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still a warning until 5:15 for prince george's county, montgomery county and even parts of northern d.c. as well. we have numerous storms out here, but this is the game in town. right here, through northern prince george's county, a few more storms towards charles county. but we've been watching this one, has had a history of producing wind and hail through montgomery county and is now right on top of college park. if you're around the college park area, i'm going to zoom in and show you where it is. right around college park, along the border with d.c. look at the lightning here. a ton of lightning, and this has been enhanced over the last 10 to 15 minutes. that tells me the storm continues to strengthen on this trail moving to the south and east about 30 miles an hour. largo 5:19. heads up in these areas. get inside your house. if you're out and about, you do not want to be out when this storm moves in. no more severe weather this weekend but a lot of
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still tracking this storm as it moves down to the south and east. i would not be surprised to see a new warning put into place for the rest of prince george's and anne arundel. >> thank you, doug. these storms are not welcome news for those of you who spent the day cleaning up after last night's storms, which left so many people in the dark, left fallen trees, power lines, crushed cars in prince george's county. news4's derrick ward is live in adelphi with the latest on the clean-up there. >> reporter: good news and bad news. the sun is shining, but this is hail coming down now. not a welcome sight to the folks in adelphi who dealt with this just a few hours ago. but this storm seems to be moving through, hopefully and it's not like what they had to deal with last night. nature had it in for adelphi last night. >> the winds start blowing really hard and then a big sheet of rain just hit all the windows. you couldn't see
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rain. that wind snapped trees and utility poles all over the area. somehow this tree got twisted before it came down on this pickup. and then the lights went out. >> and then a big boom. the transformers went out and, man. >> i saw a big flash right before the power went out here. >> reporter: local first responders have seen this damage before. >> in our experience, we probably are looking at some strong direct-line winds, probably -- possibly a microburst. >> reporter: even some windows in this apartment building gave way to the forces of nature, with the full extent of the damage revealed with the morning light. >> as strong as the winds were, i wasn't surprised that there was some damage, but i was surprised that there was as much damage as it was. >> fortunately, no injuries occurred, but damage to cars, buildings, town homes. >> reporter: some apartments even had interior damage from this unexpected, unwanted visit from the
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can see the storm is moving through pretty quickly. it's let up a bit. but we were seeing some serious hail come down here, looks like it's moving to the east. what was it that blew through here? we don't know. we know there's thunder now, so i'm getting out of here. derrick ward, news4. >> poor derrick, hail and now thunder over top of him and sunshine. and tomorrow, by the way, it's going to be a weather alert day as well. make sure to download the app for a look at just how the weather could be impacting your weekend plans. now to a murder at a nursing home in fairfax county. the victim, a 77-year-old man. someone discovered him dead inside his apartment at the little river glen senior center. news4's david culver joins us live outside of the nursing home. david, what are you learning about this case? >> reporter: the location of where we are right now, you'll excuse me as an ambulance is just passing by,
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investigation. that's because we're right at the corner of 236, little river turn pike and ollie lane. little river turn pike is very busy. and the woods that separate that and this apartment are what's in focus right now. investigators going into that end unit several times today, taking photos, trying to gather as much evidence as possible. i can tell you, residents here, they're uneasy as police are looking for that killer. >> i can't imagine somebody doing that. and you know, there's a lot of people living in these apartments. >> reporter: rebecca mosier just finding out today what happened in a place she's called home for the past two years. the little river glen senior community. it's there crime scene detectives are back on scene, going in and out of this apartment unit. inside police say 77-year-old cong huu nguyen was found dead. the troubling discovery happening around 8:00 yesterday morning. >> that's horrible. that doesn't
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8:00. but my apartment is on the woods and you walk right up from the road. >> reporter: her unit sits in a similar spot to rebecca's. close to the woods. police not sure why they killed him or why. the medical examiner is looking into the official cause of death. meantime, residents are also upset with how they're finding out and when. they feel like it was way too delayed. so we put that question to the group that runs this, fairfax county. coming up all new at 6:00, i'll share with you what they have to say about what they're doing after this homicide took place. yeah, just told you about five minutes ago, expect to see another warning here with this storm. we are tracking this storm and the newni
