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long. >> to be able to sit back and hear so many different versions or different stories about your present situation is very troubling to these individuals. >> they tell us one thing, come back with another thing. we don't know if we're tossing or turning, you know. >> after calls from "news4" the city said it would cover costs while officials processed housing requests. as if you need more reason to fuel your starbucks habit, five starbucks stores in the district may soon have licenses to serve alcohol. it's an effort to bring more people in at night. the program will also allow the coffee shop to sell small savory meals, beer, wine, and cove-based drinks starting at 2:00 in the afternoon. uh-oh. two of the stores are in the dupont circle area. the others that could get licenses are in chevy chase, georgetown, and penn quarter.
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breaking news. police say in nashville, tennessee, a dice game is what prompted a shooting. one of the shooting victims died. the other two are in the hospital at this hour. it's 5:01 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. if you just took the dog outside, you probably noticed a little bit of difference. take a look at these temperatures right now. a pretty mild start to your day, but it's going to get coolering and chuck says get used to it. >> let's turn things over to him in the "storm team 4" weather center. >> you sound so harsh, eun. ite get used to it. it was a sun roof and windows open for me this morning. less of warmup as the north breeze settles in. on the whole it's going to be a low weather impact day. you won't have to change any of your plans because of the
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weather. a few sprinkle yoefrs night, knows are now gone. skies are mostly cloudy but it's mile. upper 50s to low 60s right now. 57 in arlington, 55 for high school football time tonight. commuter impacts on your weekend in ten minutes. a check on traffic right now. good morning. 270 right now looking good. nice and clear for us this morning. zooming into prince george's county overall, nice and green. don't have any major problems. now that we're in the 5:00 hour, a lot of the roadwork hanging around is out of the way. 95 northbound quantico to the beltway going to take you 17 minutes right now. average speed, 68 miles per hour. right now everything looking nice and clear all the way from quantico to the beltway. i'll be back here in ten minutes. see you at 5:11. right now we're following a terrible crash in france between a bus and a truck. 42 people are dead.
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both vehicles caught fiefrmt the bus driver was able to open the door so some could is skate. some are seriously burning. information is still coming out. so one of the things we don't know is what kind of bus it was. french authorities have just started their investigation. eun, back to you. thank you, kristin. it's 5:03. developing this morning a child is expected to rekonk after she was shot last night in hyattsville. police say the girl was shot just after 8:45 on allendale circle. police are working to find possible suspects and a motive. police are investigating a deadly stabbing in northeast washington. "news4" was there as first responders tried to save the victim. this happened on g street. nathanial moody was stabbed at least four times. there are no suspects at this time.
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just about 5:04 on this friday morning and the pentagon is reiterating it has not changed tactics in iraq. it says a u.s. special forces mission to rescue hostages this weekend was an exception. >> we're not in an active combat mission in iraq and i can say that directly. >> 70 kurdish hostages like the ones in this video are free this morning. the pentagon is getting information from them and the five isis guards that u.s. forces captured thursday morning. one u.s. servicemember died. the pentagon said it had intelligence that isis was about to execute those hostages. new calls this morning to save a hospital in prince george's county. newly released ads are asking neighbors and patients to help save laurel regional hospital. one of the ads focuses on hospital director john spearman. >> 2013, john spearman told "the
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baltimore sun" something i didn't fully appreciate when i started here was how deeply this community loves this hospital. >> the ads are asking you coon the tact maryland governor larry hogan to help save the hospital. you can head to the nbc washington app to find out how to contact the governor. a prince george's county father is not happy with the school after he found out a teacher spanked his child. it happened at the french immersion school in greenbelt. others also complaining about the same teacher hitting them. the school said they found no wrongdoing. they found no legal reasons. that teacher is now working for a different school district. >> reporter: right now it's back-to-school night of sorts here. in prince george's county it's the annual snow and ice dry run. don't be surprised if you see them out and about. we're not talking about any
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winter events, again, just a dry run. over 400 coming together, many of them plow drivers going out, familiarizing themselves with the routes. right now you're looking at video from a few years ago. last year they responded to more than 18 snow and ice events and they're getting ready for potentially more, of course, this winter. not only are the plow drivers out familiarizing themselves with the routes but timing themselves and inspections of vehicles and any issues that might crop up this year. we're here with the storm truck. next time i'm going to go inside to the command center. if you're a prince george's county resident, there's a new feature where you can track the road conditions right on the palm of your hand from an app. we're going to be going over that in about 30 minutes. i have to say in talking about snow, the first measurable snowfall here is about mid-december. now the first inch of snow is
