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>> police are take this student's accusation seriously. >> i thought it was like being in trouble and i didn't want to get a teacher fired. >> tonight his dad wants to make sure children are safe in school. we start tonight with an exclusive from loudoun county. detectives are investigating an incident between a teacher and student in lees burg. aaron gilchrist talked to the child's family tonight. >> i was scared to tell my parents. >> why? >> because i thought i was, like, be in trouble and i didn't want to get a teacher fired. >> reporter: justin bryant didn't tell his dad something happened in the gym on friday afternoon. his father said another parent at football practice did. >> her son was concerned for justin because of what happened and she explained what happened at this time. >> reporter: justin is in sixth

grade in harmony middle school in loudoun county. he was sitting when a male teacher told him to sit down. >> i told him i am sitting. and he picked me up by my waist and throws me and pushes me out in the hall and starts yelling. >> reporter: in the hall the teacher said he was being nasty and disrespectful. the police are investigating the assault investigation. mr. bryant met with the school on monday and returned to class today. wednesday morning his lawyer filed an injunction to keep the teacher out of justin's classroom. >> i want my child to learn and feel safe. >> reporter: the school board's attorney called to say that the teacher is on administrative leave and the commonwealth is reviewing the police report and video from the gym. >> i wanted to let my son know

it is okay to stand up for yourself. >> reporter: a spokesperson would say it is a personnel matter under investigation and they would not put a student in an unsafe situation. aaron gilchrist, news4. nasty night out there and it's only getting worse. how much worse? >> not a lot worse out there right now. we're looking at the rain and the drizzle. the wind is starting to pick up. you have just about everything you could have on a nasty night out there. here's the rain moving in from the west and south. kind of a squeeze play going on right now. in the middle we have the drizzle. when you step outside you know what i'm talking about. here's the rain we saw a few hours ago. two areas of rain converging across the area. i'll let you know what to expect and what is next. is it something we have not seen a lot of coming up in the forecast. new tonight police asking for help identifying the man in

this sketch. he is a suspect in a sexual assault case in the district. a 17-year-old girl was attacked on sunday afternoon in perry place in northeast. if you recognize this man police want to hear from you. a jury found a teenaged driver not guilty after causing a deadly car crash last year. brittany was charged with vehicular manslaughter in may of 2010. prosecutors say she was on her cell phone when she collided with another car. douglas callahan was killed. his wife survived. she was disappointed with today's verdict. >> i was hoping they would find her guilty on the manslaughter charge. but you know i feel blessed to be here. we're just trying to make it visible what happened here. you know, make people more aware of what's going on and what tragedies can happen with cell

phones. >> brittany was ordered to pay a $500 fine and received one point on her driving record. two murder cases both of them involving children. awful news and tough for us to report. jackie bensen talked with the police chief and has the report. >> reporter: jim i can tell you that none of the officers here at the scene in clarksburg where 11-year-old william mcquain's body were found yesterday will be able to get the image out of their mind. >> whenever i was out people would ask me about the case. >> reporter: professionalism and compassion those are the two traits that the officers displayed when the unrelated murders of two children, william mcquain and jessica nguyen filled the headlines. the search that started two

weeks ago ended yesterday. the boy was found dead in a wooded area in clarksburg by cops with tears in their eyes. >> these detectives had a chance to know william. >> one of my detectives really put it in perspective. he said that you know, for two weeks you know we have been searching for this boy not knowing where he was. at that moment he was in our care and custody and make sure he was taken care of. >> what tore at the officers was security camera video from a gas station that the william and the man suspected of killing him visited minutes before the murder. >> chilling to watch the video where you have this beautiful young boy just carefree not knowing what is going to happen. >> reporter: and to end the day with the announcement of another

stepfather arrested as suspect in the murder of another child. >> glad we could find william and can take care of him from now on. and bring closure to jessica's family, you know with that case. it doesn't bring either one of those kids back. >> reporter: william mcquain's stepfather is jailed in north carolina. he will be brought back to maryland. prosecutors -- this is my experience -- very rare in montgomery county. prosecutors are talking about pursuing the death penalty in this case. back to you. >> thank you, jackie. prosecutors in the case of jessica nguyen released new details today. they say that david hang her stepfather stabbed the child more than 40 times back in may. he was denied bond today. police arrested him yesterday.

