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breaking news right now. first at 4:00. we found out the man who escaped from the psychiatric institute of washington has been found. >> escaping from the facility in northwest. he was found in monassas. he's back in custody. as we learn more we'll update you here on news 4. a twist in a story we broke last night. police released more details about what led to a hit and run in which a local teen was badly hurt in a parking lot. >> they thought he was targeted by a driver. barbara has new details. >> there are two sides to this story. it turns out the person who may have hit this 17-year-old boy was being attacked moments earlier. there's still an active investigation outside the burger king. the police say shortly after the
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young man was struck, three people showed up at a nearby police station and reported they had just been victims of an attack. these are new photos just into our newsroom from police. you can see the suv with shattered videos. they were leaving the burger king when ten people ran toward them and started throwing rocks at their car. detectives now believe the pedestrian may have been struck by the vehicle. the driver says he wasn't aware he struck anyone. as for the young man who was injured, he was in serious condition. police haven't released the names of anybody involved but we'll continue to follow the story. jim and pat back to you. >> first at 4, justice in the first murder in a maryland community in more than 20 years. amber shanault was murdered by an ex-boyfriend. we were there for the sentencing and explains what the killer
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said in court. >> reporter: andrew kuglar was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend. she was found dead inside her home. her throat had been slashed several times. a jury found him guilty of crawling through her basement window and slashing her throat leaving her dead. she was a happy fun-loving person who rescued dogs. she was killed despite the fact she had a protective order that was supposed to keep kuglar away from her. >> amber did all that she knew how to do to protect herself from her ex-boyfriend who was harassing her. >> kuglar has denied killing amber. his attorneys said he doesn't remember what happened that day. kuglar gave a brief statement. he expressed his con doll lapses
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to amber's family. he said bless you and may god with with you. >> right now chopper 4 up over this cul-de-sac after a shooting. this was earlier this afternoon along med doe ridge court. shots fired between cars. officers found one man injured. not clear where he was shot or who may have shot him. new charges this afternoon after an incident involving football prayers at a high school. two 17-year-old students at the brier woods football team are charged with assault from an incident in a school locker room last month. that alleged victim was on the football team. a second student identified as a possible victim did not want to seek charges. investigators tell us the allegations if the true, don't violate the state's hazing laws. >> we are learning more right now about the man accused of grabbing a woman off the streets
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of philadelphia. it turns out delvin barns has a history of violence including choking his ex-wife a decade ago. he served eight years for that. he had been repeatedly deniy parole because he was deemed a threat to the community. released a year ago. she's a mother fuming with anger just at hearing the name of the man accused of abducting, raping and trying to murder her daughter. delvin barns is in a jail on suicide watch. deputies say he committed the crimes last month. but tracked him down after he allegedly abducted a philadelphia woman this week. here's the interview with the alleged victim's mom. >> they are tough to hear. deputy barns hit the 16-year-old girl in the head with a shovel and forced her into his trunk.
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he took her back to his home and raped her. her mother said he then poured bleach and gasoline on the teen. >> he went to go look for a lighter and he told her he was going to kill her. she was going to die. all that beating and raping, choking. all that. chef got away. >> she got away. the teen stumbled two miles down a dark road naked and bleeding. someone found her and called 911. she was flown to the hospital and still recovering. barns faces federal abduction charges in philadelphia. he allegedly grabbed a 22-year-old woman off the street sunday and found safe along with barns wednesday night in maryland. the mother of that virginia teen was asked if she'll forgive barns. you're going to hear her response. plus the message she has for the suspect. all that ahead at 5:00. >> the race for senator from virginia is now over. republican ed gill less pi says
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he won't seek a recount in the tight race even though state law entitles him to one. >> i believe there were any conceivable way that we could find a viable path to win through a recount i would fight as hard now as i have for the past ten months of this campaign. but i ran because i love our country and commonwealth and it would be wrong to put my fellow virginians through a recount when in my head and heart i know a change of outcome is not possible. >> the latest numbers show warner leading by more than 16,000 votes. ordinarily a percentage point out of the more than 2 million ballots cast. >> we are learning more about buwser's next move. announcing key members of her transition team. several former mayors are
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serving as honorary cochairs of the team. including marion bar re, sharon plat. bowser is forming eight committees focusing on different issues such as economic development and jobs and she wants the team to come up with recommendations for the budget and other initiatives. >> we won't wait to make sure he's let me know what his priorities are. >> bowser takes the race for mayor january 2n't. she's asking the council to stop action on all pending appointments made by the mayor. now the storm team 4. the wind is blowing us away out there. >> meteorologist veronica johnson for the weekend. >> it's for the gusty and a chilly day.
