the substance on the field. once he drove out to the national mall, let's roll video. he called u.s. capitol police and the police took him into custody and checked him for anthrax and the robot is inspecting the truck to make sure there isn't anthrax or deadly substances on it and this comes at a tough time for tourists and many of them coming out here to snap pictures of the capitol and many of them coming out of town and they planned on coming, walking right down third street northwest to the national mall. well, that is blocked off right now. a lot of folks are getting off work, and i must tell you just to avoid this area near the capitol near third street northwest. police have not released this man's name. again, this story is developing and we'll bring you more details tonight at 6:00 here on nbc washington. live on the national mall, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> thanks, shomari. now to concerns

in violence in the district as police try to figure out what's behind the spree of shootings yesterday. a man and woman gunned down just a few blocks away from each other and a few hours apart. those two murders among five shootings we saw across the city yesterday. let's go right to pat collins. he's live in southeast with more on the story. pat? >> jim, police believe that second-chance criminals with the history of violence and access to guns are responsible for the spike in violence in our city. >> what is with all of the broad daylight violence in our city? what is driving it? >> you know, i wish i could tell you. it's a small number of people that have no regard for other people. >> it was noon that tayvon companyings was shot ask killed. cummings has been picked up on a number of gun charges in the lth

when he was killed yesterday. four hours later, five blocks away, tracy cooper shot and killed outside her home on 49th street southeast. >> she was a good person. would do anything for anybody and she never saw it coming. >> police believe the murder of tracy cooper and the shooting death of tavon cummings may be linked and so does this man. he is not to be identified. he brought flowers to the scene. he says he lived with miss cooper for 15 years. >> do you think somebody killed her to get to somebody else? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: and this was sort of a murder with a message? >> yeah. yeah. i believe that. >> reporter: these two murders yesterday came during a rash of gun violence in our city. five shootings in the middle of the day. police say as they arrest violent

somehow get some sort of release and the level of violence increases. >> there's a small number of people that are repeat, violent offenders and if they repeatedly commit violent crimes then their privileges to serve time in a community versus behind bars ought to be revoked at some point. >> reporter: last weekend, a 7-year-old boy was shot and wounded while he was just playing on a sidewalk here in our city. well, today we learned there were adults with that boy and when the bullets started flying the adults ran away and left the kid by himself. more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> when you and the chief talk about second-chance criminals and these are criminals with a violent history, is that right, in some cases? >> that's correct, and you know, they're out on probation or they're on under some sort of supervisory release and they're finding that a lot of times these people who

and they arrest get into those situations and they're back getting guns and committing more violent crimes and it's very frustrating. >> frustrating, indeed and frightening, too. pat collins, thank you. >> we'll see you at 6:00. we have a developing story tonight. a federal judge has ruled against the key provision of the district's gun law that concerns those permits to get a concealed carry permit that requires anyone seeking that kind of permit to have a good reason for it. the judge today said that requirement likely unconstitutional and that means anyone applying for a concealed carry permit right now would not have to show that good reason. they would have to still fulfill other requirements such as a background check. >> well, it is slow going out there right now on our roads and people trying to get home, but the roads are wet, doug. >> roads are wet. they've been wet for days and they'll be wet tonight. they'll be wet into tomorrow, too, and right now we're

4 radar and you can see where the rain is. we're starting to see things break up just a bit, but not quite yet and right around the beltedway still seeing that rain and calvert county seeing the heaviest and steadiest rain, and winchester, tread rick toward warrenton. as we take a look at the wider picture, there's wave number one and we have another wave to the west that will move in overnight tonight and not just the rain that's been making everybody kind of miserable. it's been the cold weather, too. 55 degree, the average high of the day is 75. we are nowhere near that anywhere on this map, we have been cold in the mid atlantic for the last couple of days and we have no rain tomorrow and the umbrella and jackets needed and better late this week. we're talking thursday and friday and of course, that weekend in just a minute. >> we'll see you then. neighbors calling for changes tonight. a train hit and killed a woman while she was walking with friends along tracks f

county. tonight, neighbors tell us people on those tracks -- they're on there all of the time. this happened last night near the intersection of burke road and burke lake road. mark segraves joins us live from the scene with details. mark? >> reporter: yeah. this sign right here, this is the only thing preventing someone from using this pathway to cut across these tracks from the shopping center into one of the neighborhoods, and as you said, neighbors say they constantly see teenagers and even children walking and playing along these dangerous railroad tracks. >> it's super dangerous. i mean, sometimes i tell them to get off and not many cops circle around here as much, so it's pretty dangerous, yeah. >> it was about 9:30 last night as three teenagers were walking along these train tracks in fairfax, virginia, one of them

