thanks for joining us. i'm leon harris. >> we learned the victim is 38-year-old russell lee, jr. of montgomery village. police say he was riding his motorcycle when he crashed into the back of a car stopped at a red light. >> 12 days ago we told you about two men there after one drove the wrong way on that highway. so why is this particular stretch of road so dangerous? prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is working to get those answers. >> reporter: this is the fifth person to die on indian head highway this year, the fourth motorcyclist to die on this road in four years. aaa is calling it the deadliest road in the d.c. region. the question for people who live at this road every day is what to do about it. 210 is a long stretch of road and also pretty flat. so because of that aa

people are drawn to speeding on the road. they see acts of aggressive behavior. prince george's police say they have problems with drinking and driving. they say the road is not to blame for poor driver behavior. here is what people who live in the area say need to be done to help 210. >> they need to redesign the way the traffic is flowing. >> doing one thing good putting that overpass down on kirby road. that will be a good start. >> i think they need cameras on the 210. like cameras that take pictures. not just cameras for viewing. i think that will stop some of the racing and things going down on 210. >> reporter: do you get nervous? does this road make you uncomfortable? >> very nervous. >> reporter: prince george's county police are saying that this particular accident that happened last night they believe this motorcyclist may have been

light when he crashed into the back of that car that was making a legal turn. they say these are the kinds of issues they are dealing with. i'm tracee wilkins back to you in studio. two brothers involved in a local soccer club have been deported. >> they were brought to the country as children. they played soccer with the bethesda soccer league. i.c.e. agents detained both men during a retune check in on friday. news 4 chris gordon is following the story. you have been in court this afternoon? >> reporter: this was not in court. since friday they have been detained and today they were sent to dallas and then on to elsalvador. they landed within the past hour. tonight we are bringing you the first reaction to the deportation of the brothers. we were s

it was an emotional time. you are about to see it. casa, the immigration advocacy blames the trump administration's immigration policies for separating families. casa says this has to stop. the family of the brothers hugged and cried as they arrived here at casa, the immigration advocacy group. their mother vowed to keep fighting but she was overcome with emotion. >> translator: we always come to the country to see if we can provide. she cannot do it anymore. i am very sorry. >> reporter: 19-year-old brother was heading to college on a soccer scholarship. he and his 22-year-old brother diego were detained when they checked in at the i.c.e. baltimore office last friday. >> for these boys to be

devastating. they should be -- lesand row was supposed to check into college today. instead he is just arrived in el sal vudorwithout family, friends a place he hasn't known for over a decade. what do they expect their future to be now? >> reporter: now, this is what i.c.e. says about the deportation. it sent me a statement this afternoon saying that the brothers were originally arrested at jfk international airport in 2009 using exports and visas under false identities. they were ordered expelled from the country in 2012. they were given a year stay. during that time they applied to remain in the united states but were turned down twice. this past friday they were detained and tay

casa says that elsalvado is a dangerous country and worried about the safety of these two brothers. we are monitoring the search for two people who are missing after that explosion at that school in minneapolis. the blast happened this morning. let's take a look at the damage. an entire section of the building gone. investigators think contractors working on the building caused a natural gas leak and that set off the explosion. school is not in session but the building does host several summer programs. one father was there for a school counselor meeting with his daughter when the explosion happened. >> my daughter got up and was getting ready to leave and was blown back into the office by the explosion. it was seconds after they told everybody to get out that the explosion happened.

>> we now know one person is dead and one person is missing. investigators worry the missing person could be buried in the rubble. school leaders say that all of the students and the staff are safe and accounted for. >> can you just imagine if school had been in session? that's incredible. thank you, wendy. over to storm team 4. we are tracking a chance of popup showers and storms once again. same stuff that caused big problems around this time yesterday. >> and doug, it's been a rough day to the north of us. >> it really has. we are tracking those storms on our northern zones. most of us haven't seen much at all this afternoon. i am really thinking tonight we are not going to see all that much. could we see a pop up thunderstorm? yes we can. you can see storm team 4 radar showing nothing in our area. you had to go to the baltimore region to see

