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ho was arrested for hitting him. tracee willkins is live with reaction. tracee? >> reporter: well, the states attorney says that the school is a safe place, even for troubled kids and where they're supposed to go and be educated. the chief says that this kind of behavior is not tolerated in the department and seeing the video it made him sick. >> if you take a belt off, took the vest off. and i got sick. >> reporter: the punch from the high school resource officer so hard it knocked the student out. the then 17-year-old agreed to speak with us if his face was not shown. >> i felt bad. i just felt like who here to protect us? >> the young man in our mind was a child who deserves to be protected. >> reporter: a judge ruled the officer arrested misconduct of office and reckless endangerment.
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>> what happened on this day is something that can't be tolerated on the police department and won't be. >> reporter: the officer claimed the student was out of control but the chief of police states attorney and judge felt differently. >> the judge in this case relied heavily and frame by frame and in the minute i looked at it ten different times. >> he lost his temper apparently but it's unacceptable. won't be tolerated on this friday. >> reporter: the chief said it's most unfortunate and the officer had an outstanding reputation before this happened. >> you can't make one mistake on this police department. one mistake causes people's lives. and this most likely is going to cost him severely. >> reporter: now, the chief said that he got five to six pages from students saying they want him back at their school after he was suspended. this is a man beloved by most of the students there in the school but the chief says that this lapse in judgment made all of the difference in his career and what's going to happen with him
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in terms of the prince georges police department we have to wait and see. he is looking at the possibility of present time going to be sentenced this summer. news 4 at 6:00 we have seen the chief stand beside the state's attorneys. why they do that and why they hope that will keep from what happened in baltimore happening here. reporting live i'm tracee wilkins, back to you. >> thank you. a mother wants answers tonight after an attack on her daughter by classmates. just a block away from school. she is especially frustrated because she says she warned school leaders. north virginia bureau chief is live at lake ridge middle school with the latest. julie? >> reporter: well the attack happened last wednesday after school as a seventh grader walked home along that sidewalk with a couple of her friends. her mother says she was attacked by the very girls she and her daughter had been warning school officials about asking that they do something about their threats.
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the 13-year-old victim only a block from lake ridge middle school when a girl who had been shouting taunts reportedly confronted her and punched her. the victim's mom says when her daughter grabbed the girl back two other girls jumped on top of her. a victim's friend called 911 and the attacker fled. her daughter's being treated for a neck injury. sarah is keeping her daughter home from school. she says she can't get answers from school officials about whether the girls who attacked her daughter are still in class. >> i've been brushed off. i want to make sure that this is taken care. i want to make sure at this point that i am sure of the consequences of the other students so i can send my daughter back and feel good about it. >> reporter: prince william county school officials phoned me back saying they can't comment on actions against individual students but they assure me that complaints about bullying are taken seriously by school administrators. coming up at 6:00 i'll show you
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the documentation this mom provided to me that revealed she was come paining about this weeks before the attack took place. and i'll tell you what i learned about whether the alecleged attackers are still in class across the street. news 4. d.c. police looking for a man who tried to sexually assault a man near a local university. the man attacked her she says in northwest d.c. just after midnight on saturday in an area close to american university. that area is also surrounded by trees and police don't have a good description of that suspect. conflicting reports tonight about a possible shooting up in baltimore. earlier information indicated someone was shot but as pat shows us from the newsroom police now say that is not the case. pat? >> confirmed that no one was shot and no one was injured. here's what happened. earlier this afternoon, the baltimore police department said security cameras saw an
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african-american male walking with a handgun. officers approached him, he ran and dropped the gun. the gun misfired accidentally. no one was hit. but medics checked this man out as a precaution. in other developments today, president obama talked today about the situation in baltimore. he said a lack of opportunity in inner cities has contributed to the protests. >> those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. and they compound over time. becoming harder and harder to bridge. making too many young men and women feel like no hard they try they will never achieve their dream dreams. >> the president said it's important young people have role models. live in the newsroom back to you, jim. >> thank you. now a look at the maryland state resources called upon to help baltimore in the days after the violent protests. more than 3,000 national guard
