history. >> and i'm talking some showers, even thunderstorms down to our south. we'll check how those could affect your evening over the next couple hours. plus, what's coming in next. i've got your forecast. news4 at 5:00 starts now. we are beginning with a man charged with murder in the death of an artist who was visiting our city. going, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. the victim in this case found tied up and stabbed to death last week. >> investigators are still trying to figure out a motive, but this may have been a crime of opportunity. >> news4 pat collins is live for us at d.c. superior court with the latest on this big break today. pat? >> reporter: this is horrific. on the day of the murder, there's video evidence that shows the suspect lurking about the victim's block. on the day of the murder, there's video evidence showing the victim going back and for

loading things into that car. on the day of the murder, there's video evidence showing the suspect making a move towards the victim's apartment. and on the day of the murder, there's video evidence showing the suspect driving away in the victim's car. the suspect, 28-year-old el-hadji toure, pictured here at an atm where police believe he was using the victim's cash card. toure charged in connection with the murder of koreena meel, she was found dead in a basement apartment of a home on 14th street northeast. she'd been tied up and stabbed to death. her car, a 2004 toyota prius, missing from the scene. acting on a tip, police arrested toure at 17th and hanlon s

he was picked up nearby a temporary labor service where he once worked. he was arrested initially on a probation violation from tennessee and later charged in the murder of corrina mehiel. the police chief said it was calls from the community that helped close the case. >> we could not have solved this case without the support of our community. and for that, we will be ever grateful. and i'm sure the mehiel family will be grateful as well. >> reporter: now look at this. $400 from a bp station in college park, $500 from a 711, $500 from an exxon station, $800 from lucky foods in elk ridge. police have evidence that toure use t used the victim's atm card to wrou about $4,000 days after

murder. how did he get her p.i.n. number? there was evidence that she was tied up and tortured in that basement. more coming at 6:00, live at superior court, pat collins, news4. hello, everybody, i'm doug kammerer. most of us have seen a really nice afternoon, temperatures close to 70, but we're tracking shower activity to the south and least. now it's just showers for the most part. back to the west, towards warrenton, fauquier county, tracking this shower, these are moving to the southeast, manassas, you'll probably see some of those two. trying to make their way closer to the district as our storm system itself moves out of here. behind this, we get a lot cooler in the next few days. this evening, not bad, temperatures dropping through the 60s down to about 58 degrees. i'll

coolest and which have the most rain. we need the rain, i've got your forecast in a minute. there are new revelations today from the diary of that maryland high school student who was allegedly plotting to kill her classmates. she wrote about the attacks at columbine and at newtown, thought she could go down in history as the first woman to carry out a mass shooting at a school. today news4 mark segraves sat down with the frederick county sheriff who laid out these details. >> you talked about books -- >> reporter: frederick county sheriff charles jenkins has no doubt that nichole cevario would have carried out a deadly attack at catoctin high school next wednesday if her father hadn't read her diry and notified school officials. about a week ago, the father made a disturbing discovery just days before he read his daughter's diary. >> then he started to see things over a period of time that weren't usual for her. and i guess, i think at one point, he might have fou

backpack, questioned her about it. she gave him a reason, he kept it in his mind. when he saw the diary, tied it together, thought this is for real, i need to report this. >> reporter: when deputy searched the home, they found bomb-making material, ammunition and a 12-gauge shotgun that she purchased legally. >> we believed she had the intention to saw the barrel off, which would have made it much more deadly. >> reporter: jenkins said excerpts from her diary folk ud on columbine and newtown. >> she looked at those as events and some of the shortcomings in those events and also looked at the fact they were all male school shootings. none of them involved a female. >> reporter: jenkins said cevario wrote that she was prepared to be the first woman to carry out a mass shooting at a school. she was unaware of brenda spencer who in 1979 killed two people and injured nine others at her sch

