blocks away, at georgia avenue and emerson street northwest, a 53-year-old african american man beaten in the head. he's in critical condition. 8:40 p.m. wednesday night, 9th and longfellow streets northwest, a 37-year-old african american woman beaten in the head. she, too, remains in the hospital. >> it appears that the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without provocation. >> the first of the victims, the man who was killed, 66-year-old gary dederichs, a tourist from denver, colorado. he had been sight-seeing in washington for two weeks. sources say during his stay in washington, gary dederichs was renting a basement apartment at this home on illinois avenue. the only way in, the only way out, through the back, and

through this gate in the fence. which leads to this alley. and it was over there, next to the garage where he was murdered. police have been doing all sort of things in the neighborhood, trying to locate a suspect in this case. today they were looking at security camera video along georgia avenue, hoping that might lead them to a suspect. they are doing everything they can. >> the mere possibility that we may have three incidents that could be linked has got us looking at anything and everything that we think may be relevant. >> reporter: from police tonight, a warning for the people in the petworth and brightwood neighborhoods. don't walk alone, if you see anything suspicious, call 911. live in northwest, pat collins, news4. to our other breaking news, this time in landover, maryland a man under arrest accused of storming in a daycare center,

attacking a security guard with the bat. >> reporter: this is every parent's worst nightmare, imagine picking up your child from daycare, you look to the left and see a police cruiser sitting outside. take a walk with me quick as a point of reference, this is right by the morgan boulevard metro station, and to move to the left, that is it's a family affair child care. police reviewing the video that captured the attack. it happened at 10:30 in the morning. the man walked in the front door, tried to pretend he was a parent, trying to look at the place, then all of a sudden goes on the rampage. police tell us that what he did was he smashed the glass door with a baseball bat, the staff immediately went in the lockdown mode, called 911, protected the children. the man then attacked the security guard, hitting him in the head causing serious

injuries. police say the suspect stole the car keys from an employee. police caught him. let's hear what the director and a parent have to say. >> a lot of details unfolded in a quick period of time. first and foremost i want our familyies and community to know the children are fine. >> i'm kind of scared of the situation, knowing that can happen. >> now police tell us they took the man to a hospital to under go a mental evaluation. the daycare center will reopen monday. many people have very sad looks on their faces trying to figure out how could something like this happen. we'll bring you an update at 6:00 on this story. >> there is an arrest in the murder of phylicia barnes, who vanished in 2010. the suspect, michael johnson, who used to date the victim's

older system was the last person to see phylicia barnes alive. police are hoping the arrest brings closure to the family. >> the fact that the investigation proceeded for a year before we were able to make the determination to bring charges, put them in some state of limbo, we hope it provides some measure of closure, we have to move forward with the trial. >> barnes body was found in the susquehanna river. a man is indicted for allegedly recruiting high school girls in a gang's prostitution business. a federal grand jury returned an indictment against 26-year-old justin strom, his nickname j-dirt. part of an alleged gang based in north virginia. he could get a life sentence for sex trafficking if convicted. turning to the weather, the rain is rolling out and the cooler temperatures are moving in.

how long will they stick around? chief meterologist doug kamerer has the forecast. >> we have seen clouds all day long, notice what is happening right now, sun on the washington monument, we're starting to get some breaks, i think the next couple hours could be nice, temperatures may go up a few degrees, winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. where we have seen the sun back toward the west, martinsburg 7; 70 winchester, petersburg at 75, charlottesville, temperature 72. in the clouds, we stayed on the cool side, temperatures about 5 degrees below average. well were hoping to get in the 70s today, we have stayed in the 60s, as a result of the rain and clouds, rain to the south of us, rain to the west of us, this is a cold front, i'll show you how the cold front will move through, if the rain will effect us this evening and what is coming up this weekend because that one is a tricky forecast. wendy?

