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good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm adam. >> i'm angie. today is may 3rd. get to meteorologist chuck bell. a great nice and sunday. >> yesterday couldn't have been any niecer -- nicer 70 yesterday and today warmer than that. if you thought yesterday was too chilly don't worry. summertime has arrived early in washington. temperatures in the 40s in some cooler suburbs, manassas, gaithersburg, going to be a nice day to get outside and enjoy mid
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to upper 40s here for the next couple of hours in the cool suburbs. by lunchtime today temperatures will be soaring way up into the 70s. in fact, i think by late this afternoon, high temperatures up near 82 here in washington. it's going to be a nice day today high 79 in manassas, gaithersburg. how long does the weather last? seven-day forecast coming up. >> all right, chuck. thanks. new this morning, maryland state police say a man died in a crash in prince george's county. it happened on branch avenue and brandywine. driving northbound, a woman turning hit his car. armstrong died. a passenger in the woman's car was also hurt in the crash. >> to a developing story in baltimore, a week long curfew ended. several people were arrested overnight and violating that citywide curfew. our cameras right here rolling as police arrested this man. this was after 10:00 p.m., the curfew went in effect. protesters started throwing bottles at police. that is when officers sprayed
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the crowd with pepper spray. the man goes tased and officers carried him away to a police wagon. maryland governor hogan is asking for a day of peace and prayer. this follows a week of protest in the death of freddie gray. gray got critically hurt while in police custody and later died. news 4's derrick ward with more on how baltimore moves forward after a violent week. >> reporter: the mood of this rally was decidedly less tense than the ones a week ago a lot happened in the days between including charges against the police officers allegedly involved in the arrest and subsequent death of freddie gray. among speaker an unarmed man killed by police in 2009. that officer was convicted an jailed. >> he cannot be the only one. baltimore, we're going to make it happen here. that's what this is about. >> reporter: it was about experiences with law enforcement. the general mood in the city which they think can lead to
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incidents involved in gray. >> i didn't want to be cass traited. >> i saw more racists than i did in southern carol. >> there was a togetherness in the crowd though a police presence was highly visible. they seemed more relaxed even amid objections to their presence. >> we don't need armimen in our streets. we don't need anymore ak-47s. we don't need riot police. >> the city still under curfew. one person said policing should come within the community itself without arms or uniforms. >> we have to learn how to teach our children to love themselves, do positive things and be positive people. >> the rally to the march, questions about freddie gray's death and what should happen
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after those answers come. >> getting people out to vote switching legislation is going to make a change. >> in baltimore derrick ward. news 4. >> this story, as you see, has a lot of moving parts to it. we're following latest developments on all of our platforms. download nbc washington app to find when that citywide curfew will be finished. nypd swarmed the neighborhood looking for a suspect, arrest add man an hour and a half later. according to police two officers were about to stop and question the man when he shot into their car. this is the fifth shooting of an on duty police officer in new york city this year. >> return to howard high school, one of the classmates won't be there. he was killed in a car crash on old frederick road. police say he veered off the road and flipped over. last night they organized a
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vigil. police are looking for a man they say sexually assault add woman. it happened early saturday morning. d.c. police say a woman was walking on massachusetts avenue northwest near macon street before 1:00 in the morning. she told police a man attacked her and tried to rape her there. if you know anything about what happened call d.c. police. work crews are heading back out to clear rubble for the hotel, the parking garage collapsed. it's not clear whether anyone was hurt. today's search and rescue teams will be helping construction crews. they have to make sure nothing else collapses before they can begin a detailed search. we're learning more about the pope schedule, pope francis will canonize a missionary with a controversial legacy. the pontiff will make him a saint during his outdoor mass at the basil kas outdoor shrine of immaculate conception on the 23rd.
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he built a mission in california but his interactions with native americans that have tribe members pest aring his sainthood. a royal member celebrating the birth of the newest member of the royal family. take a look, the duchess of cambridge gave birth to a daughter yesterday. the happy royal parents took their new bundle of joy home a few hours after her birth media going crazy about how great she looks. >> who looks like that. >> wow. >> well, the new princess is on the throne behind her brother, father, and grandfather. we're waiting to hear the royal name. charlotte leading the pack. the city will light up tonight. tomorrow westminster abbey will ring the bells in honor of her little royal highness. >> the big fight it's over. fly mayweather defeated many
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pacquiao. he won by unanimous decision rather than knockout. the match took years to schedule and such a big deal. it cost $100 on pay-per-view. now mayweather gets it. he'll receive about $180 million for the win. even though he lost, pacquiao will get about $120 million bucks. >> you mentioned you would be anyone's punching back any day for 120. >> i might be willing to step in the ring for 180, 120, sure. >> love it. 6:07 is your time. >> find out where actors will act out the battle of the revolutionary war. finding affordable home in the district. what people living in d.c. are asking leaders to do. >> the sun will be back out. chuck will let us know how warm things are goi
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a today, hundreds of colonial soldiers are camped out 15 miles south of washington. in mt. vernon, 450 people acting out battles of revolutionary war. if you want to go, continentals and red coats joined by george washington himself. re-enactment started at 8:00 this morning, end at 5:00 tonight. many in the district of fight for affordable housing. yesterday talked to city leaders at the annual town hall. closing loopholes in rent control laws. tenants say d.c. lost more than half its low cost rental units over the past decade. >> one thing we've seen happening is owners trying to take -- they say i'm not making enough money so we need to increase your rent. told people i'm going to increase your rent 100%. ask the kids what new laws that
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would ask tenants to appeal. >> outside right now because we are waking up to a nice day this morning. chuck bell is here on the studio. >> looking in the window? >> transferring as any window you find. >> that's right. >> nice weather yesterday. i don't know how it gets too much nicer than that. >> let's try. >> this is the only trick. it's starting to be too warm. missed may all together. >> it is nice to have that warmth and not humidity. i think it was a nice combination. get that again today. >> humidity will stay away for another day or so. but man we miss may, seriously, everybody. we went straight from april to june out there. temperatures should average in the low 70s. we went straight into the upper 70s yesterday afternoon and will be in the 80s by later today and 80s pretty much all week long.
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outside, a view from the city camera this morning. nice morning, sun at 6:08 this morning. it's already out there somewhere hiding beneath eastern clouds. temperatures are mild downtown 57 now at reagan national. likely south at 3 miles per hour. temperatures have dropped into the 40s in some of our cooler neighborhoods. that's not going to last long now that the sun is up, these 40s won't last long, 43 charlts town, west virginia, 50 front royal, 49 in fredericksburg and stafford. going tout to tour anything they do this morning this afternoon a nice early brisk morning walk. it will be cool, 40s, 50sish 60s over the next couple of hours but a quick rise in temperatures. most neighborhoods will be in the low 80s today. so on your what to wear, you might need a little jacket first thing this morning. after about 7:30, 8:00 you won't need that just spf and sunglasses. weather slowdown, all green lights for today and tomorrow. as we get into tuesday and wednesday, there will at least
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finally a chance for afternoon showers helping cool things down and giving us much needed rainfall. we really could use rain across most of the area. satellite and radar shows clear skies overnight last night into early this morning. there's no chance for rain anywhere in the metro today. couldn't rule out one or two showers west of the blue ridge into the mountains of west virginia today but that's really it. this little smattering of showers in the midwest enhancement of rain showers tuesday and wednesday. check out this seven-day forecast. you would think it was the last week of june not the first week of may. 2 today, 85 tomorrow. a little chance of a few showers midweek, that's it. otherwise all 80s all the time. >> got to get used to that. >> i'll take that. i have no problem with that. >> next up reporters notebook. that is a look at stories affecting our community. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning, welcome to reporters notebook. i'm pat lawson muse.