>> and the most important thing is here, i don't want to dwell on the charges. the most important thing is, she's getting the help she needs to deal with her personal issues. that's the end game. >> we also learned today that cevario did name at least three people in that diary, a male and two females, who were her friends. police say those people were not targets of her attack, and they were not accomplices in her plot. >> thanks so much. no charges for the d.c. police officers who shot and killed that man in northeast last summer. you may remember this video of a stand-off between police and sherman evans. investigators tell us evans called 911 to report a man waving a gun outside a building. when police arrived, they found it was evans carrying the weapon. they say he refused orders to drop it and pointed it at them before they shot him. turns out his weapon was a bb gun. the u.s. attorney's office says tonight the offs

shortly after two rockville high school students were arrested in connection with a rape of a classmate, montgomery county public schools will be launching a safety review of all of its 200-plus buildings. scott macfarlane has the latest in a story you are seeing first on news4. >> that review will begin with rockville high school and the 24 other high schools in montgomery county. officials will be checking for blind spots, they say, or other safety vulnerabilities, including the positioning of the school district's 5,000-plus security cameras and whether they need to fully block some of the corridors and hallways in which students could be particularly vulnerable for an attack. >> we'll take a look at where they're positioned, and do we need to relocate some of them, angle them differently to provide us better visibility. and if there are blind spots for us, we'll want to add cameras in those spaces as well. >> they'll check the 25 high schools by the end of april and the middle and elementary ho

bring in outside safety consultants to help the search for vulnerabilities and blind spots. tonight at 6:00, reaction from parents who have suggestions of their own. back to you. >> all right, scott, thanks so much. see you at 6:00. today there are growing calls up on capitol hill for the chair of the house intelligence committee to recuse himself from the russia investigation. >> democrats are questioning whether devin nunes can lead an impartial investigation into russian interference and any potential trump campaign connections to russia. house speaker paul ryan says he doesn't believe nunes should recuse himself. at issue, nunes announcing that the president and his team may have been caught up in what's called incidental surveillance, but he has not shared with other intel committee members what that information is, or how he received it. president trump is rolling back environmental and pollution regulations from the obama era. the president signed a new executive order today at

epa, calling for a obama's clean power plan, ends a moratorium on coal, and calls for the epa to identify regulations that prohibit domestic energy. the administration says it's an effort to create jobs and energy independence. critics worry about a threat to public health. >> bringing back our jobs, bringing back our dreemds, and making america wealthy again. >> this is a declaration of war against wind, against solar, against all renewables. >> now the executive order does not mention the paris climate agreement, a worldwide effort to combat climate change, but during the campaign mr. trump said the u.s. would drop out. richard tilly called police for help, but after the officer arrived, tilly was dead. body cameras shows within minutes tilly turned on the officer and tried to attack him in montgomery village. news4's kristingh

talked to police and neighbors today about this. >> reporter: police say officer matthew mcgowan's body camera recorded everything and that he came under attack. >> i just heard four or five sounds like popping sounds of gun. >> reporter: a police shooting in montgomery village. >> one guy was doing cpr on the guy on the ground. >> reporter: police say officer matthew mcgowan, out on patrol, got the call, a stolen bike. police say he was talking to the man who called police, richard tilly and writing up the report, when suddenly police say tilly attacked officer mcgowan, five years on the force. >> without provocation, and without notice. the complainant lunged at him with an open knife. the two began fighting physically and the officer fell or was knocked down to the ground. at that point, with the struggle still occurring,

side arm and fired multiple times at the complainant. >> reporter: dauamanda barkin w walking her dog. >> it's surprising. i haven't seen bad stuff going on in this neighborhood really. >> reporter: we found a facebook post in which tilly was critical of police, saying that he'd been arrested and wrongly accused of robbery. we'll have more on that tonight at 6:00. back to you. >> kristin, thanks so much. we're just getting started on news4 at 5:00 tonight. powerful emotion on capitol hill as two daughters plead for the return of their first quarter. >> i never thought that any of my life i would have to experience seeing my father taken away from me. this is chris gordon at the u.s. courthouse in alexandria, virginia. ahead, why three iraqi refugees, who have lived in fairfax county for almost ten years face de

for u.s. citizenship. and we're seeing a lot of video like this, another armed robbery at a local gas station. what police say happened her and how yoe u

