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WRC News4 Midday March 8, 2016

Baltimore Police Officer William Porter will be compelled to testify in all of the trials over freddie grays death. A lower court ruled that he would have to testify and the Maryland Court of appeals, the highest court in the state upheld that ruling. Six Police Officers were charged. Porters trial ended in a hung jury last year. The other officers faced charges for assault and depraved heart murder for grays death. Breaking new development. Someone saw a person shoot two women and then took off. Both women died. Molette green is live with new details for us. Molet molet molette . Reporter good morning . The officers just released the naples. 26yearold 23yearold. Both shot in that third floor apartment behind me with children inside. Jones 5yearold saw what happened. Police evidence taped to the door of apartment 301 after a deadly night. Two women shot and pronounced dead here at the scene. Just found out and i just came over. Reporter this woman who didnt want to show her face on camera said her cousin is one of the women murdered described in her 20s who lived here with her three young children. Beautiful, loved her kids, i spent a lot of time with them. Reporter its possible the children saw the deadly turn of events since they were inside at the time. I heard three loud bangs. Reporter the 911 call came in around 10 30 last night. Shots fired at the apartments. This man lived on the third floor. A loud, you know, banging sound. Security door has people who live here frustrated and angry. This is a security door. It sure aint much security. Reporter but its uncertain if that would have stopped killer. Its sad. People take an innocent life. People dont value life anymore. Its really sad. Reporter at this point Prince Georges County police dont believe that this was random. The police say the shooter shot both of the women, and then left. We spoke with two young women who say theyre in class, they go to class with jericka jones. They tell me that they met her two weeks ago and this was a young woman who wanted to be a dental hygienist. Thats the latest live from the scene here in cheverly. New this midday, brandnew video of an apartment that caught fire. Take a look at the flames here, this video from the prince joerness fire dar Prince Georges County fire says people had to be rescued from their balconies. No one was hurt though. Two apartments were so damaged people had to sleep elsewhere tonight. Well, temperatures today not looking too bad out there. In fact, right now those temperatures are in the 70s, the lower 70s in some spots, and were well on our way to warm up right through the 70s. 61 here in d. C. Inside the beltway, 69 in baltimore, 70 in leesburg, 72 in manassas. But, again, were going to warm on up. Again, most of us will be in the mid70s for daytime highs. Areas along the water could be a little bit on the cooler side in annapolis. You could end up in the mid to upper 60s. For the most part we have cloud cover out there. You will get sunshine as we continue into the afternoon but then weve got more mild weather on the way. Well show you those numbers coming up in a few minutes. A thank you. A student who was missing is now safe. He was found this morning. His family was worried because they hadnt heard from him for several days. He is 18 years old. Police arrested 2 a 23yearold. He stabbed a woman. She died. Another was established but is expected to be okay. Hes charged with murder and attempted murder charges. A proposed law would broaden what qualifies as domestic violence. If senate bill 960 passes, it would add harassment and malicious destruction of property. Prince georges countys state attorney general measure. Now we turn for the fight for degats in decision 2016. Theyll be battling for votes again. Take a look. Red states are where republicans will need to get votes in the primary or caucus, the purple states is where theyre hopes to get votes. Those include mississippi and michigan today. This mornings new surveymonkey poll shows the first large shift in the democratic race. Hillary clinton is up four points. Bernie sanders dropped three points nationally. She has a 17point lead over sanders going into the primaries. Ted cruz is now in second place behind donald trump. 39 of Republican Voters think the billionaire will clinch the nomination. This poll has a 1. 1 margin of error. A terrifying plane crash caught on camera. You wont believe a father and daughter actually walked away with just a few bruise what a way to end a college visit. A father and his daughter say a parachute helped save their lives when their plane just fell out of the sky. Yeah. Take a look at the plane bouncing when it hits the ground in long island. You can see it nearly hit a building. This happened over the weekend. The father who was piloting the plane said the engine just die. He walked away with a scratch on his forehead. His daughter was not injured. We turn to texas now. Six students are safe after this scary situation. Their bus got stuck in some high floodwater this morning. There were severe storms outside dallas last night and this is what was left over, the water halfway up the buss wheels. Take a carrying children on their shoulders to a nearby boat. After that they were put on another bus and taken to school. Now, that same storm also damaged a number of homes in the city of cool, texas. They were wondering if there were tornados that touched down. There were warnings this morning. You see a lot of debris scattered everywhere. You see one person trapped in a house. He was rescued later. Fortunately we wont be seeing anything like that in our area. It geese doing be beautiful, as a matter of fact. Lets check back in with lauryn ricket ricketts. It is. Ive spoken with a meteorologist in texas. Theyve got a long day ahead of them. Up here as well, as you get out and about, its so darn nice outside. Temperatures right now around 70 degrees. Were warming up rather quickly even though we have that cloud areas to