>> erica dunn died from her injuries at a local hospital. she'd graduated from nearby lake braddock high school last year. according to the federal railroad administration since 2014 there have been 29 people killed while walking along train tracks in virginia. in 2015, a 15-year-old girl was hit and killed by a train not far from where they were that night. neighbors know how dangerous it can be. >> nowadays, at some level people have to have common sense and responsibility and it's pretty clear any time you're near tracks the train could be coming by. >> you shouldn't be able to walk right on to the track. you would think they would have something to divide the track from the public. >> reporter: police say it appears dunn's death was an accident. in fairfax, mark segraves, news 4. in the race of the white house there is a new national poll that

a tight race between hillary clinton and donald trump. the nbc survey monkey pole gives clinton an edge. >> wendy, the gender gap itself is nothing new. since 1980 women have been more likely than men to support the democratic candidate. what this new poll shows that gap is widening. clinton holds an advantage among female voters 53% to 38% and that 15-point difference is down from 19 last week. that is a number we'll want to keep an eye on because it could be pivotal because right now trump is carrying men by an 11% margin. clinton does poll very strongly among racial minorities and that's where the numbers really jump. she hopes a 75% among black voters and a 37 percentage with hispanic voters. right now donald trump

preferred and leads by 19 points. one of the most famous landmarks is back open. the elevator problem at the washington monument is fixed. that shut down the monument on slt saturday and a faulty computer chip replaceded. two schools in the district will resume as normal tomorrow now that a power outage is fixed. pepco tells us the outage in the tinnily town area could be blamed on a tripped feeder. at one point, half the traffic lights were red. news 4 there was this morning as police stopped to direct traffic. wilson high school and alice dean middle school, rather, were let out early. it used to be a vibrant outdoor mall in largo, but the boulevard at capital center is mostly empty and there are plans to redevelop that area. a lot of restaurant owners tried to tough it out hoping that that new medical center would

for some, including a well-known celebrity chef the wait has been a tad too long. news 4's tracee wilkins is live in largo with a look at what that chef is now facing. >> that celebrity chef walked away from his business and it turns out that was an even bigger mistake. >> the caps center was one of the premier shopping looks and it was. >> when we first got the lease it was 95% occupied and as you see now it's 90% empty. >> with the news of the regional center coming to the boulevard and the large portion of the shopping center being redeveloped the few remaining chain stores left. >> you can't survive in a mall without stores. >> celebrity sheef timothy dean of bravo's top chef operated timothy dean's burger, but since he was forced to close his doors due to the collapse of the mall. now he says

management is coming after him for back rent. >> six months later they entered a confessed judgment for almost a quarter of a million dollars. dean says he and investors have lost money after they were the ones advocating for the hospital thinking it would benefit his business, as well. >> we advocated for it and we made fund raisers. timothy burger was an advocate for the principle. >> and the government released this seaing, it does not get involved anywhere in the county. we look forward to continuing transformation of the largo area and the construction of the regional medical center. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, he was hoping to open up a location in buoy. he already has one in operation in northwest d.c. and with the judgment he doesn't think that ul

to correct all of this. reporting live in largo, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. don't touch that dvr, folks. we have a story about d.c.'s mayor using the f-bomb today. >> we'll have two google reports that you will will see in the next ten minutes. >>'s delivery nightmare for a local woman. >> what happened after she paid thousands of dollars for a new are furniture. >> i'm megan, where the many of the roads that the officers travel are potentially deadly ask dangerous. coming up at 5:00, we'll show you some of the major problems and why repairs could be a slow process. >> doug kammerer answering your weather questions on facebook live. coming up, the new timing for more rain and its impact on your

morning commute. and a fairfax couple allegedly held hostage and tort you ared in their home by a set of lawyers and the unusual defense

