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jackie bensen just arrived on scene. >> we're told the dead man was found in an area between a gravel pit and a swamp. now police say they were called here about 6:40 this evening. they won't say who called them. they said it was a 911 call. when officers arrived, they found the man. they won't give us any details. their investigation is just beginning. this area belongs to something called aggregate industries. they use this as a sand and gravel pit. we talked to corporal nate lewis, the public information officer for prince georges county. this is what he had to say. >> this is a heavily wooded relatively rural area, so it's not heavily populated with anyone, quote, living in that area. >> so that's why someone who would know something about this would be important to your investigation?
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>> absolutely. >> what we are told, they are trying to determine whether a vehicle that was found here, is associated with the man who was found. so they have not confirmed that yet for us. homicide detectives are still arriving here and they are likely to be on the scene here all night. live in brandywine, maryland, jackie bensen, news 4. a short cab ride developed into a frightening experience for a young woman. she hailed a cab in northwest d.c., and she said she knew something was wrong from the start. shomari stone spoke to the woman and has the story for us. >> this woman tells me tonight that she felt trapped, that tonight she's sharing her story because she wants to warn other women. >> it's a terrifying thing to have to go through. >> katie watkins said she experienced a horrifying cab ride with a driver, less than a mile from her home last month. >> i cannot imagine him out
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there doing this to other women. >> she claims to be a victim of a cab-dukz. on a friday night, a cabbie picked her up and told her the meter was broken. she said he overcharged her and locked the doors when she refused to pay. >> he intensely looked me in the eyes and said i'm not letting you out until you pay me what i want. >> she filed a report once the cabbie drove off. >> i feel like this is something that should be taken more seriously. i feel like it's something that probably happens a lot. >> d.c. council member mary shay said the same thing happened to her daughter last year when she tried to pay with a credit card. the driver allegedly demanded cash. >> he looks the door and drives her blocks away. >> to an atm. he unlocked the doors after her daughter gave in and paid with cash. >> i feel frustrated. i feel like this is something
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that should be taken more seriously. >> tonight d.c. police are investigating katie's case. police say you should give them a call if you're in a cab and you feel unsafe, or if there's a dispute, or if the cabbie locks the doors. they say that should never happen. katie says the cabbie shouldn't have picked her up in d.c. because she claims that the license plate was that of maryland. as for the d.c. taxi commission, we called several times and our calls were not returned. shomari stone, news 4. right now, a patient in maryland is under isolation after showing symptoms that are similar to an ebola infection. that patient is now being treated at the university of maryland medical system in baltimore. doctors are now waiting for lab tests to return. but an initial evaluation suggests that it's not ebola. the state health department has not revealed whether the patient recently returned from west africa. meanwhile the cdc announced no guidelines today for workers
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returning from ebola-plagued countries. high-risk workers will be asked to isolate themselves for 21 days and will undergo active monitoring. workers who fall under the "some risk" category will have temperatures checked twice a day. their interaction with the public will be determined on a da case by case basis. in virginia, anyone who arrives from liberia, sierra leone, or guinea, will have to sign an agreement they will monitor themselves for 21 days. everyone will be asked to take their temperature twice a day. some will have to call the local health department while others will get daily visits from health officials. anyone who refuses could be involuntary the plan is largely the same in maryland, except travelers will have to take their temperature
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four times a day. those who are high-risk will be required to stay home. and they'll be asked to avoid public transportation and avoid large public gathering. a 5-year-old boy has tested negative for the deadly disease, he's still in isolation in new york right now, because more negative tests are required. meanwhile the new york doctor who tested positive last week is in serious but stable condition right now. the doctors say he is improving. the nurse who was forcibly quarantined in new jersey last week has been released now. she called her treatment inhumane. >> there are screams in court today as a white house fence jumper fought against the u.s. marshalls who tried to remove him. you'll look at video of dominic adesanya, he was punching and kicking secret service guard dogs before he was arrested last week. today a judge ruled he's not competent to stand trial. the judge ordered the man to
