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n. >> vance, doreen the fernl information of 4 million current and former federal employees may now be in the hands of hackers. the office of personal management, the human resources department for the federal government which issues security clearances put out word just a few minutes ago. it says that it detected a cyber intrusion affecting its i.t. system in april. now, we are already making calls. we still don't know what type of personal information is at risk here. opm is offering a year and a half's worth of free credit monitoring. this is what you can do. take them up on that free service. next, monitor your bank accounts. and last, call one of the three credit reporting agencies. you've got transunion equifax or xperian. ask them to have a fraud alert put on your file. opm conducts more than 90% of federal background investigations. we're going to keep tracking this for you, of course. you can follow us on social
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media platforms, any type of new information that comes about we'll put it out there. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. tonight, a story that we covered extensively more than a decade ago is back in the news and we're going to be hearing a lot more about it once again. it was 2001 when capitol hill intern chandra levy disappeared. >> the search for her and then the search for her killer made headlines for years. enough the man convicted of her murder will get a new trial. our chris gordon spoke with levy's mother today. chris? >> well, chandra levy's disappearance was at the center of local and national news for years. then it became a murder mystery. throughout it all, chandra's parents, susan and bob levy, appeared before cameras saying they wanted justice. now they face the prospect of a new trial for the man accused of killing her. today the leviesy s reacted to the
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news of the retliel from their home in modesto, california. ingmar guandique was convicted of murdering chandra levy, the intern from california who disappeared in 2001. police searched for her more than a year until her remains were discovered in rock creek park. >> but no matter how many trials you have, you'll never have your daughter back. it should not have happened. >> reporter: in 2010 ingmar guandique was put on trial for murdering chandra levy. he was convicted and sentenced to 60 years. the conviction was based primarily on the testimony of guandique's one-time cell mate morales who guandique told him was responsible for levy's death. but guandique's attorneys argued morales' testimony was unreliable, that there was no corroboration, no physical evidence linking guandique to the murder of chaun dra levy. prosecutors withdrew their opposition and today a new trial was ordered. >> so the wounds never totally
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heal. it's like some days they fester more than other days, especially during holiday times, family get-togethers. >> guandique will appear back in d.c. superior court next week when his new trial will be scheduled. his defense lawyers are expected to to release guandique on bond while he awaits trial. prosecutors, however are expected to object strongly. doreen? >> chris gordon thank you. our weather continues to be a big story tonight. rain has moved in just as many people are trying to get home. and we're not oust the woods yet. let's get the latest from doug. 's in our storm center. doug? >> the heaviest rain, doreen, just happens to be where most of our viewers are traveling, and that's right around the beltway and i-95. let's look and show you what's happening on the radar. you notice the rain from back towards the blue ridge all the way toward the chesapeake. just about everybody seeing some of that rain right now. the only exception maybe frederick county maryland. but it's coming your way, too. look where the heaviest rain is, right along the beltway as i
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mentioned, down toward i-95 from baltimore to richmond seeing those very wet roads. we've gotten reports of a lot of accidents on the roadways and traffic out there is simply a mess. it's always a mess in d.c. but when you add in rain like this, it's messier across the region. look at the heavy rain now. the heaviest rain back towards reston. this is very heavy rain. then look at this little area. you've got oranges and reds in here, very heavy rain in through parts of northeast as you make your way over toward cheverly and bladensburg and riverdale, right along 50 very heavy rain continuing. i'm going to continue to track this rain on storm team4 radar. i'll let you know when this rain finally moves out. everybody keeps asking when is the sun coming out? i've just a minute. >> thanks doug. now to those murders at a mansion in d.c. within the past few minutes, another search warrant was unsealed. it provides more insight about what police found inside the car that belongs to one of the victims' personal assistants. pat collins is at the scene now
