the first time since the violence erupted on monday and at one school they did so with police and national guard troops standing guard across the street. a curfew goes into place tonight at 10:00 and there's hope there will be fewer problems than last night when 35 were arrested. pat collins at camden yards with the os playing in an empty ballpark. we're going to start with tracy wilkins who spoke to students at douglas high school. >> reporter: let me paint the scene here at what we've been calling ground zero. this is where the riots erupted in this baltimore neighborhood. you can see that now the road is actually opened after being closed for so long and police are guarding some of the businesses here but they're no longer not allowing traffic to come through this street. this was also the first day that school re-opened since the riots on monday. we stopped by douglas high school here to talk with students about what it was like

leaving their school with national guardsmen armed just across the street. it's obvious who these police and national guardsmen are protecting. >> it's upsetting to see it. >> reporter: and they know it. >> you come out of your school and you're seeing humvees and you're seeing soldiers with m-16s and cops with riot gear and you just don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: on monday mondawmin mall was looted and burned by teens, some of them students here at douglas high school. >> some people from our school that were a part of it makes it worse. >> reporter: today is the first day they have returned to school stinks since the riots. they're still trying to make sense of what happened and why. >> a lot of kids having different opinions about what happened like you know we want justice. >> it's crazy and violent and surreal. you wouldn't expect this to happen and it did. >> it was uncalled for,

unnecessary, because we're destroying the things that we love. >> reporter: today these douglas students are interviewing. >> we talked to national guardsmen and we've talked to the lieutenant in the police department. >> reporter: the very people holding the line against them. they've heard from them. >> how do they personally feel about having to guard this and militarize zones. >> reporter: they've come to their own conclusions about what should happen next. >> the national guard leaving, the police calming down with how they treat the citizens. and the citizens going back to being more productive and not destructive like they were. >> reporter: as you can see, they still have police here guarding the check cashing store on west north avenue here in baltimore. a lot of the students we talked to were very confused about trying to put into words how they felt and exactly what happened on monday. still trying to find their words and that's something that the

city is trying to figure out as well. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 we talk to one of the business owners who survived what happened here on monday. we'll get his perspective on how this city is healing. reporting live in baltimore, tracy wilkins. back to you in the studio. much of the focus in baltimore has been on frustration stemming from the freddie gray case but the city has been plagued by a number of hurdles that are more deep rooted. the latest census data shows nearly a quarter of the city is living in poverty. unemployed reached ten percent last fall in baltimore. citydata.com shows the area where the riots occurred this week has an unemployment rate of 19%. baltimore's graduation rate is also less than 60%, the worst among maryland schools. >> i'm a lifelong resident of baltimore. too many people have spent generations building up this

city for it to be destroyed by thugs. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake walking back on those comments she made monday night about those in the riot. she took to twitter today writing, quote, when you speak out on frustration and anger, one can say things in a way that you don't mean. then she said that night we saw misguided young people who need to be held accountable, but who also need support, and my comments, they didn't convey that then. >> in baltimore it was a first for major league baseball history as the os played today without any fans. to see nobody in the stands is more striking because in so many recent examples of cities uniting around their sports teams during difficult times. our pat collins is live outside camden yards with a look at how there was no cheering. >> reporter: wendy, major league baseball history made here today. a game has never been played

like this before. hopefully a game will never be played like this again. ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ ♪ take me out to the empty park ♪ >> reporter: baseball history in baltimore, a professional baseball game without any baseball fans. man, i got to tell you it's just not the same when there are no friends around you, no cheer buddies, and when a big play happens, no one to share it with. high -- five. they played the national anthem but it was on tape. and no one was there to sing along. now, there were some fans around camden yards, in the streets and in the bars but in the stands nothing. nobody. >> is it weird? >> pretty much.