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guy the national weather service rcoortions of anne arundel county and northeastern portions of district. right along the border, prince george's county in towards d.c. and this area, i'm going to zoom in, because we've seen golf ball-sized hail associated with this storm. we just had a report of golf ball-sized hail. it was around adelphi a minute ago. heads up around belatensburg, riverdale area, cheverly. that's where this storm is going to be. we have reports of trees down, some poles down as well in that area. that coming from montgomery county, now into prince george's county. very strong storm here. and again, look at all of the lightning. i've noticed about 90 lightning strikes in the last ten minutes. the new warning goes until 5:45, northeastern washington, central
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prince george's county, around lan ham, and fedexfield, upper marlboro, and in towards anne arundel county. this storm has had a history of producing severe weather. we'll stay on top of it for you, and see you again in ten emptieemptie minutes. >> thank you, doug. health care appears to be back on the table as the white house hopes to make a deal that could come as early as this evening or tomorrow. the senate budget committee is assisting with a draft of a new measure that would first be introduced in the house. republicans have struggled to find a compromise that is suitable for both the conservative and moderate members of their party. a gop repeal -- attempt to repeal and replace obamacare failed last month with much of the freedom caucus opposing it. a potential new fight over health care comes as lawmakers are fast approaching the deadline to avoid a government shutdown. with just a week to pass a budget deal, despite republicans
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controlling the white house and both chambers of congress, it's a real possibility now. one of the big sticking points, president trump's proposed border wall. the white house says money for a down payment on the wall must be included. we should note that during the campaign, then candidate trump said mexico would pay for the wall. the white house has since suggested mexico would reimburse. "the washington post" reports one area of possible compromise, finding subsidies under obamacare. they need 60 votes, but only have 52. they're going to need to pull over at least eight democrats or independents. the white house says it's confident there won't be a shutdown. and the president told reporters, it looks like we're in good shape. if the government shuts down, it would start as we reach president trump's 100th day in office. and the president today welcomes home an egyptian american charity worker who
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are calling bogus charges. the president invited aya hijazi to the white house where they helt a photo-op inside the oval office. hijazi and her husband were working with street children in egypt in 2013 when they were arrested and charged with child abuse. earlier this week, those charges were dropped. her lawyer says the trump administration helped security her release. >> we are very happy to have aya back home. and it's a great honor to have her in the oval office with her brother and thank you very much. >> reporter: the break in this case came after president trump met with egypt's president earlier this month. the president privately asked him to intervene in this case. hijazi was flown back to the u.s. yesterday on board a military plane. a day of mourning in france following the deadly attack in the heart of paris. a police officer killed after a man leaped out of a car and opened fire on a police
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the shooting cast a shadow over the final days of campaigning in the french presidential election. a shadow that president trump thinks will impact the outcome. nbc's matt bradley has the latest. >> reporter: french prosecutors have managed to paint a very disturbing portrait of the purp trart who killed a police officer here in central paris last night. that man, 39 years old, has spent many years in prison, had a very violent history and multiple run-ins with the police, but no discernible history with radicalization, and no real connection with isis. but police did say they found a note, espousing isis ideology next to his corpse after police shot him. the manhunt for any accomplices is expanding. last night police raided a house said to belong to his family and arrested three of his family members. now, since then, there's also been a
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ea omplices who might have been on sunday. that's when the closest presidential election, probably in recent memory in france, will be happening and all eyes on marine le pen. she's the far-right candidate, and she's been taking the last several hours to exploit this situation and try to gain traction with voters who are sick and tired and actually quite fearful of what's been a scourge of terrorism killing more than 240 french people in the last two years. one part of a murder mystery is solved. police say they now know the identity of the young woman who was murdered easter sunday in prince george's county. and it's not your typical demonstration on the mall. the march that's bringing thousands of scientists to the district tomorrow and what they are hoping to accomplish. still tracking that severe thunderstorm right now. the strongest of which right
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up stronger. still tracking that severe thunderstorm, it's now had a history of severe weather. a lot of lightning, severe thunderstorm warning in effect for prince george's county until 5:15. look at this. this is moving right over kettering, we've seen trees down, wires down. please go indoors if you're in this area. i'll continue to keep you posted on this storm. a few more in our area, but more on the way tomorrow as far as rain is