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members helped monitor the city. nearly 600 state troopers deployed and at least 3,000 volunteers have helped clean up from the looting and fires. one of the busiest commuting corridors in arlington is back open this afternoon after hours of major headaches. a tree snapped a power pole early this morning along columbia pike dropping live wires across that road. police had to shut down the pike from dimwiddie to south frederick streets near 4 mile run. saving streets before you even notice a problem. tonight, we're taking you for a ride on maryland's high-tech vehicle that can sniff out trouble on our roads. transportation reporter adam tuss has our story. >> this is the lasers on the back. two cameras. >> reporter: lasers monitors and some equipment they don't even want us to tell you about. >> we have a pavement camera to take pictures of the roadways. >> reporter: this is maryland state highway's a-rand vehicle standing for automated road
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analyzer. it spots defects almost instantly so roads get fixed quick. you won't find rock stars getting out of the vehicle but maybe a transportation reporter. hey, it costs over a million bucks and it's helping keeping the roads you drive on safe and smooth. every year george foster and his partner terry weller drive across the state about 12,000 miles. >> i don't know my son's birthday but i know every road in maryland. >> reporter: he's not joking around. >> what's the roughest road? is there like one road in the state that's really rough that stands out? >> montgomery in pg county. >> reporter: maryland is one of only a handful of states to own their own vehicle like this and they have two. not only can tell which roads need to be resurfaces but cameras to see if a sign needs to be replaced or if the grass has to be cut. >> this is the same camera for the nfl and their i guess the football games. >> reporter: bottom line we
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should be happy that the vehicle is rolling but crews say they can't come to our area yet. the reason why at 6:00. along the roads in maryland adam tuss news 4. all righty. we are having a heat wave folks. and it's still just may, doug. >> still just may but starting off may on the right path with the weather. a beautiful afternoon. temperatures right now in the mid-80s. take a look at the numbers. plenty of sunshine. look at the numbers. towards new york city 83. 83 in boston. the warmest temperature in over 7 months there. now, this warmer weather, this time of year tends to bring on thunderstorms and looking at those warm conditions continuing. the storm chances will be in here both tomorrow and wednesday. we'll break down the timing of those thunderstorms coming up and let you know how strong they are and that pattern continues. i'll show you for just how long. for now, i'll sit outside for a while. >> all right. thank you, doug.
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come on back in. some people returning to work at the watergate office complex are leary after a parking garage collapse. building inspectors and engineers trying to figure out why the floors collapsed. a preliminary search did not find any bodies. now crews are shoring up the building so they can do a more extensive dig. residents of watergate west spent the weekend without hot water and ac. we have learned the name of the person found shot to death in a d.c. neighborhood. officers found michael anthony marshall jr. on ridge road around c street about midnight. detectives searched for clues. he is from fredericksburg and not clear the connection to that neighborhood. police are still looking for the person who shot him. the first jury couldn't reach a verdict today. a new one will hear evidence in the attempted murder case involving a d.c. police officer. sampson lawrence's second trial under way in prince georges
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county the officer accused of assaulting and allegedly trying to kill his wife in their home. lawrence is charged with attempted first and second-degree murder in the 2013 incident. prosecutors tell us he beat his wife in the head with a lamppost and sprayed lysol in her face. his defense attorney says poor evidence and a lack of dna is why the first jury failed to reach a verdict. the first african-american to be superintendent of montgomery county public schools passed away. dr. paul vance. vance was eight years at the helm of maryland's largest school district. in the first year there, the schools were facing $25 million in cuts. the school board says that vance led that system through a tremendous period of change. he's remembered for the high expectations that he set for all students. dr. paul vance was 83 years old. new cameras are watching the
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streets of d.c. for speeders. where to be on the lookout and how they're different. a weigh-in on a controversial debate of the abortion clinics. freddie gray's family sitting down for a first interview. >> what does it say to you that in a fairly short amount of time the charges were filed?0bóñóñçoñl@ú
