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disturbing new details about a murder in fairfax county. the young woman who was killed and the suspects in her dheeath. we want to start this afternoon with that story in northern virginia. >> news4 has learned one of the juveniles arrested was wearing a court ordered gps ankle bracelet at the crime scene. >> the suspect is among ten people who have been charged in the death of reyes rivas. she lives in montgomery county. her body was found last month in fairfax county. >> reporter: this is the search warrant to get data from the company that makes and tracks the gps ankle bracelet that was worn by one of the juvenile boys accused in connection with the abduction and brutal
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15-year-old demaris alexandra reyes. her body was found in a springfield industrial park on february 11th. now, this search warrant shows one of the juveniles who had a prior conviction was wearing a court-ordered gps ankle bracelet at the scene as the victim was tortured and killed. i spoke to court services officials today about how that could happen without some kind of alert going out. they're barred from talking about specifics with juveniles. the court services director says not all teens wearing ankles bracelets are on house arrest. in this case the review shows there was no violation, no alert. >> i have no indication in this case that we have any dysfunction in the gps system. there was no formal violations filed with
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sup supervision of this case. >> reporter: this document also reveals disturbing new details about how alexandra reyes was killed. coming up at 5:00, what detectives found on gang members' cell phones. human remains have been found near a shopping center in prince george's county. chopper 4 is over that area this afternoon. detectives are working behind a shopping center in ft. washington. this is swan creek road about a mile east of ft. washington road. police are calling this a death investigation, but so far they haven't told us anything specific about what they found. the supreme court will not hear a case about the bathroom rights of a transgender student from virginia. the ruling came down this morning. it's generating new reaction. it means the justices will not be deciding whether a federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senio
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bathroom in his school. at issue here is whether the federal law known as title ix applies to transgender students. the aclu statement reads in part this is a detour, not the end of the road. we'll continue to fight for gavin and other transgender people to ensure they're treated with the dignity and respect they serve. president trump signed a revised travel order taking iraq off of the list. >> reporter: today, version two, acting away from television cameras president trump signed a new executive order, a revised travel ban replacing the first one struck down by a federal court. the president himself silent. a three cabinet members explained the order. >> like every nation the united states
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out those who would do us harm. >> reporter: this will not go into effect immediately. the white house is giving it ten days, taking effect march 15th. iraq is no longer on that list. the first ban affected seven predominantly muslim countries. because the iraqi government is now helping with increased vetting of its citizens coming to the u.s.,the country is off the list. this version is no longer an all out ban on syrian refugees. it will not affect green card holders, nor will it revoke any visas obtained before january 27th. the white house still stopped short of calling it a ban, rather a 90-day pause. >> the reality this is still a trumped up effort to pretend that the president is actually addressing security issues. >> reporter: the white house
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but only the changed it to stave off another potential lawsuit. >> the muslim ban 2.0, that's how the advocacy group known as care brands today's executive order. this group is reaching out to nonmuslims with a nash tag and branding. the idea is to show resistance to a muslim registry. the trump administration has not ordered such a list be made, however care is convinced the president's directive is a step in that direction. >> this new executive order stigmatizes the faith of islam and muslims. it does not make america any safer, but does make america less great. >> cair is one of the groups that fought president trump's official temporary travel ban by filing a lawsuit. we want to know what you think
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let us know by going to the nbc washington facebook page. we'll update the results later in our newscast. thousands of kids are going to be affected by a law school school district's decision to show its spoertd for women. >> how it's planning to support the hundreds of women that work in its schools and how it may work for you. what you may notice by changing your sleep habits by an hour. we are watching some rain moving right into the region. we're continue to continue with some rain showers and we're also going to warm up a little bit. we're warming up and cooling back down, maybe some snow showers.