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. they came to the united states to escape the war in iraq, but now they admit, they lied to become u.s. citizens. three members of one iraqi family say they hid their ties to another relative. news4's chris gordon

and the family was just there, pleading their case. chris? >> wendy, the three iraqi refugees have been living in fairfax county since 2008, specifically in vienna and in burke, virginia. the fbi says they have been lying since they arrived, concealing their close relationship to an alleged kidnapper who held an american hostage. in one of the military raids carried out by u.s. forces in iraq, american contractor roy hallam and other captives were freed from an underground bunker in 2005. hallams had been held hostage almost a year. today in federal court, in alexandria, yousef marchand danny, along with his wife, were charged with making false statements to obtain u.s. citizenship. an fbi affidavit says the men concealed that they are the brothers of the alleged

danny. because they knew it would hurt their chances of being admitted to the u.s. if they revealed their relationship. the fbi affidavit said the truth came out recently as they applied for u.s. citizenship. lawyer john swirling has years in immigration cases, he has no connection to this case. i asked him, what could happen to the three iraqi refugees if they are convicted of attempting to procure u.s. citizenship unlawfully. >> they can lose their right to stay in the country, they can receive sentences up to ten years for lying on their applications, in order to defraud the government. >> reporter: the two men are being held in custody, pending their next hearing here in the u.s. courthouse in alexandria on friday. the woman was released on personal recognizance, but made to surrender her passpor

single fingerprint could determine the outcome of this case. chris gordon, live in alexandria. back to you. a father detained and deported, taken from his young girls while he was driving them to school. today his daughters begged for his safe return. fatima and y'all annia were on capitol hill this afternoon, speaking alongside u.s. senators. fatima cried at the podium, telling lawmakers about the man her father is. >> he has always been right beside me to help me in any struggles i had. he was a person to sustain my family. now my family and i are living day by day to see what happens next. >> the girls' father is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. i.c.e. agents arrested him last month. they say he has a criminal

2009. does it feel like we're seeing more video like this, a gas station being robbed at gunpoint. in this case, the employee is struggling to open the register with a gun at her back. police say this is surveillance video from the shell station on gordon boulevard in wood bridge. they released it, hoping that someone will recognize the man. it's a little tough in this video, but take a look. this was friday night just before 8:00, this employee never could open the register, she wasn't injured. the man left without any money, and he, again, did not hurt anyone else. graduation season is upon us. schools are announcing commencement speakers. this is senator kamala harris, who graduated from howard, the first african american and attorney in california and the second african american woman ever elected to the u.s. senate. lot of comments

afternoon from moms on my facebook page about the outrage of one mother over her young son being patted down by a tsa agent at an airport. so she shot this video on her cell phone and calls it horrifying. it's gone viral today, in part because her son suffers from sensory processing disorder and the mom says she asked agents to screen him in other ways. the agent pats down the boy front and back. patting down the front of his shorts twice. checking out the comments on my facebook page this afternoon, deborah wrote, she should be horrified, i know i would be. shelly writes in this afternoon, it is normal procedure. he isn't a baby. he's a teenager. if you don't like the fact this can happen, then don't fly. i've had that happen and done on me. it is no different. safety first. but arch has this to say. there's no reasonable excuse to the lengths that agent went to. that wasn't just a patdown. that was in his words, a sexual ul

following procedure. he had to know he was being filmed by the mother. we're going to hear more from the mother in this newscast and on nbc nightly news. in the meantime, head to my facebook page and let me know what you think. excitement is building for nats fans, opening day is less than a week away. things have changed at nats park this year. things that the team hopes will draw more fans, especially women to the park. and there are more ways to get around, how uber hopes to

>> great day today. >> doug says it's gorgeous, so he gets one of our props tonight. >> it's a tootsie pop. >> because we're celebrating what? >> something on a stick day. national something on a stick. but don't celebrate just yet. we have a big unveiling. >> we got two bagfuls. >> that's good. awesome. i love something on a stick day. >> by the time you get back, handly will have eaten one whole bag. >> i didn't realize it was a national holiday. >> we're working for you p. >> good stuff. jim handly just asked me, was it a nice day today? >> because i've been inside. >> eating tootsie pops. >> show you what's going on out there right now. beautiful day, at least in most areas. again you do need the

look at that cloud there, looks ominous, but no rain falling right now. current temperature at 73 degrees. 73! forecast of 74. pretty close. we'll continue to see showers through that time and numbers around the region, 73 d.c., cooler to the west. 64 in winchester, 69 in fredericksburg. take a look at the radar, tracking showers. i told you this yesterday. they'd be widely scattered and that's where they are. we've seen some down to the south. southern maryland got hit pretty hard. now heavy rain in towards king george county, in towards fauquier county, culpepper county, front royal. right along 66, a wet go of things there. whether it's fairfax, over towards manassas, the front royal area. and coming toward leesburg. if you live around here or

