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news 4 today starts now. right now on news 4 today, testing diplomacy. the key meetings abroad from president trump as north korea presents a new threat overnight. college stabbing death on graduation weekend. what police are now uncovering about the victim and who they say is responsible. ready, set, race. the busy day as runners lace up for two big events. how you can get around the big impact. busy morning here in the nation's capital, hope you're having a good start, i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. all the birds were singing and chirping. >> right out in the circle.
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>> they are out there too. >> they are, it is a good morning, glad you're joining us, nice and cool, right? >> yeah, those with mocking birds and that's the sound of their snoring. >> exactly. i don't think they're awake yet. they think it's dawn, but we have dawn occurring right now though there. there's a little peek of sun, but that's about it. a lot of cloud cover around the rest of the day today. clouds with us here and under the cloud cover this morning, 50s from the shenandoah valley all the way to the bay near # 0. reagan national at 59 degrees. and for the morning races, the morning runs, 7:00 a.m., temperatures still in the 50s. all cloudy through the morning. temperatures near 60 by 9:00 a.m., by 11:00 a.m., it'll be getting into the mid-60s. look at our chances for rain as we start off the workweek. new hour by hour timing in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much.
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of north korea, nbc news confirms that the north has fired an unidentified missile. south korea says it flew east for 210 miles but didn't provide details. the white house is aware that north korea launched the missile. president trump is kicking off his second day in saudi arabia with a full schedule of meetings. he posed for a picture with members of the gulf corporation council. >> they will exchange a memo on countering the financing of terrorism. the president is the expected to meet with the deputy prime minister of oman. the center piece is a major speech that he will deliver in just a few hours. it's expected to urge unity in this fight against terror. now this all comes one day after the president signed a nearly $110 billion arms deal with saudi
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the full deal is worth $350 billion over ten years. the military includes tanks, kbalt ships, missile defense systems and other items. also includes a letter of intent to assemble 150 lockheed martin blackhawk helicopters for about $6 billion. rex tillerson praised the deal saying it'll create hundreds of thousands of u.s. jobs. two moves by the president and first lady led to a lot of discussion on social media yesterday. what constitutes a vow? it started when president trump slightly bent over to receive the highest civilian honor from the king. some argued it wasn't a bow. president trump and some republicans slammed president obama for bowing back in 2012. the other moment is melania's decision not to wear head scarves. it's not unprecedented, but the president criticized michelle
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years ago. and you're likely to see this all over your social media feeds today as well. president trump briefly joining saudi king solomon in a male-only sword dance. ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner joined the president and first lady for the dinner. after wrapping up his trip, the president will head to israel for two days. on wednesday, he will visit the vatican city and will meet the pope. after that brussels for nato meetings and round out his trip saturday in sicily. the two days of meetings with the chief. it is graduation day at the university of maryland, but today a murder investigation is also under way on the college park campus. a student is in custody
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university student to death. this attack was unprovoked and happened while the victim was waiting for an uber with friends. >> it never gets worse than this. when i sat with the victim's father, who's a military veteran, and his pastor, and we shed tears together, i can tell you it rip yourself heart out. >> yeah, police expected to release the names of the suspect and victim today. university president wallace lowe called for a moment of silence during today's commencement event. fairfax county police officer will not face charges for shooting and killing a man earlier this year. mohamed died after allegedly lunging at officers with a knife during a standoff at the home. they were told he was holding someone
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the officer's actions were justified. we also have new details about a fire, this one that broke out at the school bus depot near the shady brook metro station. montgomery county fire believe this was an accident. the flames caused about $100,000 in damage. one bus was completely destroyed, but several others were damaged as well. it's still not clear how the fire started. time right now is 6:06, happening today, two big races that could impact your plans on this sunday morning. chuck bell sl running. that's in fredericksburg, virginia, the races begin at 7:00 this morning. this is a tenth anniversary of the half marathon. this year there's a new race called the double dog double. it'll allow participants to run both races for a total of more than 18 miles. good luck to everyone out there. >> go to carl's and get some ice cream.
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so good. >> the 10k race begins at 8:30. the supreme court and the like of congress and along the river walk trail, a fun run 3k will be held this morning, all roads should reopen by about 11:30 this morning. we're going to run in spirit. >> yes. take a look as the sun starts to rise over the nation's capital this morning. cool start, but showers could have a big impact on your plans. tom tracking the timing so that you can plan ahead. speaking of running with them, working with you. clear if you're headed to the taste of arlington today. the restaurants and how you can be apart oft all. stay i w
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classic empire and the preakness -- >> that was a great race. there's a new win they are morning. cloud computing. check out how close it was. dash the dreams of the triple crown winner as he raced across the finish line. it's only the second race that cloud computing has won. big upset, 13-1 odds there. you made out if you won on him to win. kentucky derby winner in eighth place. really faded at the end there. the next is belmont racetracks in new york. >> and it's a name you heard of before. he didn't compete with kentucky derby. >> right. >> and so the last time it was nice. >> yeah, great race. today you can enjoy some of the best food northern virginia has to offer and it's all in one place. >> we're talking about the taste of arlington. kicks off in just a few hours. you can sample morth
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restaurants and -- 60 restaurants and food today. road closures are in effect. we told you about those yesterday. if you're planning to drive, be aware. you'll need a wristband to get in. you can buy one when you get there. prices are going to start at $10. organizers also recommend that you bring cash. restaurants will be selling food between $1 and $5. >> yeah, orange line right over there. looks delicious as well. >> yeah. and the weather seems to be holding up. let's check in with tom keirien, all of our sunday festivities. >> those aromas fill the air in arlington. mostly cloudy this morning, live view from the storm team 4 tower camera looking off to the east, showing a lot of clouds hovering over the metro area. there's a little bit of sunshine breaking out and prince george's county and
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temperatures all around the region are in the 50s, except right on the bay waters, it's near 60 degrees. mid-50s to upper 50s everywhere also. for the morning runs going on, 7:00 a.m. temperatures in the 50s by 9:00 near 60. all cloudy all through the morning by 11:00 this morning, into the mid-60s around much of the region. all dry on storm team 4 radar. we have showers way off to the south and west. it's going to take a while for that to arrive. here's the timing on that. all this area in the green and yellow, those are some showers moving in 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. on monday morning. then after that, lighter showers from 8:00 to 9:00 to noontime. then during the afternoon, these pockets you see here in the orange and the yellows, those may be a few scattered thundershowers coming through between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. then after that, we dry out a bit as we get into tuesday. the hour by hour temperatures for this sunday, temperatures late morning into the mid-60s. and then hovering near 70
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but staying cloudy all day. sunset today is at 8:19, cloudy and cool this evening, back down to the low 60s and dawn monday with the rain shower activity coming through will be in the 60s, afternoon highs tomorrow into the upper 70s with those few scattered, generally light to moderate rain showers and thundershowers and likely not severe storm, then we dry out on tuesday into the upper 60s near 70. then more showers coming in tuesday evening and off and on showers morning and again in the evening. highs reaching the low 70s. after that, dry for thursday, friday, and goo into saturday, then maybe on sunday. memorial day weekend, afternoon storms for memorial day weekend and warmer. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. reporter's notebook, we have that next. >> back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning, i'm pat lawson news. buddy guard involved inside of a residence won't face
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the brawl. the video is the proof. nbc news confirmed that the men seen in the video beating protesters worked for turkish president erdogan. 11 people were injured. two have been arrested so far. d.c. police were very disturbed by this. police chief peter newsome was encouraged about conversations with the state department and officials who pledged or it fully cooperative. where are these body guards at this point? as far as we know? >> chances are they're back in turkey and they got out of the country. and you saw the chief as someone who we've known for many, many years. and this was really about as aggravated as i've ever seen him over something. he said there were issues his men face because the body guards were likely armed. which is legal, but the fact that is you're dealing with people who have guns and there's that tension and that unknown. and then this kind of all