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i'm mark segraves in the district where over time costs for the d.c. fire department are becoming an issue. today the chief acknowledged that the cost of over time for d.c. firefighters has nearly doubled in the past year. and that in two cases paramedics made more than $114,000 last year just in over time. the chief says this is because they're short staffed. >> we have people on disability, on vacation, time off. filling those requires the over time. >> reporter: another factor driving the rise in the over time payments is that since last year, the d.c. government has agreed to pay firefighters time and a half for over me
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d.c. mayor bowser say they're both committed to hiring more firefighters and paramedics as soon as they can. after a brief hiatus, tours of the white house are going to start back up tomorrow. >> the self-guided tours are free, but you need to submit a request with a member of congress at least 21 days in advance. in a statement released last month, first lady melania trump said the white house is a remarkable and historic site that should be shared. for more details, search white house tours in the nbc washington app. take a look at this. when robbers try to snatch a man's backpack, well, he chose to fight back. now police want to make sure you notice one thing. and we are learning the reason a house that caught fire over the weekend was so jam packed with stuff. the second
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the number one story right now on the nbc washington app, alexandria public schools will be closed on wednesday due to a day without a woman observance. it's not because the school system is taking a political stance on this issue. it's because at least 300 staff members have requested leave for the day. school officials sent a letter m
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close is based solely on our ability to provide sufficient staff to cover all of the classrooms and the impact of high staff absenteeism on students' safety and delivery of instructions. the district also admitted this unscheduled cancellation will have impact on families. we'll have more in a live report in our next hour. we're also reaching out to other school systems in the region to see if their plans are changing for wednesday. >> i think around 13,000 kids go to school in alexandria. a lot of people in our area oppose president trump's new travel ban. some of them are gathering at dulles international airport. darcy spencer joins us live. what are you hearing out there at dulles? >> reporter: chris, we're told that the demonstration has been pushed back to 4:30 this afternoon. we do have one woman who lives in prince william county. she showed up here early
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she wanted to show her support for immigrants after this second executive order was signed today. what we're hearing is that even though the executive order is scaled back, opponents still see it as a muslim ban because it affects six majority muslim countries. there are also concerns that it shuts down the country's refugee program. the good news, people with valid visas and green cards will still be allowed in, but new visas are not being allowed from those in those targeted count eed countr. >> while they are different on paper, the intent, the underlying policy intent behind them are the same. it is ultimately a muslim ban. although it's dressed up as one, it's like putting lib stick it pig. he did a much better job of excluding green card
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is, were not allowed to come back. >> reporter: sadvocacy groups ae telling us there will be legal challenges to this executive order. we'll have the latest coming up. today d.c. police released some surveillance video hoping it will help them catch the suspects behind a violent attempted robbery and assault at a gas station in northwest d.c. the suspects grab a backpack off someone's car. but the victim fights back. in the end the suspects drive off without getting his bag. all this happened saturday a couple weeks ago just after 5:00 in the morning on 14th street between allison and buchannon. some surprise weather in san francisco's bay area. yep, snow. many areas got a dusting but
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trees and streets. mountain peaks were even blanketblanke blanketed. in san francisco. >> craziness. >> back here are we in for our own winter surprise? >> what kind of weather would you guys like? i have a little bit of everything on this ten-day forecast. we've got some snow we're already talking about for sunday. we don't want to hype it. we just want to let you know what we're talking about. it is way too early to dive into any details but we do have it on that ten-day forecast. let's show you what else we have on the ten-day forecast. today we were in the 50s. yesterday we only topped out at 40 degrees. we've got some rain showers moving in. we do have a wet tuesday in store for us. maybe some snow and rain showers on friday. as i said, we have our eyes on sunday. we'll continue to watch that forecast as it gets c
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little bit of what we're thinking right now. temperatures out there a lot more mild than yesterday. 53 in washington, 54 in manassas, 50 in frederick. we'll get some rain showers out there. again, temperatures are going to fall, but it's not going to be quite as chilly as last night. we are going to see temperatures in the 40s. we do have showers on tap over the next couple of hours, even into the overnight and through tomorrow. what's happening, a warm front lifting to the north. so despite the rain and despite the cloud cover, we're actually going to see temperatures in the 60s tomorrow. so we've got temperatures in the 40s tonight. again, some rain showers for those headed home out in the shenandoah valulevalley. we'll continue to see these rain showers move through the region all the way through the region. keep the umbrellas handy. winds are picking up as well.