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>> thanks, doug. now prince george's county police know who the victim is, they're trying to find her killer. when she collapsed and died in a stranger's front yard on easter sunday, police had no clue who she was. they released this sketch. it turns out, she's only 17. news4's kristin wright has more now on how police are trying to piece together her final moments. >> reporter: this is all very sad. te'yja chase's family said she was outgoing and now they're trying to sort through this. it was her mother who saw the sketch and knew it was her child. it was a family in this neighborhood that tried to save her. we now know the identity of a young woman murdered on easter sunday in prince george's county. te'yja chase was only 17, many years of living to do had her life not been taken. some of the teenager's final moments unfolded on spring dale
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police say she was stabbed and wounded, knocked at a front door for help, it was 8:15 in the morning. a woman in the house who asked that we not identify her, says she can't stop replaying what happened in her mind. >> i opened my door and i saw a person laying in my front yard. police are still looking at how and why she ended up in the neighborhood. >> we tried to ask her her name and tried to -- we tried to understand, you know, what happened. i made the call to 911. >> reporter: police say knowing who she is now will push forward the homicide investigation. >> with her being identified, it provides an avenue for our detectives to begin to attempt to identify a suspect and possible motive. >> reporter: the woman at the house said she knew she was young, but 17. >> she was a baby. she was a baby. tomorrow is earth day and you will find tens of thousands
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national mall for the march for science. here are four things you need to know. the grounds will be opening at 8:00. the teach-ins start at 9:00. the main stage rally will kick off at 10:00. this will all happen near the washington monument, and then the marchers will head down constitution avenue toward the capital. this is a celebration of science and will be streamed as a virtual march as well. organizers say they want to unig unite, send a message to lawmakers and call for science that upholds the common good. they're hoping it will be one of the largest demonstrations since the women's march the day after the inauguration. joining us with a preview, "the washington post's" joel acen balk. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you have written that it's not partisan, but it is political. is this a response to the trump administration, to the climate change, to people believing they're anti-science in this
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>> well, it's all of that, and it's a difficult balancing act. so the organizers, which are some mainstream science organizations like the american association for the advancement of science, they're saying this is not a partisan event. so it's not for or against republicans or the democrats. this is about science, scientific method, the importance of funding science, but clearly there's a political context, and that includes the election of donald trump as president. the appointment of scott pruitt to run the epa, proposed huge cuts in science funding for government-funded science research at nih, at the department of energy, and at the epa. the curtailing of a lot of environmental regulations. so it's an odd duck, a little bit. it's a political event that claims not to be partisan. let's see how they walk that linen
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>> and who are going to be some of the speakers in the march? >> bill nigh the science guy is a headliner. and there will be young scientists from a wide, diverse group of backgrounds that frankly, i, as a science reporter, i don't know some of them, so i'll be eager to hear their stories. the scientists behind the discovery of the lead crisis in flint, michigan is going to be there. guest love the musician is going to be one of the emcees. you'll see some activists and some climate scientists like makel mann from penn state will be there. i think they're only given two minutes to speak each, so there will be a lot of people coming on that stage over the course from 10:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon. then they'll march and they'll all hope that the rain doesn't hit them before they finish their march. >> okay, joel acen balk, thanks so much. i love reading your articles. yo a
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bladensburg. still tracking that severe thunderstorm and once again, a very dangerous situation with this storm. most of us are just fine. but if you're in prince george's county, central portions of, you are right now under the gun with this storm. anne arundel county as well. right along the beltway and 50 here, south of
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anotrd waldorf, that one pretty strong, but no warnings with that. and one more farther south. but this is the storm here. anytime you see that little notch, that means we have some kind of rotation. we don't think there's a possible tornado, but what we are seeing here is a lot of hail associated with this storm. right now, that hail would be right over the kettering area. and i'll zoom in on this region here. this is the area really under the gun. right along 202, heads up along oak grove road, brown station road. i want to zoom in one more time and show you exactly where we are. this is south of largo. white house road. if you live in this area, you really want to make sure you're inside your house in an interior room. we've seen trees down out of this. and i mentioned the hail. each one of these little blue circles, this is a hail report and we've seen them upwards of golf ball size. this is video out of wheaton. this was coming down, just the pea-sized hail.