a surprise landing in northeast d.c. when pilot had to land a military helicopter in a park. he was tain taking part in a training exercise when both radios went out. the visibility was bad and he decided to land in the first field he saw. the pilot was okay. a very personal cause brought grammy award winning singer natalie cole to washington today. she spoke about her struggle with the disease hepatitis c. >> there are so many people that do have it that are ashamed. there are people out there that know they have it and made them feel ashamed. this is no longer a disease to be ashamed of. >> natalie cole is now part of a national campaign called tune into hep c. it is to raise awareness and

reduce the stigma of the disease. she likely got the disease from a contaminated needle when she was a drug adisability 20 years ago. an estimated 3 million americans suffer from the disease and many don't know it. a city in danger after dozens of wild animals got loose. a man's bizarre death in d.c. the quarterback carousel

911 what is your emergency? >> there is a lion out here. >> that will get your attention. tonight all of the wild animals wandering around have been found. they got out after this man, the man who owned them let them all out and them killed himself. among the animals, tigers, lions, bears and a wolf. the sheriff of the county in ohio says that 48 of the animals had to be killed by the deputies. >> i'm sorry what happened to the animals. my heart aches for these animals. but the hearts would be aching for people who could have lost their lives if it wasn't for these people back here. >> most of the animals euthanized were returned to

their former owner's property the be buried. six were captured safely and taken to a zoo. a speed camera is getting people angry because it is hidden by a tree. most people don't mind them catching speeders but don't think it should be hidden. this stretch of road is notorious for accidents. district police don't know of a law that says that they have to be easy to spot. you can see a location of all the cameras on the police department website. people are trying to resolve a food crisis. a pantry was forced to shut down for the rest of the month because they didn't have enough food. is it because of increased demands for food and the floods and the tough economy. it is run by action in community through service. about 4,000 people rely on them

for food each month. members of the community are helping out with donations. for now nonperishable foods will be handed out. coming up on news4 at 11:00. a heart attack on a plate. the 8,000 calorie meal. and a freak -- storms overnight.

friends and family are paying tribute to a personal trainer who was killed when a tree branch fell on him. his name is ben. he was 35 years old and walking to work this morning when he was hit and killed by that branch. shomari stone is live with more. >> reporter: people who live in the neighborhood are stunned, dumbfounded. they can't believe this happened. many walk and jog in the morning and look up at the trees wondering what would happen if a branch fell. it did this morning. the victim's friends are at a bar remembering him.

a memorial rests at the foot of the tree where a branch hit and killed benjamin. >> it is surreal. >> he was one of my best friends. we talked all the time. he was one of the kindest people that i knew. >> reporter: fire investigators say that he was on adams mill road northwest at 6:30 this morning when the heavy branch dropped on his head. his friend says it feels like a bad dream. >> i just want him to walk through door and just say you guys i was kidding. >> reporter: colleen says he was most likely waiting for a bus to go to work at sport and health club. he was a personal trainer. >> he was the most healthy trained person i know. >> reporter: he was young, fit, and in shape, training for an upcoming try athlon. >> for him to be walking to the bus on a wednesday morning, for this to happen.

irony may be the word to describe it. it blows me away. >> reporter: his family and friends will always miss his great personality. >> he is the most passionate, understanding person i've ever met. >> reporter: now a police officer on scene asked the urban forestry department to inspect the tree. somen residents want the authorities to inspect a lot of the old trees that have been here for at least 100 years. they are concerned about the winter months around the corner. i'm shomari stone, news4. our weather today was lousy. >> it was not good out there. nasty across the area. a lot of people needing the umbrellas the entire day. the rain early, the drizzle then the fog more rain and the drizzle and more rain in some parts of the area. you needed the umbrellas.