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in northwest d.c. pat? >> reporter: jim, according to court documents, from jordan wallace's car, police seized a number of items including a gopro camera, a laptop, a backpack and some car parts like arm rests and a locker panel. it's unclear as to what evidentiary value all of this might have. in court today, another search warrant unsealed a search warrant for a bmw car that belonged to jordan wallace. the cart re was recovered a block away from the crime scene on the day of the murder. wallace was a personal assistant to savvas savopoulos. his boss told him to bring $40,000 in cash to that house, an apparent ransom payoff for the suspect holding the family captive. that money has not been accounted for. police say wallace changed his story about when he was told to
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get the money and how he brought that money to the house. according to court documents police searched his car looking for money wrappers, banking documents and other evidence that may be linked to the victims. jordan wallace has not been charged with any wrongdoing in connection with this murder case. at the scene today, assistant u.s. attorney emily miller. she's the prosecutor in this quadruple murder case. she's hands-on. she's been here before, surveying the crime scene looking for evidence and information in this troubling case of murder. also at the scene today, members of the public defenders service. they represent darin wipton wint, the man charged in the case. they came with their own team of crime scene investigators and spent about 2 1/2 hours in and
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around the house taking pictures. escorted around by homicide detectives. yesterday we showed you court documents that indicate the suspect broke into the house by kicking in a french door. today we got a new picture of the boot mark on that door. the boot that police believe the killer was wearing when he made his way into the house. three weeks now since it happened. the investigation is still going on. now back to you. >> thanks pat. a collection of weapons could help send an iraq veteran to prison for nearly two years. his name is omar gonzalez. he's the man who jumped the white house fence and got all the way inside back in september. these are the guns and knives that police found in his car. gonzalez is set to be sentenced a week from monday. he is an iraq war veteran as noted.
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his lawyers say he suffers from post-traumatic stress. the alleged victim in a high-profile sex assault case just took the stand moments ago in fairfax county. she lives in india, but she flew in today with her children to testify against her alleged accuser, of. jess ke matthew is charged with sex assault and murder following the attack that happened in 2005. matthew's attorney wanted to keep the witness from identifying him as her attacker claiming police may have tainted her testimony by showing her pictures of him. but the judge denied that motion, and the trial is set to begin on monday. julie carey was inside the courtroom. she'll have reaction from today's ruling coming up in a live report in our next half hour. a teenager was shot and kill killed and his body found behind a house in bowie, maryland. tonight police are trying to find his killer. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins with the latest on that investigation now. tracee? >> reporter: jim, old bowie is a place full of old antique shops.
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they still have a small main street, small businesses families who work really hard for their homes. this is just a very unlikely area for a murder scene. >> i grew up here on this street. it was a quiet street then. my father built the home back in the '50s. >> reporter: james carroll says this section of old bowie is a tight-knit community but lately there have been some changes. >> here lately i'm hearing that -- just from conversation that there's starting to be problems here on the street, and i'm thinking police are going to address that issue. >> police are searching for shell casingses and any evidence that can lead to an arrest after a shooting in an unlikely area of bowie, maryland. >> damage to the property was just a bullet that did enter the front porch area of the house. >> reporter: james carroll owns the home on 6th street where the 18-year-old was found shot this morning, bullet holes appear at the house that he now rents. no one inside of the home was hurt.
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>> no harm to the tenants, which i'm thankful for. i'm just sorry that of the young man that got shot is now deceased. >> reporter: king died in a hospital several hours after he was discovered. according to prince george's county police the 18-year-old did not live in this home but does live just a few blocks away and has a large family here. police are looking for a motive in this case but don't believe this was a random shooting. they think king was targeted. >> i'm just sorry that things like this have to happen, and i hope that they do solve the case and bring the family some closure. >> reporter: i spoke with king's family. they were understandably very upset about this and declined to speak on camera. prince george's county police are investigating offering a $25,000 reward for any information that can help lead to an arrest and conviction in this case. in bowie, tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. the republican field for president is about to grow to an even dozen. former texas governor rick perry announced today that he's