>> is it eerie? >> yes. >> what happened to the home field advantage? >> i have no idea. >> hey beer man, beer man, beer man? beer. man. now, the orioles said they made this no-fan game decision after consulting with city officials. >> part of the reason we closed today was because we didn't want to take away from any resources the city might need. >> it was an overreaction premature decision made in haste. >> let's do the wave. your turn. ♪ it's one, two, three strikes you're out at the empty ball game ♪ >> reporter: final core os 8, white sox 2. paid attendance zero. but actually there were some fans who saw the game live. sort of. you might say they were in the same zip code. more about that coming up at 6:00.

now back to you. >> they always had pat collins which i'm sure cheerd them up. here's a live look at baltimore right now. this is a protest, peaceful at this point, walking down towards city hall in baltimore as again the tone has changed in the last two days and it looks like it continues to be about message and not about mayhem. our coverage from baltimore continues in the nbc washington app and on our twitter and facebook pages. use the hashtag nbc 4 d.c. to join our conversation right now. intense flames gutted a home earlier today leaving a family in our area without a place to stay tonight. this is what it looked like earlier along michigan avenue near taylor street in northeast d.c. we're told two people were home at the time. both made it out safely but a dog died in this fire. the house is considered a total loss. no word yet on what started the fire. the mystery surrounding who burned down an historic school

in virginia may be solved. today we learned a grand jury indicted three men on burglary and arson charges. the men set fire to the 100-year-old vacant almostry school last year. he buzzed into d.c. relatively undetected and now top law enforcement agencies are having to answer for the stunt that was pulled off by that florida mailman. the details of today's gyrocopter hearing. >> lawmakers were visibly frustrated today as they questioned those who were charged with protecting the capitol. the faa admitted the mailman's gyrocopter showed up on radar but only as a small blip and described it as looking similar to other nonaircraft radar tracks. the secret service described its meeting with him more than a year ago in which they questioned him about the plan. investigators say he wasn't interested in targeting any

buildings but lawmakers who saw the copter flying towards their offices say they aren't satisfied. >> i said to the staff, i don't know what's going on but something is coming down. nothing -- we never heard a thing. >> what if he had weapons? what if he were carrying a bomb? >> norad says it did not know that he was in restricted air space until he landed. that mailman will be back in d.c. in a few weeks for his next court appearance. until then he's on house arrest in florida. back to you, jim. in the district no clear winner yet in that special election yesterday to replace the late marion berry on the d.c. council. as tom sherwood reports, the top two contenders are watching every vote. >> reporter: the campaign office littered with leftover stuff, but the race is not over. election night ended with may heavily favored holding only a

152-vote margin over her closest opponent. >> by next friday we should know something definitely. >> reporter: that's trayon white. he was checking on 1,000 challenged ballets still to be countdown. those ballets have mostly minor flaws. they may not be fully countdown until next week. >> i'm confident we have the numbers. we just pray that there's no fraud or anything misleading going on with those numbers because we believe in the will of the people. >> reporter: white told nbc 4 that even if he loses this race to finish berry's term he'll return again next year for a full term. marian christopher berry, berry's son, got 7% and finished well behind the leaders. >> our campaign has always been about the people. so our concept of rising came from the people as well. >> reporter: white is more than 10-1. she had the full support of mayor muriel bouzer who is trying to get a majority of

council members to support her programs. >> the mayor has been a supporter. i'm very grateful for her support. >> reporter: in ward 4, bowser's hand picked choice easily won the seat she vacated when she became mayor. in the district tom sherwood news 4. a multi-million dollar makeover how crews are planning to restore the marine corps war memorial. metro riders trying to get on board without paying. don't think there's not an officer watching. we'll go undercover coming up next. we've got a number of storms out there. three of them two of which are moving our way. i'll show you how they'll affect your thursday, friday and your weekend. one of the biggest fast food chains in the country making changes to its menu and getting an awful lot of attention on social me

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you've probably seen people who jump over the gates to get a free ride on metro. tonight we're undercover with metro transit police as they bust those fare evaders and it doesn't just happen on the rails. we're live outside the gallery place metro station with this story. adam? >> reporter: that's right, wendy. it happens fast. people trying to sneak their way through, but just because you don't see an officer doesn't

mean one is not there. handcuffed handcuffed handcuffed. today we tagged along as passengers trying to sneak on the x-2 bus in d.c. were caught in the act. take a look here. can you tell where the metro officers are? there are five of them riding undercover. it only took two steps of this man passing himself off as a d.c. student using a student pass. the plain clothes officer quick to respond and he was locked up for impersonating someone else. another passenger tells the bus operator he doesn't have enough money and instead of paying he walks to the back of the bus. he was taken off the bus. and another who tried to sneak on through a crowd also led away, questioned and arrested. metro police chief ron paf lick on the issue. >> it's everybody's duty and obligation to pay the fare. we pay our fare when we ride the rail or the bus. every rider has to pay.

