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announcer: news 4 today begins with breaking news. that breaking news right now at 6:00 a.m. shots on a residential street in northeast, d.c. police telling us, at this hour, that the shooting happened on 25th street after 11:30 last night. when police got to the scene, we can show you what it looks like. three men shot, one critically hurt. there is no suspect information as of now. we welcome you to the news. i'm david culver. i'm angie goff. welcome to the show. getting ready for a holiday weekend, we'll have a cloudy start. >> we have had humidity
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lingering. do you think we will get rid of that, tom? >> later today, the humidity will begin to drop. good morning here on the storm team 4 weather center. the radar scanning the skies. we don't have showers around. there are clouds. we had a few a couple hours ago around hagerstown. they have moved to south, central pennsylvania. a couple other showers in there heading off to the mouth of the chesapeake bay. the storm team 4 radar, we are all dry. a great start to the labor day weekend. with the clouds around, we'll have temperatures hovering in the low 70s. reagan national at 74. 70 montgomery. low 70s, prince george's. near 70 in prince george's county. chesapeake bay, low to mid-70 z. the clouds break up. there's a live view if the storm team 4 tower camera. by noontime, near 80.
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noticeably less humid by late afternoon. a delightful start to the labor day weekend. >> thanks, tom. no new arrested after deputies say someone shot and killed a teenager on his way to school. they kept an eye out for the complex. deputies are telling news 4 gang violence may be one of the factors in his death. someone shot the high school sophomore multiple times as he walked to the bus stop. we spoke with parents in sterling after a three-hour lockdown. >> kind of scary. someone got shot. >> i'm surprised and i didn't expect something like that to happen at a bus stop. >> at this point, deputies are not saying much about the suspect or suspects. witnesses told investigators they saw three young men wearing hoodies, one from the scene yesterday. >> migrants and refugees from
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the middle east and asia made it to austria. austria and germany announced they would let in migrants from hungary. the hungarian government allowing them to take buses to the border. red cross volunteers were waiting for them once they cross the border. the county clerk in kentucky won't hand out marriage licenses to gay couples. right now, kim davis is in isolation. a judge says she defied his order to hand out licenses to gay couples. her attorney accused the judge of violating law. he decided he was going to send davis to jail before he heard a word of her testimony. the judge said she would be released when she complies with the order. new details about a
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helicopter in camp lejeune killed one. they were doing training when it went down. they were practicing. the sergeant was from virginia. 11 other marines hurt in that accident. right now, a teenager with autism is missing. police in montgomery are hoping you can help find him. he is 14. the last time someone saw him was around his home on park lawn terrace in rockville. he could be wearing jeans, a light grean t-shirt, socks and flip-flo flip-flops. causing ambulance shortages in the district. people are now abusing 911. they are calling for an ambulance when they don't need one. the district got more than 56,000 low priority calls this year.
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thursday night, a baby had to be taken to the hospital in a fire truck. the closest ambulance was seven miles away. >> all over the country, in urban communities, this has been an issue, the use of 911, the abuse of the 911 system that has really drained resources. >> but the 911 abuse isn't the only problem. d.c. is not fully deploying ambulances. the mayor promised there would be 49 ambulances during the busiest shift. yesterday and thursday, there were only 39. take a look at this video. you can see the burning car in the background. there's a man in there. who you saw running was a first responder. because of the bravery of the first responders that man is actually alive this morning. shomari stone has the story. >> reporter: these four prince george's county police officers are being called heroes.
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they put their lives on the line to get him from the burning car. >> reporter: it's the first time the four prince george's police officers take a look at the dramatic dashcam video from a police car. they work together to save a man inside a burning car. >> i am watching my fellow officers go up and try to save his life. it was a miracle. >> michael, nicholas, lewis and jeremy are all on patrol around 12:30 early this morning in suitland. the man crashed and his car burst into flames. officer morris immediately runs toward the flames. >> there were a lot of flames. it was so quick, very quick. >> reporter: moments later, nicholas jumps out of his patrol car. >> intense fire. the heat was overwhelming. the tires were popping, explosions going off in a car.
