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>> we just want to finish what we started and bring him home. >> how friends are rallying around them as they wait for answers. >> and a local doctor accused of running a pill mill. the illegal prescriptions that may have killed one of his patients. >> a trans gender teenager will have to spend the night in the hospital after getting stabbed in the back on a metro green line train. >> tonight we have learned more about hr attacker and he will be charged with a hate crime. at the metro station with new information from police, jackie? >>. >> reporter: people on that train came forward and did the right thing. a number of witnesses told detectives that they heard the suspect taunt that 15-year-old trans gender woman for being trans gender. now because of that, because of that, a metro spokesman tells us charges of assault with a deadly

weapon can now be included with the district's enhanced hate crime penalty. >> court records indicate the suspect, 24-year-old reginald cline stands more than 6 feet tall and weighs more than 200 pounds. the 15-year-old victim's friends, teenagers themselves, describe an ugly hate-filled encounter on the green line during rush hour. >> this man is a crazy man. he got on the train and he -- i don't know, he was on something. and was just at my friend like, you're ugly. you got this -- hair, are you a man, are you a man? like he pulled out a knife and stabbed my friend. that's when i maced him. >> moments later, the train pulled into the station. metro police were at the scene he was attempting to get away. >> officers took him in custody in the station, recovered the knife used. >> court records indicate he has a lengthy criminal history that includes assault and resisting

arrest. >> news 4 learned that the suspect most recent arrest was just two weeks ago. the charge, carrying a concealed weapon. we understand the knife recovered today is described as a 3 1/2 inch folding knife. live at the metro station, jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. a boy is charged with attempted robbery in the shooting of an 18-year-old girl. police say he took over the victim and fired shots at point blank range. it started on pliers mill road at 5:00 this morning when a group of boys and girls arranged to meet via text message. the girl was shot after she fell on the ground during a confrontation. >> they were screaming, then i heard gunshots. >> how many? >> about two. then everything went quiet. >> police have not released the name of the 13-year-old suspect. investigators believe the girl

may have been set up for a robbery. >> a maryland family fighting to bring a sick relative home is grieving his death. we first told you about nathanial dennis last night. he travelled to liberia, suffered a surgery and fell into a coma. he tested negative for ebola. they consider his death a mystery. >> i'm feeling hurt. >> trapped in a whirl wind of emotion for a memorial for his brother. the 24-year-old was in a coma for over a week in liberia, stuck in ongoing ebola quarantine and died last night. >> at the same time, i'm feeling relieved because i know my brother is no longer suffering any more. >> news 4 first told you about nathani dennis last night. he died after our newscast. his family was raising money to bring him back to the u.s. >> we are devastated. we don't feel defeated because we tried as hard as we could. >> the family tells me the

liberian government wouldn't allow him to be driven to the hospital because they didn't want the deadly virus to spread. but nathanial tested negative for ebola. he was visiting his family and suddenly started having seizures. >> tonight, his friends hosted a fund-raiser at lima lounge, raising more than $10,000 to help pay for the funeral. >> we would like to bring his body back and bring him a proper burial here with friends and family. >> a proper baral where norwood could pay tribute to his brother. >> i was so close to him. losing him does hurt. >> a lot of people are wondering here, how did nathanial day? the medical examiner in liberia will conduct an autopsy and hopefully those results will shed some light on exactly what happened to him. at a we are d.c. event at lima lounge, news 4. >> two americans in liberia are

infected with ebola. chris lawrence is at our live desk. >> officials closed schools across the country and placing all nonessential government workers on mandatory leave for the next month. they have ordered security teams to impose these restrictions but they hope residents will understand why certain areas have to be quarantined and there won't be any need for my exceptional force. west africa needs all the help it can get to help with this outbreak. a lot of groups are evacuating the area. volunteers from liberia, sierra leone and new guinea are being taken out. this involved more cross-border travel. two american aide workers have been infected with ebola. one doctor from texas has been quarantined to his home in

liberia. another volunteer is in isolation. her husband is there in liberia. she spoke with her son today. >> she is continuing to do well. she was still fighting through symptoms. as she has strength, being able to move around a little bit -- >> british officials held a crisis meeting today to talk about what they would do if the deadly virus spread. but a lot of western health officials say they learned a lot about identifying and containing infectious diseases during the sars outbreak about 11 years ago. because of that, they think it is highly unlikely ebola could spread throughout north america. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. a key witness in the corruption trial of former governor and first lady took the stand today. johnny williams gave a blunt explanation about why he showered bob and doreen mcdonnell with gift. he is testifying for the prosecution which laid out a long list of gifts from williams, including the use of

this ferrari on vacation. he said he wanted it meet the governor because quote, he's a politician and i'm a businessman. williams gifts included loans, flying the mcdonnel daughters it a bachelorette party. and a $10,000 gift to one of the mcdonnell daughters. >> the gifts were far beyond what we would normally get from a personal friend. p. >> prosecution said he gave the gifts hoping to gain backing for a new dietary supplement. >> castillo is accused of murdering his wife and making it look like suicide. the judge ruled he can stay out on bail but has to wear a monitoring device. he had been in jail since april.