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getting into the race. perry ran in 2012 and was considered mitt romney's top competition until he stumbled at several debates. after months of hints, a source close to jeb bush says the former florida governor will also enter the race. he's expected to make his announcement at an event in miami on june 15th. an end of the school year prank that went too far. we'll show you the damage at a local school, and we'll show you who the police think might have done it. most of you say they're confusing those parking meters with red tops that were supposed to be for rand caphandicap drivers. now changes are coming. will you be able to park in those spaces soon in. we're now 18 hours into 24 hours of fund-raising for charity. today is do more 24, a full day of online fund-raising for united way charities. so far, more than $700,000 has been raised. we invite you to our website
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. a senior prank at a high school in maryland does not have a whole bunch of people laughing at it and in fact it may land the people who did it in jail. surveillance photos show four people vandalizing chesapeake high school in anne arundel county. it happened on tuesday night. and it came just 12 hours after graduation. police say the group spray-painted graffiti, they jammed doors and locks and they even damaged a car. investigators are still trying to find three boys and one girl who they think are responsible. there was about $2000 in damage. next time it snows in d.c., somebody new will be heading up the city's response. the director of d.c.'s department of public works is resigning after 11 years on the job. bill howland tells news4 it's a
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very stressful job and he felt like it was time for a break. his last day will be june 26th. howland says he doesn't have a new joobb lined up but looks forward to seeing what else is out there. cutting down on the confusion when it comes to parking in the district. you may not be aware but you're allowed to park in some handicap spaces in the city. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss is here to explain how it works. new at 6. >> reporter: chances are you've seen one of these or parked at one of these and you said to yourself, i have no idea how that works. well the d.c. council has no idea how this works. they said so today. and now changes are coming. >> just too confusing to figure out a way to park. >> i'm an attorney and i still can't figure this stuff out. they get you. >> reporter: the red-top meter. archie harris still doesn't get it. >> i've asked the attendants on the street, can you park here? can people park here? they say, yes, you can. but at least twice on this
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street i have gotten a ticket for parking in the handicap. >> reporter: that is not supposed to happen. right now you can park at a red top, even without a handicap placard as long as you feed the meter. the city knows it's confusing. they held a hearing about it today. >> these red-top meters, whoever came up with this idea -- >> it's crazy. >> it's crazy. thank you for saying that. it's a crazy idea. i wouldn't be sitting here today other than 700 of them ended up in my ward. >> reporter: there are still 1,000 of these meters in the city right now but the people they're designed to help aren't thrilled about what's happening with them either. lewis wolf is an amputee. he says people are putting up fake handicap stickers and parking in the spaces all day. >> frankly i think it should be a criminal matter. >> reporter: helen sepso has spine problems and says she won't even deal with the red tops anymore. do you find it hard to find a parking space? >> downtown? >> reporter: yes. >> yeah. >> reporter: tell me about it.
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>> well i go into a garage when i'm downtown. >> reporter: bottom line, the city says it can do better and is looking to cut out the gray area on the red-top meters. and back here now live, the city says it wants public input with how to fix this. again guys, you can park at these spaces right now, even if you don't have a handicap placard. you just have to feed the meter. jim, back to you. >> okay thanks adam. i'm still confused. >> i think a lot of people are. >> you see that? that i think is radar showing rain everywhere. pretty much. everywhere. >> on adam's head and tracee's head in prince george's koumty. we're getting hammered. >> we are getting hammered. you've been gone for the last couple days. two days ago i think vance said yuck. yesterday you said agh. today? >> i can't figure it out. >> the synonyms are gone. >> funky. >> just three days of this kind of stuff really four days.
