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first in gainesville, virginia, one person killed in a violent, fiery crash. it happened off lee highway and lake manassas drive. it happened about two hours ago. a car and a trash truck were involved. the car caught fire. the driver was killed. the truck driver escaped with injuries. also breaking tonight, the lockdown is over, but questions remain as two men are found dead in a murder-suicide. this happened at one of the largest universities in the count country, ucla. >> there is new video showing the tense situation as it unfolded. we are live at the ucla campus with the
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you saw that video. very tense moments for students on the ucla campus. 43,000 undergrads getting ready for finals next week. they're put in lockdown. they got emergency text alerts telling them to barricade the doors and don't let anybody in. that all happened this morning and two hours later we were told by lapd that the suspect was one of the two dead in the initial shooting, that it was a murder-suicide, and the shooting scene was contained in one small office in the engineering building. that information came along with the news that there was a note and a gun also in that room. what the note says we don't know. we don't know the relationship or the identities of the two men who were killed in this murder-suicide this morning who died, but that's the situation here. now, we should tell you that they did spend several more hours aftr
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campus safe just sweeping through the building to make sure all the students had the word that they were okay and also looking for evidence in the adjacent buildings. again, the situation is contained. there is no more danger to the campus and school will go on as scheduled tomorrow. back to you. we are also following breaking news out in prince george's county. a young man with special needs shot and killed after an argument on a street corner in hyattsville. it happened only a few hours ago on greenville parkway. jackie bensen joins us now with a search for suspects there. jackie? >> reporter: jim, detectives are still on the scene here collecting evidence and going door to door. we are told that two residents of a nearby home for people with intellectual and physical disabilities were walking to the park along with two aides from the home about
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afternoon. they passed a parked car with two people inside. words were exchanged with one of the group home residents and someone in the car. someone pulled a gun and fatally shot him. the other person in the car appeared shocked by what happened and tried to get out and help the victim. police say they very much want to talk to that person and let them know they know that side of the story, that they got out and tried to help. we're still waiting to hear from prince george's county police for a description of the vehicle and confirmation as to whether the people in the car were men or women. she worked with young kids at a preschool in fort washington. the feds say it was her side job that got her in trouble. tonight she is in jail accused in a million dollar designer handbag scheme.
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arlington apartment, they found nearly 600 handbags. many of them pricey handbags. she created a lucrative black market selling scheme. jennifer says the woman was her 4-year-old daughter's teacher and was troubled by the news. >> you can't expect someone who does not behave ethically to be a role model. >> reporter: she bought designer handbags which cost an average of $2,000. then bought matching fake bags online and returned the fake bags for refunds. then she resold the legitimate bags to collect more money. they found at least 226 bags they suspect she bought at t.j. maxx stores. in addition to the
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at her apartment in arlington. in some cases she resold items on ebay and instagram. she's facing a wire fraud charge and a federal judge in alexandria this afternoon order she remain in jail until trial. prosecutors say she's here on a student visa from thailand and is a flight risk. she learned of the investigation in march and surrendered her driver's license, but she bought a brand-new car, which also makes her a flight risk. parents of students at the school have been notified she will not be returning to work. we are counting down to the next and the last big primary day here in this country. democrats in six states will go to the polls on tuesday. there are nearly 700 pledged delegates at stake. the biggest prize o
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california where bernie sanders has all but taken up residence in the last week or so, but new jersey has enough delegates to put hillary clinton over the top. that's where she campaigned today. brian moore has our report. >> reporter: rocking new jersey with john bon jovi and senator cory booker, hillary clinton amped up her attack on donald trump. her focus newly released court documents alleged the new defunct trump university targeted the elderly and undereducated. >> this is just more evidence that donald trump himself is a fraud. he is trying to scam america the way he scammed all those people at trump u. >> reporter: from new jersey, clinton is making a hard left turn to california. a state she'll be barn storming for the rest of the week, hoping to close the door on bernie sanders' primary hopes. but bernie sanders is already there in a big way and mockin
