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he announces that the united states will pull out of the paris accord. it sounds like he has more to say. >> i would like to ask you know respect, as i do, just to say a few words. scott, please. >> all right, as epa administrator scott pruitt takes the podium, we have news that the united states, as expected, will withdraw from the paris climate accord which was negotiated by 195 countries back on december 2015 and all of those countries had agreed in their own ways to reduce carbon emissions to try to limit the effects of climate change. we already are getting reaction pouring in. president obama, who of course presided over the negotiation of that agreement, says that he hopes cities and states and businesses will now step in to lead the way. and we have obtained a statement from former vice president al gore who says removing the u.s. from the paris agreement is a reckless and
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that undermines america's standing in the world and threatens to damage humanity's ability to solve the climate crisis in time. if president trump won't lead, the american people will. let me go to chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." the president really hitting his political base and saying i'ming a american first president, i made this promise to you, this is me making good on a campaign promise. >> it is. but i think the headline needs a "but" at the end of it. he made a big show of pulling out but he's also saying that he's willing to negotiate back in. the way this works, that is one thing about donald trump, he always gives himself an exit strategy or in this case i guess it would be a re-entrance strategy. we shouldn't just take the withdrawal at face value. he sent a signal saying, hey, i'm willing to be talked back into this and wooed through t
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play here, savannah, which is, when it comes to the politics of the environment, when you pit the idea of jobs versus the environment, jobs is usually going to win the day for many people running for office. it resonates more. i think this should be a wake-up call to environmental activists in the fact that there is just not the same sense of urgency on the right and among many people in many parts of this court that there is around the world and with many activists on this and i think that they ought to ask themselves why is that they can blame industry and president trump just announced that he's pulling out of the paris climate deal. we have several live
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coming up with the ramifications of that decision. and a short time ago, there were gun shots and explosions at a tourist area in the philippines. this area includes a mall, a casino, and hotel near the airport in manila. police rushed to the scene and found smoke billowing from an upper floor there. >> here's cell phone video and pictures that people have been showing on social media, showing some of the guests running from that area. one witness said he heard a lot of gun shots. president trump said he is watching what is happening in manila and getting updates from his national security team. we have more breaking news as well. the fbi says a man has turned himself in. he's accused of inappropriately touching a child during the memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery. i just shared this update on a facebook page. >> we first showed you this picture here y
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the fbi said he geajengaged in illegal sexual contact while the two were standing in a crowd. we don't know the man's name or where he's from, but he is in police custody. ♪ ♪ a call today for change and a plea for peace. >> yes, someone left a racially charged symbol inside the museum that shows just how far african americans have come. we have a lot more, new reaction to this story first at 4:00. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm pat lawson muse. people joined together outside of the african american history museum to prove that they're not scared after a noose was discovered inside the museum. museum officials called it a cowardly act. news4's kristin wright is live on the mall now. she talked to the museum's director today.
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about this? >> reporter: pat, we were standing here at the museum, talking about visitors about this noose when suddenly a really interesting thing happened. a group of people just formed outside of the museum here and the feeling amongst them was definitely one of disgust over what has happened, but also unity. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: an impromptu show of support outside the museum of african american history and culture, standing strong together, smithsonian employees and museum visitors. the day after a noose was found on the floor in a gallery on segregation near a kkk exhibit. outside today, visitors left red roses at the reflecting pool. the museum's
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lonnie bunch, came outside and told the it will crowd he was humbled and moved by this response. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, for helping us go through what is really one of the most difficult times we've had as a professional. we know it's not just a symbol. it symbolizes loss, pain, a country that we don't believe in. but your rallying around us helps us remember what a great place we can be when we come together. >> reporter: the museum says they do have cameras in the location where that noose was found. whether that means they have images to help police find who put it there, the museum is not saying. u.s. park police is investigating. >> all right, thank you, kristin. the pennsylvania man arrested at d.c.'s trump hotel with an assault rifle and handgun in his possession will face charges.