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that was the day we saw the heaviest rain. we need a change. we'll see it attorney. look at that shot. that is just every single one of those things, yuck, agh, whateve in reston. that is the reason why we canceled our backyard weather today, because i didn't want to be in a backyard with that going on. look at the rain right now. storm team4 radar showing the rain just about everywhere, montgomery county getting some of the hardest rain through prince george's county right down 95. the roads are a mess. i was just looking it up on the nbc washington app. yeah traffic is definitely going to be a mess out there this evening with the rain. look at some of the heavier rain coming through herndon, back toward reston. we just showed you the roasten shot. more heavy rain through the district, down 30 wrun toward king george county. let's zoom in toward washington show you where that is in and around the beltway now. just about every location on the beltway seeing some of that heavy rain the exception toward the southeastern portions of the beltway, right around andrews. the reason? they've already seen the heavy rain. heavy rain coming right on through downtown now right
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across 50. toward northeast, northwest as well show you right along 50 toward the cheverly area toward kenilworth avenue seeing that this will continue for the next few hours because of an area of low pressure. look at it. you can see the low. look at the spin right here. that is just bringing all of this moisture right off of the atlantic, right into our area. and it does get more of a showery variety instead of a more steady rain. we go from showers later on in tonight. but it's just wet there. your road impacts overnight, this evening, wet roads slow rush for sure, late night still wet out there. use caution. i think tomorrow morning will be okay. just some showers, a little on the wet side. but the steady rain i think should be gone tomorrow morning. 61 in leesburg right now, 64 fredericksburg, 61 in huntingtown. it hasn't just been the rain. it's been the very cool temperatures. we've needed the umbrellas, the jackets. tomorrow i don't think you'll need either one. 76 degrees with sunshine out there from time to time. more clouds than sun, and i think we'll start off rather
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cloudy. 75 martinsburg, 76 toward fredericksburg. the exercise impact tomorrow, cool and dreary start, but a better afternoon. we'll start off kind of cool but once we start to get those breaks in the clouds we'll start to shoot back up into the 70s. and i really think the 60s are gone after today. i don't think we'll see them again until maybe late september or october. that's good news too. the impact forecast tomorrow, low. very low. much warmer with just a few showers out there. most of us going to remain dry in the afternoon. same deal saturday, 80 degrees. a nice, warm day, 40% chance of storms mostly west of d.c., 76 on sunday, 89 on monday, then here comes the heat. back into the 80s, close to 90 by next thursday. so it's there. we just got to wait a while. >> patience. thank you doug. the tax man knocking on your door to evaluate your property. we'll tell you what the tax man can legally do even if you don't answer the
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the little pink pill is a step closer to hitting the market tonight. this afternoon an fda panel recommended approval for a pill that has been called the female viagra. but there's a big difference between the purpose of this drug and the little blue pill. flibanserin it's called targets chemical levels in the brain to increase a woman's desire to have sex. viagra affects a man's physical affect to have sex. the fda has rejected this drug twice, but today the panel says the pill could be sold if it carries safety restrictions. side effects include fatigue, nausea, fainting and low blood pressure. today d.c. tax assessors began going door to door in certain parts of the city asking to go inside so they can assess the value of property. they plan to visit 15,000 homes over the summer in the capitol hill area and some of the
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surrounding neighborhoods. but -- and this is important -- you don't have to let them in. mark segraves has our report. >> yes i've had the police called on us. >> reporter: d.c. tax assessors with their own badges in hand are going door to door updating their records to ensure residents are paying the proper amount in their tax bills. and they're asking to come inside your home. >> what we'd like to do is we'd like to start upstairs and work our way down. >> reporter: not everyone welcomes the tax man. >> most will just stop us at the door. >> reporter: and some go beyond just stopping them at the door. >> yes. they do get angry, but we simply point out our job is to make sure we have the information accurate. >> reporter: depending on what they find, your assessment could go up or down. >> well, if we find that our records do not reflect central air conditioning and the house has it if there's an addition our records do not reflect, we find that the house has been renovated. >> reporter: only about 5% of the homeownehe
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assessor inside. >> trying to look at the overall condition to see if there's anything that might affect the market value of the property. >> reporter: if the assessor finds upgrades, it likely means an increase to your assessment. >> second fireplace, okay. a screen-enclosed porch. >> reporter: you don't have to let the assessor in. you don't even have to let them on your property. but they'll still take pictures and measurements. >> we'll go around the back. we can see that. >> reporter: as for those who did allow the assessor inside, this woman says she wished she had time to straighten up first. >> it would have been nice to have a little notice. >> reporter: d.c. is not alone in how it assesses property. other jurisdictions in our area send the tax assessor door to door as well. >> no basement so we should be good here. >> reporter: in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> reporter: what we're learning inside the courtroom about the man accused in the murder of a local college student. stunned neighbors open up to news4 after a woman is found dead in her home.