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undergo treatment for the next 45 days. he screamed he was the victim of a trap. he lives in maryland and he had been arrested three times since july near the white house. a d.c. elementary school is undergoing a deep clean after a teacher attracted a virus. a department of health spokesperson said the organization does not believe the children are in any great danger of contracting the disease. the school will stay open as the cleaning continues. it's important to note this is a case of viral meningitis which is much less serious than the life-threatening bacteriaial meningitis. it can be spread through contact with an infected person. so the cdc suggests frequent hand-washing. viral meningitis requires no
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specific treatment and patients recover on their own in tiply 7 to 10 days. however since viral and bacteriaial meningitis symptoms can be similar, you should call your doctor right away if you think you or your child could have it. >> turning now to chilling new developments in that deadly school shooting in washington state last week. investigators now say the teenage gunman lured his victims to the cafeteria. they say 15-year-old jaylen fryberg text them to meet him for lunch. and the five students were all sitting at the same table when he shot them and then turned the gun on himself. two 14-year-old girls were killed. the sheriff also revealed that fryberg used a handgun that was legally punched by a relative but they don't know how he got it. the man charged with kidnapping hannah graham will appear before a judge in fairfax county in a rape case this week. jesse matthew will not travel from alb marl county in
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virginia. instead he'll appear in court on friday through a video link. he's accused of a sex assault in fairfax from back in 2005. he's not charged with murder in the graham case. the medicalxaminer identified her remains on friday. tonight a man accused of putting women at risk for contracting hiv in bethesda is out of jail on a $5,000 bond. daniel cleaves is his name. he's been ordered to stay at home with his parents in virginia, except for meetings with his lawyers, and doctors. prosecutors say he met two women at a bar in bethesda at separate times, and had unprotected sex with them. cleaves did not tell those women that he had hiv. his lawyer says cleaves was a recovering alcoholic who had started drinking again when it all happened. police believe there could be more victims. twisted metal and shattered glass, the aftermath in oakton,
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virginia, after a car smashed into a hallmark store this afternoon. investigators say the driver lost control and drove the car right into the building, narrowly missing the stock room in the back. there's major damage inside and it could take quite a while to clean up the mess here. nobody was hurt, though. paramedics took the elderly couple inside the car to the hospital to be checked out. a guilty plea, a surprise, in fact, in a gruesome fairfax county murder just before the start of trial. caleb crew shocked the courtroom today when he admitted to killing his wife and the mother of their two children. he originally reported his wife, ankraia, he reported her missing a year. then her body turned river weighted down with dumbbells and granite. crew says they fought, the two of them, and that he killed her in a bank parking lot. he's now facing up to life in
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prison. she stole more than $400,000 from the family who trusted her with their children. now she'll go to prison. sentenced to three years in prison today. the maximum sentence was 20 years. she forged her employer's signature on more than a hundred checks and used the money to gamble in west virginia and to buy a house in africa. she was also ordered to pay all of that money back. >> we have learned who will replace rob ford as the mayor of toronto in canada. but ford himself is not out of a job. voters elected john tury to be their next mayor. tury beat ford's brother doug who ran in ford's place. rob ford announced earlier this year that he suffers cancer. he did that after dealing with
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scandals over public drunkenness and illegal drug use. however he did win back his old city council job. he won that in a landslide. drivers have explained since the start, but now you can have your violations and fees waived along a busy highway, but just once. we'll tell you why one person caused nasa to delay a rocket launch at the last minute and we'll announce when they'll give it another shot. plus, costume outrage. tomorrow we're near 80 tomorrow we're near 80 degrees and then we
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disgraceful. a personal attack from a desperate candidate. that's how even republican leaders describe this false ad from... ed gillespe. the accusations aren't true. but they are exactly what you would expect from a d.c.... lobbyist, who made millions lobbying for oil companies... and enron. who specialized in dirty tricks as a partisan operative... and now he is bringing them to virginia. mark warner is working to solve problems... ed gillespe and his attacks are the problem.
