. two big developments in the effort to name a new speaker of the house. i'm aaron gilchrist at the news desk. the house leadership wrapped up a news conference and what they have to say about paul ryan. >> why one group is against d.c.'s plan to come battle a rise in violence. >> feeling like southern california outside today here in d.c. but we got some much needed rain on that seven day forecast. i'll show you where it is. >> i'm barbara harrison. should d.c. police wear body cams on the job. the restrictions the mayor wants. news4 midday begins right now. we begin with some new video coming into the live desk. police in fairfax county looking

at a crash. tow truck arriving on the scene to remove the car. at this point we know a woman was hit by a car at wiehle avenue and chestnut grove square. an ambulance rushed her to the hospital where we're told she died. the driver did stay on the scene. reconstruction team from the police department still working on this issue. that road is back open and we don't know if any charges are on the horizon. the man accused of shooting an officer is expected out of the hospital. that suspect along with three others were taken into police custody after the shooting last night. holder and several other officers responded to a report of gunfire in queens. when they arrived officers and a man suspected of stealing a bike started shooting at each other. holder was shot in the head. he died. he was 33 years old.

happening today, a murder suspect will appear before a judge from jail. prince george's police say sean crawford stabbed his girlfriend's two sons. this happened on monday in objection in holiday. kesean mason died. his brother survived. they tried to protect their mother from her boyfriend. crawford will make his appearance from the jail. well it is just another beautiful day out there in the d.c. area. my goodness, look at reston's live camera. not a cloud in the sky all across our area. thanks to high pressure. i'm not even sure if it's reston since it's back to future day. i think they are calling it hill valley. lucky us all around the d.c. area, current temperatures right now are moving in on that 60 degree mark pretty fast. some areas in the shenandoah

valley in the low 60s. we'll warm up to mid-70s. some areas may get over that 70 dee mark. i have it at 74 here in d.c. but a beautiful afternoon. however, is it going to be a beautiful weekend? we got some rain in the forecast. >> thanks, lauren. right now a search for a man from annapolis who police say raped a child. this is a picture of daniel rivera. detectives say they have information that the 56-year-old may be in virginia and planning to flee to mexico. if you see this man or know where he can be, call police. >> a heated conversation over how much of what police body cameras record is going public. the mayor wants to limit what the d.c. community sees. she introduced body cameras to help combat the district's rise in crime. city leader want to increase that number to 2800. check out nbc washington's app later today with more on today's discussion. >> new this midday voices

against the mayor's plan combat a rise in violence across the district. activists say it promotes more aggressive forms of policing and does not encourage community safety. we have more on this debate from millett. >> reporter: good morning. the city council holding the first of two hearings today that address the mayor's crime fighting initiative, but a short while ago several groups supporting the black lives matter movement showed up here today. they handed out their own form of legal policy and demanded a different course of action. >> just want to give the people the tools not the police. >> reporter: that's the call for action this diverse group of protesters demand. they gathered outside the wilson building just before the city council hearings this morning on the mayor's crime fighting plan. >> this proposal will not make our community safer and it goes

against the core principles of the black lives matter movement's mission combat the harms of our failed and racially biassed criminally justice system. >> reporter: over the sum terrify city saw a spike in murders. many say the mayor's plan which broaden some police powers to conduct warrantless searches would target lowest income neighborhoods. >> that does not make me feel safer, that makes me feel terrified. >> increasing police presence won't help anyone feel safer. >> reporter: now some of those protesters went right inside the hearing right after the rally out here to ask for more resources that include affordable housing, job training programs and resources for education. i also had a chance to speak to the ward 4 congressman as he was headed inside and he said those protesters have a right to be heard and he will hear them out. i did also reach out to maythe

mayor, the mayor got back in town late last night from a trip overseas and her first public appearance in the city won't happen until later today sometime this afternoon at a local high school. that's the latest from outside the district building. back to you. >> now to some news that's breaking. we want to take a live look courtesy of chopper 4. you're looking at a crash that involves a truck. appears the driver ran into a pole and also on to the porch there. at this point, we don't know if anybody was hurt. we're making the calls. it looks like whatever the truck was carrying, obviously, is just scattered all over that lawn right now and part of the roadway. and it looks like part of the road is passable. as you can imagine you're going to want to avoid this area. this is out in la plata area. we're working on getting more information and we'll get that to you by your phone you have