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>> we lost. it was all over, but i guess secretary clinton is looking at some polling that would suggest otherwise. >> reporter: a new poll of likely democratic voters in california shows clinton's advantage is now only two points. while trump brushes off the trump university lawsuit and the media -- >> i'm going to continue to attack. >> reporter: a third-party run is brewing. we know many of you are bracing for the start of metro's huge safetrack plan that starts this saturday. for the next year, there will be big maintenance projects on the system. metro's late night weekend service is going away, so how are you used to get around? adam tuss is at the east falls c
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part of safetrack will begin. adam? >> reporter: that's right, erica. so many factors to consider with this safetrack plan. 13 straight days of single tracking from east church falls to boston. this is going to be especially tough. as we all prepare for what's coming, metro's leaders trying to caution riders that this is not a silver bullet for the transit agency. >> the expectations, i think, may be high of what this is. remember all we're doing is basically rebuilding in effect the track and not stations. we still have issues with rail cars, but the goal here is to reduce the track-related delays that people experience and obviously the safety. >> reporter: the gm says buses along traditional bus routes will have to be your option. there simply aren't enough people riding the ra
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the weekends to keep the system going during this maintenance program. >> we're doing about 2500 people an hour in the midnight to morning period. >> reporter: the work is happening and it's already having an effect on companies like startup hungry, which teams up with chefs to deliver food to customers. it picked its location because of proximity to metro. >> this is our first day at the office. we're nervous about what's going to happen monday. most of our team members commute in. >> reporter: they're going to pay for employees to start driving next week. i think a lot of people are actually going to choose that option and start driving approximadriving. metro is bringing in a whole bunch of new bases. we have it
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search safetrack options. police say samuel abutoh intentionally rammed his truck into the silver diner in tysons last month and then he set the vehicle on fire. a man walking into the restaurant was killed. abutoh is out of the hospital and in jail charged with murder, destruction of property, and arson. he had been a cook at the diner and had recently taken leave just before that fiery crash. testimony began today in the case of a man who prosecutors say identified his suspected shooter with a blink. the victim was paralyzed and then died two years later from the shooting. video of him blinking could play a critical role in this unique murder trial. >> reporter: in coming days, jurors will hear tesmo
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melvin pate as he testifies in his own murder trial four yea after his death. >> the incident actually happened in 2010 where mr. pate was shot and basically left paralyzed from the chest down. he couldn't even speak. >> reporter: jermaine hale is charged with shooting patriot during a drug-related robbery. the shot should have killed pate immediately, but it left him a quadriplegic instead. he couldn't talk, but he could ink. >> he was able to make an identification of mr. hales by blinking during a photo lineup that police showed him while in the hospital. >> reporter: in the hospital bed wearing a halo, he identified his alleged shooter. pate would die two years later and there were years of hearings and appeals to use the blinking id in trial. the video of pate identifying hales will also be played for the jury.
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the jury will have to consider when they determine the outcome of this case. >> reporter: today in court, a co-conspirator who planned the robbery cooperated with the state identified hales as the shooter. he testified he did not want to be in court because he was afraid. the prosecutor asked, what are you afraid of. the witness replied, life after testimony and my well-being. this will be the first time in maryland this kind of evidence will be allowed in a murder trial. this trial is expected to continue through next week. news4. coming up tonight, you've probably seen the video, but now the woman who captured the scene at a cincinnati zoo reveals dramatic moments that you did not see on tape. atv and dirt bike riders doing dangerous tricks on roadways and then posting the video to social media. prince george's county police say they are cracking down on this increasingly dangerous issue. coming up, hear from an atv
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used by so many people. tonight uber, though, is in the middle of a legal fight after refusing to give a woman a ride. mark segraves has the story all new at 6:00. >> i was like, yes, you have to take the dog. she's like, no, i can't. i will not take that dog. i said, you are required to take that dog. >> reporter: tiffany and her service dog have been together for seven years. she's had trouble with uber drivers not wanting a dog in the car before, but last june it happened twice on the same day and the second time she filed a police report because she was injured. >> as i pulled on the door handle, she stepped on the gas and started driving with me holding onto the door handle. i was pulled off to my right and i was trag eddragged a few feet. >> reporter: she filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking monetary damages