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what's next in baltimore. order was restored in baltimore last week after the violent protest that followed the funeral of freddie gray who died in police custody. set off another round of protest dead manneding answers about his death. it may also focus attention not only on policing in baltimore city but conditions in the city's neighborhood and on the frustration and desperation of people who many consider forgotten. jim do you think the reaction to gray's debt will change anything or any town grappling with the same issues? >> it's going to have to. these are issues systemic. one of the problems we need to understand is that these are underserved communities. these are communities where divestment has happened, let alone the lack of investment. then there's the issue of the years, decades of over policing.
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what i mean by that is you had almost $6 million worth of agreements that cost the city. you actually had over 100 people killed by baltimore police. 70% of those killed were african-americans and less than 2% of the police have actually been charged, let alone convicted. so this is a problem that's been going on for a long time. >> will the protests and the string of protests that have come out of the baltimore situation, do you think it changed hands? >> definitely getting national attention, you've got hillary clinton tying it into the baltimore protestings. she wants body cams. what's interesting she says there needs to be a conversation about race young folks in jobs
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and penal system in terms of jails and how we're incarcerating folks. from that standpoint, that's a good thing. that's a good change, a conversation that the nation needs to v how far that conversation goes will be interesting. a lot of things about baltimore, you heard about 1968 and the riots there. the study shows the jobs, flights, degradation in baltimore started in the 1950s folks were moving out. so it just heightened it, come back to fruition. >> dave. >> we hope certainly hope things will get better. it's interesting the way this whole national discussion evolved, ferguson, new york cleveland, tulsa now baltimore. god forbid do we have to have more date lines to keep the conversation going but it has helped and has focus people on police community relations. folks watching baltimore hoping it will get better and we have
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to hope and pray it will. >> what about neighborhoods here in d.c. and surrounding counties that could be compared to communities? >> well, you have an area of trinidad which folks are calling a different part of d.c. we pick up one of those areas. we do know there are pockets in washington, d.c. i had someone tell me this week interesting folks in washington d.c. talk about poverty and things of that nature. but it really is no comparison to baltimore. so i think it makes us reflect and look at the city and see the issues of poverty in washington, d.c. but i think because you have stable government here, federal government here, i do think it makes it a bit different. >> i totally disagree with that. i'll tell you why. the reality, it's a question of your relationship with policeman and the community. i think one of the things we have going for us is the police
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chief that has grown up through the community. she comes from this community. she works the streets of this community. she understands this community and she has a certain amount of respect. i think something else we have going for us too. we overlook them, the buffer between the leadership and the community. but i think, you know, at any point in time when you have poor policing poor training, all it takes and all it's ever taken in history is just one spark. and then you've got a problem. >> the conversation, and i've covered it for all my career going back a long time as we know has always been, largely been, except when we had riots in '68 after that with few exceptions it's been economic. let's get jobs, let's improve people's lives. it hasn't been the police are hounding us not that they don't in in cases they do that for a
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variety of reasons you all just mentioned our police force seems to be different and we hope it continues. >> quickly how would you rate the way the police handled the situation in baltimore? >> i think they handled it well. their hands were tied because of the mayor or governor not giving them more room to step in. we all were watching everything from the helicopters and whether or not the governor wants to admit he had the authority to call in the national guard, which he did. it seems that the police weren't given authority to move in and stop some of that. >> i think they certainly were restrained. there's no ifs ands buts about it. there was a show of force, we're fortunate in baltimore no one was actually killed. i think that, you know, you could say they did a good job at restraining. but it was that. keep in mind, it was not only a show of force but also the fact that there was a hand fullinstigators.
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that's what it was. >> i have to ask you, this is the point i have to bring out, the woman who lit up social media after she caught her 16-year-old out there wearing a hoodie, she went out there and went after him. she said she hoped it was a teachable moment. >> i think he learned his lesson, send her flowers for mother's day. >> i think it can be. we don't know yet. you would like to hope and pray it would be. she took this kind of action. most people are backing her to the hilt, even though a lot of people don't like corporal punishment. it was an unusual situation. a mother's live for her son. who can argue with that. >> quickly obviously the optics of it for television, it was perfect as she made her rounds. another interesting thing some of the things she said. she said i took him out of that because i didn't want him to be another freddie gray.
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what does she mean by that? does she mean police did something to freddie gray and that was the outcome of that? we haven't had a lot of conversation about that but that was part of the verbal conversation she had with her son and has she said after the fact. >> got to take a break. we'll b
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welcome back. too close to call. drama at special elections race. leading by 150 votes more than 1,000 provisional ballots out and still being counted. if may wins mayor bowser wins more support on the council. todd won seat both todd and may are former bowser staffers. a test of her power and influence in city politics. she strongly supports both candidates. what does the close race to fill marion barry suggest to you? >> suggests the name barry is
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through in ward 8. unfortunate unfortunate, 7% that mayor got. also suggests the mayor has a lot of work to do in ward 8. she's not as popular as i think she would like to be. it also suggests that the way you get votes in ward 8 is you really have to have street cred. you've got to have credibility in that community, work that community. these are two pretty good candidates. i don't think they will lose out on this. >> how important are these seats to her on the council. >> they are very important. a new mayor. she would have two new councilmembers that would support her, you would think would support her legislation she's pushing forward. to joe's point, i think in ward 8 -- ward 4, that was her ward anyway, her seat. this was a person, finance
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director, smooth ride in. interesting, white, young guy, 29, 16-1. the mayor was there in the morning. on the afternoon on election night. again, remember she lost that ward to gray in the primary. so i think the issue here is that two things one, even if white loses this race, remember, there's going to be an election for the full term again. whoever loses this will be back in the mix. marion barry said even though i lost here i will be back for the election in 16 months. >> we're basically seeing a brand-new council. eight of the thirteen members have been there for less than three years. how is it going to impact city affairs, the budget that comes out of the council this spring for example. >> just like i see on the hill a lot of new members in the house and senate. even though they have party leadership, they want to do things their way. there's a new wave coming in. he wonder how cooperative they
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will be with old-timer's who had a certain way of doing business. there has been criticism, pensacola i to pay people that contribute to them seem to get favored, this is argued. some of the legislation they do these new younger people they don't have that record. they may want to go in a different direction. >> if i could make one point ballots in ward 8, the mayor has already come out and said, listen ruby may, we need your people there watching this camp. white said i don't know if we want to trust the government because the mayor's mafia is over there. what's interesting you have both sides now, let's make sure we watch this count and should we trust it. >> they don't have a choice. the reality is you can challenge it, both sides can sit and watch. >> should the mayor be worried about trusting council i guess is where i'm going. >> she has no choice. she has to trust the system.