we saw last night. look what we have seen. a couple of showers in through parts of montgomery county right around the area. showers popped up. they have dissipated. the wider view shows the extreme activity up towards the north. a lot of flash flooding going on up here around the philadelphia area. for us we are looking at drier conditions. once again i will continue to monitor the radar for you and let you know what to expect and i am tracking the heat and your weekend. see you back here in just a minute. new details about the death of a texas woman found buried in the sand in ocean city. today the medical examiner ruled it was an accident. 30-year-old ashley o'connor apparently suffocated. investigators believe she went to the beach alone around 2:00 monday morning and found a few hours later in a hole covered with sand. what we still don't know is whether she fell into the hole or climbed in. it's possible she was run over by one of the tractors that

every night. a fairfax county man is under arrest accused of murdering his boss. warrenton police arrested 76-year-old bernard doucet this morning. a week ago today investigators found olsen's body near the dumpster. he managed that particular store for the past nine years. reportedly this is only the fourth homicide there this century. northern virginia bureau chief reporter spoke to loyal customers of that cvs and will join us at 5:00. disturbing details about a home invasion. a man tells news 4 his family was tied up, beaten up and held hostage for hours. the man says several men forced their way into his home and stabbed his son-in-law then he says they took money and stole

police are investigating. news 4's megan fitzgerald is working the story and you will see her live report in the next hour. we are tracking two major policy developments from the white house. >> new reaction coming from both congress and the kremlin after president trump signs a bill placing sanctions on russia. >> and the president is supporting a new measure that could change the way people legally immigrate to this country. the impact of both these measures. >> reporter: president trump, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration backing major changes to legal immigration, endorsing a bill designed to cut the number of people entering the u.s. >> this competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak english, financially support themselves and their families. >> reporter: the plan introduced by gop senators tom cotton would

speak english and high paying job offers when granting visas. the goal? limit injury of low-skilled workers. >> i think the more we have this conversation publicly and ask america who ought to get a green card in this country the more momentum there is going to be and support. >> reporter: on twitter senator lindsey graham calling the proposal devastating to his state. >> to cut immigration by half a million people, legal immigration doesn't make much sense. >> reporter: the president backing that bill after signing another reluctantly imposing sanctions on north korea, iran and russia. almost immediately afterward the president releasing a statement staslamming the measure he just signed saying he favors tough measures but calling parts of the legislation significantly flawed, even unconstitutional. leading to questions about whether russia will actually face punishment for its election hacking. and in a statement pde

signed the bill for the sake of national unity. nbc news, the white house. local firefighters battling flames and each other. the firefighters on both sides of a confederate flag controversy have their day in court. drug danger. you have been hearing us talk about the opioid crisis. we are going to break down how it is so easy to fall into the trap and other healing methods that don't require medicine. why you may notice a faster commute time in the coming days and weeks. there is a plan going into place that could save you and your family some precious time. check out storm team 4 and the top stories

now first at 4, firefighters in court in a battle that started over a confederate flag. you first saw the story here on news 4. the two montgomery county firefighters getting into confrontation after one displayed the symbol on his truck. the truck's owner asking for a protective order. pat collins is live outside the courthouse with the ruling from the judge. what did you hear? >> reporter: well, first this hearing went on for hours but now we

you know, on the day that this happened the judge says the behavior was way out of line, embarrassing, but he said he has reason to believe that he would not do something like this again so the judge gave no protection to his fellow firefighters. no peace order for the firefighters at engine company six. they have gone to court today to get a judge to protect them from a colleague. that colleague went on a rant at the firehouse last month after he saw a confederate flag license plate on a truck that belonged to one of the firefighters. the firefighters said he called them racist and cowards and they said he told them that he had mo

he would, quote, end this. he says he made no threats of violence that day. now, the judge says he is not happy with anybody's behavior here. he described this as an awful mess. he says he hopes the fire department will straighten it out. coming up at 5:00, i will have reaction for you. pat, back to you. >> thank you. the opioid epidemic is the worst drug crisis in u.s. history according to attorney general jeff sessions. he announced formation of a new fraud and detection unit. 12 federal prosecutors will be sent to cities ravaged by addiction. sessions called the fight against abuse a winnable war. >> this one we can get our hands around. this one we can make a difference

down. we can make sure these drug companies are not violating the law and abusing their privileges. we can stop physicians and others who are improperly prescribing. >> the opioid crisis claims 129 lives every day. with nearly 40% of americans now using the drugs to control pain, how do you avoid falling into the trap? in news 4 your health we all need to know things about opioids and the alternatives. a family allergy and asthma care doctor is here to talk about it. there are three main factors that have brought us to this point. >> first of all, patients ask. they come in the office and say please give me these medications. there is that relationship between the doctor and the patient that makes the doctor then prescribe and allot. 92 million people used these medications in 2015. in

