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at td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. don't just bank. bank human. a local man recovering from a!bandom attack. the doctors didn't think he'd survive. new tonight, a cigarette starts a fire that destroys
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apartments. one of them the home of a redskins marching band leader. tonight, the outpouring of support for this men of the burgundy and gold. the next phase of track work on metro starts tomorrow. where you'll notice extra traffic on monday. good evening. he was attacked at random, hit over the head with a rock. doctors told him he wouldn't live 72 hours. that was two years ago. >> tonight, he is walking, talking and working on a second college degree while his attacker faces dg:i%ds behind é only on news 4. 7w just 23 alverezb at the time of the attack. walking outside of the side doors of his work when he was brutally attacked in the parking lot behind us. his
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ever since. she calls his survival a miracle. >> they are high school sweet á to do, later on. >> reporter: alverez wants to to be a computer engineer and two years ago today thompson found her passion to be a nurse. >> i started to write down everything happening to him throughout certain weeks. the week of the 17th when it happened. >> reporter: on june 17th, of 2014, security cameras were rolling when alverez left work. montgomery county police say 30-year-old clinton mollenoff is seen beating him over the head the suspect took off-nugñ but v shows good samaritans following the suspect to a nearbyxy@vñ go course where he was arrested. >> so troubling that someone would be hit over the head with a big rock innocently walking from work. >> reporter: the montgomery county state's
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said it was important for prosecutors to send a message to the community when he was sentenced last month. >> we take these cases seriously. we believe the 25-year sentence imposed just a few weeks ago, is vital to keep the community safe. >> it's something i would be4' planning on. >> reporter: alverez says in some ways he feels justice was served but ever since that day his life has p'ged. >> i had to relearn and it is hard to remember a lot of stuff. with his fiance by his side he said he-q willám#gtrc never giv his dreams. mentally handicapped and it's not something you can change. it's something you have to live. you have to change -- you have to adapt to at this time. >> reporter: go fund me page has been set up to assist with jeffrey alverez's mounting medicalññ if you are
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help=:4$ñ download our washingtp and search j every alverez.la) just learned a former police captain has been arrested in fairfax county for sexv- offen with a child. detectives arrested him today capping an investigation that started last month when alr3z 10-year-old girl told a relative he touched her inappropriately. police say he lives in fairfax but we confirmed with our sister station in miami he used to be a police captain in north miami about three to four years ago. he's been charged with taking indecent liberties with a child and aggravated sexual battery. at the liveioñ desk, i'm chris lawrence. a man who worked with criminals at a fairfax county probation office is now behind bars himself. police want women in arlington to take a look at this mug shotj it is
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poe of woodbridge. police saya#? he is a serial predator with dna linking him to two attacks. this map shows all four locations were similar attacks took place in 2007. >> we believe there are additional cases that he is most likely the suspect in. we want people to look at him. >> he has worked for fairfax county since 2004. undergoing a background check as recently as 2013. his linkedgrin page said hemgh= worked with children and he is facing two counts. a woman killed in a deadly crash in montgomery county. investigators are trying to figure out if another wreck that happened one minute later is connected to( that original crash. victoria was killed when she hit a tree this morning on randolph road here. the driver of an suv on the same road slammed in to
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pole near new hampshire avenue. that driver and a passenger were  afterç officers found drugs in the suv. the second phase of metro's safetrack program gets underway you know by now all of the station unless this area will be shut down for two weeks. as you can see it keeps thousands of riders from prince georges county from getting in to the heart of the city. that leaves jammed commuter routes like 0.i-295, route 50 495, the beltway, to pick up the slack. >> it's going to be serious dw traffic, which is going to not allow people to get to work on time. >> we're going to]#b)t have a l folks and marylanders who can't get in to the district. we need all hands on deck from rq state and county. >> the county's the bus will provide service from new carrollton to the e
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metro will provide bus bridges connecting the closed stationsb but both warn there's no telling how long the rides
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and heavyjw ÷ saturday night.nt 18 units are destroyed by fire, smoke or water damage. >> right now, i'm thankful for god for the blessings he gave o us. ♪ >> reporter: tony is the washington redskins bandu#2
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overwhelmed by the generosity, the love and caring they are giving me. >> such a good guy. tonight, firefighters tell me the fire was started by abi cigarette. they say a tenant was on the soil. it smoldered, spread to the balcony and the building. firefighters tell me that people should smoke outside away from structures. shs 4. a massive cleanup effort in the town hit hardest by middleburg, virginia. in loudoun cou&z$ñ busted windows, damaged rooftops. banged up cars, a lot of them. four police cruisers are crushed by hail. s is no one was seriously hurt. >> some people out in mid approximatelyburg maybe spending this nice weekend cleaning up that mess. >> a lot of people have cars they will be dealing with the next couple of days.
