean for the Cherry Blossom trees and the festival . The story is coming up. The king of beast. I will take you into the mouth of luke, the lion, at the national zoo. Cant wait for that one. Plus, media mogul Oprah Winfrey considering a White House Run . That story is getting a lot of shares today on our social media accounts. Check it out prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. A man in Critical Condition this evening after a brazen day time shooting normally a school in the district. This happened around wheeler road in the southeast and that part of city has seen a series of Violent Crimes the past week. Reporter jim, if shooting victims were more forthcoming and cooperative, police say they c shooting suspects off the street. I want you to listen carefully to what the police chief has to say in this story. They paw portable crime camera up in the 3500 block of wheeler road today. Not a moment too soon for this woman. You see, she was here in her house when it happened. She asked that we not show her face. I heard six gunshots and immediately got on the floor. The gunshots were so close to my home, that i proceeded to go to the front door after the gunfire stopped. Reporter it happened in the midmorning in broad daylight, in front of the eagle charter school. A burst of gunfire. This buick car hit at least eight times. The man inside rushedth the neighborhood. Thats right. And we are very concerned about it, as is the metropolitan Police Department. Reporter indeed. In the last week, there has been a lot of lead in the air in congress heights. At least three people shot here along wheeler road. On the scene today, police chief pete newsome. He says some of the shooting victims have been less than cooperative. Many of the victims in our recent shootings have not cooperated with regards to information surrounding the shootings so it makes it a little bit more difficult to get to the bottom of it but we will get to the bottom of this. Reporter now back to the woman we talked to at the beginning of the story. Shes lived here 21 years. She says its not easy. The older people over here in ward 8 who actually own their homes are scared to come outside. Reporter now comin some parents of some of the kid who were on lockdown here today. Ill see you at 6 00. Wendy, back to you. Pat collins, thank you. A bill that would require paid sick leave to maryland workers cleared a hurgeedle tod. The democratic controlled house could pass it as early as friday. It would require businesses with more than 15 employees to provide paid sick leave. X one that republican 9 wants. His measure requires paid leave with a company with 50 or more workers. Hogan says his burden eases the burden on small businesses. It is ash wednesday. The beginning of the lenten period of reflection in preparation for easter. One Historic Church is offering a unique service today. The alpha street baptist str distributed ashes curbside. Parishioners lined up in their cars to receive the ashes outside of their church. It is a assemble of penance and conversion. It is almost that time of the year. Ta early. Its becoming quite early this year, tom. Whatr 0n are they doing about t festival . Reporter the weather is not so hot out here right now. But, soon, this will be the center of tourism here. High school band. It was there early at the museum this morning to help the u. S. Park servicewnm i announce high anticipated peak blooming dates for this seasons Cherry Blossom festival. The blossoms will be early too. The projected dates are march 14th to 17t officially to begin days later. The festival planners scrambling to move up some events. What does that mean for the festival this year . The festival will now start on march 15th and the presenting events and programs and tours will all continue as scheduled through april 16th. Reporter the festival is the citys premier tourism event and attracts a worldwide audience. To get themnd how unique our Museum Community is, how enriching the monument experience and memorial experience is in washington, d. C. When people are asking where should we go, what should we do when we are considering coming to washington in the spring . Its phenomenal for us to start off with the Cherry Blossom festival. Reporter now the record for early blooms is march 15th. Back in 1990. Thank you, tom. Here is hoping. Chopper 4 is checking out the damage left behind after todays round of quick storms. This is in kensington where a tree cut this home in half. We saw several trees down this afternoon as we flew over montgomery county. Dowelling is coming up with a look at what is heading our way next in his forecast. Also, a major headache is ahead for those who ride metro in Northern Virginia. How this is going to impact you even if you dont take th train. E what an afternoon we have had out there, doug. The party is over. It came through so fast. To go from not seeing much wind to a lot of wind out ahead of this 40, 50 miles an hour and 60, 70mileanhour wind. Very large trees uprooted. Massive. Even though the storms are out of here we have a cold front to deal with and that will come through later tonight. Behind it when things change again. Why we have a wind advisory in effect for about everybody in our area. You notice most of Northern Virginia, all of maryland, the entire state of maryland, the only exception over towards parts of the eastern shore]nas toward cecil county but all of our until tomorrow morning. Pour outages . The case too. Please be ready in case. }c0 i in case your power goes out. This is going back four or five hours. Look at the storms racing off to the east. Now we are just dealing with some shower activity. Those showers now lining up down to the south but these were the storms. Here is 1 30. Look at this line of storms that develops. We saw 60mileanhour winds with these storms and 60mileanhour winds with these storms. This storm here was the big one. 78mileanhour wind in quantico and came across Southern Maryland and a lot of trees down across into portions of the delmarva. Right now dealing with rain to the south. Lets show you this and zone into the southern areas. Waldorf. Cal vert county seeing rain and st. Marys county and moderate rain here. If you know somebody traveling down i95 to the south its going to be rather wet. We saw the area of stormsnoo m southern zones. Even more storms farther to the south. We are done with the storms but im tracking this. A cold front. Look at the storms developing along the cold front. Also colder air here. We have seen a couple of severe storms into good news is temperatures should stay above freezing so roads i bi. We are going to be watching this one on friday very closely. Right now we have got a 40 chance of rain or snow. Could be snow north of d. C. The weekend not looking bad but a lot cooler than its been over the past couple of days. Amelia draper is in with a we will check back tonight. We are checking out the damage from todays fast moving storms out there. A lot of you have sent us pictures of whath j happened in your neighborhood. Continue to share qkxnnthem. Instagr instagram. Tonight the obamas sign a very lucrative book deal. Today, we are lorearning what ty will]7 be writing inabout. It is supposed to be a save track route but will slow down the commute for thousands of you. Sure you have a big bottle. Metro riders could be in for weeks of headaches. Safe track 13 impacts riders a longer times between trains as much as 24 o bminutes. David culver, our bureau reporter, is at the Huntington Station to tell you how to get around this surge. Reporter starting march 4th and running for 36 days. That is how long this is going if you ride on metro through arlington and alexandria, Fairfax County, listen up. Reporter a midmorning rather peaceful ride to work for susan easley. Paper in hand, going from alexandria to federal triangle. But she is about to experience major commuting change. Basicallveg need to figure out the best way for me to]k e from my house. Reporter susan tells me already random stops on the line have caused her long delays. An hour commute for me has turned into an hour and 45 minutes or sometimes evn two hours. Repor