the maryland state senate unanimously passed noah's law named after police officer noah leotta. it requires anyone convicted of driving drunk to use apignition interlock system. the house and senate still have to work out some kinks before sending to governor hogan. >>> new information from the white house about brussels. it says there is no specific credible intelligence suggesting terrorists are planning a similar attack on the united states. more than 30 people were killed in multiple bombings in brussels last week. the white house also said security and prevent future attacks. belgian police have conducted raids across that country. they have arrested one map directly connected to the brussels attack but released him because they did not have enough evidence. >>> and belgian federal police rereleased this video of a man wearing glasses, a light jacket and dark hat at the brussels airport. the man is suspected of some connections to the bombings, but police don't know exactly who he is. they say the man has not been seen since last week and that he may still be out there righ

officer ashley guindon, gentleman kay colson and brandon la pain, noah leotta and kevin mcray. after that two prince william county injured in the line of duty will troh o throw out the ceremonial first pitch. and then it is play ball and the team has a strong set to the season, two wins against the braves. however they did that on the road. so this home opener is a moment a lot of players have been waiting for. they told us that they are really excited. >> the day you lose those butterflies in your stomach is the day baseball is out of your system. so as far as that, it's always nice to be home and start the season off in front of the home crowd. >> even the pros are feeling butterflies. of course if they do play ball, but we're hoping it will be game on today even if there is a little rain in the middle of it, we should be able to clear it out. let's check in with chuck bell to find out more about the forecast and whether or not you have the answer to my question, most of these i know off the top of my head. there is washington, jefferson, lincoln and teddy. >> okay. you're m

named for officer noah leotta hit and killed by suspected drunk driver last year. the m both passed the bill. here is the rub. they have been passed in different forms. today, supporters of the law went to annapolis to push legislators to work together to work out the differences. >> we can't let the legislators go home until the job is done. >> noah recognized that drunk drivers are domestic terrorists on the road. killing 10,000 people a year. jonathan: the senate's version of noah's law would mandate ignition interlock device for anyone arrested on the drunk driving charges. you have to blow in it to make sure the car would stop and if you weren't drunk it wouldn't. the house version doesn't. i will now go to conference committee. lawmakers have a week and a half to iron out differences. michelle: the phrase "northern scum" may not be come out of the maryland state song afterall. the effort to change the words to stalled in a house committee. lawmakers want more time to consider other options meaning that the changes aren't likely to come up for a vote before th

a bill named after officer noah leotta would strengthen ignition lock requirements for dui offenders. yesterday his family and law enforcement leaders urged state >> my son was murdered by this irresponsible, reckless individual. >> but this is about dozens, hundreds, thousands of people that have been killed on maryland highways over the years because of our weak drunk driving laws. >> back in december officer leotta was hit by a driver with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit. that bill under consideration requires convicted drunk drivers to use a device that disabled a vehicle if alcohol is detected on the driver's breath. >>> astronaut scott kelly is heading back to earth on tuesday after a year in space. kelly held his final news conference from the international space station today. he said when he gets back to houston he will have several hours of medical tests. apparently he's not tired of floating yet. he said the first thing he plans to do when he gets home is jump into his swimming pool. kelly has been in orbit for a year, part o test the effects of pro

a drunk driver from starting their car. >> montgomery county police officer noah leotta was hit and killed by a suspected drunk er recognized by the general assembly for fighting since his death to get this bill passed. >> noah will always be on patrol with interlocks in everybody's car. noah will be there protecting all of us, saving lives. >> as part of noah's law, if someone refuses a breath test, they will either have to install the interlock for nine months or have their rye senlicense susper take time. you can find out more about the expected requirements right now in the thnbc washington app. the jgeneral assembly also passd the few criminal justice reform bill that aims to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and focus on treatment. the plan to change on how officers are hired, trained also passed. a tax relief plan and a bill to require companies with at least 15 employees to provide paid sick days failed to move forward. >>> two people will receive awards for their help in catching a man who terrorized a charlottesville community and led police on a nationwide ma

it's named for montgomery county police officer noah leotta who was killed by a drunk driver in december. >> much has been made of the efforts to secure noah's law, and we certainly are backing that from the state's attorney's perspective, and we hope that the public is reassured that people are working hard in montgomery county to get that law passed. >> reporter: as for kelli loos' probation violation, she could be sent back to prison for up to 20 years, but the judge was so frustrated today that she wouldn't admit she's an alcoholic, he said he wouldn't sentence her. instead, he revoked her bond, sent her to the montgomery county jail to spend the next 90 days, and delayed sentencing that's the latest live here at the montgomery county courthouse. back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. >>> a historic moment after nearly a year in space. but the experiment isn't over yet. >>> plus our first look at the winning design for a new memorial in d.c. but first, here is doug. >>> and it's cold out there. yes, cold enough for snow. i'll show you when the snow moves in and show you what to exp