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temperatures, in the low 50s across the area. that feels like an early december day. areas like clinton right now in the low 50s. and woodbridge coming in at 52 degrees. your winds gusting anywhere from about 20 miles per hour to just over 30 in d.c. right now. those winds will calm down when the sunsets. call it breezy if you have got an evening out. certainly cool with our temperatures in the 40s. wait until i show you even colder air set to move in. >> thanks. a student from our area in some big trouble for something he posted online. plus, it's a small change along a busy highway but could mean a faster commute. >> and uncovering how one school tried to handle a rabbi who is now in serious trouble for betraying the trust of his worshippers. first
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. a fake bomb threat landed a college athlete from our area into big trouble. his name is jordan crocket. a freshman and seen here on the school's football roster page. officials tell us he made a threat to blow up the school using the social media app yik yak earlier this week. he graduated from high school and charged with falsely reporting an incident and suspended from the team indefinitely. the prosecutor says it was more than just an accident, but the punishment is appropriate. a former school bus driver was sentenced today to 30 days of home detention. leafing four children alone while he used the bathroom at
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the high school. the bus rolled across the street and injured a child waiting at a bus stop. he pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. >> a project that could slow you down on your ride to and from work. on monday evening work begins on the dallas toll road. one eastbound lane will be closed while crews convert that to an easy pass only lane. part of a project to convert 19 lanes to easy pass lanes. the work will continue into next year. police say he violated the people who trusted him the most. now the news 4 team does digging and finds out what's being done to make sure there are no more victims. >> a year after her husband's heroic actions a community comes together to make sure her family can go on.
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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >> reports of campus sex assault doubled at the university of maryland and virginia in 2013. according to new numbers from the federal government, there were 19 reports of assault in maryland in 2013, up nine from the year before. at uva, 27 reports the same year compared to 11 the year before that. school officials and victims advocates say the numbers
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reflect a growing awareness of sexual assault on campuses around the count rather than a steep rise in the number of assaults. internal e-mail show tuwson administrators ask staff to check ladies rooms for hidden video cameras hours after a professor was arrested. >> we're here with new developments in the high profile case of rabbi barry frendel. >> he was arrested and pleaded guilty, accused of secretly videotaping woman in a d.c. synagog. e-mails among administrators obtained by the i team showed students e-mailed just hours after the arrest broke. includg women who said they had been asked to visit the synagog. one writing a ritual bathing as a cultural experience.
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i believe he's been taking students on these field trips for quite some time. also asking staff to do a midnight check of the ladies rooms and his attorney says the e-mails indicate that there was no evidence of anything improper happening at the university and the school has said it received no student complaints about the rabbi. coming up, other e-mails showing why the school made a list of female students and what it sent to those students and the school tells us about the evaluations the rabbi received before his arrest. >> if you have a tip for the news 4 i team give us a call at 202-885-4444 or send us an e-mail. >> the news brought a fresh wave of heart ache to the families. more human remains have been found at the crash site. the remains were found by a team
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of dutch, ukrainian and rescue works. pro-russian separatist remain in control of the site where it was shot down. 298 people were killed. most of them dutch citizens. >> it's a new beginning and inn the way of the deadliest incident for some firefighters since 9/11. there's a memorial for the 19, a group of firefighters killed battling a wildfire last year. the memorial is in a front yard of a new house that belongs to roxanne who was pregnant with her daughter when her husband died in the wildfire. the community got together to help build a house for the family and to honor billy's merrill. >> in our profession we're all family. when you have somebody who needs us, we show up. >> it's inspiring to see everything that it takes to go into a home. >> baby billy grace was named in