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south. that's going to help boost the temperatures. winds are not a problem tonight. but tomorrow winds 10-20 miles an hour. we could see isolated gusts up to about 25 miles an hour. still on wednesday, we'll continue to have a little bit of a breeze. your tuesday morning 6:00 a.m., again some showers out there, especially north and west. we could get a little drying out during the midday. we're still going to see clouds. if we have some peeks of sun, i wouldn't be surprised if temperatures went up to right around 70 degrees. by 4:30 on tuesday, here it comes right in time for the evening commute, some more rain showers possible. that will last through early wednesday morning. then we clear really quickly on wednesday. wind pick up but we'll have plenty of sunshine. rain showers in the morning. we've got rain showers as we get into friday. we dry out on thursday. temperatures still in the 50s on friday. sundayt
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watching. we're going to talk more about that coming up in about 15-20 minutes or so. of course, it's also spring forward. don't forge to set those clocks forward by one hour. >> looking at snow and also getting ready for daylight saving time. that's right. we're also getting some new revelations about what it means to lose an hour of sleep and how little sleep americans get on average. 75% of us end up taking time off just to catch up on our zs. some folks miss up to five days a year to make up for lost sleep. the most common obstacle is internal, stress. >> one of the biggest things my patients tell me is they can't turn off their brain at night. that can have a pretty big affect on your ability to fall to sleep and to get into deep sleep. >> the most way to get a good night's sleep is to be consistent, go to bed and wake
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even this coming sunday when the clock jumps forward. try to put these things away. don't go to bed with them in the bed. it's been kind of a thing for a while. some people believe soy products are dangerous for women who have breast cancer. >> weir going to walk you through the new study that turns that way of thinking on its head. first, we go to los angeles. there is a growing controversy
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disney is remaking "booth but -- "beauty and the beast" into a live action drama. >> this movie features a first for the studio. scott, how does "beauty and the beast" break new ground for disney? >> first of all, let me just say this. it actually is a lot like the 1991 original, the animated film. the new live action beauty and the beast is poised to become one of the biggest money-makers of the year. i saw it. i thought it was magnificent. it captured the magic of the original while expanding upon it in every way. it's not without some controversy. it all started last week when it was revealed this new version wi f
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moment. this released some backlash on the internet. in addition there's a theater in alabama that refused to show the film. conc condon asks why is it a big deal? this film is one of inclusiveness and it has something to offer everyone. luke evans says the movie proves you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. the small town in alabama that is refusing to show the film has about 2344 people. the owner cited religious reasons because it went against what was in the bible. that's their reasoning. again, why is this a big deal? it's a beautiful, enchanting movie. it's everything you could possible hope for in a live action remake of beauty and the beast. i say, see it. >> in addition to
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there and while some applaud the movie, others are expressing disappointment because one of the characters is portrayed as sort of a goofy sidekick. >> the character that you're referring to is lafou. he is goofy. that's his role. he's flamboyant. he kind of steals the movie. he's the actor who voiced olaf in frozen, also a disney movie. if you did not know his character was gay going into the film, you would not know it because the moment is very subtle. you blink and you miss it. >> well, a lot of folks are going to be, i'm sure, looking at this movie, you know, both good and bad. thank you so much for that recommendation. we'll all be looking tonight at "access hollywood." we've also all learned
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was wearing a court-ordered ankle bracelet during the murder. police found alexandra reyes' body last month. firefighters in arlington county say the clutter in a house there made it tough for them to fight a fire over the weekend. one person died. a second is seriously injured. president trump signed a revised version of his immigration order. it impacts people from six countries and takes effect next week. you're watching news4 at 4:00. first at 4:00 this afternoon, women in d.c. are earning extra cash by opening their homes to out-of-towners. air bnb says 50% of its washington hosts are women. >> 3200 women in the district share their homes, the typical female host in d.c. earns an average of $5700 a year. >> nationally air bnb says women hosts earn over
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women say they're using the money to pay mortgages and to fund travel and finance small businesses. sitting on the supreme court is really the highest honor a justice can aspire to. >> ruth bader ginsburg always dreamed of seeing her name in the bright lights, but not as a member of the high court. barbara harrison has more on her exclusive in a special report "access washington". >> yes. i spent a wonderful evening with justice ruth bader ginsburg the other night. we saw a new contemporary opera at the kennedy center "champion." we spent time afterwards talking about many things, but we started with her love of opera which she told me began when she was just 11 years old. when i asked her what she dreamed of becoming someday, she responded "certainly not a lawyer". >> by the time i was a high school senior, if you asked me whatou
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any talent that i could have, the answer would be i'd be a great diva. i might be beverly sills. but as i'm monotone, the only two places i sing, one is in the shower and the other is in my dreams. >> of course her voice has been one of the most important in the united states since she became a lawyer, then a judge and then a justice on the supreme court of our country. in my interview, we are also joined by her dear friend opera star and star of the new opera at the kennedy center, washington's own denise graves. they're both wonderful. we laugh a lot. we learn more about both of them. that's all coming up tonight on news4 at 6:00. march is women's history month. and to celebrate the
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county commission for women is inviting residents of all ages to participate in a writing conte contest. respond to this question, what does it mean to be a women in 2017? entries will be accepted through march 31st. you'll find a link on the nbc washington app for details on how to make a submission. search "writing contest". the pros and cons of learning to write in cursive. these days a lot of folks think it's an obsolete skill, not at a all necessary in our high-tech schools. it's still part of the curriculum in many schools. in new york city the schools chance lor chancellor is encouraging learning cursive for third graders.
