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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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assault rifle and 90 rounds of ammunition. what we know from the charging document the federal prosecutors just released, the tip that came in from pennsylvania, to pennsylvania state police, from someone who knows brian moles, told him that moles had left a voice mail on that person's voice mail machine, saying that he was going to washington, d.c., to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and he was going to stay there until he met the president and he wanted to bring down big pharmaceutical companies. that's all we know. he's before a judge at this moment. it's unlikely he'll be released. that's the very latest, reporting live outside the d.c. superior court. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, mark. a little girl found in northwest, d.c., needs to be reconnected with her family. she was found on 14th street been harvard and columbia road.
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she has brown hair and brown eyes. that's a picture of her. she speaks mostly spanish. this is the second child found in our area this week. the first little girl is right here. a woman dropped this 2-year-old off on sunday at holy cross hospital in silver spring. the woman said her sister came to her house and asked her to babysit the child on saturday. and then the sister disappeared. montgomery county detectives have identified the child and identified one of her parents. they're still trying to figure out who has custody of her. a show of unity in the face of hate today. people coming together outside the national museum of african american history and culture to denounce the discovery of that noose inside the museum. just one of several nooses found at schools and museums in our region in just the past month. kristin wright is on the mall now and spoke one-on-one with the museum director today. hi,
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>> reporter: well, hi, jim. there is extra security at the museum today. there's also this added sense of unity. the founding director, as you mentioned, jim, came out of the museum today and met with supporters who say this just won't be tolerated. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: voices of unity and strength at the national museum of african american history and culture. founding director lonnie bunch said the support from museum visitors and smithsonian colleagues means everything. >> it reminded me, that's why this museum is here, to make sure we don't forget, but to make sure we have an america that's freer and fair. >> reporter: bunch said these are some of the museum's most difficult times. a noose was found on the floor of a gallery on segregation wednesday. it was in front of a display on the kkk. the museum said it has cameras in that area, but won't comment on what images t
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not have. museum visitor lexie was born in alabama and understands the dark symbolism of the noose. >> for those who thinks it's some sort of intimidation, we've survived worse. >> reporter: her grown children are also feeling strong, but now they have to tell their young cousins what the noose means. >> but i thought it would be better to bring it up when we're actually here in the environment, because as my mother said, that's a part of our history. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: staff from the national museum of the american indian joined in to say, we are one with you. ♪ we shall overcome someday >> that sort of thing is not welcome here, and we are not afraid of you. >> i'm more interested in what it w
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all of that unifying experience. it had to be uplifting in a sense there. >> reporter: it was, jim. we were standing here talking with museum visitors one second, and the next second there was this group of people, including smithsonian leadership, museum leadership, regular visitors, here together, singing, as you heard and speaking from the heart about how they won't let this get them down and how it's actually making them feel stronger, jim. i should add, u.s. park police is investigating the news. back to you. >> thanks so much for bringing that to us. much more on a facebook pages. we'll see you at 6:00. this is the fifth time in just over a month we've seen an incident involving a noose in our area. it's especially disturbing because of the role the noose played in american history. in the late 1800s mob violence arose as
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the belief in white supremacy. and this was an epidemic of lynchings that swept the nation, lasting until the 1900s. the tuskegee institute recorded at least 4,700 people hanged in that time. three-quarters of those killed were african american. the frequency of lynchings lessened after the 1930s, but the noose never went away. it is often used as a racial threat and a sign of intimidation. now to a developing story here in the district, someone is putting up these official-looking flyers in a neighborhood in southwest, d.c. it warns residents about the penalties of supporting illegal immigrants. problem is, those flyers are fake and mayor muriel bowser is telling residents to take them down. our chris gordon joins us live with