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delay. a local woman pays hundreds of dollars for furniture. >> after she paid for it the store told her the delivery was going to take longer than when she was first told. frustrated, she contacted consumer reporter susan hogan. >> that's right. stuck with a hefty bill and told she couldn't back out of the deal this maryland grandmother made one call to nbc 4 responds and we quickly delivered results. >> well, i walked into this store called coalsly furniture. >> she needed furniture. she was expectation house full of company. >> i had no furniture. and i was going to rent-a-center to rent something. i ordered this. they didn't have it in stock so they had to order it. >> they could get the furniture delivered in no time. >> he said maybe a week or two. i said no problem. okay. >> she gave the store her credit card, paid $841 for a couch and to

once the transaction went through another employee told her delivery would be in four to six weeks. >> i said four to six weekses. you just said two weeks. she immediately asked for a refund. >> they said i couldn't get a refund. once it's in it's in. what kind of store is this? >> she waited and waited. >> first they told me they didn't have a driver. secondly, the furniture isn't delivered only on thursdays. >> that's when savannah contacted us. i need some help with this. >> we called cozi on a monday. it delivered her furniture three days later. >> it was on a thursday. >> we asked about the discrepancy, company policy for delivery is two to six weeks and a prevailing circumstance necessitated the salesperson in giving savannah a delivery of one to two weeks. the store offered its sincere apology. back at her home

furniture. >> and i love it. >> yes. >> and if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, just contact us, nbc 4 responds and 844-nbc-dc 44. also first at 4:00, the owners of a local dry cleaning business have been evicted from their building leaving hundreds of its customers hanging out to the dry. super cleaners on georgia avenue in silver spring is closed uptight. the store closed after the proper's landlord evicted the owners for not paying $41,000 in rent over the last two years. news 4 was there as the montgomery county office of consumer protection put up signs informing them when they could come by to pick up their belongings. coming up tonight at 6:00, we'll let you know the details of that and we know when that will be taking place. >> isn't that maddening? >> there was a kid who had a prom tuxedo in there, too. >> there are always stories in a

they got that out for him in time. >> thanks, susan. well issue the debate over housing the district's homeless apparently led to a testy exchange this afternoon between the district's top two leaders. the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to a proposal it would radically alter the mayor's plan and rather than using private land the council wants to build new shelters on public property saving taxpayers more than $100 million. muriel bowser says it will delay closure of the troubled d.c. general shelter. a reporter for wamu 88.5 fm saying he witnessed mayor bowser calling the f-word. she declined to comment. a dangerous condition on some of the major highways in and out of d.c. the

police says it's becoming an issue for his officers. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live in laurel with more on how this is affecting drivers as well. meagan? >> reporter: some drivers try to avoid the b.w parkway and the biggest issues are potholes and line markings on the road making it challenging for them to know which lane is theirs. >> i'm usually on either 95 or the bwi parkway. >> the b.w. parkway is one of many heavily traveled roadways in and out of d.c. along with the claire barton parkway, but drivers are noticing what they call significant issues. >> it's usually less congested, but the road conditions are -- there are a lot of potholes. >> pamela ama is talking about the line striping on the roadways. specifically on the bw

outer line of the roadway in many areas is missing as are the center lane dividers. >> reporter: ian is the union president for the park police. he said the problems on many of the roads are getting worse. >> you obscure your visibility, compounded with the lack of lane markings it could potentially be something deadly. >> the biggest issue he says is funding. the national park service says that's true, but they put together a multi-year plan to put issues on the bw parkway and the repairs won't happen immediately. in the meantime, people like ama say they'll be extra vigilant on the road. >> the conditions when you're driving at night. >> the national park service says these repairs are happening on the bw parkway are happening in phases, but it could be years before the entire stretch is complete, but they do tell us that starting this summer they'll begin the process of painting new stripes on the road and they tell us right now they're looking into more sustainable products.

