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165 times in the movie theater massacrement. >> standing room only. victims of the opm data breach getting answers in virginia. journey down the mountain. a 16-year-old's incredible story of survival. >> the surge of will power. it's like there is no way i can die. >> "news4 at 11" starts now. >> new information and images coming in right now from tennessee as investigators try to figure out why a 24-year-old opened fire on two military facilities. >> the fbi is about to hold a news conference at any minute now. we just got new pictures of a raid at a home of suspected shooter mohamud abdulazeez. we don't know why a woman was being led away in handcuffs, but we do know with his parents. >> police say he fired up to 30 shots at a military recruiting sight in chattanooga before
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driving to a navy marine training center where he killed four marines. tonight state leaders there say everyone is rallying around the city. >> tennessee and chattanooga reacted just the way i thought they would, with an outpouring of love and support. the law enforcement officials are saying i don't know we've been anywhere a community has rallied so quickly to the tragedy that we've had. >> now the marines have not yet been identified. we're waiting for that news conference to begin, and we'll bring you any new details as they he was a regular at a mixed martial arts gym in town. in 2012 he learned an electrical engineering degree, but it's unclear if he had a job. federal officials say several years ago, his father, a chattanooga city employee, was investigated for a potential connection to a terror organization, but nothing was found. abdul azeez was arrested for
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drunk driving. 160 counts. a full hour. it took a judge to read the verdict. convicted killer james holmes stood emotionless to hear every second of it. that same jury will decide whether holmes gets the death penalty. nbc's leanne gregg has reaction now from survivors of the shooting. >> we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. >> reporter: the jury's decision comes close to three years to the day after the shooting rampage inside this colorado movie theater left 12 people dead and 70 others injured. >> a sense of relief came over me. that's what i wanted to hear. but i didn't know if that's what i was going to hear. it was kind of unexpected, honestly, i felt so much relief. i just feel closure and a weight lifted that i didn't even know was there. >> reporter: the jury decided holmes was capable of knowing right from wrong when he committed the crime and was
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legally sane. >> the d.a. took a lot of time to emphasize how deceitful how deceptive james holmes was. and that didn't go just to insanity. that also went to character. in an effort to already presage an argument for the death penalty. >> reporter: during the trial, the defense argued around the time of the shooting, holmes suffered a psychotic delusion that he could increase his self-worth by gaining human capital and killing people. prosecutors said his meticulous planning, amassing an arsenal of weapons and ammunitions, rigging his apartment with explosives, and outlining his violent plan in a notebook all indicate he was sane. the jury agreed and now must decide if holmes should spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death. leanne gregg, nbc news, centennial, colorado. new tonight, a chance for hundreds of federal workers to get some answers about that massive data breach at the office of personnel management. opm and other agencies tonight offered one-on-one help for
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victims of the breach. news4's a jackie bensen is in germantown with some of the answers they got tonight. jackie? >> reporter: doreen people started streaming in the front door as soon as it opened at 5:30, they were looking for answers. >> how safe are we if everybody in the world knows that we've got this protection 18 months and that's it? >> well, the second breach, there is actually going to be about three years. >> reporter: current and retired federal workers lined up in the lobby of the blackrock arts center in germantown this evening to ask questions of the staff from the federal government's office of personnel management. not one, but two data breaches at that agency have made vulnerable the personal information of nearly every federal government worker. >> this may be one of the blessings that can come out of this is that we finally respond as a nation. >> reporter: inside the auditorium, maryland congressman john delaney who sponsored the
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event echoed the concerns of many of his constituents. >> we clearly underestimated this. we clearly underinvested in this. congress didn't take it seriously. the administration didn't take it seriously. the agencies didn't take it seriously, and the leadership didn't take it seriously, which is why we had this breach. >> reporter: maryland attorney general brian frosh told the crowd that he himself had been the victim of identity theft. >> it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: for many, it was the first chance to actually ask questions about the opm data breach and to talk with the people responsible for fixing it. >> it's of concern. but i think that the government is handling it okay right now. >> the whole idea of having everything stolen. am i 1 of 21 million people. >> reporter: we learned tonight the ftc is working on an identity theft app -- i'm going to wait until this motorcycle passes. but in the meantime you have our nbc washington app. we've loathe loaded it with a lot of tips on identity theft. and you can search under opm