>> reporter: as metro cracks down the transit agency has gone high tech. it can count how many people are boarding. if they see a lot of people boarding and not many fares being paid guess where they hang out? metro reminding you, play by the rules. these fare evasions as they're known is leading to increase confrontation with bus operators. more on that coming up at 6:00. it's a little more than a month since d dot began it's war on potholes and road crew have been busy. more than 30,000 have been filled so far. the city has received more than twice the number of service requests had this year compared to last year. road crews say it will last as long as its needed. the best way too report one is to call 311 or tweet the district department of transportation. it's a striking and stirring

memorial now the spot dedicated to marines past and present is getting much needed tlc. plon tlopist david ruben stein is donating more than $5 million to restore the war memorial in arlington. it depicts the marines raising the flag. the money will restore the bronze finish fix cracks and improve landscaping there. ruben stein's father was a marine who fought in the pacific. the memorial will remain open during the week. freed. after spending nearly 80 hours in rubble with three dead bodies this evening we are hearing a success story amid that destruction from the massive earthquake in nepal. french rescue teams heard the man's cries for help. they spent five hours getting him out, and it doesn't appear he had access to food or water. the man apparently said he gave up hope when his lips cracked and his nails turned white.

>> we're all glad and we have no words to describe. >> chinese rescue teams also pulled a man to safety yesterday. he spent nearly 62 hours trapped in the rubble. and the death toll from this earthquake has now topped 5,000. nepal's prime minister said yesterday that number could reach 10,000. international aid from 21 countries including the u.s. is now being distributed in nepal, and the united nations launched a $415 million appeal to provide nepal with critical support over the next three months. pope francis calls it quote, pure scandal. today the pope added his voice to calls to give women equal pay for doing the same work as men. he promoted radical equality during his wednesday address from the vatican. it's not the first time he's spoken out about the need to protect and promote women's rights especially within the

catholic church. but he stopped short of saying the church should ordain women or let them lead vatican congregations. history on capitol hill today, japan's prime minister addressing the joint meeting of congress. he called the security and trade relationship between the u.s. and japan, in his words, an alliance of hope. the prime minister offered his profound respect and condolences for the american lives that were lost during world war ii. he also acknowledged that japan's actions brought suffering to other asian countries during the war, but he did not extend the apology that some members of congress demanded. presidential candidate hillary clinton evoked freddie gray's name today in her call for changes to our criminal justice system and noted the deaths of gray and other unarmed black men at a speech in columbia university and vowed to end an era of what she called mass incarceration. >> there is something profoundly

wrong when african-american men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than their white counterparts. >> both parties have called for criminal justice and sentencing reforms, note lieably rand paul. nbc news confirms sanders will confirm his bid for the white house tomorrow. he's an independent. other politicians could include others from our area as potential candidates. all is not golden at the golden arches as sales and revenues drop in the first three months of this year the world's most famous restaurant chain is making changes to keep up with the competition. the company announced it's

dropping seven items from its menus, including several chicken sandwiches some of their wraps, even the deplux quarter pounder. just last week the company announced it was closing 350 stores that were performing poorly. >> developing tonight, a crash kills a young volunteer firefighter and our chris gordon is speaking to her fellow firefighters about the moment they discovered the victim was one of their own. gridiron grammar fail why redskins fans may be the worst when it comes to making mistakes online. i'm tracking

and welcome back everybody. another beautiful day across the area. i love walking around the office everybody saying's nice job, the weather is fantastic, give us more of this. i'd love to give you much more of that but the next couple of days we're going to see big changes. our rockville camera a gorgeous shot. 355 towards bethesda and rockville. nothing but blue skies today and that sunshine. temperatures right now 72 degrees. we hit 76 a little earlier. winds 6 miles per hour. we're looking at sunny skies and we'll continue to see mostly clear skies.