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as you see, the melee happened so quickly. >> the body guards rushed the demonstrators. pro and antidemonstrators. and i was caught up in the -- the body guards being armed and chasing after the demonstrators was just not acceptable in this country at least. i was trying to get home. and i got stuck on mass avenue. i thought it was the vice president was coming by or somebody was coming by. and we waited and waited, and finally the police officer said, you guys really ought to go somewhere else. we're not going to open the street for a long while. apart from the international incident itself -- it was a horrific thing for tens of thousands who couldn't get home. i was just one of them. >> i was another. >> what this brings up again though is the whole idea of diplomatic immunity in the district. diplomatic immunity was not going to stop d.c. police from following the leads and possibly charging people. because if you have diplomatic immunity, doesn't stop you from be
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ticket or speeding ticket, later through the adjudication process, it can be dismissed because of the immunity. so, the police are looking at this video. i really believe from what the chief said that they want to charge people if they can. but it's unlikely as you said, pat, that anyone will face charges. >> tom, what started the brawl? >> well the intense hatred of the president of the turkey is one thing. but it could have been the guards. if in fact the president's guards chasing the demonstrators, the lawlessness of the guards. we'll find out. but the diplomatic immunity thing cuts both ways. we have diplomats in the state department who all over the country, we give parking tickets here to the russian embassy. they give them to us in moscow. small levels and big levels. there's a way to keep one country from interfering with another country's business. often you expel the people who have done something wrong. after days of searching
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finally caught up with a man who pleaded guilty to five counts of manslaughter in a deadly dui case. the case involving five people killed. he failed to show up for sentencing. after several days, kenneth kelly was found at a hotel in maryland. he had been out on $100,000 bond in the crash which happened in 2014. there was a lot of confusion about why he wasn't being monitored by gps. whether he should have been monitored, and exactly what happened here. do we know? >> well, no, we actually don't. going into the weekend we did not know. you have to think of the family members of the five people killed. they're in court. they were going to see the sentencing. kenneth kelly, 27 years old, doesn't show. they can't find him. his electronic monitoring device has been taken off. he doesn't have it on. they don't know where he is. and it took several days to find him. so that's still -- i want to see a ticktock of what happened with that. >> you know, tis
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that is not unique to prince george's county. it's a national problem. monitoring of suspects or fugitives when they've been on some kind of restricted release. the gps bracelets are not monitored 24/7. it's not like somebody is watching a homing beacon and says oh tom sherwood is not where he's supposed to be. it's used in the rears in case somebody doesn't show up like this. they can now look on it and see where he could be. even sometimes when they're taken off or they just run out of their charge, they're supposed to be recharged. it can send a message back that hey, there's something wrong with this, but oftentimes that is missed. and so this is a national problem. the other issue is there are so many different levels and agencies who are involved here. well, the judge talked about it and pretrial services talked about it and it's in the transcripts of the trial. >> they all agreed that he should have been monitored. >> right, but there are so many different agencies involin
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these things, that it's easy for these things to slip through the cracks. >> this horrible drunk driving wreck occurred back in october of 2014. so the family of the victims already are waiting all this time. and he was out and he had pled guilty to it. like 28 counts or something like that. so all that's left was for him to come to court and have the sentencing pass and then go on and go to prison. for 50 years. >> well police took credit for -- >> june 9th. the next sentencing is. >> good police work. they caught him before they believe he was about to get out. >> well citizens really, to be credited, all the media attention and some citizens saw them -- saw him and called police. and so yes, and that's typically how, you know, police really rely on citizens speaking up saying something when they see something. just over three weeks now to go before the june primary in virginia. the two top democrats for governor went at it again this passed week in a debate. the polls show tom and ralph running neck and neck
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no surprise that he went after the president in this last debate and the recent scandals that have enveloped the white house calling for the president's removal. he also focussed of course on ed. northem was sticking to state issues. >> that's what's happening. he's the one member of congress cho who got defeated back in 2010. he jumped into the governor's race late and he's trying to make it a national campaign, bernie sanders has endorsed him and he's trying to get progressives in virginia and there are substantial numbers to come out and vote. ralph is a veteran state politician, worked his way through the senate. has a very moderate progressive record himself. and he's saying look, focus on virginia, not the national politics here. i can run the country -- i'll get it right, i can run virginia better than you can. talking about trump. but he's been pressed to criticize trump too and we'll see who gets turned out.
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see -- what do you expect the focus to be in these final weeks? >> bell, i think a lot of people would like to see it be a referendum on donald trump. even in the primaries. and i think what tom just eluded to, it's coming around. see his tv ads now, he takes a shot at trump in his ads now. a lot of has been him building up his resume, qualifications, but now been i believe he calls trump a narcissist in one of his ads. and so, i -- >> they both criticized trump. i think he has more money, more support like governor mckau live. >> the democrat. >> i think you'll see heavy advertising. northern virginia's the battleground. most of the votes are, where most president of undecided voters are. i think you'll see him attack in ads because he once had an a rating with the national rifle association. once voted for an amendment in congress that would undermine the right of women to get abortions. d
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quickly, let's wrap up the discussion aet the governor's race. what was it that we heard about cory stewart on the republican side dropping out? >> media reports that cory stewart from prince william's county was going to drop out. i'm not dropping out. and so he didn't, but you know, the republican primary is june 13th just like the democratic primary. cory, ed, and frank. frank wagner is a very well liked politician, but he's already known in this area. he's not polling very well. ed gillaspie long time republican nationally is doing very well in the
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and go now, he's way ahead for the june 13th and cory stewart is catching up. >> d.c. politics, mark, d.c.'s next selection just over a year away for the last couple of election cycles, the priernls have been all over the place from september to april to june. now the city council voted to move them permanently to the third tuesday in june. if you're trying to boost voter turnout, june is better than december. >> yes, because so many leave town in august and kind of lose interest and that has been the norm. if you're a d.c. voter, your shed spinning trying to keep up with when you vote. as you pointed out, it's ban moving target for so long. they want to get it settled and as i'm sure tom can explain better than i can, this all has to do with complying with federal laws and federal requirements and what not. but yes, you know, they think -- they hope that the voter turnout will be bigger. >> and ces
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the board of elections and he it was his legislation, he said look, we need to have stability. not only for the voters, but for the candidates who can plan, for example, the mayor said she's going to run for reelection and the primary was going to be in september, it's now moved to june 19th of next year. and so she will probably announce sooner than she would have if it were going to be in september. you have to have stability for the voters and the candidates. and -- but the federal reason is that you have to have a primary done and send out absentee bloots 45 days before -- to any military people oversees to give them a chance to vote and have their votes counted in the november elections. so but this settles things down, and also going to spend $3 million i want to mention. and the mayor wants to spend $3 million. it's 1970s technology. and they say they're keeping up with the board of elections computer. >> exactly. right. and the 470,000 people in the rooms and t
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paperwork and small computer work to keep up, they need a new system. they hope to have it in place for next june's primary, definitely by the november election. >> i don't to want bring it up, but i will. this kind of thing the president's been concerned about. he started the commission to look into voter -- >> nothing to do with the president of the united states and his various statements about voting. >> but the issue of voter fraud. people like to talk about voter fraud and the reality is when people talk about all of these problems with the voter roles, it's what's happening here in d.c. they haven't been purged, they're antiquated and what not. that's not voter fraud. voter fraud is when i go to the ballot box and i vote as tom sherwood. and i register in a jurisdiction i'm not supposed to be registered in. now what we could find out because d.c. is a trarns yent area and has so many high profile people coming through here what we have found out in the passed, you'll have
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go and register somewhere else, they're new hometown and but didn't unregister here. so now they find themselves registered in two jurisdictions. it's whether they vote in multiple jurisdictions. >> new computer system, even after break-in periods that will drive everyone crazy is necessary to keep track of so many people. >> all right. aaa is projecting nearly two out of every ten residents will travel for the memorial holiday weekend. that outpaces the ratio of traveling across the country which is one in ten. aaa says most of the folks in our area will travel by car, but expect to see a noticeable increase in the numbers that will be flying. why do you think so many people will be trying to get out of washington area? >> well, people are going -- this is the start of the summer vacation season. memorial day. it's the economy is so much better. you know, the economy under president obama just consistently got better and better and better. it continues to get better under