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her father's memory. she turned 1 next month. >> well, the winds have been whipping out there today. are they going to settle down? >> they are. if the you were able to get through today with that warm jacket, that's exactly what you're going to need for the evening hours and early part of the night. this afternoon we had gusts over 25, 30 miles per hour. look at the temperatures. heading on down into the 40s over the next couple hours. we have got a range from 45 degrees to that 55 just dropped in degree in fredricksburg, virginia. and in gaithersburg in montgomery county. we're heading toward the end of football season at the high school. between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. if you're going to one of the games, the temperature 46 degrees under a partly shroudy sky and mostly clear between 8:00 and 10:00 after sunset. the wind will start to settle
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down. the clouds are scattered throughout the area. fewer clouds down to the south around stafford and areas of southern maryland in the northern neck. we'll continue to see the cloud deck start to thin and clear out more and more. so here we are in 11:00 p.m. getting a mostly clear sky. early part of the day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. saturday 7:00 a.m., very nice conditions. it will start to get a little breezy during the afternoon, say around 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. notice the clouds coming in. yes, notice some eshowers here at 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. on saturday. a weak weather front making its way through. not a big change at the second half of the weekend. barely going to notice. breezy and cool for tomorrow. the impact very low under that partly sunny sky. morning temperatures in the 20s. a lot of neighborhoods around
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leesburg closer to freezing, down i-95 and dipping down to the low 30s. so cool but nice. your range, 52 to 57. a good weekend coming our way. here's a look at the four-day forecast. saturday's high 56. 58 sunday. behind that front we have got sun shine and mostly sunny day for sunday. 64 degrees on monday under sunshine. on veteran's day we have got higher temperatures coming our way. a little later we'll take a look at all the events taking place not only this weekend but on tuesday. midweek we drop into the 50s. 57 degrees for a high temperature. yes, we still have that cold air moving in for the end of next week. this is a look at the high temperature. 45 degrees. more like mid to the bottom of december, what we would typically feel around here. take a look and we'll show you the pattern that's going to be
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setting up. where that cold air is originating from and we'll track it right on down. >> thanks. now to a live look at new york's rockeller center. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas if not feel it after a two-day trek from a farm in pennsylvania. the towering christmas tree has arrived at the plaza outside "30 rock" in manhattan. 46 feet wide and weighs 13 tons. it will be decorated with more than 45,000 led lights and topped with a 10-foot glimmering star. >> hard to believe it's almost here. if you ride metro, you could be in for delays over the next few days and not just because of weekends, we'll tell you what you need to know. >> holiday shopping, is it too early? first at 4. >> and we want to get you in on the conversation on this friday. like us on facebook and follow
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20 years old and from north carolina. he was accused on going into that walmart, the one right there off fourth avenue and breaking several display cases with two hammers. one in each hand. we have learned a secret service agent who was off duty shot him in the parking lot. now, right now mr. samco remains in stable condition at the hospital. we'll bring you more updates as we get it. pat. >> right now two superstar athletes are in washington. within the hour, tennis champs and sisters the williams sisters will be at the new williams arena at the learning center in the district. the new arena is part of an $18 million renovation project at the tennis center. >> i'm heading there tonight. get to wear a neck tie and tennis shoes on the red carpet. >> get autographs.
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>> i will. when it comes to shopping some thing alexandria is right up there with new york and san francisco. >> the city was selected as a top small shop small city as part of a nonprofit campaign. banners all along mt. vernon avenue in delray and in the king street area announce the honor. those banners will stay up through the holiday season. alexandria was chosen because most of the city's retailers are regionally owned. finding a growing number of shoppers will go out of their way to support small local businesses. >> i just like the atmosphere here. you know, we have got so many different shops and restaurants in this area. it's all walkable which is fantastic. we have got a great variety here. it's a family-oriented community which is fantastic. >> shoppers can take advantage of special promotions, free gifts, complimentary services and fun activity on shop small
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saturday november 29. to find out how to get a free shop small canvas tote bag visit our home page and search shop small. >> they're supposed to keep you safe and not put you in more dangerment now we're learning more about how long a company knew about a deadly airbag flaw. >> before you make your weekend plans, you want to hear if your weekend activities will be impacted by metro work first at 4.
