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virginia. that's the logical place for it. it's something of a surprise that after 33 years the medical examiner has determined that the cause of death was the gunshot wound suffered in 1981 during the reagan assassination attempt. that's when brady was gravely wounded. that is the medical finding. as to the legal consequences, we are way too soon to know what that might be. >> john hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in reagan's death. is he likely, do you think, to be charged? >> well, he faced a number of charges in 1981. the jury's conclusion in 1982 was not guilty by reason of mental illness. so there are several questions here. first of all, murder charges are theoretically possible. there's no statute of limitations on murder. it would be a legally possible charge. that's the first question. will the government pursue charges? several officials have said tonight they're way far away
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from making that decision. they're just finding out about this themselves. they've got some serious consideration to do. the second question is will it affect in any way hinckley's family's -- for years now his family has been seeking and getting from a federal judge here longer and longer stays away from st. elizabeth's. most recently at the family home in williamsburg, virginia. right now thief been seeking to stays of up to 24 days, and pending before the judge has been a request from the family to allow him to stay there full-time if those temporary stays go well. will this new finding complicate that? again, too soon to say. >> do we expect any reaction from the hinckley family or brady family for that matter? >> i doubt anything from the hinckley family, but we've contacted a spokeswoman for sarah brady, who says she has no statement yet. she's awaiting the official report, and she hasn't seen it yet. >> all right. s pete williams, thanks so much, pete. >> pete will have much more on
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this coming up on "nightly news" right after this broadcast. we're also keeping a close eye on the fast-moving developments out of iraq tonight. the u.s. has launched its second air strike in less than 24 hours targeting the isis group. it's the result of that will humanitarian crisis in the northern part of the country. >> we have team coverage of this story and its impact here in washington. we begin now with steve handelsman on capitol hill. steve. >> thanks. humanitarian air drops go, today's operation ordered by president obama, was small. as air strikes go, today's, again ordered by the president here in washington yesterday, ten in all at latest count are still pretty tight, but a line has been crossed. >> just some smoke was seen and a small flash, but the first air strikes made history. the u.s. back in combat in iraq. the 500 pound bomb came from these fa-18st off the carrier george h.w. bush.
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those pilots circled back and struck again. four more fa-18 strikes later today, and two from u.s. drones. the target was isis fighters moving towards irbil, the capital of iraqi kurds, u.s. allies, american diplomats, and military advisors are there. >> top priority of the wraits is security of our people. we have people in irbil, and if we see an advance, we're going to hit it. >> reporter: isis is now a big army, well armed and motivated. can some bombings make a difference? >> this is not decisive use of military power. we're not on the ground in the area. i don't think we know what we're doing. >> reporter: president obama promised no u.s. boots on the ground, but ok'd air strikes and ordered the airdrops west of irbil this morning to save the f- ya sdmr idi. >> america is coming to help. >> man, thank god. now we have hope. >> reporter: the yazidis here who live in texas came to
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washington begging for u.s. intervention. alan reached his family by phone today. up in the highlands where the yazidis fled isis last week with few provisions. the food was gone. >> there was some water. they were able to get their hands on some water. >> so it helped? >> it helped a little absolutely. we can say it saved their lives for now. >> reporter: what happens next to the yazidi and to the isis drive on irbil, what the u.s. does next all up in the air tonight. >> support for president obama's moves is fairly strong and fairly bipartisan. some democrats expressed mostly concern, but most lawmakers in both parties support the air strikes and the air drops. little worry, though, among some, of course, about how far we go. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. the rebels ransacking iraq aren't just striking fear in that country, but also here in
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our region. iraqis who now call the d.c. region home say they're worried about loved ones still living in the war-torn country. news 4's kristen wright is at the white house live with that part of the story. kristen. >> well, jim, the virginia woman you are about to meet has been trying frantically to stay in touch with relatives in iraq. they, meanwhile, have been trying to get u.s. visas for several years, but given the actions of isis she is worried it will be too late. >> these killings, raping people, children. >> reporter: sarah amir kamal talked her family in iraq three days ago. it's a long way from manassas, park, virginia, so they e-mail or skype whenever they can. >> they take over salt lights and things and shut down the internet. >> reporter: sarah says word from her relatives is that isis is coming. her mother is a sunni muslim.