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complaints from drivers are leading to changes along a local highway. transirvin, the company that operates the express lanes in virginia says it's beginning a program called first-time forgiveness for drivers. this story is according to "the washington post." that program will waif the fee for people who unknowingly did not pay toll with their easy pass for any reason, but only for the first offense. some drivers have criticized that company for charging too much in fees. it's been seven weeks now and there's still no sign of young sarah and jacob hoggle, but their mother insists the children are safe and okay. the 2 and 3-year-old were last seen with their mother, but montgomery police say she's refused to cooperate with detectives.
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she's being charged and is held in a psychiatric facility. in a phone conversation, she told her husband that someone was watching over her children and that she had a way of checking up on them. >> when i asked her about jacob and sarah, she said they're fine. she cut me off and said, there's no reason for you to look for them. they're okay. to me, they're not okay unless they're hope, no matter what's going on. >> troy turner has spent every weekend passing out flyers about his children's disappearance. he believes they're in the area and are still lave. but prosecutors are building a homicide case against kathr hogg hoggle. a major face-lift could ease some traffic headaches. here's a look at what it could look like. pedestrian friendly, new bike lanes, even a rapid bus line down the middle. the city also wants to widen the pike from eight to 12 lanes. a series of public meetings is scheduled. there's also a walking tour this
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saturday so that people can see up close what changes could be made. >> lot of noise and a couple hours of gridlock are coming back to pennsylvania avenue tomorrow. you may remember this taxi protest from earlier this month. it brought traffic downtown to a standstill. "the washington post" is reporting the cab drivers will be doing the same thing tomorrow. they're protesting services like uber and lift, the d.c. council will vote tomorrow on whether these services can operate in d.c. walmart is apologizing tonight for a section on its website tonight called "fat girl" costumes. it displays plus-size costumes. somebody posted a picture on twitter. walmart responded to the tweet, but it did not remove the label on the site until today. walmart says that label is unacceptable and should never have been on the site. >> new tonight, prince georges
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county has revealed its new slogan to attract new visitors and business. experience, expand, and explore are the key words for this campaign. county executive made the announcement tonight at national harbor, released new ads showing all the opportunities for fun in the county. nasa will try again tomorrow with the first ever night launch of a rocket in virginia. at the last minute today, a boat forced them to scrub the lift-off. the commercial rocket is supposed to take fresh supplies to the space station. the time for launch tomorrow is 6:22 p.m. if it happens, we should be able to see the glow right here, and also up and down the coast from massachusetts, all the way down to south carolina. >> i think it's a safe bet we'll be keeping an eye on that during the 6:00 news. >> yeah. because we want to go live.
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that's how we roll. >> and hopefully they can keep the path clear this time. >> exactly right. you think there's somebody out there, hold on, hold on. it's the middle of the ocean, i understand, but still you know what i'm talking about. take a look outside. a nice night across the area. not as cold as last night, but still a little on the cool side. 57 degrees. winds out of the south. the southerly component to the wind will mean huge things for us tomorrow. 50 degrees toward frederick. starting to cool off in many locations. we'll see another cool start tomorrow, but then it's going to warm up rapidly. the radar is all day and will be all day. the wider view, cloudiness starting to come in. thin to mid to high level clouds continuing to move in. that will help us to stay a little bit warmer. the storm system way back towards chicago.