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>> d.c.'s dna lab shut down and audited by a national organization that governs dna labs calls practices at d.c.'s lab insufficient and inadequate. the mayor calls for the audit after the u.s. attorneys office discovered several mistakes in testing procedures. the testing reportedly does not comply with fbi standards. that could call into question test results in hundreds of criminal cases. joe talk about the possible impact of this? >> if i were a defense attorney i'd be filing motions immediately. you know this is like breath liz lizers not working. isn't it amazing live in the capital, fbi down the street and we can't get a legitimately working laboratory that can pass an audit. >> it was audited a couple of
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years ago and problems were supposed to be fixed. >> first time you hear this story it's like, wow how can this happen? we know it can happen. it seems amazing this was happening. again, what's consistent to the point, you're going to have documents pulled lawyers asking to see things have things retested. i think it's going to be a problem, obviously the district doesn't want to have to deal with but they have to. >> dave. >> the head person chief undertaking in the city, this has been a long-running story in this area of the government. i've said it before, i'll say it again, there's something in middle management with the people who set the standards to ensure the standards that have been set down and must be capped out. something isn't true, some kind of work situation possibly from my reporting. i'm not accusing anybody but we talk about the subway something isn't working right. something isn't working right
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here and they haven't fixed it. >> metro silver line delayed 13 months or at least behind schedule 13 months meaning the line from ruston to dulles and loudoun county may not be ready for you until 2020. >> interesting to hear pat, it doesn't seem to be very controversial represents in that area. gerry connolly said not something we want. we hope ready in time for this 13 months i'd rather have safety. i think from that standpoint, i guess you can't say it's not a big deal. but if you don't have pushback from the folks who represent people in that area to say this is what we would like to see but can't happen this is sort of the normal procedures of things. so i think in some ways it's kind of maybe good for the area, if this is something from a safety point talking about metro. >> you don't have a lot of
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ridership at this point in time. there isn't a lot of people. >> speaking of money, house committee that funds subway has slashed $150 matching fund the government gets and supposed to be matched by jurisdictions. republicans say everybody has to take their cut but critics are saying you're slashing the subway in the worst possible way. you want to make it better. you're cutting funding. we'll see how this turns out. >> all right. we'll see how things turn out with second phase of the red line. that's reporters notebook. thanks for being with us. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues. >> hi everyone, welcome in to "news 4 today.." >> hope your sunday is going
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great so far. we want to neck in with news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. he's the man of the hour because he's going to tell us he loves the 80s. >> man of the hour. is there a cash prize for this? >> absolutely. whatever you want. >> $5. >> these a foot long sandwich in some places. >> outside today nothing to worry about from the weather department. mother nature plays slow pitch for the next few days. temperatures 70s yesterday, today warmer than that. off to delightfully cool start. a mild 57 downtown, 56 in annapolis 5.5 in st. mary's county, 48 in stafford fredericks iceberg 52 winchester. later this afternoon, full sunshine, patchy clouds after 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. just the slightest chance like a 5% chance of sprinkle or shower in west virginia. no chance for rain in and around the metro today. temperatures will climb up into the low and mid-80s.
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outside this morning sunshine, temperatures in the 60s. again, plan on 80 later today, seven-day forecast which is full of 80s coming up in a few minutes. >> chuck, thanks. developing in baltimore this morning, several people arrested for violating citywide curfew. cameras rolling as police arrested this man. take a look after 10:00 p.m. curfew went into effect protesters started throwing bottles. that's when police sprayed pepper spray. this man got hit and officers carried him away to a police wagon. for more than pa week people protested freddie gray. he was hurt in custody and later died. today governor hogan will attend church in baltimore. he's asking for a day of peace and prayer following last week's violence. shannon reports on how people are turning tragedy into hope. >> protests to street parks, a neighborhood that less than a week ago saw violence and
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looting. this weekend dancing replaced demonstrations. >> there's a lot of folks. in peace we can seek justice. >> earlier saturday hundreds poured to the streets of baltimore making it to city hall. >> justice doesn't have nothing to do with whether you're black, white asian or latino. >> victory rally, some say it's too early to celebrate. >> we started this movement for freddie gray asking for justice. guess what, we haven't gotten it yet but the ball is rolling. >> rolling after the city's prosecutor announ the six police officers involved in freddie gray's arrest 20 days ago. >> we have probable cause to file criminal charges. >> of the six officers the most serious second degree murder, also involuntary manslaughter three with false imprisonment and all accused of assault and
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misconduct. saturday's rally a peaceful demonstration. as curfew time passed, isolated scuffles with police. social media helped baltimore police catch up for one of the virus in the cvs fire, 22-year-old bailey was charged with wreck less endangerment. he cut the fire hose firefighters were using to put the fire out. the fire started after rioters looted the story in west baltimore and the hose lost pressure and firefighters had to pull back letting that building burn. of course this story has a lot of moving parts. we're following latest developments on all of our lat forms. download nbc washington app to find out when that citywide curfew will be lifted. >> last week's earthquake causing problems at an airport in nepal. only international airport. the airport runway is deteriorating. that's because of all the planes loaded with humanitarian aid.
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nepal police saying more than 7,000 people died another 14000 were hurt. united nations is now asking helicopters to fly medicine and supplies to more remote areas. they say they are increasingly worried about a possible spread of disease. >> two-year-old virginia boy is back home this morning. we first told you jameson pollard went missing yesterday. virginia state police thought he was in danger. we're still working to find out where that boy was found and why he was reported missing in the first place. >> starting tomorrow you're going to see speed cameras in d.c. take a look right here. the cameras, as you can tell are spread out around the city from pennsylvania county southeast to reservoir road northwest. if one of those catches you in the next month, you will get a warning instead of a ticket. that grace period ends after 30 days. two stations closed on metro today. if you do ride metro can't use huntington or eisenhower. you have to take the shuttle bus to get to them instead.
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photography this week's events in baltimore turned the nation's attention to the death of freddie gray. six baltimore police officers have been charged. >> joining us to talk about it moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. before we get to the mayor of baltimore who you spoke with on your show today we want to talk about speaker boehner. you also interviewed him about all this. what did he have onto say. >> the questions about baltimore, very interesting what he said about it. >> i think if you look at what's happened over the course of the last year, you have to scratch your head. when you hear about these charges that have been brought homicide, public servants should not violate the law. if these charges are true, it's
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outrageous and it's unacceptable unacceptable. >> he also thought it was a national crisis him saying it's a big deal democratic president saying it republican speaker saying it. look they are not going to agree on the prescription of what to do yet but identifying and agreeing on the problem was a start. >> this was like the kindergarten ling had been going for a long time here. baltimore seems to be the powder keg. you were there. what were your personal reflections about it. >> going there, you realize you know frankly being somebody who lives in washington, you go to baltimore and you've always thought about baltimore like parts of the city are fantastic. they have so many parts of the city that seemed to be cornered off less a renewal of the harbor things like that. going to the other baltimore was a reminder of it.