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her father and the rest of the family shia. isis's target. they're living on edge in a small city near baghdad. >> like a week or ten days i don't hear anything about them. so, like, i will get the message, okay, you're okay. >> reporter: washington-based humanitarian aid nonprofit mercy corps is on the ground in iraq. the team has been in the country since 2003 and now evaluating the current situation. >> since june more than 500,000 iraqis have been forced to flee their homes. more than one million since the beginning of the year. the situation is incredibly desperate and dire. >> she's remarried to a u.s. military veteran she met in her home country. she fully supports the u.s. air strikes and just hopes the lines of communication stay open. >> it's very hard.
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you know, my heart. i pray every day. >> reporter: sarah explained that her parents are on guard 24 hours a day. her mother keeping watch during the day, and her father at night. live at the white house, kristen wright, news 4. it lasted three days. not a second longer. now the war between israel and hamas is on again. plans for an extended cease-fire broke down this morning. militants resumed firing rockets from gaza. israel responded with air strikes killing at least five people, including children. peace talks in egypt have deadlocked. hamas says it is ready to continue the talks, but israel says it won't negotiate under fire. nearly 6,000 miles away from the violence protesters on the wlikt. palestinian and israeli
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supporters gathered outside the white house all wanting to have their voices heard. now to the corruption trial for virginia's former first couple. outrage is the way a business executive said that he reacted after learning colleague johnny williams gave bob and maureen mcdonald tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans. we go live now to northern virginia bureau chief julie carey outside the courthouse with the friday developments today. julie. >> reporter: well, that executive's name is paul perito. he used to be a federal prosecutor before he joined star scientific, and prosecutors in this case are hoping that his testimony lends credibility to what johnny williams said on the stand last week. >> what's your hope for today? >> i hope we get to the weekend. >> reporter: a weary bob mcdonald headingn right now. all i can do is listen as the prosecution lays out its case. today prosecutors turn to star scientific's former board chair.
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perito testified that bepresenteding bob and maureen mcdonald in hopes of getting support for their new dietary supplement, but perito was won over, especially when he went to an august 2011 lunch at a governor's mansion with university researchers on the very day star launched their product. he says johnny william was on cloud nine, and even though mcdonald arrived late, he said the governor's presence provided gravitas for star. he had a different reaction in 2012 when johnny williams asked him whether maureen mcdonald could join star scientific's board of directors. testified, he said "i thought it was the worst idea i ever heard." he testified he didn't know williams had been providing the mcdonalds with gifts and loans since january 2013. that's when williams phoned him to report investigators had
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arrived at his home. says perito, i was breathless. how could you possibly do this? it's one of the most egregious errors of judgment." prosecutor "what was mr. williams' demeanor during this call?" "he was crushed. he was sobbing. it was a very emotional conversation." >> i'm sorry. i wish ki talk to you. >> reporter: the close friend and broker jonathan was the week's final witness. prosecutors will use his testimony to try to show the mcdonalds wanted to hide their star scientific stock. >> reporter: because the stockbroker is such a close friend of the mcdo notteds prosecutors also asked him about the couple's marriage. he said it was back in june when he was at their joint 50th birthday party and watched them dancing together. yet another inside esh contradicting the defense contention that the couple's marriage was so troubled they couldn't have criminally conspired. reporting life from mission, virginia, i'm julie carey, news 4. police say they have tracked down a
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gas station murder, but the hunt for the killer continues. raj kumar was working at the exxon station on ridge road in hanover yesterday morning when a masked man walked in and shot him. the man then grabbed some cash and took off. kumar's friends tell us he was working to support his wife and to put his two children through college. don't be in too much of a rush to start your weekend tonight if you drive the beltway. a major crackdown underway to catch dangerous drivers. state trooper from maryland and virginia will be on the lookout for drivers who break the rules. they are specifically looking for speeders, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers, and people who aren't wearing their seat belts. the crackdown will last through sunday. we are learning new details about the woman hit and killed by a police cadet on the beltway. tonight the questions being asked by her family. a one-two punch in hawaii tonight. the first storm already struck. the next one is inching closer. also, a remarkable find and
