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questions we're still trying to get answers to right now and there are a few of them. why did that driver refuse to stop and why did he drive into that security gate off the b.w. parkway? >> reporter: yes, and we are able to confirm at this point that the body has, indeed been removed from the scene, but it remains a crime scene. after speaking with one of the representatives of nsa, they are not able to confirm yet whether that gate will be open tomorrow. you know this is a broad investigation and it is even broadening more in scope. howard county police confirm this suv was stolen from a hotel in jessup maryland before it ended up here outside the gate to the national security agency at ft. meade. sources tell news4 that the two occupants are from the baltimore area. and one of them is dead. the men in that vehicle were dressed as women. a statement from nsa says the driver did follow the instructions from an nsa police officer at the gate and that he instead drove toward an nsa police vehicle.
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officers opened fire and there was a collision among the vehicles. the agency says the cause of death of the suspect who was killed has not been determined. nast an nsa police officer was also injured. drugs and a gun were found inside the car. it's not known if the suspects drew or fired that weapon. the fbi is the lead investigative agency and early on they ruled out terrorism as a factor in this incident. and i spoke to oneness owners in the general area here. and they say they are used to some i guess you'd call it adversity due to the presence of the agency here. of course with the edward snowden issue there have been protests on the site but nothing like this. they also say that often some patrons of nearby casino may be a little inebriated and come by the gates thinking they are tollgates with their money out. of course they are told something quite different when they get there. again, nothing that has been fatal in scope as this incident has. live here outside nsa, back to you. >> derrick ward reporting. thank you, derrick.
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the news4 i-team reached out to the defense department today. no security changes are being considered at u.s. military installations because of the shooting at the nsa gate this morning. u.s. officials also tell nbc news they don't know why the men tried to enter the facility but they do not believe they were targeting nsa or ft. meade. check the nbc washington app for any updates as we learn more about their possible motive. >> it appears if there is a deal over iran's nuclear program, it will be at the last minute. the deadline is tomorrow. and now iran is saying there will be no deal tonight. steve handelsman now to explain whooo is standing in the way. steve? >> reporter: well they're down to the wire. it's already tomorrow over in switzerland, a few minutes past midnight. the good news, they're still talking. the united states wants the time line iran would need to build an atomic bomb to be stretched out so that it takes a long time
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even if iran breaks the deal. the iran yawns want the sanctions lifted. but it looks now like the other side might get what they want. the mood at the talks was not good. gloom, said one negotiator. but president obama told secretary of state kerry to keep trying. in boston he quoted ted and jack kennedy. >> let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. >> reporter: one hang-up is how long any deal would last. ten years or more? another is what iran does with its fuel for potential bombs. years of purifying has gotten iran 22,000 pounds of uranium that's partway to bomb grade. vut season offering to take iran's stash to russia and dilute it but suddenly iran's leaders say that would bruise their national pride. they're promising to dilute their own uranium but demanding that keep it. >> i think you have to assume the worst, that here's an attempt either to weaken the u.s. position or to preserve a
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capability that's certainly not in the interest of the united states. >> reporter: if president obama buys a plan that leaves iran's uranium in iran it might be even harder to sell to lawmakers who charge he's giving up too much. >> today there are at least 64 senators possibly more that are willing to condition, reject or oh wiese take issue with the agreement. >> reporter: also rare is iran's supreme leader who warned today of what he called the deceptive tactics of iran's enemies. that's right, enemies. he means us america. iran making clear that even if there is a nuclear deal it will not include any resumption of normal relations with the great satan. i'm steve handelsman, news4. jool new recognition tonight for those who served in the vietnam war. today maryland's governor larry hogan signed a bill declaring this welcome home vietnam
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veterans day. supporters say it recognizes those who served in that war but were shunned when they came hemoyearhemo home years ago. more than 58,000 americans did not come home from that war, including more than a thousand troops from maryland. two fomer federal agents from maryland are now charged in connection with one of the most notorious online drug markets. they're both accused of stealing the digital currency known as bit bitcoin during their involvement with the silk road investigation. carl force is a former drug enforcement agency agent and shaun bridges was secret service agent from laurel. silk road was multimillion-dollar online black marketplace that the fbi first shut down in 2013. its creator, ross albrecht was convicted last month. prosecutors say silk road enabled more than a million drug deals worldwide totaling hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide. tonight we're hearing from the brother of a man who was