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sure. the storm
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and not just one day either. we will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. see you in a bit. an orlando shooting survivor tells the associated press he saw a gunman omar mateen drinking at the pulse nightclub the night mateen launched the deadliest mass shooting in@o history. he was shot four times in the back. he said he recognized mateen when he saw his picture on television. nbc news has not verified his account and the fbi declined to comment. investigators have notaufh giv time line for mateen's m"+yqmtr% in the club, despite reports today he was texting his wife during the attack. today marks one year since the deadlyevqp shooting, one th caused us to stop and examine race relations in this country0 one year ago, dylan roof shot and killed nine african-americans in charleston, south carolina. victim tol$
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those killed. the new pastor says she sees new faces every sunday and appreciates people who stop by to pay respects. there could be a'rll tq t week in the trial of a death of baltimore teenager fred dif gray. officer cesar goodson was the one driving the transport van in which gray suffered his fate 58 neck injury. he is the only officer out of six facing charges to be charged with murder. prosecutors say goodson intentionally gave gray a rough ride. the defense has implied that gray's injuries were self ;vfn inflicted. closing arguments are set tog| begin on monday. pennsylvania house. the man who lives there accused of sexual abuse. hear from the neighbor
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an unusual sight over the potomac today. a hiker had to be airlifted. the woman hurt her back hiking on the billy goat trail and called in park police. to get her out. the trail runs along the river on the maryland side is known for being difficult and having steep places. a pennsylvania couple is facing child endangerment charges after police say they ve
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as a gift to help them financially. the man is charged with sexually assaulting the girl. officials found 51-year-old lee kaplan at his home along with 12 girls ranging from six months to 18 years old. them oldest girl told police that he feared two of the other children with her. a neighbor said she was the one who called authorities. >> i don't know the situation. i don't know they are kidnapped, bought an sold, given as gifts, i just want them to get help and be happy. they look sad and fearful every time you see them. >> reporter: the couple say the other nine children found in the home north of philadelphia are theirs. all of the children are in protective custody now. authorities made one of the biggest drug busts in frederick county, maryland history. besides the massive am of heroin, coke cocaine, pot and other pills there were cars and cas
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nine people are 235facing charg and they are looking for one more person. it was sparked by overdeisss in frederick county. they were able to link the drugs to the same suppliers in new york. >> this is not a street level investigation. this is a large-scale drug investigation where we actually dismantled a drug trafficking ring. >> reporter: officials say there have been 153 overdoses in all of frederick county so far this year. 14 have been fatal. they tell us taking this many drugs off the streets will save lives. wildfires are burning across ten states tonight in what is an early and devastating start to the season. high temperatures are fuelling a fire in california that forced the 101 freeway to shut down today. in new mexico, 16,000 acres have burnedç more than a dozen home have been destroyed. it's still early in the summer. we're not
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july and august -- >> dangerous situation to the southwest. when i say very dangerous, they could be seeing near all-time record for high temperatures. this is an area that sees 115, 120, they could be 122 in phoenix, arizona. death valley, 130. 130 degrees. that's ridiculous. the highest temperature ever there in 1913. they will be dealing with the heat to the southwest. for us we're not dealing with any of that. we are dealing with beautiful weather. i want to show you this picture. gorgeous tonight. if you look outside the moon almost full. really is spectacular evening. that's going to lead to a great day over the next couple of days. 73 degrees right now. winds seven miles an hour under partly cloudy skies. a few clouds. 68 winchester. 64 manassas, 66 clinton. you are going to get outside and feel the air is very clean. that's the kind of air weve