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i have never experienced this before. i was nervous. >> they arrived moments before fire and ems showed up. a volunteer firefighter grabbed the man and pulled him out. the driver was on fire. >> we were trying to get him away and save his life. >> and they did. tonight, the man has serious burns and is in critical condition. >> if it wasn't for me and my fellow officers, there's a good chance he wouldn't have survived. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> a great point there. it could explode. >> i know, the man is still in critical condition. we are hoping for the best. true heroism at work there. >> all caught on video. a man literally walking into the lion's den at the national zoo. why are officials not planning to update security when it comes to this enclosure there? the news 4 i-team, what this
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former u.s. labor department former u.s. labor department employee stepped up to and his
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all right, i want to show you this picture here. a lot of you are talking in light of the nbc washington app. zoo police say this man climbed the fence of the lions den wednesday at the national zoo. officials ordered a mental e vaguation. they were able to stop him before he got up and close to the lions right there. you have to be careful. the zoo says the den meets or exceeds the best safety standards and they don't have
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plans to update it. a former u.s. labor department supervisor says bootlegging movies was a big mistake and he is sorry. long time agency ran a bootlegging industry inside the labor department in d.c. he made more than 1200 illegal dvds, worth about $19,000 and sold them, using the agencies e-mail system while on the job. taylor pleaded guilty to copy wright infringement. >> what was buying all those dvds? >> co-workers. friends and co-workers. >> reporter: people inside the building? >> yes. >> who were the customers? the labor department and internal officers declined to comment. he has a new job. believe it or not, he is now working at a movie theater. another development in the
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hillary clinton e-mail scandal. who paid to keep the secretary of state's server private? a possible par kinson's breakthrough. a live look across the district this morning. a lot of people beginning the long, holiday weekend. is the weather going to hold out for, perhaps one more
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developments this morning that shake up what's been a keyish snu decision 2016. hillary clinton's campaign says the clinton family paid a state department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while leading that department. that means she did not use taxpayer money on that private server. the state department denied questions whether it was widely known or officially approved. the staffer involved invoked his fifth amendment right. the breakthrough for parkinson's disease. the treatment is showing incredible results. doreen gentzler takes us through this remarkable news for your health update. >> reporter: this is what parkinson's does does to kimber kimberly.
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>> i was having difficulty getting dressed. i had a granddaughter. >>reporter: it is a degenerative disease of the nervous system. no cure only treatments to ease the symptoms. an old medication that causes side effects. >> with time, it seems to be less effective mostly because the disease gets worse with time. >> reporter: now, doctors at the university of maryland medical center are experimenting with a brand-new treatment, something that's never been done before. it's called mri guided ultrasound. >> it's known for a long time, if you make a lesion in certain parts of the brain, you can eliminate some of the symptoms. >> reporter: that's exactly what this treatment does. except there's no cutting or surgery. patients are put into a special mri machine so doctors can get a close-up view inside the head.
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ultrasound waves are targeted to a specific part of the brain connected with the uncontrolled movement. dr. howardizenburg is her surgeon. >> it interrupts that part of the circuit and the symptoms are released. >> reporter: she underwent the treatment less than a week ago. she had to shave her head. the procedure didn't hurt, the only feeling is intense heat. the results were immediate. she was able to walk. >> it was absolutely the most incredible thing in the world. >> when we met kimberly this morning, there was more emotion because she was able to accomplish something else, running, a favorite hop by she hasn't been able to do for years. >> it turned back the clock for me. i have a new lease on life. i can do things i want to do.