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hack. live in germantown, jackie bensen, news4. back to you. >> jackie, thank you. a man in england is facing federal charges here in the u.s. he is accused of hacking into several government agency computer networks in virginia. among the agencies, the energy department, health and human services, and the fbi's regional forensics lab. prosecutors say in 2012, laurie love and others hacked in to protected servers and gained administration level access. they're accused of stealing personal and financial records for 100,000 employees. let's get to that breaking news in chattanooga now. >> the fbi and justice department are giving an update right new on the investigation into the shooting today that killed four marines. let's listen in. >> please cooperate. if you think you have information that might assist this investigation, please call the fbi and they will deal with that accordingly. otherwise this, as far as we
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know at this juncture, there are no safety concerns for the general public. so with that being said, i turn it over to governor bill haslem, governor of tennessee. >> thank you sir. chattanooga is a great city with a broken heart tonight. it was -- as the u.s. attorney put it very well. it's been a tragic and long and sad day, and i think all of our hearts go out to the families of the four marines who lost their lives. in the middle of that, there has been some heroic action by the marines who lost their lives and some others there at the facility who did everything they could to minimize the damage. chattanooga police department officers to sheriff's department officers. i want to say one thing, and then i'll turn it over. but i've been very impressed with the fbi's commitment to finding out everything possible in this and devoting the resources to answer every question that we all want
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answered and that we'd like answered tonight. but i'm incredibly impressed with the commitment they've already shown and with the commitment of the local law enforcement folks, state people, as well as the photograph officers. >> we're watching this live news conference happening in chattanooga. that's the governor of tennessee. you hear him trying to reassure people that they do not believe there are safety concerns after that deadly shooting. but we still aren't hearing much about a motive a possible motive in that story. we'll keep an eye on this news conference if there is more news throughout this broadcast, we'll let you know. back home right now. crews are starting bridge work on the beltway. crews are doing emergency repairs to the concrete deck on to the bridge over connecticut avenue. this work will continue on the outer loop every week night starting at 9:00. all lanes will reopen in time for the morning commute. here is a live look now at the beltway. traffic still moving freely. the maryland state highway administration tells us the closures will continue until the
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work is done. tonight all of metro's 4,000 series rail cars are back in service. all 100 rail cars were pulled for safety inspections after reports of door problems. one passenger took this video. it shows a train moving with the doors open. the cars will eventually be replaced by the new 7,000 series rail cars. new tonight we have learned the woman hit by a car and killed while walking on a sidewalk was a mother of eight children. 45-year-old maria posadas died at the hospital. she was struck this morning near randolph and veirs mill roads in wheaton. shomari stone just spoke to her friends and family. he joins us live from the scene. shomari? >> reporter: her family and friends are understandably grieving tonight asking themselves why did this have to happen. she was walking home behind me on randolph road. suddenly a car jumped the curb and plowed into her. maria posadas was the mother of eight children three in montgomery county five in
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honduras. her friends told me she sold ice cream near randolph road and veirs mill road, and she melted hearts with her warm personality. she was walking home when an 83-year-old driver lost control hit a utility pole, and slammed into maria on the sidewalk. she died at the hospital. moments ago, we talked to her family and friends. >> she is a very nice person. >> i feel sad about her kids. her kids and her family. >> and tonight maria posadas' son tells me he is too upset to talk on camera. as for this 83-year-old driver medics transported her to the hospital. she is going to be okay. she has minor injuries. police have not charged her. this investigation continues. they're trying to figure out why she jumped the curb and crashed into maria posadas. i'm shomari stone live here in wheaton. back to you in the studio. >> shomari, thank you. next at 11:00, she survived a plane crash and two days in the wilderness.