the nbc washington app. developments in the last hour in the effort to name a new speaker of the house. the house republican leadership wrapped up a news conference. john boehner said he scheduled two votes now for a new speaker. he says republicans will vote on their nominee in conference one week from today. the "full house" will vote for the new speaker next thursday. these developments come to heels of wisconsin congressman paul ryan announcing late last night that after some prodding he would consider running for that job. here's what boehner had to say about that just a minute ago. >> we all know paul ryan. he's a very good member. he works hard. he's very bright. and he has a good relationship, i think, with all the wings of the party. that's why i think he'll be doing fine. >> that's a key point, the speaker alluded to. representative ryan said he would only consider the job if it would serve to unif i the republican party and help push the party to come up with viable proposals instead of his words

no votes. ryan laid out some other stipulations different wings would have to agree on before he accepts that potion. boehner hopes to have a nominee confirmed by week's end. you ever feel like metro owes you for all of those delays. we'll tell you who is talk

metro advisory council recommend payback customers during unforeseen delays. things the train a derailed at the smithsonian station. they established the council ten years ago to make recommendations about the budget. refunding customers would reduce rider frustration. >> choosing a police retire

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how many meetings are you having?! giant just dropped prices on thousands more items. which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. my giant. >> some parents in montgomery county are not happy about a new redistricting plan. parents of rachel carson elementary school students met last night. if the redistricting plan is approved some students could be shifted to another elementary school. part of a larger effort to reduce overcrowding in the gaithersburg area.

some could be shifted as soon as 2017. >> students can drink in spotsylvania county. the well lost water pressure. water is okay to use for washing and cleaning but not for drinking. the school is providing water bottles to student while it does tests on the system. administrators say it should be fixed by next week. lauren expect the a great day today. >> a gorgeous day. this is why i like working mornings because we have all our whole afternoon. even if you don't, later on this evening looking good as well. we got warming temperatures today and tomorrow. enjoy it and try to make some plans outside because we're cooling by friday and then by sunday we have some rain chances moving through the region. you can see those blue skies out there today. as far as the forecast, we'll stay 70s with increasing clouds tomorrow as the cold front comes through but then as we go through the next seven days you can see our chances of rain move up a little bit for sunday.

another frontal system comes through and we could have light rain from the beginning of next and much cooler. >> speaking of what's in the sky, a strikingly spooky asteroid in time for hall winn. asteroid could be bigger than 1500 feet in diameter. it will be moving unusually fast and when it comes within a few hundred thousand miles of earth. nasa says the last time an asteroid came this close to us was 2006. a 4-year-old caught in the middle of a deadly road rage incident. what police are zeroing

aaron gilchrist at the live desk. we're on the verge what cube pivotal moment in the charles severance murder trial. the defense asked the judge to throw out all of the charges against charles severance. the jury is out of room at this point. the defense says there's no concrete evidence that the evidence presented to this point is extremely thin and strained. a direct quote from charles severance defense team. the judge asking some questions, talking about witnesses who have been presented by the prosecution before the jury here going through their testimony with the defense as he's making his decision about whether to strike the charges in this case. course, charles severance charged with three murders in alexandria. this trial has been going on more for than a week.

the prosecution has rested its case and so this motion to strike the charges is fairly typical defense motion but we'll see exactly how the judge decides to move on this. julie carey is in the courtroom and follow her on twitter for a play-by-play in this trial. what a beautiful day out there. look at that blue sky. what a gorgeous shot right there as we're seeing the planes coming in but absolutely wonderful outside. hopefully if you don't get a chance to get outside and eat lunch maybe you can grab a bite to eat outside. temperatures still a little bit cool. 58 here in d.c. 57 in manassas. 64 in leesburg right now. but this is where we'll top out today. usually our daytime high mid-to-upper 60s. but mid to lower 70s. if you walk the dog later on looking good. temperatures will fall into the 50s tonight, a little warmer

than last night. we got the weekend forecast coming up. i'll let you know what to expect. we have some rain for the weekend. police in montgomery county are cracking down on drivers who don't stop for school buses. the news four i team told you about concerns back in may. cars have to stop for a bus when the signs are out even on wide roads not stopping could cost you big bucks. it comes with almost $600 fine and three points on your license. >> could you give someone cpr? knowing how to do that could soon be a graduation requirement in all d.c. public schools. public health advocates tell "the washington post" they are pushing to make sure all high school graduates are also able to operate an aed defib brrilla. incoming freshmen are learning it this year. next year in virginia. >> d.c. congresswoman eleanor