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rebuilding baltimore, that is a continuous theme we're hearing from city leaders and clergy there. nbc's lester holt sat down with freddie gray's parents, twin sister and attorney and said it's a long road ahead for the city and their grieving family. >> what does it say to you that in fairly short amount of time the charges were filed? does it change anything in terms of relations with law enforcement and the community? >> it just gave me a little more confidence in the state's attorney's office and people in that area. but as far as the law enforcement itself i just feel still the same way that i felt when i first found out what had
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happened. >> you can see lester's full interview tonight on nbc news at 6:00. convicted boston marathon bomber cried in court today, the first time he's shown emotion since the trial began. tsarnaev head tearshed tears when his aunt took the stand. the judge suggested they call another witness so she could compose herself. tsarnaev is in the sentencing phase. he could potentially face the death penalty. four accused gang hers are on trial for the kidnapping and the murder of a virginia volunteer officer. jury selection got under way today in charlottesville. kevin quick went missing in january of last year. the officer was on the way to visit his infant daughter. a suspect was arrested after a raid at a hotel. all of the accused could get life in prison if they're convicted. virginia's attorney general says new strict building
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standards should not be applied retroactively to existing abortion clinics. the new standards treat clinics as hospitals. mark harring said that would lead to the closing of the clinics statewide. he said the opposite in 2012. two more names officially added to the crowded field of republican candidates. >> we know the only way to reimagine our government is to re-imagine who is leading it. i'm carly fiorina and i'm running for president. >> she is the former ceo of hewlett-packard and ran an unsuccessful bid for senate in 2010 and never held officer. she was expected to be in new york tomorrow and plans stops in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina later this week. >> i'm saying to people around
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this nation right now, stop being loyal to a party or a man and use your brain to think for yourself. >> former johns hopkins neuro surgeon ben carson made his announcement in hometown of detroit today and planned to travel to campaign in iowa but put that stop on hold so he could be with his ill mother in texas. tomorrow another republican will announce his 2016 bid. former arkansas governor mike huckabee is expected to launch his campaign in the hometown hope arkansas. huckabee lost his 2008 bid for the gop no, ma'ammination. today's big announcement from mcdonald's ceo, it is not getting a great response on wall street. stock dipped. standard & poor's downgraded the credit rating to an a-minus. mcdonald's unveiled a new menu option to try to upgrade things
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including higher quality burgers, franchising 90% of the restaurants in the next 4 years. right now, 80% of mcdonald's are franchised. mcdonald's is also going to try delivery. it's only nowew york city. high school and college football players may be more likely to suffer a concussion in practice than in actual game. a study by the institute of medicine finds among college and high school players 58% of concussions happened at practice. the opposite was true for kids under 14. 54% of concussions in youth football happen during games. researchers suggest limiting player to player contact at practice to reduce the risks of an injury. well are you ready to rock the red? caps-rangers series shifts to home to d.c. tonight and jason is live at verizon center where all eyes on a russian superstar not named ovechkin.
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jay can? >> that's right. he's had a wonderful playoff run this postseason he is outstanding. but all the talk around the league and even in this building is about 22-year-old sensation evgeni evgeni kuznetsov. he is a star for the team and around this league. this is the type of performance the capitals have been waiting for from him and he has four goal this is postseason and drafted him in 2010 and took several years to come over from russia because of contractual obligations. he's now firmly entrenched with the capitals. he has impressed everyone in the organization with the play lately. >> once he got comfortable here he you know he got confidence. he started getting the coaches more and more of the coach's confidence and not too many guys to demand that much respect that early in their career. >> i think for him about enjoying life. we room together on the road and i, mean every american in the
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hotel, he's making sure they're getting a smile and we're in the elevator and he's chatty. he doesn't have the best english yet and he's trying to put a smile on their face. >> we'll see if kuznetsov steps up the game again tonight in game three. the series is tied at one game apiece. puck drops from the verizon center at 7:30. from the verizon center i'm jason pugh. back if you. >> thank you. a traffic light crisis local hospital. news 4's pat collins is examining why one stretch of a road is so dangerous. talking about warm weather and a threat of thunderstorms. i'll take you hour by hour for your tuesday in minutes.