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it's a blessing. >> doreen gentzler reporting there. now kimberly was the first person to get the treatment. doctors cannot say how long the results will last. they have done testing on people with tremors. those treatments are holding up a year later. remarkable. >> it is. 6:18 now. tom is with us. first official weekend of september here. >> the last weekend of summer. what the heck happened? >> it went by like that. i will tell you, so excited for fall. so many good things to look forward to, pumpkin spice, the leaves. >> not quite feeling like fall. it is still steamy. we have a lot of clouds around and around the region we have a breeze coming in. the live view from the storm team 4 capitol camera showing the flag flapping a little bit. a gentle breeze from the north and east. the northeast wind will be
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bringing us cooler temperatures today. your weather headlines for this saturday morning, mild through the morning, then it will be turning noticeably less humid through the afternoon and the labor day weekend is looking rain free. so, perfect weather for outdoor recreation or yard work. if you plan on heading to the beaches or the bay, this morning, you won't encounter rain. there's a thunder shower in the peak there toward norfolk. north and west of us, we had a thunder shower near hagerstown. it's really breaking down. so, no rain anywhere around the metro area or virginia, maryland, west virginia and the eastern shore starting off this saturday morning. temperatures around the metro area, hovering around 70 in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's. near the bay, low 70s. reagan national, 74. the clouds keeping the
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temperatures elevated as well. the panhandle of shenandoah, near 70 degrees. the eastern shore shore, lower part of the bay, low 70s as well. there's the cloud cover from washington. now a live view looking to the north and east. cloud cover coming toward us out of the north and east. it will break up here by 8:00. sunshine breaking out. by then, temperatures should be in the mid-70s. then by noontime, more sunshine breaks out in much of the region. warm climbing into the low 80s. by 3:00 or 4:00, mid-80s. by 5:00, noticeably less humid. overnight, mostly clear and temperatures by dawn on sunday. the upper 60s. during the day on sunday, a gorgeous day, less humid, highs reaching the mid-80s on sunday afternoon. then, as we get to labor day, all the activities for picnics. the custom on the mall looks
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good, mostly clear for that in the 70s. for labor day, lots of sunshine, afternoon highs near 90. it's going to get more humid on labor day. tuesday as we get back to work and school, hazy, sunshine, hot again, rather humid. low 90s tuesday afternoon. looks like on wednesday, storm team 4 seven day outlook, humid, highs low 90s. the next cannes of rain may be on thursday and friday. a chance of passing storms with highs in the upper 80s. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. the crash that took the lives of several people. what is it like to be a survivor? straight ahead, what life is like after the deadly amtrak derailment. expect to see changes today at the university of maryland's football home opener. football home opener. you will now be able to what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal? to start with, $100 billion.
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when senator carver got off amtrak, matt morgan got on, headed to new york city. he got into the first car and nodded off. he woke up in a hospital four days later. he survived, but badly hurt. >> broken shoulder, broken vertebra, shattered femur, lacerations all over the place. >> a gash and fracture. >> they have seven kids. he used to leave sundays for the night job in new york. he went south of philly designing safety systems like the one that could have prevented this. he now is in an electric wheelchair. he is told he will walk again, soon. seeing the video of the crash, he is shocked he survived. >> unbelievable. you look and you are like wow. >> are you amazing you are still here? >> yep. >> morgan says he has not been
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back to work. both companies he works for are waiting for his return once he is fully recovered. ocean rescue workers will work to free a blue whale. the whale is tangled in a fishing line off the coast. an entanglement team is at the scene now. the whale is believed to be 75 feet long. the net was dragging behind the whale. they can reach up to 100 feet long. a developing story out of frederick, maryland this morning. why a construction site is now a crime scene. if you are just waking up this morning, wow, a lot of clouds already. expect changes. it is going to be cooler. another heat wave is headed our way. >> this is something that causes concern for parents, especially parents of high school football players, concussions. now there's a problem in fairfax county. county. new numbers are out helping kids
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we are following breaking news. a man in critical condition after a shooting in the district. it happened on 25th street in northeast after 11:30. no word on how the others are doing right now. there is no suspect description, either. >> a look at other top stories.