easy to get the medications. they are cheap and often covered instead of more expensive and less addictive alternatives. >> we know they work well for severe pain. what are the rules and the alternatives to treat your pain? >> the rule is really after three days and you should only be using these kinds of addictive medications after three days for severe or significant pain you need to change to either a nonmedication meaning something not a pill or to take the ones that are not the addictive which are things like motrin and the tylenol. >> like nsaids. they have side effects. >> they do. in terms of things like motrin, gi bleeds is a big one, kidney problems, liver problems. liver problems may never go away. so you need to be careful. allergic reactions are a huge

get covered in hives. in some people they are increased risk of getting asthma. >> and what about tylenol? >> tylenol is not an easy one. there is great concern especially for pregnant women taking tylenol that their babies may be at increased risk of autism or asthma. it's not quite clear. there have been quite a few studies that have disproved that but there may be an association. people are worried about it. >> there are the nonmedication therapies. many doctors prescribe physical therapy for back pain. how effective is that? >> incredibly. that is the way to go. we have covered a big paper came out saying back pain go use physical therapy. arthritis, yoga and massage. migraines, stop eating chocolate and drinking wine and cheese. change diet and sleep. much better than popping pills. >> the bottom

it is basically the lowest effective dose for the shortest period of time. when you can use things that are not a pill or medication at all. >> all good advice. thank you. >> do we have to give up the chocolate? >> only if you have a migraine. >> that's going to be tough. we are working for the community. nbc 4 supporting our schools by collecting backpacks for kids. tomorrow we are going to be accepting donations of new back peace cor packs and school supplies at the apple federal credit union. if you can't bring gear we will accept cash and checks. all materials we collect will be donated to local schools. all afcu branches are accepting backpack and school supply donations throughout the day. it could be another busy evening in the storm center. it may

nasa is sharing a picture of what that blackout on north carolina's outer banks looks

check this out. you can see hatteras islands in the dark. a satellite captured this image last week when a construction crew sliced that power cable. the utility company says power should be restored by this weekend or perhaps on monday. >> if the satellite could detect anger that island would be the brightest thing on that picture. >> that has not been a good thing. a pretty good week at the beaches and losing a lot of business. those of us who had vacation plans down there not happy either. today not bad in our area. a little hot and humid. nothing like what we saw in the middle of july. we are not talking high temperatures in the upper 90s. not seeing heat index over 100. this is kind of typical. warm and humid conditions. the cumulus clouds. you can see the tops of those clouds. that tells you they are not

are not talking about thunderstorms. 90 degrees current temperature. a little bit on the warm and humid side. 90 a lot of areas 90 in fredrick. 87 in annapolis. 90 degrees. been a little more humid. 90 d.c. heat index 95 in d.c. 94 down towards the -- as far as storms go we haven't seen many at all in that area. we have seen isolated storms coming over the -- most of our region completely dry. you have to go up to carol county in baltimore which is being hammered right now just like us in our area yesterday. numerous flash flood warnings and severe flood warnings all part of a system moving around. i told you about the system that that is why i thought we would get more storms in our region today. they are just staying to our north. philadelphia getting hammered. new york getting hammered. right now

okay evening. could we still see something? there is a bit of a line that i am watching that could develop a couple of thunderstorms. looks like for the most part on the dry side. our future weather model does have showers and storms coming through around 7:00 and 8:00. then they are out of here by around 11:00. by tomorrow morning looking at another good start to the day. tomorrow afternoon isolated showers. these are very isolated during the afternoon tomorrow. here is one here and down towards fredricksburg possibly. that is really about it. chance of rain tomorrow only about 10% to 20% across our region. high temperature tomorrow 92. warm and humid. a few storms, mostly sunny skies for the most part. we will see a few more clouds with storms that develop. high temperatures 92 d.c. notice to the west cooler conditions. upper 80s around parts of winchester.