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oh that forecast a good one. take a look. there's my man right there from comcast sportsnet. we were down there today. here's my 500-yard drive. that wept into the trees and then into the river eventually. this is all out there today for the national kidney foundation. had me out there a little bit earlier today. all in good fun. got to tell you. great day for golf tomorrow too. go early. we'll see a good chance for storms. today, the allergies, take a
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look outside. high for trees. grasses on the moderate side and continue to see the allergies kind of on the bad side over the next couple of days. a beautiful shot down toward the white house and plenty of greenery. all the leaves are on the trees now. 83 degrees. winds out of the south at 14 miles per hour. gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour today. it's been a little gus tis from time to time. that's really the only factor today. 86 in leesburg. 86 in frederick. 86 in fredericksburg. one of the warmest days of the season and the best part is it looks like the weather wants to stay there way. nothing on the radar. no rain. don't worry about this. clear skies around the area philadelphia to richmond. back toward the monotinuntains, a few clouds developing and nothing across the area. this is the next system that we're watching. it is a cold front making the way our way and then come our way and then move right back up so it's not going to impact our
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weather with the exception of the chance for some thunderstorms and take a look. here's the future weather timing this out for us tomorrow. no problems at all. if you have any idea how to get outside tomorrow morning, looking good. here we are around 2:00. notice the thunderstorms, some showers developing and then watch what happens around 4:30. the metro area in time for the evening rush and could be some heavy downpours, thunder and lightning and this is a wave and then another wave through right around 8:00. see if that does in fact happen. i think we have a good chance for some thunderstorm activity tomorrow and not anything severe and one or two of these with a heavy downpour or two and maybe a stronger storm. highs tomorrow 79 frederick. 83 d.c. and 82 in winchester. as far as temperatures go about where we were in the day today. thinking about golfing tomorrow? looking good for that too. mid-60s at 7:00 a.m. warming to about 80 by 1:00 and then after around 3:00 that's
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when we start to see the chance for some rain and where you want to say, okay let's do early in the day and we have a better chance of the storms late. a 50% chance of the storms tomorrow. 83 degrees. 80 degrees on your wednesday. 79 on thursday and look how many 80s we have in the forecast. six out of seven days. the weekend, by the way, just happens to be the warmest if you're opening the pool i'll take a look at it. guys? next a surprise attack. and a heroic takedown. >> both of them had assault rifles came around to the back of the car and started shooting. >> the new information we're learning about the gunmen who tried to ambush a controversial art exhibit. more speed cameras on the streets of the nation's capital. i'll have the story coming up. what's wrong with this hospital picture? i'll give you a hint. it's green. it's yellow. and it's red.
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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. some who live and work in this area call it the death zone. >> yeah a busy roadway without an easy way for pedestrians to get to and from a hospital. now the family of a deadly hit and run crash is calling for
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more safety measures. news 4's pat collins is along with the story. >> reporter: this is a story about saving lives and hospitals. not saving lives inside a hospital. saving lives outside a hospital. in georgetown bus stop traffic light, hospital. 23rd and i street northwest. bus stop. traffic light. and over there, george washington university hospital. the 2000 block of georgia avenue bus stop traffic light, howard university hospital. hey, seems like a pattern here. doesn't it? the 1300 block of southern avenue bus stop united medal center. hey, where's the traffic light?
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now there is a traffic light across the street from the united medical center. but it's not near that bus stop. it's way, way, way down here. hey, zoom in. can you see me? now it's not likely anyone is going to walk down here to cross the street over there. so most people take their chances. dodging highway fast traffic trying to get from here to there. >> down southern avenue people go back and forth and it is like a speedway. >> reporter: last week it had deadly consequences for 68-year-old faith pines. she was visiting a friend at the hospital. as she crossed the street she was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. her relatives say there should be a light or something to slow this traffic down. >> my question is how many more
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fatalities have to happen on southern avenue before they do something to protect the pedestrians, the residents and the employees of the hospital? >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 some d-dot rules on how to get a traffic light. in southeast, pat collins, news 4. police near dallas are monitoring social media after a shooting outside that prophet muhammad cartoon contest, trying to make sure there's no new threats. one of the two accused gunmen may have posted about the plans for an attack. police are searching if phoenix apartment of the two suspects because they were roommates. the gunman shot a security guard in the leg as they tried to enter the contest. another security guard killed the suspected attackers. >> we think their strategy was to get to the event center into the event center and they were not able that outer
