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shaking. i started screaming because i've never experienced an earthquake like this did the >> it's the strongest earthquake since 1989 in the california bay area. it left at least 15,000 residents without power on sunday and about 100 injuries have been reported including a young girl in critical condition. napa city and counties are asking the state for help. >> we need more help than we can -- from the outside. >> jerry brown has declared a state of emergency. at least 60 water main breaks and leaks have been reported. six major fires were started from the quake. >> we've had relative calm through this magnitude of an earthquake. >> despite the calm, the quake terri terrified some residents.
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>> it's the scariest thing i've ever experienced. >> multiple aftershocks have occurred ranging from 2.6 to 3.6 magnitude. i'm scott thompson reporting. >> back here at home, d.c.'s mayoral race shifted to the d.c. police department. there was an accusation from former d.c. council member, carol schwartz who is also running an independent campaign for mayor that it was her understanding that to get that endorsement, a candidate would have to agree to fire popular police chief, cathy lanier. >> she's flat out wrong. i have no idea where she got that information from. >> he said any talk of staffing if he should win is premature. the democratic council candidate said she looks forward to working with chief lanier. >> organizers said the goal was to improve relationships between law enforcement and the
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community. metro branch trail gave riders a chance to interact and get to know one another. >> participants said that they are hoping that there will be future bike rides with fellow police officers. >> and speaking of police, alexandria police officers are going to a new way to teach people to protect and educate themselves about crime in their neighborhoods. >> this is a neighborhood hub. >> the scoop here is about more than coffee. it's about sharing the news that customers may not know about and how there's a new tool to find it. he's reacting to a map showing every crime in alexander dating back two years. it's a tool alexander police use to analyze crime stats to determine how best to police the
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city. now they're letting you use this website and app to for free. >> you can look up anything reported to the police department. >> so after you see flashing lights and yellow tape, you can find out what happened and when. it's public information in the digital age with everying from death investigations to burglaries mapped out with icons you can click to get the story. >> i'm not scared either way. >> it even shows concentrated areas using heat maps to show
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areas with higher crime. >> it's good to see what's happening and where because there's often a perception that there's more crime than there actually is. >> now you can see for yourself. >> and right now, only two other jurisdictions in the area use this app. they include washington d.c. and new carrollton. it does not include exact addresses, just block numbers, and crimes currently under investigation will not have complete details. >> d.c. is one step closer to getting a visit from pope francis. he wants to make a trip to the united states that would include a stop in the nation's capital. suzanne kennedy with reactions from local catholics. >> the pope telling reporters covering his trip to korea that he plans to visit philadelphia in september of 2015 with possible stops in washington d.c. and new york. >> father has met both prior popes. he says a visit by pope francis would likely touch people of many faiths. >> he's fantastic, especially because pope francis has such a
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carcinomharisma and command and outreach to the poor and needy. you can see his love in his face and eyes. >> the last time a pope was in washington d.c. was april of 2008, pope benedict visited catholic university and held map at nationals park. >> it was palpable. there's something special about it. you can argue different sides of your faith, but the holy spirit just felt like he was there. >> for the pope to come, it
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would wake up a lot of catholics here and show a lot of people in d.c. that there are more people of faith than they might think. >> sort of a breath of fresh air in a lot of ways. we hope we could have a great visit. >> suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. >> summer is over for thousands of local students. still ahead, the changes that are in store for them as they head back to school tomorrow. and good news
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>> well, it's been a mixed bag with weather lately. >> well, we're going to have a repeat of today's weather tomorrow. more people though will be out there with more school buses because kids are going back to school. it's beautiful today and this afternoon we had some clouds, this is our roof top camera. you can see the clouds quickly disburse and give way to clear
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the summer. we're going to continue to have lower than average temperatures and lower humidity as well. even though we got to 82 in the city, 70s elsewhere. 80 in fredericksburg and 76 in dulles. 63 in winchester. 66 in charlottesville. 72 degrees in annapolis. we'll continue to see nice weather conditions throughout the overnight. high pressure is anchored over
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merger with u.s. airlines. and water cannons were part of it as frontier airlines brought its first flight to national. it gave away free flights for a year to one flier out at dulles. >> u.s. airlines made more than $3 billion off baggage fees last year, down four percent from 2012. so maybe it's no surprise the next time you fly you may find it even more difficult to get your air on, on your airplane. it may not be that your bags have gotten bigger. the rules have gotten smaller. >> we've all seen the battle with the bin. the suitcase showdown at the ticket counter. >> i just assumeded that the smaller luggage they
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