did it happen another time? that is what the secret service is now investigating as allegations of a second prostitution scandal surfaced today. 12 agents implicated in an incident involving prostitution in cartegena earlier this month. an official says the agency is looking into reports employees hired prostitutes and strippers in el salvador last year. just ahead of the president's visit there. this morning, homeland security secretary janet napolitano told lawmakers she believes columbia was an isolated incident. marion berry rejected calls to apologize for racially insensitive remarks he made about filipino nurses. this comes as he faces another round of criticism over comments about asian business owners. tom sherwood has more on the story, tom? >> reporter: jim, there was a lot of anger here today and some disappointment over berry's remarks. marion berry's remarks about

filipino nurses taking too many jobs and weeks ago dirty asian stores, prompted criticism at his budget hearing thursday, none more heart female than david chung. >> my father is a dirty store owner you were speaking about. i worked with him every day in the sum earned weekends. spends 12 do 13 hours a day there. i'm a big fan of marion berry, i watched your story throughout the years, watched the hbo special, great american story, rise, fall and rise again. when you made those statements you broke my heart. >> community worker rosetta lei, leader of a self help group. >> you are teaching them statements demonnize a specific class of people. >> berry repeatedly cited his own civil rights record and blamed the media for exaggerating his remarks. >> i found that there are a group of you reporters who are determined to divide us. but i'm not going to fall for

this divisiveness and the back and forth, et cetera. >> reporter: on monday, berry told a budget hearing more nurses needed to be trained here. >> if you go to the hospital now you find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly out of the philippines, no offense but let's grow our own teachers, let's grow our own nurses and so that we don't have to be scrounging around in our community kliclinics, hiring pee from somewhere else. >> eleanor holmes-norton was urging berry to apologize to filipino nurses and urging him to avoid racially tinged remarks. lori captain says jobs and social needs are not race specific. >> our city is changing, we want young people, all our unemployed people to have jobs and it's important we create the

opportunity for everyone, in our community, not some, not a few. >> reporter: berry will meet next week with those who have been offended. tom sherwood, news4. it's almost official, in a few more hours, robert griffin iii will be a washington redskin. erica gonzalez is at the party at fed ex field where the anticipation is building where they know the outcome. >> reporter: we're on the club level at fed ex field, in an hour, doors will open, people will come in and see the nfl draft and in less than three hours we'll find out who the next redskin will be. he's a heisman trophy winner, a baylor bear, and the next washington redskin. >> rg 3, coming to d.c. >> are you sure? >> i'm positive. >> robert griffin iii is the newest sensation to make sports headlines. >> it's just something about him. >> his workouts are ridiculous.

people say his huh mill yates is inspiring and subway thinks he's good enough to make him a spokesman and create an rg 3 bust at a barbeque chicken. he hasn't been drafted yet. hundreds are expected to come out to fed ex field tonight and watch the draft live on the jumbotrons. the redskins have the second pick in the nfl draft. experts say the team practically mortgaged their future by trading three draft picks and fans are banking on the fact it's going to be rg 3. >> i believe this is the price of doing business now a days. we needed a quarterback in the worse way. >> we won't know for sure what the official rg 3 number will be until later tonight but rumor has it, it will be number 10. and people say this kid is going to do a lot more than revitalize the team. >> we will be in the playoff, once you get there anything is possible. [ phone ringing ] >> the phone has not stopped

ringing. people pining for a first glimpse of an rg 3 redskin jersey. >> at the moment rg 3 isn't signed to the team we're not contractually bound to make his jersey, tonight we will make them on the spot. >> this couple bought hundreds of dollars and tell me they will be back for more once griffin becomes a skin. coming up tonight at 6:00, the machines are warming up and we will give you a first hand look at the people that are ready to make the next newest redskin jersey. live from fed ex field. a dramatic crash, how scenes like this are helping them learn what happens before they even respond to an emergency. >> postal workers ambushed and attacked at gun point. tonight we'll see video that could crack the cash. could crack the cash. >> get

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two metro employees or leave after the train derailment. this is standard procedure after certain incidents. it was 7:00 tuesday night when the train bound for virginia derailed. metro blamed a switch problem for the derailment which caused huge delays. it's still too soon whether the

workers made mistakes. get ready. metro approved a new round of fare hikes, they hope the revenue will prevent derailments and other delays. the news isn't sitting well with riders. derrick ward tells us how much more we're going to have to fork over. >> i want you to take a look at the faces that are in here and listen to their stories. because when it happens to you, you'll be sitting on our side. and it can happen. thank you. >> reporter: handicapped riders didn't hold back on their reaction to metro's fare hike. believe it or not riders who rely on metro access didn't get an increase at the maximum fare. why the anger? they are calculated based on rail and bus fares, both went up. so some metro access patrons will be edged closer to the $7 maximum. no small thing for those who are on a fixed budget. >> what are you all doing?

