chris gordon in beltsville now near where young lives. chris? >> reporter: well a federal law enforcement officer tells nbc that the suspect may have a mental illness, that the shootings were not terror related or isis inspired. that's the home of the suspect, and today police executed a search warrant here. prince george's county police investigators entered the beltsville house of the shooting suspect, 35-year-old hong young. hours later, they came out with bags of evidence, ten weapons including a semiautomatic pistol, hundreds of rounds of ammunition. police say all of the weapons were legally owned by the suspect in the five recent shootings. >> our investigators worked all night to link these cases together forensically. >> reporter: young lived here with his mother, father and sister in beltsville. his wife recently divorced him and moved. last year young resigned from his job as a corrections officer in jessup, maryland. >> i see him walking around, does not speak much. yeah, he just looks down and walks. that's it. >> he has never looke

police are at a home in beltsville serving a search warrant close to the icc location. that's where we met a woman who told us her son hong young had been struggling through a job loss. >> he live with me but he don't come home. i say he don't come home last night. my good son, he got laid off. he got laid off. he don't have job. >> reporter: the mother showed a high school graduation picture of her son. she believed he recently obtained a handgun license here in maryland but she knew nothing about the shootings. again a search warrant being executed there right now. we at the anne arundel county police headquarters are awaiting a briefing from local and federal officials. the number one questions, whether or not there may be even additional shootings linked to this suspect and what if any motive. scott broom, wusa9. >> thank you, scott. of course we're following this and we'll have the latest for you on our news at 5:00 p.m. and always on our web and mobile website wusa9.com. >>> two people died when a plane "crash" -- plane crashed into the botanical gorden in the enc

in beltsville brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 starbucks wants to start a dialogue. find out why the push to talk about a serious topic is leading to some major backlash for the coffee king. leon: plus -- a big band gives a small concert. find out why they had to change the words for their biggest hit. chris: women panhandling on metro trains while holding as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. hurry call now it's your last chance. this offer ends march twenty-first. leon: alison: women panhandling on metro trains while holding infants. this has been a growing trend in d.c. over the past few months. leon: before you give them some mo

. >>> about ten miles out of washington dc, there is a place called beltsville, maryland. if you find yourself flying over beltsville one day and you have binoculars, you might look down and see something that roughly resembles the white house, sort of. it is a fake white house they have set up at the secret service's training center in beltsville, maryland. it is a sprawling complex that has everything from a fake marine one, and a fake air force one. it is half of a fake air force one. they have a fake village where the secret service can practice tactical maneuvers, and a fake white house that is apparently not that good of a fake white house. the secret service director told congress today they want a new fake white house to train on. something a little more of a exact replica of the actual building and the actual white house grounds. >> we don't have the bushes, we don't have the fountains, and don't get a realistic look at the white house. even our k-9. they're responding on hard surfaces rather than grass. >> the secret service director was already scheduled to test

a 17-year-old girl accuses him of sexually abusing her at high point high school in beltsville. brown had been a special education teacher at high point. he is now on leave. services begin today for the principle george's county police officer killed in a crash. a viewing will be held today for officer brennan robain from 3:00 until 7:00 at the funeral home in beltsville. officer robain died when his cruiser crashed off 193 in lanham. he'll be laid to rest tomorrow at victory christian ministries. >> joe morrissey is out of jail this noon after serving his sentence for a misdemeanor stemming from a sex scandal. the delegate was released from kent county jail. he was convicted last december to contributing to the de delinquency of a minor. two former oklahoma fraternity members are apologizing. they were shown leading a racist chant. karen traverse reports on the continued fallout this noon. >> the fallout continues at the university of oklahoma. two students expelled and the school pledging more disciplinary action for this video showing members of the sigma alpha epsilon frater

the agency currently has a training facility in beltsville but clancy says it doesn't provide a real enough training experience. >>> new developments in the hillary clinton e-mail saga. house speaker john boehner is asking her to turn over her computer server to a third party. he says that would give an independent person access to those e-mails and the ability to determine which are government related and which are personal. earlier this month, clinton revealed she used a personal e-mail address and a home-based server to conduct state department business. >>> emotional testimony as students describe what they went through to join fraternities and sorority sororities. what they're hoping to change by speaking out against hazing. >>> and helping parents with a daycare dilemma. what's being done to make child care more accessible. >>> and retiring at age 24 walking away from a potential financial windfall. a new form of innovation is taking shape, bringing media and technology together for more people. together is more wi-fi access in more places. it's a home you control with the touc

