the district's security hub in rockville. the control room for all of its cameras in all of its schools. and saw, though there are many angles, there are only a handful of employees to watch the cameras in realtime. even then only a small handful of schools or vantage points can be viewed at once. >> lots of e-mails from parents about this story. one saying, if the schools are going to check their security, they ought to check social media policies too. and another said portable classrooms are a concern, they're further from the quote, seeing eyes of other people. and one parent tweeted at nbc washington saying, this should have happened on day two of the incident, not scheduled for april. the inspection of all 25 high schools expected to be completed in about four weeks. all middle and elementary schools by the end of the school year, which is mid june. >> it's a huge undertaking. >> 200-plus schools, including also the offices and non-school buildings. inspection? montgomery county or bring in outside help? >> both. there will be outside consultants brought in, but the school district has its own multi million dollar office of school safety and security that will help with this. >> all right, great work, scott. thank you. more details are emerging from another story from our schools, the diary of a maryland student who was allegedly plotting a deadly attack at catoctin high school in thur mont. nichole cevario named three people in the diary and wrote about being the first woman to carry out a mass shooting at a school. today the frederick county sheriff told news4 the student's father noticed a change in her behavior before he read her diary and contacted the authorities. still ahead, we'll take a closer look at the warning signs all parents should be aware of. that's coming up on news4 at 6:30. >> shared it on my facebook page, some of the new details we're learning about an artist who was murdered in the district. tonight a m i investigators say he tortured and stabbed her to death, then stole thousands of dollars from her bank account. the suspect was picked up here in our area, but he was wanted for violating probation in tennessee. let's get the latest at d.c. superior court. pat collins standing by. hey, pat. >> reporter: chris, we're learning a lot more about what happened that deadly day on 14th street. it was around 10:00 in the morning. corrina mehiel was getting ready to take a trip to north carolina. she was loading things in her car. she went from her apartment to her car, back and forth, back and forth, when apparently she was targeted by a man who wanted access to her atm. according to court documents, corrina mehiel was tied up and tortured in what could have been an attempt to get her atm p.i.n. number. the medical examiner says there were wounds to her neck that suggest some sort of torture. corrina mehiel, found murdered last week in a basement apartment of a town house on 14th street northeast. the 34-year-old artist, tied up and stabbed to death. the suspect, 28-year-old elhaj toure. police have a picture of him using miss mehiel's atm at various locations from arlington to elk ridge. there's also surveillance video that shows him lurking about her block on the morning of the murder. and driving away in her 2004 toyota prius. now, this happened in the 600 block of 14th street northeast. not far from the fashionable 8th street corridor. the arrest has brought a sense of relief to the people who live there. >> a sense of relief. but still, you know, it doesn't help settle what happened to that poor young woman. >> you know they made an arrest. >> and it was good. i'm really glad. >> and now with the arrest? >> um, i think people are up to their normal selves and just happy that even though that is so sad that that happened, that hur hearts go out to the family, hopefully it will give them some closure. >> reporter: murder suspect toure officially charged and held without bond tonight, pending further court action in the case. doreen, back to you. >> all right, pat collins, reporting, thank you. more showers moving through our area. you can see the rain on the radar. doug is tracking it. who's getting the rain and when is this going to move on out of here? >> most of the day it's been parts of northern virginia and southern maryland seeing it. mostly south and west of d.c. but now even north of d.c. starting to see showers for frederick and montgomery counties. fairfax, around herndon, these will try to move through, but the heaviest rain for around front royal, maybe even a rumble of thunder here, all part of a bigger system, which is spinning off to the north and east. as it does so, it's going to bring changes in here the next couple days. highs today in the 70s. tomorrow in the 60s. but still a great looking wednesday. but much cooler late week. we'll talk about that and we've got a lot more rain on the way. that coming late week as well. talking about the weekend, i've got that forecast, but any time you want to know what our forecast is, because we put it in ourselves, go to the nbc washington app. you can do that right now. all right, doug, thank you. to politics now and new claims that the white house tried to block testimony in the russian