>> what the fare increase does is provide additional revenue to provide additional rush hour service during the peak period, bus service, improve our maintenance. >> reporter: two years since the last fare increase, the one approved today builds on that. and it hits the rails and the road. base peak farris 2.10. the maximum peek is 5.75. the base off-peak is 1.70. and the maximum non-rush hour farre is 3.50. metro wants you to buy smart trip passes. riders want a fare that's fair. >> i find the service pretty consistent, but it's getting to the point for a lot of people it will be cheaper to drive. >> reporter: if you do and park at a metro lot you'll pay an additional 25 cents. hold on for 2014, is that a light at the end of the tunnel or lighter pockets thanks to another rate hike?

>> the board has talked in terms of a policy of reviewing that situation every two years. >> reporter: now metro will be doing away with their peak of the peak fares, did anybody else on the metro know what that was? what they are offering or will be offering is $230 28-day pass. the nine day pass had restrictions. there will be a 14 day pass with no restrictions. the new fares go in effect on july 1st, that will give them time to change the signs and reprogram the computers. live in northwest, derrick ward, news4. a lot of clouds today, doug. starting to break-up a bit, huh? >> little bit west of i-95, seeing sunshine, some of us toward the west around the blue ridge did see sunshine and have seen it the last couple hours. east of i-95, socked in with clouds, that includes the district. you can see the sun trying to peek out on the monuments but not a whole lot of luck right now. that is why temperatures stayed down today i was hoping we would

see sun and any sunshine would have gotten us close to that 70 degree mark but we stayed in the 60s all day long. right now under mostly cloudy if not completely cloudy skies, 64 degrees, wins out of the south at 7 miles an hour. today is the fifth day in a row below average. we have not seen that very much at all, only one other time this year have we seen this many days below average. little different now, the average is 70, a lot different than 40. 68 in culpepper, here is where the sun has been shining, 71 in martinsburg, 70 winchester, 72 charlottesville. the areas with the best chance for shower activity. watch what happens, two areas of rain, here is one here making its way through norfolk, this is the reason we didn't see sunshine, and why the warmer air didn't make it up. if this would have been farther north we would have seen sunshine, rain early and the chance for thunderstorms. here is the frontal boundary

back to the west, notice just down to our southwest, in kentucky, numerous warnings, these are all severe thunderstorm warnings with the exception of this one right here, thread ois red one is a t warning, that will come through our area, that front. because of the clouds we won't see the severe weather here, can't rule out a few showers across the region, maybe a rumble of thunder. there is the cloud cover, it was along the blue ridge, starting to clear out, just a little bit and the clouds just starting to become a little more trans parent as we do lose a little bit of the moisture. high pressure begins to move in behind the area of low pressure, so say goodbye to the area of low pressure, then the high pressure tries to build in. tomorrow, cool and windy, wind tomorrow could gust to 20 to 30 miles an hour during the day. temperatures with sunshine should get in the mid 60s, then on saturday, we have another system moving in, saturday a very tough forecast, what are we going dob seeing on saturday? i think a good chance for shower

activity, i still don't think it's a wash out. watch the forecast carefully, high on saturday, only 57, 64 on sunday, sunday looking better than it has been, monday coming in with a temperature of 65 degrees. right now, it looks like a half and half weekend, got a lot of people wondering about the day on saturday. saturday is going to be cool, and rather cloudy, that i can guarantee you. the rain, we're going 60%. >> thank you, doug. a teacher who taught rg 3 is now living in the area. she shares stories and pictures you have to see from his past. a big drug bust at one of the nation's busiest airports. the tsa screeners were in on it. >> one of the rooms there is a lady here, she is dead and the other room, in my father p's room, they are dead, also. shock and sadness after five people are dead after carbon monoxide poisoning. here the calls for help.

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big build up now the day fans have been waiting for the draft with robert griffin iii.