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blame the president of the united states for it. >> except for the rocky days last week when the stock markets -- >> yes, but those are ups and downs of the market. the trend has been up and dramatically up for the last several years. so people want to go on vacation. i don't blame them, i'm going to be off that week, i'm going on vacation. i don't know where yet. i'm taking suggestions. >> the other thing to keep in mind, might explain why some of the numbers are up this year is, you know, most people in our region are somehow connected to the federal government. >> many of them are. >> whether they're worried about their jobs or stressed out because of what's happening. there may be extra pressure to just, you know, i've got to get away, get outside of the beltway and kind of decompress and go on a news blackout. because every day -- >> but i think it said record setting travel across the country. not just in our area. >> but more here in our area. >> some people are coming here to celebrate memorial day, it's always fun on the holiday. >> all right. >> welcome them. >> thanku,
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and thank you that's reporter's notebook. news 4 today continues. right now it's 6:30 on the sunday morning. here are the top stories we're following for you it's a backed day for meetings for president trump on his second day. his visit to the country will be capped off with a major address later today calling for unity across the muslim world in the fight against terrorism. university of maryland student is in custody accused in a deadly stabbing on campus. police say the suspect suspected a buoy state university student to death early saturday morning. they believe the stabbing was unprovoked. a moment of silence will be held during today's graduation event. lace them up, marine corps historic half marathon about to begin. the tenth annual race through fredericksburg, virginia, starts at 7:00 this morning. you're driving through a area today, be
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lot of road closures. news 4 today starts now. all right, sleepy heads, 6:30, time to wake up, get your sunday morning started. get a cup of coffee. thank you for joining us. cheers. hope you're having a good start to your sunday, i am adam tuss. >> and i am angie goff. another day of clouds. >> yeah. but comfortable temperatures. >> yeah. >> let's check in with our storm team 4 meteorologist. >> yeah, right now rather cool and a breeze coming in out of east. continuing to bring in the cloud cover and the cool weather that arrived yesterday. and then on this sunday morning, off to the east, we do have a little bit of sun breaking out for our eastern suburbs. look at that railing there, just a few minutes ago, look what was on that railing, looked like a hawk was right there on the tower camera. quite amazing. i've never seen that in all the years that we have had our tower camera here. and the tower camera is up there at 200 feet, a
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hawks like to perch up that way, but rarely do -- i mean maybe they've been there, but never caught them on camera. i just caught that a couple of minutes ago as that raerpt was there, scanning the sky. right now it's in the 50s all around the region. 59 now at reagan national and later today, hour by hour into the afternoon, we'll be hovering in the 60s through the morning, but starting to climb in the mid-60s by early afternoon. maybe near 70 midafternoon, clouds all day long. a look at rain showers moving in. the new hour by hour timing in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. new morning, police hope you can help them track down a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run. they are looking for an early 2000 model cad lick. they believe that is the type of car that hit a woman early friday morning. the car likely has front end damage on the right side. anyone with information please call police. some scary moments on the
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eight people were hurt when a jet collided with a utility truck. take a look here. it happened after the flight landed from mexico city. the collision caught the utility truck to overturn. all eight people on the truck were hurt. and suffered nonlife threatening injuries. no one on the flight was hurt. the incident is still under investigation at this time. meanwhile d.c. is taking steps to modernize it's taxi cab fleet. they're getting rid of hard-wired meters and in it's place, cavs will have platforms instead. the goal is to streamline the experience for riders and help drivers compete with ride share services like uber and lyft. drivers will have until august 31st to get rid of traditional meters and replace them with a tablet or smart phone. that'll include a digital meeting app. taxi rates will not change. warning this morning, this out of prince william county, police there are searching for a man involved in an attempted abduction. not far from wood bridge high school. she was
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yesterday morning about half a mile from the school. she told police a man tried to pull her away from the road as she walked along castile court near oak wood drive. the man was about 5'5", had dark hair. he was last seen wearing black shirt and khaki shorts. a tribute to two aspiring people were held days after they were killed along the parkway. a cross now marks the spot with a local rapper, her boyfriend kalil and their friend lost their lives. their sedan collided with a jeep at the intersection m. the parents thpt to be a wake-up call to improve safety on that busy parkway. >> if they want this, i would have my son still here and his girlfriend and his friend. >> whatever to do to make the road safer, then that's something we need to look into more and try to make this
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safer. >> well the intersection is the same one where a mother and young son died earlier this year. police say that monday's crash remains under investigation. health officials are warning about a case of measles that could have exposed people in the district and prince george's county. now the patient contracted the virus outside of the country, then developed symptoms here in the united states. that patient was treated at children's national. doctors confirmed the diagnosis yesterday and we've posted a list of dates and locations where others could have been exposed. that's all in our nbc washington app. you're going to to want search measles there. new this morning, explosive new report from the washington post. according to to the post over the last seven years, the pentagon has generated almost $6 billion by charging the armed forces prices for fuel. critics say that money has been used to increase mismanaged or underfunded military programs. it's led to allegations that the account's being used as a slush fund. pentagon officials deny
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and that is not the only controversy facing the ponce right now. >> 16 years after the 9/11 attacks one important and symbolic part of the complex remains missing, despite pleas to the government rebuild it. here's scott mcfarrland and the news 4 i-team. >> reporter: we all remember where we were that day. phil remembers what he saw. >> it won't leave me. >> reporter: the wreckage. >> seeing the devastate. >> reporter: which torpedoed to walls of his desk. a piece of the wall and plaque at his home. >> i was underneath the rubble. >> reporter: dan remembers seeing the rescues. >> and the time is of the essence when you're in fire fighting. >> reporter: among the first to respond to the 9/11 disaster, the fire rescuers decided to protect the pentagon's
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their site was also destroyed. >> it was greatly inspiring to see how everybody came together and at risk of their own lives. >> reporter: in the year since, the pentagon reopened so much of it's complex and a glimmering memorial to 184 killed. by a review found the fire station itself had yet to be rebuilt. >> it feels like it's going to just fall apart one day. >> reporter: and today it's a little more of a stead of temporary trailers. >> subpar. it's a construction trailer. >> it's been god knows how old. >> reporter: the firefighters who work inside are not here 24/7, they also spend time at ft. myers in virginia. but they must be here outside the povrn for all landings at the pad, including military vips, foreign dignitaries, and the president aboard marine one. these firefighters are not permitted to speak with the i-team, but the head of their union is. >> it was 15 years with anniversary after anniversary
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forget, and i think we've been forgotten. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team wanted to know why the rebuilding is taking so long. and through a review of six years of pentagon and congressional records, we found the answer. a combination of red tape and busted budgets. we found it took ten years for the defense department and congressional leaders to agree on a plan for a new station. and to line up the money. records obtained by the i-team show in 2011 the military formerliest mated the cost to be $6.4 million. then for four years, they tried to find a contractor for the job. and then a bigger problem, according to internal military records, their estimate wasn't even close. >> the response is back far exceeded the funding we had. >> it was going to cost a lot more than you thought. >> it was going to cost a lot more than what we had funding for. >> reporter: pentagon lead hearse to scrap those plans and start over, including lobbying and negotiating with a new congress. they hope to have a new proposal
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timetable still for a new fire station. >> how safe are trailers, really? >> reporter: federal records show the temporary trailer also failed to meet army safety standards without sufficient space to store hoses and store fire gear. jackson says the tight quarters slow firefighters if they have to move and respond with the rescue truck. >> it definitely adds time. >> reporter: the pentagon says safety is not at risk. but admits the trailers are not a good long-term option. >> we are working through the process as much as possible. as quickly as possible. >> reporter: 9/11 survivors say they hope the new station is online soon. >> you can't wait in 15 minutes. for the emergency equipment to respond. you need to start responding immediately. >> reporter: before the next emergency call comes. at the pentagon, scott mcfarrland, news 4 i-team. >> and to hear more from the 9/11 survivors about why the fire station should be rebuilt now, visit our nbc washington app and look under
