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

up but his son-in-law was badly beaten and stabbed. orlando says his daughter came home from working at a check cashing business and was met by the suspects inside and was tied up overnight until this morning. police say that the suspects knew that the daughter worked at a check cashing place which is why they say this family was targeted. orlando tells us it was this morning when the suspects took his daughter to her business, the check cashing place, the focus was trying to rob the place. they fled and that is when police were called. investigators tell us that the suspects were able to take from this apartment cash and credit cards from the family and of course they are certainly uneasy tonight. back to you. >> how is the child who was stabbed? >> so we asked orlando. he says he is very shaken up right now but he was blind folded in the ordeal. they are trying to

about the situation. but it is certainly important to note that the 7-year-old's father is in the hospital. he is in stable condition but he suffered a stab wound to his neck. >> thank you. another life lost on a dangerous stretch of highway, indian head highway in prince george's county. 38-year-old russell lee, jr. of montgomery village was on his motorcycle overnight here on route 210 near palmer road. police say he ran through a red light here, crashed into a car and died. police tell us this is the most dangerous highway in our entire washington region. more than a dozen people have died on it in just the five years including at least three pedestrians. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is working for you to find out why this particular stretch of highway is such a problem. >> some people are crazy out there. >> reporter: for people who live along route 210

highway -- >> speeding, always speeding. >> reporter: the ride along this road can be frightening. >> very nervous. >> i have been living here about all my life. >> reporter: last night's deadly accident marks the fifth person to lose their life on this road this year, the fourth motorcyclist in four years according to aaa. >> we dare say it is the most dangerous road on the washington metro area. >> reporter: john townsend says the long flat roadway lends itself to bad driving behavior. >> 20 persons have died on indian head highway. we have had five deaths so far this year. our fear is the death toll will continue to escalate. >> we have expended a lot of resources and constantly are challenged by what goes on on 210. >> reporter: prince george's police say they are on track to make twice as many stops this year in

>> between motorcycle enforcement initiatives, drunk driving initiatives and traffic initiatives we put a lot of resources into this. >> reporter: marked police cruisers and more ticketing is the only thing that can change this driving behavior according to aaa and say the road isn't a problem. >> this is a road of recklessness and lawlessness on the part of the drivers. >> reporter: so far prince george's county police say they handed out 2,400 tickets on 210. 3,600 in the entire year of last year. they are saying these resources that should help make a difference on this road. reporting live in port washington i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> you do see those extra resources out there. right now storm team 4 radar shows strong storms are just missing us. however, we are not out of the woods. >> nothing like last night when they were just

region, doug kammerer. what we have is storms around the baltimore area. you notice where the storms are just north and east of d.c. most of the rest of the region on the dry side. baltimore getting pommelled. some storms south and east of baltimore right along i-95. notice pretty good storm along savage. one other shower developing to the east. i'm tracking these. these are moving off to the north and east. still a chance we may see one or two in the region. most of us remain on the dry side. you can see activity to the north and west. next couple of days continue hot and humid. cooler for the weekend. we are talking pretty nice weekend. we will have much more on that and tracking our next storm

we can provide -- it's okay. she cannot do it anymore. i'm very sorry. >> mother collapses as she tries to speak of her son whose were deported the day they were due to attend college. they were arrested on friday. they came here as children and one got a soccer scholarship to college. now the brothers are back in el salvador, a country they have not seen since they were kids. chris gordon has more on the family and reasons for deportation. >> reporter: both of these brothers graduated in gathersburg. both were outstanding soccer players. the younger one was scheduled to report today to lewisburg college in north carolina to begin soccer practice.

elsalvador and their family fears for their safety. the family of the two brothers deported today is devastated. their mother spoke until she became so emotional she couldn't continue. >> she cannot do it anymore. >> reporter: casa immigration advocacy group that fought for the brothers to stay tonight is defiant. >> together we want to send a very strong message to this administration. you are lying to the american people that you are focussed on criminals. they were not criminals. they were extraordinary human beings. >> reporter: the 19-year-old was heading to college on a soccer scholarship. he and his brother were detained when they checked in at the i.c.e. baltimore office last friday. today they were deported to el salvador. their older brother says it is