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deputies looking for whoever shot and killed a 17-year-old on his way to the bus stop. this was in loudoun county. gang violence may have contributed to his death yesterday. migrants and refugees in asian made it to austria. the hungarian government taking them to the border by bus today. >> i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. it is saturday, september 5th, the first weekend of september. it is going to be a cooler one, less humidity. >> a long weekend for you folks, labor day weekend. let's check in with tom kierein for how it is shaping up. >> a lot of students getting back to school on tuesday. enjoy it while you can. we have a lot of clouds around. there's a live view from the storm team 4 capital camera. the fountain in the foreground.
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a lot of clouds, not producing a lot of rain. a couple showers in pennsylvania as well as near the mouth of the chesapeake bay. that's heading toward norfolk and virginia beach. around the metro area, no rain around, dry pavement. if you are about to hit the road, should not have any problems weather wise. temperatures are hovering near 70 in most of virginia and maryland. out of the mountains, low to mid-6s there. around the chesapeake bay, low to mid-70s. clouds early. going to be cooler today. temperatures by mid-morning, upper 70s. by noontime, near 80 degrees and hitting mid-80s this afternoon with a partly cloudy sky and noticeably less humid. back to you. >> thanks, tom. police are trying to figure out how a person died. officers found human remains in a construction site at the end
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of shafer drive. detectives sent that person's body for an autopsy yesterday afternoon. at this point, they are calling this a death investigation. we'll keep you posted as the story develops this morning. the man suspected in the deadly bombing at a thai shrine is being held in court. he's being held at an army base for questioning. looking for people who spray painted swastikas on to a church. it happened at the messiah evangelical lutheran church. someone paintedor swastikas on the back of the church. it was discovered this morning. we can show you a new sketch of a wanted man. this guy tried to drag a woman into a vehicle. a person driving by the pinewood south apartments last thursday saw what was going on. he stopped on buchman road in
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the alexandria section of the county and helped the woman get away. >> you probably know pope francis will visit d.c. in a couple weeks. transportation officials say it will be like handling an inauguration and marathon all at the same time. adam tuss has tips for getting around town. >> reporter: the pope is coming. it seems everybody wants to see him. are you going to try to stay away from this area that day? are you going to come? >> yeah. i want my blessing. >> reporter: coins, crosses, shirts, excitement. >> he's more of a pope in our time. >> reporter: getting around will be tough. a complete list of road closures not announced. the pope will land at andrew's air force base september 22nd. the main event september 23rd at the basilica of the national shrine. the pope will be outside. students being warned about the
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crowd. sblg i think, basically, the whole campus is going to be shut down. >> reporter: when pope francis says his mass at the basilica, 25,000 people are going to be down there, on the lawn, watching. >> for us here at the shrine, we have done this before in 2008 with pope benedict. >> reporter: if you are lucky now have have a ticket -- >> take the metro. that's the easiest and safest way. >> reporter: they will be running near rush hour service the day of the mass. the local airports haven't seen an up tick in private jet requests, but will know more as the date gets closer. adam tuss reporting there. which program larry plans to cut. it will save $118 million.