>> dan hellie, the big night is upon us, dan. >> it is here we have been waiting forever, wendy and jim. rg3 should be in the building to more oh. redskins will draft him with the number two overall pick tonight. he is up in new york for the nfl draft. he has all the tools, on and off the field. as we have been saying the last month or so, maybe even more impressive off the field than he is on it. if you don't believe me, you can ask one of his teachers when he was called robbie griffin. zachary kriesh has the story. >> reporter: before the heisman trophy or multi-million dollar endorsement deals, he was robert. >> little robert, quiet and shy at times, you know, he would say hi. >> reporter: she teaches at potomac high school in virginia. in 2001 she was a first year

spanish teacher in the heart of texas. >> a military town, most of my students have parents were in the military and deployed. at some point in time. >> reporter: a lot of the first year in the classroom runs together but there was one student in particular, that stood out from the rest. >> i mean he was a very confident in himself. he didn't worry about what other kids were doing or what they were wearing, he did his own thing, and eventually the students started to follow him. he wasn't a follower, he was a leader. >> reporter: the other thing undeniable was his work ethic. >> he made a's, he was awarded top spanish, he did his best for me. >> reporter: his athletic ability was no secret. >> i went to a track meet and he was so far in front of the rest of the students. he was gone.

gone. >>. >> reporter: a lot has changed for griffin, but his old teacher says adversity he faced then will serve him well as the redskins new quarterback. >> you have to remember we are knee a small town in texas, and like it was stated, being african american, they had other players in mind, and at certain times his parents were worried about that would stop him from being a quarterback. but he did it. >> reporter: with a smile as wide as a late summer day in texas and the same leadership qualities he exuded as a junior high schooler, according to one from his previous life, there is no better role model and leader for the burgundy and gold. >> i think he can. he had the same pressure in conference cove. everybody keeps asking rg3 about pressure, he had it at baylor, he will never feel it

like he feels it here in washington as the quarterback for the redskins, we know the second most important position in washington, behind the president. a lot of pressure there. i think this kid can handle it. guys? >> i think so, too. looks like he was raised right by his parents. a lot of presence. >> dan we're following breaking news out of arlington, a new redskins player is in custody. police arrested brandon merryweather on the suspicion he was driving under the influence, happened this morning along interstate 66

update on breaking news. police in the district warning residences in northwest dc not to walk alone or late at night. this comes after three attacks over the last few days, all in a ten-block radius. one victim died, two others remain in the hospital at this time. police have no suspects.

and officers believe the victims were all chosen at random. an attack after an arrest after an attack outside a landover daycare, a man walks in family affair center and hitting things with a baseball bat. a security guard was injured, no children were hurt. police have arrested the suspect. he doesn't appear to be connected to the daycare. let's get the latest on the forecast. the forecast looking okay for the day tomorrow. out there right now, seeing sunshine, a nice evening, could still be a few showers. take a look at numbers behind me. high temperatures during the day today, got up to a lhigh temperature of 83 in atlanta, here in washington, only 64, so far and 61 in new york. a cool air mass to the north, a much warmer air mass to the south. one of those air masses is going to win out for the weekend, which one is it going to be? i'll show you in a minute. two postal workers robbed on the job.

>> in both cases the crooks didn't get away without a trace. >> they were sloppy. richard jordan has a look at the evidence investigators want you to see. >> he is, we believe, approximately 6'2", 6'3". >> reporter: the postal inspection service is investigating two armed robberies that put postal workers under the gun. each time the government employee was alone, opening the store. this video surveillance from september shows two men covered from head to toe walking in the suitland post office, one of them clearly has a gun. investigators say the weapon was used to threaten an employee. >> they walked up on him, told him not to make a sound, they actually put their hand to their mouth and made the sign for shh. >> reporter: he called the police. the worker is not the only one to get ambushed. in the july heat, the two men depicted in the sketch wore hoodies to the fort davis post office and confronted the lone