ashburn, you're about to see the rain coming through. it will move right down 7 towards my friends towards ashburn, and the sterling area. i have friends out there. satellite and radar tracking our storm system. you can clearly see the spin in the atmosphere here. this is an upper level disturbance, meaning cold air aloft. that's why we're seeing storms develop. look how they pop up in the afternoon. that storm, meandering across our region, getting out of here tomorrow and in behind it, we see the return flow from the north, and with that, we'll see cooler air. 73, d.c., 46 in buffalo. tomorrow, not all that bad. it's really thursday and friday that we get colder. tomorrow, pretty good. clouds to sun, some clouds very early and then more sun. still mild, but a bit breezy at times. temperatures around the 66-degree mark. on thursday and friday, 59 degrees on thursday, 58 on friday. again, friday, we'll see a chance for rain, it could be heavy at times. we doee

half inch to an inch across the region. saturday and sunday looking pretty good. temperatures into the 60s. 62 degrees on saturday, 63 on sunday. right now looks like another chance on tuesday. then another chance on wednesday, just some showers out there. but temperatures wise, things look pretty good. we'll be right back. a large group of protesters marched throughout annapolis and end up here at lawyers mall, all calling for bail reform. coming up on news4, why the prince george states attorney was here too. i'm tom sherwood at nats park in washington. opening day is monday. what's new for the fans and all the women who are filling the seats, coming up. reports of faulty cell phone batteries catching on fire dominated our headlines over the past year, as you know. >> so we're going to tell you how nbc 4 responds got involved in this one. one woman could not get

which had been recalled.

scott macfarlane here with breaking news. the democratic national committee is asking all staffers for their resignations by next month. a major sweeping

thomas perez, former montgomery county council member and most recently u.s. labor secretary. according to the nbc news report, a committee advising perez has asked staff top to bottom to submit their resignations. some will be potentially reinterviewed for jobs. they're now facing a major mission as it's a major combatant for president donald trump. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane, back to you. now, punished for being poor. >> some say that's what's happening in courtrooms across maryland. today the state's attorney joined demonstrators. >> why do we have to be so cruel? >> reporter: these women are going door to door in maryland's state house offices. they

need to change the way they set pretrial bail. >> you can't just punish people because they're poor. >> reporter: these demonstrators who marched in annapolis agree, and so does prince georges county states attorney. >> we want to take the money out of justice, the profit motive out of justice. >> reporter: the maryland court of appeals ruled unanimously, if the defendant is not a flight risk, their financial situation should be considered when setting bail. these demonstrators are rally against a rule that would block the court's ruling. >> in maryland, 70% of all of our defendants who are held pretrial are there not because they're a flight risk or because they're dangerous. they're there because they are poor and cannot afford to pay for their freedom. >> reporter: the senator introduced the bill in question and says the court got it wrong. >> let the defendant and the lawyer decide what is best for th

wait for trial, rather than have to report to work tomorrow with a gps ank let on. >> reporter: these residents turned activists say they're ready to fight. >> we're not going anywhere. >> reporter: right now, senate bill 983 is at rules committee. no telling when or if it will come out of the committee. this group is hoping it won't. in annapolis, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. an unusual case of domestic violence this evening. a man from northern virginia is in jail, accused of killing his future stepfather. police in front royal arrested david hoil jr last night, he shot warren ramsey multiple times inside a house he shared with his mother. hoil is charged with first-degree murder. a muslim couple from fairfax county is reeling tonight after coming home from a weekend trip to f

with a religious slur and ransacked. it's believed whomever did this, broke in through the patio door. thousands of dollars in cash and property also taken. the couple says the worst part was finding their koran torn to pieces, and written on the wall, an expletive directed at their muslim faith. they asked that just their first names be used. >> we were in complete shock. it was like, it's a dream. we're just going to open our eyes and it's all going to go away. but, you know, especially when we saw that written on the wall and the koran torn to pieces on the floor, and my paintings, you know, they were just torn apart and on the floor. that was just shocking. >> investigators are back at the apartment this afternoon. police confirming they are investigating this as both a burglary and a bias-related crime. coming up on news4 at 6:00, this couple