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uber to train its drivers on complying with the american with disabilities act. >> it is about ensuring every person who is is blind or has any other disability in this area is able to get the service they need when they want it just like everyone else in this d.c. metro area. >> reporter: an uber spokesperson uber expects compliance with all state, federal, and local laws go governing transportation of americans with disabilities. drivers must accommodate service animals and they have a zero tolerance with any discrimination. on friday, the d.c. department of transportation will start retiming traffic lights at 400 intersections
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those signals will be based on updated traffic and pedestrian data. traffic delays, they tell us, could be reduced by up to 30%. keeping you safe as you fly to your next vacation destination. that's the goal as the tsa prepares for a record-breaking season. we have already seen those really long lines at airports across the country, so tonight chris gordon got some tips from the experts to help you get through that line a lot faster. >> reporter: recently, long lines and delays at airports have caused some passengers to lose their flights. it was due a record spring travel season and understaffing. tsa has 2,000 fewer screeners working nationwide. today we asked some travelers here at washington dulles international airport what they would ask tsa if we could get them
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>> if you have a question for tsa, it would be? >> how can the process be quicker? >> reporter: wear shoes without laces. take your bag of liquids out of your carry-on and place each laptop in a separate container for screening. >> you can save yourself minutes if you're using slip on shoes and if you have your id out and you're ready. the pre-check lines are in the neighborhood of 3 to 4 minutes, but are under 5 minutes. >> reporter: open our nbc washington app and search pre-check. we have a link to the online application and information about scheduling an appointment. news4. six seniors from bethesda chevy chase high school took part in their class graduation today amid a firestorm of
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banned the students from the ceremony after officials said they showed up drunk at the prom, which they were warned they must not do if they expected to walk in the graduation ceremony. the parents of those six appealed to the interim superintendent larry bowers and he overturned the principal's decision. still ahead, a new push to curb the violence in d.c. >> i'm darcy spencer in northea northeast, washington. murders here have tripled in ward seven. you've seen the video. tonight hear from the woman who witnessed that frantic scene as a toddler got trapped in a gorilla enclosure at the zoo. >> they don't know what happened that day. we're talking seconds, seconds. 60 seconds, 30 seconds.
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it's illegal and it could be putting you at risk. and after we tell you what it is, then we'll tell you why police say there's not much they can do to stop it. a disturbing crime in d.c. a woman murdered while carrying groceries into her home. tonight the message from the victim's family as police search for her killer. and a baby born with
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zika-related birth defect here in the u.s. as officials work to stop that virus from spreading. those stories and more at 6:30, but first here's doug with a check of the forecast. hey, doug. >> hello, guys. pretty good day out there. everybody has been wondering when this summer-like weather would move in and it's finally here. a couple of days of nice weather. temperatures into the 80s. a little humid, but not too bad. temperatures into the low 80s across the region. we did have some shower activity trying to move through parts, but mostly on the light side. warm and humid conditions for sure. 86 in leesburg. take a look at the radar. i'm going to zoom into this region. you can see this little shower developing down around waldorf and movinig
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apart. there's a little boundary here. most of us will be on the dry side. don't be surprised to see a quick little shower. that's all they are. look right here. this is satellite and radar. a little showers along the eastern shore and a few back to the west. a lot more shower activity back to the west. we still have the remnants of tropical storm bonnie just off the coast. that will sit down along the coast and not move much over the next 24 hours. we'll see more of an easterly wind tomorrow. things will cool just a bit about where they are right now, and a chance for some shower activity tomorrow. not a lot of rain, but a chance for some showers. future weather showing us some showers. we will see more clouds tomorrow and a chance of a shower in the afternoon. we have showers back towards the i-81 corridor, but that's about .
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much in the way of rain. getting out there on the bike and doing a run no proble 77 at 9:00 a.m. mild and muggy. a few clouds. mostly cloudy by the afternoon, but we're calling a nice afternoon with a temperature around 82 degrees. we stay on the mild side. 82 on your thursday. 83 on friday. there's a very good chance of rain on friday. we think this rain will come late in the evening hours. if you're heading out on your friday night, expect to see some showers and storms. they'll be likely around 6:00, maybe lasting until about 8:00. maybe a little bit better around 10:00. saturday, that's the dry day. beautiful day on saturday. no problems with the kids' games on saturday. sunday, however, a little bit of a different story. 82 degrees, rain and thunderstorms likely. the heaviest and most likely early in the day, but then improving sunday evening. sunday, we could see some of those games cancelled yet again.
