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at that protest. >> we're not going to stop. there shouldn't be a gag rule that prohibits gun safety from being meaningfully discussed in this body. >> here's a live look right now of the house floor. some members of congress are streaming the protest with their smartphones because cameras on the phone have been turned off. let's get the latest. >> reporter: congressional democrats took a stand on gun control with a sit-in on the house floor. >> let us vote. we came here to do our job. we came here to work. >> reporter: congressman john lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, led the rare, if not unprecedented, demonstration. >> gentlemen's time has expired. >> reporter: it was an old-school act of civil disobedience that went viral with the help of social media. the action was captured from the
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>> chicago is going through an epidemic of gun violence that is horrific. it is absolutely horrific. >> reporter: house republicans kept a low profile, but several democratic senators made an appearance. among them chris murphy, who led last week's 15-hour filibuster on gun control. >> i hope they stay in there for as long as it takes. >> reporter: the house members had support from the white house. >> they're showing the kind of frustration and even anger that people around the country have. >> reporter: house democrats literally calling their republican colleagues on the carpet on gun control. brian moore, nbc news, washington. lawmakers on the hill say they will investigate a homeland security employee who may have been plotting to attack that agency. johnathan wienke
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after carrying a revolver and hollow point bullets on campus. he had pepper spray and a knife on his person as well. scott macfarlane will have more details for you about 25 minutes. we have an update. arlington police have closed down washington boulevard near 2nd street after an officer heard two gunshots coming from inside a car there. that officer wasn't hurt and never fired his weapon. police tell us this appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. and developing right now, d.c. police want your help finding a missing 9-year-old girl. her name is porsche proctor. she was wearing a white dress, a white sweater, and a white hhea band. investigators believe
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with her mother julia proctor. she was driving a 1998 volvo. if you have any information, please call police. the threat of stormy weather coming back. >> if you liked yesterday, you ain't seen nothing yet. tomorrow is going to be different because it is going to hit us early. >> it really could hit us early. that's the concern we have now. this could come overnight and maybe 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 in the morning we could have severe thunderstorms rolling in on through the area. warrenton, fredericksburg, waldorf, leonardtown, some showers. this is part of that front that will be making its way back to the north as a warm front. we will see the chance for some showers tonight. back to the west, we're watching this area around chicago. not a lot going on right now, but they are expecting a possible outbreak of severe weather here. watch happens here. here we aret
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watch what happens as these storms develop around portions of iowa and wisconsin and boom right down towards our region. there's 7:30 tomorrow morning and another chance during the afternoon for some strong to severe thunderstorms. winds and hail will be the biggest threat. the primary threat early will be that hail. a weather alert day for tomorrow. we'll probably be in weather alert mode tonight by 11:00. another round of severe weather is looking likely for tomorrow. you know storm team 4 will be all over it for you. right now, we are getting a new look at some of the damage left behind by yesterday's heavy rains at a metro station. this was the scene at the cleveland park metro station. water cascading down that escalator and into the system. the station was closed for nearly two hours last night until the water was drained and cleared. adam tuss with some new
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>> reporter: it's unbelievable, jim. and this is where it all happened yesterday. the steps and the escalator here. you take a look today. doesn't look like anything actually happened, but yet just 24 hours ago this was the scene of a massive flood. water sent over the steps and escalator of the cleveland park metro station entrance creating an unwanted waterfall. new video from metro showing the extent of the impact. you can see the water continuing to gush and gush. there is plenty of footage of the incident. this still picture made the rounds on social media. this video as well shows the water continuing to rush in. >> most people were a bit stunned and surprised. >> reporter: josh stanton shot this video. he said some people started to panic when it didn't stop. >> it was a flash flood in the truest sense of the word. it was just rushing in. in the span of 30 seconds it went from one sof
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to a foot deep. >> reporter: today d.c. water on the scene checking their drains to make sure nothing was caught in them. >> these right here, these are catch basins. if you look in them, you can see there's no water in them. there's no debris in them. they're clean. it was just too much water too fast and the sewer line couldn't take it. >> reporter: as for people in this flood prone neighborhood, they wonder if there's something more can be done. >> if we have more than 15 minutes of rain, we will have geysers on connecticut avenue. >> reporter: in this case, all the water was sent down the steps and escalator. coming up at 6:00, again we are expecting more severe weather tomorrow. i'll tell you what's being done to make sure that flooding does not happen here again, jim. >> unbelievable and so many cell phones captures all that amazing video for us. thanks so much. there's some amazing video up