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chris? >> reporter: well, jim, as the mayor says, the flyers are meant to scare and divide our city, just like the noose found at the african american history museum. and she says it will not be tolerated. now, we found flyers here along sixth street southwest, over onto seventh street, on g street. and people told me that they found them as they biked over to fourth street, all in northwest, washington. and on some blocks, like you see right here, they're on both sides of the street. many people who live and work in southwest, washington, are relieved to learn the flyers are fake. >> it looks real. when i look at it closer, so i would assume something was up, just casually going by. >> reporter: the phony flyers are
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power boxes. they use the words illegal aliens, saying, harboring them could result in a prison sentence of five years. >> it's pretty outrageous. i think we've seen some pretty cowardice and hateful acts in our city this week. >> reporter: the flyers came to our attention this week, when the mayor tweeted, tear it down. d.c. is a sanctuary city. clearly the flyer is meant to scare and deviivide our residen. we won't stand for it. i'm having my crews go out, along with the police, and we're going to see how much we can tear them down today as well. >> reporter: u.s. immigration and customs enforcement confirms the flyers are fake. i.c.e. sent a statement, saying, just like fuls reports of immigration checkpoints or random sweeps, notices like these are dangerous and irresponsible. this woman said she saw ten flyers on her bike ride today around southwest, washington. >> it's
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feelings, i think. >> reporter: mayor bowser says the flyers send a message of hate that will not be tolerated. that's the latest from southwest, washington. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. immigration activists and religious leaders protested outside the white house today, saying president trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is tearing families apart. the group gathered at lafayette park, arguing that the administration's immigration policies are targeting people with no criminal record, or people who have committed only minor offenses. the group cites the case of that falls church mother of two, who is being detained by immigration officials for driving offenses, which happened four years ago. it's a busy news day. if you don't know by now, president trump just announced he's pulling the united states out of the paris climate deal. and we're following a situation at a resort in the philippines. our leon harris is working both stories from the live desk. >> jim, you're right.
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let's start with the climate deal. president trump says the paris agreement punishes the united states and he is backing out in order to protect americans and american jobs. for trump supporters, it's a promise kept, but for opponents, like al gore, they're calling it reckless. the president said he's not opposed to environmental deals in general, just this particular deal. >> this agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the united states. 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. >> moments ago, france, germany, and italy issued a joint statement, saying that the paris climate accord cannot be re-negotiated. news4 is always working for you.
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the impact of leaving the paris climate agreement when we speak live to nbc news senior political editor mark murray at 5:30. before his announcement, president trump addressed what he called a terrorist attack in manila. we're following that situation, but much is still unknown at this point. nbc news is reporting a casino and hotel complex outside the philippine capital was placed on lockdown. social media now flooded with posts from the resort. witnesses said ambulances rushed people away and that there were quite a few injuries. from the live desk, i'm leon harris. >> thank you, leon. it was such a nice day, we decided doug needed to go outside and back to the motherland, herndon, where the herndon festival is. >> with shades. >> yes. because that's where little douglas grew up. ep
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exactly right, shades and suntan lotion too, because the sun, extremely bright out here. nice and warm, temperatures in the 80s right now. really just a great day at the herndon festival. the festival getting under way in just about 45 minutes or so. that's when the gates open up. already at the carnival entrance we have a line developing. once again, 16 bucks for all you can ride today. it's going to be quite nice. temperatures now, 82 degrees. we'll be falling through the 70s this evening. really can't ask for a much better thursday night out there. you just hope it lasts through friday and the weekend. i'll have that weekend forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. and of course, you know what's next. i gotta try the food. >> of course you do. it would be rude not to. ahead on news4, i want you to meet wendy irving. wendy does not want her story told, but her co-workers do, and it's for good re.