the west seeing a little bit more sunshine. Weve been stuck in some of those clouds throughout much of the day, but as we continue through the afternoon clouds will start to clear and well get sunshine. Definitely make sure you have your shades with you. Some areas may be a little bit warmer since were getting warm already out there. And so for d. C. , well continue to warm up through, again, the mid70s. Beautiful, mild, dry out there. We do have rain in the sevenday forecast. Ill show you that coming up. Thanks, lauryn. Up next, an update on the volunteer firefighters who broke the rules to save a little girls life. Youll hear f it felt good to be back on the fire truck. I appreciate all the support from the citizens, the community. Two volunteer firefighters are excited to be back on the job this morning. The fire chief reinstated both men after a review and a public outcry. The fire chief reinstated both men, captain james kelly and virgil bloom were placed on leave for taking a child, a little girl to the hospital on a fire engine rather than waiting for an ambulance. The firefighters say the ambulance was 15 minutes s away and the child needed help immediately. Captain kelley said he was surprised for being rep panhandle reprimanded. I was surprised. The office is now doing a review of the case. Do you suffer with allergies . With the warmer weather arriving, many of you will be dealing with seasonal allergies. Tree pollen will be started in the next few weeks. Grass pollen will bring the swollen eyes and puffy noses too. If you have kids who suffer with allergies, try to limit the amount of time they spend outside. Health experts say you should always shower when you come back indoors to remove pollen. Overthecounter medications can help and kick in quickly. It may be too late to get your allergy shot because a lot of them take six months to be effective. Talking about warmer weather, lauryn rtt course, that brings the bad news. The allergies, oh, man, they can be terrible out there. Im from shenandoah valley. Its not too bad out there. We have clouds but i believe theyll dissipate as we continue into the afternoon. Were dry for days, thank goodness. Now, we do have some recordbreaking temperatures on the way possibly, possibly by thursday we could see some recordbreaking temperatures. I think our daytime highs in d. C. Is 78 set back in 2006. Forecast right around 80 degrees. Then weve got rain chances as we get into saturday and sunday. Again, looking good. Low to mid70s. So all in all, not that bad for your next four days. Look at this. Mid70s. Some areas may be above that as we get decreased clouds. The afternoon look spectacular. Then we head into your wednesday. Mid to upper 70s. Plenty of sunshine around tomorrow, th southeastern portion of the united states. Clouds increase on friday. Could have a few sprinkles. But then rain chances return saturday, sunday, and possibly monday morning. Guys . Thank you, lauryn. Developing this morning, how much your pet bills could change and how much your bill is in the air. Pepcos controversial 7 million merger is in trouble. Failure to act could mean the whole deal gets derailed. Some civic groups say its a bad deal. Some say its not clear if or when the deal will go through. Right now in rockville, Montgomery County officials and state highway officials are being grilled about the blizzard and responses. Theyre working on the issue of pretreating roads. They want to figure out ways snowclearing contractors. And we expect them to ask about issues with the countys 311 phone line which was overwhelmed during the storm. In the meantime across the potomac, virginia will get some of the federal help it requested as a result of the blizzard. The white house says president obama has approved the commonwealth disaster declaration. That means virginia can get money for repairs and Recovery Efforts from the big january storm. Another reason to circle the first day of spring on your calendar. The d. C. Department of public works says thats about when all the snow from januarys blizzard will finally be gone. Right now the snow is still sitting in huge piles at rfk stadium. Take a look. Thats the snow, but its been coated in dirt and grime. Scott macfarlane says they plan to remove the snow the day before the first day of spring. Is under way in the district for a building to help new businesses grow. The incubator space will be right by Howard University in the 2300 block of georgia avenue. It will be home to entrepreneurs and investors, and its designed to help those who target underserved communities. Well have more on when its set to open and who will be involved on news4 at 4 00. Well, today Prince Georges County wants to hear your thoughts at a public budget hearing. According to a report from the blue ribbon commission, lagging tax revenue is failing to keep up with expenses in the county. With the county drawing less in revenue, it depend s less on State Government money. By 2022 they could face a 22 million budget hole. And today well learn where county. The commonwealth is still reviewing medical Cannabis Grower applications. It says it will issue no more than 15 licenses statewide. That meeting is taking place at 7 00 at winchester hall. 000 get around when you dont use your own car. Lyft is gang customers according to uber. Thats partly because the Ridesharing Company lowered fares in three cities including d. C. In new york city lyft ridership is up 500 since last may. Gas prices are on the rise too. Just a little bit right now. Weve gone up 6 cents in a week in some places, but theyre under 2 a gallon all around here. This happens every spring. Heres what we know. The average for regular unleaded is 1. 79 in maryland. Virginia is pay 1ing 1. 