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charges impact mark segraves can explain the change. mark? >> reporter: good afternoon. we wish we had more of an explanation for what's going on. this has been a strange case since the beginning. originally police said he had made threats. he was on his way to washington. this all started yesterday at the trump hotel. brian moles was arrested at 1:00 a.m. after secret service and police got tips that he was in town and armed and possibly there were concerned about his state of mind. when they knocked on his hotel room, he admitted he did have weapons in his car in the garage. they found an assault rifle and glock nine. he was charged in the district, but late this afternoon, federal prosecutors moved this case to u.s. district court down the street, where all the reporters and everybody went to wait. but
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u.s. marshalls couldn't transport him there, he's in d.c. superior court. he will be arraigned in d.c. superior court, but on federal charges. we don't know what the charges will be. we should be able to tell you what that is coming up at 5:00. that's the latest on this developing case. mark segraves, news4. >> thank you for that, mark. the former director of the fbi will testify before congress next week. james comey will go in front of the senate intelligence committee next thursday to talk about the russia investigation. senators will ask him how the intelligence community concluded that russia interfered in the election. they also want to hear more about his meetings with president trump and whether he was pressured to shut the investigation down. you saw president trump announce the united states is going to pull out of the paris climates deal. it's a big move andne
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could have political ramifications. leon harris will explain what it means. >> this was one of the president's key promises made during the campaign. he called the paris accord a bad deal, said it was negotiated poorly by the obama administration. the main reason for pulling out, he said it hurts american workers. he said it would cost $3 trillion and could cause the u.s. to lose three million jobs. the president also raled against the green climate fund. while the president said he was pulling out of this deal, he also said that he was willing to re-negotiate it. >> i'm willing to immediately work with democratic leaders to either negotiate our way back into paris under the terms that are fair to the united states and its workers, or to negotiate a new deal that protects our country and its taxpayers. >> all that being said, nng
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pulling out entirely would take some 3 1/2 years, right before the next presidential election. the u.s. is joining syria and nicaragua as practically the only countries that are not honoring this paris agreement. abandoning the agreement isolates the u.s. from many of its allies who spent years negotiating. reaction has been fast and furious. here's a look at some responses. many states plan to honor the agreement going forward and we'll stay on top of the story and bring you new developments and reaction as it comes in. back to you. >> thank you, leon. we're covering a lot of complex, serious stories this afternoon. sometimes it's nice to step outside. in northern virginia, the herndon festival is kicking off this afternoon. we sent our own doug kammerer to check in on the festivities. perfect weather for a
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>> absolutely. if you're sending anybody out to herndon, it's myself or angie goff, who both went to herndon high school. the festival starts this evening. the rides are getting ready to get going. the vendors are setting up here. it actually opens tonight at 6:00, this place is going to get packed quick because the weather is going to be absolutely fantastic for it. not just for today, but the next couple days. you're good, you're good. we'll send it back to you guys, which includes rain for the weekend. >> thanks, doug. airbags are supposed to protect you in a crash, so why are some potentially defective airbags ending up back on the road? biden 2020, the former vice president just took a major step that has a lot of people wondering if he's getting ready to take another run at the white house. and we're working for you even duringhe break. t
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six minutes, that's how long it took for tickets to sell out to ariana grande's star-studded benefit show for the manchester victims. they're already preparing in england about four miles from where the bombs went off over a week ago, killing 22 people, and injuring more than a hundred others. fans who attended the may 22nd show were offered free tickets. proceeds will go to an emergency fund set up by the city of manchester and the british red cross. news4 is working for you with a warning about dangerous airbags. >> it is airbags were recalled because they can shoot out pieces of metal when they deploy. but cars being repaired using recycled junkyard airbags could get one that was on the recall