employee there. >> held a gun to her head, she thankfully was not physically harmed but again distraught over the whole incident. >> reporter: the postal service has stopped assigning a single employee to a post office hoping there is safety in numbers. the crooks got away with money and equipment. the stolen items could be used to pose as a mail worker. >> kind of weirding out, people have to watch their back. they are robbing post offices they can rob anybody. >> a $40,000 reward in each case, if you know anything head to our website to see how you can leave an anonymous tip. hearing first hand account of the tragic accident, three men, two women died tuesday of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. in a home on shelby drive. all of them had connections to a local church community, and their home country, el salvador. a relative went to the home when

he couldn't reach anyone on the phone. >> when i got here, i came in through the front door and my key worked and i opened the door with my key, i saw the windows had been opened and i was looking for my dad in one of the rooms, there is a lady here, that was dead, the other room is my father's room, another person here, they are dead, also. and i don't know what happened. >> investigators say an exhaust pipe from the furnace in the home had holes and the gas became trapped inside the house. a medical emergency being blamed for a wrong-way crash in prince georges county. the wreck snarled traffic along route 4 near 301 for hours this morning. police tell us the sick driver was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes, when he h hit a van then a pick up truck. four people were rushed to the hospital, we're told everyone will be okay. charges against the driver are pending. now to virginia, where a community activist is on trial accused of molesting young girls at a daughter's sleepover.

today an expert explain the results of dna, heard more from a 10-year-old witness. julie kerry has more from arlington. >> reporter: dr. mark perland is a key witness against michael gardner, a husband of a city council woman, gardner accused of sexually molesting three of his young daughter's friends last june. one at a sleepover and two at a birthday slumber party. dna analyzed by the virginia department of forensic science. with dna taken from neunderweara match is 20.7 quadrillion. with dna from another child, a match is 3,000 times more probable than a match to an unrelated caucasian person. the prosecution's final witness was the now 10-year-old girl who says she was fondled by gardner when she slept over with his

daughter the night before the party. when gardner's daughter called him in the room during a thunderstorm, he lay on the floor between where the two girls were sleeping, and repeatedly touched her stomach, chest and private parts. said the girl, he asked me if it felt good and i said no. she said she didn't tell her parents the next day because she was scared and embarrassed. but defense attorneys exposed many inconsistencies. they revealed she didn't claim she was abused until she learned of the investigation in the sleepover. as defense attorney peter said you were proud of yourself for helping police, yes replayed the fifth grader. you wanted to be included in what police were doing with the other girls? yes, she said. the defense will call their first witness tomorrow in a trial certain to continue in next week. julie kerry, news4. the glalegacy of a police officer will live on here in the district. ♪

>> there was a ceremony as the name of officer derrick krauss was unveiled at the national law enforcement memorial. a student shot and killed him last december during a routine traffic stop. several of his family members attended today's service. he was remembered as an army veteran and dedicated campus police officer who helped students in times of crisis. there will be a vigil to officially dedicate the memorial next month. the news4 i-team is going undercover to expose rogue renters. after answering an ad, our news4 cameras went in this home in springfield, virginia where the i-team is told there are at least eight unrelated people living inside. we will show you why the government says this is an illegal boarding house, and why it's dangerous and want everyone from homeowners and renters need to know. you can watch it tonight on news4 at 11:00. we have a whole lot more to

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the findings come out of the uk, experts found no evidence that cell phones cause brain cancer or any other health scare. but the group says long term studysare still needed, and they say small children should limit their use of a cell phone. the latest study follows a rortd from the world health organization that previously called cell phone radiation a possible carcinogen. >> an indiana teacher suing a catholic school and church after she was fired for under going fertility treatments. emily hurks was fired because she did in vitro fertilization. the catholic church says ivf leads to the destruction of embryos and is in violation of the church's right to life philosophy. she said her bosses knew what she was doing and supportive initially then changed their minds. >> our goal trying to wrap our minds around what happened here, just because i was such a devoted teacher and i loved my job so much. and just trying to expand our

family, to have this happen was -- it was awful. >> the church maintains the lawsuit challenges the church's ri right to make decisions consistent with the religious standards. scenes like this play out every day, how the demonstration is helping police figure out what happens in the moments before they respond. a beauty queen loses her crown but not because of a public scandal. how is the weather, doug? >> weather not bad, some areas seeing at least some breaks in the clouds and some sunshine. but what does that mean for the rest of the evening and what about the tough foreca