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investigations. right now d.c. police are searching for these three missing teenagers. 16-year-old michelle jordan, iowa kia harris were last seen on friday. jordan was last seen along the street. harris, along k street. another missing teen elijah ashley was last seen thursday along spring road northwest. he is 15 years old. we have a map with more information about each of them and other missing teams on the nbc washington app. and no matter how long missing children are gone, there is one place they'll never be forgotten. we are going to take you where cameras have never been before. to help families finding them. if you're heading out this morning, you might need a sweater for your morning run or bike ride. tom is updating and how understorms could beth i
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say no missing child is forgotten. no matter how long they've been gone. the national center for missing and exploited children helped recover more than 232,000 kids. >> break it down, adam westbound that's about 19 children a day. and in a story only on news 4, i take you to a place where no cameras have been before in that building to show how it's helping one sister still hoping for answers. been a long time since you've been here. >> yes, yes. it's different. >> reporter: for the first time in deck daddies, lisa davidson is back on the wood bridge, virginia, street she grew up on. >> play kick ball. >> reporter: but where there were good memories, there was always something tragically miss pg. >> i need to know. >> reporter: in 1974, lisa was just seven when her sister, brenda, the oldest of five never came home after school. it was just days before
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14th birthday, a night lisa will never forget. >> when i come down the hallway, my dad was on the bed, it was my bed, and he was crying. and he was saying my baby's gone, my baby's gone. i've never seen my dad cry before. >> reporter: 43 years later, what happened to brenda c. davidson is still al mystery. rumor has it she snuck out of school and caught a bus to run away. there's never been proof she bought a ticket or boarded a bus. lisa says her parents felt helpless and grew frustrated with the investigation. one phone call between her mother and detective still seen today. >> he says that they ruled her as a runaway and my mom was an unfit mother. >> one of our cases here. >> reporter: in alexandria, virginia, it's a familiar story for callahan walsh, a child advocate with the national center for
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children. >> my parents were quick to realize that there was very little help. >> reporter: his parents, started the center in 1948 after his brother adam, a brother he never knew was kidnapped from a florida shopping mall and brutally murdered. shocked to learn there was no national crime system for missing kids, the walsh's helped pass the act in 1948 which led to the creation. >> i always grew up with my parents telling me adam didn't die in vain. >> reporter: down in the basement of this five story building, you'll find this room, a door with no marker. but a lot of people know about the rarely visit, in fact, this is the first time that any video cameras have been allowed in to film what's around me. hundreds of thousands of files, each of them a different case. each of them representing a child that's been recovered over the last 33 years. >> and we're
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looking until we know what happened to every single child. >> reporter: the chief operating officer here says to date, the center has helped recover more than 232,000 children or about 19 kids a day. she says their 24 hour call center, cyber tip line, and social media have been instrumental, but they could do more. >> tens of thousands of cases, but the family that's going through it today. that's the only one that matters. >> reporter: in virginia where brenda davidson disappeared, the records show more than 160 active missing children cases. many of them like brendas, unsolved for many years or even decades. >> and i get depressed because i'm like, i tried everything. i don't know what else to do. >> reporter: it shows to see if her sister had married or got an driver's license, she's created a facebook page, ran background checks, social security searches, even submitted dna for
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>> i think we're all curseless my dad knows. but yeah. it's great. >> reporter: but with the help of the forensics imaging lab, now a new picture of hope. >> you get really attached to these cases that you work on. >> reporter: for the first time in 43 years, lisa and the public get a chance to see what brenda sue davidson could look like today. >> i can see my mom in her. >> reporter: using family photos, science and art, imaging specialist, age progressed the 14-year-old girl into a 57-year-old woman. similar photos have helped recover more than 900 missing kids since the center started doing them in 1989. >> i think it's the best example of hope. not only for the searching families out there, but these images can be effective, but also to a law enforcement that's doing these investigations. daily. >> thank you so much. >> of cour
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searching for closure, finally, face to look out for and a message just in case. >> i love you, and i will never stop loving you and never stop looking for you. so please come home if you're out there. >> and the national center says between virginia, maryland, and d.c., there are more than 160 active missing children cases, but there could be more. they're only aware of the cases that are actually reported to them. you can find more resources in the nbc washington app. all of to do is search missing kids. >> great story, angie. a lot of stuff you don't think about that technology and the way it's developed. >> and i do want to mention coming up on thursday, it's missing national missing kids day. children's day. soville another story where i'll talk about the neutrals in place to help you parents out there. help empower your kids about abduction and also give you tools in case your kid ever
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>> great stuff. moving on, time right now is 6:50. the washington spirit women's soccer team, may have lost last night, but the fans got a glimpse of the future. >> and that is because 19-year-old mallory pew, a player who skipped college to go to the pros made her debut. >> everyone was just like you got this. and i could just tell by the look in the girls faces that they just kind of believed in me. and i mean it was great. it was a great experience playing with the spirit. it was something really special for me. >> pew is the youngest play ever in the league there. >> wow. and she's also a member of the u.s. women's national team already. >> very cool. >> good for her. >> really, credit due. >> yes. >> how's our weather looking like today on this sunday? >> great morning to get out. invigorating. get in a morning run and a lot of people -- >> refreshing. >> people running the marathons, not mares on this, but races
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>> there's a cloudy sky starting off, no rain around, that's the live view from the camera overlooking friendship heights, middle distance and off on the horizon, bethesda and montgomery county. it's all cloudy except sunshine, eastern suburbs, temperatures right now in the 50s everywhere from the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national at 59 degrees. yes, and for the morning run, temperatures still in the 50s over the next hour or so, then by 9:00, near 60 degrees, staying cloudy the rest of the morning. mid-60s by 11:00 this morning. and still cloudy. right now all dry on storm team 4 radar, wider view though, showing some showers here indiana, ohio, kentucky, down to eastern tennessee and the carolinas. that's coming out of georgia as well. all of this is gradually making it's way up our way. here's the timing, moves in between 5:00 to 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. on monday. timing by 8:00 a.m., tapers off to a few scattered light showers by noontime. few l
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afternoon, maybe a line of thunderstorms coming through between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. some of those storms only a small chance they would be severe, so i'll be gone by sunset on monday. so hour by hour, temperatures throughout the morning, the mid-60s by noontime, during the afternoon, hovering near 70 degrees. cloudy and cool, our sunset today is at 8:19. for the monday commute, wet roads in the morning and lunch hour, near 70, then the scattered storms in the upper 70s by late afternoon. storm team 4 ten day outlook on tuesday, cloudy, up near 70. more showers late tuesday night off and on own wednesday. highs wednesday, low 70s, but dry thursday, friday, saturday, and all the way into the memorial day weekend. looks great with warmer weather moving in. few storms on sunday evening. and that's the way it looks. wee back after this. 'r
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whatwhat made them believeace carthat a two-ton behemothhop? could compete in a track race? or that they could take on the elite in world motor racing, and win? we may never truly understand what drives mercedes-amg. but here's to another 50 years of it. mercedes-amg. half a century of driving performance. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting
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i'm not giving up because i didn't do anything wrong. but i can't speak for these people. >> well, "saturday night live" taking advantage of a tough week for president trump. host dwayne the rock johnson jokingly announced he's actually getting in the 2020 presidential race. >> americans deserve strong, capable leaders, leaders who care about this country and care about it's people. [ applause ] >> dwayne, that kind of sounds like you and me, i guess we got to do it, come on. let's go. >> we're going to do it. >> yeah, they'd probably get a lot of votes. johnson also joked that tom hanks would be his running mate here as y
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always funny. >> and the crowd went wild when they announced this. also this one song with alec baldwin, all the talk this morning is was it his way of saying good-bye to the character. >> right. >> a lot of speculation. well before he was on snl, tom hanks helped out the police actually. >> get this, he alerted them about a serial parking ticket offender. he took a picture of the car with tickets writing quote, sir? move. your. car! . hanx. asking where the car was parked. police determined that the tickets on the window had will be been paid. >> excellent. all right, did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? all right, fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night.