future of dreams tat thhat they in mind, a future that could help my parents to live a better life, not just for my parents, for them, too. >> reporter: now, i.c.e. sent me a statement this afternoon when i asked why they were detained on friday and deported today. the statement says that the brothers were stopped at jfk international airport in 2009 fraudulently using got mallen pass ports and identities other than their own. in 2012 a judge ordered them expelled from the country. this past friday they were detained and today deported. that is i.c.e. statement as to why. that's the latest live in langley park. >> thank you. by half,

the president wants toslash the number of legal immigrants allowed into the u.s. he made good on a campaign promise today. this bill would scrap the current lottery system and adopt a merit based system for earning a green card. that would take into account a person's ability to speak english, education, age and high paying job offers made to ensure immigrants can support themselves here in the u.s. without having to collect welfare. >> the reforms will help ensure that newcomers to our wonderful country will be assimilated, will succeed, and will achieve the american dream. >> his proposal is modelled on systems already in use in australia and canada. president trump was reluctant to sign a bill that imposes new sanctions on russia but said he did it for the sake of national unity. he says he supports punishing russia for meddling but argues that the bill is fwe

unconstitutional. it limits the president's ability to lift or waive the sanctions. this legislation was passed with rare and overwhelming bipartisan support last week guaranteeing that congress can override any attempt by trump to veto it. and first on 4, a woman pleads not guilty to bringing a loaded gun into the canon u.s. house building. scott macfarlane broke the story and just reported this from the live desk. kimberly barber is a lobbiest. u.s. capitol police charged her. court records find police found the loaded gun inside a suitcase that she checked telling police she didn't realize the gun was inside the suitcase and that it is not hers. a startling admission from the federal government. $20 million may have been wasted in that long search

fbi headquarters that just fell apart about a month ago. the disclosure came in testimony from the general services administration before congress today. senators expressed anger that they learned the news from the media and not the gsa. the agency had been working for six years on a new location for the aging hoover builder downtown and narrowed the search to two sites in prince george's and one in virginia. the acting commissioner said the agency could have picked a site but without full funding there were no assurances they could complete the project. and this is a good time to take a look at your 401 k because the dow closed above 22,000 today for the first time ever. all contributing to the surge. this rapid growth puts the dow up nearly 20% since trump was elected in november. a natural gas explosion takes out part of a school

person as others who were inside describe what it was like. a man charged with killing his boss outside a cvs, what we are learning about the arrest, an arrest that shook this community. an up close look at a problem plaguing a section of metro track. how long before it is fixed and how the water leaks that shut it down became such a huge problem. you're watching news 4 at 5:00. we're coming right back. z2e2gz z1a2z

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he was that friendly face customers found comfort in. tonight warrenton residents are shocked to learn a cvs store was murdered. investigators tell us the killer was one of the victim's employees. david culver is learning more about those involved. >> reporter: the town of warrenton has the charming and inviting vibe. >> it's just warrenton. you know everybody. >> reporter: a regular at this cvs. she knows the familiar faces inside. this is personal for you? >> sure. >> reporter: for customers who shop here last week felt like a foreign land. crime scene tape, investigators, a hearse, reminders of a deadly encounter. the victim 64-year-old rex olsen. he had been a m

92 er nearly a decade. >> i feel sorry for employees because they lost their manager and their co worker is accused of it. that is really, really sad. >> reporter: most troubling, the man accused of murdering olsen, one of his employees, 76-year-old bernard doucet. >> you get to know the people and the manager i probably talk to him six, seven, eight times. he is a very nice man. >> reporter: the why question hasn't been answered. investigators not detailing a motive either. locals just trying to process it all. >> a lot to process. not used to that kiepd of stuff around here. that stuff doesn't happen here. >> reporter: the reactions you just heard gives you an idea of how close knit of a community this is. earlier i went into the cvs and noticed they had a

rex hanging up on the wall. looking at employees they are devastated. they are back at work just trying to push through. a developing story in minnesota. one of two missing people has been found buried in the rubble of that private school that exploded in minneapolis. several others are in the hospital. >> reporter: even though it is still summer break when the gas explosion occurred in minneapolis there were students, teachers and others inside like basketball coach. >> lights went out and there is debris that fell from the ceiling so we got out. >> reporter: as well as a father there for a meeting with his daughter. >> we smelled gas and seconds after that my daughter got up and was getting ready to leave out of the counselor's office and was blown back in. >> reporter: investigators think the explosion was caused b