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shot and killed while walking home from a store in the district. the shooting happened in the brightwood section of northwest d.c. the victim's brother and an eyewitness spoke with our mark segraves. mark? >> reporter: jim, according to the brother, his brother, the victim and two friends were walking from the cvs up on georgia avenue crossing this street heading home which was just a few blocks down 13th street when two masked gunmen approached them. according to his brother, one of those men pressed a gun up against one of the men's heads. >> he is a good person. nobody have problem with him. >> reporter: antonio alaia talked to his brother by home just a few hours before he was killed. it was about 2:30 this morning. he was walking down van buren street with two of his friends. one of those friends described what happened to news4. we're not showing his face because he's a witness to a murder. alaia's brother helped translate. >> he shot your brother.
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>> reporter: the man said alaia and the two others got to this intersection when two men in ski masks approached them with guns demanding their wallets. one of the suspects put a gun against the man's head. >> put it right here. >> reporter: that man pushed the suspect awas when one of the suspects opened fire, hitting alaia in the chest, killing him. >> working hard never have problem with somebody else never. that's a good person 100% nap's a good person. >> reporter: antonio alaia leaves behind a young wife. he worked at several restaurants in the d.c. area. there's a $25,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. back to you. some major developments today in indiana as that state deals with the backlash over a religious freedom law that was enacted last week. one d.c. council member wants a ban on travel to the state. the ncaa men's final four is set to be played this weekend in indianapolis and the ncaa president is weighing in now.
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jim handly is in our newsroom with that side of the story. jim? doreen mark emmert is the president of the ncaa. he told espn today he is quote, surprised and disappointed by indiana's religious freedom law. krit eks say it can be used to discriminate against gays and lesbians. but indiana governor mike pence says that's not the case and lawmakers are working to clarify language in the law. emmert meanwhile tells espn, "i'm anxiously awaiting whatever clarification the legislature can bring forward to this bill so we can really know what it means and what it doesn't mean." as it becomes better understood we're going to have to sit down and make judgments, it goes on about whether or not it changes the environment for us doing our work and for us holding events. that law is scheduled to take effect in july. in about 15 minutes we'll see how some businesses even another state's governor, are protesting. meanwhile, another group, the flight attendant union, calls on indiana legislature, the
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legislature there to undo this law, just another one added to a growing list since last week. jim and doreen back to you. >> jim handly thank you. vibrant, intelligent, a passion for flying. what we're learning about a teenaged pilot's last flight and the rules for solo flights in virginia. prosecution has rested in the boston marathon bombing trial. we'll tell you the first move by the defense.
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prosecutors are learning more about the co-pilot who crashed the germanwings plane in into the mountain. prosecutors say andreas lubitz had been treated for suicidal ten den sis before he became a pilot. and he had several follow-up appointments with doctors who documented that he was unable to work or to fly. so far no evidence has been found which would explain why he did it. we also learned today that a family from spain lost three generations of women in that crash. the youngest was only 12 years
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old. a new move from the lawyers of the accused boston marathon bomber ahead of their turn to present their case at trial, defense lawyers filed a motion to dismiss all charges against dzhokhar tsarnaev today. they say the government has failed to meet its burden of evidence in establishing that tsarnaev committed all the crimes with which he's charged. prosecutors rested their case after 15 days of testimony and evidence that included some grew many presentations of the victims killed in the marathon bombing in 2013. sarn geoff charged with 30 federal counts and is facing the death penalty. a local bicycle shop has been credited with helping to catch an armed robber. the bike that the thief took was worth about $4,000 and we're told many new book bikes are worth twice that. transportation reporter adam tuss with a report on how this robbery was part of a bigger issue in our area. >> reporter: that's right, jim.