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news 4 today starts now. testing i ddiplomacy. the key meetings abroad for president trump as north korea presents a new threat overnight. college stabbing death on graduation weekend. what police are now uncovering about the victim and who they say is responsible. and ready, set, race. busy day as runners lace up for two big events. how you can get around the big traffic impact. and good morning toe you as we hit 7:00 on the dot. on this sunday morning. >> like that. >> just like that. we are ready. we're here. we've got our cough knee hand. we have a lot of news to get to too and we want to talk about the weather as well. going to have to be a n
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>> i know, yesterday we saw cloud cover, people were still out about and with so many events going on outside, tom, they'll be able to do it again today. >> yeah, despite the cloud cover, a pleasant spring day under way. temperatures right now are rather cool. if you slept with the windows open like i did, i was wondering where is the winter blanket? it got pretty chilly in the bedroom predawn this morning. and there is the cloudy sky over the washington monument and the jefferson memorial on this sunday morning. and we have temperatures in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national now is at 59 degrees on this sunday morning. and hour by hour, our temperatures will stay hovering upper 50s near 60 degrees for another couple of hours. then the mid-60s by early afternoon, near 70 by midafternoon with a cloud cover saying. but nothing on the storm team 4 locally. we have the showers moving in from the south and west, new timing on their arrival in just a few minutes. we're going to start with
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korea. nbc news confirms that the north has fired an unidentified missile near fu challenge. south korea says it flew east for 310 miles but didn't provide more details about it. the white house says it's aware north korea launched a midrange ballistic missile. u.s. pacific command says they tracked until it landed in the sea of japan. this launch comes a week after the country's successfully tested a new midrange missile. also new this morning, president trump in his second day in saudi arabia has a full schedule. he posed far picture with members of the gulf corporation council earlier this morning. and members will exchange a memo of understanding with the u.s. uncovering the financing of terrorism. in about 30 minutes or so, the president will take part in a u.s. arab group but the center piece is going to be a major speech that he will deliver in just a matter of hours. he's expected to urge unity in the fight against terror. and also new, president um
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day in saudi arabia with those full schedule of meetings as we mentioned. he posed for a picture with dozens of muslims and arab leaders earlier this morning. >> and in just a few minutes, he is expected to meet with a deputy prime minister of oman. the center piece of his visit is that speech i mentioned and we are going to be bringing that to you during the 9:00 hour. it's expected to urge unity once again. in the global fight against terror. it all comes one day after the president signed nearly a $110 billion arms deal with saudi arabia which we told you about yesterday during the morning commute. >> that is going to take effect immediately. it's also worth $350 billion in it's entirely over ten years. now the military package includes tanks, combat ships, missile defense systems and other items. it also includes a letter of intent to assemble 150 lockheed martin blackhawk helicopters for about $6 billion. secretary of state rex tillerson praised that deal says it's going to create hundreds of thousand was u.s. jobs.
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and first lady led to a lot of discussion on social media yesterday. the first, what exactly constitutes a vow? it started when president trump slightly bent over to receive saudi arabia's highest civilian honor from the king. some argued, it was not a bow. president trump and some republicans slammed former president obama for bowing back in 2012. and then the other moment is melania and ivanka trump's decision not to wear head scarves. now this move is not unprecedented, but the president criticized former first lady michelle obama for not wearing a head scarf two years ago. and you're likely to see this all over your social media feed as well. the president briefly joining the saudi king in a traditional male-only sword dance before a state dinner in his honor. ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner joined the es
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his trip takes a look at where he's going to go. the president will head to israel for two days. on wednesday, he will visit kvyat kin city and meet with the pope. and then after that, the president will spend two days in brussels for nato meetings and he will wrap up his first trip overseas. saturday in sicily for two days of meeting with the g7. well it is graduation day at the university of maryland, but today a murder investigation is also under way on the college campus -- at the college campus park there. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. now we know that a student is in custody. he's accused of stabbing a buoy state university student to death. police say that attack was unprovoked and it happened while the victim was waiting for an yub we are friends. >> it never gets any worse than this. when i sat with the victim's father who is a military veteran and his
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together, i can tell you, it rips your heart out. >> police are expected to release the names of the suspect and victim today. university president wallace lowe has called for a moment of silence during today's commencement event. it's 7:056, fairfax county police officer will not face charges for shooting and killing a man earlier this year. mohamed died after allegedly lunging at officers with a knife during a standoff at this home. police had been told that he was inside, holding a roommate hostage. the fairfax county common wealth attorney found the officer's actions were justified. also, we have new details to bring you about that fire -- remember we told you yesterday that broke out on a school bus, at a school bus depot near the shady grove metro station. fire and rescue now telling us they believe this was an accident. the flames caused about $100,000 in damage. one bus was total
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several others were damaged as well. still not clear though how it all started. time now 7:06, happening today, two big races that could impact your plans on this sunday morning. our own chuck bell, of course, is running. taking part in the marine corps historic half marathon in fredericksburg, virginia. always makes me feel so lazy. tenth annual run and five mile race began a few minutes ago at 7:00. and this is new video from our partners as runners lined up at the starting line. there you go. this year, a new race is also in effect. it's called the double dog double. it'll allow some participants to run both races for a total of more than 18 miles. so good luck to everyone out there this morning. and another race will shut down some streets in northeast d.c. this morning. the capitol hill classic 10k race begins at 8:30d. it'll take runners passed the u.s. capital, stream court, library of congress and the river walk trail. a fun run 3k will be held this morning and all roads should
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>> good luck to everybody. >> yes, absolutely. stay safe. what kind of weather? we're off to a cool start, but showers could have a big impact on some of your plans for the coming week. tom is tracking the timing to plan ahead. well you are in the clear if you are headed to the taste of arlington today. students from dozens of restaurants and how you can be part of
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now i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality. because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. thousands of people in venezuela took to the streets to mark 50 day us of protests against the government of president nicholas ma dur row. protesting started peacefully but descended into violence with police launching tear gas and st
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canisters and other projectiles back at those police. and protesters blame the government for inflation, short annals of everything from food and medicine and a crackdown on human rights. well right now thousands of people are on alert. this is near san diego. take a look at this video. this is where a brush fire was sparked yesterday morning, you can see it's already raging on. a campfire near the fast gate fire has been evacuated, you know, and people who live nearby, they have also been given the heads up to prepare to leave. the fire has grown to more than 1,000 acres. and at this point this morning, we're told it's only about 20% contained. it is burning in the same area where several homes you might recall were destroyed by flames back in 2007. >> uh-huh. here at home though, take a live look outside. we're going to stay a little cloudy, but also cool. but a big change, don't worry, that's coming next week.