ruptured gas line by a construction crew. after the fire was brought under control a delicate search began for at least two missing people, one of whom was found dead by mid afternoon. >> we have located one. >> reporter: the search continues for the other victim while of nine others sent to the hospital, three are still critical. >> they all had blast type injuries. quite a mess just north of the maryland/pennsylvania border. officials are trying to figure out what caused this violent train derailment. this is the scene after a freight train jumped the tracks. the accident set three cars on fire prompting nearby homes to be evacuated. the train traveling to a suburb of new york. our rails and exclu

causing delays happening along metro's red line. adam tuss got rare access where the leaks are on full display. >> reporter: open up the ceiling and the water comes out. it cascades down the walls on to the tracks. water streaming out with no signs of stopping dripping from the ceiling on to the high voltage third rail. this is a red line tunnel you may ride through every day. the stretch between the medical center and friendship heights stations. >> this goes back careers and years. >> reporter: metro has sprung a leak and all of that water gets on to the tracks potentially causing delays even fires. >> take a look for yourself. this is what metro has been dealing with for a long time here. inside some of the tunnels between the medical center and the station. the water comes down because these tunnels are beneath the

>> reporter: metro's assistant general manager for rail. >> a lot of these tunnels were built to take on water and leak. >> forte is waterproofing mines. now they go into the tunnel injecting. metro gm says it appears to be working and this issue has to be addressed. >> this is the one part of the line, part of the system this part of the red line that we consistently have problems with. we have to get ahead of it. >> reporter: the good news all the recent rain we have had seems to have been kept under control. the work isn't done yet. metro says it is still too early to declare success. along the red

news 4. big changes this weekend and how it is going to improve your commute starting as early as next week. how a local hospital is going high tech to cut

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>> it's not a roach. this is a flying insect. we are not sure what kind it is. >> you should know this insect. >> it doesn't look like it is raining on him. >> he would not have been here last night. >> take this shot. do i have it on my camera? >> not this guy. i thought i had it on my camera. he would not have been there last night because we were starting to see that rain coming through here across the area. do we have him? he's gone. that's what happened. >> you scared him off. >> you were so loud. >> he was calling in, it was a nice day out there. we are looking at a few clouds developing.

>> glad you told me. >> you're mic is still on. with that we are seeing humidity levels. 90 in leesburg. look at baltimore only 78. we have rain around baltimore. take a look at what is happening. we have storms around baltimore but starting to see a little bit of increase in cloudiness just north and east. i think we can see storms. i want to zoom into this area and we may see storms developing. here is one here. a big one northern. i wouldn't be surprised to see some through montgomery county and northern prince george's. these storms develop to the north may start to develop to the south, too. i will be watching that over the next hour or so. a lot of storminess around philadelphia and towards the portions of new jersey and atlantic city. severe weather there. for us notice around 7:00 our computer model does bring showers and storms close to d.c. ic

case. tomorrow same thing as today. isolated shower. mostly sunny skies. hot and humid. isolated shower where they are again today. tomorrow i think it is on the hot and humid side again. 92 degrees. warm and humid. few storms possible. most of us dry. the heat continues through friday now as we have been talking about the last couple of days. that is the end of our heat wave. storms overnight into early saturday morning. that is a cold front. once that moves through does it get nice this weekend. 84 on saturday. 86 on sunday. the rain, though, comes back on monday. could be heavier rain. next week a lot cooler. >> good timing. thank you. it was a fight over a confederate flag that led to a protection order. >> the firefighters involved in the confrontation are facing off in court. coming up i will take you out into rush hour traffic

see if the district's plan to make your commute faster and easier is actually working. .

5:00. >> now at 5:30 a judge has strong words for montgomery county firefighters after they get into a confrontation with each other.

the bethesda firehouse asking for a restraining order against a fellow firefighter. they say he made threats after he complained about the confederate flag that was on one of the firefighter's personal trucks. pat collins has more. >> reporter: on the day that this happened the judge said idris debruhl's behavior was way out of line, but the judge says he doesn't believe he is a threat. firefighters so frightened they went to court to get a peace order to protect themselves from a fellow firefighter. in court jeff ford says it was the most enraged i have seen another human being in my 35 years on earth. the man he's talking about, firefighter