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so many bikes that are out on the roads right now are so expensive, and bike experts are warning they're more and more of a target. a thousand bucks, 2,000, 10,000 even $15,000 for a bike. it's not uncommon. >> people riding around town are no longer buying bikes from target. they're coming bike shops like city bikes and buying nicer bikes. >> reporter: with high value comes a higher possibility of crime. case in point this $3,000 to clr 4,000 bicycle, which was stolen at gunpoint in northwest a couple weeks ago. the crook wasn't too smart, though. after he stole it he brought it to city bikes in adams morgan to get it repaired and the people here knew the bike well and also its true owner. they called the cops on the thief. >> luckily we were able to keep an eye on the gentleman after he left the store from a distance and police showed up very quickly, very happy with that and they were able to get him right away. >> reporter: the bad guy arrested the owner reunited with his bike. today the bike getting the if i
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cans it needs to it can get back out on the road. but bike experts say this points to a bigger issue across our region protecting what's now a very large investment. >> there's a serial number on the bottom bracket shell of every bike on the underside of it. you should register it with the national bike registry. >> reporter: and a good lock never hurts pap lot of times if somebody has their bike stolen they're reporting it to bike shops like city bike just in case it rolls through the door with somebody else. guy, back to you. >> adam tuss thank you. somebody's alarm is going off in the background there. >> right on cue. >> that's right. it's starting to feel like the weather could be conducive to more of us getting out on our bikes. >> it has turned. we go from a high of 38 on saturday to 48 yesterday. a very cold weekend. and, yes, now beautiful outside right now. we are looking good. take look outside right now. we'll show you how nice things are across our region. as you know may not stay that way all that long. 65 degrees the current number.
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a gorgeous afternoon, 57 in gaithersburg 59 in frederick, and 64 in fredericksburg. hard to believe early this morning we saw areas of sleet, even of light snow coming down in parts of the region with our storm system. that won't be the case tomorrow. 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 42 degrees, no problem at all i think tomorrow morning's rush will be a-okay. tomorrow evening, showers a temperature around 60 degrees but i think they'll start to run through right around that 4:00 to 6:00 hour. it could impact your evening rush as you head out tomorrow. but not right now. storm team 4 all dry and we'll stay that way through the night tonight in through early tomorrow. it will be cool. future weather and 11:00 tonight, just cool. not cold. the average low temperature 42 that is definitely up and tonight we'll be right around that number. so waking up to some cooler numbers but not bad. cloud cover to the north, sunshine to the south. we will see some sun i think to start our day on tuesday. then we'll see the clouds on the increase and a chance for showers will be on the increase too. here we are around 4:30 starting to see showers around heaviest to the north.
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they slide through 5:00 6:00 7:00 and by 8:00 most are out of here just down to the south and east. so the area of rain will come through right behind the evening rush. we're not expecting a lot, a tenth of an inch a little more in some areas. high temperatures tomorrow similar to today. maybe a lilt cooler as a result of the clouds and the showers. 62 d.c. but 65 in fredericksburg 59 in winchester and 59 toward the frederick area. most of the day is on the dry side. if you're thinking about doing some biking doreen -- >> why not? >> here you go. nice early, showers late. 42 at 7:00 a.m. 48 by 9:00 rising to about 61 at 1:00 and 62 by 3:00. we may drop a little bit once those showers come back in. if you're thinking of getting on the bike doing a little run, good idea to do it earlier in the day. that's why the impact forecast is on the low side too. what do you need tomorrow? maybe take the umbrella. that will be it. when would you need that? as you're leaving work or coming
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home meeting the kid at the bus stop. 72 on thursday. we cool wednesday but right back to 72. thursday looks gorgeous. friday also not bad, but 72 comes with rain and not just rain could see some thunderstorms. this is a little more significant system. could have an inch of a rain on friday night into saturday. saturday chance of showers but most of the day looks dry. this will be early in the morning for passover 55 degrees. easter also looking good temperatures there around 62. and we rise back to 67 on monday. five out of seven days at or above average. how about that? >> we love it. sounds good. we earned it too. >> about time. thanks doug. next at 6:00 growing protests over indiana's religious freedom law. we've heard from the ncaa. now a d.c. lawmaker demanding action. the entertainment world reacting to comedian trevor noah being named the next host of the "daily show."