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now at 6:30, a risky ride on some of our busiest roads. a growing problem as we learn what police are doing in an effort to keep you safe. a mother killed while carrying groceries into her home. >> it's a big tragedy to us because she was a loving andun
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person. >> tonight why family members are puzzled by the investigation and what community leaders are doing about violence in that area. also, the woman who captured video of a toddler trapped in a gorilla enclosure, she's now sharing her story. >> just like he's a little rag doll. boom, boom, you know. >> we'll tell you why she turned the camera away at one point. we showed you video of these atv drivers with dangerous stunts and playomoves in the middle of road. police will be cracking down on that. we're hearing from an atv rider who does not think what he's doing is wrong. >> meagan fitzgerald is live in hyattsville with more on what that man has to say. >> reporter: police are telling us the problem is getting worse and social media isn't helping because these atv and dirt bike riders are creating a fan base, which is
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even more brazen tricks. we spoke with one atv driver who says despite the threats he doesn't plan on stopping. there are several videos being posted to social media sites showing brazen riders on atvs and dirt bikes weaving in and out of traffic doing tricks and even showing their face on camera. >> there is just no sense in it. it is putting lives in danger. >> i drive and work in washington and virginia. >> reporter: this is just blocks away from the u.s. capitol. >> just wondering are they considering the risk they're taking with their lives and others. >> reporter: it doesn't appear from these instagram videos that safety is a concern, but we asked andre wade. >> they should build a park. it would stop everything. build a park. >> reporter: until then, he
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reckless behavior. >> we're going to stay on the streets. we're going to stay riding on the streets. we're not bothering nobody. >> reporter: but police beg to differ. lieutenant david coleman says this type of behavior is a danger to the community and says his officers are actively going after those who are breaking the law. >> a lot of it is simply going to be information gathering. >> reporter: police are asking the public and anyone with information about these riders to contact them with information. back to you. today, three men pled not guilty in the shooting death of an american university graduate. his name was matthew. he was shot outside the shaw howard university metro station in northwest d.c. last august. police say he was hit by a stray
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a man named marcus king, andre dudley, and christopher proctor. all three of those men are charged in his death. they're being held now without bond. parts of the district plagued by violence. now members of the faith community are doing what they can to try and stop it. tracy cooper was one of the victims carried two weeks ago while carrying groceries into her house. darcy spencer joins us from northeast with more. >> reporter: well, erica, church leaders plan to hold these peace walks at metro stations in these areas that have been plagued by violence. they're not sure if this is going to work, but they say they've got to do something. >> we want to stop the violence. we thymine like you can help us. >> reporter: church leaders talk to young people and gather to pray at the min
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a response to violence on metro and in ward 7 and 8. >> far too much bloodshed in the streets of washington, d.c., even in capitol heights. we believe because there's a level of hopelessness and pain. >> reporter: this is the first of several peace walks they have planned in neighborhoods where shootings are on the rise. >> there's a lot of shootings that just doesn't make any sense. a lot of it is stemmed from stress. a lot of it is stress because young people are stressed out too. >> reporter: tracy cooper was carrying groceries into her southeast washington home two weeks ago when she was gunned down at her doorstep, shot six times in the back. she lived in ward 7. her cousin, who doesn't want to be identified, says she was still recovering from an aneurysm. her nurse had just dropped her off. >> we found out on the news. that's how we found out. her brother was actually calling her as she was being shot. it is a big tragedy to us because she was a loving and
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person. >> reporter: nathaniel is 20 years old. >> i think it might make a difference. this has been going on for years before i was born. we have to start somewhere, but definitely would help them out that somebody cares, that we care. >> reporter: tracy cooper's family has been struggling to come up with the funds to be able to give her a proper burial. we have more information about that on our website, nbcwashington.com. search under cooper funeral. i'm tisha thompson at the live desk. we have learned the former state department i.t. specialist who set up hillary clinton's private e-mail server plans to take the fifth during a deposition next week. he was already granted immunity by the justice department in a separate investigation into clinton's
