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wwe're told the jail is on lockdown at this time. crime investigators on the scene at the jail gathering and documenting, gathering information and documenting what happened. we have been, as i said, have been given very little information about what happened here tonight, other than there was some type of incident that left three people, possibly as many as two more stabbed. i can tell you we have been seeing additional corrections staff arriving here for the last hour. not at the same time. i don't believe it is for a shift. i believe they have been called in from home. been called in early as extra reinforcements. my feeling is they have the
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situation under control here. again very few details about what happened here tonight. back to you. >> thank you for staying on top of that. a judge exceeds the sentencing guidelines for a man who crashed many to two emts last year. they were on the side of the beltway tending to another crash when a man lost control of his truck and ran in to the medics. seriously injuring them. he was driving drunk and today was sentenced to 18 months in jail. the guidelines called for probation to one year in prison. >> these are not civil infractions like speeding tickets and so forth. the defendant was guilty of a criminal act that involves minor children. i think the judge rightfully took that in to account. >> the judge cited his history. he has two prior alcohol-related offenses. millions will be
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the airport tomorrow to get out of town for the holiday weekend. it is bad timing for the short-staffed tsa. we are checking out ways to try to make it easier for you. jeff and his producer tested out tsa-pre check in miami to see if it is faster. jeff got through security twice as fast as his producer by using precheck but there's another option called clear and it's available at bwi marshall. you get approved on the spot and taken right to the metal detectors for $179 a year. >> clear customers verify their identity using fingerprints on an iris scan. the entire process will only take moments. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson announced funding is in place to hire 800 new security officers and they should be on board by mid june. democrats in congress are calling on republicans to cancel the memorial day
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care of unfinished business. it is scheduled to begin on monday. congress needs to address zika virus funding, open yoids the flint water crisis and the judge garrland's nomination to the supreme court. a shootout involving atv riders. her step father and chief lanier spoke out near the bus stop where she was shot. police released video of 14 people riding dirt bikes and atvs that night. they have received several tips but it hasn't been enough to find the killer. >> we need people to come forward. the bit and pieces people are giving us, we just need a little more. >> we choose to drive along this busy intersection and not get involved because it's not my baby who died. that has to come to an end, too. >> milton's family will hold a
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corner where she was killed. >> police in fairfax county are looking for the woman in this sketch. they think she may know something about the murder of a fairfax county teacher's assistant last week. officers found therese sampson dead in the huntington metro apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend told us she thinks he was shot after witnessing car break ins. he was supposed to be delivering flowers and decided to let himself in to a woman's house. >> a well wired neighbor gave police what they needed to catch the guy. anthony reeves is facing a laundry list of charges. police say this is him on surveillance video trying to deliver those flowers to a home the day before easter. instead of dropping off the flowers he cased the house and then went in and took some cash, debit card and ipad. he even interacted with the neighbor who caught him on camera.
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said do you want me to sign for them? no, that's all right. >> were you suspicious. >> right then, there. i said there's something wrong somewhere. >> police believe reeves used his position as a dlefrry driver to commit more crimes and police are looking for other victims. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a van to crash and send two dozen kids to the hospital. a transport van was driving through silver spring when it rear ended another van. two adults and 23 children ended up with minor injuries. the kids on the van were visiting from bermuda. it is over a week away but now is time to start planning for the first phase of metro's massive maintenance plans. the safe track project begins on saturday. 13 days of around the clock single tracking between ballston and east falls church. trains will be running every
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minutes. some riders say they will avoid the trains completely. >> when safe track starts, will you totally look for an alternate option? >> most likely. first one will be most difficult. for us and the customers. so it will be bumpy. i wouldn't be surprised if it is bumpy. >> there will be extra bus service available during the work and uber says it is expanding car pool options to accommodate more riders. a slow speed chase came to an unusual end in california. police say someone stole a car and led them on a chase for ten miles and then the driver started to pull over and yelled at officers. before he gives up, the guy takes a long swig of his beer. police say the driver has a long history of crime. there is a woman the car with them but it is unclear if she will face charges, too. >> tonight the midwest is recovering again after another round of severe