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perimeter. >> about 200 people were inside attending that muslim cartoon contest. organizers offered a $10,000 prize for depictions of the prophet and considered blasphemous by many muslims around the world. now to a developing story in new york this afternoon where a police officer shot over the weekend died. fellow officers saluted the ambulance as it carryied officer brian moore's body from the hospital. moore and his body in plains clothes in queens when they approached a guy they thought may have a gun. he opened fire hitting moore in the head. he was taken off life support in this case today. in aadvance of police week the mayor of alexandria and law enforcement staff paid tribute to the officers who lost their lives in service to the city. since the early 1800s, alexandria has lost 18 officers. a wreath was laid at the
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memorial along the water front. a short time later at the police station on wheeler avenue a similar service was held at the new memorial to fallen officers there. here in the district five new speed cameras are now in place. you can find their locations on our nbc washington app. and while many drivers dread those cameras, we're told that residents of the affected neighborhoods welcome them. >> reporter: pennsylvania avenue southeast. it can be a speedway with sudden stops. that's the reason this speed camera in the 3000 block of pennsylvania avenue has just been activated. look how fast the cars are coming by right now. >> heck yeah. school's right here. >> you can clock them. they're doing like 45 50 right here at the church. sundays they fly right on through. >> reporter: one of five new cameras going into effect with a 30-day grace period of warning tickets. they join dozens of other cameras across the city. >> so you know -- >> reporter: across town on
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wisconsin avenue this couple lived in their home 50 years and welcome the new northbound camera here in the 2600 block. >> very happy for them. the corner of fulton and wisconsin is constantly subject to accidents. people going way too fast. so they see an open lane and they gun it. >> reporter: capitol hill the speedway known as the 700 block of maryland avenue northeast. blake edwards with his 2-year-old son timothy said their family lived here for eight years. >> i'm for it. slowing down the traffic on maryland avenue more power to it. >> reporter: the police chief says many motorists don't like cameras. if you don't speed she says you won't get a ticket. in the district tom sherwood news 4. d.c. council chairman mend elson says she sup ss he support it
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is cameras and posted a map of the new cameras. you can check it out on the nbc washington app. police in woodbridge are looking for the man who forced a teenager into the car and assaulted her. this is the man they're looking for. he knew the 18-year-old girl. he's charged with assault and kidnapping on friday night. police tell us they had been fighting all day and he forced her into a car and assaulted her. she will be okay. she ran off when the witness intervened. this happened near his apartment on east longview drive. back to backstops for guns at airport check points over the weekend and the dpirs at reagan national. a woman was stopped from woodbridge with an unloaded .22 caliber handgun and 23 rounds of ammo and then yesterday a man from dublin virginia with a .45 caliber handgun. officers took both firearms and cited them with a state weapons charge. new tonight, coyote concerns
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charlotte elizabeth diana. today kensington palace let the world know what prince william and kate named their little girl. and it's a name with the royal speculation. charlotte is an abhutto prince charles. diana, of course after the late princess diana. a formal title is her royal highness princess charlotte of cambridge. about 20 minutes university of maryland students will screen the movie "american sniper." the college republicans and democrats will show the movie at 6:00 at hoff theater and then a panel discussion. the student entertainment events group planned to show it last month but postponed the screening because of complaints. the muslim student association had said the movie was anti-muslim. we're changing minds when it comes to getting diagnosed with a mental illness.
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we have more on a popular morning radio deejay going public about his battle with mental illness. >> it's the kane show guy and hear him every morning on 95.5 and news 4 at 4:00 every week as well. he is friendly on the air, fun, provocative. at home he was battling a mental illness he said almost destroyed his marriage. i sat down with kane and his wife natasha and he shared another side of himself and the rituals and compulsions that came to control his life and cleaning the computer keyboard the screen and the mouse and with only one special cleaning product was acceptable. and he couldn't move forward until this entire process was completed. just one of the habits that he thought were normal but were actually symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder and interfering if their family life. >> having him being diagnosed
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has literally changed our lives. >> the best thing ever is being able to spend time with my wife and my kids and be in the moment. and i was never able to do that before. >> pretty brave of both of them to share their story with us. it's a story that shows how important it is to not only get a diagnosis and treatment can change your life for the better. we'll have more on how kane is overcoming ocd and changing minds tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> looking forward to that. >> what a nice guy. >> a great guy. >> what a beautiful family too. >> all right. indeed. >> thank you. many people who rioted in baltimore were held in jail for a days. now why a judge says detention rules were broken. high of 72 degrees. every day over the next 7, well above average.