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around late december. >> oh, my goodness. i know they have to practice and get ready and be prepared, but i just don't want to hear about it right now. thank you. >> 18 events last year. >> thanks, amelia. we continue on capitol hill where representative paul ryan said he will run for speaker of the house but will he have the republicans' full support. >> someone killed my mom. >> we're getting our first listen of a
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vo: does hal parrish share our values? as mayor, parrish cut school funding nearly three million dollars. reading and science scores fell. parrish said no to opening new women's health clinics, denying access to cancer screenings and breast exams. so instead of dealing with the economy and jobs, parrish will join with the richmond extremists
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to slash education and threaten women's health care. hal parrish -- too extreme for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. joom police say a20-year-old is the driver killed last night in takoma park. the 16-year-old boy and girl in the car with him are expected to recover. police say he was driving up carroll avenue around 7:30 last night, jumped a curb and hit a brick wall. no other cars were involved
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here. investigators are now looking into whether speed or alcohol was involved in the crash. this is a live look at the capitol building where the house republicans have a new front-runner to lead the party after paul ryan made it official. he penned his announcement on his candidacy through a letter to member os testify house last night. after getting support from across the gop, paul ryan said he would, quote, go all in. if he succeeds john boehner, he'll be the youngest house speaker in history. now for a look at "weather & traffic on the 1s." a look at normal. can we check normal? >> all my life i've struggled to be norm and and now you say it's not enough. today, green light conditions as well as tomorrow. as we get into sunday, cloudy skies and a risk of showers
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around. mainly dry n the mid to upper 50s this morning. have the sunglasses for later on today as the temperatures reach the mid-60s. high today, 64. in frederick, maryland, 68 in fredericksburg, virginia. a check on traffic instantaneously. >> right now here we go. i have a new problem. a little bit of construction happening at van buren street. we have one lane closed. sounds like it's blocked. 95 here in maryland, don't have any problems northbound or southbound. starting to see some of it build. right now all the main routes into and out of town, fingers crossed, no major issues. back here in ten minutes. >> thanks, melissa. standing desks are popping up in workplaces across the country. we have a few here. but schools, the new push to put them in classrooms. and we're keepen an eye on hurricane patricia which is hurricane patricia which is being called a
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right now at 5:16, all eyes are on mexico pacific coast where hurricane patricia is churning in the ocean. what the national hurricane center has to say about the category 5 storm. things are a lot closer to home here, but they're also about to get a lot cooler. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell will let you know how cold it will be on the next "weather & traffic on the 1s." hurricane patricia is getting stronger. it's now a category 5. it's moving toward the pacific coast of mexico near the tourist areas. it looks like it could be the strongest storm ever to hit the country. the national hurricane center says it is potentially catastrophic. it could hit near porta vie air ta.
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that's a big tourist area. patricia could make landfall this afternoon or tonight. so we'll be watching. back to you. prince george's county. 911. what is the location of your emergency? >> someone killed my mom. >> for the first time we're hearing the chilling 911 calls that led to the discovery of a body inside a prince george's county home. a friend of amanda jones made the first 911 call monday night. he was on the phone with her when he said he suddenly heard a struggle after she got into the house. >> she was screaming at the top of her voice and stuff, sounded like she was fighting somebody. >> the next morning on tuesday jones' own daughter found her mother stabbed to death and she called 911. >> what happened? what are you seeing? >> she's lying here on the ground. >> okay. >> she's got exercise equipment and blood everywhere! >> the victim's former boyfriend mitchell cole is charged with her murder. prince george's county detective
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says cole confessed to breaking in and killing jones. the man accused of lying about working for the cia for 30 years will face a judge today. wayne simmons will face a judge this morning. he often appeared on fox news as a former on rahhive. simmons says he made it all up and got several security clearances. he's also been convicted of multiple drunk drivings and possession of firearms convictions. a man is being released to a supervision program. mayor muriel bowser said she doesn't know sanders but told "news4" he'll be held to a higher standard. today family and friends will gather to remember an 80-year-old man.