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what police discover that has them searching for a suspect. plus, a family trip. david culver taking you inside his journey to cuba and what it meant to his family returning home for the very first tim
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>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 6. first at 6:30 tonight a family a local community stunned by a woman's death. >> it is the first murder in frederick maryland, this year. >> while police try to find out what happened and who did it, we are beginning to learn more about the victim. she was found dead yesterday in her condo on heather ridge drive near ft. dietrich. tonight our meagan fitz jarrell has reaction from a close friend who lived in the same building. meagan? >> reporter: and jim, neighbors in this community say seeing a
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crime scene truck like the one behind me here police patrolling the area and gathering evidence to try and find out who killed gloria watson is not usual. but the neighbors we spoke with say she was a wonderful person. neighbors who live in this community say what you see is usually what you get around here. >> this is a family-or yeptiented place. >> everyone has children. >> the neighborhood is quiet. not a lot of activity. >> reporter: there wasn't a lot of activity until wednesday afternoon when police say a family member discovered 52-year-old gloria watson dead inside her apartment in building 750. ever since police have been collecting evidence and asking neighbors if they knew watson or have information about the crime. >> i told them what i knew, which is nothing. >> reporter: but not michelle rainy. >> she's a very nice woman. >> reporter: ramie lived a floor above watson and said she would see her all the time and just talked with her on saturday. >> miss gloria.
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she was always out front, especially on nice days. she always asked how was everybody doing. >> reporter: neighbors say watson was too kind to have enemies and she lived alone. but detectives say someone entered her apartment attacked her and left her there to die. >> you would think we would hear something. >> reporter: now, watson's body was taken to the medical examiner's office in baltimore for an official cause of death. police do say she was assaulted, but they're not saying how. anyone with information about this crime police are urging to contact their department right away. doreen? >> thanks, meagan. the drunk driving trial against a former high ranking bishop in maryland is being postponed. heather cook's trial was supposed to begin today in baltimore but a judge has granted a request by her attorney to move the trial back to september. cook is accused of hitting and killing a bicyclist in december. prosecutors say she was drunk and texting. she has pleaded not guilty but has resigned from her position
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with the episcopal church and her clergy credentials revoked. today prince george's county executive rushern baker says he is worried about the financial future of the county and the aaa bond rating that it has enjoyed for years. the county's rainy day fund had $116 million in it when baker took office back in 2010. now it's down to only $4 million. baker says he was hoping to build that fund back up with proposed layoffs and furl lows for county employees, but the county council voted down that proposal in the budget. >> i don't know how you do that. i mean, we're looking at it trying to figure out exactly, one, how do you do that without taking positions out? how do you not let people go? so it's serious times. >> county executive baker will be the guest this sunday on the broadcast "viewpoint."
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tracee wilkins moderates the discussion that centers around the county executive's tax proposal and the revised budget that he plans to present to the county council in a few weeks for its approval. for more than a year now we've been sharing stories about mental illness in a project we call "changing minds." our goal is to break down the stigma around mental illness and to identify issues in the support and treatment of people who are struggling. today we were humbled with an award for our efforts. i was proud to accept nbc 4 was one of three media outlets to receive the mental health america media award. mental health america is a national organization founded more than a hundred years ago to support and advocate people with mendal illness. i was proud to accept the award on behalf of all of us here at of this project. you can find all of our reports on nbcwashington.com. just search "changing minds". and take a look right now.
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look at the temperatures around the mid-atlantic 60 in hagerstown, 60 in ocean city. but we want these numbers, the ones way out to the west. i'm tracking this number. when are we going to get into the 80s? how about the 70s first? i've got it for you, next.
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a series of dramatic events at the fairfax county courthouse just days before the trial of jesse matthew, who's accused of a sexual assault and attempted murder from 2005. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey just got out of the courtroom when the alleged victim was on the stand. julie? >> reporter: yeah, there was high drama and suspensionpence today, just getting the alleged victim into the courtroom. she now lives in india, and she arrived this afternoon. prosecutors said exhausted from travel with two young children. they asked the judge if they could hold off until tomorrow to give her a chance to rest up before her testimony, but the judge instructed prosecutors to go get her. they went to her hotel awakened her, and late this afternoon at the arrived at the courtroom and testified for the first time in this case. the alleged victim sat just ten feet away from jesse matthew
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from the man prosecutors say raped and beat her, nearly a decade ago. today's hearing came because matthew's defense attorneys wanted to suppress or block that moment at trial when the victim might point out jesse matthew as her attacker. defense attorneys charge that detectives guided the victim to media coverage on the internet after matthew was arrested last fall, enabling her to identify him. defense attorneys say in 2005, after the then-26-year-old was grabbed and raped while walking home from a fairfax grocery store, she had only a vague description of her attacker. but she testified it wasn't detectives who directed her online after matthew was indicted for her rape. she said it was her own curiosity that drew her to look in october and see one picture of matthew. asked the prosecutor, did you tell detective boone that the hair was different but the face was familiar? yes, she replied. the judge ruled there was not enough evidence to show police had tried to influence her ability to identify matthew. she will be able to answer that key question at trial.