leotta. luis reluzco will plead guilty to application manslaughter. reluzco hit leotta on rockville pike while the officer was working a due patrol. he faces a maximum of 10 years. leotta's death sparked a push for stron maryland. earlier this week, state lawmakers passed know thnoah's . >>> d.c. police have made an arrest in a burglary that ended with a 6-year-old being shot. police have arrested 26-year-old seemgtss, one of at least two dlurgry suspects who broke in to a foote street northeast apartment, this happened last wednesday. police say a person who was inside that apartment fired shots at the suspects. two bullets hit a 6-year-old in the arm, that boy is expected to be okay. >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. new numbers this morning, nine people dead, several hundred injured after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in southern japan. this happened last night, homes shaking so violently that almost two dozen completely collapsed. and in the rubble of one of the homes, a sleeping baby

leotta and would require ignition interlock devices for drunk drivers. he was killed by a suspected drunk driver last year. county police are concerned the bill will die in committee. >> please stand up and fight for your officers. fight for your community to make sure the law gets passed that these unnecessary provisions are dealt with next year and not part of noah's law. >> governor larry hoe gggan hasd he will sign the bill if it gets to his desk. at the legislative session comes to a close, a major criminal justice bill recuses prison sentence for nonviolent drug offend dwers and the need to vote in the house and senate. a police reform bill is still in committee and a measure that helps close the gender pay gap is waiting for the governor's signature. >>> you may want to pay attention to what lane you're driving in if you're in the district. police are start handing out you are caught in the city's new bus lanes. the new dedicated lanes are along georgia avenue northwest between florida avenue and barry lane p. only buses, taxis and other authorize

montgomery county officer noah leotta was killed back in december by a suspected repeat drunk driver. as news4's wonder now if mandatory ignition interlocks would have saved his life. >> this came upon me suddenly, so suddenly that it just rips you apart. >> reporter: rich leotta holds the montgomery county police badge his son once wore before he was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver. >> i know he's with me and i know he would want me to continue doing this. >> reporter: this is pushing for maryland to pass a law requiring anyone convicted of drunk driving to have one of these installed in their car. an ignition interlock, an in an car breathalyzer. if you're drunk, the car won't start. >> and now i need to do this because i don't want my son forgotten. >> reporter: he was working a special dui enforcement around christmas when he was struck and killed. the man behind the wheel has not been charged. wife recently retired. now they're dedicated to passing noah's law. what would it mean to you as a father to have this law passed in your son's name? >> it would be an honor.

it was named after noah leotta who was killed by a suspected drunk driver last year. >>> a man died when his car went off a busy road. he lost control of his carolla on route 50 in the davidsonville area. you can see the victim's car flipped over in a wooded area off that highway. police have not identified him yet. >>> police say an officer accidentally shot and wounded a would-be burglar inside a grocery store in laurel. the officers went to the indus market late last night when an alarm was set off. when they got there, a -year-o d 15-year-old took off. while searching inside the store, an officer got startled and accidentally fired his weapon wounding a second burg r burglar. this is the third burglary or even attempted indus market. police are trying to figure out if these cases are connected. >>> if you've driven by howard university, you may have missed them, about you now driving in s-only lanes could cost you a couple hundred bucks. ddot is now enforcing its bus-only lanes on georgia avenue between florida and barry place northwest. those lanes are meant to help transit, tour, c

it's named after officer noah leotta. it expands the use of ignition interlock devices for convicted drunk drivers,ut leotta's family says the house version is not strong enough. it makes exceptions for someone who refuses a blood alcohol test. >> we have too many drunk drivers on the road who it's not their first time, not their second time, not their third time. it's many, many, many times because we have forgotten we need to be thinking about the victims and not the criminal drunk drivers who are domestic terrorists on the road. >> officer leotta's family wants a tougher version passed before the general assembly adjourned next month. >>> a new government report suggests there is no change in the prevalence of autism in children. roughly 1 in 68 children has autism or a related disorder according to the centers for disease control and prevention. that's the same rate as the last cdc report two years ago. the lack of change is noteworthy because autism estimates have been steadily increasing. back in 2007 the government