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bloomberg news says that marco rubio, who represents florida, will make it official in two two weeks in miami for
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the presidential nomination. analysts say the gop nomination could be one of the more wide-open races in recent memory. texas senator ted cruz declared his candidacy last week. president obama says leaders today should try to carry themselves more like the late ted kennedy. he spoke at today's dedication of the new kennedy institute in boston. the building includes a life-sized replica of the senate chamber and of kennedy's office. organizers hope lit capture and help carry on the massachusetts senator's spirit of leadership. today the liberal lion was remembered for finding a way to work with and win over republicans. >> ted understood the only point of running for office was to get something done. not to posture. not to sit there worrying about the next election. >> he knew how to give-and-take and get results. >> that was former republican leader trent lott. kennedy spent 47 years in the senate before his death in 2009.
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indiana's religious freedom law is hitting close to home now. a d.c. council member wants to ban public money from being spent on travel to indiana for d.c. employees. connecticut's governor already made that move in his state. nbc's jay gray shows us now how indiana lawmakers are reacting to this firestorm. >> our state! >> reporter: right now, though, indiana is in a state of confusion and conflict over new religious freedom restoration law signed by governor mike pence. >> we're not going to change the law, okay? >> reporter: it's not okay. for a chorus of critic who is say the measure allows businesses to refuse service to customers based on their sexual orientation. the mayor of seattle and governor of connecticut have both banned official travel to indiana. >> we don't allow to use your religious freedom to discriminate against somebody else.
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>> reporter: a growing number of byes are lining up against the new law and tim cook, the openly gay ceo of apple wrote, "this isn't a political issue. it isn't a religious issue. this is about how we treat each other as human beings." high-profile opponents including miley cyrus and charles barkley have criticized the move and called for a boycott. and with the final four set to tip off in indianapolis, the ncaa is holding court on the issue, promising to "examine the implications of this bill and how it might affect future events." today republican lawmakers conceded they may need to reword the measure. >> we're going to encourage our colleagues to adopt a clarifying measure of some sort to remove misconception about the bill. >> reporter: supporters point out there are similar laws protecting religious freedom in 19 other states, and governor pence insists indiana will stay on that list. jay gray, nbc news. next jail time for a virginia man with hiv after having relationships with women while keeping his condition a
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secret. why one of his victims says her life will never be the same. a man is killed and a woman seriously injured after an atv flip theres over on this trail in bowie.