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$18 million will come from university system layoffs. 15 people at the university of maryland will get laid off. the state will eliminate 127 open positions. the department of corrections will lose $5.5 million from its budget. as we monitor cuts in maryland, virginia state police officers say they need more troopers, hundreds more. they can't work with the demands. they simply can't keep up. they patrol the interstate and track illegal gun sales and monitor the sex offender agency. the agency is spread way too thin. >> it's like your head has to be on a swivel. you can't relax for a second. >> they say there was an up tick in violence against officers. it makes their job more complicated, more stressful and dangerous. today, the university of
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maryland's home opener, you are going to be able to buy a beer. it will be sold at capital one field. it is part of a one year pilot program to cut down on binge drinking before the game. you will only be able to buy one beer at a time. the terps take on the richland spiders at noon today. many schools have their first game of the season this weekend. new numbers suggestion the game in fairfax county, safer thanks to a relatively new program. the thought of making high school football safer. >> it wauz no brainer for us. >> it wasn't a hard sell. >> they bought in quickly. the rumts have really, you know, have been great for us. >> reporter: it's been two years since they launched, heads up, the first district to adopt the program for all schools. it stresses protecting players
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heads from tackle and fitting properly. >> no movement there. >> we have played more games than any school in the state of virginia and had the fewest number of concussions. >> it's having a positive impact. the number of concussions, 28% to 36%. total injuries down 16%. >> without impacting the competitiveness or impacting the game. >> reporter: it is so successful, they decided to expand it. in that first year, the numbers are in. injuries down by nearly 50%. just about cutting in half the new ber of concussions. fairfax county school athletic director says it is spreading to wrestling, track and field and -- >> this summer, we worked with
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the cheer coaches. >> a score before players take the field. that has originated within fairfax county. they are just developing these organically. seem to be working. >> all right. they don't just save lives, they motivate drivers. >> this morning, speed cameras for the nation. a new study, redoing the roads. the traffic is moving through virginia. a lot of you are heading out of town for the labor day weekend. tom kiere
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announcer: you're watching news 4 today. welcome back. the speed camera program in montgomery county is being hailed as an example for the rest of the country. a new report finds 40% fewer
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deadly crashes since they were put in place. as dan reports, he tells how highway officials hope the speed camera trend catches on. >> reporter: you may not see them, but you can bet they can see you. those speed cameras popping up in communities have sparked controversy. a study found they save lives. >> you can bring down speeds. you can reduce the number of injuries and deaths. >> reporter: an overall reduction in driver speed, it is impressive. >> we saw 59% reduction in people exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles an hour. >> reporter: in montgomery county, cameras are used in school zones with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less. >> the overall effect we are seeing is a 39% reduction in fatal and incapacitating injury.
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>> reporter: they are used in 140 jurisdictions around the country. more than 20,000 serious injuries could have been prevented. still, more than a dozen states prohibit their use. researchers found a majority of residents in washington, d.c., support the cameras. 59% of residents have gotten at least one ticket, we have two thirds in favor of the program. he is getting bigger by the day. >> aun update on the panda cub who turns two weeks old today. this is outside our studio where the labor day weekend is off to a good start. off to a good start. how lo
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the "today" show is up next on nbc 4. >> erica hill, peter alexander, again, join us life from new york. good morning. >> we will give him back eventually. >> it was too hot in d.c. >> he came here to cool off. >> it was hot as heck at home. nice to see you. on a saturday morning, we are going live to kentucky where
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tensions are running high. what is next? this morning, we are going to talk to the attorney for kim davis. >> hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail one day after offering sort of an apology. andrea mitchell will join us to talk about her interview with the presidential candidate. >> she's sorry people are confused. a daring group of firefighters in alaska. we are going to go to the front lines with the smoke jumpers as they battle the places. could one of the world east most wanted men be brought down? a tweet his son sent out could be a clue. >> imagine the conversation at the dinner table right now. >> i don't think he's invited to
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dinner this weekend. >> back to you. >> all right, guys. >> thank you. panda update for you. you are looking at the zoo's cam. i'm so jealous, sleeping in. this morning, we are learning the new cub is growing normally. zoo officials saying he has doubled in size since being born two weeks ago. it weighs ten ounces now. he was four at birth. he is still pink. veterinarians say the black markings are becoming visible. he hasn't quite opened his eyes yet, which is normal. sthak is not the baby. wow, he grows quickly. >> funny. i showed my daughter the baby before. she's so confused. it looks like a mouse, a rat. >> it will get there. >> i want to see the angie goff cam. do you curl up in bed like that? >> the facebook live. >> i am.