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an important part of our nation's history. what was found hidden beneath layers of paint during a d.c. high school renovation project? doug, how is our weather looking? >> oh, the weather could not be better out here. a lot of people enjoying the food here. i have yet to get my plate. trust me, that's coming up a little later on. great backyard here in rockville. i'll be back in a minute. we're doing some yoga and water we're doing some yoga and water aerobics,
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sflarchlgts it's an international public health emergency. that's the word from the world health organization about the ebola outbreak in west africa. the health agency is urging nations around the world to donate money and resources to stop the spread of the deadly virus. the current outbreak has a death rate of about 50%. more than 1,000 people have died so far. the two americans who are being treated for the virus in atlanta are said to be showing signs of improvement. a developing story in hawaii where tropical storm iselle is lingering. the storm hit hawaii's big island. taking place there, it's the first tropical system to hit the island in more than two decades. people have been boarding up their homes and businesses preparing for -- jennifer in
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honolulu with the latest. jennifer. >> reporter: pat, iselle made landfall at 2:30 in the morning local hawaii time when a lot of people were sleeping, but many people stayed awake all night concerned about what the storm would bring. it brought with it about a foot of rain, and there's more where that came from. >> reporter: it is the calm after the storm, perfect weather, following a night where tropical storm iselle slammed into the big island. residents are waking up and reading a slight sigh of relief after tropical storm iselle made landfall overnight causing little damage. >> we have been prepared, as i have indicated, right straight long, to move now and to the response and the recovery phase. even though the big island is still experiencing serious rain and wind situations. >> reporter: downed trees, storm surge, flooding in low-lying
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areas. heavy winds and rain knocked out power to approximately 18,000 residents in the island chain. >> i'm trying to get home to take care of my animals, but -- >> what will happen? >> there are power lines down, and i'm not sure if i'm able to drive through that. >> reporter: people scrambled up until the last minute preparing their homes and businesses. >> i'm mostly concerned about the wind. there are some areas i could stay, but the wind. >> officials in hawaii are warning residents and tourists don't let your guard down quite yet. julio headed slightly north of the island, and it's expected in the next few days. >> julio has been been
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downgraded as a category two hurricane. more rain could mean mudslides, flash floods now that everything is so, so thoroughly by iselle. i'm jennifer bjorkland, news 4. turning to the backyard weather. >> doug is in the backyard in rockville, maryland waiting to take a bite and a dip on a beautiful evening. doug. >> we're going in the pool at 6:45. i already promised that. right now we're doing yoga here. what am i doing here? >> you're doing a modified warrior one. you said you do this kind of thing all the time in your backyard. say hello to everybody, first off. sxwra you didn't realize yoga was a spectator sport. >> we do yoga here every monday morning at 8:00 a.m. please join us. jewel where i is a great teacher sfwloosh she says join. in the water aerobics you do a couple of days a week. >> tuesday afternoons, saturday morning. saturday morning, come join us,
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tomorrow morning. >> they do -- you have to pay admission to watch this. everybody paid in order to watch what we're doing right here. let's go ahead and take a look at the weather for you and show you what's going on as my right leg cramps. the graphics right now, current temperature of 82 degrees. those numbers now 83 degrees, actually, and the winds out of the west at about 3 miles per hour. around the rest of the area, want 79 in frederick. 77 in baltimore. we're looking at 83 degrees down towards fredericksburg. as far as the radar is concerned, no worries. we're not going see any rain across our region as we move on through the next day or so. tomorrow could be a little bit different. we are watching a storm system down through the south. you notice that down towards west virginia, down towards the roanoke area. that's the system that will try to move our way, but high pressure to the north, dry air around philadelphia will move on down towards our region too. that should keep us on the dry side. storm team 4 future forecast. through the night tonight into the day tomorrow, we are going to see as we move on through tomorrow morning should be dry.