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tornado left a path of destruction in its wake. trees were slicing through people's homes and some people are still spending the day without power. chris gordon is live in the glenwood area of maryland with more on the massive cleanup there. >> reporter: they're getting help from east coast utility crews which have come to help restore power to neighborhoods like this one. the most dramatic tornado story we heard happened just down the road to a sister and brother who were at home when the tornado hit, causing a large tree to come crashing through their roof. people here say the sky turned dark and eerie. the tornado ripped a path 13 miles long through parts of howard county, snapping power poles and wires. this tree tore through the roof of a home on burnt wood road in glen oak. sam and
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here with the family's four dogs. >> it was a long fall because it fell so close to the house. it timbered onto it. it wasn't just one big smash. >> reporter: just before the tornado hit, andrew ran to close his car windows, returning to the house just moments before the car was crushed. he was in the basement laundry room when the tree fell over head. >> you called hear the glass and the breaking of the structure. it was something i'll never be able to get out of my head. >> reporter: behind the house, you can see the whole tree was uprooted. crews spent the day cutting branches and limbs. insurance representatives came to assess the damage. when you look at it now, what do you think? >> i don't know. it's still kind of sinking in obviously. it kind of seems like how could this happen. >> reporter: she says it was so scarnd
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now coming up at 6:00, why an elderly couple who has lived in this neighborhood for 38 years tells me they have never seen anything like this storm. that's coming up at 6:00. we're live in howard county. back to you. and we have created a photo gallery for you showing even more of this storm damage. just open our nbc washington app and search storm photos. more than two dozen people will have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight after a fire broke out inside a d.c. apartment complex. that blaze began here in a building near 2nd and orange streets in southeast d.c. this morning. and crews had to rescue three people. our pat collins is live at the scene with details for us. pat? >> reporter: jim, we're focused in tonight on a big save here. it happened here on 2nd street. a raging fire at this apartment
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look up at the third floor because up on that third floor a woman and two children were trapped there. firefighter chris cunningham went up a ladder 55 feet in the air and managed to rescue the woman and the two children. we're going to hear from chris cunningham and his backup jamie taylor. let's go now to the two firefighters. >> everybody on the fire ground is key into doing their portion of the job. and it just so happened on that fire that was my job, to bring him down. >> he did a pretty brave thing this morning, didn't he? >> absolutely. >> he went up that ladder. he pulled three people out of that fire. >> yes, he did. >> he wasn't want any credit. >> none. >> is that the kind of guy he is? >> that is the kind of guy he is. >> reporter: indeed, that is the kind of guy he is. look at all the debris here. i'm going to tell you another story about what happend here this morning. it involves firefighter s. thomas. she was one of the first on the scene. she had tha f
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she went into the building and attacked that fire up close and personal. as she did, she got ambushed by the fire and it burnt both her hands. she had to be taken to the hospital. i talked to her this afternoon after she was released. let's hear from her now. >> my adrenaline was rushing so much. i didn't have time to think about or feel anything. >> did you continue to fight the fire? >> i did until i couldn't do it anymore. >> reporter: when you look at the damage here, when you hear the stories about what happened up there, it's a wonder we didn't have more serious injuries here today. but everybody made it out okay. jim, back to you. >> just incredible story there. all right, pat. great getting those firefighters for us. to the race for the white house tonight. >> first hillary clinton had the stage. now it's donald trump's turn. coming up, what he's got to say about his opponent. also tonight, neighbors
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a fairfax county supervisor says tonight it is taking too long to begin a police body camera program. the department says it is ready to deploy them, but the county board voted to delay it another 18 months. david culver live for us. what is the hold up? >> reporter: jim, there are several complicating factors to this. it comes down though to money and policies. it is worth noting many will tell you added pressure right here in fairfax county for police to wear body cameras. that stems from the 2013 shooting death of john gear. the technology has been around. police departments around the nation have been implementing body cameras for years. and well over a year ago, fairfax county police started exploring pilot programs of its own, but just this week the county board
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another 18 months. >> what went through my mind is i would like to see if we couldn't do better than that and i think we can. >> reporter: the supervisor says other departments are doing it. fairfax should be too. he said the police chief is ready to start testing in the field. >> chief has been working on it for a couple years now. i think he feels very comfortable that he's ready to pilot a project of body cameras. >> reporter: the chief tells me there are a lot of moving parts when it comes to implementing a body worn camera for his department, especially given the size of fairfax county and its police force. they have to determine what point the officer will actually turn on the camera. then when interacting with a potential suspect that video could eventually be made public in which case they have to decide to show that person's face or blur it. how do you store all that video data and how long? and money. the