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they are behind every other major city on the east coast that has gone through this urban renewal in a way that's made -- i think lifted up all parts of the city. >> to echo what you're talking about stephanie blake the mayor on the forefront all week, a lot of the protesters not happy with how she's responding, even saying, hey, we haven't seen her until a crisis like this popped up. she hasn't come to these corners and pockets of the city that have been hurting for so long so there's a disconnect there. >> i think she's a symbol. i think, you know i'm not trying to defend her or criticizes her but i think people venting against her are venting against all the political leadership in baltimore the last 20 years. i think they feel it has let them down. she's been there, argue neither was mark o'malley. there's been this systemic,
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benign neglect. >> for mayor -- >> you know, to make -- how are you going to rebuild the area? how should baltimore residents judge her going forward. what does success look like for her in the next three years. what is a fair way to pinpoint what can get down and what can get fixed. >> a heavy show. >> it is. >> a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday here on nbc 4 right after "news 4 today." chuck will also be speaking with former maryland governor martin o'malley. >> big show. bandits using your private medical information ruining your name, credit and possibly putting your life at risk. >> news 4 iteam first alerted you to the crime wave in 2013. now why more people are being victimized sometimes by the people they know.
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>> overwhelmed to see washington police video showing what might appear to be his arrest. >> let's go. >> the guy in the back of that police car charged for urinating in public. the police name his birth date. court records has his signature. problem is, it's not ronnie. >> my entire life has been taken from me. >> this ronnie has not only used the real ronnie to create a criminal record but also leaves a trail of medical bills and misinformation. started after getting automatic credit report. >> pages upon pages and more pages of unpaid medical treatment. >> bills across the country, florida, tennessee, colorado and washington places he said he hasn't visited. totally thousands of dollars. >> radiology bills chest x-rays. very serious things. >> ronnie is a victim of a fast
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growing crime. last year more than 2 million people had their medical identityies stolen. >> medical identity theft is when someone uses someone else's identity to get medical services. >> a medical identity fraud line which released a new study showing cases jumped 20% in a year. >> most certainly a life or death situation. >> unlike traditional identity theft which mainly has a financial impact she says this crime can have severe consequences for your health possibly leading to confusion during a medical emergency. >> your medical identity is corrupted with the identity thief's information. their blood type, their allergies their diseases their health conditions that are not accurately reflecting your health. >> it can sometimes take years for victims to fix, costing them on average $13,000. >> if you're a victim of credit card fraud, you can call your
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financial institution, the bank will close your account reissue a new card. you cannot issue me a new birthday, new social security number. >> what might be the toughest pill to swallow half cases are committed by family members or friends according to the study. a quarter don't even realize they are victims until damage is done. >> his name is gary wayne vogel. >> ronnie vogel said he finally believes he found who is responsible for his troubles. he said that guy in his arrest video is his estranged brother gary he hasn't seen in years. he said he worked for a traveling carnival which might explain cross-country bills. years later the real ronnie is trying to clear his name. >> do you have any idea what you've done to me and my life. >> we've reached out to the man's attorney but did not
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respond back. check medical bills. victims entitled to their own records. ask for them. we've got more details on how you can protect information. go to nbc washington app an click on investigation. news 4 i-team. >> a 13-year-old girl is running again thanks to a company that helps getting moving again. the company held mobility clinic at george washington university. 13-year-old cancer survivor amanda merrill got to try out her new leg. designed for high-impact activities. she says now she can play sports like everyone else. the company holds the mobility clinic all around the country and provides sports prosthetics to amputees. very cool. this is becoming more and more of a thing, having these prosthetic legs and arms. >> technology amazing. >> yeah. iraq and afghanistan if you have any positives that come out of this, advancements in
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prosthetics in the last five or ten years have just been astounding. so many wounded veterans benefiting with that 13-year-old girl with cancer benefiting that. it's amazing to see everybody outside. good for her outside enjoying the sunshine. absolutely. get out there and enjoy it again today everyone. weather is going to be near perfect. in fact it might also be a little too warm. today will be our fourth 80 degree day of the year. we might have five or six more 80s in a row right in front of us, everybody, as the month of may has been essentially all but missed here in washington as is often the case, spring is almost impossible season to enjoy because it doesn't last very long. look at the big scary bug on the city cam. i don't know. let's push the button and make it go away. temperatures 43 in maryland 51 in smithberg 43 martinsburg, west virginia 40 in
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fredericksburg. it's a nice morning outside. a little morning coolness out there, perfect for runners and bikers and dog weakers. that won't last long. replaced by 70s for lunch time. up into the 80s we will go by later this afternoon. satellite picture through yesterday, nothing to really worry about. i think even today the only little chance for a rain shower today will be west of the blue ridge up into the mountains of west virginia. and even there rain chances are below 20%. this little impulse in the atmosphere across curlicue in the rainfall patterns. low pressure that will glide well to the north but trail a trough of low pressure down here. that will actually bring a small chance for some showers back into the forecast as we head into tuesday and wednesday afternoon. for today and tomorrow, though, sunshine and warm. here is future weather by 5:30 today. just a couple of fair weather cumulous clouds. that might bring out one lonesome showers in virginia. that will be about it. lows tonight will once again hold mostly in the 50s.
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for tomorrow another relatively cool tart but a warm afternoon. mid-80s coming our way. here is that seven-day forecast. 82 today 85 tomorrow. then there's that slight chance of afternoon showers coming in on tuesday and wednesday. not everyone is going to get the rain. that's too bad because the pollen count remains extreme and it's going nowhere any time soon. a nice good soaking rain to get the pollen out of here. >> that would be nice. all right. thanks, chuck. >> you're welcome. coming up you may have heard of the running of the bulls. how about the running of the chihuahua. >> i love this. where you take your
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in their race for stanley cup. >> they will be back. news 4's carol maloney reports. >> caps will try to forget game two's loss as quickly as game
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one's win using their short-term memory for everything. all these ridiculous goals, doomed them 30 seconds in. punches in the rebound, new york up 1-0. get to the final frame. caps trail 3-1. here he comes sandwiched, eggs in, oh my moment. 3-2 final. they tie the season. >> rangers deserve to win the hockey game. i believe we didn't play our best game for 60 minutes. you can't get away with that. >> caps can't get away from here fast enough from new york, carol mallon mallony news 4 sports. >> wizards take on hawks, tips onoff at 1:00 p.m. wizards won't
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play at home until game three which is next saturday. >> all right. today you can go to a free cinco de mayo festival on the national mall. this is video from last year's festival. take a look. the family friendly event lasts noon to 7:00. music, food a mexican mark. the theater at the washington monument. >> if that's not support support dog rescues in our area and catch a unique event at the running of the dhichihuahua. >> cinco de mayo food, drink. take metro to southwest waterfront, 6th or 7th street southwest. even sign your dog up for a race. only costs $30. doesn't have to be one, can be any dog. the first prize is $150. >> you could walk away with some green. it could be gorgeous day for it. as you mentioned, you can bring
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any dog, we have dachshund pomeranian. so far no one really has the edge. it's like organized chaos. >> got a fast dog, take them down there. >> if you have a margaretita makes it more fun. >> stale ahead on "news 4 today." >> hour by hour look at forecast. chuck is back with that. he's talking 80s. stay with us.