down to 73 in man as. 77 towards frederick. a beautiful wednesday. we already know about that. no rain across the area but it's not too far off. let's look at the wider version. not a lot of cloud cover in our area. notice what's coming up from the south. that's where your cloud cover is and your rain is. this is system number one moving in. here's system number two coming in from the great lakes. these two systems are going to combine to give us the rain tomorrow. they will create a little bit of a nor'easter off the coast but it's not going to be a very big storm. we've changed our forecast to reflect that. the coastal area of low pressure down to the south coming out of the gulf, the northern area making its way in. this upper level low will provide us with the rain during the day tomorrow transfer the energy off and then we'll see a return flow that easterly flow or northeasterly flow giving us a little bit breezy conditions early on friday much cooler temperatures on friday and rain likely during the day tomorrow

and maybe friday morning. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow no problems. by noon we start to see the shower activity develop. here's that easterly flow right off the ocean. showers around the i-95 corridor and most of the area but heavier rain towards the blue ridge, back into west virginia parts of northern virginia seeing shower activity. notice friday morning, breezy, cloudy, a little on the dreary side. friday not a very nice start to the day although it won't end that bad. highs tomorrow 71 in d.c. 73 in fredericksburg. cooler to the west and the east because of the easterly flow. back to the west because of the better chance for shower activity tomorrow. carry the umbrella tomorrow. you may need it early on friday but the rain gets out of here quickly, a high of 65 70 on saturday 76 on sunday. then it just gets fantastic. monday tuesday, wednesday, highs in the 80s. >> now we're talking.

>> playing our song. thousands take to the mall every summer we know for the folk festival. >> this year is going to be a little different. we'll explain the changes that you are only going to see in a story on news 4. >> they offered help. she's ours. we'll take care of her. >> a local volunteer fire department loses one of its own. and the sweet sounds of a symphony helping a city heal.

we've just gotten new video showing the moment that massive earthquake hit nepal, causing widespread devastation. take a look at this. this is from surveillance cameras in the capitol city of kathmandu. as you watch it you can start to see the video begin to shake as the quake hits. there appears to be confusion in the street and then panic begins to take hold as people realize that something terrible is happening. the trees are swaying and that building comes crashing down onto the road. despite that collapse only one person was reported injured in that area. however, across the region more than 10,000 were hurt in the quake and the death toll now

stands at 5200. mechanics of a volunteer fire department in mourning today and in shock. >> they responded last night to an awful accident in charles county and soon they realized that the young victim is one of their own. chris gordon learned that autumn marie jenkins joined that department when she was 16 years old. he's at the crash scene right now. chris? >> reporter: neighbors here along route 425 tell me this is a dangerous stretch of highway, that there have been serious accidents and that they have complained to the maryland state highway administration but nothing has been done. those same neighbors that heard the fatal crash alast night which happened right here. >> bangs and then i ran outside looking and i seen two cars a car and a truck together out there. >> reporter: the fatal crash happened just after 9:00 last night here on route 425 in nanjemoy maryland. the kia driven by 20-year-old

autumn marie jenkins was nearly hit head on and forced off the road into a field. she died almost immediately. the other driver also suffered injuries. a crash investigator tells me a state trooper smelled alcohol. they are testing that driver's blood to see if he had been drinking. police say he failed to keep his chevrolet truck in the right lane. >> his car had crossed the double yellow line? >> yeah. >> reporter: the nanjemoy volunteer fire department answered the emergency call discovering only after arriving that the young women killed in the crash was one of their own. autumn jenkins had been a member and volunteer firefighter here for the past five years. >> we had another squad there from the 10th district volunteer fire department and they offered help. i said no he's ours and we'll take care of her and we did. >> reporter: they're flying flags at half staff, their doors draped in black in honor of

autumn. here family gathered at the firehouse where she was a fixture. >> i think she did it because her father is a life member here. she got involved with it with him when she was young, and then when she turned 16 she wanted to join, so she followed along. >> reporter: maryland state police tell me they have not yet decided whether to file criminal charges in regard to this fatal crash. coming up at 6:00 autumn's boyfriend tells us he has one lasting regret. we'll hear from him on news 4 at 6:00. that's the latest live in charles county. chris gordon, news 4. ♪ as the sounds of sirens faded, strains of classical music filled the air in downtown baltimore today. members of the baltimore symphony orchestra gave a free outdoor concert at the meyer symphony hall at lunch time. at one point the gathered crowd