here behind this is route 1 here in the beltsville area. you can see the road is simply wet at this point. we have had treatment come through here. we've had the sand truck, the salt trucks the plows. things are looking pretty good. traffic is pretty light. now, i know everybody knows one of those people. one of those people are going to gelt out and exercise. no matter what. show video of this guy. earlier this morning, at the height of the storm, he is out there jogging along route 1, and that's dedication. get out there in the snow and go ahead and get your exercise done. let's hear from a woman out this morn running a few errands. >> okay. well the roads are bad. i suggest that everyone stay in today. and -- high to go -- well my daughter's having her 21st birthday party on sunday. so i came out. high to do errands, so i might as well have stopped in the grocery store to pick up some items for that. >> reporter: all right. schools closed here in the county. ales of offices closed. stay home. watch channel 4. enjoy hopefully the last sno

andre brown was a teacher and coach at high point high school in beltsville. prosecutors say he abused a 17-year-old student at the school in 2013. they say he asked her to go with him to the locker room after a football game. he was arrested last may after she reported the incident to police. >>> new this morning, the university of oklahoma officially closed the significance sigma alpha epsilon house. so far at least two fraternity members have been expelled from the school after this video surfaced of members singing a racist chant. the national fraternity organization says it is working to expel all the members from sae saying in part quote we teach our members to serve as role models in their communities and to live up to our creed, the true gentleman. when members fail to do so we will not hesitate to take corrective actions or impose sanctions. >>> this afternoon maryland comptroller will push for law make toers start school after labor day. those in favor of the plan say a later start time would result in a $74.3 million economic boost. recent survey fo

a viewing for 26-year-old officer brennan robain began just about an hour ago in beltsville. his funeral is set for tomorrow at victory christian ministries. robain died when his cruiser crashed off 193 in lanham. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >> a long running fight over land in montgomery county is now over. >> that's right. we've been talking about this for quite a while and the county board of appeals voted not to allow costco a gas station for costco at the westfield mall in wheaton. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live with reaction to the vote that we've been waiting on for years now. kevin? >> absolutely alison this is the parking lot where costco wanted to build that 16-pump gas station and right on down this hill is a community pool. there is a special needs school and dozens of single family homes. all within a few hundred feet of here. fear of noxious gas fumes and increased traffic were two of the main issues following five years of tug of war that generated 9,000 pages of testimony and hundreds of exhibits, the montgomery county boa

you saw the images of people crossing one after another in beltsville. what does the ntsb recommend about that? >> i think if anything were to come out of this forum it's just that -- we want people to understand that railroad tracks they're not playgrounds, they should not be used as a short cut. >> reporter: the agency today said government investigators report there's no group, old or young, male or female more likely to trespass on the tracks than others. a minority of the victims are suicide cases, but so many are people simply looking for a short cut, like mark kelenna. >> it's illegal to be on train tracks for a reason and, you know although i did lose both of my legs this is a lucky outcome. >> some type of new recommendation for new rules could surface from the national transportation safety board in the coming weeks. but one agency leader tells me he doesn't recommend requiring additional fencing along the tracks. in his word people tear those down as soon as the train companies put them up. doreen and jim. >> sad situation. thanks scott. >>> y

he says he needs it to build a mock white house in beltsville. he says they've got kind of a mock out there and it's in a parking lot, but he says it doesn't have the right trees and shrubs and fake fountains and he se he needs one that looks more like the real thing to train the men and women who protect the executive mansion. steve handelsman news4. >>> turning to our weather, big changes before spring feshlly lyofficially starts. doug kammerer talking about a 40-degree temperature drop in some places. say it's not true. >> i wish i could. temperatures today the warmest they've been all year 73 today in d.c. after a high of 71 yesterday so some phenomenal weather the last couple days. there are the highs. 73 in d.c. 74 in fredericksburg. 75 in culpeper today after 82 yesterday, hagerstown at 66 degrees. notice what's going on back to the west. already down to 60 only 47 now in hagerstown and only 39 in pittsburgh. that's the cold air that's moving on in here. you mentioned the drop 73 today to 35 by tomorrow morning. the windchill, the windchil

young lived here in beltsville with his mother, father, and sister. his wife recently divorced him and moved. i spoke with young's next door neighbor. >> i see him walking around. he does not speak much. yeah, he just looks down and washingtons. that walks. >> reporter: the neighbor says he never saw the 1999 blue lincoln town car that police have been looking for since the series of five shootings that began a week ago. the news of young's arrest shook this quiet upscale neighborhood in beltsville. what is your reaction to the fact that hawn young, a neighbor of yours has been arrested for five shootings in the past week. >> scary. we keep looking for him. >> reporter: they have him in custody. >> custody. that's good. i'm glad he's in custody. >> going through the sniper situation of years ago, i actually live in kensington so we had a lot of that over there. this brought back memoryies. >>> now to a developing story in virginia where one man is in custody after driving off during a routine traffic stop. we're told an officer pulled him over near ar