montgomery county police held a crash course in pedestrian accidents today. to give investigators a graphic view of what happens before they get to the scene. here is tracee wilkins. >> reporter: the striking car in the demonstration was only going 44 miles per hour. here is the impact from another angle. the watermelon they used for the mannequ mannequin's head explodes. body parts go everywhere. the car barely has a dent. >> the car wins every time when it hits a pedestrian. there is very little evidence left. >> reporter: officers from prince georges county and other municipalities have a chance to see what happens when a pedestrian is struck at speeds ranging from 40 miles per hour, to top speed. >> they will be able to study the physics involved and apply

it so that when they come out to the scene they can relate to what they experienced to the evidence that is found. >> reporter: another demonstration the car hits a mannequin on a bike. as soon as the crash happened the officers went to the exact location where the car struck the bike. as you can see there is not much evidence there. but they already have the tape out measuring and a few yards away you see the car stop there and the bike that it hit, still under it. >> everybody has a responsibility when they are on the road to look out for each other. because regardless if you're at fault or not, you lose in this situation. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. there were 399 pedestrian accidents in montgomery county just last year and 11 of them were deadly. now to the weather, doug has the low-down on the cool-down. how about it, doug?

>> you have to say like the low-down on the cool-down. >> lowww, barry white. we've seen the clouds all day long, every once in a while we've seen sun break out, off to the west of washington. right now at the airport cloudy skies, 64 degrees, wins out of the south at 7 miles per hour. this is what we're seeing around the region, 66 in huntingtown. more sunshine to the west, 66 in dulles, but with the clouds we did not get nearly as warm as we were hoping. i thought we would get in low 70s today with some sunshine, there was a very warm air mass making its way our way but this area of rain right here was moving our way and just stayed just south of us and kept all the warm air to the south, too. behind it now looking at a line of showers and thunderstorms, that through west virginia. i think most of these you'll try to die out before they get here, i'm not too worried about those, farther down south and west, big

time severe weather through eastern kentucky and southern portions of west virginia but once again, not expecting that for us. still though, chance for showers throughout the rest of the evening. you can see what i'm talking about back to the west of winchester, hampshire county and frederick county, virginia you will see rain moving in. as we move through the night, around 8:00, 9:00, i expect showers to come through the area. going out tonight you may want to wear the umbrella or take it with you as you step out. tem you au saturday, high of 57 news here is sunday, liz crenshaw is not happy, sunday, liz crenshaw, sunny on your house. >> oh, good, thank you. >> great. >> we'll look at some stories trending online. little boy crying foul last night at the rangers yankees game in texas, a player threw a foul ball in the stand. >> grown-ups grabbed it and the

boy began crying, a lot of folks including the tv announcer thought the couple should have given the child the ball. >> well, there is a happy ending of course, the rangers organization got wind and gave the kid a ball of his own. >> that is the smile we wanted. a new millionaire, a winning powerball ticket sold at congressional exxon on massachusetts avenue and northeast. >> dc lottery officials say the winner has come forward will be identified tomorrow. the winning ticket holder almost threw it away before checking it first. this is the second one million dollar powerball win d.c. in the past month. decrowned miss dominican republic lost her title because she lied about her marital status. >> she relinquished the crown. only single women can go for the crown. >> the 25-year-old model got married in '09 but in a statement she said it was brief and is being annulled. they are called food deserts, neighborhoods in inner

cities where supermarkets are scarce, healthy food, hard to find. as liz crenshaw, one local organization is trying to cure dc's food deserts with fresh produce on the corner. >> reporter: how you got inner city children and families if they live a bus ride from the nearest supermarket and the corner market sells bear, soda and chips. it's a problem common in d.c. neighborhoods but a solution is growing through a program called "healthy corners. ." >> it's good i can buy fruit. >> willie bought a banana in the neighborhood. unusual event, his supermarket is ten blocks away. d.c. mini market, his corner gro grocer sells beer and potato. >> samuel is participating in a new program called "healthy corners" fresh produce like apples, oranges, potatoes,

spinach are delivered to small grocers at a good price and he says the customers love it. >> they are surprised to see it, they told me keep the prize the way it is because they love the price. >> the merchants are excited about it. >> mike curtain is the ceo of the central kitchen whose primary focus is to feed the homeless and train former addicts and homeless to work in food service. healthy corners is d.c. central kitchen's new mission. >> food access. for a long time, there has been this divide between local healthy food and economically marginalized communities. >> d.c. central kitchen came up with a way, they use contacts in wholesale food and local farms to provide produce at a good price and mobilizes the small vans to reach corner grocers. >> we pick stores that had nothing fresh, bags, boxes and cans. that's it. we work with the merchants to develop, teach them about the program. >> reporter: dc central kitchen with money for the d.c.