sang along as the orchestra played the national anthem. one of the musicians said they were just trying to be positive. a game with no fans but a game was finally played today at camden yards. brent harris from comcast sports network joins us live from the ballpark. brent, you have been there for a whole lot of games during this season and last too. how bizarre was this one? >> surreal is the best way to describe it. jim, when you have an 8-2 win, normally for the orioles fans that would give you a lot to cheer about, but as we know today, it was anything but normal. the orioles typically in about the 6th or 7th inning will announce the attendance. the p.a. announcer said that today for official record-keeping purposes attendance was zero. there were some fans outside but the loudest noise of the day was the crack of the bat and the first by chris davis, a three-run home run all the way out onto utah street. that's where the ball stayed throughout the game. of course no fans could run out

there to pick it up. in a lot of ways the game itself and the outcome of the game trivial compared to what this city of baltimore is going through. >> the whole process is not easy man. like i said we need this game to be played but we need this city to be healed first. >> i think when you start thinking about what it would require for us to play games here the amount of security what it would take away from the city you realize what's most important, and what's most important to us is that the city gets back on its feet. we don't want to do anything to distract or take away from that. >> reporter: the orioles tried to keep it business as usual, despite the fact the stadium as empty. they even held wendy, a 7th inning stretch. but as we know nothing normal about this game. it continues because the orioles go to tampa bay. they'll be in st. pete over the weekend to play against the rays. the orioles will be the home team they'll be wearing the

white uniforms. they'll bat as if they were the home team in that game so this continues for the orioles, just an odd situation all around. >> i'm sure. hopefully ending skoon. thank you, brent. developing tonight the family of a tow truck driver who was killed in a crash has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit and the victim's son is saying that his dad's death can bring about some change. the annual folk life festival is just weeks away. i'll tell you why you won't be seeing those enormous white tents on the mall this year and how that's going to impact your experience.

our wednesday's child this week is a remarkable young lady with a terrific and vivacious personality. her name is kimberly or kim for short. she is a smart young student who, at 10 years old, already has lots of ideas about all the things she wants to do when she grows up. >> i want to be a fashion designer. i want to play music. i want to sing dance, model. >> as a wednesday's child who has spent most of her young life in foster care kim has shown an amazing ability to withstand the sadness of having to move from home to home. she's a child with a wonderful zest for life. and that was obvious when shelly

miller gave her the chance to show off for the camera. >> when i first walked out in the first outfit everybody said wow, you look so pretty. and i kind of was blushing a little bit. but when i got on thete walkway, i thought i could just be me. it matters, my personality, not what you see on the outside. >> kim's social worker says she's a wonderful child. >> kim is so expressive bubbly she loves fashion, she loves dancing. she loves singing. >> she says while kim loves playing dressup and modelling, she's a very good student. in fact, she loves school. >> what is your favorite subject? >> math spelling and reading. >> you're doing well? >> yeah, i made honor roll this quarter. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> it was a special day for kim. and one we hope will lead to a forever family and the love kim long for.

what a wonderful little girl. incidentally the photographer who works with us all the time with wednesday's child, she volunteers and takes pictures of her wednesday's children. if you have room in your heart and home for kimberly what a fabulous child she is please call our special adoption hotline number 1-88 to adopt me and we have a piece on our website. >> she is quite something. new tonight, the family of a man who was killed in a tow truck accident is now taking legal action. >> it is a $20 million lawsuit but they tell us they want more than just money. >> please help me bring awareness to the law. it saves lives. >> why a son says his father's death can bring about change. allergies on the high side today, especially from those trees. we just need some rain to bring it down. we've got it in the forecast.

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we continue to follow our developing story tonight. these are live pictures out of baltimore. chopper 4, a large group of protestors gathering outside of city hall. today's demonstrations have been peaceful. we'll have a live team coverage report coming up on news 4 at 6:00. the son of a tow truck driver has filed suit over the death of his father. >> the $20 million wrongful death lawsuit follows an accident last year along the beltway. >> our northern virginia bureau chief is live in fair fax where the victim worked. you just spoke to his son. >> reporter: this is a sticker you'll find on fair fax towing trucks in loving memory of a.j. a sombering reminder of when a box truck killed a tow truck driver. they're convincing a lawsuit will convince more drivers to follow virginia's move over law for emergency vehicles. the 19-year-old left the