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today his lawyers said he will decline to testify. he told a senate committee he would invoke his fifth amendment right. vance? there are new details today about that terrible encounter between a 3-year-old boy and a gorilla at the cincinnati zoo. a woman from michigan named kim o'connor saw the events unfold. it happened back on saturday. she says she heard a splash and then realized a little boy was in that enclosure. the crowd was screaming as the gorilla dragged that boy through the water. the woman stopped filming when she says the gorilla climbed up a concrete wall dragging that boy with him. >> just like he's a little rag doll. there was a man who thought he was going to go in and the crowd convinced him it would be a double tragedy. >> reporte >>
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visitors out of the area and then shot that gorilla. we want to what you think. our informal survey asked if the mother should face charges. so far a small majority of people say yes, she is responsible. a baby girl born in the u.s. with a zika-related birth defect. what we know about the child's mother amid new guidelines from world health leaders. police try to zero in on a man tied to armed robberies. he's not after the money though. > one day definit>>
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a baby with zika-related microcephaly was born in new jersey last night. that baby girl's mother is visiting the u.s. from honduras. we're told she contracted the virus early in her pregnancy before she came to the u.s. she only found out about the microcephaly during an ultrasound last week. the world health organization released a new guideline for zika this week. it advises people who recently traveled to infected countries to wait eight weeks before attempted to conceive. microcephaly is a birth defect with the baby's head is smaller than expected. in many cases, the baby's brain has not fully developed. children with microcephaly can experience problems with speech and other developmental milestones. there is no known treatment or cure for
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surveillance video shows a man wanted by police in prince george's county. he is accused of targeting four 7-eleven stores since april. he is armed but only goes in for cigarettes. family and friends are marking the very grim anniversary. it was 20 years ago today that the missing hikers' bodies were found on a trail near busy skyland lodge. they had been bound, their throats slashed. their killer still on the loose. the fbi just created updated posters looking for new information and in an exclusive interview with julie carey, the fbi says investigators remain dedicated to solving this case. >> but we continue to this day to try to exploit the existing evidence and t
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evidence. they are not forgotten in the richmond division of the fbi. we are going to aggressively pursue every lead in the case. >> tonight at 11:00, why the fbi refuses to call this a cold case. rivers rising out of their banks as hundreds of people are forced to evacuate. tonight we'll take a new look at the devastation down in texas. honoring a fallen spy who tonight is at rest here at arlington national cemetery. ahead at 6:00, you've got to meet her neighbors who recall a
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full military honors today for a woman who dedicated her life to service which in her case meant keeping secrets. our reporter david culver shows us how friends are remembering a woman who spent a good part of her life as a spy. ♪ >> reporter: even up until her passing in january at 100 years old, stephanie czech rader loved the song. loved singing and playing music. >> i put it in her hands. she was strumming for a few minutes. she says get me one of these. >> reporter:
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stephanie her best friend. she'd visit her neighbor almost every night for the last decade. marjorie learned stephanie has many skills. >> she's good at keeping secrets. >> reporter: that's because post-world war ii secrets were part of her job at the office of strategic services or oss. >> she would never talk about the oss. for years, i think even her family -- they knew she was in the oss, but if someone brang it up to her, she would just look away. >> she was assigned to their counterintelligence branch. one of the most incred thiible things so me is she had to get special permission to dress in civilian clothes. >> reporter: the major later married an
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her secrets stayed secrets. >> she didn't talk to anyone about it. >> reporter: these secrets are buried with major rader. just last week, major rader was posthumously awarded the legion of merit. outside of arlington national cemetery, i'm david culver. there hasn't been a worse flood in southeast texas in more than 100 years and round two starts tonight. the city of richmond just outside of houston is under water. flooding has already reached historic levels and the only way in and out of that city is by boat. flooding in the central u.s. has killed at least six people. ten inches or more is expected to fall across the region over the next few days. those people just can't catch a break. we, on the other hand, are
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enjoying some really pleasant summer-like weather. >> it's finally been pleasant for us. we saw a month worth of rain and finally some sunshine and temperatures in the 80s. >> and humidity. don't forget the humidity. >> it's creeping up there a little bit. your hair still looks great. >> thank you. >> vance, i'm sorry, buddy. >> no worries. >> a very nice night out there in the area. 80 degrees right now. it looks like about 80 degrees coming up at about 7:00. i don't expect the numbers to go down all that much. 78 by 9:00. 74 by 11:00. 82 manassas. 81 over towards annapolis and huntingtown. something really cool going on here. you don't see this very often, but take a look at this. see this little thing moving across the screen? earlier, we had a shower that was down toward the waldorf area. it was almost into the district. it was all becausf