holmes norton are supporting contract airport workers in their fight for better wages. we expect as many as 2,000 ronald reagan washington national airport contractors to be part of today's rally. most of them are bag handlers orca bin cleaners. some earn less than $8 an hour. today we expect the group to join a fight for a minimum salary of $15. leaders in fairfax and montgomery counties are uniting to help ease traffic congestion on your morning commute. they want maryland and virginia leaders to update the american legion bridge. leaders say hov or hot lanes, hot lanes on the maryland side could help ease gridlock. 300,000 cars travel over that bridge every day. >> a man facing murder charges in prince george's county turned himself into place. joseph shot marchkito before she crashed her car into an apartment building earlier this

month. he lives in that apartment building. he turned himself in yesterday. we're still working to find out what the motive was for the shooting. a desperate search developing right now. the police chief says he's begging for answers after an incident of road rage killed a 4-year-old girl. >> reporter: a search for suspects is under way this morning after police found this red truck pulled over on the highway. three people inside including a 4-year-old girl who was shot in the head. >> the 4-year-old child has p s passed away. >> reporter: it's blamed on road rage. >> the truck was literally going across several lanes and just to avoid this vehicle to pass. >> from what we understand the cars were both moving, one car pulled up against other car and fired rounds into that vehicle. >> reporter: according to the ntsb over a seven year period road rage led to 218 murders and

12,000 injuries. in new mexico the local sheriff says this latest incident is disturbing. >> this is one of those crimes which is unexplainable. it's 100% preventable. did it not have to happen. and we need to rise up as a community and say enough is enough. >> reporter: conflicting witness reports make it difficult to describe the vehicle that got away. >> we are begging for the community's help. >> reporter: the search still on. an innocent life taken as aggressive driving once again turns deadly. >> a bloody arrest is the grounds avenue multimillion dollar lawsuit. you may remember this cell phone video of agents tack technology a university student. he sued the commonwealth of alcohol and beverage control

yesterday. johnson wants $3 million in damages for what he calls excessive force and training failures. >> in baltimore the police officers charged with freddie gray's death go on trial next month. one officer wants his jury sequestered. william porter's lawyers filed a motion yesterday. that means jurors couldn't freely watch tv or use their cell phones. porter's lawyers say they don't want intense media coverage to interfere with their case. the choice is now in school leaders hands at the university of mississippi. students at ole miss voted to remove the mississippi state flag from the campus because it shows a symbol of the confederacy. some administrators denounced the flag. the school spokesman said their next step is to talk to other universities. a virginia school district took an extra be step to stop students from wearing the confederate flag. the montgomery school board

voted 6-0 last night to ban all clothing that contained emblems, decals or jewelry containing the flag. last month about 2,000 christianburg high school students were suspended for violating the school's dress code. the school dress code banned confederate symbols since 2002. >> today is back to the future day. remember that movie? we'll see what marty and the doc got right

>> we are following stories lighting up social media this morning. back to the future is causing fandemonium. here are four things every back to future fan needs to know. first number one, the writer of back to the future part 2 hit nark with his prediction people would use they're thumbs an i.d. method. drones, another home run there. he has no idea where they came

up with that idea. number two, when it comes to cell phones and smartphones i want seems the ball was dropped. who knew that this mobile technology would be such a big part of our lives in 2015 but to make up for that miss they did have flat screen tvs and video conferencing. number three now what about google glasses? it seems the kids in the movie did watch tv using their glasses and even knew when there was an incoming call. another hit, hover board exists today and you can get one for a mere $10,000. just pocket change. number four, sadly there are no patents pending for a pizza hydrator and the fax machine gets a big thumbs down. leaving fans on a high they did use holograms. the chicago cubs are playing in the playoffs. the movie predibd they would

new details right now about two emergency responders who were stabbed in detroit. detroit police say they were trying to help a woman with an injured ankle yesterday. they asked a man with her to step away. then he attacked them with what was a knife. police tracked down that man and arrested him and the woman. they said emts had horrific injuries but are in fair condition now. take a look at this incredible video of a volcano near mexico city. mexico's volcano erupted yesterday afternoon. smoke and ash rose to more than 80 feet above the volcano's crater. the eruption comes after months of rush frlg the volcano. mexico has more than 3,000 volcanoes, about 14 of them are active. we hope you'll join us this saturday for the walk to end hiv in downtown d.c., the fundraising walk and 5k benefits when it mapp walker health.