hacking investigation. today, press secretary sean spicer called "the washington post" report 100% false. he said the russia issue is a crisis manufactured by the media. >> if the president puts rus tonight, that's a russian connection. report the facts. every single person who has been briefed on the subject has come away with the same conclusion, republican, democrat, i'm sorry that disgusts you. >> that exchange lit up social media, it comes amid growing calls for the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee to recuse himself from the investigation. nbc's blane alexander has the latest developments. >> good evening to you. the chairman says he can and is leading a fair investigation, but some members of his own committee disagree. on capitol hill, the calls are growing louder. >> are you going to recuse yourself from this investigation, sir? >> excuse me. >> is that a no? >> reporter: devin nunes, a republican, facing questions from both sides, as to whether he can lead a fair investigation into russian election tampering and possible ties to the trump campaign. >> well, i think he put his objectivity in question at the very least. i damage. >> reporter: nunes is facing two issues, having announced the president and his team may have been caught in u.s. surveillance. then revealing just this week, that he got that information while on white house grounds. raising questions about its source. >> everything is unusual about this. i mean, it is profoundly inappropriate to say the very least, what has happened. >> reporter: today, former acting attorney general, sally yates, along with former intelligence official james clapper and john brennan were set to testify. but last friday, nunes postponed the hearing. the president himself ignoring questions but tweeting overnight, trump russia story is a hoax. >> if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. >> reporter: despite confidence from his own party. >> chairman nunes is doing an outstanding job. >> reporter: democrats led by ranking member adam schiff recuse himself from the russian investigation. today a new poll shows that 70% of virginia voters are in favor of a special prosecutor coming in to investigate any possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. but chris, those requests, along with requests from democrats may fall on deaf ears. today a reporter asked nunes if he plans to stay on as chairman and continue to lead this investigation and he responded, why would i not? chris, back to you. >> thank you, blaine. president trump continues to struggle with low approval ratings in virginia and across the country. the president now his 37% approval in the commonwealth and 59% of folks in virginia disapprove of the job he's done. 55% of virginians think the country is headed in the wrong direction. half the people polled say the state itself is headed in the right direction. it started with a call about a stolen bike, it was a police-involved shooting, and it all unfolded in montgomery village. kristin wright joins us live from gaithersburg with more on this investigation. kristin? >> reporter: well, yeah, a call for something as simple as a stolen bike ended this way, but police here say the man who called them for help just turned on the officer. every montgomery county police officer out on patrol wears a body camera. and this time police say the camera worn by officer matthew mcgowan shows that the officer came under attack. >> this footage shows exactly what happened between the two. how it was a surprise to the officer, and it was unprovoked. >> reporter: police say the officer got the call for a stolen bike. police say he was talking to the man who called police, richard tilly and writing up the officer mcgowan, five years on the force. >> complainant lunged at him with an open knife. the two began fighting physically and the officer fell or was knocked down to the ground. >> reporter: police say that's when mcgowan fired multiple times, killing tilly. police are investigating why tilly suddenly turned on the officer. we doug into richard tilly's past. he was arrested for armed robbery in montgomery county last year and spent two months in jail. but then the case was dismissed for fingerprint issues. a post on his facebook page from april of 2016 says, they arrested the wrong person while i sat in jail, the real suspect has been at large for four months. i lost everything. it goes on to say, my job, my home, and four months, i'll never get back. tilly was never convicted. he spent two months in jail because he could not make bail. now, howar investigate this shooting as per policy, the agreement with mounl county as to not have an apparent conflict of interest. officer mcgowan is on leave and that is department policy. in montgomery county, kristin wright, news4. drop the gun! drop the gun! . >> a deadly confrontation captured on body camera video. what investigators are saying about the officer's action. and a new move to take away your privacy online. we'll break down the ruling and how it impacts you. three iraqi refugees living in fairfax county are charged in federal court with lying about their relationship to an alleged kidnapper in iraq. ahead, how in northern virginia, high