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list. this warning comes from car fax, a company based in centreville, virginia, that provides car vehicle history information. if you are getting a repair made, you should ask the mechanic where the airbag came from and make sure it wasn't from a vehicle on the recall list. insist on original equipment made from your car's manufacturer and if you're buying a used vehicle, you should get a pre-purchase inspection done by a mechanic. if you're looking to hit the beach with family and friends, now's the time to lay out your weekend plans. good news on the horizon. a road project about to get under way promises to improve your commute. >> but the bad news, you have to deal with construction first. adam tuss has details. >> reporter: another beach travel weekend is upon us, and coming up on news4, later on tonight, i'm going to be up there in chopper4, showing you what's going on, and what you can expect as you
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beach for the next weekend. did you know there's a big project going on over the bay bridge to widen a road. but it also means a lot of construction on a certain road. i'll tell you all about what's happening, how it's going to impact you and when your ride to the beach will get better. back to you. we are now four days into a disturbing 100-day period, the most deadly time of the year for teens. triple-a says the number of fatal car accidents involving teens skyrockets between memorial day and labor day. distracted driving is among the top reasons. >> we looked at what types of distraction. we found the first cause of distraction for a teen driver was a passenger. and the second was a cell phone. >> speeding and no seat belts are also factors in many deadly crashes involving teenagers. triple-a says drivers 16 and 17 years old are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash. we gave
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annual herndon festival getting under way right now. four days of rides, entertainment, food, and a lot of family fun. >> what better way to get a look at the action than to send our own doug kammerer, a herndon native who loves backyards and festivals, right? doug? >> you got that right. we've been all over the area and we've been to herndon a couple of times. we were here a couple years ago for the herndon festival. love coming back here, coming back to my roots. but this festival has been going on well over 30 years. this is abbey campbell, you have done this for so long, such a huge event for herndon. why do you continue to put it on year after year? >> this is an opportunity for our community, and it's great to have people who are from here come back and just to kick off summer. >> andha
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to be doing, and obviously with fantastic weather as well. what does that mean to you guys, moving forward? >> that means lots of opportunity for fun. we have three stages of entertainment, no admission, free parking. people have to come out. >> free parking? i paid to park. can i get validated. >> sure. >> james, are you ready for the festival? >> yes. >> what's your favorite thing at the festival? >> everything. >> all of the rides, do you do the rides? >> sometimes. >> are you able to do the rides yet? >> yes. >> are you excited about it? that's all you need to see right there. the herndon festival going on tonight. i think it's $16, isn't it, for tonight? >> for tonight, all you can ride. >> $16. you can't find that deal anywhere else. weather wise, it will be perfect, not just tonight but through the weekend too. look at the numbers. currently
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area. 84 degrees inside the city, and we'll continue to see some very nice conditioned now through the rest of the evening hours. 77 winchester, 84, huntingtown. low humidity, a nice breeze. take a look at the radar. rain-free through most of the next few days. satellite and radar, not much in the way of cloud cover either. that's going to be the case through the day tomorrow and most of saturday. we're tracking a little bit of a system saturday, but take a look at our festival forecast for herndon, 85 tomorrow. saturday, 80 degrees and a 40% chance of storms in the afternoon on sunday, but mostly dry. high of 86 degrees. so come on down to the herndon festival over the next few days. now, temperatures around the rest of the area, 80 on saturday, 86 on sunday. next week gets
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unsettled, but we're not too worried about it. tuesday, wednesday now looking better. 74 on tuesday, chance for shower activity. wednesday that system looks to move far enough east that we get back into the 70s and then the 80s by next week. that very wet, cool may, looks like june setting up a little bit differently. if you want me to come out to your backyard, send me a picture and tell me why you want me to come. and you could see me in your backyard this summer. guys? >> if you got food, doug's going to be there. i can guarantee it. >> thank you, doug. well, it is a definite sign of the times as more of us do our shopping online. >> we have a new look at how many malls could fail in the next five years, and it's giving us a glimp into how we'll shopse
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first at 4:00, police need your help to identify a child found wandering in northwest, washington. this is her picture. police think this little girl is anywhere from 2 to 5 years old and mostly speaks spanish. she was discovered last night about a block from the colombia heights metro station. if you recognize the child, you should call d.c. police.