69. Aaa says even though prices are up, its hard to complain. Weve grown so money in a decade that even a small spike in prices is disconcerting and disturbing to motorists, but once we get through this hiccup, well still be in better shape than we have been in years. I like that. Hiccup. Coming up, news4s Erika Gonzalez tells us why its best to look around a little bit before you buy gas. Thats in ten minutes. S dangerou people coming to each others rescue after this california. Take a look at this new video of train that derailed overnight. Its not only lying off the tracks, but its lying in a creek. Investigators are now saying that a mudslide may be to blame here. Heavy rain caused the mudslide. Its been getting a ton of rain out there, knocked over a tree that fell on the train while it was moving. After it went into the water, people didnt wait for help. They started pulling each other out of the train. One was in the mudslide, we were digging each other out. Im thankful im alive live, thank god for that. Scary situation there. Police well, were going to get some sunshine out there. Weve got to wait a little bit, but well get some sunshine. I know a lot of areas arent seeing sunshine but here i weve been stuck in a cloud cover throughout much of the morning. Eventually well get the sunshine. Despite the cloud cover, temperatures are warming up and theyre whamming up very quickly. Here in d. C. Were going to top out in the mid70s. Fredericksburg, 70. Warrenton, 76. 66 in gaithersburg. A little cooler along the water. If youre headed to pick the kids up from the bus stop, hopefully they burn some energy aet the bus stop. Again, in the early evening well have sunshine out as well. The sun going down a little bit after 6 00. But maybe you need to set your tee time because its going to be a Beautiful Day tomorrow. Were going to be even warmer tomorrow. We could have recordbreaking temperatures tomorrow and also as we get into thursday. Plenty of sunshine. Its going to be a cool start. A few degrees warmer than this morning. We started in the 30s. Then well warm up into the upper 70s by the afternoon. We have an 80 on there. Well show you the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. All right, lauryn. Thank you. Training, recruitment, and selection all under review at the Baltimore City schools because of this video you see here. It shows a Police Officer slapping a student several times last week. The baltimore schools ceo held a private meeting with parents to talk about what happened ther there. He actually kicked reporters out. The city is reforming the way it choose officers and documenting how they talk and interact with students. The officer in the video, a second officer and Schools Police chief are all on School Administrative leave. Straight ahead, a little advice if youre heading welcome back at 11 29. Giving you a live look over the springfield interchange. You can see a few cars there making their way down i95 not having any trouble at this point in time. Lots of you planning to head somewhere for spring break and aaa says more and more people are considering taking their cars, and thats because of super low gas prices, though theyre now on the rise. News4s pump. Reporter weve seen prices go up in the past couple of weeks, but still if you look at prices last year compared to this year, were still 70 cents cheaper than last year. The national highest average about 2. 51, the lowest 1rk est 1. 30. Here, 1. 67, according to aaa the lower price of crude and abundant supplies keep what you pay in the coming months. With spring around the corner, this is welcome news. Spokesperson for aaa don townsend says take a look around where youre shopping because prices can vary substantially even in a small area. Theyve been on one Street Corner where theres a 30cent swing in gasoline prices. It doesnt make sense t consumers, but take advantage of that. We always say shop with your steering wheel. Reporter in arlington, im Erika Gonzalez, news4. So what kinds of prices are you seeing around the area . We want you to share those with us on the nbc washington facebook page. Snap a photo and dont forget to add the location. It might be a great day to try to eat lunch outside, maybe dinner on the patio. Lets go to storm team 4 lauryn ricketts. How is it feeling out there . Its so wonderful. I dont know if i want to come back inside. I heard you say to people take off on wednesday. Take an today, take off tomorrow, take off thursday. This weather is sticking around the d. C. Area for a good amount of time. It feels so wonderful. Hopefully the restaurants open up their patios because thats the place thats going to be hopping. 61 right now inside the district but then you step outside the beltway, weve got park, 72 in manassas, 76 in warrenton, 76 in leesburg. And then as we continue into really the rest of the day, the temperatures are going to stay into really the mid70s, possibly upper 70s. So your fourday forecast, yes, were look at 80 by thursday, low 70s by friday. And then we will have those temperatures roll back into the 60s by saturday and sunday. Well have a few sprinkles possibly on friday. But then a better chance of rain saturday and sunday. Dont forget to set those clocks forward. Spring is definitely arising. I certainly consider him an ally. Would you tap him to be your v. P. Choice . Oh, lets not get ahead of ourselves. To win, to become president of the united states. Im not talking about Vice President. During last nights fox news stopped short of names Bernie Sanders as her Vice President but Bernie Sanders says hes in it to win it. Right now 607 delegates separate sanders and clinton. Today theyll have two chances to earn delegates in michigan and mississippis primaries. The fight has become pretty ferocious for democrats as those numbers get crunched. Senator ted cruz is catching up to frontrunner donald trump. This is on the republican side. There are fewer delegates between the two of them. Ohio Governor John Kasich is far behind the top three contenders. Today could be a defining point for democrats in michigan while mississippi has become the battleground. Nbcs tracie potts has the details. Reporter todays michigan primaries could be Bernie Sanders last chance to beat Hillary Clinton. What i did not vote for was a crooks on wall street. 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