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>> oh yeah. >> it was exciting. it was awesome. there's a new winner. cloud computing dashed the dreams of a triple crown as he raced across the finish line. look how close yesterday was 142nd preakness stake. only the second that cloud computing has won. a big upset with 13-1 odds. if you picked them to win, you did well. kentucky derby winner always dreaming finished in eighth place. he faded. next big race, june 10th out there on long island in new york. >> cloud computing wasn't even until the derby. and that's why the name is new to you. >> yeah. >> $4 million trophy. >> very cool. capital center, remember that? that was home to the first nba champion, first stanley cup finals for the caps and two heavyweight championship fights starring mohamed ali. >> and it's one also known as the pringle. it's not counting the thousands of concerts from sinatra to elvis to spst
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2002, but as news 4's mark shows us now, many of those memories will be rekindled today. >> reporter: peter has great memories of the capital center. in game against the tampa bay lightning in 1994, he scored five goals, including the fastest hat trick in caps history. >> really good memory, i like it, but i heard a lot of complaints from opposite players, they say it was dark and wasn't it will kind of not what they want to play. my first ring actually which was such a catastrophe for our fans and i enjoyed it. i had a really good year there. >> reporter: but it wasn't all hat tricks at the caps center. as the building began to age, so did the plumbing. he says one day a pipe burst. covering his favorite sticks in raw sewage. >> i like them. i put them in the shower for a few hours. it was good, but actually those sticks -- i
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goals with them. so i kept them. i numbered them, i kept them for as long as i could, and they gave me a lot of luck. >> reporter: from 1973 until 1999 the caps center was home to many great events and law legendary athletes and performers pass through. but there were also legendary fans. none more famous than robin who became best known for heckling the opposing team. >> i was so in the front row behind the opposing team and i didn't miss a game for 12 years. >> reporter: he was president of the caps center. he recalls the nba creating the thicker rule which threatens to revoke season tickets from fans who get too aggressive. >> it was part of the theme. >> reporter: also part, jonathan warner, the public address announcer for the capitals. >> it was a small feeling arena.
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if you remember, the caps center was basically one level with a concourse sort of like halfway, but it was all one level. here you've got different levels. >> reporter: they're organizing in part to raise awareness. that the university of maryland is creating a capitals center collection. it was the owners right, irene who came up with the name, capital center. but it was sacks idea to spell centre, re. >> i thought that was cool to be a little frenchy with the name. >> reporter: in 2002, the caps center came down to make room for a shopping center. the capitals center reunion is sunday afternoon at the university of maryland. mark seagraves, news 4. >> that's cool stuff there. if you're a former employee, we posted information about the family reunion and the nbc washington app. just search caps center there and organizers are encouraging you tow bring your family photos and your memorabilia today. well today you can also enjoy some of th
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northern virginia has to offer all in one place. >> taste of arlington kicks off in just a few hours. you can sample more than 60 restaurants and food trucks from noon until 6:00 today. it is happening along wilson boulevard. road closures already in effect if you are planning to drive. i would recommend to use the metro. right adam? >> right. >> you'll need a wrist fwoond get in. you can still buy one when you get there, prices start at 10 bucks, organizers also recommend that you do bring cash because restaurants set up the different tags. they sell their food between 1 to $5 per tasting. don't do the credit card machines. >> that's right. >> and holds up the line. >> we wouldn't it to be sweltering because you're standing outside, but i think we're going to have comfortable temperatures. >> here's a view of the camera. we've got the cloud cover with us right now. sun in the eastern suburbs. temperatures are in the 50s, just about
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degrees. and for those in the morning runs or spectators, you'll need to at least wear one layer through the morning. we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s through 10:00 a.m. then noontime as things are winding down. we'll be into the mid-60s and then later this afternoon. we'll be up near 70 degrees. sunset is at 8:19, and still hovering in the upper 60s by then. and then by midevening, back down to the mid-60s. all dry and storm team 4 radar now, but there are some showers way off to the west and southwest heading up our way. here's the timing, coming through the morning commute on monday, 8:00 a.m., move off toward baltimore. by noontime, scattered showers, thunder, then line of showers and thundershowers rolling through between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. and after that, at 5:00 p.m. by sunset, they'll be all gone. wet for the morning commute by noontime near 70 and maybe showers. storms in the afternoon and the upper 70s. then as we get into tu
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>> hold on. about four feet away, but periodically, every other day, we will pick up the phone and do a landline. >> talk on the phone. >> nobody else can hear. same voice, it's like we've got something to share. but we will call each other. >> i we do. >> almost this close. >> and calvin, the writer, he always says you know when you get on the phone, you think you're whispering, you're talking just as -- everyone can hear everything -- you guys are having a secret conversation. >> we're not. >> and he'll go, pick up the phone, and i'll be like yeah, what? and, kevin's like we can all still hear you. >> well all this week on news 4 at 5:00, we're celebrating wendy and jim who have been anchoring for ten years. >> yeah, make sure to like the nbc washington facebook page for more fun with wendy and jim all week long. you never know what those two are going to get into. >> yeah, wr
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her sleeve. for almost 150 years the greatest show on earth has entertained children of all ages, but today the performers are preparing for the final bout. >> they are, nbc's kerry sanders takes us under the big top one last time. >> welcome to the greatest show on earth! >> reporter: it's hard to believe, maybe because it seems like it's always been there. after 146 years, this circus is coming to town one last time. what did you see that you liked? >> tigers. >> reporter: those amazing moments that had us holding our breath, gasping, and giggling. now, vivid mental snapshots, the next generation will not share. >> it's a shame. it's an american icon. >> reporter: also vanishing, a way of life. seven-year-old is a fifth generation circus performer, follows in her family's clown-sized
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>> i'm going to miss everything. >> you're going to miss everything. >> reporter: he was president when they first wowed our nation. tickets cost just 50 cents. >> what it brought to towns all over this country was a wonders of the world. >> reporter: today the digital generation wants youtube. persistent protests led to retire the acts last year unexpectedly, audiences stopped coming. with the closing, the other animals will retire to sanctuaries or european circuses. >> we're all heartbroken, definitely, we love doing what we do. >> reporter: the final shows are sold out, one last chance to oh and ah. >> oh my goodness! >> reporter: and make lasting memories. >> i'm glad she gets to experience it at least once. >> reporter: the big top folding up forever. >> farewell from the greatest show
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>> reporter: kerry sanders, nbc news, baltimore. i want to let you know about a little bit of news we just got in here on the redline, the bethesda station is closed due to broken water line according to metro. shuttle bus service is available there. stay with us as we get more details on what's happening at the bethesda station, just plan ahead. >> follow at nbc washington on twitter. let's look outside right now, it's cloudy and some rain is actually on the way. tom is tracking where showers might have a big impact on your monday morning commute as well. and new this morning, a bomb shell new report involving the pentagon. what the washington post is now uncovering about questionable charges.