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y2d1gy y16fy 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 him bring his hate into virginia. you can call her a lunch break life saver. she
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left unconscious, dumped in a parking lot. >> it was hard for me to sleep. it seemed like when i closed my eyes, i could just see her laying there. >> david culver spoke with wendy irving. her co-workers are calling her a hero. he's live in fairfax county where this drama played out. so, david, i've heard a little bit about this. this is pretty incredible. >> reporter: you know, wendy, it is incredible. and you share a name with her, except this is wendy irving we're talking about. she was at giuliano's yesterday. she was having lunch when she saw a car whip through this parking lot and saw a woman dragged out of that car, left unconscious. she rushed into help. wendy irving wasn't expecting to see us. she stopped, hesitant, as she walks out of her alexandria office. her co-workers put her up to this. even
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her story. it started in this shopping center during lunch time wednesday. wendy, outside, waiting for her food, when a car whipped through. >> he jumped out and ran around to the passenger side and opened the back door and he pulled, it was a body, a lady, out of the car and dropped her on the ground. >> reporter: wendy, who is still recovering from a serious car crash, put aside her own disability and rushed to the unconscious woman. >> there was no pulse. i immediately started doing chest compressions and she wasn't moving. it wasn't looking good. and so i just kept doing it, and then she choked. and i was like, oh, my god, oh, my god. >> reporter: once first responders arrived, the woman was already breathing. an officer thanking wendy, telling her -- >> you saved this lady's life. >> great work. >> reporter: word quickly spread at her department of recreation, parks, and cultural activities wher
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nearly 24 years. balloons, flowers, and a sign, all decorating her office. wendy wanted to keep it quiet, but her co-workers told us what she did. >> things like this go unnoticed and i thought it was important to share that it's not all bad. there are still genuinely good people out here with concern and compassion for complete strangers. >> reporter: despite how traumatic, wendy was determined to return to work the next day. >> and then you find yourself telling the story a hundred times. >> reporter: we're 101. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: thankful she did share her story. a fire spokesperson telling me, the victim is still recovering in a nearby hospital tonight. as far as the details surrounding this bizarre incident, police are still looking into that. back to you, jim. >> what a great story and what a hero, david, thanks so much. after the pain, she persevered and now she's taking part in the pomp and circumstance of graduation. news4's tracee wilkins shows
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story. it's a story of determination and will to walk across the stage after an accident left one local girl in a wheelchair. >> reporter: when we met diamond frazier in january, she'd been in this wheelchair for months. the honor student and student government officer at wiz high school was spending senior year in home school and didn't know when she was would walk again. >> reporter: last november, diamond and her parents were involved in a hit and run crash in upper marlboro. diamond was thrown through the rear windshield to the other side of the road. after numerous surgeries, the wheelchair became her home. >> i don't know when i'll start walking again. >> reporter: and then today. for a few weeks, diamond has been standing on her own two feet. and today, she graduates high school. >> i'm really, really, really
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the stage. >> reporter: she also got to walk to prom with no braces and no crutches. >> she's my baby again. she's back. >> reporter: for her mom, the walk to wise high school's graduation is bittersweet. police have still not captured the hit and run driver who crashed into the family's car and fled the scene. although the driver left the vehicle at the scene. maryland state police can't prove who was behind the wheel. but today it's all about this moment. >> diamond bailey frazier. >> reporter: a victory so sweet, diamond decided to run across the stage. >> i was just so happy. i'm so happy for her. >> reporter: diamond will be attending frostburg university next year on full scholarship. in college park, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> what a great story. what a smile too. >> two good stories we've had. some big improvements coming to one of the major routes you take to the beaches
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>> reporter: this is actually the slush. this is a moose juice slush. and as the mayor and i were just talking about, this is the kids' version of the moose juice slush. the pina colada. this is the mayor, you've been the mayor since 2012. i came here to this event when i was a kid, and so many others are doing the same thing. 37 years. so now you have my age bringing our kids like we did. such a big thing for herndon. >> absolutely. every year we throw ourselves a party. thursday night is a locals night. but we're here all weekend. 80,000 people come. three stages of music. can we talk about funnel cake for a moment? >> i think we're doing a gyro next. >> absolutely. >> and your kids are excited about this? >> yes, they are, 9 and 12, watching the clock, can't wait to get here. >> do you have a free way toet
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>> i just wanted to make sure. i am really upset, though, because i came tonight. tomorrow night, crowded streets is playing, the dave matthews experience. gabe, want to say hi to you, but you love those guys. >> absolutely. came to friday night live. can't wait to see them. you should come back out. >> i should. just sleep over at a friend's house. weather wise, looking really good if you're coming to the festival. temperatures in the 80s. low 80s for the most part. this weekend at the festival, really, really nice. your friday, saturday, sunday, all looking good. yes, a chance for a shower, but i think most of the day looks dry. if you want me to come out to your yard for backyard weather, send it to me on facebook.com. >> amelia, as we've been in this five months, six months into this year, we've not had much
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>> just beautiful coming. i'll take a moose juice too, please. beautiful tomorrow, pretty much a carbon copy of today. as we look to the weekend, it's mainly dry, it's warm, and we're going to have some rain at times next week, but the forecast, definitely improving. but it's going to be a little bit on the cool side for your tuesday. i want to show you future weather, though, tomorrow. notice here 5:00, maybe an isolated shower north of town. frederick and carroll county. as we move into the evening hours, most of us stay completely dry. but we're seeing the isolated shower chance in frederick, washington, loudoun and carroll county. but for most of us, it's fabulous on your friday night. saturday morning, maybe a quick shower, but again, most of the day is dry. and take a look at this ten-day forecast. 84 tomorrow, breezy during the afternoon. on saturday, 80 with plenty of sunshine.