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one man is dead another injured in a crashover an all-terrain vehicle. why there are not many regulations for riders and who police help will come forward. a man convicted of hiding his hiv while sleeping with women in maryland headed to jail tonight. how one victim says it changed her life. and changing minds about bipolar disorder. what it took for a former ceo to get some help. >> my rock bottom for me was prison. first at 6:30 a deadly crash on an all-terrain vehicle. >> after hours of asking for help to identify the victims, police believe they know the man who was killed. a woman was also hurt in the crash prompting new regulations about regulating these vehicles. tracee wilkins joins us near the scene in bowie. >> reporter: a lot of good news here, but first of all, they were able to identify the man
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involved in this accident and they believe, due to a report we had at 4:00 p.m. they may be very close to identifying the woman who was severely injured in this crash. her family they are still on the way to the hospital to try and i.d. her. but a major part of this investigation is going to be why this atv was on this trail in the first place. >> i'm kind of curious how the girl is doing, if she is going to make it. >> reporter: john shenski's thoughts are with the young woman. >> i could hear her moaning. >> reporter: he found her severely injured just yards from his home after an atv accident. >> the man lay right there and the woman right over there. >> reporter: 23-year-old brandon barnes was killed in the accident according to police. >> at this point i don't think it would have saved him. >> reporter: john shenski says he'll never forget the scene shortly before 2:00 a.m. on the pw&a trail behind his home. a deadly accident involving a four-wheeler atv. the man was already dead. >> pretty obvious, no movement
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no nothing, just that blank stare. >> reporter: and the woman was suffering severe head trauma. >> just drug her up and then i didn't know at that point, leave her sitting, you know, just laid her down. >> reporter: the two were not supposed to be on the trail. >> operating atvs and dirt bikes, any motorized vehicle on the property is prohibited. >> reporter: atvs are pretty much restricted everywhere in the county except for private property. there's also no helmet law with atvs according to police. >> no helmets. they weren't dressed for the occasion by all means. >> reporter: the woman was transported to the hospital but for most of the day police did not know who these people were because they had no i.d. >> i'm sure somebody's waiting, you know for these people to come home to them you know at one point. >> reporter: these trails simply aren't made to support any motorized vehicle, especially atvs. reporting live in bowie, i'm tracee wilkins, news4.
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i'm jim handly at the news4 live desk with this just in to our thues room tonight. two arrests in a deadly stabbing case we've been following since it happened yesterday. prince george's county police just announced the arrest of these two men, accused of stabbing a man yesterday inside an apartment building in langley park. now, police found the victim dead in a hallway. the motive investigators tell us was robbery. both suspects are charged with second-degree murder. police still haven't released the victim's name. back to you. we've learned the name of a young woman killed in a crash last night. dillbar nouri somehow lost control of her car on lee chapel road and crossed the centerline. she died after crashing head on into another car and suv. nouri was from woodbridge. she was 19 years old. police are still hoping to hear from anyone who may have seen what happened out there.
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somebody snatching cell phones from people on metro and police say this person may know something about that. metro transit police released these pictures in connection with cell phone robberies at the potomac avenue stadium armory and bening road stations. those are all on metro's blue line. police are not calling this person a suspect but they say they would like anyone with any information to get in touch with them. more progress to report about the american health care worker undergoing ebola treatment at the national institutes of health in bethesda. doctors have upgraded him from critical to fair condition. the nih still hasn't released details about his name or age. we do know he was working with ebola patients in sierra leone when he contracted the virus. the 21-damon or thing period for nearly 40 other americans who may have been in contact with that nih patient ends this week. none of them has tested positive for the virus. the conclusion now of a case
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that received national attention. when a man was charged with having unprotected sex with women while knowing that he had hiv. daniel cleaves is his name. he was sentenced today to 18 months in prison. he had sex with two women in maryland without telling them that he was hiv positive. cleaves cried in court today. he said what he did was wrong and that he was sorry. but as our chris gordon reports, the emotions will last much longer for the victims. >> reporter: montgomery county's top prosecutor says the victims were physically and emotionally injured. >> these young women did not know the risk they were exposing themselves to which is terrifying. >> reporter: it began at this bethesda bar last july. 28-year-old daniel cleaves of richmond virginia met and had consensual sex with a woman who was later shocked when she found papers in his possession saying cleaves was hiv positive. cleaves was charged with several counts of transferring hiv to
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another after a second woman went to police saying he had unprotected sex with her and never told her he was hiv positive. i've obtained a copy of a victim impact statement from one of the women in this case who testified today in court at the sentencing hearing, telling the judge how terrifying it was. she said "i still have difficulty touching or being touched, including hugging family members and friends. i can not and don't know if i eel ever be able to trust enough to go out on a date. it has been and continues to be a devastating emotional burden." daniel cleaves' lawyer argued that cleaves didn't intend to hurt the women. >> we argued that he's extremely remorseful. we showed that from the text messages he sent to the victim the day after she discovered that he was hiv positive. they clearly trait that he was remorseful. >> reporter: judge joseph quirk called cleaves dang ore the public's safety sentencing him to the maximum penalty, five years weather all but 18 months
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suspended. >> this is a reckless individual who values his own pleasure over the lives of other people. >> reporter: cleaves will have to serve a year in the montgomery county jail and then be moved to a halfway house. he will then be on supervised probation for five years. chris gordon, news4. new tonight, putting a stop to easter monday violence. what a local community group's doing tonight to stay ahead of potential problems at the national zoo. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in orange virginia, where the investigation continues into a plane crash here yesterday that killed a student pilot.