officer noah leotta was killed by a repeat drunk driver in december. the bill requires convicted drunk drivers to install ignition lock devices in their car. they would have to blow into tubes before the cars start. >>> here is veronica with a look at our weekend and what's to come. we got to get through a few more degrees of the cold first? >> exactly. or at least the chill. then we have some spring-like type temperatures. >> no more snow? >> no more snow in the foreseeable future right now. i'm not going -- >> are you hedging? you sound like you're hedging. >> i'm not going it sign off on it, okay? let's talk about the weekend because our temperatures will continue to go down and then up, especially next week. if you like spring weather, it's coming, but maybe not sticking around. 40 degrees right now in d.c. 37 up to the north. and look at this for the weekend we'll get closer to the 70 and even higher for a couple days. evening out on the town, it will be chilly. we're dry. 35 to 39 degrees. but focus on saturday night, not quite as low the tempera

toughestght interlock bill in the country cy and it is named after montgomerg county police officer noah leotta killed last year by a suspected drunk driver.rive this morning his father spokeher with us about whether the bill's passing bring the family any a closure. >> yes, it gives you some som comfort.comfor but for me the sacrifice was too great.grea it was too great. great no matter with this bill that does save lives it did help sava our life, though, for the past 90 days my family was able to rather than this tragedy that be felt our family. >> his family says their son sacrifice was not in vain. last year 130 people were killee on maryland highways by drunk drivers.drer officials say this bill will save lives. >>> police in us capitol bracini for another busy day today. yesterday hundreds of peoples oe were arrested during a demonstration against the rulehl of big money in politics. 400 people were led away in plastic handcuffs loaded on todo to a bus. a b the group is called democracyema spring and yesterday'sterday's demonstration was just the first part of what is expected to

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rich leotta went from grieving loss of his police officer son noah to nonstop lobbying for mandatory breathalyzer ignition interlock for all drunk drivers. late last night noah's law won unanimous approval. >> we know that this bill that just passed probably will reduce the amount of deaths just in maryland by 20 to 40%. that is significant. >> saving lives is also the goal of a corrections reform bill which will send more drug offenders to treatment and fewer to jail. it won legislative approval yesterday. as did a reform of the law enforcement officer's bill of rights, a response to the arrest and the subsequent death of freddie gray one year ago today in baltimore. it will change the way officers are treated after certain incidents. >> we have to find the right balance to protect the of their job and have the appropriate protections. but also have the transparency to the public. >> the legislature could not come to agreement on two high profile measures. mandatory paid sick leave bill pushed by the labor groups died last night as did a $250 million tax break for marylanders. one o

it's named for officer leotta who was killed in december. the law would require convicted drunk drivers to use an interlock device after a first offense. >> i'm here for every police officer on the front lines, and i'm here for every family that has suffered this terrible long trail of tears. >> maryland governor larry hogan supports the legislation. >>> today a very special ceremony for victims of an american terror ck the sooting at ft. hood will be awarded purple hearts. major nidal hasan killed 13 people when he opened fire seven years ago. the governor of texas will award the medals to the military victims of that attack, nonmilitary victims will receive the defense of freedom medal, the civilian equivalent. >>> richard engel says it could be a sign that isis is starting to lose control. a new leak of thousands of documents about isis recruiting and its recruits. a syrian man says he stole the documents on a flash drive and hid the drive in his baby's diaper. nbc identified six americans among the people named in those documents. some a

cheryl conner explains the possible sticking points for no -- law -- noah pozner law noah's law. cheryl: there is word tonight that there could be problems with noajh' law. >> they need tode-link it. cheryl: the 24-year-old montgomery county officer n leotta was hit and killed and a dui checkpoint. there was tougher language that meant that there would be a reason for an interlock device. >> we don't have an issue separating this. the big issue is we'll figure out a way to get it through. conference committee will meet monday to hammer out the language. he believes that will be passed before midnight. news conference sunday afternoon, the police department stood by his family. >> last year in montgomery county, we had 50 officers struck by drunk drivers, 25 on traffic stops, 25 that were otherwise transporting or doing their jobs. leotta is pushing for the senate's version. >> they can live their life normally, they just cannot dri over 100 people died in maryland last year from dui-related crashes. kellye: maryland lawmakers still have bills on the table for tax relief and to re

rich leotta will be speaking asa well to the students here.nt her you know, noah's law neighborhood after his son isons going through the generalener assembly in annapolis andnapolis hopefully for the family and those proponents from mothersot against driving and what haveivn you toughen dui laws here in thr so rich leotta will be speakingg shortly. student produced video just jt showed to the half the student t body a here in the auditorium. this program is called today for tomorrow, and joining us iss cheryl friedman she's the sga adviser here at whitman high school. scho in the past what they have doned here is had like a mangled carac out front of the school and worked with like suburban subba hospital and first responders td get that message out there that drinking and driving smoking poi and driving impaired driving is deadly.ly it used to be every 15 minutesin in this country someone was ki kill. it's now every 53 minutes so tho message is getting out there. but cheryl, thanks for joiningsi us and you guys decided thisedhi year because of something thatht touched this school not to