profile case of immigration fraud. three iraqis facing charges for lying about their family's past to secure a future as u.s. citizens. is centers around their ties to a kidnapping suspect. chris gordon has the developments on this from alexandria. what's the story? >> well, doreen, investigators found fingerprints at the scene of a kidnapping in iraq. the fbi says the fingerprints match one of the three r alexandria today. they are charged with concealing their relationship to an alleged iraqi kidnapper, who held an american captive. in one of the military raids carried out by u.s. forces in iraq, american contractor roy hal umz and other captives were freed from an underground bunker in 2005. hallums had been held hostage almost a year. today in court, three iraqi refugees are charged with making false statements to obtain u.s. citizenship. yousef almaj danny, had eel mass any and his wife are charged with concealing their relationship with the alleged iraqi kidnapper. an fbi affidavit said the men are his brothers. they concealed their relationship with majid almarchand danny who the fbi said admitted his role in the kidnapping. when the three citizenship, their relationship came to light. the fingerprints of yousef taken for his citizenship application match fingerprints on a document found at the bunker where the american was held hostage. john swirling, a lawyer with 47 years experience in criminal defense and federal court. he has no connection to this case. he says a defense lawyer can question what the fingerprints really mean. the fingerprints on the document found at the scene of the kidnapping. >> then the question is, well, how did the document get there? when was the fingerprint left on the document? was it a year before the incident? was it during the time of the incident? was it after the incident? we just don't know. >> reporter: the three iraqi refugees have lived in fairfax county for almost ten years. they have family and young children here. if they are convicted of lying ton face possible imprisonment of up to ten years and deportation. chris? >> thank you, chris. it was a bb gun, but they didn't know that. and now we've learned there won't be any charges for the d.c. police officers who shot and killed a 63-year-old man. we showed you this video last summer of a stand-off between the officers and sherman evans. investigators say evans called 911 to report a man waving a gun outside a building in northeast d.c. when officers arrived, they saw evans with the weapon. they ordered him to drop it you about say he didn't. and even pointed it at them. the officers shot evans and discovered he had a bb gun. the u.s. attorney's office said they acted in self-defense. i'm susan hogan at the live desk. just moments ago, the house of representatives voted to scrap fcc privacy rules. this is a big victory for internet service providers like at&t, verizon, and nbc's owner comcast, advertisers. so what's the impact here and what does it mean for you? well, we're talking about your digital footprint, that all of us leave, that big internet service providers would love to cash in on. so when you answer medical questions online, where you bank, online dating, what you do on your apps, even our private e-mails, all of this information can now be sold by internet service providers without asking for your approval. democrats fought vigorously against this, but the house voted along party lines to repeal these rules with only the president's signature needed to make it official. back to you. >> thanks, susan. they used to have to ask our permission. we're also following breaking news. nbc news is reporting the chairman of the democratic national committee has launched a major re-organization of the party. tom perez has asked all current dnc staffers to submit their resignation by next month. he'll decide who willta structured. "nbc nightly news" will take a closer looks coming up right after news4 at 6:00. his bill to make maryland a sanctuary state has people talking. but he's surprised that the justice department is it focusing on it. jeff sessions warned that the federal government could pull grant money from cities and states that don't follow federal immigration laws. ramirez doesn't see it as a lack of cooperation with the feds. rather, he says his bill is all about creating trust between police officers and the people they serve. >> it's reasonable. what we don't want is people to be afraid to call law enforcement. and what we don't want is law enforcement to not be able to interact with the community. >> ramirez tells us he's happy with the version of the bill that the house of delegates passed, but even if the bill moves past the state senate, governor larry hogan says he'll veto it and democrats don't have the votes on override more than a thousand new jobs are coming to frederick county, virginia. amazon is opening a new center to pick, pack, and ship larger items, like big screen tvs, kayaks, patio furniture. amazon says it chose the area for several reasons, including its infrastructure and workforce. there are already three similar centers in virginia. amazon hasn't announced when this new center will open. it began as a break-in, police think, but spiralled