last month at the bethesda firehouse debruhl saw a confederate flag license plate on one of the firefighter's privately owned trucks and debruhl got angry. firefighters say his neck veins were popping, fists clinched. they say debruhl made threats saying you think you have guns. i have more guns than you. i'll end this. debruhl did say he did call his co workers racist and cowards but said he never made threats about gun violence. the judge described bruhl's behavior as way out of line but he says he wasn't sure about the gun threat and he doesn't think debruhl will do something like this ever again. the firefighters are not happy about the judge's ruling. >> i can

the gun threat. the gun statement was made. i was standing between him and charles lee when the statement was made. that's what my report reads. that's what nine reports read. the reason they all say something similar is because everybody was in the same room when the comment was made. >> reporter: idris debruhl had no comment when he left the courthouse. today is his birthday. he turned 38 years old. pat collins, news 4. we have all probably felt the frustration trying to get across the district having to stop and start at every traffic light. district officials are working to reduce the time you spend in traffic and the number of times you have to stop for a red light. mark segraves is checking out the roads in our news 44 by 4. he is in northeast d.c. where changes will be coming as soon as next week. >> reporter: they are going to start working on it friday night

commute you will start feeling it or should start feeling it on the northeast and southeast quadrants of the district. let me give you a look out the front of our truck. this is heading out of d.c. a popular commuter route. you can see how traffic is slow. one of the problems is the street lights are not timed. so for years they have been trying to get the timing correct. it's all -- we are now in the final year of a long term strategy. it's a five-year plan that started in 2012. it includes 1,656 traffic signals across the district being retimed. the final phase will look at 384 intersections here in northeast and southeast. the district says they have reached their goal after this of doing it city wide. now, the cost to fixing all of these and retiming these intersections, $3,500 per intersection. they say it is worth it. they say so far in the first

they have reduced travel time for commuters 13% to 16%. they have reduced the number of stops cars have had to make between 8% and 23% and have reduced the bus travel time from 4% to 7%. this is not just all about cars and buses. it is also about pedestrians. over the past five years they reset timing on those do not walk cross signals as part of this final phase they will do another 11 cross walks. that is the latest. coming up at 6:00 we will show you a route already retimed and see how that is working. in the 4 by 4, mark segraves news 4. if you are one of the thousands of drivers who use route 1 there is news the new segment is finished. officials cut the ribbon this morning. the road is now six lanes with turn lanes and bike lanes

transit. >> this is just one of many, many, many projects in fairfax county and northern virginia as a result of a real stepped up push to improve transportation. >> the project realigned the highway so it could avoid the gunston hall property. >> we have to take a drive and check it out. kirk cousins you know him as quarterback, husband and did you know he can rap? we are at training camp as he shows off his musical chops. >> that's not training camp. >> reporter: comes up a lot on college campuses. today american university is talking about a report that says the trump administration wants the department of justice to investigate affirmative action policies for

the without a father went a lot farther by working a lot harder by being a lot smarter, by being a self starter, by 14 they put him in charge. >> kirk cousins not throwing away his

belting out lines from hamilton. >> last season vernon davis whose locker is next to cousins gave carol maloney the inside scoop about his hamilton habit. cousins says he hopes to see the show when it comes here to the kennedy center. something tells me he can get pretty good seats. can he rap and change a diaper at the same time? childhood friends back together thanks to a redskins reunion. >> carol maloney has the story from richmond. >> reporter: same hometown, same high school and now back on the same field. half of the redskins starting secondary from south carolina, population 23,000. josh harmon and d.j. swearinger. they are reunited and reminiscing. >> it is

towns to have two in the same. somewhere like miami or texas probably but greenwood, no. >> i would love to hear your reaction. >> exactly what happened. >> i ended up coming up so hard on the guy and hit him in his back. my mouth piece in my mouth. stitched up. that was it. it's nomthat. it is like my tattoo. >> i love this play. >> i need that. i appreciate that. >> what message do you have for the kids back home and everywhere that kind of really want to follow in your foot