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very enthusiastically. >> virginia is one of 14 states that require cursive in public schools. supporters say it's an important life skill especially when you have to sign your name, read historical documents or even letters from your grandparent who s who still write in script. the nation's largest funeral home company is under fire for allegedly over charging customers by as much as 72%. >> now two consumer advocacy organizations are calling on the government to step in. sub has be . >> funerals can cost you thousands of dollars. one company in particular is being accused of taking advantage of consumers when they're most vulnerable. service corporation international, whose principal brand is dignity memorial is the focus of a report just released today. the report shows sci
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high prices on their products and refuses to disclose these prices on their websites. right now there is no law that requires funeral homes to disclose their prices online even though the ftc requires other companies to do so. the report reveals sci charged far higher median prices than other funeral homes in nine areas. for example simple creation, sci charges $2700 compared to $1500 at other funeral homes. and a full service burial will cost you close to $8,000 at sci compared to 5200 at others. the ftc does require all funeral homes to disclose prices in writing to allow for easy price comparison. now the consumer federation of america along with the funeral consumer's alliance are urging the ftc to make online
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disclosure a requirement and law for funeral homes, claiming sci can maintain high prices in part because they don't have to disclose them online. news4, of course, reached out to sci, but they have not responded to our request for a statement. well, you probably drive over them every week, if not every day. but some of our bridges aren't in the best shape. >> i can attest to that. adam tuss shows you what's going on with an especially busy one on i-95. how the fix could affect you. first a drastic move by mcdonald's, all to save the beloved mcflurry. those temperatures are going up. we're also talking about snow, not one or two chances. we're talking about rain. we've got all of this in our ten-day forecast. the roller the roller afoot and light- chearted i take to the open road.
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you could say there's been a mcflurry of social reaction to news that mcdonald's is replacing all of its ice cream machines. >> the wall street journal reports customers have been frustrated because the current machines are often out of service. it's difficult and time consuming to clean them. for years customers have been venting their frustration on social media. now they're welcoming the news. no word yet on
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will install the new machines. turning to the weather, right now it is a little too cool for ice cream for me. >> but not for long. >> yeah. not for long. chris is absolutely right. temperatures, some areas could hit 70 degrees tomorrow if we get a little bit of sunshine. not calling for a lot of sunshine because we've got rain showers. those rain showers have already started this evening. they'll continue, at least a chance during the overnight. the commute home tomorrow going to be a little bit on the wet side. we have some rain coming through the shenandoah valley. just some light stuff moving through our region. again, grab that umbrella. you're going to need it not only overnight tonight, but also through the day tomorrow. leave yourself a little extra time. wednesday, we will turn sunny but also breezy and quiet on thursday before we have an unsettled weekend. we're going to be showing you
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ten-day forecast. a new study out reports that soy may not actually be dangerous for woman with breast cancer as is sometimes believed. in fact, it may actually help women with breast cancer. the study followed women who have cancer for nine years and compared mortality rates to soy consumption. it found that women who ate more soy were 21% less likely to die of any cause. soy has a property which is similar to that of estrogen. some breast cancers are driven by estrogen. there's been a big debate on benefits versus risks of soy over the years. researchers say this is just a step, but it's an important step. we posted a link to the study on the nbc washington app. search soy study. we're working for you ahead of another big construction project. >> the closures that start this week and how to get
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weekend we could be tracking a snowy mix. you may get a note from your child that they'll bring home from school tonight. alexandria public schools are closing on wednesday. the day has been deemed a day without a woman. the school system says hundreds of employees told them they won't be coming to school on wednesday. the u.s. supreme court will not hear a case on relating to a transgender student from virginia and what bathroom he can use. gavin grim's case is now going back to a lower court. the trump administration ru rolled out a second version of the executive order today that suspended immigration from six muslim countries. we asked you what you think of the newec