89 degrees. pool forecast the hot side. a great pool day if you are thinking about getting out there tomorrow really looking good. isolated storm at 4:00. 92. storms overnight friday night and early saturday. that is where the front. does that front look good? saturday and sunday 84, low humidity. sunday nice and breezy. 86. looking good this afternoon. >> that's a winner. >> thank you. how much time do you spend sitting in traffic? >> how about spending some more? >> how about spending less? >> we will do the exact opposite. there is a plan in the works to make your ride faster. it is about the change in hundreds of intersections. all she wanted was her favorite treat from her before it was too late. the extreme measures to grant a local woman's dying wish to get a

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you're watching news 4 at 4:00. starting next week commuting into and out of the district will be a little easier for a lot of you. >> the district is about to change the timing on traffic lights. >> news 4 mark segraves is live in the news

to get around town faster. >> they call it traffic signal optmization trying to coordinate traffic signals so that traffic can keep moving. traffic can often be frustrating. district officials know that and launched several ways to alleviate that. one major component they have been looking at is traffic signal timing. beginning friday night d-dot will begin retiming traffic signals to help cars and buses and pedestrians and cyclists. the five-year plan started in 2012 with the goal of coordinating all 1,650 traffic signals across d.c. the latest phase will target 384 intersections in northeast and southwest d.c., the areas where the lights changed are bordered by north and south capitol streets and eastern avenue. officials say the retiming will take about two weeks. last year d-dot changed the timing on about 400 intersections in the northwest quadrant. stay with us because i'm

will take you to some of these roads that you will see changes in live. i'm mark segraves, news 4. we are digging deeper into a developing story that has a lot of you talking today. the trump administration telling the justice department to change the way it looks at affirmative action programs and college admissions. internal memo says the department's civil rights division has been directed to use its resources to investigate and sue universities if it finds their affirmative action policies are hurting white applicants. troy johnson is here with today's talk around town. there is strong reaction to this. some folks are so deeply disturbed saying that it will hurt efforts to maintain diversity on college campuses. others say the efforts have gone too far. >> disturbed is the way to put it. pe

are held up in the trump administration right now dealing with health care. we talked about that last week. economic reform, something the president has ant gotten to yet. and today with the limited legal immigration. people are asking me where did this come from? you have to go back to 2008 when abigail fisher was denied admission to university of texas law school. this may have been the linchpin for this. she maintained that affirmative action kept her out of the school. they said her grades didn't let her qualify. her lawsuit said that affirmative action discriminates against white americans. listeners are saying they are angry about this because when you think back to civil rights act all of that legislation enacted to address long term discrimination in america against african-americans on many fron

now we are 53 years later thinking about unraveling those historic documents. they are saying that this is not what they want to see. >> to change topics real quick. serena williams has no problem making headlines. this one is fairly interesting. she is out marking this day where last monday black women officially because of the way things work in this country, have now earned as much in 19 months as most white men have earned in one year. serena williams is speaking out about this. what are you hearing about what people make of her getting involved in this kind of story? >> a positive reaction to this. she might be the most high profile woman to take on this issue right now specifically when you are talking about african-american women. as you mentioned monday was black women's equal pay day. i talked to a lot of women about

no question that women are better educated, focussed, more prepared for this work environment and demonstrate that excellence every day. the stats say they are making some 63 cents to their male counter parts which is not acceptable. i spoke to rhonda who works for a local nonprofit and has a masters degree. she believes one problem is that there just aren't enough women making decisions on today's salaries. >> my co workers are females and we supervise primarily female staff but it cannot go unnoticed that the ceo is a white male. we are advancing with titles and responsibilities but we are still hitting the glass ceiling. we are still having the babies and taking care of our children and having to go out into the workforce and provide. gi

>> rhonda tells us that she thinks that inequality continues beyond the work place. when you talk about women working hard and having to go home and raise families on that unequal salary it continues to be a problem. >> serena talked about her own problems growing up and being told that she couldn't do what she has done. i would imagine a lot of your listeners can relate to that. >> they were saying that they can relate to it. you talk about women, plenty of education, no excuse for not hiring them. some delay their families to pursue their career paths to be excellent. all of the creativity and black girl magic that happens they are ready for success all the time. serena williams embodies all of that. she shows that she is a great business woman, a great success as an athlete off and on the court. >> troy johnson, thank you. >> thanks. right now thousands of people across the country are getting new gigs are

dozen locations hosting job fairs today. the company is aiming to bring in some 50,000 workers. amazon is giving perspective employees jobs. the workers will be packing and shipping products. a royal retirement. how prince philip decided to wrap up his decades long tenure in the public eye. ahead at 5:00 it could take minutes or hours to see a doctor in the emergency room. one local hospital says it h