investigators now say they have linked a beltsville man to two more shootings in maryland. that brings the total number of incidents tied to hong young to nine. the additional cases involve damage to the exterior of the russett library in laurel and the maryland live casino. young is being held without bond on charges of attempted murder and assault in connection with a shooting near the arundel mills mall. 11 marines and soldiers are presumed dead in the crash of a blackhawk helicopter off the florida coast. the military says the helicopter was on a training mission when it went into the gulf of mexico near the beach. piece of wreckage and some human remains have washed on shore. fog in the area has hampered search efforts. not clear if the weather played a role in the crash. tonight, hillary clinton's e-mails while she was secretary of state aren't just under scrutiny. they're also the subject of a lawsuit filed by the associated press. senior political reporter scott thuman with more. >> they are frustrated and have tried for several years to view clinton's e-mails under

in if beltsville chris lawrence, news4. >>> police are concerned tonight that a woodbridge teenager may have tried to recruit teenagers to join isis. the osborne park teen's name has not been released and he's being held at an unknown location. the teenager that traveled to syria is facing an indictment but it's unclear where he is. >>> the u.s. ambassador to seoul, mark lippert, was attacked sliced with a razor near his face but the injury was not life threatening. president obama called him to check on him and his family. the unidentified suspect was immediately arrested by the police. >>> new at 11:00, a maryland restaurant owner accused of videotaping women in a bathroom is taking an extended leave of absence. he planted a camera at rams head tavern bathrooms. a lawsuit was filed against him earlier this week. he will focus on his family and the legal road ahead. that's according to a statement from his father. >>> it was him. those startling words today from the defense attorney representing boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. his attorney admitted the guilt during o

an unemployed former prison guard from beltsville. >> i know everybody wants to know what the motive is. we're still investigating this case and we're still trying to figure that out ourselves. >> when abc 7 knocks on young's door early this morning, we're welcomed inside to a gut wrenching scene, his mom sobbing explaining his wife left him and he has no job. his sister is unable to make sense of the crimes. >> he's a good brother. >> when we leave, police swarm the house and inside they find more guns and ammunition. none of it illegal and they find a possible getaway bag with cash and a passport. >> this guy has apparently some other issues going on that our detectives are continuing to follow up on. >> well fortunately from these five shootings, no serious injuries. young does face serious charges. among them, attempted murder. he has not yet been officially charged. we don't have a mug shot to show you because, according to sources, he is hospitalized under police guard undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. at anne arundel county police headquarters, brad bell, abc 7 news. >> a w

sniper case. >> reporter: young lived here in beltsville with his mother, father and sister. his wife recently divorced him and moved. last year, young resigned from his job as a corrections officer in jessup, maryland. >> i thought he was a security guy. he wears like a security dress once in a while. i have seen him that way. >> reporter: but the neighbor never saw the 19 niep 9 blue lincoln town car police have been looking for since the series of five shootings began a week ago. anne arundel mills, walmart in laurel, columbia mall movie theater, the icc and nsa. yesterday afternoon a tree service truck was targeted along the icc at the i-95 interchange. one occupant of the truck was wounded by shattered glass another had a bullet lodged in his clothing. police say both were in mortal fear for their lives. then yesterday evening a building at the national xurtd security agency was hit by a bullet. the search ended about 10:30 last night when anne arundel police made a traffic stop in the area of the costco in arundle mills which led for young's arrest. >> investigators wor

. >>> mental health issues will be examined in case of hong young, the beltsville man charged with attempted murder in a string of shootings in suburban maryland. young said he heard voices in his head. his estranged wife in california filed for divorce over what she calls young's crazy behavior. young is a former state prison guard who legally owned 10 guns recovered at the family home. he's expected in court monday. >>> this is a landmark free speech case about advertising that's been raging for six years now and it could have a big impact on what you see on tv and billboards. it started over a bottle of beer. hank silverberg with the story about the first amendment artwork and one five letter word. >> reporter: this is the product. it's sold in 30 states. it's sold around the world and in bars like the one behind me and when michigan tried to ban this beer because of its name, it became a federal first amendment case. >> freedom of speech, absolutely freedom of expression absolutely applies to beer labels. >> reporter: that's flying dog, a microbrewer. >> this is about more than a beer la

it's scheduled from 3:00 to 7:00 at borghordt funeral home in beltsville. he died saturday while trying to make a traffic stop. funeral services are set for tomorrow. >>> glen ivey has his eye on congress now. the former prince george's county state's attorney is expected to make it official today. we hear he's going to make the announcement in hyattsville that he'll run for a congressional seat being vacated by congresswoman donna edwards. edwards plans to run for barbra mikulski's u.s. senate seat. ivey challenged edwards for her seat in 2012 but ended up dropping out of the race because of a lack of funding. >>> more fallout in ferguson, missouri. the city council voted unanimously to remove city manager john shaw. this comes after a scathing report from the department of justice accusing the police department and the court system of racial bias. the report said shaw encouraged police to aggressively ticket motor is to generate revenue. streets in ferguson have been filled with protesters dozens of times since a white police officer fatally shot an unarm