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good sunday morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm adam. >> i'm angie goff. >> something like that. >> today is sunday may 3rd. police are looking for someone they believe shot someone on kenilworth near 48th street. take a look. you can see officers searching for clues here. police say they are looking for a gold sedan right now. we're told three victims are all stable condition. >> >> new this morning a man died in a crash. police say anthony armstrong was driving northbound when a woman turning hit his car. armstrong died a passenger in the woman's car was hurt in that
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crash. >> if you've got 80s gear, break it out. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell says you'll match the forecast. >> break out that old song "we're having a heat wave." temperatures are going to be 10 degrees warmer than average today. this is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. outside early morning coolness lingers out there. temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now. the sun is already up and therefore the warm-up has already begun. we're 58 downtown still mid-40s in northern montgomery county, mid to upper 40s from manassas to the western parts of fairfax county. 45 now at dulles airport. we'll have a quick jump in temperatures today. we'll be in the 70s by lunchtime. hometown forecast in winchester, virginia, conclusion of apple blossom festival. temperatures upper 70s to 80 degrees even in the high spots north and west of town. near perfect weather today. we all know it can't last forever. we'll talk about when it may come to an end. now to a developing story
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out of baltimore. today could be the hass day of that citywide curfew. last night arrested several people for violating the 10:00 p.m. curfew. this man got hit with membershiper spray after protesters threw bottles at police. they carried him to a wagon to wash out his eyes. people protested the death of freddie gray. gray was hurt in police custody and later died. today maryland governor hogan is asking for a day of peace and prayer. news 4's derrick ward has more on how baltimore plans to move forward after a violent week. >> the mood of this rally was decidedly less tense than the one a week ago. a lot happened in the days between, including charges against police officers allegedly involved in the arrest and subsequent death of freddie gray. among speakers an unarmed man killed by transit police in
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oakland california, in 2009. that officer was convicted and jailed. >> cannot be the only one. baltimore we're going to make it happen here. that's what this is about. >> about personal experience with law enforcement and general mood in the city which they think can lead to incidents like the one involving gray. >> north carolina in the 70s, i didn't want to be lynched or cass traited. >> more in baltimore than in southern carolina. >> the togetherness in the crowd though police presence highly visible. they too, seemed a bit relax even amid objections to their presence. >> we don't need anymore army men in our streets. we don't need anymore ak-47s in our streets. >> the city is still under a curfew. one young speaker told the crowd policing should come within the community itself and without arms or uniforms.
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>> we have to learn how to teach our children to love themselves to do positive things and be positive people. >> the rally marchers are front and center still questions about freddie gray's death and what should happen even after those answers come. >> getting people out to vote. pushing for legislation that will make long ferm change. >> in baltimore derrick ward news 4. >> we continue to follow for a time line of the freddie gray incident head over to nbcwashington.com. right now in new york city police officer in stable condition. someone shot him in the head last night. take a look. nypd officers swarmed the the neighborhood arresting a spektd. according to police, two officers were about to stop and question the man when they shot into his car. this is the fifth shooting of a police officer this year. howard county, 18-year-old
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driver was not wearing a seat belt when he crashed his car, killed on old frederick road. police say he veered off the road and flipped over. he was a senior at howard high school. last night students held a vigil for him. >> scary situation here. police looking for a man they say sexually assaulted a woman in the district. it happened early saturday morning. d.c. police say a woman was walking on massachusetts avenue northwest near macon street. she said a man attacked and tried to rape her. if you know anything call police. clearing rubble at the hotel, we told you a parking garage collapsed several days ago. they will be helping construction crews, making sure nothing else collapses before they can begin a detailed search. well, after all that hype, the big fight is over. floyd may weather defeated manny
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pacquiao in the highly anticipated match last night. he won by unanimous decision rather than a knockout. the match took years to schedule with such a big deal it cost $100 on pay-per-view. get this, mayweather $150 million for winning. even though he lost, pacquiao will get $120 million. hoping for a big knockout. >> didn't happen. >> a lot of other people too. >> that's right. >> time 7:06. here are the stories we're looking forward to in the week ahead. tomorrow daniel rosen in court director for counter-terrorism for state department. last month we charged him with soliciting sex from a child. >> jesse matthew accused of killing hannah graham in court tuesday. he's facing a hearing where they will determine a date for his trial. >> the wait is just about over. dunkin' donuts set to open in herndon, virginia.
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known for made to order pastries. favorite, maple bacon. the first of three stories. get the tasty streets on herndon parkway about 10 minutes from the house. >> duck out back. not like duck doughnut of this they can make that work, too. anything is good with maple. >> if you put syrup on anything it doesn't hurt. coming up longer to take a metro train to dulles. pope francis set to declare a new saint when he visits
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pope francis will declare a new saint when he comes to d.c. in december. the pontiff will make junipero
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serra during outdoor mass basilica. that will happen september 23rd. serra built a mission but interactions with native americans that has tribal leaders protesting his saint head. >> you're going to have to wait a little longer, a lot longer, talked for travelers to were frustrated to learn the project was delayed by a year. elizabeth in town from uk. she was not alone. she had plenty of bags with her. >> my husband, managing, got to of us doing it. >> if you want to take public transit from dulles now, you have to get on a bus at the airport which costs $5 then take that to the silver line, then get on metro. this man in from paris going through that. >> it would be nice to get off the plane, get on the train and not have to worry about the bus.
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>> it would, yes. >> even if work continues on next phase of the silver line realistic 2020. he wants metro closer to town. >> i was looking forward to herndon stop since i lived in herndon. >> environmental issues contributed to the delay. project leaders say they have to get it right. >> they have to realize we're building this project for a minimum 100 year design life. >> setback comes at a difficult time for dulles trying to gain as many domestic passengers as possible while reagan national's growth has exploded. the airport authority says tolls on dulles toll road will not increase because of this delay at least for now. >> well, ladies, do you know how much you are worth at work in good question, right? now you can know your value. women in the washington area who will take part in a special financial program when msnbc
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mika brzezinski. take a look outside, sunny and warm. storm team 4 meteorologist lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you don't so you could get kids channels sports... or entertainment mix and match, or get them all. now fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv starting at $74.99 -- including internet and phone. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice.