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derailments will cost csx railroad more than $360,000. a virginia state board approved a penalty of that level today as a result of the derailment last year in lynchburg. state environmental officials asked for the fine because in that accident 30,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the james river. most of it burned off after several of the railcars caught fire. csx allegesso agreed to monitor the river for any long-term environmental problems. a man who had been on a date now officially identified as one of two people killed in last week's building explosion in new york city. this afternoon officials identified one victim as 23-year-old nicholas figueroa. he had been eating at a restaurant in the east village when an apparent gas leak sparked a blast that leveled the building that housed the restaurant and dozens of apartments too. dna testing will be done to determine if a second body pulled from the rubble yesterday is a restaurant worker who still
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is unaccounted for. the investigation into what caused the explosion continues. new at 6:00, the district has one of the worst income gaps in the country. the broobings institution crunched some numbers and here's what they found. d.c. has the fifth largest income gam among the country's 50 largest cities. among to be among the wealth west 5% of the people in the city you need to make more than $300,000 a year. to be among the 20% of people with the lowest income you need to make less than $21,000 a year. the next host for the "daily show" is headed to our area next week. comedy central announced trevor noah will be jon stewart's replacement today. all seven performances of his at the arlington draft house are already sold out. noah is originally from south africa. stewart said he was thrilled by the news. he called trevor noah a tremendous talent.
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new at 6:00 tonight, she wept from being ceo to prison. >> next, a virginia woman shares her struggle with bipolar disorder and how she finally found her middle ground. >> i didn't get myself together now at this particular point in time then i would never be able to have a normal life.
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tonight, what caused a plane crash that killed a teenage pilot in virginia is still a mystery. high school friends tried to come to grips with his death
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today. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey looks at his final flight and the rules for young pilots. >> reporter: ryan mccaul but just 16 but he was already flying solo getting a head start on his dream of becoming an air force pilot. but sunday morning as he took off from the orange airport, witnesses say his small plane banked left and crashed into a field. this virginia state police photo shows the mangled nose of the craft. this is what we found at the scene today, the ntsb faa, and state police investigators sorting through wreckage trying to determine what caused the crash. ryan mccaul was sophomore in spotsylvania's river bend high school book ended by brothers in the ninth and 11th grades. students say the mood inside today was quiet and somber. >> we brought anin additional counselors to support the staff and students. >> reporter: this mom said her son stay home because he had a hard time sleeping last night. >> anytime the students have to deal with saying good-bye to
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somebody that, you know, they knew at school and knowing that they're not going to see them anymore, i think it kit hits the kids really hard. >> reporter: ryan mccaul was permitted to fly solo. his instructor from skyline aviation watched from the ground. faa rules allow 16-year-olds to obtain student pilot certificates and they can do solo flights as soon as their instructor approves it. >> there are a lot of pilots that live out in this area and a lot of them taught their kids to fly and a lot are flying by that same age, 16. >> reporter: the famly asking for privacy but released a statement that states in part, "ryan was our beloved middle son, a typical teenager kwhom we love sod much and who himself had such a passion for flying he'd already earned his license to pilot at the young age of 16." school officials have an hona plan to honor ryan at the next
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meeting with a moment of silence. in just a few minutes people of falls church will weigh in on a controversial project for the mason road development at west broad and northwest streets includes mixed-use retail, a movie theater, a motel, hundreds of apartments and a six-level parking garage. it would displace several small businesses. tonight neighbors have a chance to discuss concerns about traffic and parking. community leaders in the district are taking new measures to keep an easter tradition safe for everyone. a group called the art of peace movement is meeting at the big chair cafe in anacostia in about 20 minutes from right now. they'll be calling on volunteers to help with violence prevention efforts during family day at the national zoo next week. there's been a stabbing and at least two shootings at the family day celebration since 2003. there was an incident last year. zoo officials have also announced plans to increase security at all events that attract big crowds.