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you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >> the supreme court will hear a new challenge to the affordable care act. justices will decide whether the law authorizes subsidies. the law authorizing subsidies will help millions of people afford their premiums. arguing the tax credits are illegal if the insurance is bought through a federal exchange. the second time. the court upheld the features of the law. you may have seen this in the app today. solid job growth led to another drop in unemployment. >> employers added 214,000 jobs in october. >> reducing the job rate to 5.8%. >> this is the ninth straight
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month employers have added at least 200,000 jobs. >> and unemployment is now at its lowest level since july of 2008. >> despite the numbers, 60% of voters in tuesday's election say they think the economy is getting worse. those voters had a lot to co-with the republican route on the mid term and president obama took a step toward adjusting to the new reality of the republicans in control of both chambers. >> he hosted congressional leaders for lunch. a good e change of ideas about a wide range of topics. >> the american people just want to see work done here in washington. >> as the president and congressional leaders sat down for a working lunch today at the white house republicans came to the table with an appetite for change. after sweeping wins in tuesday's elections that will give them control of both the house and
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senate -- >> we'll see whether we can work with the president. we'll find out. >> i am not going to judge ideas based on whether they're democratic or republican. i'm judging them based on whether or not they work. >> analysts warn common ground will be difficult to find. >> you can't look at this situation and where we have been for the last four years and be optimistic about the two sides setting aside differences and coming to large scale compromises. >> already the battle lines have been drawn over health care. >> he needs to make good on his promise. >> a rally outside the white house is a reminder that both sides are split on the controversial issue. the president suggesting he's work on his own using an executive order if necessary. >> it's not a threat. the president made a promise he's going to act on immigration reform. >> if more actions are taken that would make it difficult for us to always work together.
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we think we should start with a fresh start. >> the heat clearly on the president and leaders from both parties to find some way to break the gridlock. >> today's lunch irn included a briefing on the u.s. fight against isis on a day when the president authorized nearly double the amount of american troops to serve on the ground in iraq. nbc news, the white house. >> slow going this weekend if you plan to take certain lines on metro. more track work starts tonight at 10:00 on the red and green lines. red line trains will run every 16 minutes through sunday night and green line will run every 20 minutes over the weekend. plan a little extra time into your metro trip. on tuesday blue line service will be suspended to help riders get to the national mall faster for the veteran's day concert. yellow line trains will replace blue line trains at all of the station and every station open
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except the smithsonian stop. a number of items will be banned from the mall during the concert next week. alcohol glass containers, coolers and pets are among some of the things you're not allowed to take. metro says if you're unsure of an item, it's best to leave it at home. >> if you're planning to do holiday shopping as soon as the thanks giving table is cleared, toys "r" us could be your first stop. the toy giant are opening 5:00 p.m. thanksgiving day. an hour earlier than sears, kohl's and macy's. including an express checkout. it's going to be cheaper to feed the pilgrims. the average cost will be around 46 bucks. about $3 less than last year according to the virginia bureau. analysts say this comes as a surprise since food prices have
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been going up in recent months. >> who fired the shots? tonight why the man who claims to have taken down the man behind 9/11 may now be in danger himself. >> did you know that the cure to the ebola virus may be found right here in our region. we or taking your inside. >> a fairly nice fall evening. temperatures dipping to mid 40s. a bit of wind. i'll show you some winter-type air headed our way all on the other side of the break.
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we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going. join our conversation. >> like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. let's talk. now revelations about the raid that killed osama bin ladin. >> the seals and other forces are a tight knit community. going public violates their code that one special ones website appeared in the washington post. here's our story. >> the snipers are ready.
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>> commanding big bucks as a speaker. ex-commando never told audiences what he says what his defining act. that he fired the shot to the head that killed osama bin laden. the pentagon consulted with the team, it is now furious that o'neil and another former seal have spoken out on their own. in a public rebuke the commander wrote seals should not seek public notoriety and financial and warned of legal consequences for those who placed our teammates at risk. the letter did not specify whether any seals had broken the confidence but the department of justice is investigating former seal who wrote a book about the
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bin laden raid. his account differs from o'neill's. he says three commandos o'fifir the shots. he asked not to show his face. >> i don't want my face on the cameras. i'm not doing this to beat my chest and telling you i'm somebody cooler than i am. i'm not. >> but some say just speaking out breaks their code. >> in theñó age of isis this is life and death matter. seals can get killed. >> as for the legal action, now retired he keeps the seals cool. >> it will work itself out. i have been in plenty really scary situations and this one is not scary. >> many special operators and their bosses object on a mission that involved 24 americans on
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the ground that night. but privately acknowledging that the government is unlike to prosecute men who many americans consider to be heros. it's been 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. to mark the anniversary 8,000 lighted helium balloons lined the path the wall once took. nine miles worth of wall. it separated berlin for 30 years during the cold warment began to crumble in 1989. festivities along the path of the wall through the weekend with the lighted balloons set to be released on sunday. >> just in from california, the final autopsy report on robin williams says he did not have alcohol or drugs in his system when he committed suicide back in august. williams was 63 years old. his wife said at the time he was struggling with depression, anxiety and early stages of parkinson's disease.