. >> reporter: inside the new elementary school in beltsville there's a new heating system. on one of the coldest days the news 4 i-team found comfortable temperatures inside. that's one less distraction for the students. >> we focus on the times that we do have the children in the buildings to maximize the opportunities. >> reporter: but even inside some of the newest buildings in maryland heating systems failed this winter. >> i'm sure you're aware that we've experienced hittic frigid temperatures in the past couple of weeks. even in our newest buildings and many of those new es buildings our infrastructure wasn't to handle it. >> reporter: hour cameras spotted xena warren hustling her students out of one of the older buildings. gwynn high school. built in 1956. >> staff is complaining. everybody is wearing coats. people are inside looking like this. >> reporter: the district admitted heat problems. >> i didn't feel like these conditions were appropriate for a learning environment. >> reporter: a review of public school district building records obtained by the news 4 i-te

director clancy says the money would go towards a training facility in beltsville, maryland that would provide agents and officers with more realistic training and experience. >>> the royals are coming to town. prince charles and his wife, came million remark the duchess of he -- camilla, the duchess of cornwall are set to arrive this evening. during their visit the royal couple will meet with president obama, visit the national archives and tour mount vernon. they'll also be taking in the monuments, attend receptions and tour the arpd forces retirement -- armed forces retirement home and lincoln cottage. this is the royal couple's third joint trip to the united states. >>> this is the georgetown hoyas on their way to portland, oregon and their ncaa tournament matchup with eastern washington. nick giovanni was on the hilltop this morning for the team sendoff. >> reporter: cue up the music because it's time to dance. the georgetown hoyas ended up hitting the road rolling out of campus just before 8:30 this morning. their next stop portland, oregon. the road to final four began with a bu

secret service director joseph clancy said agents need a true-to-life white house replica in beltsville. this comes in response to september's security breach when an armed man jumped the fence and made it inside the white house before being captured. this request came as clancy admitted he is frustrated with the troubles within the agency. he said today that he was not told about a white house incident involving two possibly drunk senior agents until days after the incident. clancy told congress he gave staff a stern lecture over it and pledged to do better. >> my actions will determine how that culture will change. i don't have the ability to fire people at will. leon: the two agents involved in that incident have been reassigned and an investigation is under way. a d.c. police officer who worked as a pastor is now charged with sexually abusing two young women. according to court documents, one of the victims says that darrell best assaulted her on three separate occasions. she says all the incidents were at the church where he worked and when he was off duty. court documents also sho

. >> today, police raided young's house in beltsville and brought out several bags of evidence. they said they seized a small arsenal from the home. >>> how you can become a real live cyber csi. >> a heart attack or a broken heart? a little known medical condition coming up next. >>> we have snow in >>> in tonight's health alert, it's not just something song writers write about. broken hearts do happen. >> a study shows a small percentage of people that suffer a heart attack are suffering from a broken heart. >> reporter: this is a very real heart condition him broken hart syndrome can due to excessive stress in our lives. >> my heart was pounding out of my chest like i couldn't breathe. i felt really anxious and scared. >> reporter: then within 15 minutes, all of that would go away. >> usually they would say it's just anxiety, you know, or you're having a panic attack or something like that. >> reporter: what actually happened to 35-year-old crystal anderson was real. her heart was breaking, literally. >> i wouldn't call it common, but i wouldn't call it rare. >> reporter: dr.

tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with a game changing announcement from the nfl. something a lot of fans have been hoping for for years. >>> a big win for nfl >>> a big win for nfl fans who don't want to pay nfl ticket prices. the league is suspending its tv blackout policy which blocked local stations from broadcasting games if there weren't enough tickets sold. the nfl also announced plans to broadcast a regular season game worldwide over the internet for the first time ever. >>> there were superheroes at 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. the annual white house science fair where president obama appeared to be quite impressed by a group of cape-wearing girl scouts from tulsa, oklahoma. the girls showed the president the page-turning robot they built out of legos designed to help the disabled. pretty neat stuff. >>> in louisville, kentucky, a story of compassion and determination. asia ford, who has lost about 200 pounds in two years, was running a 10-k race. suddenly she felt sick and dizzy. rather than quitting she pushed ahead but not by herself. a