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he asked to use the restroom and wasn't seen alive again. phipps' body was found in the park three weeks late jeer do you work better if you stand up and move arounder now and then? some researchers think students will work better too. they're testing out the stanning desks at an elementary school in norj california. teefb principal has one. they tried standing deaths last year and they had so much says they dumped the sitting desks for fall. >> feel like i can hold their attention loeng your because i feel like their brans and bodies are active and more awake. >> researches confirm getting them to move can help them to earn. they have the option to sit down if they're tired. you saw the fidget bar.
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they can mess with it if they feel like they're moving around, getting a little fidgety. >> gets they don't yell at them, sit down. >> not anymore. marathon runners will be treated to a free concert. that concert one event leading up to sunday's big race but there will be some changes this year. "news4's" molette green with more on what we can expect. molette, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning, yes. this is the 40th marine corps marathon. we're on the heels of this happening. there's a lot of excitement this year. i just spoke to operations manager, the guy in charge of all of the logistics who tells me more than 30,000 have register for this. and, yes, there is a slight course change to tell you about. take a look at our map here. runners will take a bit of a different path through crystal service as they near the finish line. the changes happened at mile 22
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and 24. basically no u-turn at crystal drive. really hard to manage that with so many runners in this race. later today there will be some big news expected to come from a news conference from the marine corps marathon folks talking about significant change for 2016. i'm told it's going to be big and it's going to be exciteding. road closures, of course, always a big part of such a big event. metro will be opening two hours early on sunday for all of this, but you can get all of that and much more about this year's events inside our nbc washington app. reporting live here from outside the marine corps marathon memorial -- marine corps memorial, that is, in arlington. back to you. >> thanks, melissa. its is now 5:21. at this time tomorrow, we will be getting ready for the walk to
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end hiv in downtown washington. chuck bell and i will be there. you can find out how to join us on the nbc washington app. it starts on freedom plaza tomorrow morning at 9:15. it benefits whitman walker health. it provides help for those living with hiv. it's a terrific organization that's been here for so long. helping some who can't get out of their homes to do basic things like shop for groceries and cook meals. >> it's a lot of fun. >> it is. all a great turnout. >> the big question, of course, is what will the weather be like. chuck bell has some answers to that. >> that's right. i've got my finisher medals from the 2006 marathon and last year's marathon. i'll be out there again this weekend. i'm not going to run the race all the way to this weekend. this is the shirt i'll be wearing to start out. we've got our team nbc 4 shirt on the front and this is on the
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back running for you. if you see the shirt on the race course, aisle run to mile 4 and e'll be cheering along with everybody else at the nbc 4 team. we sponsor mile 4 which is the best mile to be sponsoring. join us. we'll be passing out peacocks and little noise maker clappers and stuff. come on out and join us. this morning we have cloudy skies overhead and temperatures are on the mild side. we had a couple of sprinkles overnight. those are long gone. race morning, sunday morning, we could have a come of sprinkles around. right now it's a cloudy but dry start. it's a mild way to get the day going. here's your sky cast 4 for today we'll have some clouds later on this afternoon. on the hole you'll like the way things are shaping up. up into the low to mid 60s for the course of the afternoon with more an more sunshine for the
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second half of the day. on the whole it's going to be a nice day to be outside. seven-day forecast. how about 66 with sunshine. a little breezy at times today. 65 tomorrow. we'll start with sunshine saturday morning. clouds will increase late in the day on saturday. could get a couple of sprinkles or light showers in the early, early parts of sunday morning. should be dry, albeit cloudy for the race and we dry out monday and tuesday. heavier rain chances by next week. four things to know. at 5:31. a check on traffic with melissa. right now a problem on metro. right now blue line single tracking between arlington cemetery and pentagon city and the line here this morning because of an earlier malfunction. right now we have brand-new crash northbound just after 5 at waldorf. all we know about the accident not seeing any slowdowns yet, but we keep an eye on it for you. 66, northbound and southbound