prosecutors released new evidence claiming that dna links him to the murder scene. also today a former montgomery county swim coach plead guilty to abusing a student in the '80s. christopher yacht is the founder of the maryland suburban swim club. he was arrested in april after one of his former swimmers told police that he abused her for five years starting when she was around 6 or 7. yacht is out on bond right now and in exchange for his plea, prosecutors will recommend he face a maximum of ten years in prison. he is to be sentenced in september as well. >> an arrest in a rape investigation in northern virginia. victims are just 11 and 12 years old. police say the girls were sexually assaulted inside a private home on gable ridge road. three teenagers are charged, 17 and 16 years old. investigators believe victims and suspects know each other. two of the accused teenagers are held in a juvenile detention

center. the other was released to his guardian. >> new tonight, a rockville doctor is behind bars for allegedly running a pill mill. his name is silvu ziscovci. he is also known as dr. z. between 2009 and 2013 he made runs of thousands of dollars selling drugs. one of his patients died for using methadone for no medical reason. he faces a mandatory 20 years to life for that patient's death and 20 years for each of the 29 counts of distribution. he is due back in court on friday. >> developing tonight, veteran's affairs department appears on track to get a major overhaul. the house passed a bill. it is intended to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and make firing executives easier. the vote was nearly unanimous with five lawmakers voting

against the plan. it is expected to pass if the senate by the end of the week. >> and a fix to that ongoing border crisis looks less likely to pass before the congress goes on their five-week break. in the mean tile, maryland congressman will be joining 11 other lawmakers on a trip to the border later this week. >> later, the house did pass a plan to sue president obama. the bill does not need to pass in the senate leafing speaker john boehner free to further the lawsuit. they are suing the president with exceeding his constitutional power with his executive orders. >> the number of palestinians killed in this conflict has now passed 1300. israel said it lost nearly 60 people in fighting that began three weeks ago. today, the u.s. condemned another deadly strike on a united nations school in gaza that was being used as a

shelter. israel said it fired back in the area of that shelter after soldiers were targeted by mortar rounds. this is the second time a u.n. compound has been hit this week. the u.n. called the school shelling outrageous and unjustifiable. demanded an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. >> next at 11:00, terrifying moments for a woman driving down a highway. how an axe ended up in her windshield. >> a classic ocean city amusement ride, now the subject of a lawsuit. what a local family is suing over. >> and 20 million gallons and counting. long-term impact of a huge watermain break in los angeles. >> and it's been delicious. but it's going away. >> yeah, it is. but not too far away. showers that are making their way through the area right now. i'll tell you who will see those. plus a better chance of showers towards the weekend. towards the weekend. we will explain in my fo

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there it is. an axe crashed through the windshield. stopping just inches from a woman's face. her husband was driving. he didn't have time to react to the blade headed right for them. the wife wasn't hurt. police say a landscaper put that on the hood of his truck and forgot about it. it flew off on the highway, he is being fined $200. >> last night's huge watermain break on ucla, 20 million gallons spilled on to the compass an a nearby neighborhood. chris clackum explains how long the clean-up is likely to take. >> 20-foot wide wide is what is

left of the watermain break. so flooded wednesday that crews couldn't get in for repairs. >> we cannot begin any of the repairs until we get the water completely down, and we're working on that. >> when it broke, water gushed down at a rate of 75 gallons a minute, flowing for nearly four hours, mainly on to the college campus. >> this is damage to our athletic facilities, garages, and a lot of pain to employees, students, and visitors stuck here. >> there are some 900 vehicles, close to half submerged at some point. also eight inches of water flowed outside and inside the famed pauly pavilion basketball arena, just two years after $136 million renovation. >> our gyms are very much effected. the wooden center has water damage. does not have power right now.