the agency currently has a training facility in beltsville but clancy says it doesn't provide a real enough training experience. we're following a developing story in israel tonight. election results for the prime minister's race appear to be too close to call but that's not stopping current prime minister victory. initial polls show his likud party deadlocked with the center left zionist union. netanyahu said begun to call potential partners to form a ruling government. a leader needs 61 parliamentary seats to form a government. >>> northern virginia democrats are giving an early indication tonight of who they think should be the democratic nominee for the white house. more than a thousand democratic activists and politicians took part in a straw poll tonight. it's become an annual tradition. congressman jerry connolly's st. patrick's day feat. conley says it's a good indication of the enthusiasm of the party. >> it's a record crowd. people are enthusiastic and ready to go out and win elections. you got to deliver. and i think that bodes very well for democratic races this fall. >>

tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with >>> this is the last week of business for an iconic hotel in maryland. the cozy country inn is scheduled for demolition. that according to the frederick news post. that hotel has hosted presidents and other world leaders when they visited nearby camp david, the presidential retreat. the business of nearly $180,000 in federal and state taxes. the owner says he doesn't have the energy to keep it going. >> end of an era in thurmont. so we keep hoping it's going to be the end of the winter but it keeps coming back to bite us doesn't it? >> it's the same pattern that we've really seen for the last month and a half. i think that pattern may actually stick around for another half a month, if that makes any sense. another two to three weeks potentially a little longer. so we'll stay on the cool side as we make our way through the next month or so but there will be a few warmer days. we've got a couple warmer days in this forecast. right now, though anybody but warm. a very cool day today. high temperature 42 the curre

officer in the maryland prison system between 2012 and 2014, but young who lived with his mother in this beltsville home was unemployed in the midst of a divorce at the height of the shooting spree after a laurel wal-mart and the columbia mall were hit by gunfire early monday. court records show young's petition for divorce from his estranged wife now living in california was dismissed because she had not been served. young allegedly went on to fire on a truck on the icc and on a building at the nsa before being stopped in his lincoln town car by anne arundel police who found shell casings and a .380 semiautomatic pistol in arm's reach. >> he didn't appear to be hiding. this guy has some other issues. >> reporter: three people were slightly wounded during the shooting spree, a remarkable stroke of luck no one was killed, especially considering the arsenal available to young. anne arundel mills, scott broom, wusa9. >> young is expected to appear in court monday. >>> got a couple stories from the district tonight to get you up to speed. hour university inaugurated its 17th president this afternoon. h

andre brown was a teacher and coach at high point high school in beltsville. prosecutors say he abused a 17-year-old student after asking her to go with him into a logger room during a football game in 2013. he was arrested last may after she reported to police. >>> and no jail time for former contractor who admitted to sexually assaulting a quirl at a middle school. john epps pleaded guilty yesterday. prosecutors say this surveillance video shows epps touch a 12-year-old girl on the back side last october. epps will be on probation for five years and listed on the sex offender registry for 15 years. >>> a handwritten note on the inside walls of a poet is at the center of testimony in the boston marathon bombing trial. prosecutors revealed the blood stained note yesterday they say it was written by dzhokhar are tsarnaev while he hid from police. the note says the u.s. government is killing our innocent civilians and as a muslim i can't see they go unpunished. the judge will decide whether the jurors will see it. >>> joe morrissey completed his sentence yesterd

tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with a game changing announcement from the nfl. something a lot of fans have been hoping for for years. from the nfl. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am her best friend. i am her ally. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to her current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. vo: namenda xr doesn't change how the disease progresses. it shouldn't be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or who's had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. before starting treatment, tell their doctor if they have, or ever had, a seizure disorder difficulty passing urine liver, kidney or bladder problems, and about medications they're taking. certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the body and may increase side effects. the most common side effects are heada

andre brown was teacher and coach at high point high school in beltsville. prosecutors say he abused a 17-year-old student after asking theory go with him into a locker room during a football game in 2013. he was arrested last may after she reported it to police. >>> montgomery county family is looking for your help to find a missing man. this 67-year-old was last seen monday night at his home in gaithersburg. his family is worried because he has dementia. if you see him, call police right away. >>> no word this mornin identity of a have a are a tech tupt missing after falling off of a cruise ship. or affiliate in roanoke says the 21-year-old was reported missing sunday from the carnival ship glory. the us coast guard is still searching. >>> staffing shortage at the d.c. police department right now and they're calling it a crisis. in an oversight hearing, chief lanier told the d.c. council there are more officers retiring than being hired. she said several officers are quitting as well. to deal with that problem, lanier wants to turn 100 current officer posi