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so far it looks as if most of you think neither the new order nor president trump's first one are acceptable. is the bridge you drive across every day in need of serious repair? there are a lot of bridges around here which are structurally deficient. transparency repo transportation reporter adam tuss got an up close look at one of those brings on i-95 in dale city. >> construction of the new express lanes on i-395 in northern virginia are not going to start until this summer, but crews could begin
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work this week and it could impact your commute. the hov lanes will be closed overnight but they will reopen for the morning rush. once the project is complete, the 95 express lanes will be extended for eight miles north on i-395 all the way to the d.c. border. you can find information on the exact times of the planned lane closures on our nbc washington app. search 395 express lanes. coming up in our next hour, a story you will only see on news4. a woman tells her story. she accused a local judge of sexual harassment. >> that's right. she tells our tracee wilkins what the judge said to her and what happened next when the judge complained to her supervisors. also an nbc 4 responds story gets the attention of viewers. viewers tell us they encountered the same problem with their fridge. what happened when susan hogan and news4 responds took the issue to sasu
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that story. also, there is a new hotel opening today in d.c. it's not like other hotels in town. it is called a micro hotel room. when you lay down to sleep, your feet are in the hall. it's a new concept. >> i've got to stop eating to get into that room. we'll see you in a few. >> we're picturing that. well, give us a picture of the weather tonight, lauren. >> we've got some rain showers out there right now, but mild. temperatures today made sbiet t -- it into the 50s. it was pretty chilly over the weekend. >> bone chilling. >> winter's still here. for all those snow lovers out there, i may have a little surprise for you. winter might have some tricks up its sleeve. we've got some rain showers out there. now certainly warm enough for all rain. they're moving through the shenandoah valley, through i- 81. we'll continue to watch some
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rain showers post through the region. anything we do is going to be on the light side. a warm front is lifting to the north. that's what's bringing some of these rain showers throughout our region. some temperatures have already cooled because of the rain. in the shenandoah valley already in the 40s. fredericksburg was the winner, temperatures made it up to right around 60 degrees today while the rest of us stayed in the low to mid 50s. we're going to be in the 40s during the overnight. yesterday, last night, it was pretty chilly, especially this morning. we're going to be very mild when you wake up tomorrow morning with temperatures in the mid to upp upper 40s. we're looking at some showers moving in. wet start for your morning commute. maybe a little bit of clearing, little bit through the midday. we'll dry out a little bit. that's when that temperature could really move up. we'll top
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mid 60s. tomorrow evening we'll keep that chance of rain through the overnight into early wednesday. the winds are another thing. we're going to have no problem, but they will pick up tomorrow 10-20 miles an hour out of the southwest. that's going to help boost our temperatures as well. a breezy day on wednesday. again, temperatures in the 60s. then we get into thursday/friday. not too bad, still quiet on thursday. but friday we've got another little system that could ring us some light snow showers, some light rain showers in our area. you could see a few flakes frid fly around on friday. saturday's dry, but saturday night into sunday we are watching for our next chance of snow here in the d.c. area. of course, spring, you've got to spring forward on sunday. we're also going to be watching the snow. it's just too early to tell. we don't want to hype it, b
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have a chance. if an area of low pressure moves to the north, that could create the snow. if it moves to the south, we could see some snow showers. that is something we're going to be watching for sunday. it's just too early to tell. we know it's going to change. probably have a better idea by thursday of what really is going to go on by the time we get into your weekend. again, plan ahead for that, maybe a few snow and rain showers on friday, dry on saturday. that's what we'll watch for sunday, some snow/rain chances. then temperatures only in the 40s and 50s as we go through next week. >> i'm not even going to think about that. i'm going to enjoy these mid 60s. have you ever had the expression look before you leap? good advice for swimmers in marion county, florida. they found a 13-foot
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swimming. the sheriff's department had to come and trap the gator. we're also learning more about the victims of a deadly fire in arlington. the elderly couple trapped inside their heme. yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant.