into something more and much worse. a look at the damage inside a local family's home and why some say it should be investigated as a bias crime. coming up on news4, new information, what the father new before he rea his d not much of a chance to try out our umbrellas. >> no, a brief break if anything. >> i got a weather term for you. ready for this? >> yeah. >> tell all your friends -- chris, you just went, yeah. >> let me try to muster more enthusiasm. >> i knew you couldn't wait for this part of the show. i want to show you what's going on. we got the clouds, we also have kor puskular rays, raies from the sun. you can see them. that's my name! see right there. you got the rays coming th those are called kor puskular rays. >> krep uskular or corp uskular? >> krep uskular. it looks like a beam of light going all the way down. >> they're also in the blood stream. >> they're also called sun beams. >> that works for me. >> i thought they were cool. all right, fine, i'm not teaching you guys anything else. 72 degrees right now, and we'll still see some showers around 7:00, there may still be some around 9:00. most of us will be dry by this time. temperatures dropping through the 60s. still 72 now, quite nice. 72 in d.c., 68, annapolis. 70 in fredericksburg. really that's where we've seen most of the rain in northern virginia. we've seen it in front royal in the last few hours. up to the north, martinsburg, hague haguerse hagerstown. sprinkles in county. this is where we're seeing a little shower on route 50, oak tan and fairfax, to tyson's corner and annan dale. that one's moving your way. and more shower activity around front royal. these are pretty good showers, some downpours coming here. if we move up to the north here, up toward martinsburg, more showers into parts of west virginia and washington county. heads up, we will continue to see showers through the evening, all part of a system spinning through. you can see the spin in the atmosphere. we're now on the back side. so you can notice them going from north to south across our region, continuing to bring showers for the next few hours. then it starts to bring in cooler air. today we hit the 70s for the most part. tomorrow, we'll get cooler, but not quite as cool as what you see now. tomorrow, beautiful day, clouds to sun, on the breezy side. the cooler air, tomro we're talking 58 with rain. 62 on saturday, 63 on sunday. lot of events going on. the cherry blossom race coming up on sunday, the kite festival on saturday, and an opening day on monday. right now, all looking pretty good. >> we got a lot to look forward to. we'll take it. still ahead, a father faced with a difficult decision, after reading his daughter's diary. tonight the warning signs that you don't want to ignore as a parent. as investigators reveal new details in a school shooting plot. this is the terrible discovery a fairfax county couple made when they returned to their apartment after a weekend trip away. not only was their place ransacked and robbed, but this was a muslim couple, their koran, torn to pieces. a slur written on the wall. coming up, why they're speaking out about what's happened. ao, uberls first at 6:30, chilling new details in a maryland student's alleged plot to carry out a deadly attack at her frederick county high school. >> mark segraves has more on what she wrote in her diary and th warning signs every parent needs to look out for. mark? >> one of the elements of this story that makes it so interesting, i by the father, who is credited with saving lives. after reading his 18-year-old's diary, nichole scevario's fathe alerted authorities that his daughter was planning a mass shooting at her high school. the sheriff said the diary details the teenager's troubles and her plan to attack catoctin high. >> we started to see potential threats, her emotions, frustration, played out in this diary. >> reporter: cevario wrote about the attacks at columbine and newtown and noted those were carried out by men. >> she actually felt there had not been a female mass shooter in a school and that she was willing to be the first one. >> reporter: cevario would not have been the first female shooter to attack a school. in 1979, brenda spencer opened fire at an elementary school in california, killing two adults. the sheriff said the father did the right thing by daughter's diary and making that call. a decision that couldn't have been easy for the parents. dr. albert says there are warning signs that parents should look for in their children. >> if a child or teen suddenly withdraws from friends and from others, holes up in their room for long hours, or doesn't come home for long hours, if there's changes in sleeping habits or eating habits, if they're suddenly not talking with you, if there's a sense of irritability, increased irritability, so we're really looking for patterns of change. >> today the sheriff also revealed that cevario had been under the care of a therapist or counsellor outside of school before last week. and that's who the father first called with his concerns. it was that counsellor who told the father that he had to call authorities. >> wow, some tough decisions tr that parent. >> every parent's nightmare, trying to make