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first season of the serial podcast. next week, the maryland court of special appeals will hear arguments about whether adnan syed could get a new trial. the court will issue a written opinion letter and that will be sent to the court of appeals. syed was found guilty of killing his high school girlfriend 17 years ago. a car slides into a ditch, there's an argument and then later a man and woman are found dead. this afternoon, neighbors in one part of anne arundel county are wondering what is going on in shady shi shady side. >> it was a gunshot, one, one, and then two, and then another one. >> it's a dead end street, but all these people coming through here that don't live down here. >> one neighbor snapped this photo of a car in the ditch. and several witnesses heard arguing overnight. police came through, but a
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someone shooting. the couple was found shot to death near the car. investigators are trying to figure out if there's a connection. we are working for you. attention kmart shoppers, you may have been the victim of a data breach. the company isn't saying how many credit cards were affected, but it believes some credit card numbers have been compromised. it says no personal information such as contact, details or social security numbers were stolen. the company says there's no evidence consumers who bought items at kmart.com or sears customers were affected by this breach. a new report predicts traditional shopping malls will close soon, lots of them. credit suisse is predicting between 20 and 25% of the nation's malls will close in the next five years, it's all due to online shopping. however, retail analysts say, not so fast. it's thinking lower tier shopping centers will bear the
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newer malls with more entertainment and more restaurants and fewer clothing stores will be okay. >> daiquiri yosis. >> yeah, that deserved a round of applause. that's saketh sundar come peting at the scripps national spelling bee. he's one of only 15 spellers left in the competition. you just heard sundar successfully spell the word daiquiri yosis, which is a dilated pouch within the eye. we'll let you know how he does tonight on news4 at 11:00. former vice president joe biden has been up to something. what he's up to that is fueling chatter he could be eyeing a
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newsroom. joe biden says he wants americans to put aside petty politics and dream big. the former vice president announced his new american possibilities political action committee today. he gave very few details about the purpose of the pac, but some speculate it could lay the ground work for a presidential bid in 2020. this morning, biden's wife said her husband will be very involved in next year's midterm elections. it's official, within the hour, president trump announced that the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. he left the door open to renegotiating the deal but the news is being met with dismay around the world. blayne alexander is live now on capitol hill with the very latest. blayne? >> reporter: you said it right, the reaction has been incredibly swift on this. we've heard from lawmakers on capitol hill. we've heard from ceos, we heard from former
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obama. he was the one who negotiated this deal. keep in mind, it was a global agreement, only two countries, nicaragua and syria, had declined to participate, and now the united states. no deal, president trump announcing today the u.s. will pull out of the paris climate accord, the global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions. >> so we're getting out, but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair. and if we can, that's great. and if we can't, that's fine. >> reporter: it's an issue that has divided even his closest advisers. outside the white house, more than two dozen major companies joining environmental groups and others saying, continue the agreement. >> we all share the air. you can't build a border wall against carbon dioxide emissions. >> reporter: 22 republican senators urging
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leave. >> i know this, it would be a h huge job loss for america. >> reporter: the president tweeted about the very thing his white house is trying to avoid -- russia. the big story is the unmasking and surveillance of people that took place during the obama stragedz, he wrote. this has nbc news has learned that investigators are looking into whether president trump himself met with russian ambassador sergei kislyak, a central figure in the investigation. and a date for the highly anticipated testimony of former fbi director james comey is now set one week from today. and more on the russian front today, a surprising statement from russian president vladimir putin, saying that while the russian state was not involved in any hacking, it may have been the work of, quote, patriotic russians. chris? >> thank you, blayne. megyn kelly is going to be asking about the hacking accusations and a lot more when she returns to televis o
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putin on her show, "sunday night with megyn kelly." just as metro begins to wrap up repairs, they announce more repairs. parts of the green, red and yellow lines will be shut down over the next year for preventive maintenance. branch avenue and suit land stations will be closed august 5 through the 20th. on the yellow line, huntington and eisenhower stations will close from may 12 through the 27th. metro will continue additional track work during the day and at night and on the weekends. when someone becomings a victim of sexual assault, time is of the essence,ut