member of the royal family known for his sense of humor is stepping down from his public duties. prince philip held his last solo engagement today meet wg royal marines. prince philip is now 96. the palace says he will still appear with his wife from time to time

from his official duties wasn't based on health or anything. prince philip has given more than 5,000 speeches, written 14 books and made more than 600 solo visits overseas sgrmpt had i can see why he is tired. he deserves a break. who says you can't have fun at work? check this out. ♪ look at this woman go. she is getting down. the food worker clearly enjoying monday night's rendition of "crazy little thing called love." we want to thank carol lee walker. i hope you let this lady know you did record this. >> if she didn't know she probably does now. she is partying and having a good time. a worker who is

job. >> good for her. news 4 is working for you as a local woman cancelled her trip because of emergency surgery and then learns her airline tickets were nonrefundable. what you need to know before you book. the news 4 i-team getting new details about a lobbiest arrested for carrying a gun in a building ful

scott macfarlane at the live desk. a lobbiest pleaded not guilty to a gun charge accused of carrying a loaded gun. u.s. capital police have charged kimberly barber with possession of unregistered firearm. barber works for navaho nations

court records show she told police she didn't realize it was in there and she was carrying it for a navaho nation police department. this is the 14th firearms arrest on capital grounds just since january 2015. news 4 responds to your complaints about nonrefundable airline tickets. >> you may not realize it when you opt for cheaper air fare it comes with restrictions. what you need to know before you book your next flight. >> when we purchase an airline ticket we know looking for the cheapest fare. sometimes you may not realize you chose a nonrefundable flight. what happened to a damascus woman may have you looking twice at the fine print. >> it doesn't hurt. >> reporter: she has been suffering from krones disease for 25 years. when she started to feel better

>> i have never been to denver. it was on our bucket list. >> reporter: she and her husband booked a flight. it wasn't long after her health began to deteriorate. >> i got very sick. i was hospitalized. >> reporter: the couple had to cancel the trip and asked for a refund. >> i told them i am in the hospital y. cannot fly. i don't know how long i will be in the hospital. i need a major surgery. >> reporter: that is when mary realized she had purchased nonrefundable tickets. she says it wasn't clear. >> what is nonref. what does that mean? on so i had no idea. >> reporter: and united stuck to its policy. nonrefundable means just that even with a hospital note. why do airlines offer nonrefundable tickets in the first place? the industry's advocacy

tells us nonrefundable fares offer more affordable travel options, help reduce passenger no shows and avoid cost of a seat when a reservation is cancelled. while they often cost less you have more restrictions and that is why you pay more for refundable tickets. it gives you a lot more flexibili flexibility. in mary's case united issued her a credit instead of a refund to be used within one year. >> i was like i don't know if i will be able to fly within a year. >> reporter: mary called news 4 responds. we reached out to the airline. >> that evening i got a call and they said they had no idea that my condition was as serious as it was and they refunded our money 100%. >> reporter: $976.80. we flo

refunded simply because we called or is there an actual exception. cases such as death of the traveler, traveling companion or immediate family member, if you're called to jury duty and certain illness situations. >> the bills coming in now it's like thank god they refunded our money. i'm very glad you guys helped and it was very quick. >> airlines for america tells us there is no industry wide policy when it comes to change fees or refunds. it is up to the individual carrier. back to you. >> family tied up and held hostage by a group of men. tonight there were new clues about their motive. >> jim and wendy are in the newsroom with more on this story. >> we brought this to you as breaking news earlier and now new details about the home invasion. >> a terrifying ordeal. megan fitzgerald talked to one

what the home invaders were after when they barged in and tied up an entire family holding them for hours overnight. taking on affirmative action. the new project by the justice department sparking controversy on college campuses. >> reaction to this new directive targeting school admission policies plus we are taking a deeper look at who affirmative action policies benefit the most. kirk cousins apparently is a big fan of hamilton. he shows off musical chops at training camp. >> he was changing diapers monday and now singing broadway tunes. >> this we have to see. >> versatility. >> thank you both. so doug turning to the weather august is behaving like august so far. >> hot, humid, chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. this is the typical fort