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dime-size hail also reported. some of the hnd it was stopping traffic cold on thee t now in parts of that region. back to the maps. you see how the storm has developed. the other thing i noticed, moving to the east and diving south. anytime it does that, that also means the storm has has some rotation. so we'll continue to watch it very closely. the other storms, around waldorf, down to the south, along the harry nice bridge. that's really it. those are the only three players in the game here. the front moving on down to the south. so we're about done. but notice what's coming our way here. we got the storms moving back up, and the storms will eventually change to plain old rain tomorrow. once this cold front moves through, it will get a lot cooler. tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., showers developing, 10:00, 11:00, everybody seeing the rain. just about all day off and on, periods of rain, some heavy
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times, during your saturday. so the high after hitting the 80-degree mark again today will only be in the first. much cooler tomorrow. sunday, another day of rain. most of the rain will be to the south. look at the 50s here over the next few days. showers likely on monday and tuesday. we are going weather alert tomorrow. no severe weather expected tomorrow, but this weather will have a major impact on your saturday. i'm thinking a lot of cancellations for your kids' games as well. next week, much nicer and hot. 88 degrees on saturday. we'll continue to keep you posted on this storm. could see another warning posted as the storm moves east. >> thank you, doug. a big night ahead for the caps in their quest for the stanley cup. >> the pressure is on as their series comes down to these last three games. carol maloney is live at verizon center. >> a judge denied bond today for
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you're watching news4 at 5:00. the teacher and coach accused of child pornography had his first day in court. now at 5:30, new details about this case and how all of this is affecting one man who considered christopher speights a good friend and a good colleague. he spoke to news4's meagan fitzgerald, who is live outside the courthouse in prince george's county. meagan? >> reporter: the defense attorney for christopher speights tried to convince the justice that his client is not a flight risk and he also said he didn't have a criminal history. but the judge denied bond to the former basketball coach which is become news to people who say they knowim
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of what he's accused of could have done at this point in time. >> reporter: luther henry has been working on creating a safe place for kids. it's why he started the south county sports academy in prince george's county. >> a place for the kids to be safe for a little while. but something changed a little bit today. >> reporter: on thursday, henry found out that christopher speights was arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. speights worked for his organization and coached basketball for 12-year-olds for the last five years. >> you get betrayed. you put your trust. your kid is the most important thing. >> reporter: speights was also a substitute teacher and coach at bran bury leamtary. according to court documents, maryland state police found more than 150 videos that he uploaded to drop box. the majority of them were child pornography. investigators say speights even admitted to the crime. prince george's county public schoolsd
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background check, a requirement for substitute teachers. they also released a statement. any behavior that brings harm to a child will not be tolerated in any way in pgcps. over the past year, we have made significant changes to increase student safety and remain committed to ensuring a quality education in a safe environment for all students. >> i don't know what else could have been done. you do the background checks, you do all this stuff and -- i just don't know. >> reporter: henry said the parns and young children his organizations serves are just as devastated and angry as he is, but he's determined to continue his mission of helping kids. >> i'm still fighting for them. at the end of the day, i'm gonna fight for them. i'll be here for them. >> reporter: now, maryland state police say so far, victims have not yet come forward. coming up at 6:30, we'll tell you what luther henry says parents have been telling him now that these allegations have surfaced. wendy? >> thank you, meagan.