that decision. just when to vio child's privacy. right? >> privacy is just the first step on that. thanks, mark segraves. if you or someone you know is suffering from mental health issues and need help, we have a list of resources online. just head to our website or app. search changing minds. in maryland, a teenager accused of stabbing two men to death at wheaton mall is no longer facing murder charges. prosecutors cited insufficient evidence as the reason they dropped the changes against angelo jackson, right after the stabbing in january, we spoke with jackson's mother, who told us she thinks it's a case of mistaken identity. the state's attorney's office said their investigation is still active. a muslim couple from fairfax county says they're fighting back tonight. fighting back against hate. this after their apartment near the huntington metro was ransacked and branded with a religious slur. the crime happened over the weekend when the couple was out of town. julie carey says although the possessions, the attack on their faith is what hurts the most. >> reporter: this is the terrible mess that still jolts a fairfax county muslim couple. their apartment they share with their two young children, torn apart. belongings tossed to the floor, furniture overturned. >> they went through the book shelf, the mattresses. >> reporter: the couple has asked that we use only their first names. >> i was like crying. it was bad, it was bad. >> reporter: thousands of dollars in possessions were stolen, but this, this is what they say hurt the most, their religious text, the koran, taken from a special pedestal and torn apart. on the wall, a message is scrawled, an expletive, along with the word muslims. >> the tearing of the koran. no one messes with that. no one. >> never in a million years would i imagine that something like this would happen in this area. it's such a safe been so nice. >> reporter: the couple, both originally from pakistan, just moved to fairfax county from dubai in february. she's an artist, creating intricate religious calligraphy. her paintings that were on the wall, also trashed. they see it as a break-in and burglary that turned into a hate crime when the thief or thieves realized they were in ate mus m home. >> this is why we decided to approach the media. this is not okay. we wanted to get the word out, this cannot be normal. this cannot become a normal thing. >> reporter: the intruder broke into a patio door on the ground level unit. >> you can see this part was snapped off. >> reporter: bias crimes have been on the rise in fairfax county and elsewhere. >> political motivation maybe played a part, maybe it didn't. with y but all we know, this cannot become okay. >> reporter: and police back at the apartment this afternoon. police confirmed they're looking at this case a bias-related incident. they don't use the term hate crime. so far, no suspect has been developed. in fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news4. ivanka trump continued her efforts to focus on female empowerment issues, with betsy devos at the national air and space museum. they spoke about pursuing careers in technology, science, and engineering and math. >> women's participation in stem, where so many of the jobs of the future will come from, is critical in the fight for wage equality and for the empowerment of women in the economy. german chancellor angela merkel recently invited ivanka trump to attend the upcoming women's empowerment meeting in berlin next month. it comes as ivanka takes a more prominent role in her father's administration. apparently not all parking tickets are created up next, a new effort that would give drivers more time to pay up, but there's a very big catch. plus, the countdown to opening day, the changes around nats park that will affect you, even if you don't plan to go to any games. but first here's doug. >> yeah, we've got a couple of knape games this week, i'll break down the forecast and show you when we may see some rain that coincides with the nationals. we'll talk about that and what's going on right now. see you about ten minutes.in some of us may get more time to pay off or parking tickets. the d.c. council is considering a bill that would stop fines from doubling for d.c. residents, if they don't pay their ticket within 30 days. some say the fine acts as a tax on poor people who may not be able to pay their tickets right away. again, though, it would only apply to d.c. residents. people from maryland and virginia would still have to pay within 30 days. the bill is now moving to committee. you can almost smell it, the hotdogs, the peanuts, the beer. we are counting down to opening day for the nats on monday. but there have been a lot of changes to the area around the ballpark. tom sherwood shows us what we need to know about getting there. >> reporter: from the outfield, new construction is beginning to overlook and crowd nats park. residential and office buildings for rent and for sale, a green light for development bars and restaurants, just like the city hoped. >> you're seeing the emergence of the ballpark district. we've got 36 restaurants open right now, another 14 opening in 2017. so a huge surge in restaurants. >> reporter: but all