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here. live picture of 270 at old 200 road looking good here. southbound through hyatt. no major issues. i'll see you right back here in ten minutes. 5:25 now. the man accuse of a mass shooting in south carolina will be in court today. dylann roof is facing murder and hate crimes charges. he's accused of killing nine people at a historically black church in charleston irl ler this year. roof's trial is scheduled for your next year. attorneys for "rolling stone" magazine is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from three former university of virginia students. the fraternity members say they can be identify by an article about a rape on the campus. they apologized. each former student is asking for more than $75,000 for defamation and negligence. 5:26. new hope developing as pieces of debris washed up in the bahamas. the coast guard said some of it
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is likely from the el faro cargo ship. it went down during hurricane joaquin. 24 americans and five polish crew member died. the serial number on one of the largest piece os debris matches a container that was on the ship. now to the campaign trail. in a couple of hours we could find out about a shapeup in the democratic race for the white house. candidate lincoln chafee said he will update his campaign. he's been hovering so far around zero. he's expected to make the announcement around 8:00 this morning. we'll send the alert to your phone with any new information. changes you need know about on the metro. if you're heading to the marine corps marathon, mollet mentioned it. it will opened two hours early at 5:00 a.m. traffic work will affect five out of six lines. red lines every 18 minutes, green, every 16 minutes.
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orange, blue, and silver lines every 26 minutes. there's no track work on sunday. loudoun county want to buy the dulles greenway. supervisors sea they would also support distance-based or time-based tolling on that privately owned road. right now drivers pay one amount no matter how far they travel on the road. outrage against a popular airline accused of leaving a disabled man on a flight long after everyone else deboarded. wait till you hear the compensation the airlines is offering. the families of two who were killed slapped a la suit. i don't wash the car just yet. which day this weekend we can see some showers when chuck bell returns with your four things to know. the centers for medicare and medicaid services
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good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. breaking down benghazi. what we learned from hillary clinton in her testimony on capitol hill. and a story that has you talking on our facebook page this morning. a disabled man left on a plane, why he says he was forced to crawl off. and we want to show you some
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temperatures as well. we want to show you some temperatures. it's pretty cool. chuck bell says get used to it for the weekend. we're working on breaking news here in the newsroom and that is a shooting near the shaw metro station. police got there around 4:30 this morning. they found one man shot. we talked with him. he should be all right. no suspect information at this time. back to you, guys. good morning, everybody. four things you need to know. it should be cooler and breezy later on this afternoon, about a 10-degree drop and the weekend is going to start off in the chilly 40s. saturday, no weather worries for your outdoor plans tomorrow, but sunday there's a chance for light rain, particularly in the front part of the morning. outside it's a mild 62 downtown.
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upper 50s and low 60s here for your morning plans, so a mild start to the day turning into a full sunshine kind of an afternoon. temperatures today climbing up into the mid to low 60s. not a big rise in temperatures. only 10 degrees cooler than that. it will be chilly going out to high school football tonight or dinner and a movie, whatever you're doing. >> pumpkin patch. doesn't that sound romantic? >> a bomb fine. it will be chilly. >> sounds good. right now the problem on m. ach m.a.r.c. one line is canceled. just push that out on the nbc washington app. 301, a crash. 66 into town looking quite good. aaron? >> all right, melissa.