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looking more dry. better chance for rain and thunderstorms around on monday with highs in the mid 80s. >> amelia, thank you. and president trump removing the u.s. from the paris climate accord. >> up next, mark murray joins us with more on what it means and the impact. >> i'm adam tuss. so much construction going on, that's why we'll show you how to get around some of the beach cotruction from cnsho
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you're watching news4 at 5:00. >> forward, together, not one step back. >> right now at 5:30, protesters outside the white house. they're lived. the u.s. is out of the paris climate agreement. the president says he's protecting american jobs. critics claim he's doing it at the expense of the planet. president trump says that paris climate accord is unfair to the u.s. and punishes american taxpayers. nbc news senior political editor mark murray is here now to explain that argument. how will backing out make things more fair? >> well, jim, you know, so on the one hand, as far as fairness goes, from a global perspective, it's really unclear how this is going to necessarily change things by today's move. you're already seeing countries like germany, france, italy, say they're going to
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negotiation of the paris climate deal. you're seeing countries like india, as well as china, say they're still in paris as well. as far as whether coal miners and other americans can get a better deal in the future, it's worth noting while there have been some coal mining jobs that have been lost, and due to a focus on climate change moves, but also just a long-term decline of that industry, you do have an expansion in jobs that have to do with renewable energy. so for every coal-mining job that might be lost due to this or over the last several years, you have a rapid expansion in other types of jobs throughout the united states. >> let's switch gears if we can. we're a week away. this time next week on thursday, former fbi director james comey will testify. what should we expect to hear from him? >> you know, jim, we're going to finally get answers on his private conversations that he
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in the oval office or at dinner. and what -- you know, we have news that comey said the president wanted him to stand down on the michael flynn investigation, and also talked about a loyalty oath. we'll hear straight from comey's mouth what the president actually said, this is maybe some of the highest profile congressional testimony that we've heard certainly since hillary clinton and that benghazi testimony. you have to go back to anita hill and the clarence thomas confirmation fight on the supreme court, oliver north as well. this is going to be very big stakes and must-watch tv on what comes up next week. >> we'll be glued to it. mark, thanks so much. >> thank you. new information on both these stories on news4 at 6:00 and also on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. prince william county may
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shooting and killing a man who was pumping gas in manassas in 2002 when the snipers had their reign of terror in our area. the reason for this is because malvo is scheduled to be resentenced in montgomery county because life without parole has been ruled unconstitutional for juveniles. and he was a juvenile when he was tried. prince william county's prosecutor paul ebert had originally opted not to try him in prince william county because the teenager had already been sentenced for other murders and was going to go away for life. well, now ebert tells wtop, that if there's a chance malvo could get out of jail, he will indeed prosecute him for this 2002 murder. some neighbors in the district are getting private security cameras installed for free. mayor bowser just launched the security camera voucher program. a homeowner in deanwood had one of them installed here today. people who rent or own p
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the district's family assistance programs with qualify for a security camera voucher. the goal is to help police prevent and solve crime. >> these expansions will support the work that pd has to do in our communities when a crime occurs. >> if it's going to help save a life, absolutely i would offer that footage. life is precious. >> seniors enrolled in the safe at home program are also eligible. last year, d.c. launched a similar plan which reimbursed people who install cameras outside their buildings. district police tell us surveillance video from some of those cameras has helped them make some arrests. people are about to make their second weekend trek of the summer out to the beaches and one of the more popular routes to those beaches is in the middle of a huge change. route 404, many of us know it
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that leads to places like rehoboth and dewey. it's going to double in capacity. but all of that construction will cause delays. news4's adam tuss is live in chopper4 to show you what's happening and how it's going to impact your trip to the beach. nice day for a chopper right. >> it's a beautiful day to fly up here. we are above 404. take a look down at the road here. this is after it splits off 50 and of course so many people know this road. and for the longest time, 404 has been one lane in each direction. imagine all the traffic going down to the beaches, just trying to get by with one lane in each direction. we're going to widen out and show you what's going on. they are putting a whole new side over here and a whole new side over here. and this goes on for miles. now, take a look at this road from the ground here. we're talking about 16 to 17,000 vehicles a day thatse