that is the little purse umbrella. there is a bigger one. you needed the umbrellas. like in a sprinkler or a fountain in the area as we take a look -- that is a fountain we are looking at in friendship heights. the radar showing what is happening in the area. shower activity. no real heavy rain right now. that is the good news. mostly light rain in portions of west virginia. the heaviest rain in west virginia we're going to continue to see that out to the west. in the east we are looking at good rain in charles county and st. mary's. all of that rain is making its way up to the north. you can see light rain in much of the rest of the region. but when we widen out that is it. here is the last band of rain coming up. after this we are all clear from our area all the way down to atlanta, georgia where they are

in the 40s after a high of only 52 in atlanta. you know we have cooler air moving our way. we reached 70 degrees today. that was two hours ago. the temperatures have been rising. the rainfall nearly a half inch of rain so far. 69 degrees is the current temperature right now. a dew point of 67. the winds are starting to pick up and have shifted directions. so we may stay on the mild side throughout part of the evening. to the west, 55 in cumberland but to the east, 72 in baltimore. the warmest temperatures we have seen all day. but notice what is happening to the west. elkens 50. and that is the cooler air moving in over the next 24 hours or so. tomorrow is fairly mild. i think we see sunshine. but the winds are really going to kick up tomorrow, upwards of

30 to 40 miles per hour. the west of the blue ridge and the allegheny front will the be cold enough for the potential for snow during the day tomorrow. on friday cool, but nice with some sunshine. right now the weekend is looking good. will the be a cool weekend. partly cloudy, breezy tomorrow morning. cool with jacket weather likely. 50 to 53 degrees. tomorrow afternoon the temperatures will be 61 to about 64. windy and cool the gusts up to 30 to 40 miles per hour in the afternoon. the next four days showing the cool ayres specially saturday morning waking up to 45 in the city. many areas saturday and sunday will wake up to temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s. some locations -- some of the colder locations could wake up to frost out there. >> already? >> we will warm up next week. is it that time of year in the mountains. is it about time. still ahead, an expert says

that dr. conrad murray was clueless in treating michael jackson. in sports d.c. united needing a win to make the playoffs.

they are going to play in the snowfall. is it late if the year, don't you think? >> we're going to hear what his pocket has to stay about it. that's where his microphone is. there you go. >> i put my microphone on. >> just give me your copy. game one of the world series in st. louis tonight and the cards -- they're rolling in the driver's seat at least for now. >> let's check the video. game one of the world series, the cardinals and the rangers. the cardinals getting done.

the grounder to the right side. pujols to first base and fields it. it's the world series, right. you have to lay out. almost gets spiked in the hand. didn't get cleated. top five, cardinals with a 2-0 lead until this. napoli just mashes this. an opposite-field home run of the two-run variety. ron washington likes that. the game knotted at 2. bottom six same score. runners on the corners sends one into right. nelson cruz can't get to it. looks like he had it though. but no. in comes david frieze. and 3-2 is the final. the cardinals win game one of the world series. through five games this season, the redskins had 11

turnovers, rex grossman has all of them. for that reason and that reason alone, rex has been benched and beck is back. john beck starts against the panthers on sunday. he has been the backup all season. but mike shanahan went to the bull pen against the eagles and beck answered the call playing a very solid fourth quarter in relief of rex. now the job is beck's to louisiana and the season riding on him. shanahan going all in on a quarterback who has not started a regular season game since 2007. >> i've got a lot of confidence in john beck because he has mobility and a strong arm. i'm not going to put him in the hall of fame yet but i really do believe he has a lot of talent and just as he showed in that fourth quarter, hopefully he can keep on doing that. and we can see some of his mobility help us out as well. >> i don't want to convince

someone from a microphone. i want to go out on the field and play the way i can play. you just want to earn the respect by playing well. that's my number one goal. i'm not going to worry about anything else. from football to the pitch. d.c. united needed to beat the portland shiver me timbers tonight. the ball in the box. the shot, how about this? that is sweet. ties it up at 1. his 16th goal of the season. in the 89th minute. united on the offensive. oh, no what do we have here? a header for the goal. are you serious? but it's no goal because he was offsides. no goal. so it ends in a 1-1 tie. d.c. united not going to the

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a medical expert accused michael jackson's doctor of acting more like an employee than a physician. dr. conrad murray had trouble saying no to jackson. schaefer is an expert in the drug propofol and says that murray should never have given the drug to jackson for sleeping problems and murray committed 17 violations in caring for jackson. murray plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. they call it the heart attack grill. it is open in las vegas. the restaurant is themed like a

hospital because that's where you might end up after eating the food. the signature quadruple burger with fries and shake will set you back 8,000 calories. people who weigh more than 350 pounds eat for free. the owner used to be a personal trainer and owned several jenny craig franchises. >> that is criminal to give it to

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