it provides health care to those affect by hiv/aids. the run beginnings at 9:15 at freedom plaza. nbc 4 has bean partner of this event since the very first one back in 1986. police chief from around the nation are in d.c. today. who they are pushing

we're going to hear from dozen of police chiefs today in

less than an hour. law enforcement leaders from around the country are meeting at the national press club. d.c. police chief will thereabout too. the group is pushing for major reforms to the criminal justice system namely how many nonoffenders are put in jail. tomorrow they plan to meet with president obama. >> today congress is trying to prevents another "downtown abbey" office schedule. erin schock stepped down after misspending. today the committee which oversees the budget's congressional offices will consider new rules. they will likely clarify how one can use campaign funds, charter planes and decorating expenses. schock resigned in march. it is just a beautiful day out there. plenty of sunshine. maybe a few clouds on the way for tomorrow afternoon. all due to a frontal system. you can see this line right here, that's all rain out ahead of the frontal system.

that's breaking up in the midwest. high pressure in charge today and that's why we have zero clouds in the sky out there. plenty of sunshine and with all that sunshine we're going to be warming up to the lower to mid-70s today. i wish i could say the weekend will be as perfect as the next two days. temperatures will lower into the 4r0e6rs for saturday with increasing clouds. chance for showers on sunday warmer into the 60s. cool next work week. >> new this morning we're learning more about a meeting between russia president vladimir putin and syrian president bashar al assad. take a look. the leaders met in moscow yesterday. assad thanked put join for the russian air strikes in syria. the u.s. has been criticizing those strikes they are not only targeting isis but assad's political enemies as well. new details in a deadly fire in chorls county.

investigators say an overloaded extension cord likely sparked the fire. bernice washington and 6-year-old died when a fire broke out in the hallway between their bedrooms last week. they died from smoke inhalation. fire crews did manage to get four other people out safely. a new push today to lessen the number of heroin and prescription drug overdose. the obama administration says that they are strange law enforcement and treatment programs and shattering families. president barack obama will visit west virginia later today and during his trip he'll outline efforts aimed at attacking the problem include agnew series of public safety announcements. federal money will also go towards more training for health care professionals at increased access to treatment. deaths in virginia from heroin and opiad outnumbered highway fatalities for the first time last year. new details coming in to the live desk about a deadly fighter jet crash in england.

we understand from the marine corps a fighter jet took off in eastern england early this morning. seven miles into that flight the jet crashed into a farm. we know the pilot of that aircraft died. at this point the authorities there in that part of england as well as the marine corps and the air force are still investigating. the pilot's name or identity has not been released. that will take about 24 hours. we're continuing to dig into this as we learn more information we'll keep you up to date. >> one democratic candidate is in our area today, former maryland governor martin o'malley is here to host a civic tech competition. o'malley didn't move the needle in a new poll from associated press. it asked how people felt about candidate's chances to win. 75% believe clinton could win. 56% they believe joe biden could win. donald trump and jeb bush both

had 48% of people believing that they could come out on top. 44% of people said they believe bernie sanders would win in the general election. vice president joe biden sounding more and more like a presidential candidate while hillary clinton prepares to take the hot seat on capitol hill. nbc's tracy potts has more. >> reporter: democrats are wondering is he ready and willing to take on hillary clinton. hillary clinton calls herself an enemy of republicans, joe biden calls them friends. >> i really respect the members up there and i still have a lot of republican friends. i don't think my chief enemy is the republican party. this is a matter of, you know, making things work. >> reporter: not yet a candidate but drawing distinctions between himself and the democratic front-runner, and clarifying the record. in 2012 biden advised president

obama to go slow going after osama bin laden. today -- >> i told him my opinion that i thought he should go. >> reporter: will he run or won't he democrats are getting anxious. >> it makes him look indecisive. >> time to make a decision one way or the other. >> reporter: meantime clinton is preparing to testify tomorrow on the deadly benghazi attack what she knew, her i males. >> this is a very fact focused investigation. >> reporter: democrats call it a witch-hunt. >> attempt to score points against the secretary. >> reporter: our nbc/wall street journal poll find more americans than not 44% are not satisfied with her answers. just over one in four in that survey described clinton as honest and straightforward. from washington, i'm tracy potts, back to you. >> thanks. runners listen up. today you can sign up for the marine corps historic half marathon. registration opened up right now. can you sign up for $70 but that

price is going to go up as more people register. the race is happening in fredericksburg next may. >> it looks like mcdonald's is going back to the drawing table. why their all day breakfast has been an all day headache for