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but that goes up to 20,000 a day during the beach seasons. and a lot of this is being done to actual improve safety here. they're going to put a median down the middle as well. we talked about the slowdowns that you might find with the head of the maryland state highway administration. >> what you'll have is an active construction zone. we want people to slow down. 45-mile-an-hour speed limit. we want you to slow down, really pay attention. we have a lot of workers in those areas. >> reporter: taking another live look at 404, as you see the traffic going by. this is the area right here, where they'll be building the second road and putting a median in here to improve safety here. you definitely want to be aware that when you come through here over the next couple of months, it's going to be high construction, we're talking 24 hours a day, but the contractor actually has an incentive to finish everything by thanksgiving. so hopefully they get this project finished up nice and tidy and double the capacity of the ro
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thing. >> that will be a great thing. >> and the beaches are lovely in the winter. >> it's never a bad day at the beach, come on. >> i know, i was being facetious. maybe a little. big step forward today to help survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. we'll take you behind the secured doors of a special hospital unit that's working on the front lines. and a 12-year-old takes home a big title. we'll ralph northam: being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, 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
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a cemetery in maryland is making sure combat and service dogs can be laid to rest next to the men and women that they served with. rest haven memorial gardens here in frederick is dedicating a new section in their cemetery for four-legged heroes. it's called the faithful companions honor garden. animals who served heroically will get the same benefits as dogs who help police and first responders. >> that's so sweet. oh, my gosh. here's something that's fabulous. a 12-year-old from baltimore is the new national chess champion. did you catch that? he's 12. he beat out students from across the country at the chess tournament here in d.c. jennifer franciotti caught
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win. >> this is a really cool game to learn. >> reporter: kyrie is the national chess champion. the roland park elementary school student took the title after playing and winning seven straight games against kids from all over the country. >> for each game, you had four hours to play, so it was just a lot of focusing and just playing and you had a lot of time to do what you needed to do. >> reporter: and kyrie did it big time. earning a trophy and a medal this week from mayor kathryn pugh. >> it was a lot of fun, not just playing chess, the experience being in the gaylord and the mall. >> words can't express how proud am i of him. it's been a blessing. >> reporte >> you need to know the strategy and the tactics, not just moving the pieces. >> reporter: watch him as he plays me. in less
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done. there's really nothing i can do now, is there? [ laughter ] he's already planning for nationals next year. he wants to play in high school. >> and i want to be a grand master in chess and i want to get a master's degree from stanford. >> reporter: awesome. you need a pretty high chess rating to be a grand master. so i asked the teen a very important question. >> what's more important to you right now, your chess rating or your snapchat score? >> my chess rating. the other is important, bu my chess rating is more important. >> reporter: jennifer franciotti. >> good answer. >> he has his priorities in line. a data breach puts shoppers at risk. what you need to know if you recently shopped at a kmart or a sears. >> i'm julie carey at a fairfax hospital in a unit that deals with sex assault
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and they just got a half million dollar grant to make sure there's always a nurse here when a victim comes through t tom went to washington to take on the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks - that's what tom perriello is about. i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wages, eliminate the burden of student debt and protect our climate. together we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. 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... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology,
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when victims of sexual assault or domestic violence come forward to report what has happened to them, they need special medical care. inova fairfax medical hospital has a team that will treat survivors and gather evidence. but short staffing has led to a concern that victims who had to wait might turn away. julie carey explains why that worry is now erased. >> reporter: when they walk through the door of this secured it