>>> a former coach on trial for sex abuse saying andrew brown abused a 17-year-old while working in beltsville. according to police it happened two years ago after he a him into a locker room during a football game. >>> no jail time for a former contractor who admitted to sexually assaulting a girl at a montgomery county middle school. john eps pleadsed guilty yesterday to second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense. prosecutors say this surveillance video shows eps touch a 12-year-old girl on the back side in damascus last october it's a a middle school. eps be probation five years and listed on the maryland's sex offender registry for 15 years. >>> and talk about tom kierein with a look at the spring forecast? >> don't have to deal with the deep cold any more. best news. a little more rain. >> for the whole year? >> probably done. i think we're probably done and certainly had enough for sure. looking at the storm team 4 radar, the area in green is rain. some diminishing areas of light rain now. most of it passing just south of the metro area advancing from the southwest into the nort

. >> let's brainstorm ideas -- >> reporter: inside this elementary school in beltsville, a new heating system. we found it comfortable inside. the principal says that's one less distraction for the students. >> you don't know what the weather is going to be outside. what we try and do is focus on the time we do have the students in the building to make sure we maximize those opportunities. >> reporter: inside some of the newest school buildings, heating systems failed. >> i'm sure you're aware, we experienced historically frigid temperatures within the past couple weeks. even in our newest buildings, our infrastructure wasn't able to handle the frigid temperatures. >> reporter: this mom was hustling her kids out of one of the older school buildings, gwynn park high school built in 1956. the heat failed in some buildings inside. >> people are inside looking like this. >> reporter: the district acknowledged heat problems and fixed them and recommended kids wear layers. >> i didn't feel like these conditions were appropriate for a learning environment. >> reporter: a review of public scho

they uncovered some frequent trespass arias including a spot near route 1 in beltsville. tomorrow the national transportation safety board will stage a day-long hearing into the problem at its l'enphant plaza headquarters. the agency will hear from victims who have been hurt testing their luck crossing tracks. >>> despite a conviction for a sex crime and despite a new felony charge against him, virginia delegate joe morrissey is making a run for the state senate. morrissey announced over the weekend that he will challenge petersburg senator rosalyn dance in the democratic primary in june. morrissey says he can accomplish more in the senate. he's from the richmond area and he just completed his jail sentence for having sex with an underage employee at his law office. he spent his days in the general assembly and then had to report to the jail at night. now he's charged with using a fake document in that case. morrissey has denied doing anything wrong. >>> next at 6:00 local high school students rally around a teammate. how they're working to keep her family from losing the

it started about an hour ago in beltsville and will continue until 7:00 tonight. rabane died last weekend hit a fence while trying to stop a speeding car. his funeral takes place 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in temple hills. >>> pothole repairs continue today open the southbound lanes of the gw parkway because of deep potholes, the parkway north was closed overnight and into the early morning hours. there were a lot of abandoned vehicles on the side of the road, most of them damaged by potholes. as road crews continue their work, you can expect those lane closures and delays to continue. >>> glen ivy has made it official. he will run for congress. ivy, a democrat, made the announce. today. he's running for representative donna edwards' seat in the fourth congressional district. meanwhile edwards made her own news today, running for retired senator barbara mccullski seat. she joins chris van holland in that race. some are concerned this race could cause a rift in the democratic party. >> i think it's important for voters to understand distinctions among candidates when they

. >> reporter: inside the new elementary school in beltsville there is a new heating system. on one of the coldest days of winter the news4 i-team found comfortable temperatures inside. principal walter reeves says that's one less distraction for the students. >> you just don't know what the weather will be outside but we try and focus on the time we have the students in the building and make sure we maximize those opportunities. >> reporter: eve inside some of the newest school buildings in maryland heating systems failed this winter. >> i'm sure you're aware we have experienced historically frigid temperatures in the past couple weeks and even in our newest buildings, our infrastructure just wasn't able to take handle the frigid temperatures. >> reporter: during one of the final weeks of winter our cameras spotted mom zina warren hustling her kids out of one of the older school buildings around gwynn park high school built in 1956. heat failed in some of the rooms. >> the kids are complaining, staff is complaining, everyone's wearing coats. people are inside looking like th

federal officials saying that the suspect now dent fifeidentified at 35-year-old hong yong from beltsville maryland harks mental issues and no known connection to a terror group. anne arundel county police saying his car, his lincoln towne car ultimately led to his arrest. r the nsa headquarters was the latest target in a series of shootings aimed at several heavily populated locations. but the gunman's spree may have come to an end. overnight police release add statement saying the subject responsible for shooting incidents around the baltimore-washington metro area in the last two weeks is in custody. tuesday afternoon on the icy gun powder road two men came under fire inside their landscaping truck. one hit. the other cut by broken glass. >> they were driving along and they got shot at but they're both completely shaken. >> reporter: on monday two shootings. one outside a laurel walmart and another near a movie theater in columbia. last week a man grazed by a bull knit a parking lot across from the arundel mills mall. a possible suspect vehicle was there. the car with its windows down o