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million, costing another $4 million each year. >> it won't be inexpensive, but it's an investment i think we should make. >> reporter: the chief tells me should the county give him the go-ahead he could start that pilot program within 90 days. the county chairman says she wants this program, but she and the chief agree they want it done right the first time. i'm david culver, news4. hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> he is going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. >> oh, hot words from both sides. donald trump going after hillary clinton and she responding. >> when is november? we have got months of this, folks. after clinton blasted trump's
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attacked her time as secretary of state. >> chris lawrence is here with the latest on the race for the white house. >> jim, they haven't even become the official nominees yet. this is already shaping up to be one of the ugliest campaigns in modern history. after clinton tore into trump during a speech in ohio yesterday, he fired right back. trump accused her of running the state department like her own personal hedge fund and he took swipes at what he called her fail policies and bad judgment. >> we're asking bernie sanders supporters to join our movement so we can fix the system for all americans. she doesn't have the temperament or, as bernie sanders said very strongly, the judgment to be president. no secretary of state has been more wrong more often and in more places than hillary clinton. her campaign slogan is i'mh
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that? i'm with you, the american people. >> it's not the first time that trump has made overtures to sanders supporters, but hillary clinton's campaign was quick to response. her campaign manager said he was counting the number of lies in trump's speech and had already gotten up to 15. clinton spent part of her day meeting with democratic lawmakers and then went to raleigh, north carolina, where she also responded to trump. >> the clinton foundation helps poor people around the world get access to life-saving aids medicines. donald trump uses poor people around the world to produce his line of suits and ties. >> okay. we're just a couple of weeks away from the convention. there's more speculation now about who is going to be v.p. elizabeth warren will campaign with clinton later this month in ohio
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simultaneous vigils being held around the world today to remember slain british lawmaker jo cox. today would have been cox's 42nd birthday. she was shot and stabbed to death thursday in northern england. today's memorial service in d.c. began with a live stream of the memorial service in london. cox's husband thanked everyone for their support as his family tries to cope with this loss. >> i wish i wasn't here today not because i'm ungrateful to the organizers or to you all for coming, but because of course i'd rather be with jo. but i wanted to come and show my gratitude. >> cox's death shocked britain, triggering a pause in the
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future in the european union. voters will be going to the polls tomorrow to decide if britain does remain in the eu. campaigners on both sides laid out their final case today. the prime minister david cameron shooting down the notion his country would be heading in the wrong direction if staying in the eu. those in favor say the eu is a failing and corrupt system. a problem with lead in some d.c. water. coming up, the concerns hitting home for a group of d.c. middle school students. and the gender gap is getting treatment after a card
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that forecast has some shower activity tonight, has some rain and thunderstorm activity tomorrow, and maybe more tomorrow evening. this is something we're going to be watching early tomorrow morning. i think tomorrow morning could be a very rough start to the day. we have some cloud cover. more clouds than i expected across our region today. yes, that is true for sure. temperatures a little cooler as a result. high temperatures into the low 80s. 82 d.c. northwest winds at 10 miles an hour. we s
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but now we're seeing clouds and shower ak tifft. temperatur i was not expecting much in the way of showers here. we got them as a result of a storm system that came through down to the south and west. you can see that storm system moving on through. it provided just a little bit of instability here. a lot more instability to come. take a look at what's starting to happen back towards the chicago area here. there will be a tornado watch in effect for chicago very soon. a moderate threat of severe weather. that is a high risk event back toward chicago and indiana. that system moves our way. we're in a slight risk through early tomorrow morning as a result of the same line of storms. our risk will be that of severe weather. could be
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future weather timing it out for us tonight. no big deal. tomorrow morning notice 7:00 a.m. d.c. okay, but back to the west -- but this could move faster. winchester, leesburg, heavy rain, very strong winds associated with this. 8:00, 8:30, everybody is seeing the heavy rain. by noon, the end of round one. by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, strong storms. another one with the frontal boundary as it moves down from the north. the tornado threat on the low side, but it is there. high winds for sure. we are going to see high winds across our region tomorrow. hail is going to be a pretty big threat, especially in the afternoon. flash flooding will be a threat during the entire afternoon. amelia will talk more about the flash flood threat as we move on through the day tomorrow. weather alert day tomorrow. 85 on saturday. 87 on sunday. the weekend looking very, very nice.