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>> the company at the center of the airbag recall may have known about the potential risks a decade ago and said nothing. >> the consumer reporter is here to tell us. this is a long time. >> it is. if this is in fact true, that means that they held out on this information four years before the first airbag recall if it's in fact true. employees at the company at the center of this recall are saying that the company not only knew about the dangers but secretly tested the airbags and had the findings trashed. this according to the new york times. it's report details how they initially learned of the issue ten years ago. a airbag deployed on a man in a crash and sprayed shrapnel, too. no one would find out. tacada didn't issue the recall
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until four years after the claims. 11 auto makers recalled about 14 million vehicles worldwide because of rupture risks in the airbags. honda leads the group with the greatest number of vehicles affected and added hundreds of thousands more for people who reside in southern states. for the expanded list of cars with recalled airbags, please go to our website, nbcwashington.com and search airbag recall. pat and jim. >> what do you have coming up tonight at 5? >> we have a lot. this is our big kickoff to safe and secure. we're kicking off an entire week of shopping safely and with security. stories at 5:00 every day to help you shop with peace of mind. the holidays are nearly here and with it, shopping, and with that, a lot of credit card offers. i'm going to fill you in on a few things that keep you from making frivolous mistakes with your credit cards. >> the rules with safety keep
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change with technology. this year's reports are much different than last year's. >> that's right. we have good things. stay tuned every day 5:00 next week and tonight. >> we're looking forward to a little break from the wind. are we going to get it? >> yeah. we actually have a fairly nice weekend coming up. it is going to be dry. we have a good weekend for getting out or washing your car because for days now it looks as though it is going to be dry. what is going to be getting us is the cold pattern setting up. a lot of folks wondering it's okay to go ahead and wash the car. the other story, our temperatures during the overnight and early tomorrow morning. we're getting more of the morning in the 30s. 36 degrees d.c. and 26 alexandria. bethesda at 30 and 29 degrees in fairf
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fairfax, virginia. it is going to be cold and i think we're going to have a lot less wind than what we had today. the winds diminishing after sunset. this weekend, your average temperature running at 61 degrees. this weekend, fairly nice. we're just shy of that and have a nice warm start to the early part of next week. toward the end of next week the bottom is going to start to drop out. more mornings starting out in the 30s. but by the time we hit mid november we could be looking at the average temperature 15 to 20 degrees below the average high. that has to do with where the cold air is originating from. >> we talked about arctic blasts. this one is coming from right around parts of canada. northern canada. that's the air making its way down here. take a look at the numbers. temperatures tomorrow at 5:00. we'll be in the 50s. back towards denver in the 60s.