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that frontal boundary moves our way and it helps the heat to build in our area. high temperature, charleston at 80. that's the kind of air we have coming in tomorrow. high tomorrow, 79 in d.c. tomorrow. 80 in culpepper. 80 in fredericksburg. maybe even some areas above the 80-degree mark. we'll wait and see. tomorrow's record high is 87. i don't think we'll get close to that number. forecast tomorrow, on the low side. no real impact from the weather. breezy and warm. you might need a jacket in the morning and take it off in the afternoon. that impact, no problem, right? temperatures 79 on tuesday, 69 on wednesday. but look at the drop here, down to 59 on thursday. so we drop considerably there with a 30% chance of a shower on wednesday. rebound a little bit on friday. still a pretty nice day for
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halloween. i think it's really looking good. but then the next day, saturday, 48 degrees on saturday, rather windy conditions during the day, and not just windy, but with that cold, we'll see windchills in the 30s, i think on saturday. so we go from 80 tomorrow to a windchill of around 35, 38 degrees on saturday. that's a pretty good drop. sunday a high temperature of 53 degrees after a low of 37. so we'll be very cold. daylight saving time comes to an end. set the clocks back. just in case you're thinking about halloween, look at this forecast. if you got the kids going out, it's not looking bad at all. 5:00 looks good. chance of late showers, yes. but how late? i think after around the 10:00 hour. by that time most of the kids are counting their hershey bars and trading with their siblings. >> 10:00 is too late for trick or treating.
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>> i agree. >> if you're 17 years old, don't come to my door. >> with a lame costume. [ laughter ] >> sports coming up. >> sports coming up. st >> sports coming up. st can you start tomorrow? tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. tomorrow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. csx. how tomorrow moves.
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this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. wizards surprised a lot of people last year, going as far as they did. and we're looking for them to go further this time. >> they're not going to sneak up on a lot of people this year. everybody knows this squad is loaded and they look good for a run. wednesday night they tip-off the 2014 season in miami. expectations are through the roof. randy whitman's team will have to overcome a few hurdles to
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start the season. bradley beal and webster are recovering from injuries and the big man will be suspended for the season opener. many had the wizards picked to go even further this year. an ever changing eastern conference, this team feels they have a chance to be one of best in the east. >> i think it's wide open. i think there's no clear-cut favorite. i mean if you want to give the favorite to chicago or cleveland just based on who they have as players, or the past, that's fine. but i think it's wide open. i think we definitely have an opportunity to be right in it. >> i can stay the whole day. doesn't matter. i can say we're going to win 82 games. what matter is what we do on the court. how we handle our situation in the locker room, outside, and we need to trust each other, you know. >> now, the miami heat they no longer have lebron james. you may have heard, he's in
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cleveland. >> no! >> i think the eastern conference is wide open. if the wizards can stay healthy, they can finish third in the east behind chicago and cleveland. >> they match up pretty well. >> they got some great players on this team right now. baseball now, game six of the world series will take place in kansas tomorrow. the royals, they find themselves on the verge of being elimina d eliminated, down 3-2. royals fans biting their nails now. the hottest offense throughout the postseason has suddenly gone ice cold. k.c. hasn't scored a run in the last 15 innings thanks in part to that man, madison bumgarner who posts a world series e.r.a. of .29. the giants are one win away from their third world series in four years, but don't tell that on kc. >> why doesn't it feel like your back is against the wall in this situation? >> because i think we're going to win. so, that's the way i feel. i've got that much confidence in
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our team. i got that much confidence in ventura. i just think we're going to go to game 7. >> good game between the redskins and cowboys. the game in overtime right now. tied at 17 apiece. the redskins haven't lost -- haven't won a primetime game in their last seven chances. hopefully that ends tonight. >> who'da thunk it? >> no one. >> they are smoking! >> and this defense is on fire. on fire.
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he's been called a super lobbyist, the ultimate washington insider. ed gillespie paid millions to lobby for the oil companies for a student loan company that overcharged taxpayers. his firm even lobbied for five foreign governments including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes. and then there's enron. gillespie lobbied for them while they committed the largest corporate fraud in us history. ed gillespie. the million dollar lobbyist whose never looked out for you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." ♪ tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ewan mcgregor -- charles barkley -- musical guest, wilco --
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