government provided the shelving and refrigeration, for the few first months offered it for free. as customers started buying, star owners foot the bill. >> there is a solution. rp healthy corners rjs is it working now? >> it is absolutely working. >> 1.79. >> vernice martin runs martin luther king grocery. >> more healthy, they are getting more healthier. because if it's here, they take it, it's good. less junk food they are taking that is for sure. >> the vegetables, i was shocked. that a convenience store sells things like that. >> reporter: how do you feel about it? >> i love it. >> d.c. central kitchens healthy corners program services 28 small grocery stores in wards, 4, 5, 7 and 8 working to improve the neighborhoods. >> doesn't take much.

>> a good idea well managed and thought through and there you go. >> thank you, liz. >> you're welcome. next, tsa agents are supposed to keep drugs and weapons from getting through security. >> that is not what happened here, details behind the bust at l lax, next. at 6:00, still working on developments about the random attacks up in the petworth neighborhood of d.c. joel ward has things to say about the vicious racist attacks against him after winning the game last night. we have a love story for the ages. it begins with a husband and wife born in the same hospital within minutes

you're watching news4 at 5:00. a montana mother says her daughter had nightmares after a run in with airport security. the 4-year-old had gone through security screening, ran back to the line to hug her grandmother, tsa protocol calls for a rescreening in such cases. her mother says it wasn't so much what agents did next, but how they did it. >> they said "she made contact, she made contact" was like you need to sit down now, not like a polite like oh, here honey, you touched your grand plfma, we hao

check you. they were standing over her, they wouldn't let me tell her. >> the tsa said screening procedures have been modified for kids under 12, in this case a modified pat-down was indicated. the tsa says officers followed the proper procedure. four people are facing charges in connection with a major drug bust at los angeles airport. >> what makes this cases specially troubling is the accused are tsa agents. ted chin has the story. >> reporter: more than 100 pouns of marijuana, 60 kilos of cocaine, 8 pounds of meth the amount of drugs a group of former tsa screeners are accused of trying to smuggle through lax check points. dea spokesperson jose martinez says undercover agents made contact with the screeners through social media. >> we were allowed access to them and they were playing services, they would allow us access in the internal security of the airport so we could

smuggle drugs. >> the screeners are naral richardson. john it whenfield, joy white and capeline mckinney. in five incidents between february and july of last year, they are charged with drug conspiracy, possession and bribery. prosecutor david herzog says the sting captured couriers with a third at large, identify as 28-year-old terri cunningham. >> a courier would meet with a screener the night before a pass-through or prior to the pass-through to make sure the courier could have a visual confirmation of which screener to use. the following morning, a screener and courier would communicate via text or cell, and the screener would tell the courier exactly what lane to go to and at exactly what time. >> herzog says they would ignore the drugs as they pass through and proceed to a rest room to get the second half of a cash payment. the government says the danger of having cor resulted tsa screeners is clear.

>> in this case it was narcotics, which is serious, we want to make sure in the next case, it's not something else that is dangerous. >> if convicted all four tsa employees face ten years in federal prison. breaking news on three d.c. crimes, possibly connected. >> someone is attacking people at random. d.c.'s petworth neighborhood and northwest, police say people should not be walking around that area alone. we have live team coverage on this developing story tonight. >> we have new reaction from the neighborhood that has been targeted but begin with the investigation. there have been three attacks just 26 hours apart, and all in a ten-block radius in northwest washington. pat collins broke the story yesterday with the attack on a d.c. tourist but now the case has expanded. pat joins us from d.c. police headquarters with more on this, pat? >> reporter: doreen, police looking into the possibility that these three attacks in the