>> don't matter where you come from. go do it. put your whole heart into it. >> i didn't have girlfriends. it was just ball. ball was my girlfriend. nothing else came before that except my family and god. that is what we live by. if somebody is aspiring to be where we are at do the same thing we did and you will be here in no problem. >> so much talk about the brotherly love. we know one relationship between teammates goes back to the good old days. in richmond, carol maloney, news 4 sports. a milk shake travelled more than 300 miles so a dying woman in d.c. could have one last sweet taste. she was in the final stages of ovarian cancer. asked what she would like to have before she died she remembered the mocha shake from tommy's. friends contacted owner tommy fellow who

milk shakes in dry ice and overnighted it to emily so she could enjoy the cold creamy goodness one last time and put a smile on her face. she sadly died last week at the age of 50. >> what a smile. wonderful story. here is a sign of the changing face of retail in the u.s. when we come right back amazon's massive effort to fill its warehouses with workers. >> and how a local hospital is using virtual technogy tolo

many fear one day it could impact which college your kids go to. the justice department is reportedly taking aim at affirmative action proam

discriminating against white applicants. >> the aclu says the idea that the justice department would sue colleges sends a dafgerous signal that the department will no longer work to protect the most vulnerable. most others we talked to are just as alarmed. wilson on the right just took the bar exam. she has a law degree from emery. >> i think affirmative action programs are necessary. i went to a law school in the south and it was a private law school. i don't think it would have -- i don't think i would have been accepted without affirmative action. >> reporter: from d.c. this is why wilson believes that. >> looking at the history on the walls in the law school is all white men, no minorities represented. >> reporter: she is appalled at a "new york times" report that says a trump administration wa

investigate affirmative action at colleges and universities for discrimination against applicants, concerning to american university vice provos. >> no admission decision is made totally on the basis of race. we look at their ability to be successful. >> reporter: she says the value of diversity can't be overlooked. >> we learn from each other in a university setting. so if everyone is the same and comes from a like background then what are we learning from each other. the center for equal opportunity says we welcome scrutiny as appropriate and necessary to root out all forms of discrimination and move towards a truly color blind society. he says he is worried that affirmative action excludes asians. >> should be based on status versus race. >> wilson is the

family to attend law school and says her presence was valuable to her peers. >> i was able to express a different point of view that they weren't used to seeing or they had never heard before. >> a justice department representative told nbc news they do not confirm or deny the existence of an affirmative action investigation. >> thank you. contrary to popular belief the people who have benefitted from affirmative action the most have actually been white women. one california report found that white women held majority of managerial jobs compared to other minority groups. after the first two decades of affirmative action in that state. another report by the labor department found 6 million women had advances in their jobs that would not have been possible without affirmative action. in 2009 women received majority of college degrees from bachelors to doctorates. 50,000 jobs are up for grabs with amazon. 1,200 of those jobs

baltimore. the company is on a hiring spree today holding massive job fairs, 12 locations across the country. hundreds of people lining up in baltimore today for a chance to interview. some were hired on the spot. amazon is hoping to lure applicants with what they call competitive pay and premium packages and that includes health insurance, company stock and tuition assistance. d.c. delegate hosted her annual job fair. some of the businesses were nonprofits, private businesses, retail, restaurants, hotels, construction companies and of course the federal government. in news 4 your health going to an emergency room can be terrible for some and waiting can make it worse. one local hospital has found a way to cut down on the wait time. >> when you go to the emergency room sometimes it can be a good experience but other times you can wait for hours to be seen by a

just awful. and hospitals think that is awful, too. they are trying different approaches to make your e.r. viz at little better. here is a look at one local hospital's idea that is making a significant difference for patients and doctors. you never know what you will see in a hospital emergency room and you never know how it may impact your treatment. >> what brings you in today? >> i got hit in the head. i got head butted into a brick wall. >> when did that happen? >> like an hour and a half ago. >> reporter: if this were a standard visit she could wait for hours to be seen. here -- >> ms. bishop got head butted on the right side of her jaw and left side of the head hit a wall. >> you just kind of dazed you said? >> i was a little dazed. i didn't have my g

couldn't see. >> any tenderness in your face here? >> reporter: doctor booker is in another part of the hospital far away from the e.r. in what is called the command center. he helped develop this program virtual doctor's visits can lass 90 seconds or longer if necessary. in addition to talking directly to the patient the doctor has access to the patient's records and works closely with the nurse. >> we get really busy from hours of 11:00 to 11:00. the idea is that the patient will be seen by a doctor faster and get blood work done, radiology done. by the time we have an open room everything is resulted. >> it is very likely that what you have is a concussion. you don't need neuro imaging. we need to take care of your concussion. we will have you see in our faster care area. >> reporter:

emergency room visit determines the best course of treatment for her. >> this morning i woke up with complications. >> reporter: the teletriage program has treated 15,000 patients. hospital estimates e.r. wait times have been cut by more than 26% and patients seem to like it. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> that was pretty cool. >> medstar washington hospital center isn't the only health care facility in our area using technology to make medicine more efficient. this spring maryland physicians care rolled out a new app with capability to let patients text and video chat with e.r. doctors allowing them to ask questions and figure out whether a trip to the emergency department is necessary. jim and wendy, i have seen some area hospitals have made it possible for you to check before you go to see how long the wait time is at the emergency ro

everybody to save time and make it more efficient. doctors are in such demand. >> lots of new ideas to try to make the experience a little better. >> great story. we have some storms starting to pop up out there. >> we do. >> one of those happening right over my house as we look off towards the north and west towards bethesda. you can see the rain really coming down. this is the rain shaft. you can see rain falling right on to the friendship heights area here over towards chevy chase. seeing the rain. we do have a couple of storms developing. this is what we told you an hour ago. i was expecting it to be in this region. that is what we are dealing with. more storms developing. they have been around baltimore all day. we are starting to see them build. one in bethesda. another one here. i am watching this area here for more development ud

over towards gathersburg and d.c. over the next hour or so. i expect to see a few more showers and storms develop. one of the heavier storms right over bethesda, one right over connecticut avenue. never a good time but rush hour not good at all. this will cross right into the district and making its way towards 16th street. if you live in those areas you have rain making its way your way very slowly. no lightning with this yet but wouldn't be surprised to see lightning and thunder. another one right along vienna. you can see all the activity north and west. look at the last couple of frames. i think we may see some in through d.c. in the next hour or so. remember earlier i showed you if you were watching i was showing you very low top clouds. look at the clouds. you can no longer the see the tops of the clouds. that tells you we are starting to see the tops grow

more the rain will come down and the heavier the rain will be and better chance for lightning. if we saw lightning it would be right under this guy. we would be seeing lightning in that area. temperatures 89 degrees right now. still on the warm side. 87 by 7:00 dropping into the upper 70s in the city by 11:00. most of you in the lower 70s. tomorrow your fitness forecast. warm at 9:00 a.m. more like 83 at that time. it does get hot by noon up to 91 degrees with isolated storms there. and take a look at the weekend forecast. this is good news. 92 continues on your friday. here is your 80s into the weekend. saturday and sunday before rain moves in on monday. enjoy the weekend and with more on the weekend amelia draper is outside the weather deck. >> still pretty nice out here even though we have rain pretty close by. take a look at how the weather will impact your weekend yard

party on saturday looking dry. if it is later into the evening hours it will be kind of cool. sunday brunch nearly perfect. hold off on the car wash. you saw the thunderstorms and rain that doug pointed out on monday. getting out of town to the beach looking great. chance of shower early. 83 on saturday. 81 fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier.

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fieldhouse. it's now under gone a major makeover. leon harris gives us the first look inside. >> reporter: from this to this to this. >> this building is a game changer for us. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: a first look ificide the new cole fieldhouse. this historic building transf m transform transformed. now it will be home for center for sports medicine, as well, a living laboratory of research and innovation with a big focus on something in the news a lot, brain injuries and neuro science. >> the headlines are scary. they are alarming. but i'm glad they have gotten our attention because they should. and because the questions they raise are exactly the questions we'll start answering here at cole.

>> we love our terps. we love our sports. but we love our athletes even more. >> what the new cole fieldhouse will do is a 21st century porch that brings together not just athletics, but it's integrated with neuro science, research on the brain, brain recovery and larger human health. >> reporter: the renovation is expected to be fully completed in 2019. leon harris, news 4. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. a new twist in a violent home invasion. >> a family tied up and tortured for nearly 12 hours. we are learning the victims were terrorized so the suspect could try to pull off another crime. >> at the scene with a story you will see only on

>> reporter: this family is absolutely traumatized. the grandfather told me he has no noidea who the suspects are who forced their way inside the apartment. orlando lives in the apartment with his wife, daughter, daughter's husband and 7-year-old son. police believe the family was targeted because orlando's daughter works at a check cashing business. it was a night so terrifying that orlando has a hard time holding back tears. he says it all started with a knock on the door around 9:00 last night. orlando says he was sleeping along with his wife in one bedroom, his son-in-law and 7-year-old grand son in the room next door when orlando opened the door he says three men rushed inside before two more suspects followed. he says the suspects tied him up but his son-in-law was badly beaten and stabbed. la