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i am big on fetal position. that's why i like part of my face like this. i only sleep on one side of the bed. >> the cool side of the pillow. >> exactly. >> if you are just coming out of your fetal position and about to hit the roads, on this labor day weekend, we are starting off cloudy. the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera over northeast washington. the treed area is rock creek park in the middle distance. go the distance. a northeast preez coming through. no rain coming through the clouds. showing virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, all rain free. we had a shower, thunder and lightning, across into the far southern parts of southeastern, virginia. locally, all dry here. dry roads as you head out the
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door early this morning. you are going to notice it is humid. temperatures hovering around 70 degrees in prince george's county. montgomery and fairfax county. virginia, near 70 in town. low to mid-70s. on the chesapeake pay bay, no 70s. elsewhere, shenandoah valley, a beautiful morning there. up along skyline drive, great day for hiking there. out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, most locations are in the low to mid-60s. i was biking on the toll path in allegheny county. a beautiful day for that and all outdoor recreation. we have sticky humidity. lower humidity is on the way. later this afternoon, you are going to notice it will be much less humid. humidity moving in by later this afternoon. the cloud cover is breaking up. by 10:00, sun breaking out to
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upper 70s. by noontime, right around 80 degrees and partly cloudy. the afternoon, sunny with highs in the 80 ds. low humidity moving in will be in place overnight tonight and during the day on sunday. lows, on sunday will be upper 60s after the high in the afternoon. mid-80s. for labor day itself, afternoon highs reaching upper 80s and 90. more humidity monday afternoon. looks perfect for that. should be in the 70s under a mostly clear sky, national sympathy playing there. hotter into the low 90s for tuesday. it's going to be steamy with temperatures in the low 90s on wednesday. any chance of rain is thursday and again on friday. might get passing showers and a thunderstorm. >> enjoying this weekend,
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cigna. together, all the way. announcer: you are watching news 4 today. this labor day weekend, many of you will be enjoying the holiday sitting outside on your deck or patio. >> for some homeowners in loudoun county, they paid for a deck that was never finished. >> this is ryan and laurie's
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dreamhouse and dream view. this just isn't their dream deck. this is definitely unsafe, leaving giant nails. we have three kids. >> reporter: instead of having the homeowner construct the deck, they thought hiring a contractor was be cheaper and they know someone. >> someone that was a friend of sorts with the family. >> they were quotes $6,000 for the job. they thought it was so good, they told their neighbors. >> does that sound good to you? >> very good. >> reporter: they took the entire amount and showed their receipt. this is what they got. >> i'm angry. how can someone who has a family, prey on families? >> reporter: the owner came around for money, but did little work. >> he had a reason to stop by and get more money.
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eventually, he stopped showing up and left his i equipment. >> i feel used. i feel lied to. i feel taken. >> reporter: he admitted he was in over his head in the text messages saying i am responding for apologizing for degree dishonest. i am to blame for everything that has occurred and i have made mistakes and no one else caused this problem but myself. we talked to hill on the phone. he said he was in financial duress. he sent an e-mail saying he would not talk on camera, but has every intent of resolving the issue. he will not ignore or run. we did some digging and called loudoun county. they didn't have permits for the job and on top of that, no record of a business license. a red flag for anyone looking to hire a contractor. in fact, the federal trade
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commission says before you hire a contractor, fipd out how long they have been in business, make payments contingent on how much work has been done and find out if they have insurance, workman's comp. where does that leave these families? a long way from enjoying their homes. >> we are not out just the money he took from us. our deck is going to be way out in the future. >> those couples tell us they filed complaints with the sheriff's office. the wife's say they filed with their state attorney general's office. here is a fun idea for your day, if you don't already have plans. go to the 15th annual festival and meet authors like tom brokaw. the festival is free and it includes readings, readings and
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lots of kids and family activities throughout the day. it starts at 10:00 this morning and runs through 10:00 tonight. al roker is going to join us live to talk about what he is doing there. i'll be there introducing wonderful authors. we hope you can come out and say hello. >> great weather. get out and enjoy it today. a lot of people heading to the beach for the last time. great pool weather. highs reaching mid-80s. lower humidity in place for the weekend. >> thanks for joining us, see you at 9:00. you at 9:00. >> bye.
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good morning. not backing down. the county clerk in kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples still behind bars this morning. her attorney says she won't quit her job or turn away from her ligious beliefs. pillow fight gone wrong. the pillow fight to let off steam left many bloody and injured. why is the school only acknowledging it now? in plain sight? the son of the drug king pin el chapo may have given away his hiding spot.

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