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>> i thought i was dreaming. i didn't think it was real. but i still made it out. >> now this 16-year-old talks about the crash and how she found the will to make it out of the mountains. also tonight, a dash for cash inside baltimore's harbor tunnel when the doors to an armored truck fly open. police now giving drivers a deadline to give it all back. and today was terrific. but now we're looking at back-to-back 90s after more than a week since our last 90, and even some thundersto
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since malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down over ukraine. 298 people died in the crash, many of them from amsterdam. dozens of people left malaysia last night for a memorial service planned in amsterdam planned tomorrow. it's still not clear who shot the plane down. u.s. officials believe russian-backed rebels used a surface-to-air missile provided by the russian military. first, she survived a plane crash. then she lived for two days alone in the woods. it sounds like a plot for a movie. but for 16-year-old girl it was all too real. tonight she is talking about that horrible ordeal. autumn veatch was flying home with her grandparents in washington state. they flew into bad weather and their plane suddenly crashed into some trees. autumn's gran not make it out alive but she survived. autumn spent two nights in the forest fell down a cliff, scaled waterfalls but she pushed on because that's what her grandparents would have wanted her to do.
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>> i think i'm definitely going to die of hypothermia, definitely. i've never been that cold in my life. and i got this surge of will power. there is no way i can die without hugging somebody again. >> on day three she found a road and some help. she was reunited with other family members at the hospital. you can hear more about autumn's unbelievable story of survival tomorrow on the "today" show. the neurosurgeon for former president george h.w. bush says his patient is in great spirits after fracturing a bone in his neck. the 91-year-old former president fell at his summer home in kennebunkport, maine last night. doctors say mr. bush will be fitted with a neck brace and receive physical therapy. he uses a wheelchair now because he has a form of parkinson's disease. bush's spokesman tweeted a message from barbara bush saying, quote, a slip and fall is not going to take out a world war ii pilot. five people are still on the run tonight after a massive
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burglary ring was cracked in maryland. police call it a school for thieves. these three men are among those still on the loose tonight. they're among 14 members of the simple city crime organization who were indicted for racketeering. police tell us the group's responsible for a rash of thefts from cars and gas station all across prince george's county. police are asking nicely for now. if you scooped up any of the money that fell out of an armored truck, please return it. thousands of dollars flew out of the truck last night in the baltimore harbor tunnel. one driver described it as a money storm. motorists stopped in both lanes and started picking it up. police say the truck's door security malfunctioned. >> if everyone else is stopped and i'm stuck right there too, i might as well get up there and pick up some money too. >> it would be tempting. but then the right thing would have to kick in. >> police closed both directions of the tunnel for hours last night and checked every car to recover the money.
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the maryland transportation authority police say anyone who took some of the cash can return it without being prosecuted for theft. the deadline, though 5:00 p.m. on saturday. >> the right thing would kick in, right? >> well we wanted to know what would you do if thousands of dollars in cash suddenly fell off an armored truck. many of you and your friends answered on the nbc washington facebook page. look at this. 74% of you say you'd give the money back. >> veronica's answer, i'm looking it up, was not so fast here. >> would be a tricky one. >> no, there is hope. >> all right. good. and is there hope for our weather for tomorrow? >> for tomorrow, yes. for the weekend eh. it's hard to believe. here we are summer around d.c. it's been more than a week since we've had a 90-degree day. so we're overdue. unfortunately, we're going to get a string of them. 90, 90, 90 some degrees. all right. let's talk about first what you can expect. and what kind of impact the
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weather is going to have on your day tomorrow. it's going to be a low impact day. it will be a little bit humid. we're going to see temperatures come up from where they were today. still, nothing major, it's going to be dry. a look at what is waiting around the corner. saturday, sunday and monday the heat index values well around 100 degrees. especially on sunday. monday too feeling plenty hot with the higher humidity coming our way. 75 degrees. winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour. currently reagan national, that's clear sky not sunshine. 74 early tomorrow morning here is what we're going to be dealing with early. there will be patches of fog around. by 8:00, 9:00 a.m. the fog should burn off. 77 the temperature by late morning. it's going to be a warm one for us. and you can see the areas of patchy fog even forming around 2:00 a.m. in areas around fauquier county and overspreading much of the area by 8:00 a.m. or so the fog starts to burn off. here is a look at your sky cast. a few more clouds. it's not to be as pretty today. more clouds more humidity