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concerned. we'll continue to keep you posted on the latest with these storms. it is no secret. phase two of safetrack is leading to delays. >> the new reaction tonight from leaders in prince george's county. i'm tom sherwood in southeast washington. there is new concern in the city about lead in the water, in schools, libraries, and other public buildings. what's the city going to do about it? there are calls for it to step up its response. the alleged plot to carry out an attack at the department of homeland security. >> you're watching news4 at 5:00 and we're coming right back.
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he has owned this story from the get-go. the feds are investigating whether an employee at the department of homeland security headquarters was plotting an attack in an agency headquarters to senior officials there. scott is there live tonight with the latest on the investigation for us. scott, what are you learning today? >> reporter: good evening. we're in downtown martinsbu
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this is where jonathan wienke lives. the feds wanted to raid that house to see if they could find evidence if wienke was plotting against the government. those court documents say when wienke, an employee with a top security clearance, arrived at work two weeks ago he arrived with revolver and hollow bullets and knife and pepper spray. in their filing, they say he was at his desk in close proximity to a meeting at homeland security headquarters by top security and top agency officials. he was aware of that meeting and they say they had probable cause to believe he was conspireing to commit workplace violence inside the u.s. department o
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security headquarters. this afternoon the u.s. house homeland security committee, which oversees the agency, called the reports of this case troubling and announced their own investigation into what happened and with the dhs. we were unable to reach jonathan wienke on his attorneys. he's been released from custody. he's been charged with carrying a pistol unlawfully. no answer at his home behind us here in martinsburg. tonight at 6:00, what people in the neighborhood say they saw outside this house in recent days. news4. >> we'll check back at 6:00 for more. three days in it seems metro riders, y'all are navigating your way through the second phase of metro's shutdown. ridership of the orange, silver, and blue lines are down. ba
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>> this is still a complete shutdown on these lines. we want to make sure we're going to keep up our commitment is. not only having the buses to take people from new carrollton to greenbelt, but taking them to largo as well. >> they're asking everyone to car pool if they can. go to our safetrack page in our nbc washington app for the program's full maintenance schedule. in the meantime, if you're making your fourth of july plans, metro will likely be the best way to get around if you're headed downtown. the transit agency has no track work planned for the holiday itself. today is also the last day to buy a special ticket from vre to get into the district on the fourth. vre is selling non-refundable tickets for $10. that's roundtrip, folks. that will leave
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time to make your way to the fireworks. there are new concerns about levels of lead in the district's water system. today worried parents and community leaders told the d.c. council that more needs to be done. it is not just the schools that the people are worried about. >> reporter: city leaders say they know there's a problem and they say they're stepping up inspections and fixes. drinking water mostly taken from granted, but for samantha davis unacceptable levels of lead water at the school in southeast came as a shock. she had taken a group of d.c. students to volunteer in flint, michigan's water crisis. >> the health concerns and how this correlated with the water crisis. >> reporter: they learned their own bad news, lead in their own school water. >> completely out of the blue. no one expected it.
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from flint and seen the severity of the crisis there it really hit home. >> reporter: davis was among dozens of parents and community leaders who say the district government is not doing enough testing or acting quickly enough to install filters or other fixes. >> we're trying to make sure no matter where a child in the district of columbia is in the daytime, whether they're at a rec center, school library, we have safe water sources for them. >> it is not clear if they retested the sources. >> reporter: government and private medical groups say almost no lead level is safe for children. officials say more is being done. >> what we want to do is put filters that are certified for lead removal in every drinking source in every school, every library, every rec center where we know we have young kids. >> coming
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say they want faster alerts about water problems. wendy, jim? >> thank you. lawmakers up on the hill heard from smithsonian officials today about the future of one of the most popular museums in our city. a house committee heard testimony about a revitalization project for the air and space museum. that project could cost upwards of $600 million. smithsonian officials want the federal government to help and say it may actually be cheaper to build a new museum rather than renovate the current location. now nbc 4 responds. there's no question we rely on technology these days, but we still depend on postal carriers to deliver our mail. for one community, it's been months of trying to iron out a mail mess. >> you are right. quite a mess, wendy. misdirected mail, missing mail, and private information all left out in the open. complaints
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recently. >> i've had it. we've had it. >> reporter: that sums up siliay silvia's frustration she blames on the mail service. >> it is happening to my neighbors and the entire community. >> reporter: the community relies on a commercial mailbox system like this, but there are continuous problems. >> we get a lot of misdirected mail. >> i've gotten other people's mail several times. >> it is frustrating. >> right now, i'm waiting for travel documents. i don't know if they're going to come, if they have already come and gone to somebody else. >> reporter: the mailbox is left open for days at a time. >> anybody could just walk up, pull it out, and just keep going. >> with identity theft, you're vulnerable because people can come in and get your information. >> reporter: residents say they have complained to the post office multiple
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the most the lack of response from the u.s. postal service. we're hoping speaking with you things will improve. >> we reached out to the u.s. postal service and it says they apologize for any inconvenience its customers are having with their mail service and it wants to assure the customers it is taking their complaints serious and will address them. residents say the problem has been solved. now the u.s. postal service encourages customers with problems to contact consumer affairs. >> thank you, susan.