to speak publicly about this. with just a few months before the virginia primary, the democratic race for governor appears to be in a dead heat. a new poll has lieutenant governor northam tied with former congressman tom per yellow. but 45% of voters still not decided. on the republican side, former rnc chair ed gillespie has the most name recognition. he's far ahead chairman corey stewart. 38% are undecided for the gop in the old dominion. we've posted a link to the total survey in our nbc washington app. just search virginia poll. all right, are you ready? you know it's spring when we start talking about opening day for baseball. we're counting down. it's monday for our nats. today we received a tour of what you can expect this year at nats park. as tom sherwood reports, women are making up more and more of the

bobbleheads, beer, and coming monday, opening day baseball for the washington nationals 2017 season. more than 40,000 fans expected. >> we draw fans from across the dmv. we do have a large percentage of our season ticket holders from virginia, but we're well represe represented with the district and maryland. >> reporter: while there's lots of new fan merchandise for sale, more and more of it targets women. >> maternity clothing is available. >> reporter: because more women are buying tickets and attending games. >> and we're delighted that women love baseballs and love the washington nationals. 42% of our ticket buyers are women. we have a nursing station, a mother's nursing lounge that we built out a couple seasons ago. we're constantly expanding our retail line to make sure that women have items that fit all body types, all sizes, including during

might like to sit in the lounge seats near the first base line. seats sponsored by the mgm casino in suburban maryland. security protection has been added in recent years, but no major visible changes this year. >> sometimes it's better not to let our security protocols be known publicly. >> reporter: president trump has declined the chance to toss out the first pitch on monday, citing scheduling problems. there's no announcement who will toss out the first pitch, but the 2017 white house christmas ornament is part of the new offerings at the ballpark. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. well, since handly and i are always in the mood for food, we decided to help you celebrate a special day you may not know about. today is something on a -- good lord -- something on a stick day. >> wow! that's a corn dog. >> no one knows how it originated but by golly, we're happy it's here.

it does not apply to mops or brooms. it's about popsicles, candy apples, kebab, even edible arrangements. even grapes and cantaloupe taste better on a stick. so in honor of national something on a stick day, we have tootsie pops, cake bites. >> you tried this already. how do you like it? >> it was a little sweet. today is also national respect your cat day, but as any cat will tell you, that's every day. so go eat something on a stick tonight and know that we're with you. >> we got new flavors. this is the water melon. i already started that, you can finish that. they last forever. all right, coming up, uber working on a new way to help commuters get around town. we'll tell you where they're testing it out here and where you can start using it. >> phones catching on fire, causing danger to consumers. the recall that had millions of americans returning their faulty phones and how nbc 4 responds. helped

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they are the people responsible for some of our nation's best young athletes. today usa gymnastics skepped a congressional hearing into its

allegations. >> senator richard blumenthal called the choice disappointing. he said as a father of four who's left his daughter in the care of coaches, this kind of abuse is a major concern. >> somewhere lurking in the back of every parent's mind is the possibility in any sport that this kind of abuse can happen. >> the senate judiciary committee is considering legislation that would force olympic organizations to report accusations to police immediately. this comes after more than 80 girls and young women filed police compliants against a team doctor. usa gymnastics is criticized for waiting five weeks to report him to the fbi. its long-time president has stepped down. now new court documents raise questions about sex abuse claims against dozens of coaches. there is hope today for millions of americans who suffer from kpema, a debilitatg

by an overactive immune condition. you may recognize it as red, itchy rashes on the body that are pretty extreme. the fda has approved a new drug that could be a game-changer. in clinical trials, patients reported a 70% improvement. >> when i heard about how this drug works, i was very excited, because it's a novel therapy. and because it's a very targeted medication, it's safe for long-term use. tonight, "nightly news" will be taking a look at how the drug works and hearing from a patient who said it changed her life. are you ready for a new type of uber that takes aim at this?

we have some breaking news in the district. this is interesting, d.c. fire and ems tweeting this video. there they are, in the middle of a mid-air rescue, two workers stranded in a disabled lift bucket, ten stories up. this is happening on first street in southeast, not far from nats park. special ops teams are there trying to get the workers down safely. we wish them luck and we'll keep you posted. >> i'm liking this next story, you probably used your phone to hail an uber, right? well, now, you may be able to use that same app to catch a ride to work with your fellow commuters and save some money. >> uber creates a digital slug line, matching drivers with commuters for a small fee. adam tuss is live to explain how it works. >> reporter: that's right. this all works by matching commuters with drivers. that's exactly what's going on here in ross lin tonight. you see these guys getting in a