this new construction is taking over what used to be blocks and blocks of open parking lots. now fewer for fans to choose from. >> are getting to the stadium? >> we're always focused on making sure our fans have a seamless game-day experience. we have updated our website to give the best information on how to get to the park, whether that's metro or parking options. >> reporter: metro shuttles a lot of fans on game day, but it has its problems and it's cut-back late night hours. is that a concern? >> we are always working with metro to make sure that our fans' needs are expressed to them and we get the service they need to support a game-day operation. security detection has increased in recent years, but no visible changes this year. >> sometimes it's better not to let our security protocols be known publicly. >> reporter: but the good news is, opening day is just days away. more than 40,000 people expected to be in the seats against the miami marlins when the field tarp comes off and the batters will be real, not bobbleheads. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> the old senators pna there's a lot to know. we posted a complete guide to the nationals opening day in the nbc washington app, just search nats opening day. you may have seen the story pop up on your facebook feed. tonight new reaction from the child's mother after this controversial patdown went viral. plus, a closer look at the rules for all of us for airport screenings. isn't there a better way than this every single day? guess who says they may have the solution for you. uber. i'm adam tuss. i'll expla the new idea that'sin chances are you've seen this video of the dallas ft. worth airport. the video went viral and it's drawing growing criticism from the teen's mother. jennifer williamson said her son has sensory processing disorder, it can cause anxiety in children when they're touched. she called the ordeal horrifying and told nbc news she still doesn't understand why it had to happen. >> my son felt extremely violated. he left the area and was upset for quite some time. we dealt with questions for several days now, asking why that happened, and what he did wrong. >> the tsa said teen patdowns are allowed, and in this case, all approved procedures were followed. they say the patdown was carried out after an alarm went off on the teenager's laptop. we're looking at when you can expect a patdown at the airport. the of people are selected. the tsa will always use someone of the same gender to perform the patdown. you should also know, you have a right to a private screening. in that case, two officers will be on hand and you can bring a companion of your choice along as well. "nightly news" will have more about this story, including reaction from the teen who was screened. that's at 7:00 right here on nbc, right after this newscast. pretty soon, you could be one tap of an app away from an easier ride to work. uber plans to launch a new service that copies the slug line system in northern virginia. the big question, would you get in a car with a stranger. news4's adam tuss is live in arlington to tell us how it works, and if these drivers undergo background checks. adam? >> calle >> reporter: that's right. the short answer is no. uber said the whole idea is to get people to-and-fro work fa the line out of the slug line. uber's changed a lot about transportation and now the company believes it can change part of the slug line system in northern virginia. >> this is casual carpooling. so it's people who are looking to share a ride with a friend or a neighbor. so it's a different experience. >> reporter: here's how it works. people who have a longer commute would be paired up digitally with nearby commuters, creating car poolds, allowing access to fast moving hov facilities and reduces the number of cars on the road. colin said theeds drivers don't have to go through the same background checks as a regular uber driver, but he says that's the same system as the traditional popular slug line system which is in place right now. this is all about creating a new electronic slug line network. >> we're focusing this plot on -- >> reporter: the passenger would have to pay a fee to gas and tolls. that's different, but the passenger would not have to wait in a line at all. david leblanc runs the popular slug line.com website. he doesn't see it as having a big impact on the current slugging system. >> i think for the most part, slugs are thrifty and they slug to save money and time. to pay 5 or $10, i'm not sure they would be willing to do that. >> reporter: commuters like pam say taking more cars off the road, that's only a good thing. >> i think it would be helpful, because traffic being as it is. i think anything that could help. >> reporter: for now, a new change coming to the commute. and now uber says all of this is going to be rolled out over the next couple of weeks, so watch for that. >> anything to help, thank you, adam. >> same as the slug line, but with technology involved, i guess. so, doug, when is the rain going to let up? >> cool picture out there right now. that's a really cool shot. that's the last of one of the showers coming through >> corpuscular rays? >> no, that's just a cloud. [ laughter ] >> let's show you what's happening now. there is that shot and there are the crepuscular rays out there in the distance, a beautiful shot towards tyson's corner. and this shot now, the cloud right overhead, temperatures currently at -- what's that? 72 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 13 miles an hour. clouds at the airport, but we're tracking other rain making its way in. temperatures still nice, look at centerville at 67. a shower there last hour, that's the shower right there, coming through. that's the clouds i'm talking about. the showers in through fairfax county, back to the west, in through warren county. but right now, the heaviest rain through martinsburg, it may come right down into d.c. we'll continue to watch it. charlestown also seeing that rain. you see it towards front royal. tracking that as well. front royal's been seeing rain off and onos this is the area most affected around the fauquier area. pretty good showers, and i mentioned that shower as well towards portions of the belt way. seeing light rain now in and around the belt way. all part of our system that's moving out. as it does so, we'll see cooler weather tomorrow, but still quite nice. 51 degrees, mostly cloudy skies early. in the 60s tomorrow afternoon, breezy, but 66, sunshine, a bit breezy, i'll take that anyway. wednesday looking nice before the bottom falls out and we see much cooler conditions. we need the rain. look at tree pollen. way high. so you're like, we need the rain to get rid of the tree pollen. how about friday. that's the day to watch. friday, 58, the red sox taking on the nationals at nats park. that's going to be a tough one there. good chance for rain. but the weekend looking good and of coming up in sports, caps have had a rough go of this, they'll try to solve their road woes tonight. >> the wizards ready to celebrate like the haven't iny this is the xfinity sports desk. >> the caps about to rack up serious frequent flayer miles. >> and you know how long the regular season is? >> it's a grind. >> nine days left and right now, it's do or die for their playoff pass. five-game road trip, through four time zones in eight nights, this is the challenge that awaits the caps starting tonight against the wild. every game is high stakes and could be the difference between facing the pens, the penguins, or another team. first place in the nhl means nothing, it's the division that matters. the second and third team will have to play each other. what sends shivers down the spine looking at this video, the last road trip for the caps, all three games on the west coast, all three losses. that was a couple weeks ago. they cannot repeat this performance away from home. >> it's a big road trip for us at a crucial point. our last with so to bounce back for us, some really big points. >> sometimes the road wins are harder than the home wins. >> this trip is crucial for us, it's also, you can put a stamp on the year. this is your moment, where we're going on the road, make it happen. >> as for the wizards, they're trying to party like it's 1979. the wizards with a chance of ending a few long droughts this season. washington just five wins away from 51 seasons, they haven't done that since 1978, also close to clinching home court for the first round. if the season ended now, the wizards would be a three seed and host the milwaukee bucks. tip-off tonight against the lakers, another battle at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, battle for wizards playoff tickets. we don't know when or where they're going to start. regular season ends april 12th. it looks like home court advantage. as for the redskins, jay gruden is addressing the media tonight, the first time we've heard from him since free agency began, and the gm scott mcclellan was fired. we'll have that tonight at 11:00. jay gruden can't hold work-outs for his players yet, but his brother can. kirk cousins and the backup quarterback and a group of receivers working out in florida with the elder gruden. terrelle pryor happily in attendance. interesting about josh dotson, you see his tweet. just at a hundred percent. hope that means what it says it does. and after parting ways with john thompson iii, reports school has inquired about two other coaches who have respectfully declined. meantime, a childhood dream is coming true for maurice joseph, he's head coach of the men's basketball team. he spent the year as the interim coach this past season. with that year under his bielt, the 31-year-old says he feels battle-tested and ready to go. >> i was able to get that first year under my belt and really be able to -- was able to put kinda short-term perspective on things, really take things day by day, found my groove in terms of how i want to coach. that's important as a first-year head coach, to understand who you want to be, and who you will be. so having that under my belt was huge for me, and now i can move forward and really have this offseason to continue to grow and fine-tune some of the things i want to do next season. from the xs and os standpoint, the recruiting standpoint, kind ofe things. >> they won 20 games with him. almost matches his age. 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