. not everyone is loving mcdonald's all day breakfast launch. in a recent survey 29 of the fast food franchiseees responded the launch has actually been a nightmare and that the new menu which was rolled out earlier this month has been slowing down service, reducing average ticket cost and causing chaos in the kitchens. in swons one spokeswoman said customers and overwhelming majority of mcdonald's franchiseees say it's bean hit. >> the irs is stepping up efforts to combat tax fraud. both the irs and tax industry leaders say they tested more than 20 new safeguards to

prevent fraudulent tax refund. they nark latest effort to halt a year's long search in tax fraud. oregon making real life light savers. the company says "star wars" mania has their sales booming. they are adding employees and getting huge orders for halloween. you can see how real they look. they make the light saber sound, although a single light saber will set you back a lot. $500 for one. the movie comes out december 18th. some are saying it could be the highest grossing film of all time. some theaters are making sure fans know the rules about costumes including no weapons. so even if you buy a light saber you can't bring it into the movie. >> so we have new reaction to olympian oscar pistorius early release from behind bars.

well, temperatures out there today are moving on up the and up. they are moving in the right direction too. temperatures already in gaithersburg coming in at 68 degrees. ten degrees below that in washington at 58. 60 in culpeper and fredericksburg. we'll take those temperatures up into the 70s for today. so it's going to be so nice throughout the afternoon and into the evening. even clear skies as we head into the evening. southerly winds not quite as cold as it was the last few days. mild conditions wednesday, thursday, our temperatures drop a little bit on friday. so right around normal for this time of year and chance for rain showers on sunday, just some light stuff and maybe some drizzle as we start the beginning of the next work week. i know sunday marine corps marathon. we have that forecast coming up inner loop new reaction this midday to oscar pistorius release from jail. for the first time this midday a statement from the mother of the

woman he killed. june steenkamp said she has no feelings of revenge towards the paralympic star. he got out of jail this week to serve the rest of his sentence on house arrest. >> when asked to forgive, to move on otherwise you become ill. and you forgive and god expects you to forgive. until you've done that you can't move forward in anyway. >> she made her comments this morning at the launch of the reeva steenkamp foundation a school in the city of port elizabeth. >> he was local superhero of sorts who helped put smiles in

right now police in fairfax county are looking into a crash that killed a pedestrian. chopper 4 was able to catch the tow truck taking the car involved away a little while ago. at this point we know a woman was hit by a car at wiehle avenue and chestnut grove at 7:00 this morning. the driver did stay at the scene. flags are flying at half-staff in new york city right now. this after an nypd officer was killed while on duty last night. he was shot in the dead. new york governor andrew cuomo issued an order to fly that flag at half-staff. right now on capitol hill wisconsin representative paul ryan says he'll take on the role as house speaker if republicans

meet his demands. there should be a vote next week. everybody is vote tongue plus side for this weather forecast at least for the next 48 hours because temperatures today well above-normal. we're moving into 70s today. mid-to-upper 70s in some spots. low to mid-70s in other spots. we'll just go with 70s. southern california type weather with plenty of sunshine out there for today. now as we continue through the next three days, we're going to have another warm day tomorrow especially here in the d.c. metro area as temperatures are in the mid possibly even up 70s. we'll see an increase in cloud cover through the day tomorrow. that's due to a cold front that will pass through. that cold front moisture stafford. we don't have to worry about any rain headed our way. just worry about increasing cloud cover. then you'll notice what that cold front did on friday. look at the ten degree drop. marine corps forecast coming up as well as your weekend

forecast. a 21-year-old man died after crashing in to a tree in silver spring. it happened overnight off tacoma avenue and happened just after midnight. montgomery county fire said the car threat road, think it tree and burst into flames. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the family of the victim told news4 he ran out of a convenience store and may have lost control of the car. montgomery county police say the preliminary investigation points to speed as a factor. just into the live desk, d.c. man back in police custody this morning after getting into a fight or punching a metro transit police officer. we're just guesting these details in. i'm going through the police report right now. this happened 10:00 last night, 10:30 on 7th street in chinatown area. this young man, elijah smith apparently punchled a metro police officer in the face at least half a dozen times after