uber says it can do all of this, but digitally. uber now launching uber commute for the region. here's how it works. people who have a longer commute would be matched up digitally with nearby commuters, creating carpools, that get people to and from work faster and reduces the number of cars on the road. it's just like the highly popular slugging system in northern virginia, but instead of having to wait in the slug line, you get to be picked up at your home or office. >> you can think of it as digital slug lining. we're bringing our technology and making it easier for people to choose to share a ride with a co-worker or neighbor. >> reporter: the passenger would have to pay about five to ten bucks to help with gas and tolls, that's different than the slugging system which is free. bau but again, the passenger would not have to wait in a slug line. david leblanc runs the slug line.com website. he doesn't see it

big impact on the slug system. >> i think slugs are thrifty, and they do it to save money and time. to pay 5 or $10, i'm not sure they would be willing to do it. >> reporter: but uber wants to create a new slug system along 66 in the belt way, where there isn't such a slug network already in place. commuters like pam say taking more cars off the road, that's only a good thing. >> i think it would be helpful. traffic being what it is, i think anything would help. >> reporter: for now, a new change coming to the commute. more people waiting to catch a right home tonight with the traditional slug lining system. now, what kind of background checks would these drivers with uber commute actually have to go through? well, it's a lot different than being a regular uber driver. i'll explain that part of the story next hour at 6, back to you. >> adam, thanks so much. we had a beautiful day, it was a beautiful day for our special day,

we'd like you to have -- there you go, you get a tootsie pop. and also you get some cake on a stick. here you go. make sure we didn't take a bite out of that one. >> isn't that nice. >> i was at the minnesota state fair a few years ago and got wall eye on a stick. but i'm vegan, so can i get tofu on a stick? >> you know you can. you can. if it's a substance, you can -- yeah, not here. you're not going to find that here. >> or quinoa on a stick, we could do that too. >> fold it into a little ball. >> mean whiwhile, we have rainf i'll get a barometer on a stick and figure out what's going on. we can see one of the rain showers. you can see that rain shaft there coming from that little shower. it's a very low cloud right now, but not a thunderstorm, kind of looks ominous. you can see the d

that's right over fairfax county now. live view from the tower camera. all this coming from the circulation in the upper levels of the atmosphere, coming in from the north and west now, the showers have been coming on through. there's that shower we were just looking at on the storm team 4 radar. there's another one here in southern loudoun county. all these are tracking to the south and east. might have a brief rumble of thunder, but there are stronger storms here. this one has lightning and hail in it in the northern neck of virginia, just south of reedville, that's crossing the lower part of the bay, really heavy downpours there with hail coming down and lightning. hour by hour through the rest of the evening, by 7 to 8:00, much of the activity breaking up. most of it's over and the cloud cover breaks up and we'll get the sky clearing by down tomorrow. so in addition, where it didn't rain today, we have the tree pollen in the high range now. so if you have allergies to tr

been noticing it. the grass, weed and mold spores are low still. where the rain has fallen, it's back down into the 60s right now. the rest of the evening, just a chance of a shower or storm through 8:00 p.m., then clearing by 11:00 p.m. by dawn tomorrow, near 50 degrees with sunshine, a breezy and cool morning in the 50s around the morning tomorrow. for your commute, near 60 degrees with sunshine, heading back home will be in the mid 60s. but you'll be battling the sun glare for tomorrow morning, if you're driving east. storm team 4, ten-day outlook, much cooler on thursday. thursday afternoon with increasing clouds just near 60 degrees. looks like a moderate to heavy rain event for friday. that's probably going to wash out the nationals games at nats park for the exhibition game there in the upper 50s. they play the red sox, and they play them on saturday, ought to

sunday, nice day in the low 60s. opening day at nats park, good weather for baseball and then more showers after that as we get into the middle part of next week. >> tom, thank you. samsung's galaxy note 7 may be returning to store shelves. a global recall was issued last year after the phones heated and caught fire. samsung said the problem was with the batteries and it may replace those and sell the note 7 as a refurbished phone. the company said it needs to consult authorities first. samsung will announce a new flagship phone, the galaxy s 8 at an event in new york city tomorrow. nbc 4 responds to a woman who was caught in the middle of samsung's cell phone chaos. she tried returning her recalled phone for months. but after getting nowhere with samsung customer service, she called our consumer reporter susan hogan for