courthouse arm in arm with his mom, but his $20 million wrongful death lawsuit is all about his dad. >> my father and i were very close, and it's still difficult for me to believe he's gone. >> a.j. often worked 7 days a week to provide for his family. he was towing a car on december 29th when a moving company box truck plowed into it killing him. joshua says if only the truck driver had followed the law and moved over a lane his dad would be alive today. >> i want to make sure that the situation raises awareness for the move over law, so no one else's brother or father son, uncle, friend is unnecessarily killed due to tragic negligence. >> joshua has high profile help with the suit. glor ya all red is on the team handling the case. they're saying the truck was negligent for failing to move over talking on his cell phone

and the truck brakes were defective. the suit reveals the driver had a bad record including a speeding conviction just days before. >> this was a tragedy that unfortunately was waiting to happen and mr. naj dye was the recipient of this negatives. >> the spokesman says they're unaware of the lawsuit and can't comment. but he tells me the driver's speeding violations were committed in a personal vehicle, not a moving truck and once the company learned of them the man was let go. coming up the message from the tow truck drivers all dmv motorists should hear and they'll tell you whether they've seen any change at all after this fatal accident. a big change coming to takeout food in our area. the prince georges county council approved a bill that bans the use of stair foam containers and other packaging products in an effort to keep

water ways clean. experts say there's a link between the packaging and the quality of our food. >> something like polly stye reen when it gets into the water waves takes thousands of years to break down. when it breaks down it releases toxins into the water that impact the animals and the species in the water and then eventually impact us because we eat some of those animals. >> this ban will take effect in july of next year. the district in montgomery county have approved similar bans on styrofoam. you may have seen this on facebook or twitter today, especially if you are a redskins fan. >> turns out the problems on the field for our hometown team may translate into bad grammar. the "wall street journal" reports the redskins fans make the most mistakes when they comment on the team's website. grammarly, that's a proof reading company, did a study looking at just how many writing errors were made on posts of at least 50 words or more. redskins fans had more than 16

mistakes per 100 words. detroit lions fans on the other hand they're quite good in their english. they have just four mistakes per 100 words. >> i'm just glad somebody finally did that study. >> i am too. >> so impressed. >> it still ain't right though. >> we must be are better. >> how are we looking out there? we know it's beautiful but the pollen is kicking us. >> it is just a beautiful, beautiful day. we need rain to get you pollen sufferers some relief. that rain comes tomorrow. look outside, beautiful picture but all of that green, all of those sprouting buds out there continuing to give us that pollen. temperatures right now 72 degrees with plenty of sunshine. 69 at 7:00 dropping to about 63 by 11:00. once again today, nice nice and more nice as we move through the rest of the evening. 76 in rockville, 73 in man as. camp springs, college park

baltimore all at that 73 degree number. the radar is clear and that's the way it's going to stay tonight. look down to the south. here's our coastal low across the coast. it's drifting farther to the east. we have another low around the great lakes that's going to try to bring some of that mach back into our region. that's why we have a chance for showers tomorrow. tomorrow morning's rush hour should be fine. but between 6 and 8, cloudy temperature 52 degrees. between 4 and 6 we'll have a chance of showers. high temperatures tomorrow around the 71 degree mark but falling as those showers move in. 68 between 4 and 6. tomorrow's forecast mainly afternoon rain moderate for some, could be some isolated thunder. northern virginia towards the blue ridge, panhandle of west virginia. temperature 64 with that rain 73 from d.c. towards the

fredricksburg area. if you're heading out tomorrow showers mainly in the evening and that could affect your baseball games tomorrow night. maybe baseball practice 11:00 a.m. 69 degrees, 71 by 3:00 in the afternoon. now, we go down a couple of days. thursday and friday temperatures fall a bit, 65 on friday. a little on the breezy side maybe drizzle early on friday. watch this we get better on saturday. we get better on sunday. and we just keep going. this is a fantastic forecast. monday tuesday, wednesday, we're in the 80s and we are loving it. >> thank you, doug. the weather is getting nicer for us and that may prompt door to door solicitors to come looking for your business. consumer reporter erika gonzalez with things to keep in mind. >> what happens when you sign up for something. you pay money but you don't get anything. let's take a look. >> i like trashy magazines. >> gloria simmons is not shy in telling me which magazines spark her interest.