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some elderly residents, they go two days without water after the bill for their building is ready to run into the tens of thousand thousands. water is back on, but why these residents think the problem is not over. two military heros from the same virginia town take their shot at congressional today. how golf
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women who are treated for cardiac arrest in a hospital may be less likely to get potentially life-saving procedures. this is a few finding in the journal of american heart association. 64% of women died compared to 61% of men. the study did not find a cause for this gender gap. a special picnic in montgomery county today to celebrate the importance of foster care. more than 100 foster families enjoyed an afternoon of food and fun at smoky glen farm here in gaithe gaithersburg. it's a worst-case scenario. a worker falls
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remote outpost on the south pole. >> coming up, the incredible mission to rescue him. there are some communities in prince george's county that need help more than others. the county executive is expanding his duties to help those in need. they pay their rent. they pay all their bills. still the residents of this building had their water shut off. i'll tell you how it happened and why they're afraid it will happen again. more severe weather in the forecast tomorrow. the main threats high winds, hail, and some flash flooding. i'll have the latest timing coming up in my forecast.
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once again, news4 is working for you tonight. about 15 families had their water turned off yesterday because the owners of their condos hadn't paid the bills. after news4 started digging, their water is back on now, but residents of the building on good hope road are still worried it's going to happen again. mark segraves joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, jim. the water is back on in this condo
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but the residents big question is for how long. d.c. water tells us the condo association owed more than $20,000 in back water bills. today a payment was made, but it was only a partial payment. >> help us. >> help us. >> reporter: sitting outside their building in southeast, residents say they are pleasir city officials have gone unanswered. she pays her bills and her rent and she takes care of her home. having the water turned off has brought her to tears. >> i've been crying. >> reporter: the people who actually own the condos aren't paying the utilities according to residents. >> many of the owners who don't pay their monthly condo
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assessments, this is not a new problem. >> reporter: an official with d.c. water says they tried to set up a payment plan, but the property manager didn't make those payments either. family members have been bringing in bottled water. >> it's hurting everyone. i'm hurting not only for me and my 15-year-old son, but my 80-year-old neighbor. >> reporter: a spokesperson informed news4 the property manager had made a partial payment and water service would be restored. but even with the water back on, residents remain nervous it will happen again. >> a partial payment is just a band-aid to what's inevitably going to happen. water will turn off. electric will turn off. >> reporter: a d.c. water official tells us the property manager did make a payment for about $8,000 today. that was enough to get the water back on, but they'll have another bill
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more than $5,000. late this afternoon i spoke to that property manager. he confirmed that he is hired and works for the condo association and they haven't been paying their monthly assessments. when i asked him if they would have enough money next month to pay the $5,000 water bill to keep the water turned on, he declined to comment. that's the latest here in southeast. prince george's county announces a new phase in what it calls its transforming neighborhoods initiative. this is a program that is about building better relationships between the government and the communities. tracee wilkins has a progress report. >> reporter: baker says soon after coming into office residents gave him a serious wake up call. >> when we call the police, they show up. when we call the fire department, they show up. it's the rest of your government that we have problems with. >> reporter: in response, he
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the government program focuses on some of the county's most troubled areas where there are fewer resources and higher crime rates. >> tni is about what can we do with the resources we have, how can we achieve the very best outcome now. >> reporter: the county executive assigned members of his executive team to oversee each targeted community including langley park, hillcrest heights, and oxen hill. >> they've been open to us. we've been open to them. there's a lot of work to do. >> reporter: people in live in those areas will lead their own transformation as county officials prepare to take on three new target areas. >> when we recal
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those were the areas that came up. >> reporter: it's how government should run. >> we are on to a new way of governing not just for prince george's county, but throughout this country. >> reporter: we have talked with people here. they have a long list of things they would like to see the county's government focus on. news4. a daring rescue to the south pole today after workers on a remote science outpost became ill. the american research company that runs this outpost says two workers became ill and had to be evacuated. planes don't usually fly to that polar outpost this time of year because of the pitch black flying conditions and of course the cold. today's rescue mission was a success. the workers are at