what the president of the park police tells us how police officers are changing their tactics because of the issues on the roadways. back to you. >> thanks, meagan. a man murdered in his home. his wife now accused in this crime. how this case unraveled in a vienna community. >> he heard banging and yelling in the back of the van where freddie gray died. new testimony in baltimore tonight as a case against an officer nears an end. >> there i a nsew

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out yesterday you're good and soggy now, aren't we, doug? >> we'll stay on the soggy side for the next couple of days. we have more in the way of cloud cover. if you think our weather is bad. i want to take you to the place that has the worst weather in the world. wind gusting over 100 miles per hour. i have done this before. my winds were at 114. this guy was only 109, but i'll tell you, what an amazing event that is and really just amazing to see winds that strong. you can see also the snow and what's called rhyme ice right there, but really, really something cool if you ever head up to

actually do stand up there or live up there and monitor the weather on a daily basis, 365 days a year, and it's kind of amazing. we actually see some brightening of the sky. that's right and not seeing much rain across our region and the clouds are lifting a bit and 55 degrees and winds out of the northeast at 5 miles an hour and i mentioned 55. the average high is 75 and we're going reach below average today. and 55 leesburg and 55 over toward annapolis and something else to talk about. it's hurricane preparedness week and we do expect a slightly above average hurricane season. that reminds me of the hurricane season back in 1998 and take a look at all of the tracks here. not a whole lot coming toward the east coast. only one that was right along the east coast. it was a category 3 and yes, we will have to watch something like that, but i'm not expecting much as far as hurricane season goes for us. as far as rain is concerned i am expecting that to continue. you is see that rain along

and still seeing the rain. this first wave moving on through and we have another wave back to the west. this wave will come in tonight and into tomorrow so, yes, more rain into tomorrow's forecast and take a look at this as we move on to future weather. here's 8:00 and not much in d.c., but just to the north and west. winchester, romney and around the charlestown area and seeing that rain during the morning and here it comes during the afternoon and a better chance at just showers. tomorrow we will not see nearly as much rain in and around d.c. as we did today, but keep the umbrella handy and we'll need it from time to time tomorrow and take the bus stop and a few showers, 52 degrees at that time tomorrow and upper 50s to 60 and it's warmer than this afternoon. 69 for your thursday and a mixture of sun and clouds. looking pretty good and clouds with the high of 71 and we go right back down rd

into the rain and the 50s and we'll talk about the weekend forecast in a bit. >> thank you, doug. >> it was a deadly distraction. why federal investigators say the derailment on amtrak could have been prevented. and a man caught in the act of taking upskirt pictures of women. find out what happened when one victim caught on. they were the picture of suburban success. graduates of virginia tech in good jobs in northern virginia, but now a wife and mother of two is charged withkilling her

now at 5:30. murdered in the parking lot, a final farewell for the montgomery county mother who went to the grocery store to get a treat for her daughter, but never made it home. >> off the rail, the deadly amtrak crash blamed on speeding and the distraction that led to disaster. >> so when you design a system where a single-point failure can lead to disaster, that's sometimes what you get. you get a disaster. being black in america, a look at how minorities might be doing compared to their white neighbors. >> and a tough lesson for animal lovers why a bison calf had to be killed because yellowstone tourists put the animal inside their suv. they were a young couple and they were the picture of success. >> but now a vienna woman is charged with killing her husband. northern virginia bureau chief e

fairfax county court with details of the arrest. julie? >> the victim's name, eric laroche was an engineer at dueberry consultants. his wife had a good job at fannie mae. last night, shortly after she left work fairfax county police arrested her. she's charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. she is accused of killing her husband last july 31st. when eric laroke's body was found in this vienna home, police first termed the death suspicious and soon after ruled it a homicide. he was shot once in the head and police spent months analyzing computer evidence and that led them to take their case to a grand jury why are the and kim pham was indicted for murder. >> some cases take longer than others to investigate and bring to closure. in this particular case there was a lot of evidence and a lot of documents that the