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thank you. it's 5:33 right now. take a look at this map. this shows the reason that people who live near the navy yard and capitol hill area are a little nervous. each area where you see a circle shows where armed robbers attacked neighbors between 9:00 and 10:00 last night. neighbors are so nervous they're ready to move. one victim says threeion men approached him, threatened him with a gun and robbed him. leaders in the neighborhood say neighbors are on edge. >> my next-door neighbor was in a panic. her husband is gone for work and she's hearing helicopters circle for half an hour and she's scared. neighbors want to know if all of wednesday's robberies are related. one woman put her house on the market yesterday after news of the attacks so close to her home. i don't care what you all say about me. it doesn't bother me a bit. i do care what you say and imply
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about admiral mullen. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton in a marathon hearing, keeping cool during 11 hours of grilling everything from her leadership to private e-mails was fair game. nbc live's tracie potts is on capitol hill on how this could impact her campaign. good morning. >> good morning. we'll wait to see what voters think about this marathon hearing. it wrapped up around 11:00. hillary clinton kept her cool unlike last time when she got visibly frustrated. she got asked lots of questions from republicans including why she didn't send more security after she got hundreds and hundreds of requests. she said the requests never reached her desk personally, in fact, that she didn't even have a computer in her office. we also saw her e-mails, stacks of them surrounding the attacks
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that killed four americans. now the question becomes do voter voters -- now we find out as she hits the campaign trail again whether or not voters are satisfied and ready to put this behind them. eun. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. traci tracie, thank you. hillary clinton will be out on a campaign rally with terry mckol lo. that begins at 10:00 this morning in market square. several men in a trial of an accused serial killer have been shot down. yesterday ben severance took the stand. ben severance told the court he and charles parted company in 2001 after he tried to get his
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brother help for his mental health issues. he said his writings were a product of his mental health and not a true desire to kill. 5:36. investigators need help in tracking down two men they say shot and killed two men. they released a sketch. they say two weeks ago that man and another shot a 17-year-old in the leg on a trail in waldorf and then they took his bike. the teen was able to wave down a school bus driver who called for help. the parents of two victims killed in a rowhouse fire are suing for wrongful death. they say their parents are seek 10g million per family. the suit claims the home had no working smoke detectors or fire extinguishers and windows that would not open and no fire escape ladder. 5 x :37. united airlines is now apologizing to a
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wheelchair-bound man left alone and forced to crawl off the flight. he waited nearly half an hour after evan else was off the plane for someone to bring him an aisle chair. he was frustrated and uncomfortable when he needed to use the bathroom. that's when he crawled his way out of the plane. i lifted the arm rest and got down on my hands and knees. i crawled up the rest of the way through the aisle and then i got to the end and i had to crawl over the entryway to make sure i didn't fall obviously. >> united says they're investigating the incident and are offering kneel a free travel vow tur. the national disability network says they're seeing more of these kinds of complaints with air travel. a former d.c. police officer and church pastor could face up to 18 years in prison.
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darrell best pleaded guilty to several sex crimes against children yesterday. those is are sketches of him back in may. prosecutors say he used d.c. police headquarters and place or worship to abuse two under age girls. he had porn pictures on his phone. the secret service is being warned that overworking its employees is putting national security at risk. the latest report reveals they were found sleeping on the job, even at the white house. records show one agent worked nearly 60 hours of your time before he was caught sleeping on the job. staffing is down 10% and they're not able to fill that void because the cultural problems are so deepseated, people are leaving the secret service. >> secret service director joe clancey is scheduled to testify before congress next week.