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friends sayinoodbye to army specialist jeremy tomlin. the chapel was filled with his loved ones and his colleagues. tomlin was killed when his black hawk helicopter crashed into a maryland golf course on monday. he was from tennessee, and he's being remembered for his passion for flying. his grandfather spoke today, saying that he also had a love of hunting and fishing. that black hawk helicopter went down on a routine training mission. two others on the chopper were critically hurt and the cause of that crash is still under investigation. tomlin was just 22 years old. ♪ ♪ the quest for the cup continues back here at home tonight. the capitals are hoping to take the series lead against the maple leafs. carol maloney is at the verizon center with a preview
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five. set the scene for us. >> you know the way the series is going, there's a lot of pressure on braden holtby's shoulders and it's probably one of the reasons why on his day off yesterday he was on the ice, working with an assistant coach, trying to stop some flukey shots. a lot of bounces in this series, and it seems like they've all gone the maple leafs' way. that's why holtby has one of the worst save percentages of all the goaltenders in the playoffs. he knows he's got to keep his head on a swivel. >> yeah, obviously there hadn't been a lot of fortunate luck that way, but at the same time, they're putting bodies in front and things happen when you do that. i mean, that's been part of our game plan at certain times too. >> we've had some funky things for braden on the last couple of games. so you just need short-term memory. we say it all the time. his body of work over a long period of time has been pretty good. >> reporter: that body of work includes the vezina trophy last year for being the league's best
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his teammates say it's not his faul bounces, a lot of things happen. he's a fantastic goaltender, made big saves for us when we need them. have some things gone in that he would want back? sure. there's things that i've done that i want back. but you'll see his best. >> when he can see the shots, he's saving it every time. he's the best goalie and we have all the confidence in the world on him. when things are going off of us and bouncing, you know, in, we gotta take that on us. we have to do a better job getting in front of shot lanes and not letting the bounces go their way. >> there's always screens every game, pucks that you don't see and you just gotta find it as quick as possible and i gotta be able to find sight lines and i think we've consistently gotten better at that throughout the series and tonight i
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>> reporter: holtby is pumped up and so are 7:00. live from verizon center, i'm carol maloney. back to you. >> thanks, carol. a surprising find when it comes to your health. what doctors are learning about the numbers of people who have kidney disease. and trouble for a well-known weight loss company. nutrisystem responds to an c ftco
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continuing to track a severe thunderstorm warning for at least five minutes for prince george's and anne arundel counties. large hail, lightning and very heavy rainfall. what you can expect for your evening and weekend in about ten minutes. >> thank you, amelia. there's a new study revealing huge gaps in kidney disease care and prevention around the world. one out of every ten people in the world has chronic kidney disease, but it's estimated that 90% of them don't know they have it. and if it is left untreated, kidney disease increases the risk of kidney failure, of cardiovascular disease, and increases your risk of dying. patients in the early stages, they can be treated with medication and some lifestyle changes. but researchers say so many governments are not making kidney disease a priority. the weight loss
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to settle a complaint that it made deceptive claims. they claim the system uses breakthrough technology to burn 20 to 40 pounds or more in 40 days. the ftc says the product doesn't have evidence to support the claim. the company says it's in negotiations with a research organization that will perform a controlled study that will support future program claims. it is the latest skirmish in a free speech fight that involves conservative voices on college campuses. a look at what's next, after ann coulter was invited to speak at a california school and then was uninvited. i'm julie carey at loudoun county high school, where a planned spirit week erupted into controversy after a group of young republicans claimed an american day was being rejected for political reasons. coming
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severe thunderstorm warning that doug and i have been tracking for two hours, extended to the east. take a look on on storm team 4 radar. a severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel and calvert counties, until 6:30. the storm is quickly moving out. a wider check of the radar and you can see this is the only impressive storm we're tracking, but there are some other scattered thunderstorms down to the south. now leaving the waldorf area, pushing into calvert
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stafford as well. for the most part, this is the action that we're going too see tonight, right now. take a look. this storm produced heavy rain fall, golf ball-sized hail. somebody on twitter shared this photograph. in northeast d.c., can you see the flooding that storm caused. very heavy rainfall, lots of lightning and it's going to be a world of difference tomorrow. it's chilly and rainy this weekend. we have more showers at times in the forecast on monday as well as tuesday. after that, a big warm-up follows, it's going to feel humid toward the end of next week, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. the evening planner, we're at 98 degrees now. scattered showers until 9:00 p.m. after that, mild and mainly dry. can't rule out a shower overnight. 69 degrees by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, we're hanging out in the 50s from start to