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that's a neighborhood street. the area got two feet of snow over the weekend. that's enough for this guy to go snowboarding right in front of his own house. >> meanwhile emergency crews in kansas had their hands full with some stubborn grass fires. at least 1200 acres burned over the weekend. some people were forced to evacuate. at least one home and three buildings were destroyed. officials finally have those blazes over control. locally firefighters stay widespread clutter delayed their search and rescue during a deadly house fire in northern virginia. >> the husband was killed. the wife is in serious condition right now. justin finch has more from south grant street. >> reporter: arlington fire officials confirming that the man pulled from this burning house died from his injuries here on scene and that a woman pulled from h
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taken to the hospital in critical condition, all of this as the cause of this fire remains under investigation. >> there's no better location in the city of washington. >> reporter: for decades frank has lived across from this white brick house and befriended the family who called it home, a family now grieving after fire tore clue clothrough sunday nig >> i saw the first person they had gotten down with that large ladder system they had. >> reporter: ladders, he says, were krused to break open a secd floor window and rescue one person. two were found inside. one died on scene, the other rushed to a hospital in critical condition. complicating the rescue what firefighters call eed hord eed conditions. >> they were only able to open the
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>> reporter: inside and outside stacks of burned debris as restoration crews work to board up the house. neighbors say the couple was known to collect items like books often for sale. >> they were very penny-wise. if he could see potential future use of an item, he would keep it. >> reporter: neighbors believe the couple who lived here are in their 70s and have been living there more than 20 years. looking now at that door that gave firefighters so much trouble last night, we are told that part of this fire probe will work to uncover whether or not the smoke alarms were working in the home at the time of this fire. and arlington fire officials also saying they have a special hoarding task force for cases like these. they see as many as 40-65 per year. >> makes it really tough on those firefighters. our news continues right now with jim and wendy. news4 at 5:00 starts now.
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the new reaction right now at 5:00 come into the new order on immigration just unveiled by the trump white house. and only on 4, a local judge is accused of sexual harassment and the victim is sharing her story. first, a juvenile who was involved in the fairfax county court system is among the suspects linked to that abduction and murder of a girl in maryland. good evening i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. court officials are responding to news that the arrested teenager was wearing a gps ankle bracelet when alexandra reyes was killed. her body was found in a wooded area in springfield last month. julie carey joins us. >> reporter: this is the search warrant to get the data from the company that makes and tracks that gps ankle bracelet that was worn by one of the teenage boyed
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abduction and murder of 15-year-old alexandra reyes. the existence of that ankle bracelet raises a big question. how could this teenage boy commit another crime while he was being monitored? this is the springfield industrial area where 15-year-old alexandra reyes was killed by gang members in early january. the gaithersburg girl's body was found there last month. four adults, six juveniles now behind bars in connection with her death. one of the male juveniles involved in the crime was wearing a court ordered electronic monitor, an ankle bracelet at the crime scene. a detective writes in this search warrant that gps data placed him at the location where the abduction and torture of the victim occurred. we wondered how someone being monitored could commit a crime, but not all juveniles with ankle bracelets are on
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court officials are barred from speaking about specific terms but in this case they say there was no violation. >> i have no indication in this case that we have any dysfunction in the gps system. there was no formal violations filed with the court in the supervision of this case. >> reporter: bob birmingham says the gps data from that ankle bracelet helped detectives with their investigation. >> data we could extract out of gps could be used to be able to identify locations in which individuals travel. >> reporter: we're also learning more disturbing details about multiple cell phone videos taken of alexandra reyes' murder. a detective writes they show interrogation and taunting of the victim before reyes was commanded to walk further into the woods. her killers can be seen poking the victim with
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