gwen morris is one of millions of americans affected by the recall. but when she tried to return her phone and get the cash refund she deserved, she got no results until she called nbc 4 responds. >> every time i called -- >> reporter: gwen morris is a samsung loyalist. >> i've had samsung for, you know, different models, for a long time. >> you like them? >> i like them. >> reporter: even as the company began recalling their galaxy series last fall, she wasn't ready to give up hers, despite the warning. >> i was thinking at first, i'm not having any problem with my phone. >> reporter: but after seeing pictures like these, gwen decided to return her phone for the replacement. but weeks later, even that replacement phone recalled. now her samsung loyalty was dialing down. now she just wanted a refund. that's where her problem started. >> i think i had made like seven or eight calls. i've talked to supervisors and everybody was te

thing that didn't go through. >> reporter: samsung never sent gwen the special fire-proof box. needing that refund money to buy a new phone, she dialed up nbc 4 responds. we reached out to samsung. within hours gwen got a call. >> three days later after i received a call that they're going to credit me back my money, the money was in my account. >> reporter: in a statement, samsung tells us, they've had overwhelming participation in the recall, however, it stopped short of offering a reason to us for not sending out the box in a ti timely manner. >> i was so happy and relieved and i honestly believe, if my girlfriend had never told me to reach out to channel 4, i would still be going back and forth, back and forth. >> and if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, contact nbc 4 responds, just go to our website. wendy just got an upgrade, i'm due for one. how long should i

few months. let the buzz get through and see what happens. plus, that's where it's at the highest it costs you. >> exactly. yeah, you get one too. >> i'm waiting for something on a stick. >> you get one of each. yay. >> enjoy. thank you, susan. >> going through tsa checkpoints at airports isn't known to be the easiest process for some passengers. next the story about young a b

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so we've told you about this earlier in our newscast. now the full story. a mother says her son felt violated after a tsa patdown. >> the story is drawing a lot of reaction on social media. the mother said the patdown was -- this is her word -- horrifying. and she says her son is still asking questions about why it happened. nbc's jacob rascon reports. >> reporter: overnight, growing outrage over this video that's gone viral. it shows a tsa agent patting down a teenager at the dallas ft. worth airport last weekend. the clip shows jennifer's son standing in a security area, while an agent aggressively pats down her son. furious about what she describes as an unnecessary patdown, she blasted the tsa writing, we have been through hell this morning. they detained aaron for well over an hour.

child given a patdown like this. williamson said her son suffers from sensory processing disorder, a condition that causes anxiety in children when they're touched. she asked them to screen him in other ways. it was horrifying, she writes. somehow these power tripping tsa agents who are traumatizing children and doing whatever they feel like without any cause need to be reined in. the tsa said it allows for a patdown of a teenage passengers and in this case, all approved procedures were followed to resolve an alarm on the passenger's laptop. normally only a small number of people are selected for patdowns, usually after tripping off a metal detector or image screening machine. but williamson said her son set off no alarms. let me make something else crystal clear, he set off no alarms. he did not alarm at all during screening. he passed through the detector just fine. the incident comes

screening procedures in place. procedures that at least one mother says were too aggressive for her child. williamson writing, he is still several hours later, saying, i don't know what i did, what did i do? i am livid. news4 at 6:00 starts now. first at 6:00, new concerns about safety after a high school student says she was raped at school. police say a 14-year-old girl was attacked by two classmates at rockville high school earlier this month. cries for help went unanswered. this case got national attention. now news4 has learned it's prompting a safety review of all montgomery county public schools. >> and as the district investigates what went wrong, they're bringing in outside help to make sure it doesn't happen again. scott macfarlane broke the story and joins us with more. >> rockville high is expected to be the first one they review.

in the district could be checked by the end of april. school district officials tell news4 they'll check the positioning of many of the district's 5,000 security cameras. none would be moved into bathrooms, but they're concerned about blind spots in some hallways. >> they'll take a look at whether they're positioned, do we need to relocate them or angle them better. if there are blind spots, we'll want to add cameras in those spaces as well. >> reporter: the school district said it will review whether it should position teachers in hallways to better monitor the students and whether it needs to block off some corridors of some schools to prevent anyone from entering. >> everything is on the table for us to look at in the spirit of continuous improvement. >> reporter: if major changes are needed, the leaders say it may cost money. >> we look forward to not only receiving that information in terms of recommendations, but also look to be supportive of that when it comes to financially. >> reporter: cameras alone won't eliminate the safety threats.