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in texas, there were reports of a possible tornado pounding hail grounded flights in colorado and in kansas city, a tornado warning forced everyone out of the airport. people were evacuated in to parking garages and lower levels. they were allowed back in when the storm was over. >> with so many with beach and b barbecue plans they don't want to hear the word rain this weekend. >> we are talking the unfieshl start to summer and looks like summer weather will greet us in to the holiday weekend. temperatures the warmest all year long. 88 in d.c. many areas including bwi 90. philadelphia, new york, 90 degrees tomorrow. about the same but we will be more humid. memorial day forecast, we are tracking an area of low pressure that is expected to be a
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saturday. it will allow for tropical moisture to come in to the region, especially on memorial day. we will talk about what it means for the memorial holiday and what to expect. >> we know you are heading to the beach, doug. if you are looking for something to do this weekend, open the nbc washington app. we are breaking down the best events by the day. search memorial day weekend. rescuers and onlookers helped to rescue a man trying to jump off the bay bridge this morning. a civilian spotted the man and talked to him, trying to keep him from jumping. someone from queen anne county fire and rescue told dispatch they need help to prevent a suicide. the pair talked to the man 45 minutes while waiting for backup. eventually fire rescue lowered a rescuer down. that rescuer gave the man a hug and they were pulled to safety. a hits ritzy affair in greenbelt as prince georges u
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their own. the district recognized employees for outstanding achievement, years of service, public school ceo helped to hand out awards. the categories included outstanding employees, reawards for 30 or more years of service and this year's retirees. [ applause ] . tonight we have two winners for this years scripps national spelling bee. it was announced minutes ago that there are cochampions. two of ten finalists who competed in the championship final frls the original 284 spellers across the country. the prize $45,000 in cash and prizes. >> congratulations. >> yeah. fairfax county fire is under fire. tonight, hear from the woman who said she was bullied, sexually
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years, only on news 4. it's here in the u.s. now. the super bug that american health officials have been fearing. the cdc director calling it the beginning of the end of the road for antibiotics. an entire town is up for auction, not far from here. we will tell you what you get for your money. she danced her way in to the white house and our hearts and tonight the dancing granny
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harassment in the fairfax fire department. this time a female firefighter is suing a dozen co-workers. shomari stone spoke with a firefighter in an interview only on 4. >> hurt. >> patricia is upset. >> emotionally distraught. >> reporter: in an only on 4 interview, this 20-year veteran with the fairfax fire department is suing 17 firefighters for discrimination and sexual harassment. >> we are suing the folks who made her life miserable every day. >> reporter: she said the misery started when she joined the department in 1996. firefighter called her a derogatory term for women and she claims he sexually harassed her. in 2006 the department promoted her to fire investigator. the first african-american in that position. she said a different supervisor wasn't happy with the promotion and he harassed and bully her and it continued at a conference. >> on a number of 'cases, i had
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my room, 2:00, 3:00, in the morning and just constantly harassing me about sex. >> reporter: in 2010, which enshe was diagnosed with cancer, the department granted her request for light duty but allegedly made her life miserable. >> i was made to go run a call in the hot scolding sun. anyone knows when you are dealing with chemotherapy, sun burns your skin. >> reporter: she filed a federal discrimination call two years ago but the judge dismissed the case. >> fairfax county is a wrapped tight county. >> reporter: the fairfax county pd fire department has come under fire after firefighter nicole mettendorff took her own life. a couple of weeks ago, a female firefighter filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the department. tonight in a written statement, a department spokesperson says we ca
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lawsuit. however, we want to assure our community that harassment of any kind is not tolerated by fairfax county. shomari stone, news 4. the so-called super bug has arrived in the u.s. experts believe it is resistant to all known antibiotics. the potentially deadly bug was discovered seven months ago in pigs and identified in several countries, including canada. a pennsylvania woman, who has never traveled out of the u.s. has now tested positive for it. the concern is antibiotics have been prescribed so much in this country, sumer bugs have grown immune to them. doctors say if antibiotic resistant bacteria becomes more common, infections will be extremely difficult to treat. getting around on metro could be taking longer this weekend. they will be doing repairs on all of the lines and won't be any service on part of the orange line. the vienna, dunn loring and west falls church