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shortages have left patients language wishing in waiting rooms in northern virginia. julie carey reports why all that's changed thanks to a large grant award. >> reporter: aerial ward is a sexual assault examiner. she does her work inside a special, secure unit at a fairfax hospital. the only one of its kind in northern virginia. the patients she sees, often understandably upset. >> it depends on the type of assault and the person, but typically it's scary. it can be very overwhelming. sometimes there's a lot of people, especially if a detective is here, an advocate. >> reporter: when she began here two years ago, ward and many other nurses in the unit just worked part time. there was only one full-time nurse, and that had potential consequences. long waits. >> reporter: deanna ortiz accompanies sexual assault victims to exams. >> the worst case scenario will be we will know they had to wait andhe
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against completing the exam. >> reporter: no treatment for the survivor, no justice for the attacker. but today a big step forward. thanks to more than a half million dollars in grant money, this critical unit is now staffed 24/7. the money funds four full-time nurses and two part-time. aerial ward is now one of the full timers. that boost in staff means far less waiting. >> having people here immediately, in my experience, definitely increases the positi positive impact of their experiences. and increases, in some cases, the chance that they will report or talk to law enforcement. >> reporter: sex assault exams not the only work they do. they also see victims of strangulation. examining them for physical evidence of the crime. and they gather evidence on other injuries. and the number of cases, going up. >> since
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increase close to 40% in the number of cases of patients that we've cared for. >> reporter: last year, more than 700 adults and children came through these doors, but now they're more prepared than ever to give them the care they need. in fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news4. it's the typo the internet still can't get enough of, why president trump's now infamous covfefe tweet is becoming part of the mainstream. ready or not, it's time to start thinking about hurricanes. we'll take a look at how destructive the next few months could be. and we're bringing you the latest headlines even during our commercials. keep an eye o
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a rare supercell storm passed over lagrange, new york. this is time lapse video of the storm. you can see the massive cell swirling in the sky. there were some cars and trucks that did the smart thing, pulling over, trying to get out of the way of the storm's path. it dropped large hail and heavy rain in that same area. here we are, standing on the weather deck, under a beautiful, beautiful blue sky. but the start of june also brings the start of hurricane season. >> it's the official start of hurricane season today. we've already had one named tropical system this year. and noah coming out with the
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thinking of an above normal season. we're talking about 11 to 17 named storms. of those named storms, 5 to 9 of them become hurricanes. winds of 74 miles an hour or higher. and 2 to 4 of them become major hurricanes, that means category 3 or higher. so again, this year, they're thinking, potentially an above average hurricane season. >> as i look at those numbers, i realize hurricane forms and stays off the coast doesn't matter that much. >> no impact. and that's why it's important to keep in mind with this forecast it doesn't involve landfall necessarily, bso how many make landfall remains to be seen. >> and that's something they can't tell us on the 1st of june. >> exactly. very tricky forecast. >> thank
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explain president trump's covfefe tweet. but that's not stopping people from using it. word with friends has even added one to its dictionary of acceptable words. the president's middle of the night tweet spread like wildfire on social media, prompting jokes. >> go all the way down. >> this video shows a frantic moment after a man opened fire in a nightclub. plus a deal that's too good to be true. a man goes back and forth for months over a carpet that wasn't as pet proof a
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here are four things to know this afternoon. a developing situation at a resort in the philippines. there are reports of gunfire and explosions at this hotel in the capital city of manila. we'll pass along any updates about what happened as they come in. the man arrested for having a car load of weapons at the trump hotel to pennsylvania avenue has just appeared in court. brian moles came to washington from northwestern pennsylvania. the secret service said he supports president trump and did not pose a threat to the president. meantime, president trump is pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate change deal. it was an agreement reached between 195 countries to gradually reduce emissions that cause climate change.