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showers possible during the morning and midday hours. the heaviest rain for afternoon and evening hours, otherwise overcast skies from start to finish. as we take a look at the weekend, more rain around on sunday with a high of 56. showers mainly earlier on sunday, and then drying out as we work our way throughout the day. so take a look at what you should expect on your sunday. showers continue for the morning hours. mainly light, nothing heavy. no severe weather at all for the weekend. more rain will fall south of the area. so south of 66. you can see about one to two inches north of i-66, under an inch. and then look at the temperatures, we stay on the cool side from the beginning of the workweek, mid 50s on monday and tuesday. still plenty of clouds around. wednesday, we start to wooaum u highs in the mid 70s, chance for showers and then hot and humid
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saturd a weather alert day. we're tracking thunderstorms in our area, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 for parts of anne arundel and calf ert counties. pat? >> thanks, amelia. high school spirit weeks are supposed to bring students together to have fun with special dress-up themes. but at one local high school spirit week erupted into controversy, after allegations that an america day had been rejected as too political. julie carey reports now from leesburg. >> reporter: come monday morning, most of these students will be wearing red, white, and blue. but the decision to hold an american monday comes after days of pressure and controversy. after a young group of students accused of principal and student council of refusing to have an america day because it would be too political. >>
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being american, it's not a political thing. it should not be seen as political. >> i believe the administration was a little bit too afraid they might have offended somebody with american day. >> reporter: only the administration says that's not what was behind the decision. >> this is something where the students had talked to their administrators, their advisers, they might have gotten some perspective and context. >> reporter: feeling the heat the most, the sca, the student government member who is create the spirit week ideas. they say their original calendar included a freedom day, but the principal encouraged them to find more creative ideas. but the backlash, tough to take, and in their view, unfounded and unfair. >> the potential for this to get crazy and out of proportion was really weighing on our minds because, you know, someone could take a hold of this and make it a big story about how loudoun county is unpatriotic when that's completely false. >> reporter: late this afternoon, they decided america monday will kick off spirit
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think it's going to be a unifying factor for the school. it was never meant to be political. ann coulter says she is rejecting a new proposal by uc berkeley to reschedule her speaking engagement. the conservative fire brand says the school tried to offer a date when she's not available and when there are no classes in session. berkeley canceled an event with coulter, citing security concerns. earlier this year, violent protests forced the university to cancel an event with former breitbart editor mealianop louse. today a judge ordered volkswagen to pay $3 billion for his emissions scandal. the $2.8 billion penalty is related to the scheme involving nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles. it's on top of $1.5 billion the company is paying in a civil case to settle allegations brought by environmental regulators. volkswagen is also paying 11
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and offer compensation. there are roads named in our area for obvious reasons, river road runs along the potomac river. cand rock creek park way, you get the idea. first 4 traffic's melissa mel lay reports on some of the road names that might make you wonder. >> as a traffic reporter, quirky road names stick out to me. the ones i wonder about the most, first name road names u. n i think, who was that road named for? we're driving through the intersection of janice and ellisa drive in rockville, single family homes, minivans, it all seems quite typical, but there's something kind of funny going on. >> my name is janice. >> my name is ellisa. >> reporter: they live nearby and get this, years ago, came across this intersection by chance. >> i'm looking at
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janice drive and i followed it along and next thing i know, there's ellisa drive. and with a wife named janice and a daughter named ellisa, this was perfect. >> they aren't the janice and ellisa the streets were named for. >> nobody ever spells my name the right way. and to see not only a street sign with my name on it, but with it spelled correctly next to a street sign with my mother's name also spelled correctly was shocking. >> reporter: so they have an idea about janice and ellisa's personalities. >> she's a bit of a free spirit. learning new things, but she always likes to come home to her mom. >> reporter: and janice. >> she's very motherly and a very kind person. loves her daughter. >> reporter: david morgan lives at the corner. >> have you ever seen the janice and ellisa? >> i have never