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closed. shuttle buses will take riders between those stations in northern virginia. on the other end, silver line trains will run through new carolton to replace those trains, got a million bucks you would like to invest? it might be enough to buy a nice home in parts of d.c. or you could use the cash to be the proud owner of an entire town. the government is selling sugar grove station in west virginia. the former naval base is up for auction. it will be sold to the highest bidder. the lucky winner enjoys 122 acres with a preschool, fire station and a bowling alley, too. >> i'm in. >> location is everything. >> she's back. the dancing grandma. virginia mclorn was honored tonight at the nats game. she is 107 years old. she got a chance to meet with manager dusty baker. they gave her own jersey with her age as the number. virginia went viral when a
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she's still dancing. the video of her went viral of her dancing with the first family and tonight she couldn't help but bust a little move out there on the diamond. >> she's the coolest. >> 107 years old. >> virginia. i think she has the key to the city. can go wherever she would like. did you get to the game in time to see her. >> unfortunately not. >> maybe she needs to come every night now. >> should i not say they won so i don't take jason's stuff. they get mad when i talk sports. it was humid, and that's the case tomorrow. humid and hot day as temperatures got to 88. that's where we will be tomorrow. heat index in the 90s, least low 90s. 75 at 11:00 at night. 78 at dougla
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74 baltimore. a warm day. baltimore hit 90 for the first time this year. nothing on the radar. dry the next couple of days. a chance of a shower. we had a couple west of the blue ridge earlier today. i think we have another chance of that tomorrow in the same location. a couple of things to talk about. we mentioned severe weather to the plains. big time thunderstorms back here. this is a met for them. numerous tornados once again today. for us, are tracking a form that is becoming more organized and could be a tropical depression or tropical storm by this time tomorrow night. it is heading right to the east coast. if it becomes a tropical storm it would be bonny. it will head to the carolinas. but the moisture will move to our region. we will have a chance of shower activity. not tomorrow. our showers tomorrow will be few and far between. maybe a shower along the chesapeake but then watching shower activity back to the mountains but they fall apart as they move east. some of us dry, most of us wa
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3:00 to 4:00, 89. heat index 92, 93. if you are heading to the beach, it looks great. friday looks great. i will be there for backyard weather. near perfect on saturday. looks great. sunday is when we see the on-shore flow. maybe 74 and falling temperatures with a chance of a shower during the afternoon. monday showers look likely. i don't think it will be a washout but rain on monday. make sure you take the umbrella and the sweatshirt or sweater. temperatures of 71 may get to the 60s, especially along the boardwalk. the next couple of days, 89 tomorrow. 85 on sunday. beautiful weather this weekend. 0% chance of a shower but most of us are dry. 50% chance of showers inland around the d.c. metro area. if you are heading to the festivities for parade we could see some shower activity on monday but not a washout. most ofxt
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. you know you have arrived if a superstar talent when you go a couple of series without hitting a home run and people are going what's wrong? nothing is wrong with bryce harper. he will be just fine. so will the nationals. it has been two week since bryce harper hit a home run but the slump has made it feel longer. he made up for lost time in a big way. his home run tonight nearly left the ballpark and against a team they usually struggle with the nationals are 4-0 against the cardinals this season. dusty gave harper gave him a day off. top of the second, ross getting help. steven thinks he has a hit h. watch jayson werth, 37-year-old veteran making a nice grab there.
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inning, nats down a run. harper says what slump? this ball is a monster shot, 437-foot home run. his 12th homer of the season. an upper decker. nationals even the score at one. we missed the hair flip. cardinals threatening but he gets a double play to end the inning. which a night for joe ross. four strikeouts. he went seven innings. his manager and fans loving it. danny espinosa gives the nats the first lead. they beat the cardinals 2-1. the orioles moving on. they are in action. they lost the last two games against the astros. and sometimes you need a hug. you also need home runs every now and then. mark trumbo delivered. an absolute bomb here. his 14th jack of the season.
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houston gave the orioles all sorts of problems, especially this guy. george springer. he already has a home run in the game. this going to orbit, off the railroad tracks here. the astros sweep the o's. final score 4-2. to the court news 4 sports confirmed the wizards forward was detained at the philadelphia international airport for what law enforcement are calling possession of suspected marijuana. the investigation is ongoing. morris was released by police. game seven penguins and lightning. steven stan koes making his debut after suffering blood clots. penguins up 1-0. here's the lightning. jonathon cuts across the middle. fire and scores. tied at one. his fifth goal of the playoffs. just seconds later, the penguins on the attack. lovejoy putthe
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boards an the 24-year-old is there to put it home. his second goal of the game. just like that the penguins win 2-1 and move to the stanley cup finals. sidney crosby picking up the prince of wales trophy, usually a no no because of the superstition. penguins and sharks in the playoffs. >> you are not supposed to pick it up? >> not even
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