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time right now, 7:30 on this sunday morning. it's a packed day of meetings for president trump on his second day in saudi arabia. his visit to that country will be capped off with a major address later today calling for unity across the muslim world. university of maryland student is in custody accused in a deadly stabbing on campus. police say the suspect stabbed a state university student to death early saturday morning. they believe the stabbing was unprovoked. a moment of silence will be held during today's graduation event. the marine corps historic half marathon is under way. the tenth annual race started at about 7:00 this morning. if you're drivi
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a lot of road closures. news 4 today starts now. off to a good start here and thank you for joining us. >> all the birds are chirping. >> raptor, owl, some type of bird also paid a visit on the tower camera. >> if you know what bird it is, let us know. tom tweeted out a pyre. >> we put it on social media. >> do you think that was a hawk, what was that? >> yeah, i think that was a hawk. i'm going to show you that coming up this half hour. quite an amazing scene. right now just the cloud cover over national harbor. live view from the storm team 4 camera there at national harbor and prince george's county. showing the great waters of the potomac reflecting the gray cloud cover. there is the sunshine. eastern suburbs. hour by hour temperatures staying cool near 60 through 10:00 a.m. mid-60s by early afternoon near 70 midafternoon. staying cloudy all day. rain showers move in tomorrow, i have new
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just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. time right now is 7:31. and new this morning, police hope you can help them track down a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run. they are looking for an early 2000 model, cadillac devil. prince george's county detective believes that is the type of car that hit a woman early friday morning. this was on route 210. the car likely has front end damage on the right side and a anyone with information please call in. d.c. is modernizing it's taxi cab fleet. they're getting rid of hard wire meters. now in it's place, they will have a digital fair payment season system. the goal is to streamline for riders and help drivers compete with uber and lyft. drivers will have until august 31st to get rid of meters and replace with a tablet or a smart phone. that'll include a digital meter app. taxi rates will not change.
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musicians was held yesterday just days after they were killed in a crash along the parkway. across now marks the spot where local rapper or lundi, her boyfriend and their friend lost their lives. police say their sedan collided with a jeep at intersection. the parents want this to be a wake up call to improve safety on that busy parkway. >> anything we can do to make the road safer, i think that's something we need to look into more and try to make this road safer. >> well the intersection was the very same one where a mother and her young son died earlier this year. police say monday's crash remains under investigation. also new this morning, an explosive new report from the washington post. according to to the paper, over the
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pentagon has generated almost $6 billion by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel. critics say that money had been used to increase mismanaged or underfunded military programs. it's led to allegations that the accounts are being used as a slush fund. pentagon officials deny that. and this morning, that is not the only controversy facing the pentagon. >> that's right. 16 years after the 9/11 attacks, one important and symbolic part of that complex remains missing. despite pleas that the government rebuild it. here's scott mcfarrland and the news 4 i-team. >> reporter: we all remember where we were that day. bill remembers exactly what he saw. >> all of these images won't ever leave me. >> reporter: the wreckage of american airlines flight 77. >> seeing the devastation. >> reporter: which torpedoed through walls so close to his desk. >> my friends died
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>> reporter: keeps a piece in a plaque on his wall at home. >> i was underneath the rubble in the pentagon. >> reporter: dan remembers seeing the rescuers. >> the timing is of the essence when you're in firefighting. >> reporter: among the first to respond to the 9/11 disaster, the fire rescuers decided to protect the pentagon's helo pad, their fire station which was near the site of the crash was also destroyed. >> it was greatly inspiring to see how everybody came together and risked their own lives. >> reporter: in the years since, the glimmering memorial, the 184 killed, but review by the news 4 i-team found the pentagon pad fire station itself had yet to be rebuilt. >> it feels like it's going to just fall apart one day. >> reporter: today it's a little more than a set of temporary trailers. >> subpar. it's a construction trailer, it's been god knows how old. >> reporter: the firefighters who work inside are not here 24/7, they also spend time at
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but they must be here outside the pentagon for all landings at the pad, including military vips, foreign dignitaries, and the president aboard marine one. these firefighters are not permitted to speak with the i-team, but the head of their union is. >> it was 15 years with anniversary after anniversary, and we always preached we'll never forget, and i think we've been forgotten. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team wanted to know why the rebuilding is taking so long. and through a review of six years of pentagon and congressional records, we found the answer. a combination of red tape and busted budgets. we found it took ten years for the defense department and congressional leaders to agree on a plan for a new station. and to line up the money. records obtained by the i-team show in 2011 the military formerly estimated the cost of the $6.4 million. and for four years, they've tried to find a contractor for the job. and then a bigger problem, according to internal military records, their
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>> the responses back far exceeded the funding we had. >> it was going to cost a lot more than you thought. >> it was going to cost more than what we had funding for. >> reporter: pentagon lead hearse to scrap those plans and start over, including lobbying and negotiating with a new congress. they hope to have a new proposal this year, but admit, there's no timetable still for a new fire station. >> how safe are trailers, really? >> reporter: the federal records review show the temporary failed meet army safety standards without sufficient space to store hoses and fire gear. jackson says the tight quarters slow firefighters if they have to move and respond with the rescue truck. >> it definitely adds time to what we're trying to do. >> reporter: the pentagon says safe city not at risk, but the trailers are not a good long-term option. >> as quickly as possible. >> reporter: 9/11 survivors like bill say they hope the new station is online soon. >> you can't wait in
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respond. you need to start responding immediately. >> reporter: before the next emergency call comes. at the pentagon, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. right now, d.c. police are searching for these three missing teenagers. 16 a-year-old michelle jordan and nakia harris were last seen. jordan was last seen van boourn street, harris along k street. then elijah ashly magnum was last seen thursday on spring road northwest. he is 15 years old. we have a map with more information about each of them and other missing teenagers on the nbc washington app. and no matter how long missing children are gone, there is one place they'll never be forgotten. we have going to take you where cameras have never been before to help families find answers. and let's take a look outside right now. you might need a sweater for your morning walk or a bike ride. tom
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so we do have a warning this morning out of prince william county. police there are now searching far man involved in an attempted abduction not far from the high school. a woman says she was attacked around 5:00 yesterday morning. about a half mile from the school. a man tried to pull her away from a road as she walked along the court near oakwood drive. the man she described him as being 5'5" with dark hair. and he was last seen wearing a black shirt and khaki shorts. measles were here in the united states. the patient was treated at children's national. doctors confirmed the diagnosis yesterday and we posted a list of dates and locations where others could have been exposed.
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it's all in on nbc washington app, you just have to search measles. looking back outside right now at the capital wheel. clouds and some rain is on the way. tom timing out when the showers are going to be back here and how you can plan for the workweek ahead. they're on a mission to reunite families. we're going to take you inside the center for missing and exploited children and show how they help make a difference every day. today's going to be the day that one of those children you've been looking for finally comes home to their family. and 're not going to stopwe vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind...