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yes, in case you're living under a rock there's a royal princess. duke and duchess parents to baby girl. the duchess of cambridge gave birth yesterday, kate middleton. the happy parents took their
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bundle of joy home a few hours after her birth. she's fifth in line behind her brother george father and grandfather. we're still waiting to learn the little roils royal's name. there's lots of bets on that. the city will light up in pink again tonight. tomorrow westminster abbey will ring the bells in honor of her royal heines. >> many of you living in the district fighting affordable housing. talked to city leaders at annual tenant town hall. this year's focus closing loopholes in present control laws. tenant rights group said d.c. lost more than half low cost rental runts over the past decade. >> worcester of the things, owner taking a hardship position. we're not making enough money so we're going to increase your rent. in some cases, they increased it
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100%. >> new laws that will allow tenants to appeal if it sky rockets. >> d.c.'s know your value event coming up. >> designed to help women in professional settings and includes a competition for three women who can win $10,000. as nbc's mika brzezinski tells us it wasn't easy to narrow the field to three. >> know your value launch has an incredible turnout in philadelphia. >> if you don't put yourself out there, you never know what will happen. we will see you in washington. >> but first the hard part. how to pick three finalists for grow your value bonus competition out of an incredible group of video submissions. >> hi, mika. >> i'm latino therapist. >> i went back to school when i was 47 years old. >> i know my value. >> stand up for what i believe and pick myself up. >> my knocks in life. >> could only pick three in d.c., gabrielle police chief
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from the bronx. >> my dream is to build online university, people who don't have needs. >> from virginia. >> we designed a bra solution for breast cancer survivors after mastectomy and breast reconstruction like that. >> i'm a veteran of united states marine corps. i'm a wife. i'm a mom. i'm a proud owner of fitness. >> we're going to make you one of the final three. you want to do it? [ laughter ] >> all of them will receive coaching now from performance experts in orlando, florida, and they will be styled out for their big pitch by michelle smith. the rest will be up to them to make that pitch for a $10,000 bonus live on stage. mika brzezinski for news 4.
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>> pretty cool. mika hosts know your value, which is a week from this friday. we'll also be streaming live nbcwashington.com. $10,000 that can go a long way. >> those are a lot of cool ideas people are putting together. >> yes. >> good to see them highlighted. >> very inspiring. >> i would agree. also inspiring -- >> outside there's so many outdoor events going on. if you don't have plans, you've got to make some, okay? >> my colleague going to be doing girls fun run 5k this morning coming up at 10:00. girls third, fourth, fifth grade. >> girls on the run. >> a good day for that. you know, we're already starting to look and feel like summertime. i wanted to give you guys a little throw-back to something a little cooler. think cool thoughts and take a look at this picture sent to me yesterday. >> that's gross. >> winter leftovers. my great-aunt and uncle in nashville, new hampshire, 120 inches of snow over the winter
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looks like. >> time to stick around, might be a couple thousand bucks under there. >> no kidding. still melting down. well, that's cheating all the way to new hampshire. how about this one i got yesterday. this is in deep creek lake, maryland. still snow on the ground in western maryland. this stuff is got going to last longer. that might be there until memorial day. for us around town sunshine is out this morning. already 58 degrees in reagan national. winds will be light west southwest at 5 miles an hour. till cool 40s across parts of northern maryland. way out in western maryland, deep creek way out in tarrant county. temperatures there in the 40s this morning. so the meltdown continues even in the overnight hours. all that sunshine means it's going to be a really warm afternoon. we should be mid-70s by lunch time. highs today up into the low and mid-80s. full sunshine start to finish. no weather concerns today. the only small chance for a shower today would be way out
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into the mountains of west virginia of that's going to be about the only rain chances. our rain chances will start to increase just a little bit as we head to the middle pafrts of the week. it will cross the great lakes tomorrow. as it goes well to the north tuesday and wednesday, might bring us a little enhanced chance of a shower or 2014 that's not going to happen around washington area. bubbling up of clouds on the blue ridge. back in the cool 40s and 50s by early tomorrow morning. another warm day tomorrow after a comfortable cool start first thing. here tomorrow afternoon, our future weather is trying to crank out the slightest chance tomorrow in the mountains. really our better rain chances do wait until we get into tuesday and wednesday. this i think is completely overpainted but it does show the indication of rain chances coming into the area tuesday afternoon and wednesday. not everyone is going to get wet though. here is your seven-day forecast. 82 today. 85 tomorrow. 86 on tuesday. that's probably the warmest day
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of the week that has rain chances tuesday and wednesday afternoon. even after that little disturbance goes by temperatures stay 10 degrees warmer than average to finish out the week and go on into mother's day weekend. >> still ahead, you will see some major changes at the folk life festival on the national mall. we're going to show you what you can expect. >> you're watching "news 4 today," 7:21.
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7:24 welcome back today. hundreds of colonial soldiers camped out 15 miles south of washington in mt. vernon. 450 people acting out battles of revolutionary war. if you want to go, today is the encampment's last day. joined by general joernlg washington himself. re-enactment started at 8:00 and ended 5:00 tonight. >> a summertime tradition at the national mall less than a month away. the festival is going to be a little different. >> the festival is moving from the area between 7th and 14th street to occupy a smaller area between 3rd and 4th street on the mall. that's not the only change. news 4's mark segraves has a preview of what to expect from decades old celebration of culture. >> one of the biggest changes this year for festival, there won't be enormous tents on the mall you're used to saying.
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>> make changes because of new regulations. >> those new regulations imposed by national park service out of concern wear and tear festivals have on the mall grounds. some big events already 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 integral to the festival. it's our home. >> the folks festival will be on the mall but not like you're used to seeing it. >> usually people will come out, large performances, theater music, dance. that will happen other places on the site. large tents usually take place in center panel will no longer be there. >> because the tent won't be part of the festival, the concerts will be held at night when it's not so hot. >> wonderful music, people bring lawn chairs, blankets. >> another change, most of the exhibits on the side area of the
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mall under the trees. instead of featuring multiple cultures in countries this year's festival, one, peru. there will be something extra. this year they are partnering with national museum of american indians exhibits, marketplace where visitors interact with hundreds of craftsmen and buy their chris wragges. >> i don't feel like we're downsizing in any way. we've got this beautiful museum we have to engage as well. it will be very much the folk life festival people know. >> the folk life begins june 24th and runs through fourth of july weekend. we've got everything you need to know nbc washington. on the national mall mark segraves, news 4. >> definitely cool. if you've never been. >> four minutes away from the half hour. >> we're following overnight developments in baltimore. police arrested several people hours after a victory rally. >> commuter alert. team metro stations are closed today. >> and taking a look outside,
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the sun is shining. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will let us know how warm it's going to get
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also in prince george's three people recovering from a shooting. they are all in stable condition. swo shot them kenilworth 48th street early this morning. >> right now workers clearing rubble at the watergate hotel. a parking garage collapsed there a few days ago and it's still not clear whether anyone was hurt. >> a lot of stories we're following welcome back to "news 4 today." >> straight to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who has your glorious forecast. >> one week to mother's day and already starting to feel a little like summertime. maybe treat mom to lunch just to get a practice round for mother's day next week. direct sunshine the view from our tower looking back down past national cathedral nearby neighbor in northwest d.c. beautiful morning, early morning walkers and joggers and everybody is going to have a good go of it first thing this morning. washington monument, jefferson memorial right over here. beautiful morning over downtown. temperature now in washington is
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almost 60 degrees. some 40s on the map, cooler suburbs like manassas and bristow and warranted in the 40s this morning. rockville and gaithersburg and damascus also in the 40s. out the door for later on this morning, plenty of sunshine a very quick warm-up. average temperatures this morning will be in the mid-60s. we'll average out 80 degrees later on this afternoon looking and feeling like summertime out there. this warm weather is going to be continuing the next couple of days. metro highs today near 80 degrees in gaithersburg, 80 in alexandria, 82 downtown 80 clinton, maryland. later this evening, nice and warm, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, delightful outdoor picnic weather this evening or favorite sidewalk cafe. i'm sure they would appreciate the business. how long it will last and which days of the week have the best rain chance coming up. >> developing in baltimore this morning several people arrested for violating citywide curfew. our cameras were rolling as police arrested this man last night.