had to sort through and wait for. in a homicide case they want to build a very solid case. >> ahead at 6:00, i'll give you a closer look at what was found at the murder scene and the evidence police used to build their case. back to you now in the studio. here at the live desk, we're following some breaking news. two special police officers are now facing charges of involuntary manslaughter. they were involved in an elderly man's death last year right outside medstar washington hospital center. james mcbride was a patient at that hospital and he left without being discharged. officers tried to stop mcbride ended up pulling him to the ground. mcbride was 74 years old and had to be resuscitated. he died two days later from what the medical examiner is calling blunt force injuries to his neck. the charges against the special officers carry a maximum 30 years in prison. >> thank you, chris. drug co

returning to fairfax county public schools and the county board of supervisors decided to evaluate the decision with school leaders? drug counselors were taken out three years ago. some principals tell county leaders that the current programs are not as effective. most of the drug overdoses reported over the last couple of months involved team arjs and young adults. a developing story tonight, more than two dozen athletes planning to compete in rio this summer may be banned for cheating in previous olympic games. 31 athletes tested positive for doping in retesting of samples from the 2008 beijing games. these athletes have not been identified and come from a dozen different countries. samples are stored for a decade for retesting as technology improves. the athletes could face retroactive punishment including loss of medals. families of those killed in the september 11th terror

able to sue sawudi arabia. the senate's approval prompted the saudis threat to pull billions of dollars from the u.s. economy. the plan is supported by most democrats, but not by the white house. senator john mccain warns the bill could alienate a key american ally in the middle east. major gaps exist in our country when it comes to social and economic issues among white and black america. and in some cases there has not been a significant shift in decades. news 4's pat lawson muse is here with the results of a new report by the urban league. >> the title for this year's state of black america says a lot, locked out, education, jobs and social justice. this year the urban league looked back 40 years and during that period there haven't been much success in narrowing the gaps. between 1976 and 2016 the unemployment rate for african-americans remained

for white americans. here in the washington area the gap is slightly wider. for gaps it's about 11% and for whites it's closer to 4%. we talk a lot about the gender pay gap, but after 40 years, black americans still only make 60 cents for every dollar that white americans make. here in the washington area where next are higher and we have the majority community in prince georges county we still see the same gap. black households making $66,000 a year while white households bring in around $109,000 a year. another area where the gap widened is home ownership and the gap found that the foreclosure crisis kept black ownership rates at the same lechl as we saw in 1976 while white home ownership levels increased. wendy? jim? >> pat, thank you. the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia now blamed on a distracted engineer and

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the national park service at yellowstone is reminding everyone about the importance of staying away from wild life. >> that warning after rangers had to euthanize a bison calf. a man and his son visiting from another country recently pulled up to the ranger station with a calf in their suv. they apparently thought the little bison was too cold, said it had been coming up to cars, but efforts to then reunite that calf with its herd and its mother pro

>> that newborn calf kept coming back to the road, kept chasing cars, kept trying to get close to visitors and not to the herd and its mother. >> the park service said visitors are supposed to stay at least 25 yard away from all wild life. that pair who picked up the calf, by the way, received citations. >> she's the local mom who stopped at a shopping center in the middle of a shooting spree in montgomery county. a final farewell for claude ina molina. >> the first lady is keeping the country on the move. how she's got

she was a beloved mother, grandmother, nurse. today dozens gathering in rockville to remember one of the victims of that awful, awful shooting spree in montgomery county. news 4's jackie vinson was outside the memorial for claudina molina. >> it was a memorial for a woman who spent her entire life helping others. on friday may 6th, we remember the terrible incident outside the giant grocery store where she lost her life in a

suv at gun point. eulalio tordil had killed two other people, one of them his wife. outside the church this afternoon we heard for the first time from mrs. molina's family. >> she was a wonderful woman. she was a hard working woman. she was very perseverent and she always, always loved every patient she had and she cared every single person she reached out to. >> many of the people who came here this afternoon were people who had worked with mrs. molina in the home health care field. they said she was beloved by her patients and her co-workers and she was getting ready to retire. >> live in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. opening statements may come tomorrow with the trial of the lawyers using an unusual defense in a notorious crime. andrew schmuhl an