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welcome back. there's a place in alexandria where they say no missing child is forgotten. no matter how long they've been gone. over the last 30 years, the national center for missing and exploited children has helped recover more than 232,000 kids. >> break that all down by a day, that's 19 children a day. in a story you will only see on news 4 i'm going to take you where no cameras have been before inside the building how it's helping one sister still desperate for answers. >> it's been a long time since you've been here. >> yeah, it has. it's different. >> reporter: lisa davidson is back on the wood bridge virginia street she grew up on. >> we would play the dodge ball, kick ball. >> reporter: but where there were good memories, there was also something tragically missing. >> i need to know. i nee
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>> reporter: in 1974, lisa was just seven when brenda, the oldest of five never came home after school. it was days before brenda's 14th birthday, a night lisa will never forget. >> and when i come down the hallway, my dad was on the b bed -- it was my bed. and he was crying. and he was saying my baby's gone, my baby's gone. i've never seen my dad cry before. >> reporter: 43 years later, what happened to brenda sue davidson is still a mystery. rumor has it, she snuck out of school and caught a bus to run away, but there's never been proof she bought a ticket or boarded a bus. lisa says her parents fell helpless and grew frustrated with the investigation. one phone call between her mother and detective still seen today. >> he says they ruled her as a runaway and my mom was
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mother. >> one of our cases here, and you can see they've -- >> reporter: in alexandria, virginia, it's a familiar store fir callahan walsh. a child advocate for missing or exploited children. >> my parents were quick to realize that there was very little help. >> reporter: his parents started the center in 1984 after his brother, adam, a brother he never knew, was kidnapped from a florida shopping mall and brutally murdered. shocked to learn there was no national crime system for missing kids, the walshs helped pass a missing children's act in 1948 which led to the creation. >> i always grew up with my parents telling me we need to make sure adam didn't die in vain. that's what they were doing. >> reporter: down in the basement of this five story building, you'll find this room, a door with no marker, a lot of people know about the rarely visit. in fact, this is the first time that any video cameras have been allowed in
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me. hundreds of thousands of files, each of them a different case. each of them representing a child that's been recovered over the last 33 years. >> and we're not going to stop looking until we know what happened to every single child. >> reporter: michelle, the chief operating officer aet knickknack says to date, the center helped recover more than 232,000 children, or about 19 kids a day. she says their 24 hour call center, cyber tip line and social media have been instrumental but they could do more. >> tens of thousands of cases, but for the family that's going through it today, that's the only one that matters. >> reporter: in virginia where brenda davidson disappeared, the agency records show more than 160 active missing children cases. many of them like brenda, unsolved for many years or even decades. >> and i get depressed because i'm like, i tried everything. i don't know what else to do. >> reporter: the
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everything she wrote to see if her sister married or got an driver's license. she's created a facebook page, ran background checks, social security searches, even submitted dna for the jane doe network, and nothing. >> i think we're all cursed with my dad's nose, but yeah. it's great. >> reporter: with the help of the forensics images lab, now, a new picture of hope. >> you get really attached to these cases that you work on. >> reporter: for the first time in 43 years, lisa and the public get a chance to see what brenda sue davidson could look like today. >> i can see my mom in it. >> reporter: using family photos, label the of science, and a little bit of art. images specialists colin mcnally age progressed the 14-year-old into a 57-year-old woman. similar photos helped recover more than 900 missing kids since the center started doing them in 1989. >> i think it's the best example of hope. notnl
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families out there, that these images can be effective, but also to law enforcement that's doing these investigations. daily. >> thank you so much. >> of course. >> reporter: for sister searching for closure, finally a face to look out for and a message just in case. >> i love you and i will never stop loving you and i'll never stop looking for you. so please come home if you're out there. >> and the national center says that between virginia, maryland, and d.c., there are more than 160 active missing children cases, but there actually could be more than that because they're only aware of the cases that are reported to them. you can find more resources in our nbc washington app. just search missing kids. >> it's a great story, angie. and you don't think about how many families are going through that kind of pain and anguish, you don't know where a loved one is. >> here in the news, as much as
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we can't do that every day. but yes, there's definitely a need and coming up on thursday, more on tools parents can use to help them. >> very cool. >> great, great job. they've morning, we have the clouds with us, don't let that discourage grow getting outside, take a look now at the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera and on that railing, right at dawn, i move the camera over and look what i caught. >> oh. >> i captured this hawk. now some people think it's a sharp skinned -- >> hawk. >> yeah. >> that was captured there. i've never seen anything like that. captured that on our storm team 4 tower camera. i shared that on twitter, instagram, and facebook as well. that's where you can post. temperatures right now in the 50s to near 60 degrees. and for the run this morning, we will have our temperatures hovering near of 0 another couple hours by 10:00, low 60s, by noontime as these races are wrapping up, we'll be in the mid-60s. and then during the afternoon, we'll be up near 70
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3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., upper 60s, sun sets at 8:19, all cloudy all throughout the day. clouds aren't producing rain locally, but they are off way south and west of us and the timing on their arrival coming in predawn right across virginia, maryland, west virginia. so wet for the morning commute with scattered showers coming through, maybe thunder. and that noontime tapers off. then a line of showers, maybe a few storms coming through between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m., then it's all over after that. so a wet day tomorrow for the commute. temperatures upper 70s during the afternoon. storm team 4 ten day outlook. we dry out on tuesday, wednesday may be some showers in the morning and again in the evening. dry after that, all the way into the memorial day weekend. mcept on sunday,aybe a few
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ght. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us.
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♪ hallelujah [ applause ] i'm not giving up because i didn't do anything wrong. but i can't speak for these people. >> well saturday night live taking advantage of a tough week for president trump. host dwayne the rock johnson jokingly announced he's getting into the 2020 presidential race. >> americans deserve strong, capable leaders, leaders who carebo
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about it's people. [ applause ] >> dwayne, that kind of sounds like you and me. i guess we got to do it, come on. drop it. >> let's go. >> we're doing it. >> yep, you could see there, johnson picks his running mate as tom hanks. >> you think? >> funny stuff, go back and watch it if you haven't seen it. time now 7:56, four things you need to know, president trump is preparing to deliver what the white house is calling a major speech. he'll task the challenge of extreechlism as a battle between good and evil. university of maryland student is in custody, accused in a stabbing death on campus. a moment of silence will be held during graduation events today to honor the victims who died yesterday. runners racing through fredericksburg, virginia, this morning, today is the tenth annual
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all roads should be reopened there around 11:00 this morning. today is your chance to try arlington's best foods. the taste of arlington begins at noon and features more than 60 restaurants and food trucks. don't forget to bring your cash. >> a lot of events going on and we have nice weather on tap. >> yeah, it should stay dry, despite the cloud cover, nice day. up around 70 during the afternoon. that rain does arrive for your monday, have an umbrella handy, afternoon storms tomorrow. >> okay. thanks very much for joining us on news 4 today. >> we'll have another update in 25 minutes and back for another hour of news at 9:00.
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♪ the story that came out as reported is false. >> no, no, next question. >> i think it's a positive thing for the american people. >> it's a by-product of ailes' legacy. good morning, welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. another busy sunday with president trump in saudi arabia, preparing shortly to make his first speech abroad amidst the breaking news that north korea has fired yet another ballistic missile this morning. we've got a live report. the president's address billed as a major address tohe
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