scott macfarlane. >>> and more details are emerging as we look into the life of charles zseverance as ae the police and the fbi. and you can also look into the similarities of the three murders. >>> and also, a 9-year-old girl was robbed in northeast washington as she walked her dog. we are talking to the little girl's mother. >>> looking at the blue skies, folks, hold op, because we could see more snow headed our way as early as sunday. veronica. >> fine. but we have some snow chances to talk about. i will show you when that snow is doing to move in, and what our monday morning commute looks like following thi >>> and today, the investigation began in the court-martial of a navy football player, but at the end, they decided to go with a nonjury trial. joshua tate is charged with sexually assaulting a classmate in a car in an off-cap pus party in annapolis, and the woman says she was too drunk to know what happened, but heard later that e had had sex with multiple partners and three former navy football players are charged in the case, and tate is the only one still facing charges. >>

scott macfarlane tracking it from the live desk. >> yes, wendy. they say that it did not transmit any data after it lost contact last friday and that is leaving investigators with what happened next. search crews believe that the plane could have been flying for as long as four hours after losing contact, based on the fuel p on board. and last night, we showed you satellite that could be debris, but so far, the crews have not been to that location. and now the pentagon is sending the "uss kidd" into the indian ocean to expand the search area. look for a report on "nbc nightly news." scott macfarlane, live desk. >>> and the high winds caused a lot of damage across the region last night. in the del rey section of alexandria, the gusts blew the bricks off of a wall on an apartment complex. pat collins is on the scene, and coming up at 6:30, we will hear from the people who were impacted by the mess. >> and that storm left thousands of residents without power overnight. we checked in with the local utilities, and right now, there are about 1,300 pepco

in southeast d.c., scott macfarlane, news4. >>> up next, why the state of maryland may ban the sale of energy drinks to minors. >> and the dalai lama draws protester protesters at the cathedral. >> and president obama misspells the word respect to the women of soul tribute to aretha franklin. >> and now that storm moving out to sea, but halfway through the weekend, it is another weather front for us, and will that spoil our mild weekend? ly let you know when "news4 at 4" returns. >>> you are watching "news4 at 4." >> a rare sight in washington, hundreds of protesters rallying against the dalai lama today outside of the national cathedra cathedral. >> dalai lama stop lying. >> the protesters are members of the international shogden community of buddhists and part of a sect that worships the deity a that is rejected by the dalai lama, the tibetan leader, and he says it has led to their exile. >>> right now the president and the first lady are spending the weekend in key largo, florida. earlier they visited a high school in miami and talked to 3,000 students in coral reef high school abou

that it is from outside of the attorney general's office, scott macfarlane. >> yes, and there is a lot of evidence that is yet to come. this is the only the beginning, folk folks. you can keep track of all of the intoer formation that we have reported so far, and more by going to the website nbcwashington.com. >>> other news tonight, the olympian and now the defendant oscar pistorius vomited twice in court today as graphic details were unveiled about his girlfriend's autopsy. the pathologist who perform ed the autopsy on reeva steenkamp testifieded so graphic that the judge ruled it could not be broadcast. in the testimony, pistorius began to cry loudly, and oscar pa pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkamp on valentine's day in 2013 when he claims that he thought that she was an intruder, but the prosecution says that he shot her intentional intentionally. >>> and today, peter lanza is talking publicly for the first time since his son killed 20 children, and 6 educators in newtown, connecticut, more than a year ago. he spent hours giving interviews to "new yorker" magazine, and lanza

scott macfarlane is tweeting from the courtroom, and he learned that the next court date has been set. he is going to have to be back in court on may 15th at 1:00 p.m., and thompson will be released are the giuilty plea, and must surrender his passport and right to vote. and those are reporters waiting for the 6:15 press conference with attorney ron machen who is the lead prosecutor on the case. as we get new details, we will bring them to you. >>> and it is tax time, and for many taxpayers there are many changes when you go the file this year. >> and liz crenshaw is here with what you need to know about the new tax issues. are liz? >> well, the light brings changes, and with that comes new taxes. the government shutdown, and the same-sex marriages and even a home office are all going to change how much you owe the government. >> reporter: topping the list the government shutdown. 800,000 federal workers were affected, furloughed from their jobs in october, and while out of work, some applied for unemployment benefits. if you did, you have to pay extra income tax. >> that is going to

scott macfarlane, news desk. >>> and now two people dead after a helicopter crashed near the space needle in downtown seatt seattle. the chopper had taken off from affiliate komo when something went wrong. cameraman bill strothman and reporter gary pfitzner were kill kill killed. and flames from the crash engulfed a car where the man was taken to the hospital with 20% burns to his body. >>> and the helicopter dove over the trees and crashed on the other side of the street there. >> we have also learned that the helicopter that crashed was actually a loaner vehicle. kom o's regular chopper is in st. louis getting the technology upgrate grades, and coming up wshw e will have more details as they sift through the wreckage to try to to find out what happened. >>> it has been ten days since that malaysian airliner vanis d vanished. but one nation is offering up information that it has known from day one. >> well, vance, thailand's military saying that it may have picked up flight 370 on the day it disappeared. the thai officials say they have picked up radar blips of unidentified plane going t

i'm scott macfarlane. >>> and energy drinks and youngsters and many, many believe it is a dangerous combination, and maryland lawmakers in annapolis would ban the sale of energy drinks to minors. doreen gentzler was the first to cover it, and she has more. >> it is a story that we have been covering for two years. news4 reported the death of a 14-year-old girl in hagerstown in february of 2012. doctors say that she died of caffeine toxicity, and that is what is on the death secertifice after she drank two large energy drinks in less than an hour, and her mother was on capitol hill asking to prevent the death of another child. >> i performed cpr before the rescue team got there. >> reporter: and she talking about the tragic accident of her niece who was a girl with a mild heart condition who died after consuming two energy drinks in a 24-hour period. >> one of the problems with the drin s s is that they target children, and even though it says on the label, it is not recommended for children, but that is who they target. they target to kids with extreme sports, an sponsor rock bands and concerts