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it is an upgrade to traffic signals that could have an impact on you even if you don't drive. a prince george's county school under fire after a teacher allegedly spanked a student. why school officials say they found no wrongdoing. taking a look outside the "news4" studios this morning, "news4" studios this morning, the kids haven't needed a coa i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. republican hal parrish claims he improved transportation. but the truth is he was nowhere to be found. literally. parrish holds a seat on the northern virginia transportation authority,
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welcome back at 5:42. a nurse who was detained and quarantined during the ebola outbreak is sues governor chris christie and the government. she was held illegally after returning from work in sierra leone. later she was seen riding her bicycle outside her home in maine. she had a fever but didn't have any symptoms of ebola. the lights work by turning red lights green as emergency crews approach intersections. officials sayty signals could also reduce crashes. county leaders are reviewing
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which corridors could benefit the most from technology giant's time for "weather & traffic on the 1s" with meteorologist chuck bell. >> so far, so good. the sprinkles from overnight are gone. we're off to a mild start. recess gets a "b" today. there'll be a come of clouds. temperatures rising into the mid-60s for highs by dismissal time. it will be chilly for high school football. weekend events a plenty. the forecast to g along with them. that's in ten minutes. right now traffic time with a brand-new traffic tie jum. brand-new problem. with i have an accident there. one lane of georgetown pike is blocked. blue line track between arlinton cemetery and pentagon city. blue line. joopz outer loop, 66 inbound
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looks goo good and the quantico to the beltway moving along nicely. remember to listen to 1003.5 wtop when you hop into your car. we're working to final out if an all clear has been given to tennessee state university after an overnight shooting left one person dead. the latest after a break. parent says their children took video of a prince george's county bus driver. the bus driver is accused of texting while driving. what they're doing about the allegations. starbucks, look vo: does hal parrish share our values? as mayor, parrish cut school funding
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nearly three million dollars. reading and science scores fell. parrish said no to opening new women's health clinics, denying access to cancer screenings and breast exams. so instead of dealing with the economy and jobs, parrish will join with the richmond extremists to slash education and threaten women's health care. hal parrish -- too extreme for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.
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overnight. nashville police say one person is dead, two others were seriously hurt. we don't know anything about the victims at this point. more on what police say started this coming up on "news4" at 6:00. and outside this morning, wakeup weather, mild and dry. temperatures in the 50s to near 60 now. we'll be looking at your weekend event forecast coming right up. and right now our biggest problem is this georgetown pike at towlston road having a crash blocking at least one lane. we're trying to find more information. we seernlding a chopper that way. guys? >> thanks, melissa. we're learning more about a child shot last night in hyattsville. prince george's county police say the child was shot around 8:45 on al endale circle. we haven't learned her age. they're still looking for the suspect. "news4" was there as first responders tried to save the victim.
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this happened yesterday at the langston terrace dwellings on g street. we're told 51-year-old nathanial moody was stabbed at least four times. there's a $25,000 reward for an arrest leading to an covikz. the pentagon is reiterating it has not changed tactics in iraq. they say the u.s. forces releasing hoss tackles was an exception. >> i can say that directly. >> 70 kurdish hostages like the ones you see in the video this morning are free this morning. one u.s. servicemember did die here. the first american killed in iraq since the campaign began. the pentagon said it had intelligence that isis was about to execute some of the hostages. new calls this morning to save a hospital in prince george's county. newly released ads are asking
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them to sieve a hospital. one ad focuses on hospital director john spearman. >> 2013 the president of laurel regional hospital john spearman told "the baltimore sun" something i didn't appreciate when i started here is how deeply this community loves this hospital. >> the ads are asking you o contact maryland governor larry hogan to help save the hospital. you can head to the washington app to fine out how to contact the governor. a father is not happy after he learns his child was spanked by a teacher. it happened at the kennedy french immersion school in greenbelt about a year ago. other students also complained about the same teacher hitting them. the school officials say they found no wrongdoing and they won't comment for legal reasons. the teacher is now working for a different local school district. texting and driving, it's illegal in maryland, so why is
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this school bus driver doing it and what are school officials doing about it. more on that in just a minute but first let's check on "weather & traffic on the 1s." we have "storm team 4's" chuck bell in our studio. first amelia segal at the public works maintenance building. amel amelia? >> reporter: that's exactly right. we're in the command center. this is where folks coordinate road condition, where plows need to go. you can see lots of cameras focused on roads. i want to take you over here. this is something that's relatively new. this is a situational dashboard. if you're prans george's county resident, you to check this out. also new this year an app. if you want to download the app, go to the google play store, android play store, look up pgc trip and what that's going to do
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is put information right in the palm of your hand, roads, conditions, incidents. that's going to come right here to the command center. coming up in about 30 minutes we're going to get in a storm truck, follow a plow driver around, and follow some challenges they face and might face for this upcoming year. i have to say, guys, in talking about snow, we start talking about mid-december and the first inch toward the end of december. >> let's hope not. >> a lot of snow lovers. >> she's a snow lover like i am. she went to penn state. you don't go to penn state if you don't like snow. >> i used to love the snow. >> you still should. you have young children. you should love it. >> they love it. >> of course, they do. they love sledding down the hill as do kids of all ages. outside, no snow in the forecast.