terrorizing and nearly killing a couple in their home in 2014. andrew schmuhl's defense is involuntary intoxication. he claims his mental state during the crime was a result of medication he was taking. the schmuhls are accused of brutally attacking alicia's former boss and his wife because she'd been fired from his law firm. alicia schmuhl is being tried separately. this is chris gordon in baltimore, where the trial of police officer ed wward nero is facing completion. today another officer who was taking care of crowd control the moment freddie gray was loaded on to the wagon testified. he heard loud banging, yelling and saw the van shaking violently. officer nero was charged with failing to secure freddie gray

his defense attorneys contend he was never trained and just three days earlier making it mandatory to put seat belts on all detainees. ahead, preparing for the verdict because this is a non-jury trial, judge barry williams will render his decision on all four charges facing officer nero, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct. that's the latest from baltimore. back to you. >> several communities in texas and oklahoma, they're recovering from some powerful storms and that included a lot of tornados and this is just one of nine cited yesterday in those two states and this video taken last night from the texas and new mexico border. the tornado stayed airborne, but it did die out before it caused any serious damage. >> this is some of the damage powerful storms caused in the texas panhandle. strong winds knocking down utility poles and tree limbs last night. several counties reported hail

thunderstorms are expected to hit that area through the end of the week. >> is anyone having a good spring, tom? anyone out there? canada's burning. i mean, my goodness! >> this is leak a steven king novel. you've heard of the shining? this is the raining. >> we are so done with it, too. >> here's johnny! >> here's more rain. fortunately, it is settling down and we are drying out, at least temporarily. can you see i'm looking on the bright side? drying out for a few hours and let's be happy with that. it is now showing a trend, most of the rain is moving off to the east and off to the west and you'll be stepping into dryer air and up route 7 and all of this tracking off to the north and east and when you do get home and you're away from your tv

latest weather and still getting a few sprinkles down 95 toward fredericksburg and most will be ending overnight and just some clouds lingering and much of this will be staying well to our west as we get into tomorrow morning. so starting off wednesday morning just some low clouds and just a slight chance of a few sprinkles and then showers will creep closer to us by 8:00 and much of it stays to the north and west when you see this area in green and as we get into the afternoon hours, maybe a few scattered sprinkles and much the afternoon should be dry and it's tomorrow evening when it might get more rain coming in. travel impact tonight should be okay and maybe clouds around and by dawn tomorrow starting in the morning for that and wednesday afternoon still looks okay for commuting all around the region and maybe just some damp, low clouds hanging in during the afternoon. temperatures have been stuck in

reagan national. so what to wear if you'll be going out tonight and a jacket, long sleeves and slacks as it will be cool and post your pictures like candace trimble did finding bhutto a drippy day. a close-up of these raindrops on a stem of a plant. i love that photo. she posted that on my twitter page. post yours on facebook and infragram and share on twitter. i love seeing your nature and weather photos. by 11:00 p.m., still in the low 50s and by dawn tomorrow we might have temperatures in the low 50s starting often wednesday morning. then mostly dry during the day on wednesday and then maybe a few more showers coming in especially in the evening hours and ending before dawn on thursday and then, oh, i've got happy news for you. thursday and friday, sunshine back up near 70 both days and sad news for saturday. it looks like it will be raining again saturday with highs only in

so the weekend looks like the better day of the weekend will be on sunday after saturday's rain in the 50s sunshine near 70 and the a chance of a few sprinkles around and that will be on sunday during the afternoon hours and then as we get into monday and a small chance of a shower thursday and warming up into the upper 70s and we have that to look forward to. >> experts who focus on pregnancy and mental health were on capitol hill to shine a light on postpartum depression. >> they also discussed depression during pregnancy and doreen gentzler has been following this story and joins us with more. >> the u.s. preventive services task force made headlines earlier this year when for the first time they recommended that both postpartum and pregnant women be screeneded for depression. up to one in ten women have suffered from postpartum depression and between 14 and 23% of women will experience depression during pregnancy which makes screening critical.