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look at this boundary moving right across the d.c. metro area right back towards the west. this is wind, air flow, moving from east to west. take a look at the shower that has just developed right now. i can zoom in around gaithersburg. we're still seeing showers develop around rockville. a little shower just because of that boundary. those boundaries move out and the shower moves away. what are we going to see tomorrow? more of the same. most of the day dry. 82 degrees. 83 on your friday. 60% chance of rain. better chance of rain on sunday. maybe even some storms. monday, tuesday, wednesday all looking pretty good next week. a lot of people in our community rely on nonprofits and those nonprofits arely on other people. that's why the united way in partnership with nbc 4 is holding a
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tomorrow. you can contribute to organizations starting tonight. it is called do more 24. >> we found it very exciting last year and did quite well with people that were concerned about reaching out especially to the children that we are serving. we're going to allocate the funds we receive this year for our family programs and particularly for afterschool programs that we run in probably about six locations. >> we've posted five ways that you can get involved in do more 24. just head to the nbc washington app. we have sports coming up. josh norman, get to know that name.
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jason is playing football in this near 90-degree weather, but he's talking about a controversy that could effect the personal information of washington's players and
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nfl. jason, what are you talking about? >> reporter: that's absolutely right. the redskins confirmed a few hours ago that one of their athletic trainers had one of their cars broken into. it happened back in april. a laptop was stolen. in that laptop was the medical information of thousands of players around the league. the league released a statement of their own about this story. the website dead spin first broke this story. the skins put out a quote saying the laptop was password protected, but unencrypted. we have no reason to believe the password was compromised. the nfl's electronic medical records system was not impacted. that's your newest skin josh norman. the 28-year-old cornerback came over from north carolina. the last
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solidified himself as one of the best players in the game. >> we have young guys here. they was hungry. they want to win. they want to learn. they want no knto know and grow. i saw that opportunity. all other teams stacked up to that. we had conversations. that was one of the main decisions. this is where i'm at. this is where everything is going to happen for me. that's why i ended up choosing the washington redskins. >> reporter: today after practice, a very special moment. former redskins steven bowen signed a one-day contract with the team so he could retire a r redskin. he was also a team captain. his favorite moment was beating dallas in the final game of the season back in 2012 to go
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playoffs. a few of his former teammates attended the press conference today, including steve baker. >> i can't put it into words. the way bake began was the way i began. i was undrafted. i was on practice squad. you have amazing talent. i told him you're going to get your shot. you're going to get your shot. now he's got it. he is the deal right now. i'm looking for him to have another dominant season. >> yeah. game time, baby. >> reporter: so stephen bowen saying good-bye. let's say if kevin durant says hello to washington. one month from today, july 1st is the start of nba free agency.
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he'll have plenty of suitors. he gave some insight. >> just being around great people and a great basketball environment, that's two of the most important things for me. that's all i really care about. who i'm going to do life with every single day and who i'm going to be doing basketball with every day. i want to know how i can make this thing work for myself and try to be a little selfish a bit. i want to ask for advice, but i want to make the decision that's best for me. >> reporter: if kevin durant wants to be around great people, we have one right here, john wall. john wall will receive the nba cares community assist award tomorrow. wall getting their season long award voted on by the fans and an nba panel of judges. a hge
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bryce harper will not play. he will not be in the lineup tonight for the nationals as they take on the phillies. vance, i'll send it back to you.
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tonight an emergency on campus. a deadly shooting at ucla. police on full tactical alert. students barricading themselves in classrooms, holding doors closed with belts and cords as panic spreads. a mother's desperate plea for help. her son plunged into the gorilla enclosure at the zoo. 911 calls shedding new light on a national firestorm. trump university bombshell. former employees calling it a fraudulent scheme that pushed staffers to prey upon the struggling and the elderly, taking their money and, quote, selling false hopes and lies. buyer beware, potentially defective air bags, the same kind linked to a string of dehs

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