he tried to interfere with another police investigation according to the police report here. smith, you might remember was arrested earlier this year after assaulting a 69-year-old man at the earn market metro station. that assault was caught on some of the security camera there's at the metro station. last year he was arrested for assaulting a man in silver spring, punching an actor in the face several times in that incident. we know now he's been arrested again after assaulting a metro transit police officer and much more detail to go through. look for updates on this story on the nbc washington app and on our newscast this evening. >> new at midday a community is coming together right now to remember lenny robinson. you might have known him as batman. he died earlier this year. kristin wright is live in d.c. where there are more than a dozen superheroes there right

now. >> reporter: right. they were here to be lenny "batman" robinson but to just highlight the work that other superheroes are doing right now with so many sick children in our area. these are true, true superheroes. they save the day each and every time they enter a hospital room to visit a sick child in need of cheering up and in need of that emotional support. today we got to tag along at children's this morning. while it's heartwrenching you see that meeting a superhero up close and personal means the world to these brave kids and their families and it's such an important part of their road to recovery and so that is what hope for henry, the name of the group that mr. robinson, batman, the name of the group that he was a part of. that's what hope for henry is about. today's superhero event was in

honor of lenny "batman" robinson. he was well-known for his compassion and care in visiting children in hospitals across the area, batmobile and all. today his father was here and received the first-ever hope for henry superhero award. >> i never ever realized the extent to which he was revered and loved and the extent that he reciprocated that love to children. >> reporter: and the founder of hope for henry also talked today and she was very touching, talked about how the organization is named for her son henry, who passed away. he was a sick child. and she had a very close relationship with lenny robinson, lenny "batman" robinson. she explained how henry her son's birthday was this past sunday and how robinson would always, always pick up the phone and call because he knew what

that meant to her. so truly a touching morning here at children's. back to you. >> thank you. seemingly ly menal decision is holding up. police stopped giving tickets to drivers who ignore bus stop signs. that's because state officials have to decide whether they should mail tickets to offenders or if they have to give the home the drivers in person. the police chief says the program was effective. she hopes to be able to bring it back soon. there's a new way you can keep up with repairs near metro stadium armory station. check out our app for links. you may remember the fire at a power station stalled transportation at the end of september. right now the lack of power means changes for people who ride the blue, orange and silver lines. there's a new battlefield this holiday season, delivery times. >> retailers are rushing right

now to find faster way to get purchases to your door. janet shamlian clues us in. >> reporter: more than of this will be a point and click holiday shopping season, even for brick-and-mortar stores. >> probably about 99% of my holiday shopping online. >> reporter: it comes down price the new battlefield is delivery time. the need for speed. impatient shoppers want it fast. >> whoever gets to it me quicker gets the business. ripe new survey this morning indicates almost half of holiday browsing and buying will to be done on the web. >> as much as i can stay home and be with the kids. >> reporter: retailers are building pop up warehouses to hand tell demand some the size of 20 football fields. amazon is gearing up with robots and real people. >> rear hiring 100,000 seasonal employees across the country to meet, can you demand.

>> reporter: amazon' two day prime seems sluggish when you consider free overnight shipping, same day, even one hour. for extreme significant gratification, buy on your smartphone and pick it up almost immediately in the store. target, macy's, walmart and others, all in hot pursuit of those digital dollars. 46% of online buyers say they will use the option of picking up purchases at the store. >> we're putting 35 pun department managers into our stores specifically to service our customers that are coming in to pick up their online orders. >> reporter: christmas won't come earlier but your gifts might. in an impatient world that hates to wait, gift getting faster than ever. >> you can shop in your jammies. >> sure can. >> who do you work for? >> right. >> we have more news

narrator: puerto rico's economy is in a death spiral. to make matters worse, washington has plans to cut another $3 billion from the island's healthcare budget. puerto ricans pay the same medicare taxes, but receive less than half the funding of mainland states, leaving the system on life support. more cuts will push the economy to the edge of disaster and put every puerto rican's care in jeopardy. washington needs to act now to save healthcare for the three and a half million us citizens of puerto rico.

trying to hail a plane as if you were hailing a cab is not a good idea. you can see a man in this video running towards a plane. he's now been charged after sprinting on to a runway in colorado to try to stop a plane from take off. police arrested him in denver last month. he did have a ticket for the nighted airlines flight but he was late. he was desperate to get on that plane so he could get to his high school

if you're running the marine corps marathon this sunday lucky you. temperatures are mild but a light chance or slight chance of light showers moving our way as we get through really that morning into the afternoon. but enjoy the sunshine as we have it. pretty mild out there. again chance of rain early next week. >> that's going to do it for news4 midday. thank you so much for joining us. we'll be back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> hope you enjoy this gorgeous day.

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