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after the 10:00 p.m. curfew went into effect protesters started throwing bottles at the police. that's when offices sprayed the crowd with pepper spray and this man got hit. they carried him to a police wagon. for more than a week people protested the death of freddie gray. he was hurt in police custody and later died. today mayor larry hogan will attend church in baltimore and asking for a day of peace and prayer following the day's violence. how people are turning the tragedy into hope. >> reporter: protests to streets in a neighborhood that saw violence, looting. this week, demonstrations. >> i think there's a lot of hope that in peace we can seek justice. >> earlier saturday hundreds poured through the streets of baltimore making their way to city hall. >> justice about the principle
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of bad dealing, doesn't have nothing to do whether you're black, white, latino. >> although billed a victory rally some say it's too early to celebrate. >> we started this movement for freddie gray asking for justice. guess what we haven't gotten it yet but the ball is rolling. >> rolling now after the city's prosecutor announced charges for the six police officers involved in freddie gray's arrest 20 days ago. >> we have probable cause to file criminal charges. >> of the six officers the van drivers faces the most serious, second degree murder, others charged with involuntary manslaughter three false imprisonment and all accused of assault and misconduct. saturday's rally a peaceful demonstration. as curfew passed isolated scuffles with police. nbc news. social media helped baltimore police catch one of the alleged riders involves in the cvs fire. 22-year-old bailey obstructing operations and wreck less
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endangerment. firefighters were using to put the fire out. the fire started after rioters looted the story in west baltimore and the hose lost pressure and firefighters had to pull back letting that building burn. of course this story has a lot of moving parts. we're following latest for a complete time line head to nbcwashington.com. last week's airport causing problems at an airport in nepal. the country leader banned big jets at the only airport. they said the airport runway deteriorating from all the planes loaded with humanitarian aid. nepal police said 7,000 people died, another 14,000 hurt. united nations is asking helicopter to fly medicine and supplies to more remote areas now. they say increasingly worried about a possible spread of disease. >> two-year-old virginia boy back home this morning. we first told you jamison pollard went missing yesterday.
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virginia state police thought he was in danger. we're still working to find out where that boy was found and why he was reported missing in the first place. a chicago man accused of setting fire to air traffic control facility is seeking federal charges. prosecutors say ryan howard cut cables and set a facility on fire in september. thatters forred chicago o'hare and midway airport to shut down. you might remember that caused thousands of flight cancellations because it also affected flights in our area. howard faces 30 years in prison if convicted. >> today the owners of good stuff eatery in georgetown are cleaning up from a fire that broke out on m street yesterday attachment a look, windows boarded up there. the fire started in the kitchen but also damaged other parts of the building. owners plan to reopen in a few days. >> if you ride the yellow line, you cannot use huntington or eisenhower station. you'll have to take metro
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shuttle bus instead. red, orange, green lines also delayed and trains running once every 15 minutes on those lines. starting tomorrow drivers take note. you are going to see some new cameras in d.c. we map them out here. pretty widespread. pennsylvania avenue southeast. you've got a total of five new ones. now, if one does catch you in the next month, you will get a warning instead of a ticket. that grace period ends after 30 days. coming up this tuesday for the first time ever, 15 years old will be able to vote in hyattsville. teenagers can vote in this week's municipal elections. city council voted to lower the voting age back in january. thursday we are going to find out more about the plan to equip d.c. police with body cameras. d.c. council wants you to state you what think about the program. if you are interested you should head to the wilson building at 2:00 p.m. thursday. on friday the man who landed his gyrocopter on the capital
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lawn could be back in d.c. a preliminary hearing is scheduled in the case against douglas hughes. the 61-year-old from florida is charged with violating national airspace for april 19th stunt. the time right now looking at 7:37. how one family is honoring their loved one who died while treating ebola patients in sierra leone. >> the governor signs a religious freedom bill. what this means for people in oklahoma.
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a new religious freedom law in october protects right of clergy to refuse services. this bill says members of the clergy cannot be forced to perform marriages that violate their religious belief. the bill is important measure to protect constitutional and
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religious rights of oklahoma. the law hasn't caused any kind of backlash yet. the family of a doctor who died of ebola is starting a foundation to honor him. dr. kahn's family lives in prince george's county. they have a ceremony to remember him in new carrollton last night. he was a leading doctor fighting ebola in sierra leone. >> he was brave enough to help the people who are afraid to even touch the patients. >> dr. kahn's family said they hope the organization can help other health professionals who caught the disease and died. looking at 7:40, a consumer alert, one way to settle a debt to the irs could be too good to be true. >> take a look out your window. the sun is shining now but we could see rain in the
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we've got "today" show next on nbc 4. it starts at 8:00. >> let's get a preview erica hill and thomas roberts joining us live from new york. good morning, guys. >> good morning. just ahead on sunday morning "today," a lot of folks on the east coast bleary eyed after staying up late for the fight with floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao, a lot of celebrities on hand, a lot of people
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watching it at home. a lot of people got shut out. a lot of people, if they get their money's worth. >> a lot of cash on the line. still ahead new british princess spending her first full day at home. when are we going to find out when she is being named. erica is going to make me ask the question, are they going to have another baby. apparently parents don't like to be asked that question. >> we're also kicking off a new series as we're talking about mom, celebrating our mothers in a lead up to mother's day. chanel kicking things off she put her mom on stage in broadway. >> can you believe that? the great outdoors coming inside. get up close and personal. go bowling and try your hand at fly-fishing all simply under a roof. we'll show you what happens when we get started here sunday
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morning on "today." >> i think i've seen too many youtube flight mishaps. there's a thing a?!gb safe flight machine. >> i'll just say this about the royal family. between the two of us up here there are four children. two is the game changer and they are going to find that out very quickly. >> the point i was making, this kid is barely 24 hours old. don't you love it get mattered, when are you having kids. you have one baby, when are you going to have the next. it's not that easy. >> she's barely out of the hospital. >> she had the baby, outside showing off the baby. >> i know. doesn't she look great. >> she does. >> thanks, guys. well, tax day is behind us but that doesn't mean everyone has paid their tax debt to the irs. >> consumer reporter erika gonzalez has a warning about herring companies that ties debt relief services. >> they said they could help me. >> darrell ray eckert of charles
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county, maryland has serious tax debt to the point irs threatened to take his house. he owes more than $9,000 to the state and more than $27,000 to federal government, a total of more than $36,000 in back taxes. >> when i started getting more depressed because of the taxes i owed, i looked at a telephone book. >> he saw the company wall & company incorporated tieses it solves tax problems. that's when he picked up the phone. >> they said they would help me with taxes, would send somebody out to talk to me. >> when they visited him he signed a contract. >> an initial fee up front. >> $3000 up front plus an additional $400 each monday to wall and associates. he did so for more than a year. $8,000 later eckert said he questioned what the company accomplished for him.