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it's often the worst day of their life. victims come here to be examined. in the midst of their trauma, the last thing they want to do is wait to be seen. deanna ortiz accompanies victims to exams. >> the worst casinary e scenari that they had to wait and the person decided against completing the game. >> reporter: that would mean no justice for the attacker. until recently, the waiting couldn't be avoided. there was only one full time specially trained sexual assault nurse examiner. most others like aerial ward were part time or on call. but today elected leaders celebrated a big step forward, thanks to more than a half million dollars in grant money, this critical unit is now staffed, 24/7. aerial ward is full time now, able tiv
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time they might need. >> they decide in the middle of the exam that they need time or a break, then we do. so i think giving that sense of control back, when it was taken away, is a really positive experience for people. >> sex assault exams, not the only work these specially trained nurses do. they also see victims of strangulation, examining them for physical evidence of the crime. and the number of cases, going up. >> since 2013, we've seen an increase close to 40% in the number of patients that we've cared for. >> reporter: now this unit, more prepared than ever to give victims and survivors the help they need. tonight, federal investigators are looking into whether a veteran's body went undiscovered in the parking lot of d.c.'s va medical center. scott macfarlane broke this
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the studio with more. >> he's a man from northeast, d.c. his family said he never returned home from a treatment session two weeks ago monday. they say they called the medical center to ask for help and search. and for 36 hours, they say no one found the man, until his sister drove to the medical center, searched the parking lot herself and found the man's body in his car in that parking lot just outside the entrance. the man's death was confirmed by a police report and multiple sources speaking with the news4 i-team. the head of the medical center says the agency is investigating. >> i met with the veteran's sister that evening, expressed our condolences on that and reached out to her to see if she needed anything. >> this case has captured the attention of congressional investigators. coming up on news4 at 6:00, what they plan to do. and the other major problem facing this medical center. what they're doing about a scathing audit lmo
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putting patients at risk. >> thank you, scott upon. so you log into your credit card account, you need to make sure you don't see anything strange there, because kmart has been hit by hackers again. sears holdings, which owns kmart, said credit card numbers may have been compromised by malware. they aren't saying how many cards or if there was a particular location or locations that are involved. this breach only applies to in-store kucustomers, not onlin shopping and accounts with sears are also believed to be safe. we have an update now to yesterday's story that jetblue is testing facial recognition software on some flights this summer. well, now we know that delta airlines plans to left some passengers board with their fingerprints. both forms of technology could eventually replace boarding passes. airlines are betting the changes will make flying more convenient and more secure. it's thursday. it's been a beautiful day,nd
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grand, amelia? >>. >> fairly grand. >> let's not oversell it. >> yeah. we have some storm chances in the forecast on sunday, but relatively speaking, it is grand today, tomorrow, and your saturday, looking really nice. currently temperatures coming in the low to mid 80s. humidity is low. there's a nice breeze out there. the district at 84, mt. vernon at 83, riverdale coming in at 81 degrees. now, with this dry weather, here's why it might not be so grand. take a look at the pollen report today. i tweeted this out earlier, a smorgasbord of whatever you're alergeic to, impacting you today, due to all the rain recently. but tomorrow, pretty much the same as to what we saw today. 7:00 a.m., nice, 64 degrees. perfect for that early morning run or bike ride. by lunch time, warming up nicely, upper
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of 84. it will be breezy, with a few clouds around 7:00 p.m. and a temperature of 79 degrees. so the weather having a low impact on your friday. the commute to and from work, biggest concern is sunglasses and hopefully not heavy traffic. recess, outdoors, it's warm, it's nice. exercise, perfection. dinner out on your friday, northern maryland, frederick, washington county, can't rule out an isolated shower. you can check the radar and know if you can dine out. here in the metro area, it's looking completely dry for your friday night. on saturday, high around 80 with a mix of clouds and sun. sunday, most of the day is looking dry. but late-day showers and thunderstorms are possible. it's also on the warm side. mid 80s on sunday, still in the mid 80s on monday with a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. cool on tuesday, mid 70s, maybe some rain around, and then after that, wednesday through next weekend is looking grand, wendy. doug having