she signed up for a subscription for sister to sister magazine and she says it stopped arriving. she paid $12 and has gotten nothing. the better business bureau recommends reaching out to englishers. gloria does that but got no response. >> none of the phone numbers worked. >> according to the district of maryland's u.s. bankruptcy court, the company that publishes the magazine filed chapter 11. >> they're going through a hard financial time. in this case the company hasn't offered up a solution. >> the weather is nice door to door sales can be popular, including magazine sales. the bbb says before you sign up for a subscription read the terms and conditions and ask to see the seller's license. whatever you spend -- >> 50 cents, whatever it is please honor or at least communicate. >> you want to make sure you get what you pay for. when a company files for bankruptcy there's no guarantee that you're going to get your

money or your merchandise. consumers can file a proof of claim form with the bankruptcy court. sisters to sister magazine and its publisher, very active on social media. i reached out but have not gotten a comment so far. bbb does say the publisher gave notice to readers on its website. each summer thousands come to the mall to celebrate different cultures. >> this year it's going to be a little different. mark is going to explain how these changes are going to impact your experience. cuba cash flow the news 4 team explains why a policy shift has triggered0bóñóñçoñl@ú

the military says that over the next several months it will work to identify the remains of hundreds of soldiers and marines who were killed in pearl harbor. since that attack more than 70 years ago, only a few dozen of the members from the uss oklahoma have been identified. now new technology could help provide closure to hundreds of families. >> i have yet to experience a situation where a family wasn't incredibly grateful for this opportunity. the memories are still very raw with loved ones even the second generation. >> the military plans to examine the remains over the next six months and hopes to identify the families within the next few

years. >> the annual memorial concerts will have a latin feel. gloria es stefan will host the event for the 10th year in the row. they have dedicated substantial time to veterans causes. the concert airs on pbs at 8:00 on sunday night, the 24th of may. a summertime tradition on the national mall is less than a month away. >> this year the annual smithsonian folk life festival is going to be different. it's moving from the area between 7th and 14th streets to occupy a smaller area between 3rd and 4th. >> that's not the only change. mark seagraves has a preview of what we can expect for this decades old celebration of world culture. >> reporter: one of the biggest changes this year for the folk life festival there won't be the enormous tents on the mall

that you're used to seeing. >> made changes because of new regulations to our use of the turf. >> reporter: those regulations were imposed by the national park service out of a concern for the wear and tear big festivals have on the mall grounds. some big events have decided to move to other locations, something the folk life festival organizers also thought about. >> we considered it for a moment but the mall is really integral to the festival. >> reporter: the festival will be on the mall but not like you're used to seeing it. >> usually there's a large performance where we have theatre, music, dance, and that will happen in other places on the site but that large tent that usually takes place in the center panel will no longer be there. >> reporter: because the big tent won't be part of the festival the big concerts will be held at night when it's not so hot. >> we will have wonderful music, people bring lawn chairs blankets. >> reporter: another change, most of the exhibits will be on

the side area of the mall under the trees. instead of featuring multiple cultures and countries, this year's festival will have just one, peru. but this year the festival is partnering with the national museum of the american indian where there will be not only more exhibits but a marketplace where you can interact with craftsmen and buy their creations. >> i don't feel like we're downsizing because we've got this beautiful museum that we get to engage as well. it will be very much the folk life festival that people know. >> reporter: the folk life festival begins june 24th and runs through the 4th of july weekend. we've got everything you need to know at our website, nbcwashington. on the national mall mark seagraves, news 4. a city coming together. now at 6:00 live pictures of a large protest in baltimore, hundreds of people marching to city hall but unlike protests earlier this week, this group is striking a different tone.

i'm tracy wilkins live in baltimore where rioters attacked this section of the city. now folks are starting to put the pieces back together again. a major league game without any fans in the stands. new at 6:00 we'll tell you what they did instead of packing into camden yards. baltimore's mayor on the defensive. her explanation for controversial comments about the people involved in monday's violence. it is a much calmer more peaceful baltimore we are reporting on this evening. men and women with riot gear and big guns are still standing guard, and they are expected to enforce a second night of curfew tonight. a march to city hall is under way, no anticipation of disruption. schools re-opened today, including the one closest who where the trouble started two nights ago. tracy wilkins is in baltimore with more. >> reporter: right here