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coyotes spotted in parks where children play and in backyards where pets like to roam. >> some local residents on the edge after sightings. chris gordon is at a park in bethesda and someone spotted a coyote just this past saturday night. chris? >> reporter: you see some of the kids at park. they're beginning baseball. but the southeastern is the latest sighting happened at a home that borders this park.
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the homeowner said he didn't know if it was a fox or a deer. he went to get the camera and didn't get back in time to take the picture. he looked it up on the internet and saw a picture of a coyote and he said this was a coyote. >> an i went over here. >> reporter: john marcus calling his cat lily outside of their bethesda home saturday night. standing right next to her, he saw a wild animal that was a ki know tee. >> the cat was very scared and i was able to make the coyote go away. as soon as i walked away he came back again and ran between the houses over here and probably into the park. >> reporter: his house borders ayrlawn park in bethesda. mr. marcus called animal services. >> they said that there have been sightings for coyotes and said there's nothing they can do. >> reporter: we went to the
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animal services today where they explained why they rarely respond to coyote sightings. >> we'll respond if it's acting in an aggressive manner acting sick, if it possibly has ray byes or a situation to be rescues. >> reporter: there's a growing number of coyote sightings in the area. this is arlington, virginia two years ago. if you have pets -- >> coyotes feed off of squirrels, rabbits, small game animals so they normally will not go after household pets but that's not to say that a particular coyote may not try, you know to take that small dog if it's left unattended in your backyard or being walked off leash. >> reporter: he says there have been no cases in our area where a coyote attacked a child. coming up at 6:00 we received reports of sightings in of all
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places downtown bethesda along bethesda row. back door urban fiction? we'll tell you what we're learning at 6:00. chris gordon news 4. i'm pat lawson. the family of a cleveland 12-year-old hot and killed by police doesn't want a delay in the wrongful death lawsuit against police. while the criminal investigation is pending. the relatives questioning why it's taking so long to wrap up. police shot tamir rice last november. police were responding to a report of somebody holding a gun. the weapon tamir was holding was an airsoft gun. the authorities say it was indistinguishable from a deadly firearm. the family says it's tired of waiting for charges and for answers. >> less than a second my son is gone and i want the know how long i got to wait for justice.
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>> the officers involved asked the judge to delay the lawsuit until the investigation is completed and considered in court but the rice family attorneys have objected to that. at the live desk i'm pat muse. >> thank you. a storm system is bringing some powerful waves and dangero currents to the coast of california. of course this isn't stopping anyone from enjoying the water out there. that's like a call for surfers on newport beach. but the high surf advisory is in effect. los angeles and orange counties could see surf as high as 12 feet. is that heading our way? >> heading our way? warmer weather is. >> already here. >> swimsuit season. definitely on the way right now. next seven days bathing suits, whatever you want to wear around. take a look right now. we have towards reston be quiet. i don't know where that went. taking a look outside. here's the brand new building out there towards the reston
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wheelie train station right now. the metro station looking pretty good. notice the haze in the atmosphere. very much more like a summer day than a spring day. current temperature 83 degrees and can plenty of sunshine. temperatures drop by around 9:00 and then 10:00, 11:00, the low to mid-70s and a beautiful night and really a very nice evening. look at the numbers now. 82 in gaithersburg. rockville number seems high to me. probably like the 86 in college park. 84 at manassas and annapolis a breeze off the bay. 76 degrees for you folks over towards the water. on the radar, nothing to talk about. not talking about rain or storms today. however, tomorrow a good chance of some afternoon thunderstorms. a mixture of sun and clouds and warm again. temperatures 80 to 85 and a chance for thunderstorms. now we have had the cool weather here. really for the past few months and finally breaking the pattern. the jet stream well to the north and warm air funneling up into
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new england and wants to stick around for a while and i think it will for a while. as a matter of fact as i mentioned, next seven days all warm. 83 tomorrow. 80 on wednesday. another chance for thunderstorms. some of those on the strong side and not talking anything severe either tuesday or wednesday. high temperature of 79 degrees on thursday. 83 on friday. and then look at the weekend. saturday sunday 86 to 87 degrees. could be an isolated storm on saturday too. we left that out for now. know that going in. one thing to note for sure once again, temperatures nearly 10 to even 15 degrees above average as we make our way in towards the weekend. >> thank you, doug. now more than a month and two teenage boys remain in critical condition after getting sick at a caribbean resort. the boys and their parents became ill after crews sprayed parts of their resort with a strong pesticide. the epa banned that pesticide from indoor use back in 1984. a statement from the says the boys' parents are still being treated.