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now, defense attorneys also made a last-ditch effort to continue the trial. that, too, was denied. trial begins here on monday of course, just the first to face jesse matthew. he has also been indicted on capital murder charges in connection with hannah graham's death. reporting live from the fairfax county courthouse, julie carey, news4. still no sign today of the young men who disappeared while swimming at great falls yesterday. montgomery county fire department has suspended its search until tomorrow. but montgomery county police u.s. park police and the national park service are still looking. two young men swimming in the potomac river yesterday afternoon in the area around great falls, one man was caught up in a strong current and swept away. the second man was able to swim to shore. a wet evening all across the area. doug is tracking how much more we'll see and whether it will finally dry out for our weekend. look, this is on the water.
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>> an emotional and humbling reunion for our david culver. he'll show us what happens when a trip back to cuba came after many, many years. just a little over five hours left of do more 24. today is do more 24 a full day of online fund-raising for united way charities. you've already given more than $750,000 to dozens of local charities during the break head to nbcwashington.com if you want to join the effort.
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the changing dynamic between the u.s. and cuba is both complicated and at times divisive. it's also very personal for cuban-americans, including one of our own. david culver's mother and grandmother were born on the island. they left in 1961 after the revolution. recently david took a journey with his family back to cuba. he's here now with a look at a special report coming up on this saturday. david? >> vance it was my mom and grandmother's first time back in
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54 years. now, for so long they, like many other cuban-americans didn't want to go back, but something changed this past year for my grandmother. she told me she wanted to go. we spent six days on the island visiting havana the capital and another city where we were united with neal. that gave us a raw look at how simply many cubans live. extended family get a hug and a kiss. she eagerly wanted to show us around her humble home, opening up the glassless window blinds to let some natural light in, we hoped a little breeze. the heat and humidity unbearable at times. we headed into her kitchen. look, this is all the water that she collects. only running water twice a week so she saves up. her propane tank indoors, sitting next to the stove it fuels. her food pantry just a couple of bare shelves. the bathroom she was ashamed to show us. she wants to stress that it's 80
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years old. midtour, a brief interruption. we watched her shuffle to the window, pick up a plastic backg and in came her daily bread ration. she stressed to us this is for tomorrow. her feet are hurting her. with painfully swollen feet she pressed on with the tour. sure, there were things she wants needs even, but, unprovoked, she never complained smiling constantly and wanting to be with us the whole visit. that was really the truth. i mean she had hardly anything there in her house. you saw what she had in her kitchen. and yet she still is a very positive person. and that was across many of the cubans we met. they just had this uplifting personality despite having nothing, yet still wanting things no question. >> an emotional visit for you all and for her to get to see you. >> a lot of emotions in this special for sure. >> what surprised you most about your trip? >> i think the encounter that
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shocked me was poverty. you know we think about this island. we think about perhaps a vacation, the beaches. yet you go and these folks have little to nothing. so that was really kind of overwhelming to see. live without so much. thanks, david. coming up on saturday, you can join david and his family as they go back to cuba for the first time in 54 years. it's called "rediscovering cuba: a journey home." it airs saturday 8:30 a.m. some showers are moving through this evening. doug is tracking it from the weather center. when's it going to let up, doug? >> i do think this will be the end of our rainy week. we will see some sunshine tomorrow, but not right now. as a matter of fact, it is simply a mess right now. speaking of a mess take a look. that's nats park. see it off in the distance there? yeah, the nationals have actually postponed the game tonight. it is delayed. we'll see exactly what happens. it doesn't look like it's going to have a real good chance of getting it in. 64 degrees the current temperature, 62 degrees at 7:00
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60 at 9:00. i do expect the showers to last on through the 9:00 10:00 hour. look at the rain. you see it all the way through the district, down through southern maryland, really just about everywhere with the exception of well back toward the west, toward the mountains. you can see the trajectory here moving southeast to northwest across our region. we continue to watch some of the heaviest rain right now right along the i-95 corridor right along the beltway in and around tysons corner, falls church seeing some of the heavy rain, up towards college park, the wheaton region also seeing some of the heavy rain, bowie seeing the heavy rain. this will continue for the next couple of hours. on the roads tonight, i've actually moved this up a little bit. we're talking about the road impacts tonight. they'll be on the high side for sure. clouds and sun, much warmer tomorrow ice lated showers possible but most of us dry. temperatures back into the 70s, 73 to 78 degrees. it will feel a lot better, but we're still well below average. average high temperature now up to 81. if you're heading down toward the beaches not the best beach weekend.