brown is accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl on the grounds of high point high school in beltsville. cops arrested brown last year. >>> brave neighbors came to her aid, but a woman rescued from a fire in southern maryland yesterday has died. dressed only in his gym clothes, tommy broken braved the flames in owings, maryland -- breen braved the flames in owings, maryland, to pull the woman from the house. she did not survive. she died this morning at medstar washington hospital center. >>> victory today for opponents of a costco gas station at westfield wheaton mall. they argued the high volume gas pumps would be too close to their homes, community swimming pool and a school for children with special needs. in a unanimous decision the montgomery county board of appeals agreed and the board members pointed out there are 25 other places within a very close radius of the mall. >>> there's more fallout tonight in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. today the associated press announced it filed a lawsuit against the state department to force the release of e-mail correspondence and govern

it's being held in beltsville and will continue until 7:00 tonight. rabane died last weekend after crashing his cruiser while trying to stop a speeding car. his funeral takes place 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at victory christian ministries in temple hill. >>> now to a developing story involving a prince missing college student. virginia tech has identified the student who vanished on a carnival cruise as cameron smook, a senior engineering major from the richmond area. cameron and friends were on a cruise for spring break. on sunday, the family was told he had fallen overboard. >> at this point, the coast guard's search has been suspended. we'll have more ahead in our broadcast. >>> it caused a traffic nightmare yesterday for most of the day. now for the first time, we are hearing from the people who saw that tractor trailer flip over on i-95 in maryland. barbara harrison is in the newsroom with the calls that came in. >> wendy, drivers quickly pulled over to call 911 after watching that tanker truck flip over. it began to spill its biodiesel fuel across the

his viewing is from 3:00 to 7:00 at borgwardt funeral home in beltsville. funeral services are tomorrow. >>> a 23-year-old laurel driver faces a series of charges after a crash that shut down i-95 near the intercounty connector. crister rodes is charged with following too closely, driving recklessly and making an unsafe lane change. an oil tanker flipped over after the crash and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil tying up traffic for much of yesterday. >>> the man accused in a series of shootings in maryland including one at the nsa is linked to two more shootings. hong young is also responsible for a shooting and vandalism. young is charged in shootings at the columbia maul and along the icc. >>> convenience on one hand. concern about the environment on the other. montgomery county board of zoning appeals is expected to issue a ruling on a proposed gas station at the costco in wheaton. the discount retailer wants to build a 16-pump gas station at its store at the wheaton mall but it's faced opsig from local residents -- opposition from local r

he is of cambodian dissent and he lives in beltsville and recently resigned last spring from his job as a correctional officer officer. we got to his house this morning and talked to his mother. she was sobbing. his life had left him and he had no job. she had no idea he would become a suspect in a terrible series of crimes like this but the man is in custody. the shooting started a week ago at the mall when the very bizarre crime early on the morning, tuesday morning >> two alert officers planned to spot him at the scene of the original crime. we're continuing to work this story. coming up at 5:00 you'll hear and see the emotional scene as the mother comes to grips with the fact that her son is charged with this terrible crime. in millersville, at anne arundel police headquarters, brad bell abc 7 news. >> brad, police are also investigating two overnight shootings in northwest d.c. one involving a police officer. police say a man was shot around 11:30 last night at new jersey avenue and n street. now, just a short time later a d.c. police officer shot and wounded a man about a block

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a viewing for officer brennan robain will be held tomorrow in beltsville. funeral will take place thursday in temple hills, maryland. he died when his cruiser crashed off 193 in lanham early saturday morning. police are still investigating the cause of that crash. >> we have new information this afternoon about the serial shootings investigation in maryland. detectives say they have now linked hong young to two more incidents both in laurel. one of them at the grand e buffet on fort meade road where there were four bullet holes in that building and then at the buffet on baltimore avenue. surveillance video shows a man exit the same vehicle being investigated in five other shootings and then throw rocks at the window. yesterday, a judge ordered young held without bail. he's facing attempted murder charges in the first five cases, he has not been charged with the other two and jurors in the boston marathon bombings trial were shown pictures of a handwritten note inside a boat today. prosecutors say that pencil written note is a confession by dzhokhar tsarnaev