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watch what happens tomorrow afternoon. we see a few mo ds trying to develop. . especially down around fredericksburg, qauntico, manassas, and the d.c. metro area, but i still think most of us will be on the dry side. as we move through the rest of the day tomorrow, a few showers, but most of the day will be dry. don't worry too much about that, but don't be surprised to see a shower or two. as we move on through the day, high temperatures will be in the 80s. 85 degrees once again tomorrow in d.c. 80 in annapolis, and 79 down towards laray. down towards the beaches, this is an area that you want to watch out for. not ocean city. these conditions will be great here. we're looking at 82 degrees on your saturday. clouds on sunday, but still pretty nice. can't rule out an isolated shower, but once again, ocean city, we're hoping it's fine. virginia beach down towards the outer banks. that's the area we think we're going to see rain. next couple of days, temperatures going up just a bit. high temperatures on your sunday. back into the mid to upper 80s with a high of 86 degrees. as we move through the day on monday, once again, 83 degrees
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on your monday. tuesday coming in with a chance for shower activity. we will see a few thunderstorms during the afternoon on tuesday. some of that could be strong, but nothing too severe. wednesday a high temperature of 86 degrees. to enthe week things are looking really good. this is downward dog, and then -- >> downward dog. we want to flip our dog, dog. >> we're going to flip our dog? >> yep. right leg up. right foot over to your left side. right arm up. [ cheering ] >> awesome. >> that's what i'm talking about, baby. >> looking good there, doug. >> right hand on blue. >> should be is going to be sore tomorrow. all right. our weather warrior, doug, thank you, buddy. see you in a bit. >> thanks a lot. a home reduced to rubble. memories lost. time running out. how a community is rallying
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together to help the family of seven that could be out on the street in a matter of days. the blame game. why parents may be the ones actually causing they are teenagers to drive distracted. and from the roads to the skies. transportation reporter ann's exclusive access to show us what it takes to get airplanes ready it takes to g[ mom ]lanes ready when the nest gets too quiet...
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home to a fire today. their house was destroyed by flames two weeks ago, actually. they've been living in a hotel thanks to help from the red cross and a local church. they have to be out of the hotel by monday. money is tight, and they don't know where they're going to go. >> we have no place to go. we don't know. i'm worried to death because i have these grandkids. i have no place to go. >> the family didn't have insurance. they are hoping a fundraising effort will help them stay off the streets. if you would like to learn more about that and how you can help, go to nbcwashington.com and search woodbridge fire. tonight a teenager killed after a chase with police will be remembered during a vigil. 17-year-old amir brooks died in the hospital earlier this week. his dirt bike crashed into a tree on alabama avenue in the district. prince georges county police has been chasing brooks at the time. dirt bikes are illegal in the county. police are still investigating
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if the pursuit had anything to do with that crash. the villagel begins at 7:30 in the fox club apartment in district heights. sdmrimplts chances are you could be playing a direct role in distressing your teenager while that teen is behind the wheel. half of teens in a recent survey say they talked to their parents on the phones while they're driving. many said their parents get mad when they don't answer the phone. the national institutes of health funded the study talking or texting while driving is the leading cause of deadly crashes among teens. researchers say there are apps available to let parens know when their kids are driving and can't pick up the phone. that's the focus of today's excited survey. weaponed to know even though distracted driving is dangerous and illegal, do you text and call while behind the wheel? here's what people are saying. 25% say -- 33% now say yes, and 57% say no, they don't do it.
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>> don't take our survey while behind the wheel. pull over. a family demanding answers tonight. we are learning about a crash that left a mother dead and a police cadet under investigation. burglars target a d.c. school taking electronics with them. the striking similarities between this crime and another one at the same school a year ago. big breaks for police that are one step closer to solvi
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now at 6:30 a final good-bye for a mother killed on the beltway after being hit by a police cadet. what we're learning about the victim and where she was headed that day. burglars strike just weeks before the start of school. how the crime could impact hundreds of local students. from directing planes on the tarmac to loading luggage. >> this is like being in had the crawl space of your attic. >> transportation reporter adam tuck shows what it takes to get you out of the airport. first at wr6 30 now frustration with maryland state police from the family and friends of a loving mother and grandmother. >> caryn holt williams buried today a week after a bizarre crash on the beltway. the driver who started that multi-car wreck was a teenage state police cadet. news 4 is live now at the state
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police barracks in college park with more on this. derek. >> reporter: that family's frustration has subsided somewhat in the days since this crash, but what happened during that crash and what happened afterward are all part of this family's quest for answers. it was one week ago today this crash on the beltway near route 50 claimed the life of a woman who was about to enter a new chapter of her life, a life that included honor studies and mathematics, teaching, running a business, and parenthood. at 59 karen holt-williams was nowhere near slowing down, in her career or family life. >> she is very much in love with herrandchildren as well and a great teacher. >> reporter: her car was struck by what her family's attorney describes as an out of control state-owned vehicle driven by an 18-year-old maryland state police cadet. someone else on the cusp of a new career. he had just made a u-turn from the inner loop to the outer loop used for official vehicles. >> when he moved to the right in the slow lane, traffic was moving too slow.