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inappropriately touching a child at arlington national cemetery on memorial day has turned himself in. the fbi says the man and the victim were in a very large crowd. nbc4 responds to a sales pitch that a customer says did not live up to its promise. >> a man from frederick county said they sold him a pet friendly carpet that wasn't so friendly to his aging cat's accident. when he wasn't able to get results from the company, he called susan hogan to get some help. >> let's nase iface it, sometims have accidents on your carpet. the solution was pet urine protection. but that protection heads fallen shorts. >> carpets and pets, not a good mix. >> we were replacing the carpets because our older cat had used the carpet as a littler
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searching for new options. >> but were going with laminate or hardwood, but the salesman sa saidy he had pet friendly carpet. jason hired empire today and thought his problems were over. >> about a month after they put it in, our pet used the floor again. it did not bead up. it soaked right in. >> reporter: this pet friendly carpet didn't seem so pet friendly. >> my wife thought she got all of it out. but a couple days later, we smelled it really strong again. >> reporter: jason turned to professional cleaners as recommended in the warranty. >> no help at all. we spent the money and they even
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it. and it didn't help either. >> reporter: stunned their pet friendly carpet wasn't holding up, jason reached out to empire, but was left with more questions. >> their first reaction was, if your cat paid eed on it, that v the warranty. >> but i bought a pet urine protected carpet because of that. >> he said the carpet did not perform the way it should have. >> they basically said if any kind of urine or water, liquid, would bead up on top and be easily wiped off. >> reporter: but instead, the urine soaked through immediately. >> it didn't easily clean up and it really smelled. >> reporter: over the next six months of back and forth with empire, mittens passed away, but the odor remained. that's when jason turned to nbc4 responds.
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reached out to empire and got results immediately. >> about a day after that, their corporate office contacted me, said that whether the manufacturer of the company honors the warranty or not, they would replace the carpet for me. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc4 responds, empire says the warranty excludes odor resulting from the covered stain and states that while the carpet is inherently stain resistant, some staining may still occur. they went on to say we are sorry for his loss of his pet and are hopeful he will be pleased with his carpet replacement. despite the nuisance he went through, he still has some kind words for the company. >> in the long run, i probably would go back with empire again. the people that they send out are great. they did a great job on the carpets and the other floors. >> so then, what is the take-away here for you? if you purchase a product like a carpet that comes with
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warranty, make sure you really understand what the requirements are in terms of maintenance. it makes it so much easier and faster for the company to respond to your concerns if you've done your homework, which this guy did and empire came through. >> happy for the results. sorry to hear about his pet. >> for sure. >> thank you, susan. >> sure. there are certain flyers circulating through our area and sparking a fight in the district. d.c.'s mayor says they're meant to scare and divide. jim and wendy has more on that story and others. >> they're very official looking, even have the words immigration and custom enforcement and they have the homeland security logo on them. >> but tonight at 5:00, the agency tells us they're not the ones who put them up. what mayor bowser says will happen to those who did. also the story of a local teenager badly hurt in a hit and run crash. spent the last several months at home in a wheelchair. >> that's right. tonight at 5:00, we'll have
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emotional story as she celebrates her walk across the stage to collect her high school diploma. >> good for her. those stories and a bubbling news hour coming up. >> pat, we found your badge. so you can move freely around the building. >> what's it worth to you? >> it's worth a lot. i'll give you my car. and the payment. >> thanks, guys. >> you were going to be stuck here all night. >> wendy had to let me back in the studio after i let the newsroom. but what are colleagues for? >> look at this guy, at home in herndon. how's the festival going? >> reporter: you know, so far, so good, guys. they're still setting up here. everybody gets let in around 6:00. this is one of my son's favorites. he loves running through these. my daughr
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they have big-time theme rides, including that street fighter, a smaller version of the same ride in ocean city, maryland. i went on it this past weekend. it's a pretty scary ride. bumper cars, also a fan favorite and then the big slide with the potato bags, you got those as well. the forecast could not be better for this, as you make your way out here. first off, temperature wise, right now, we're into the low 80s, upper 70s to the west. inside the d.c. metro area, 84 degrees in the city and take a look at the forecast for the next three days. we will see, probably one of the best forecasts we've seen so far this year, as far as four days in a row of some really nice weather. now obviously sunday temperatures are going to be in the mid 80s, some humidity out there. scattered showers and thunderstorms maybe on sunday. all in all,