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radar picture that shows this. i took this off the other one. nothing on the radar. satellite and radar, showing clear skies, a few clouds streaming in. that's what i saw earlier this evening after dinner. clear skies from boston to d.c., back to chicago. high pressure dominating and that means we will see that sunshine all the way through the weekend, too. high temperatures tomorrow in the 80s. 81 leesburg, 79 la plata. cooler along the bay. very nice if you are going boating. hiking over to great falls looking good. warm and sunny at 3:00. pleasant at 6:00, nice temperatures, 81 and sunny and sun, sun and more sunshine. it doesn't matter where you are, mountains to the beaches, it's all sunshine right through the day on sunday and in to monday. sunny, sunny
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off shore flow here. that will be the best beach day, saturday and sunday. cool on the beach, temperatures in the upper 60s. still on the cool side for the shore if you are stepping in the water. dad, father's day, 85 degrees. sunny skies. doesn't get much better than this. whether you are grilling out a barbecue or whatever you are doing. plenty of sunshine, warm, low humidity. great for dad. then we move to 90s. 9 on monday and çtuesday. if this front, which comes in on tuesday is lighter we could be in the low 90s on tuesday and more humidity. i think we will see showers or thunderstorms on tuesday. nothing too strong. we could see a stronger storm or two in the evening. that's something we will be watching. behind the front it stalls out on wednesday. temperatures cool. a chance of showers on wednesday and thursday and friday, looking good, too. nice weather. again, we have only seen two days at 90 degrees or higher. i'm predicting a hot ju
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the rest of june looks pretty good. >> weekend looks delicious. >> was it the food i showed on the grill. >> maybe that was it. happy father's day. >> yeah. coming up, the weather was more cooperative at the u.s. open today. dustin johnson took full advantage climbing the leaderboard. >> sports is next but first here's jimmy fallon. >> ricky gervais i
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this is the xfinity sports
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your home for the most live sports. this u.s. open has been plagued by the elements. play halted three times on thursday before they shut it down. now the schedule is so backed up, half of them won't start the second round until tomorrow which will make a chaotic saturday. the weather more cooperative today for day two of the u.s. open. landry had one hole to finish. only shot he hit all day and he sinks a ten footer for birdie. just asç impressive was daniel shooting a tournament 65, one under overall and tied for seventh. mickelson, the runner up at the u.s. open six times but never won. he did not do well on friday. four bogeys on the day put him at
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after a bogey free first round, johnson continues to charge up the leaderboard. sinking a bird on six to move in to a tie with four under par. more golf news, the quicken loans national tournament, hosted by tiger woods announced earlier today. the host will not play in this year's events. notable attendees, rickie fowler, troy merit. the tournament begins on thursday, june 23rd at congressional country club in bethesda. the orioles sign koefd di before the game against the blue jay and could have used him on the mound. two on, saunders taking him deep to left. a three-run homer. before you know it, up 3-0. doesn't get better for wright. justin will park one
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two-run jack. makes it 6-2. the result is the same. saunders, his second three-run homer of the night. this one, he's had a tough season. 11-2. the route is on at camden yards. the o's were done but sanders walks in the sixth inning. back to right field. saunders third homer of the night. an eight rbi evening for him as the blue jays win 13-3. good news, boston lost. so still in first place in the al east. the nationals west coast road trip continues tonight in san diego. second of ten away from washington. he did give up a run in the first but the nationals in the second with a sac fly. now in the third inning, tied at one. more food news, the mets lost. nats can finish that off they will be up six games in the nl east. >> there we go.
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today a local community celebrated their favorite substitute teacher. >> the woman has been inspiring students for decades. mrs. benstock got a standing ovation at springbrook high school in silver spring. she is celebrating two major milestones, 50 years subbing in classrooms in montgomery county and her 90th birthday. that's coming up on sunday. she plans to celebrate with her daughters.
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congrats. >>
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subway. fresh is what we do. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ricky gervais -- tony hale -- brian regan --

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