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he applied the brakes too hard over compensated and the vehicle skidded back to the left and sideswipg the vehicle that ms. holt-williams was made. >> officials are looking into whether he followed the rules. the family's attorney says that's where most of williams' survivors' questions lie. >> we're not sure why the cadets were in the vehicle unsupervised. >> reporter: the attorney for karen holt-williams' family says victims' sur advisers are being kept informed, and he says it wasn't always that way. especially in the moments after the accident at the hospital. one of the victim's daughters showed up and was met by a state trooper. >> he read from a script and put his head down. he said she was involved in an automobile accident where she lost control of her vehicle and she didn't make it. they gave him -- gave her the shoes she had on and her purse. >> reporter: the questions linger, but today they were secondary to the grief. >> oh, she is so missed. >> reporter: now, a spokesman
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for the state police tells us that there is an investigation going on two fronts. the accident itself and the procedure that happened leading up to it. and the cadet that was involved in this, we understand, is on administrative leave and it will be up to the state attorney's office to determine if any charges will be filed. we are live in college park. derek ward, news 4. >> thank you. there's a mystery surrounding a car accident in maryland. we know this red car and black car collided on rock bridge road here in laurel, but investigators aren't sure if a third vehicle found in a nearby creek was involved. chopper 4 shot the scene during the morning rush hour. crews have not been able to find the driver that third car. a virginia teacher will spend more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. a judge sentenced ralph conrad to 13 years plus 20 years of supervised probation. police arrested him last september on child -- charges of child porn possession and
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distribution. conrad has been a teacher with allowdon county for 15 years working most recently at an elementary school in sterling. investigators say no students were involved. we are just two weeks from the start of classes, can you believe it, and students at one high school in the district could be without their computers. surveillance video shows a group of thieves taking macs from cardoza high, and we have learned that this isn't the first time that school has been hit. patty has the story from northwe. >> reporter: this video is the latest in a string of school burglaries this summer in d.c. place si say eight d.c. schools have been hit. the latest cardoza high school in northwest d.c. police say 2350i6 suspects entered a side window and stole nine computers early monday morning. >> the kids vanity have nothing.
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nobody can have nothing no more. >> reporter: this is the second time it's been burglarized following a $130 million renovation. it reopened last august. this video from september 2013 is strikingly similar to this week's surveillance video. no arrests were made last september, so d.c. police hope someone recognizes the suspect in both surveillance videos. >> it's pretty awful. surprising as well. >> it's really unfortunate because i know a lot of schools run on very tight budgets, and a lot of times something as far as computers are very hard to get ahold of. >> reporter: residents around the school say they would like to see more of a police presence. a school spokesperson tells me they are working closely with d.c. police to increase security in and around the school. in northwest washington, patty, news 4. >> thank you, patty. the man who has been a witness to some of the most memorable moments in d.c. history is about to step down. latif magnum has been the
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official mayoral photographer for more than two decades. now he is planning to retire at the end of mayor vincent gray's term, january 2nd. he began when sharon pratt-kelly was involved. he went on to capture marion barry's last four years, and the famous amages, there they are, of former mayor anthony williams cannonballing into a city pool. >> my job is trying to catch the best picture of him hitting the water with his cannonball stance. >> if you can't feel it, then it's not your picture. >> he isn't putting the lens cap on his photography career for good. he will keep taking pictures and plans to release a book chronicling his years of covering d.c. mayors. that's coming out next year. >> captured a lot of history. caught on tape, a mail carrier tossing out letters in the dumpster. how the crime was uncovered. a local high school undergoing a major renovation, but crews got a lot more than they bargained for.
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the remarkable find buried behi
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zirchlg the people who planted white flags top of the brooklyn bridge may end up in handcuffs. the nypd has four persons of interest in the mystery, but the department hasn't said when the arrest will be made. white flags appeared on top of the new york city landmark july 22nd. surveillance cameras caught four people walking on to the bridge in the middle of the night shortly before police believe those flags were changed. police say the flags swap is not terror-related. now to quite a surprise for construction crews doing work at a local school. just as they were getting ready to knock down a wall, they found something worth saving. zachary shows us the incredible find in a story you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: the leaky roof and broken window cried for rehab,
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but when construction crews stripped roosevelt high school down to the bone, they discovered historic artifacts. >> i was just amazed atuc ccod det yellow paint th we he all stared at. >> reporter: behind layers and layers of paint two fresco from 1934. >> once we removed the ceiling, we saw everything of the mural from that line up and realized that the mural for the most part was still intact. >> reporter: that's when mary, an architect at perkins eastman d.c. started doing research. old newspaper clippings helped tell the story. one of the pieces titled "adolescent america" captures entertainment, movies, and fun. the other american panno ramma, a 12 x 40 foot piece featuring art of science, innovation and industry. news 4 got access before a new kitchen will be taken over. >> this will be demolished. >> nobody suspected that this kind of history was here right behind this wall.