all women who are pregnant and all women who are postpartum if they have any depressive symptoms. it profoundly affects not just a woman's mental and physical health, but also that of her family and that of her newborn. >> i'll have more on all of this on news 4 at 11:00. we'll hear from a young mother desperate for help from pregnant and she was embarrassed to speak up and ask for help. we'll see you at 11:00, doreen, thanks. a day-long summit that gives all kids better access for sports is wrapping up in the district. michelle obama was the keynote speaker at the aspen institute's project play summit. there were olympic and former professional athletes on hand. the institute found only d.c. and oregon schools met the federal guidelines of two and a half hours of fitness a week. getting kids active is part of the first lady's let's move initiative. on capitol hill today a setback for the d.c. government. a u

the city from spending its local revenues without first getting specific approval from congress. news 4's tom sherwood reports the d.c.-capitol hill fight is far from settled. >> reporter: here's the issue from capitol hill republicans, congress granted only limited home rule to the district in 1970s and ever since it has always approved the annual budget along with other federal spending, but district officials say city voters in 2013 approved a change to the city charter that separated city spending from the federal government with only a cursory review by congress necessary for city money. house republicans on a party line committee vote passed a measure to nullify the city's attempt at limited independence on its budget. >> this is not meant to do anything other than try to address what the intent of congress was when it passed the home rule act. >> eleanor holmes norton

denounced the vote at historic interference and vowed to fight the bill if it moved from the house to the senate. >> i do want to stress that we are by no means giving up in congress and that's why we've already been at work in the senate. >> the issue is important to d.c. beyond independent spending. the federal budget process in recent years has stalled on capitol hill, often delayed by months when the city can spend its own locally raised revenue. the city budget was $13 billion a year which about 9 billion is raised by local taxpayers. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. items for one of the greatest sports moments of the 20th century are now on the auction block. we are talking about the miracle on ice win by the u.s. hockey team over russia in the 1980 olympics. jim craig was a goaltender on that and he is auctioning off his gold medal jerset and american flag draped over hi

shoulders after that victory. those items could sell for as much as $7 million. he was taking pictures up the skirts of women. the man caught in the act is still on the run. also this -- >> she was killed after she was hit by a train walking along these tracks in northern virginia. coming up, you'll hear from her friends as well as other t

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caught in the act. surveillance cameras were recording as a man stood behind a woman in the store and tried to take pictures up her skirt. denise nabbing an on in philly explained what the woman realized what was happening. >> a man caught on video getting shots up a woman skirt while she's in upper darby. >> oh, god. are you serious? he tried four times before she felt a brush against her leg and turned around to face him and went after him. >> you can see her take a swing at the guy and it's a shame -- not before a camera caught video of his face. >> the thing that bothers me about these dirt balls is the fact that if they have that much guts to do something about that, what can they do beyond that? >> reporter: the may 10th incident shocked regulars on 69th street. >> that could have been your mom, sister, grand mom, anybody

>> i have two nieces, sister, north and i would be irate if i found out that that happened to one of them. absolutely. it's a violation. it's a violation. >> police hope these close-ups of the man bring him another step closer to catching him, but they need your help. >> these kind of guys that would do this type of thing, they're dangerous. they're sick. it's broad daylight and he's got a camera taking a picture up a woman's skirt. >> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. scary moments on the national mall today when a man drove his truck on to the grass claiming he was exposed to anthrax. >> officers moved in wearing gas masks. traffic came to a standstill and tonight there are still a lot of questions about the man and his motives. >> shomari stone is at the scene with the latest. >> the first thing i want to tell you is if you are planning to leave your office right now, if you work at the u.s. capitol or near the capitol it is a traffic

street, northwest and pennsylvania avenue northwest. right now a robot is still inspecting the white pickup truck behind me here on the national mall. you can take a look right over there. there are emergency vehicles on standby. a d.c. hazmat crew is out here and that robot is searching for any potentially deadly substances on the national mall. u.s. park police tell us a man drove the pickup on the mall near third street northwest between jefferson streets around two hours ago and called u.s. capitol police claiming he was exposed to anthrax and police checked the man for anthrax and those tests came back negative and took him into kufrt dcustod. >> he said he had been exposed to anthrax and that he had anthrax with him in the vehicle. he collected it from a farm in virginia what he thought to be anthrax and he brought it here and he wanted to