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the herndon festival, getting to talk to wonderful people and eating dinner out there as well tonight. >> reporter: oh, yeah. i got my gyro right there. what is your name again? >> luke. >> reporter: luke is holding my gyro. do not drop my gyro. you said hometown and the coolest thing about coming to your hometown, you meet your hometown friends. i graduated with these two lovely ladies. this is kim, this is jenny. and i graduated with their son, who was my first baseman. i played shortstop. he played first base. and his hand was hurt quite a bit because of the cannon. you know what i'm talking about. but i'll tell you, the herndon festival is a great place to come. 80,000 people are going to be here tonight, tomorrow, in through saturday and sunday. and the weather could not be
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you have great weather to come out. probably one of the better forecasts we've had. let me take a look at my gyro. did you eat any of? are you sure? you didn't have any of this? all right, cool. just because you guys know i have to eat it on camera, thanks a lot. you say, back to you. >> what? >> you say back to you? >> what? >> you know what he's trying to say. back to you. >> students with severe intellectual disabilities get a chance to escape and become stars for a day. coming up, we'll tell you how a non-profit organizatio
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this will get you where you need to go in a hurry. check it out, a dutch start-up and construction company is testing a hyperloop shuttle. it allows people to travel faster than the speed of sound. the shuttle travels on magnetic rails with people riding inside a steel tube. it reaches speeds of 700 miles an hour. the tech start-up hopes to break ground on a commercial hyperloop between amsterdam and paris by the year 2021. a little escapism can go a long way especially for students with severe learning disabilities. sometimes they can't get out to see live theater. so today the theat
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them and made them stars with the power of make believe. news4's meagan fitzgerald has our story from northeast, washington. >> reporter: imagine a place where the challenges and obstacles in life disappear. >> high five. >> yes! >> reporter: if even for just a moment. >> for only make-believe, that's their hollywood. they're looking forward to that all day. the music is inviting. >> and everyone else, we're going to create one long line and we're going to boogie down the gym. >> reporter: only make believe makes that happen. >> only make believe is a non-profit that creates and performs interactive theater for children in hospitals, care facilities and special education programs. >> we went to the judges and we did not complete our dance level yet. >> reporter: these specially trained actors bring to
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importantly through the imagination of their young stars. the fun and excitement comes to an end, and like all great performances -- >> that is our show. it's time to go. >> reporter: the curtain must close. but through their joy, they remind us of what's possible when you believe in the power of your imagination. >> you know, they had that inner peace and that joy that a lot of us miss. >> we only get one go-around at this life. it should be limitless to everyone. no matter what your personal challenge, no matter what your physical challenge, mental, intellectual. >> reporter: reporting in anacostia, meagan fitzgerald, news4. news4 at 6:00 starts now. and up first at 6:00, swarms of police outside the hotel bearing the president's name, because a man inside there admits that h
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car. >> that man is a doctor from pennsylvania. and tonight we are finding out more about why the charges against bryan moles are changing. >> mark segraves is in northwest, d.c. mark, what did you learn inside the courtroom? >> i gota tell you, this continues to be one of the strangest court cases i've ever covered in 20 years. the judge just took a recess after disciplining the federal prosecutors for not being fully prepared to be in his court. again, we're in a local court, d.c. superior court, which is where he was first supposed to be, then they moved it to federal court, and then back here. but he's still facing federal charges. here's what we know from the charging documents. he left a series of voice mails on an acquaintance' phone back in pennsylvania, saying that he was headed to d.c. he cleaned out his bank out for all the money he had, except for
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$4.19. 4/19 is the date of the oklahoma bombing. we know he had $10,000 of cash in his hotel room, when police went to his room. he told police and he told his friend that he had come here, that he wanted to meet president trump, he was going to stay here. he referred to himself as a refugee intent on bringing down big pharmaceutical companies. this all began yesterday morning at the trump hotel. >> this is bryan moles, checking in at home. >> reporter: 43-year-old bryan 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 had 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. that person told police they were concerned about moles'
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