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>> reporter: the discovery opened the long process of preserving and removing the fresco. >> what the conservationist did was apply layers of cheese cloth and glue to what you see on the wall. let it harden and set up and literally peeled that off the wall. >> reporter: they then transferred the art to canvas so it can be hung. but the art is here to stay. the plan is to hang both pieces in the school's new grand entrance. the project is expected to be done in august of next year. reporting in northwest d.c., zachary, news 4. behind the scenes. only news 4 was allowed on the tarmac to show you what it takes to get planes ready for travel. coming up tonight, these air strikes in iraq, it turns out they could be the first of many. there's news on the credit score front. what could be good news for you and your family as they recalculate. also, sturgis. if you know what it is, then you know of a great summer tradition. if you haven't heard of it before, you need to see this.
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>> we've all found ourselves waiting wondering why the pilot hadn't pushed off from the gate yet. >> well, dozens of people are involved in making sure that you arrive to your destination on time and news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss spent a day with a ground team at dull and hes found out what it takes to keep the planes moving. >> reporter: if you have never given a thought to the rhythm that's involved with the airport ground crew, let me be the first to show you. it's complicated. we just hit the tarmac, and already wade with the united ground crew here putting us to
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work. >> you are going to identify yourself with a straight motion. it's the lead-in line. >> reporter: before you can blink, it's go time. right now i'm the communication link to the pilot telling him how far to come forward and when to stop. putting blocks under the wheels, checking the plane for damage. connecting a plane to a power supply, connecting the plane to a push cart that will push it back when all is said and done, and, yes, unloading the bag. >> reporter: climb inside with this crew call the pit, and then do some heavy lifting. >> whew. this is like being in your crawl space of your attic. you know how they talk about objects shifting during flight. i can see why. >> reporter: it is not easy work. >> oh. this plane is going to turn around and go right back up. >> reporter: quick water break. the crews here fuel up withe
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best treat of all? ice pops. >> what we do with this is we just drive it around from gate to gate and to different work areas. >> reporter: time to reload the plane. >> here come the bags. >> reporter: and the clock is ticking. >> oh, wait. there's more coming. >> reporter: plane reloaded. >> so we're sweating. we loaded the bags back on the plane. heck it out. look what they have out here on the tarmac. it's actually a shot clock. it tells you when the plane got in, when it's leaving. we got about 19 minutes left before this plane is out of here. we got to get it ready. >> reporter: we do lock it all up, and our reward, we get to meet the flight crew, and make a short announcement. >> attention, ladies and gentlemen. i work for nbc 4. i loaded every single one of your bags on to this plane today. >> reporter: the last order of business? pushing the plane back from the gate, making sure it's all clear and finishing it up with a salute. >> we did our job. >> reporter: that is a mission ac next few years.
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storm team 4 radar, nothing to see right now, but as we widen out here, one thing you'll notice, we do have some showers just down to the south and west. this is a system we've been watching all week. rain down towards the roanoke area. rain around charleston. we've also got those temperatures that are going to be a little cooler down to the southwest. places like stanton. only in the 70s with that cloud cover. could even be a few showers in and around the d.c. metro area tomorrow. don't be surprised about that. all in all a pretty good saturday, and right now it looks like a pretty good weekend too. as we move on through the next couple of days, one thing that we're going to be seeing is temperatures that will remain below average here. temperatures in the 80s. 86 on your sunday. sunday looking good. monday, 83. rather humid. then tuesday a temperature of about -- or, rather, temperatures in the 80s, but a chance for showers and thunderstorms on tuesday. some of those may even be on the stronger side. not bad at all. 86 on your wednesday, and then more great weather on thursday and friday. now, guys, i told you i was going under a little built latbu he is struggling.
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right now he is not in a good place. he is plus 7 in the tournament. >> thank you. thank you for watching us. >> join us again tonight at 11:00.

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