. >>> a beltsville man accused in a string of shootings in suburban, maryland, one of them near the nsa is now linked to even more shootings. police say hong young shot into the window of the russet public library in laurel. he'ses suspected of opening fire -- he's also suspected of opening fire maryland live casino. >>> the state department is facing new criticism over rules regarding e-mails. the criticism comes from a watch dog group -- watchdog group in the wake of the uproar over hillary clinton's e-mails. the report says out of one billion e-mails sent by state department workers in 2011, just over 61,000 were preserved for public record. that could mean a substantial amount of government information is lost. the report also notes many workers don't even know what the rules about e-mails are about what should be marked for public record. >>> it's 6:09. forget potholes. drivers in one section of prince george's county are dealing with a sinkhole. >> a big one. >> the iraq kay army is currently -- the iraqi army is currently engaged in a battle with isis to gain control of tikrit. >

young is from beltsville and he was a prison guard for several years until he resigned in 2014. according to court documents, young had declined to have an attorney represent him and he said he heard voices in his head, even telling him to shoot at that random driver on the icc. again a judge will decide whether or not to set bail later this morning in annapolis at 8:30 we'll have a crew in there. we'll be posting updates on what the judge decides. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, nikki, live in annapolis this morning. >>> the list of candidates vying to fill the senate seat being vacated by barbara mikulski is growing. donna edwards will announce her intention to run. she represents maryland's fourth congressional district and it covers most of prince george's county. her political neighbor eighth district congressman chris van hollen has already announced he's a candidate. >>> for the first time in decades, african-americans no longer make up the majority of voters in the district. this is according to analysis of election data by the post. voters between the ages of 2

officer in the maryland prison system between 2012 and 2014, but young who lived with his mother in this beltsville home was unemployed in the midst of a divorce. at the height of a shooting spree after a laurel wal-mart and the columbia mall were hit by gunfire early monday. court records show young's petition for divorce from his estranged wife who now lives in california wasdismissed because they had not been served. young fired at a truck and on a building before he was stopped by anne arundel county police who found shell casings and a .380 semi automatic pistol within aarp's reach. >> he didn't appear to be hide -- within arm's reach. >> he didn't appear to be hiding. this guy apparently has other issues. >> reporter: three people were injured during this shooting spree, a remarkable stroke of luck no one was killed according to anne arundel's police chief, especially when you consider the arsenal available to young. reporting live at anne arundel mills, scott broom, wusa9. >> young is expected in court monday. >>> two brothers are in custody in connection with the murder of a philadelphia po

this one at bacon road in beltsville. so he said that these craters out here are having a significant impact on people's tires, causing all kinds of problems and even the other report that i shared with you guys last week, that craters this big ruins suspense and costs drivers anywhere from hundreds to even thousands of dollars in repairs. he gave us another picture here of the same street, different pothole but it looks like these things are certainly something that drivers just have to be mindful of. of course we'll continue to let you know how these things shape up and hopefully they' get patched up soon. >> the hub caps sit there like a graveyard. >> i've seen tires snap off the sides of a car. >> thanks, larry. >>> one of our local march madness teams has an early morning departure to their tournament site. >> plus, where getting a driver's license also means you're automatically registered to >>> welcome back. i'm nick giovanni in the newsroom. 6:18. time to run through what's making headlines right now. testimony c

hong young of beltsville is expected to ask an anne arundel county judge to set bail. the shootings happened at the nsa along the connector, outside a costco at the mall. at the wal-mart in laurel and at the amc theater at the columbia mall. police say young admitted to the shootings and he claims he was hearing voices which told him to shoot. >>> the parents accused of leaving their young children in a cold car while they went to a wine tasting are also due in court today. christopher lucas and jenny chuck are charged with first degree -- chuck are charged with first degree cruelty to children. it was about 3 # degrees at the time when they were locked in the car. >>> it really seems like this is is a tradition here at in d.c.. several hundred people gathered around the fountain for event -- fountain for the event. it was organized by something called the d.c. snowball fight association which is awesome. it seems more people ran out of snow than there were ready to admit because a lot of them were defenseless like our own nick giovanni who was in the last snowball fig

and they want to build it in beltsville, maryland, which is about 20 miles away from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >>> the art collection of the late former dharn of goldman sachs is heading to auction. christi e's says 90 impressionist and post-impressionist works belonging to john whitehead could bring over $40 million. the auction is slated for may 4th and 5th. whitehead died last month at the age of 92. and that is your cnbc news update this hour kelly and bill. back to you guys. >> one of the great art collections, that's for sure. >> beautiful. >> looking forward to that. sue, thanks very much. >> sue herera. 25 minutes to go. look at this we might not get our triple digit session. anything could happen though. >> it's way early. we have 25 minutes left here. >> that's right. the s&p meanwhile about 3 points negative. the question is can it turn positive as the nasdaq is up about 15. >> big earnings reports coming up. what is smash burger doing right that mcdonald's keeps getting wrong? could it have something to do with meat candy? the ceo of smash burger speaks with us exclusively