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slightly higher temperatures. let's put the planner forecast on for you tomorrow afternoon. we'll see temperatures topping out again in the 80s across the area. and with a little bit of humidity, it will feel more like we're at 90. 81 degrees by 7:00. still a decent evening for getting out. but the heatwave starts on saturday. it's going to go for a five-day stretch still with just over 100 degrees. heat index value each day. this saturday right now looks like we've got a chance for some showers. and thunderstorms early in the day even on saturday. normally we talk about the afternoon storms. but it's early saturday. and even a chance during the afternoon hours with another little part of the weather system coming through. not a washout by any means. go through with your plans. it is going to be hot. especially on sunday. it feels like 100 on sunday. so i'm not sure what is the better weekend day. yeah, i do. it's sunday. get on out there. just be sure you hydrate and don't overdo it. monday we top out at 95. there is another chance for some storms to come through our area. in fact, after this front moves through guys tuesday,
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wednesday, we're at 90 to 95 degrees. but that will be with some lower humidity around the area. nonetheless, we've got a five-day stretch with temperatures in the 90s. so haven't had it for a while. and when we get it boy, don't we get it big around here. so tomorrow friday, just get out and enjoy. >> i am going to get outside. take advantage of it while we can. >> thank you. v.j. another major and more trouble for tiger too. dave johnson is back with sports. >> now here is jimmy fallon. >> guys, bill hader can my guest
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this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> nats just about to start the second half of their season. >> that's right. don't pass go. we've got to go. the season is going to move. the train leaves the station tomorrow. so you better get on. we take it right to october, we hope anyway. think about it. the all-star break is about to end, and jayson werth was playing against pelicans, myrtle beach pell coops a rehab assignment tonight with were singled and a struck out in three innings. i bring that up because ailments and injuries have been as much a part of the nats' first story as wins and losses. now with that second half about to start -- >> a big opportunity to do some damage. i mean we've got a great team, a great club. get some guys back also. and we're going to have some fun as an organization, i think. having some young guys come up and do the things they've been doing for us with the guys hurt
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has been very good for us. just very excited to get it going again. >> won't have to wait long. the nationals will get it going again tomorrow night. they welcome another division leader, the los angeles dodgers to town. a good pitching matchup. jordan zimmermann against clayton kershaw. from second half to the second round of the british open is about to start. bad weather is expected. today's first round was marked by bright skies and low scores. to st. andrews, scotland. look that clear skies. >> pretty. >> favorable weather conditions for most. but not for tiger woods. he has won the open at st. andrews twice, but a bid for a third title in serious trouble. his second shot. that's the water. tiger shoots a 4 over 76, his worst round ever at st. andrews. he is tied for 139th. now what about jordan spieth? won the masters already. a pretty good year. gets some nice back spin. right near the cup. he is currently tied for eighth at 5 under. now the guy they're all
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chasing, dustin johnson. good last name. running up to speed at the open. and he really had it going on. look at this. he drains the long birdie putt on two. and can he top that? how about on 17 even longer putt to save par and stay in the lead. johnson scores a 7 under 65 first round leader by a stroke over six others. and as we have seen this summer's soccer is growing in popularity. why didn't we think of this before? bubble soccer. there is no flopping because we're told it's a full bubble contact is allowed by rules there are four quarters. but we're also told that games are often short due to exhaustion because apparently -- >> it gets hot in hose things. >> exactly right. breathing wrapped in a bubble is hard. so they never make the full games. they have to call them off because people can't breathe. >> no head butts. you can't do that in those. >> that's true. that's true. it's concussion-free.
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back now for the latest on that developing story in chattanooga. the fbi just wrapped up its news conference. >> it's asking for the public to help them learn more about the man accused of killing for marines today. agents say they want to know who muhammad youssef abdulazeez hung out with, where he worked out, where he ate. any information that could help them determine a motive. official there's say there is no threat to the public, and they haven't discovered if he was motivated by a terror group.
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