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>> i contacted them many times and they said they were working on the case and i need to send them more money to keep working on the case. >> we contacted wall and associates. the company said it performed a lot of work on the case which include preparing an offer to the irs and maintain regular contact with eckert. the company says it does not make any guarantees on the outcome of a person's case, which is stated in eckert's contract. >> did any of the $8000 go towards your tax burden. >> no, ma'am. >> wall and associates confirmed eckert still owed his full debt after payment to the company. but the company says the irs will close a review of an offer and compromise if it doesn't receive information it requests. wall and associates says this is what happened in eckert's case. the company said he didn't provide information they needed in a timely manner. he says he sent same documents multiple times after the company continued to ask for the same
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information. eckert said throughout his case he spoke with at least nine different people. wall went on to say average settlement of a client is 10% what's owed irs. when it comes to tax settlements warns if a company requires a fee in advance walk away. as for ebbckert, he's now an payment plan to irs. >> the $8,000 i paid the company i could have paid the irs in government debt. basically right now $8,000 lost. >> can't afford to pay your taxes? first thing you do is contact irs for free help. it's got different programs and payment plans. if you decide to hire help make sure the company has enrolled agents and then check with the irs to make sure the agent is in good standing. check our consumer watch facebook page for more information on this story. got to be careful.
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chuck, it's almost 60 degrees already? >> we have missed the month of may entirely. three days. >> a lot longer. >> you would think. we turned the corner of what was a cool patent for the last 10 days or so the month of april and lingered into may 1st on friday is gone. now high pressure is moving in. our old friend bermuda high the early summer equivalent is in charge of our weather networks several days, outdoor enjoyment at fullest, people and pets alike. take a check of this good looking puppy dog enjoying sunshine. when you grow up with bell, these names are tricky. very nice. how about this? wait, bang, your dead. [ laughter ] >> he's just scratching his back. >> just scratching his back. my dog, roll over right there in the sunshine and enjoy.
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good looking day outside. lay out and play dead for the rest of the day but don't forget spf, 30 or higher spf today or you'll be crispy before the day is through. 58 degrees now in washington. no 60s just yet but it won't be long. another hour we'll be probably in the 60s in washington. 55 in rockville 52 gaithersburg and college park right now. a cooler 45 out of dulles and manassas right now, 50 in huntington and warrentown. take a bike out, don't forget spf and don't forget your helmet. temperatures today will be in the upper 70s and low 80s, perfect for all the bike trails today. mt. vernon bike trail. good running biking, jogging weather. weather slowdowns, green lights for today and tomorrow. as we get into the day tuesday and wednesday as well. at least a chance for afternoon showers. wash out some of the pollen in the air. future weather handles it pretty well for today. sunshine around town. there could be like a 5% chance
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of stray rain shower. northernmost maryland, western blue ridge, shenandoah valley. these are five-minute long rain showers at the most. they are not going to bother anybody at all. you will not need to cancel any plans because of that threat. temperatures by tomorrow morning back down into the 50s once again. tomorrow pretty much a repeat performance of today although maybe a degree or two warmer. 50s in the morning, near 80 by lunchtime. 85 or 86 our high temperature in washington tomorrow. future weather once again handles it pretty well. a little chance of shower or two west of the blue ridge tomorrow afternoon. we'll be dry in the metro area. as we get into tuesday, this is when things get a little better for rain chances. area wide rain chances computer model tends to overpaint these 30% chances. nonetheless, pretty good opportunity for showers around,
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a little along and west of i-95. dry with the exception of tuesday and wednesday. forecast 82 today nothing to complain, sunshine light breeze out of the west, only 5 to 10 miles per hour. if you're going to be doing any kite flying have to run it yourself a little bit. up in the air a bit. then the rest of the week, there you go. a little rain chance tuesday or wednesday. otherwise warm weather sticks around. average high of 73. every day on there, 7 degrees or more warmer than average. good-bye may and hello june. >> can i ask a question? >> sure. >> there was some debate about pollen vortex. what happens to the pollen now? is it done? >> no. >> stick around a lot longer? >> we have pollen problems all the way through. oak and mulberry and sycamore now. as soon as it's done grass pollen gets cranked up all the way through august. >> okay. >> then we have humidity which makes it just great. all right. thanks. you might be planning that summer getaway but there is something for you to think about when you book your next
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♪ building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. you're watching "news 4 today." >> shocker. weren't happy about airlines taking away your legroom. 82% of flyers told trip advisers they are opposed to narrower seats in economy class. more than half of you say you would pay for better seat assignments. that could mean big money for airlines as 92% of you plan to
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take a flight this summer. >> miley cyrus back in the wild not the singer, the name of a loggerhead turtle. rescuers said miley had intestinal problem. her rear end was guyyrating. >> turtle twerking. >> completely healthy. go ahead, miley, doing your thing. get it. the power of performance, impacting performances teens banding together to lift spirits at hospitals, homeless shelters nursing homes and many other places. the group is called teen angel project, taps. they share theatrics and music for free. can you check out talent at wings gala happening next saturday. they will be honoring
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89-year-old who is an opera singer who performed for everyone from the pope to performing at kennedy center in new york. i'll be mcing and legendary pat cleanse will be doing the live auction. you can find more information about the mission, even tickets at teen angel project.org. maybe auction that. >> awesome. no snow stick, just sun stick. that's it for "news 4 t
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good morning. fight of the century? maybe. a celebrity packed crowd on hand to watch floyd, money, may weather beat manny pacquiao in a unanimous decision. a bout that left many people wanting more. some pay-per-view customers, though, shut out. while mike tyson calls it underwhelming. and it turns out tyson's not alone. >> i thought it was a little boring actually. >> we're live this morning from las vegas. the unnamed princess. the newest member of the royal family spending her first full day at home with mom, dad and big brother george. kate's mom and sister pippa among the first visitors. the big question this morning, just what will they name their

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