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today is world bipolar day, an international movement to raise awareness about bipolar disorder. tonight as part of our "changing minds" campaign we're meeting one local woman whose battle with the condition has taken her from being ceo of a publicly traded company to jail. >> my rock bottom for me was prison. >> reporter: this is christine anderson right before she spent four years in a federal prison. >> i was running a publicly traded company. i was ceo. and the company was floundering. it was failing. and i did not want to let it go. >> reporter: but the business school graduate says she was so compelled to save her company that she broke the law, committing securities fraud and embezzlement. >> and i had to sit in prison for a year for me to realize that this was going to ruin the rest of my life if i didn't get it under control. >> reporter: christine is
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talking about her struggle with bipolar disorder. 5.7 million americans have heard the same diagnosis. it's characterized by unusual mood changes and shifts in energy and activity levels psychotic thinking can be part of it too. >> poor impulse control. i have no -- i have norol. i'm what they call omnipotent. i am fearless. >> reporter: that's how christine says she behaves during the manic part of her mood cycles. it's also what pushed her to have such a successful career. problem is those highs can come with severe lows. for christine, that included depression and even thoughts of suicide. >> when off high that is so high that no street drug can compete and a low so low that you feel like you've been hit like a mack truck, the middle ground is what you struggle for. >> reporter: proper treatment which typically includes
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medication is what helps people with bipolar disorder find balance. christine, though didn't want to take her medications. they caused her to gain weight and they meant she had to accept her diagnosis. it wasn't until she saw a counselor in prison that she was able to really face her demons. >> she helped me realize that if i didn't get myself together now at this particular point in time that i would never be able to have a normal life. >> reporter: these days christine says she's found that balance she was seeking. she says she takes her medication regularly now and she wrote a book about her experience with bipolar disorder. she wants others to learn from her painful journey. >> you just have to have the determination in yourself to put your mind to it that you're going to be bigger than the bipolar disorder. >> you can learn a lot more about bipolar disorder and find a map of where to find mental
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health treatment near you at our website, nbcwashington.com/changingminds. looking at weather now, doug things seem to be looking up temperature-wise right? i think we have turned a corner we've been hate waiting to turn for a long time. >> have we ever. >> i don't think we'll be seeing any more of these 30s or 40s, definitely not anytime soon. more like the 60s and 70s. we'll sprinkle in a few 50s too. take a look at this shot. i love this shot. our reston live camera picking up reston town center sugarloaf mountain out towards frederick county county. sugarloaf mountain stands at 1,282 feet. did you know that? it was also named sugarloaf mountain because that was the first loaf of bread cooked on the mountain. did you know that? >> no. >> you are making that up. >> i did make that up. 1,282 feet 800 feet from the valley floor, that's true. sunset at 7:30 65 degrees,
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dropping into the 50s by 9:00 and 11:00 tonight, but still very nice. our average high this time of year, 61. we're above average during the day today pip think we'll get back there tomorrow. 55 in gaithersburg 59 in bowie, 60 in camp springs, 61 towards huntingtown and 59 back towards the dulles area. no rain on the radar. we will stay dry tonight. we will stay dry tomorrow. but take the umbrella with you if you're heading out tomorrow because i do think we'll see the late-day showers. i'm talking 4:00 5:00 6:00 tomorrow evening. you may need the umbrella leaving home for work or getting off the bus or metro. 59 to 65 degrees, 65 to the south, 59 to the north. morning, a nice start. we're green in the morning, green to go as far as the midday is concerned with the roads looking good. the evening showers moving in. we'll see some wet roads. exercise a little bit of caution there.bike 48 at 9:00 a.m. 60 by 5:00. again that's when i think the showers move the in so maybe get out for that bike ride a little early. 62 on tuesday, 50 sprinkled in here. here's 56 on wednesday.