>> one of the loiines that brok has been in use for the past 93 years and critics say is indicative of l.a.'s aging infrastructure. still, officials were under fire wednesday for taking so long to cut off the water tuesday. >> we promise you, we will be here 24 hours a day, until we get this site repaired. >> a fix that may still be days away. chris clackum, nbc news. >> the owners of some classic rides on ocean city's board walk are facing a huge lawsuit. according to the baltimore sun a virginia mother suing trimpers rides for a million bucks. she said her son suffered traumatic brain injuries in 2012 when a ride operator abruptly stopped the ride. her son thought the ride was over. got out of the miniature car. the ride operaty started the right back up. that knocked the boy to the ground and fractured his skull.

a woman from german, not only celebrating her 100th birthday, she also became a u.s. citizen today. we got this picture from her naturalization ceremony. the seem stress was born in nicaragua, and joined here daughter here in 1987. she said she decided to become a u.s. citizen because she wanted to vote. congratulations to her. i that i was a great granddaughter there. >> yeah. top that, doug. >> top that. >> everything so wrapped up in sharknado. >> that is part of the forecast that we've got here. that is something that will not be happening in our area. take a look at this. of course, that was on the sci-fi channel. yeah, there it is. the sharks falling from the sky. the tornadoes bringing the sharks in from the ocean over

manhattan. >> they catch fire when they land? >> yeah, a whole meteorlogical phenomenon. i could explain it all to you. but i didn't see that part. take a look. >> could that ever happen? i got that question. yes. a shark could be picked up from a tornado. we are not talking hundreds of sharks. we do not think that could ever happen in this area. winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. beautiful night. and man have we seen fantastic weather. right now, very nice, but not nearly as cool as the last few nights. last night, by this time, we were already in the mid 50s. so we're running about 5 to 10 degrees above where we were last night at this time. hour by hour forecast, another nice start tomorrow with a temperature around 68 degrees at 7:00. 80 degrees by noon. so once again, take a lunch outdoors, if you can. it will be that nice. 86 degrees by 3:00.

take a dinner outside tomorrow night, too. once again, we're looking at a fantastic afternoon. now we are looking at a few showers. this is up towards martinsburg. this will come right over in through portions of frederick county, maryland. heads up, up there, you won't see much rain but you will see sprinkles if you are thinking of taking the dog on a late night walk. these clouds will move over in the next few hours. they will thin but not nearly as cool as the last couple of nights. we have been on the cooler side all week. the reason why, a big ridge of high pressure. hot weather back towards the west. san francisco, warmest july they've ever seen. for us, on the east side of this. big trough of low pressure. really over the past month or so. we will stay that way through next month too. if you like this cooler weather and, stick around. there will be a few hotter days

and a couple are those in the seven-day forecast. 66 in d.c. 61, so another cool start but not a chilly start this morning. set a few records this morning. 86 on your thursday. 83 on friday again. 30% chance of showers in the afternoon on friday. most of the area should stay dry. this is something we will watch because watching a coastal storm that's developing, not much after storm but it could bring a chance for shower activity on saturday. maybe a chance on sunday, too. . 50% of showers both days. there is heat in the middle of next week, beginning the middle of next week. 90s the hottest. >> not bad at all. >> we can take that easily. >> you about etch you betcha. you betcha. >> now shining light on the

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what are football players doing in richmond? >> getting back to work. 9,000 plus showed up. and they watched the shore of the show, deangelo hall. you knew the offense would benefit, but the defense seems to be stepping up well. we have more as the skins are getting back to work. >> hey, carol. head coach jay gruden said usually after a day off the players have an off day, but today was not the case. in fact today they looked sharp

and ready to go. the unit that stood out, defense. especially deangelo hall. a pair of interceptions for the veteran who credits off season acquisition for motivation. >> i started working out, doing speed workouts with strength coaches and things like that. trying to get a little bit of the speed back. i understand the defense really know what they are trying to do. we are trying to coach other guys up around us. try to get them better. you never know when you need somebody. >> defensive coordinator will have full control over the play calling on defense. you may remember last year head coach mike shanahan had the final say on everything. so this should be a much different season. the team will be back out on the field at 8:30 tomorrow morning. >> thank you. baseball now. nats in miami finishing up the series with marlins. full control today, striking out seven batters. allowing just one run.

eighth inning, nats breaking it up. desmon ripping this pitch into left field. nats up 4-1. they old on to win, 4-3. former bird, giving out a sperl plate, for the heart and hustle award. then jones celebrating big time. boom! first inning home run against the angels up and over the center field wa. ace two-run shot giving 0s 2-0 lead. kevin in trouble but strikes out mike trout. with two on to end the threat. os win it, 4-3, the final. you may see this on twitter. that has been what is trending all day. and the real kd, kevin durant, says he is hearing the message loud and clear. durant knows how much his hometown wants him to return. but come on, people, he's not a

free agent until 2016. espn talks to durant today who said he is fully committed to okc right now and not thinking about coming home. >> i don't think about it at all unless someone brings it up. i focus on my teammates, great fans in the city. >> he said yesterday that every time you go on twitter or instagram, people are needling you about coming back to the wizards. bothering you or part of life? >> i'll just delete twitter from my account. >> is that a joke or no? >> that's real. an joke. >> that would be something. >> that would be something. >> doesn't look like he is

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