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canada, 15 degrees. watch the cold air make their way into the states. the blue all the way down towards our region. here we are at 4:00 one of the weather models has us at 39 degrees. that's not the wind chill. that's the temperature on thursday. for thursday we're going for a high of 45 degrees. the average high next thursday is 60 degrees. that will be 15 degrees below average. a very cold thursday and friday and it looks like that colder air may try to stick around a little bit as we make our way through parts of next week. coming up at 5:00. >> a weekend to enjoy. last weekend was so cold and windy. here's a look at the temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood. 56, 54 and cooler air around the mountains in the mid to upper 40s. saturday is a little breezy. maybe you want to wait until
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sunday for the leaf blowing. sunday we could see slightly higher temperatures shy of the 60 degree mark. let's take a look at the four-day forecast. dry conditions throughout your weekend. cold start tomorrow and then we'll start to see the temperatures moderate the early part of next week from the temperature of 64 degrees on monday. again, great weather for next tuesday. veteran's day. the warmest day out of our next seven. then almost another ten by thursday with these cold warnings coming up early thursday, friday, cold, yes and on friday, next friday we have it dry but we're going to be monitoring that closely as the colder air starts to come in. we have got a lot more and the cold air approaching at 5:00. >> the most serious charges dropped against a member of a
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famous rock and roll band. not enough evidence to pursue a murder for hire case. he is still charged with threatening to kill two people along with drurg charges. currently out of jail on bail tonight. yesterday a spokesman for acdc said that the matter would not impact the band's upcoming tour and album release. >> we are working on a story you'll see only on news 4. a new training facility in the works f the washington wizards. >> well, you know, sources are telling us this new state of the art facility would be built in the shaw neighborhood in northwest d.c. and will seat 5,000 people. costs between $30 million to $40 million and the team owner has already built a separate training facility for the washington caps and wizards and that could be next. how will it be funded? is we havehe answer at the top of the hour. some fans may not like this
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idea. he'll have a live report coming up. i'll see you at the top of the 5 as well. >> the fight against ebola being waged right here in our area. we'll take you inside where doctors say they're not afraid to get feet within the deadly virus. how it will keep you and your families safe. we're coming right back.
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monitoring period for the 177 people exposed to the ebola virus. they have now been formally clears cleared of risk. the only ebola patient in the u.s. is being treated at bellevue hospital in new york. dr. craig spencer is said to be improving and in stable condition. right now we're getting an exclusive behind the scenes look at the facility where the u.s. army is waging war against ebola. it's right up the road at forth dietrich. carrie sanders has our report. >> because of the safety and security procedures, i was able to get within four feet of the deadly ebola virus. behind that tiny window, scientists at the u.s. army medical research institute of infectious diseases are looking for a weakness in the ebola
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virus. this is a rare peek into finding the one vaccine that will stop it dead in its tracks. teams began looking for the vaccine when ebola was first discovered in africa. that was 1976. >> is it that uncomfortable to being that close to ebola. >> i would say i'm not uncomfortable being this close. we go through a training and safety program. >> leaving scientist working in slow motion. >> you're going to take this arm and slide it through the glove side. >> from where i'm standing here about 50 feet that way some of the most deadly viruses in the world. >> it's not just ebola but anthrax and more than 30 viruses and bacteria that need counter measures just because anyone uses them as a weapon. for now the focus is on ebola.
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>> beyond the cusp on a vaccine? >> we are on the cusp. there are vaccines ready to go. >> facilities-tracked for human trials being shown to protect monkeys from ebola infection which makes this a pivotal moment. as almost 5,000 victims in west africa have died. >> are you hopeful that ebola can be beaten? >> the current out break i think can be controlled. i'm not sure it's ever a virus we're going to beat. but i don't why we can't develop effective treatments for it. >> what the benefits of the military beyond war time? the teams have here developed therapies that helped save some of those u.s. health care workers exposed to ebola and the teams here have also come up with a test that can now determine if ebola is in somebody's bloodstream within three hours. in fredrick, maryland carey
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sanders. nbc news. >> news 5 starts right now. >> investigators set to hit the streets near a playground where someone tried to abduct a teenage girl. >> tickets and concessions at the verizon center could be going up. we'll tell you where the money will go coming up. >> we told you about new charges in a locker room assault. local parents have a lot to say about this. right now at 5, another young girl targeted by a pred tore. >> this time in prince george's county. they're focusing on a neighborhood near largo road where a man tried to grab the 16-year-old girl at just this time last night. news 4 darscy joins us now. >> jim, this was definitely a frightening situation for this
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teenage girl right here in her own neighborhood. the police are going door to door trying to talk to people. they're starting in a different part of the neighborhood and working their way right here to the basketball courts where she was grabbed yesterday afternoon. this attempted abduction happened right here. as you said this time of day yesterday afternoon. she was walking by these courts on her way home when this man tried to take her. she was able to get away as he was trying to force her into a nearby wooded area. the residents we spoke to say that more lighting is needed here in the neighborhood. >> really it's shocking but not so much shocking in this area. the neighborhood is quiet but around here at nighttime there's no lighting. there's no lighting. really this part of the neighborhood is kind of dangerous at night. >> to hear stuff like that, you know what is the world coming to? my opinion is just don't walk alone especially at
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