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not even a sub freezing temperature on the seven-day. aaron, a little good news for you there. 60 degrees in washington. winds are out of the north averaging three miles per hour. off to a mild start this morning for sure. turning breezy. a little cooler this afternoon and chilly for your friday night plans so you'll need to bundle up. speaking of that, eun and i are going to be at the staging event. a little 5k run around the national mall. temperatures in the mid-50s. come on out and enjoy the day and spend some time with eun and i. marine corps marathon on sunday morning. start time at 8:00. could have light rain between 2:00 and 8:00 a.m. sunday morning. it will be a mild and damp start. temperatures in the mid-50s. low to mid-60s by noon and mid-60s by afternoon. seven-day forecast forecast time. how about 66 with sunshine coming back later on this
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afternoon. partly sunny tomorrow. tomorrow's a better outdoor day. there's a chance of showers around. very, very light but might have a wet morning. then we dry out. better chance of heavier rain comes in wednesday, thursday of next week. it is traffic time. here's melissa mollet. >> at towlston road we have a blockage there. yellow lean, single tracking between lafont plaza. taking a look, this has just cleared. 301 north at the 5. the right side was blocked. it's now out of the way. 65 looking good. inner loop and outer loop looking good. 270 you're clear southbound all the way from frederick down. i'll see you in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. parents are expressing outrage over this prince george's county
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school bus driver still on the job. in this video it looks like she is texting at the wheel. now this video you saw first on 4, the student recorded the video after taking pictures where it wasn't clear whether the bus was moving at the time. this happened on the route. prince george's county schools says the driver and the video are under investigation right now but the driver is still taking kids to school. >> this is about their safety. this is unacceptable to me. >> the parent didn't want to gives us her full name. the prince george's county school says it's looking into reports that the bus sometimes takes the kids late to school. as if you weren't looking for more reasons to go to starbucks, they may be serving alcohol. this program will allow the coffee shop to sell small savory meals, beer, wine, and
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coffee-based drinks starting at 2:00 in the afternoon. the others that could get licenses are chevy chase and penn town. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. u.s. regulators are expanding their investigation of takata airbags to not only include the front but the side airbags. if they're found to be defective, the recall will need to be widened. so far at least 12 have been recalled. at least 78 have died and 9 injured due to faulty takata airbags. and a school is set to open. it will target 700 of the most disadvantaged residents in the neighborhood.
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zuckerberg and his wife have a history of donating. last year another 120 million to support bay area public schools. with your cnbc business report i'm landon dowdy. a portable camera is set up to combat a string of tire and rim threat. a commuter shows this pi. four cars had their tires and rims stolen back in may. for more in september and two cars were hit just last week. we have two breaking news stories. we're watching for you first on the road. chopper 4 is on its way to georgetown pike where we're already starting to see some big backups at this hour. melissa mollet will have a closer look. and the other breaking story, one person is dead in the shooting at tennessee state. what police believe led to the gunfire when we go to the
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accident leaves a driver dead and two teenagers hurt in takoma park. plus, we're gearing up for the marine corps marathon race and the changes in store for this year's veenltd. but we begin with a big cooldown. "storm team 4's" meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. indeed. it's going to be a very nice day outside. if you're making plans to get outside and enjoy it, you should plan for temperatures to be rising from the 50s to 60s. this morning we should be making it into the mid 60s for later this afternoon. it's going to be a nice day to be outside. clouds around this morning but it's a mild start. less of a warmup. temperatures are not going to climb all that much. the sprinkles that we had late last night are gone. we're up to a dry start. 62 in washington. mid-60s for this afternoon and at least it will be sunny. that's a good way to get the weekend star
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