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if you're coming down to the festival. again, tonight, $16 for all you can ride passes. i might have to get myself one of those. we're going to send it back to amelia. the only thing left, if you've ever been on one these, is the long slide right now. but i've got white pants on, so i don't know how i'm gonna. >> you're not going to be on tv, might as well just go down, right? not going to be in the studio with those on. >> i think i'm going to work my way down here, just don't tell her. see you guys. >> anyway, so it's beautiful out there today. but i know a lot of us that have allergies are really suffering. doug's so funny. here's your official pollen report for today. trees coming in moderate, the grasses are high. with all the rain we've had lately, it's looking really nice. here's your hourly planner for tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., 64 degrees. plenty of
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by lunch time, we're near 80. high tomorrow of 84 degrees. and a bit breezy tomorrow, especially during the afternoon hours. winds kuftigusting from 15 to 2 miles an hour. maybe an isolated shower friday evening into saturday morning. but for most of us, it's looking dry and great. 79 degrees at 7:00. the weather outlook, the commute, the biggest concern will be the sunglasses. recess, warm and perfect for the kids as the school year starts to wind down. i was around the monuments this morning, going for a run, so many school groups out there. outdoor exercise and dinner out, small chance for an isolated shower. doug was talking about saturday looking really nice. temperatures around 80. sunday, we're going to see temperatures in the mid 80s, some late-day thunderstorms. monday, a better chance for showers and thunderstorms, around mid 80s. chance for showers on tuesday, a cool day too, 74. after
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and i have a feeling doug's going down the long slide. when he sees something fun out there, he has to do it. >> white pants or no white pants. >> exactly. he's going to go down. >> thank you, amelia. we're getting a new look at one of the worst tragedies in recent memory. the new video that shows us minute by minute how police officers responded to the tragedy at the pulse nightclub >> you're. i saw her. she is real. [ sinister laugh ] you have no idea what you have unleashed. she's the ultimate evil. [ dramatic music ] the mummy. rated pg-13.
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a warning about the video in this next story. it's the police body cam video from the pulse nightclub shooting. >> yeah, it shows the chaotic scene in orlando from the officers' point of view as they responded to the worst mass shooting in american history. here's nbc's sarah dallof. >> back up. crossfire. >> reporter: raw fear. and heartbreak. >> keep walking, keep walking! >> reporter: in the early morning hours of june 12th, 2016. >> hey, i got someone shot back here, i need some help. >> reporter: as recorded by law enforcement body cameras. they show a nightclub turned nightmare. as officers climbed through a shattered window near the front door. and shout commands at gunman omar mateen, who'd taken survivors hostage.
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>> reporter: outside, people hurried to safety, as law enforcement assisted an injured officer whose kevlar helmet was hit with a bullet. >> i got you, i got you. >> reporter: after a three-hour stand-off, mateen was killed. >> terrorism in orlando. islamic state. >> reporter: the owners of pulse nightclub now plan to turn the site into a permanent memorial, a tribute to the 49 victims and the first responders who rushed into the line of fire. sarah dallof, nbc news. and the news continues now with jim and wendy. >> news4 at 5:00 starts now. >> right now, we're working for you on the day's big stories this evening. from fake flyers meant to intimidate the immigrant community here, to a noose, hung in one of the smithsonian's busiest museums. al
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house decision to pull out of the paris climate treaty. you're watching news4 at 5:00. new charges are coming for the pennsylvania man who was arrested yesterday at d.c.'s trump hotel with weapons. good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. those federal charges are expected to be handed down any moment now. brian moles is accused of having 90 rounds of ammunition inside his car, an assault rifle, and a handgun too. he was only facing local weapons charges. news4's mark segraves is live for us outside d.c. superior court to explain this change. mark? >> reporter: good evening, it's been a confusing day for anyone following this story. he was originally charged with local charges. then federal prosecutors said he would be arraigned in federal court. but then because of a problem with transportation, they are arraigning him at this very moment inside d.c. superior court, which is a local courthouse, but they are arraigning him to federal charges. we know he's being
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illegal possession of a williea. and transporting a gun across state line. that all began yesterday morning at the trump hotel. >> reporter: 43-year-old brian moles was arrested 1:00 a.m. wednesday after d.c. police and secret service knocked on his hotel room door in the trump hotel. moles had just checked into the trump hotel and told the parking attendant he had guns in his car. that's when hotel security notified secret service. at about the same time, pennsylvania state police received a tip that moles was driving from his home in edinborough, pennsylvania, to washington, d.c., with guns in his car. and that person told police they were concerned about moles' state of mind. when police and secret service knocked on moles' hotel room door, he told them he had guns in his car. that's when he was arrested on gun charges. according to the police report, he had a glock
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