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it really won't be with the easterly flow, cool showers tomorrow, 67 on saturday 65 rather breezy on sunday. if you're heading down toward the beaches make sure to take the sweatshirt maybe the sweater. 76 tomorrow, then we get to 80 on saturday. this is inland, of course. a 40% chance of aif shower, but i really think most of the day is dry. best chance of a shower is well west of i-95, toward the mountains, 76 on sunday. sunday looking very nice. then we get near 90 on monday and we start to go back above average, 85 on tuesday with a chance for thunderstorm activity, and then it's warm if not hot next wednesday and thursday, high temperatures moving back to around 90 degrees. guys, we're almost done. just a few hours left. >> can't come soon enough. thanks doug. you can go blow your nose now. >> thank you. we've got sports coming up. one
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the most live sports. nats have been playing with a lot of holes in the lineup but it gets plugged in tonight. >> great to see this guy back in the lineup, anthony ran don was the best position player last year based on the numbers and facts. this season, randon has been either injured or recovering from injury. tonight for the first time in 53 games anthony randon is back in the lineup. he played mostly third base last year, but he'll take the field as a second baseman, also batting seksd in the line juch. the nats hoping he can provide the spark the team needs, currently 3-6 in their last nine gapes. ren doan just happen to be back with his teammates. >> i feel fine. i always feel most comfortable with a bat in my hands. i'm here to help the team. >> you can't expect him to be the catalyst for anything right now, but we're glad to have him back. he feels good. >> when you're injured you feel
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like, what are you doing here, you're not helping the team. why are you even at the clubhouse. being back in the lineup and being a part of the whole deal is awesome. >> let's go to houston now. o's facing the astros, their mascot learned very quickly don't ever sell a pie to this guy. adam jones when he's not pieing mascots he's playing baseball. jones hammers this ball, his seventh home run of the season and his first since may 11th. orioles take a 3-2 lead off that shot. as we go to the bottom of the eighth now, zack britton on the hill, jonathan velour britain sprieks him out to end the in the o's snap a five-game losing streak, winning this one 3-2. moving on to the redskins now, we're continuing to find out more about a story we told you about on news4 at 5 earlier. the agent for redskins rookie wide receiver jamison crowder is denying all allegations that his client was involved in a
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domestic violence incident. crowder a fourth round draft pick from duke had pictures posted to his instagram account of a woman with a busted lip and bruises. his account was hacked, they say. the redskins looking into the matter released a statement saying, quote, we are aware of an off-field situation involving jamison crowder. we have been in touch with the nfl office and will continue to follow proper league protocol. moving on to the french open now. serena williams has dropped the first set four times at rolen garros. like she said earlier, it's not how you start, how you finish. he is now in position to win her 20th grand slam title. serena williams got sick after her third round match. she's still dealing with the aftereffects. first set here, smart play by ba shinski. attack at the net. she would take the first set
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6-4. second set, check out serena in between points towel up to her face coughing and throwing up. she would still rally, though. ba shinski playing the lines here. watch this shot, perfectly placed in the corner. williams takes the second set 6-3. third set now serena serving. exchange a couple of volleys. bashinski's shot goes long. serena wins 6-0. she advances to the finals. afterward she said she did not know how she did it today. >> i don't think i've ever been this sick so i didn't expect to win that. i really didn't. i can't believe i won. every great athlete has a flu game. >> a total champion. that's our broadcast tonight. "nightly news" is next. >> hope to see you again for news4 at 11. have a good evening.
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