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station on the antarctic peninsula. tiger woods is in town. i'm carol maloney at congressional country club in bethesda. today tiger signing the we salute the heros ball at the quicken loans national. despite not playing, tiger said he wouldn't miss this. you can write your own personal message of thanks to those who serve in the military. the armed forces always a big part of the event. today extra special for two wounded warriors. do you guys rib each other or were you all business? >> he was all business. i was so far away from him on the left side of the golf course. >> reporter: scores didn't matter. t.j. brooks lost his right leg in afghanistan. jason gross fractured four vertebrae in iraq. they were back in the gam
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>> it means a lot. i get a little emotional thinking about it, but it's hard to put into words things that decent organizations do. we definitely don't take it for granted. >> it means a lot to have that kind of support behind us and coming home and knowing we do have people who support us here and organizations. >> we need to realize how lucky we are on a daily basis and not just have to play with them to realize that. >> reporter: well said. coming up at 6:00, tiger woods. we'll have more on his progress. does he have a chance of playing competitive golf this season? tomorrow they'll be lucky if they get any golf in on day one. >> i don't think they'll be able to play much tomorrow. here's the thing. it's
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alert day. we could severe weather throughout the day tomorrow. we had severe weather last week and that was confined to the afternoon and evening hours. waking up tomorrow morning, the morning commute, heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. we could have three rounds of weather impacting us tomorrow. your second weather headline on friday. mainly dry. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. scattered showers out there in southern maryland and northern virginia. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., this is very heavy rain in the area. a break around the midday hours and scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. as we move on into the overnight hours, another line of potentially severe weather moving through the area. 7:00 a.m. rain and thunderstorms with gusty damaging winds. scattered storms during the afternoo
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night. biggest concerns high winds, hail, and flash flooding. we can't rule out a tornado, but we are focused on the potential for some wind damage, some large hail, and some flash flooding across the area. so right now flash flood watch for the areas in green, but that could expand farther east with over an inch of rain possible. remember turn around. don't drown. right now we're in the low 80s. 81 degrees the favorite number across the area. tomorrow when it is not raining, we'll have mostly cloudy skies and muggy conditions. a high tomorrow around 87. for friday, partly to mostly sunny skies. gorgeous for your friday afternoon and evening. a high of 82. saturday and sunday nice with mostly sunny skies. highs in the mid to upper 80s. next chance of showers and thunderstorms on monday. next wednesday
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that's ok bart, it is here. at td bank we do things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. don't just bank. bank human. with the severe weather that's going to be threatening our region tomorrow, it's approaching chicago right now. >> mike seidel is storm chasing and tracking those conditions. >> we're looking ahead southbound on i-55. the skies are dark. we have some rain. the real show is this evening here. it is a very strong upper level storm disturbance rolling in from the
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that combined with a warm front will give some spin in the at mo big sports night in chicago. the copa match. the cubs game got in with no issues earlier at wrigley this afternoon. all of this will impact washington as early as tomorrow morning. i'm mike seidel in chicago, west of town. back to you. first at 6:00, new fallout from a news4 i-team investigation. tonight the feds are investigating whether a department of homeland security employee was plotting an attack inside the agency.
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committee is ordering a review of the disturbing details. scott macfarlane is outside the employee's home in martinsburg, west virginia. scott? >> reporter: good evening. right by the train station in downtown ma downtown martinsburg. last night we broke this story. the feds had planned to raid that house. when they described why, it got our attention. it now has congress' attention too. according to a court filing by the feds jonathan wienke showed up for work at the department of homeland security headquarters two weeks ago at 7:30 a.m. he was pulled for a random security screening and found carrying a knife, two radio devices, incapacitating spray, infrared equipment, and handcuffs. and in their filing they said 90 minutes later they
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