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sisters. >> reporter: the roads, just two of many first-name roads in our area. nearby, there's drew lane which leads into drew's court. luvie lane in potomac is named for a developer's mother. there's katie court in falls church. ryan road in ashburn. jannaly avenue in alexander and heidi lane in spring dale. the planning commission says this practice is pretty common and was especially popular in the 1950s and 60s. developers and builders naming roads for loved ones. this development dates back to 1964. so i had to look. you have to head to westchester, pennsylvania, about 120 miles from here to find my favorite, melissa lane. >> i think it's really sweet that somewhere out there, there were another janice and ellisa who knew each other and were related. i'd like to think they were happy too. >> reporter: in rockville, maryland, but on my way t
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melissa mel lay, news4. one of the city's baby eagles will be returning to the nest soon. the eaglet known as d.c. 4 got its leg caught in a stick in the nest at the national arboretum. the american eagle foungds says a lot of people watching the eagle cam called and e-mailed about it. folks at the foundation say the bird wasn't seriously hurt. it will be returned to the nest tonight before it gets dark. the folks that run the eagle came say they'll be live-streaming during the process. you can find a link to the live eagle cam in the nbc washington app. search eagle cam. it was so interesting watching the guy go up there last night to take the eagle with his leg caught, ask they took him to the vet to make sure he's okay. it's really interesting to watch it. >> and good that the cam is up and running. >> otherwise, they could have been hurt. it's an unexpected trend in the music industry, the resurgence of vinyl. >> these days, more artists are releasing their mus
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it's an exciting time for the record industry with vinyl making a comeback in the past few years. good news for the hundreds of local independent record stores across the country. tomorrow marks the tenth annual record store day, we've posted the locations in our area that are taking part in the nbc washington app as news4's mark segraves reports, it will give
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celebrate. >> reporter: when was the last time you did this? ♪ ♪ >> for years now, most of us have been buying our music digitally. never touching a record or cd. many record stores have been going out of business. but that's slowly changing. >> i have to tell you, we are experiencing now a major resurgence in the popularity of vinyl lps. to borrow the old adage, what is old is new again. >> reporter: recently, artists of all genres have been releasing new music the old-fashioned way, on final. jazz is one type of music that's seen a lot of records drop. zeb feldman has been searching the world unearthing rare jazz recordings, and releasing them -- you guessed it -- on vinyl. >> decades after these recordings were made, we were still making incredible discoveries from important artists and
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light for the very first time. >> reporter: jazz legends like fe -- the tenth annual record store day, saturday. a chance for music lovers to feel the music. and to share an experience reminiscent of the earl days of buying records. >> just by going to your record store, by picking up one of these releases or any other record in that store, you're supporting a local business, and you're supporting the artists. and i can't stress that enough. so important. >> reporter: so while it may have been a while since you last visited your local record store, saturday may be the day to change all of that. here at joe's record paradise in silver spring, you can meet local musicians, including billy hancocks, and johnny castle of the thrill
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meet thel ownious monk's grandson. all saturday at record stores across the country. news4 begins now with storm team 4. right now at 6:00, showers and storms bring a wet ending to our workweek. take a look, heavy rain on i-270 about an hour ago. so heavy it brought traffic to a standstill. >> heavy rain and even hail is making this friday evening interesting. take a look at what it looked like in the past hour in wheaton. that rain moved in, the wind picked up, hail as large as golf balls started coming down, and as the showers move through, we are looking at the potential for a weekend wash-out. >> amelia draper is in the storm center. when it comes to rain, this is just the beginning? >> yeah, absolutely. we'll have rain at times throughout the weekend, but the severe weather threat is starting to diminish now. take a look at storm team 4 radar. the national weather service still has
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thunderstorm warning for anne arundel and calvert counties. it's just below the severe threshold, producing small hail and gusty winds. also keeping a close eye on this thunderstorm developing around clinton, but this storm brought impressive hail to chevy chase, the rockville area. we're still tracking that moving east. a wide look at the radar, heavy rain north of fredericksburg, traveling over i-95, on its way to charles county. the threat for rain in d.c., as far as thunderstorms go, it really over at this point. isolated showers still around and rain will continue at times throughout the day tomorrow. 73 degrees right now. again, the storms now mainly south and east of the district moving out of the area. still can't rule out a shower overnight. but for the most part looking mainly dry now for t
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