same thing. absolutely. it was no fun down there. fun here. last night we definitely got in on action with big-time thunderstorms that rolled through. today almost all of them have stayed just to our north. take a look at our rockville camera. looking for thunderstorms you would be seeing these clouds really bubbling up here. that is not happening. a couple of fair weather cumulus. current temperature up to 90 degrees. it's on the warm side. if you are heading out and getting home and maybe making dinner outside for the kids 87 degrees at 7:00. 83 by 9:00. suburbs will be in the low to mid 70s by this time. very nice evening all the way around. a little bit on the humid side. the heat index 95 in the city. 85 in martinsburg. not everybody close to that 90 degree mark. many of you to the west into the

that's the way we are going to be tomorrow. look at this radar map and your eyes go up towards baltimore. they are getting hammered as bad as we got hammered last night. flash flooding along i-95. traveling i-95 it is going to be a very rough go of things. here is why. we have a bit of a system in the atmosphere. i thought it would give us more storms. they are staying just to the north by about 30 miles. traveling i-95 tonight maybe you are heading to the beach early. watch out up towards parts of delaware towards parts of philadelphia and new jersey going to be a stormy evening. as we move through the next couple of days. heat sticks around through the day on friday. 92 thursday. 92 on friday. storms overnight friday. that is with the cold front that moves through. the weekend looking great. 84 on saturday. 86 on sunday. next big chance of rain coming up on monday. once again theke

pretty good. amelia draper outside with no risk of storms today. >> and i have to say it is beautiful out here. really nice breeze outside of our station in northwest washington. we deserve a nice weekend especially after last weekend with all of that rain friday into saturday morning. take a look at how the weather will impact your weekend outdoor exercise, yard work looking perfect. what you want to do on the weekend is yard work. it is nice and refreshing when you cut the grass. it's going to be dry even a little bit cool during the evening. if you are going to be out late you get chilly easy and probably want tograb a light sweater or sweatshirt. hold off on getting the car washed. chance of storms high on monday. towards beaches looking fabulous. temperatures in the low 80s. maybe a shower early saturday but after that plenty of sunshine in the forecast. >> see you in a bit. if you had one last wish what would

taste of a hometown treat. >> but with hundreds of miles to travel and a good chance the treat would melt wasn't going to be easy. how the kindness of

complete strangers making a dream come true for a woman from arlington. >> they were hundreds of miles away when they got the word that she needed one last sweet treat. jasmine monroe has the story. >> it is like a blessing. i love to be a part of it and i am so happy that it happened. >> reporter: since 1972 tommy fellow placed thousands of orders. >> serving the same shakes the way we have back then. my third location down here. i have been here since that time. >> reporter: it was the request that long time customer sam

who was suffering from pancre pancreatic cancer that got the attention of tommy. >> one of our customers said a friend of ours who is a long time customer unfortunately is in hospice in washington. one of her requests is if she can get a mocha milk shake. >> reporter: after a little research on shipping he shipped a carefully packed tommy's mocha shake. >> we put them in the freezer, took them down to ups. >> reporter: 375 miles later he got the call. >> eight hours later she has it. they sent me this beautiful picture with this big smile. >> reporter: something that sam said made everyone smile especially emily. >> emily had a very famous and terrific laugh. for the couple of days after receiving the milk shake she laughed and smiled and loved the share the story. >> reporter: emily who was fi

time passed away a few weeks later. she was able to fulfill her wish of one last tommy's milk shake. >> we have done different things for different people. just to see the smile on emily's face, tears came to my eyes. it was like so rewarding. >> that is a bittersweet story. >> absolutely. emphasis on sweet. our news continues with jim and wendy. >> news 4 at 5:00 starts now. >> right now at 5:00 a fatal crash on an especially dangerous section of highway and what the community is hoping will be done to fix this deadly problem. two brothers who starred in local soccer leagues get deported to el sal vudor. our top story tonight, a horrifying scene. several people burst into a house and terrorized a family here for

robbed. megan fitzgerald talked with the grandfather who described the frightening moments to her. >> reporter: absolutely terrifying moments for this entire family. to set the scene there is a total of five people that live inside this apartment. there is the grandfather named orlando, his wife, daughter, daughter's husband and 7-year-old son. it was around 9:00 when the investigators say the five suspects stormed inside this apartment gagging, tying up and blind folding this family. we have only used orlando's first name for his own safety. it all started with a knock on the door. orlando says he was sleeping along with his wife in one bedroom. his son-in-law and grand son were in the room next door when orlando opened the door he says three men entered before two more walked in moments later. he says t