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a couple of 70s thursday and friday. next best chance of rain coming up on friday. back around the 55-degree mark on saturday. easter sunday looking good with a high temperature of 62 degrees. >> thanks doug. sports coming up. george mason basketball with a new man in charge. and maryland women. one step away from the final four. but tonight's a ooh poent, th
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at book club they were asking me what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners' multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, give it a rest.
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we've got sports and a new guy at the helm at george mason. >> a great job to have if you're a young basketball head coach. george mason men's basketball team have a new face leading the way. dave paulson has been hired as the team's next head coach. he comes over from bucknell replacing paul hewitt who was fired earlier this month. paulsen spent the last seven seasons with bucknell leading the buy sons to the ncaa tournament twice during that time. he's a three-time patriot league coach of the year including this past season in which bucknell made it to the nit. he's also a national champion winning the division iii title back in 2003 as head coach at williams college. over on the women's side maryland puts their 27-game winning streak on the line as they face tennessee in the elite
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eight tonight. the terps looking to make it back-to-back trips to the final four. they want to make it to tampa, florida, but the terps need a big performance from point guard lexi brown, maryland's second leading scorer, just one point against duke on saturday. maryland battled tennessee in the sweet 16 a year ago. brenda frese expecting an extra fired-up vols squad tonight. >> i think they'll have great motivation. talk about we were the team to end their season last year so you don't forget that as a competitor and as a winner. >> they're going to have probably some revenge mind-set because of last year. once we step between the lines it's them against us. like i said before it will be a dogfight. we won't go down without a fight. >> maryland and tb tn tip off at 9:00. let's move to the baseball diamond for a moment. we are seven day ace way from opening day at nationals park. general manager mike rizzo not completely satisfied with his roster at the moment. so he made a move. reliever jer my blevins traded
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to the mets for matt den dekker. jeremy blevins only spent one season with the national after coming over in a trade from oakland in 2014. the left-handed reliever posted a 4.87 e.r.a. and finished with a career-high 66 strikeouts. the mets send the nationals outfielder matt den dekker enjoying his third season in the big leagues batting .238 with one home run, 13 rbi in his first two big-league seasons. matt williams of the nats taking on the cardinals today. jupiter, florida. some good news ryan zimmerman looking healthy. his first game since his shoulder and back injury a few days ago. top third here zim taking that ball right back up the middle. dan laug coming home for the score. an rbi seng l for ryan zimmerman. the nats up 2-0. matt holliday gets the best of xavier here, two runs score, a two-run single for hollyiday and
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the cards win this game 6-2. before we let you go the wizards have the night off but they can clinch a playoff spot if the hornets lose to the celtics tonight. speaking of basketball fans doreen ready to laugh out loud? lol a little bit? >> for sure. >> doug kammerer played in a great tournament yesterday put on by the national kidney foundation. >> he's got game. >> he does. >> doug had some highlights and some low lights as well. here's the good doug. >> whoa. that was doug? >> the jump shot was falling yesterday. >> had it going. >> this is bad doug right here playing defense. >> oh! >> broken ankle. broken ankle. can. >> can we see that again? >> the killer crossover. >> please tell me that guy's a former nba player that did you like that, doug. >> yeah. former allstate of -- >> yeah. >> mcdonald's all-american?
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