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after closing its remaining campuses last week corinthian college closed the doors. they may apply for a closed school loan discharge. the department of education says some students may be eligible for state tuition recovery funds. i it's more than $140 million in debt and listed in the chapter 11 we decision. there is a new loyalty program starting for shoppers today and not tied to any one store or credit card. it's called plenty. customers of stores like rite-aid, macy's exxon, gets points and use them at other stores. users don't have to be amex customers to participate. download the plenty app on the smartphone free to get started. home improvement giant lowe's is no longer selling some types of flooring after safety concerns of a blogger. it questions levels of
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formaldehyde in the lam nant and the same problem of lumber lick we day or thes. they plan to do independent testing on the products and selling only american-made flooring by the fourth of july. the head of virginia's alcohol beverage control department says he hopes to instill more diversity in the department. they met for the first time earlier this afternoon in rich monday. the governor convened the panel after the arrest of a uvb student that left that student with ten stitches. the head of abc says only 13% of the department's agents are minorities. the review panel will recommend improvements to the department by november. while baltimore businesses try to bounce back there could be new trouble for maryland prosecutors. >> why a city judge says rules wereioters were held in jail for days. this condo never got on the market. it's being torn down.
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wisconsin. investigators believe he was upset over a fight he had with his girlfriend. a judge says the system was overwhelmed and officers needed to get back to the streets. he ruled maryland governor hogan did not violate the state constitution when he extended the amount of time police could detain suspected looters. david collins has the story now from baltimore. >> reporter: you're under arrest. police locked up hundreds of people in the unrest. overwhelming the judicial system. initially, scores of people were released without formally being charged or even told why they were arrested. >> they didn't feed us. you know? nothing. no -- we can't take showers, baths, brush our teeth, nothing. >> i missed work. my kids probably want the know where i'm at. >> reporter: the maryland governor signed an order suspending the rules. extending the time frame those arrested without warrants could be held before seeing a bail commissioner. the city public defender's office argued the governor did
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not have the authority to do that. >> we think the right is deeply rooted in the history, constitutional and while our rules says that you can wait up to 24 hours, our rules say there's also no provision for unnecessary delay. >> reporter: baltimore city circuit court judge peters upheld the order as constitutional. the public defenders office represented two men arrested and police filled out the paper work they couldn't see a commissioner. >> they snatched him off the street without a warrant and held him for an unreasonable amount of time. >> reporter: the governor says it was for a special class of people depriving their right of. >> no comment. >> reporter: the state lawyer said there were eight commissioners. the state argued the state of emergency provides a rational basis to hold the detainees and the judge agreed. >> there's no provision in the rule or the constitution for that. so we think he read in a totality of a circumstances
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analysis that there's no basis for. this is not going to be a real fast investigation. obviously they were there to shoot people. >> new at 6:00 a fast moving investigation into the shooting of a controversial art show. the gunman's possible ties to terror and how the organization at the center of it all has ties to our area. took more than a year to build and already a building is facing the wrecking ball. tonight, the back and forth of people in the local neighborhood demanding some answers. new confusion on the streets of baltimore. the incidents that nearly led to more trouble. first, tonight, growing indications that the shootout at a controversial art show in texas stemmed from a home grown terror plot. nbc news confirmed that one of the attackers is on a terror watch list and that his passport was revoked. >> also convicted of lying to federal investigators about plans to join a terror group in
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somalia. we have team coverage. wendy rieger has details on the art show and the ties to our area. jay gray is at the scene of the shootout. jay? >> reporter: police say the shootout lasted no more than 15 seconds after the alleged gunman jumped out of their vehicle and opened fire. >> they simply got out and started firing. >> reporter: wounding bruce joiner an unarmed security guard. then they turned toward police. >> came around to the back of the car and started shooting at the police car. >> reporter: the traffic patrol officer inside that cruiser fired back killing the suspects elton simpson and nadir sophie. >> the officer using the duty pistol pistol. they were using assault rifles. >> reporter: at this point investigators say they're not sure of a motive. >> we think their strategy was to get to the event
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